1/23/2016 - JR - 1973

Rockin' Remnants




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Date: January 23, 2016
Host: JR

Rockin' Remnants, the best of the 50's, 60's and 70's every Saturday night!  The birthday calendar comes to you at 7:00, and tonight we check out the sounds of the early winter 1975, a nod to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2016 inductees, and a musical tribute to Glenn Frey of The Eagles, who passed away on January 18th.

Playlist


[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of DATE; yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests; all chart information comes from the Billboard Top 100 (for chart dates before/during July 1958) or Billboard Hot 100 (for chart dates during/after Aug 1958) unless otherwise noted]

6pm – 7pm

Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas – BB Hot 100 #1, 2

weeks on 12/7/1974.

Carl's only other Hot 100 entry was "Dance The Kung 

Fu", which stalled at #48.

You're No Good – Linda Ronstadt – BB Hot 100 #21

Ride 'Em Cowboy – Paul Davis – BB Hot 100 #23

Black Water – The Doobie Brothers – BB Hot 100 #24

Happy 68th birthday today to Doobie Patrick Simmons.

Ready – Cat Stevens – BB Hot 100 #32

Dark Horse – George Harrison – BB Hot - 100 #33







Lady – Styx – BB Hot - 100 #39



Can't Get It Out Of My Head - ELO - BB Hot 100 #41

45 Corner

Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd – BB Hot 100 #25

Here's the lowdown on the 45 version of this Southern 

Rock classic: first released single version in November,

 1974; LP time, 9:08, 45 time, 4:40; second single release,

 a live version in December 1976; LP time 13:45, 45 

time, 5:00.  Man, those guys left a lot of tape on the 

editing room floor!



Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta - 

BB Hot 100 #58

Movin' On - Bad Company - BB Hot 100 #70 (chart debut)

7pm – 8pm

Birthday Calendar

^{January 18th - David Ruffin (Temptations), 1941}

                         

January 19th – Janis Joplin, 1945
                        Robert Palmer, 1949
                        Phil Everly, 1939

                       
January 22nd – Sam Cooke, 1935

                             

January 23rd - Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers), 68

                           Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), 63

"Another Saturday Night", "Somebody Have Mercy" - Sam Cooke

"Wake Up Little Susie", "Gone, Gone Gone" - Everly Brothers - Check out the video link for the brothers and a gaggle of go-go dancers!  Groovy and far out...

"Ain't Too Proud To Beg", "Walk Away From Love" - Temptations & David Ruffin, solo

"Piece Of My Heart" - Big Brother And The Holding Company

"Pressure Drop" - Robert Palmer - Cover of Toots reggae classic from his second LP, 1975

"The Great Pretender" - The Platters, 1956

"Waterloo" - Stonewall Jackson, 1959

"Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be?" - Paul Revere And The Raiders - 1967

"Just Like Romeo And Juliet" - The Reflections, 1964

"The Dark End Of The Street" - James Carr - 1967

"The Snake" - Al Wilson, 1968 - Al was discovered and produced by Johnny Rivers.

8pm - 9pm

As we start the final hour of the show, a Remnants 

recognition of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2016

 inductees.  Click here to check out bios of the latest HOF 

members!

"Living In The U.S.A" - Steve Miller Band, 1968 and re-charted in 1974, both times missing the Top 40.

"Questions 67 And 68" - Chicago - This also charted twice on the Hot 100, first as the group's debut 45 in 1969, and again in 1971, peaking at #24.

"Woman From Tokyo (45 version)" - Deep Purple, 1973





All members of the various "Machs" of this band (see the link above for the HOF) were inducted.

"Everything Works If You Let It" - Cheap Trick, 1980

Back to our feature date of 1/23/1975, starting with the

 #1 sound on the Hot 100...

 Mandy - Barry Manilow - Top of the chart for 1 week

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Elton John, feat. the 

reggae guitars of Doctor Winston O'Boogie (John 

Lennon) – BB Hot #5

Boogie On Reggae Woman – Stevie Wonder – BB Hot 

100 #6

Fire (45 version) – Ohio Players – BB Hot 100 #11

Pick Up The Pieces – Average White Band – BB Hot 100 

#14 

Probably the funkiest sound to ever come from 

Scotland, this single peaked at Hot 100 #1 for 1 week on

2/22/1975

As we close out the show this week, a Remnants tribute to 

Glenn Frey of The Eagles, who passed away on January 

18th.  For those of us growing up in the 70's, The Eagles 

were the cool band, and you bought their 45's first, then 

graduated to their LP's, and later on (after you gave away the

 vinyl) you bought the CD's.  Glenn Frey was definitely a part 

of my upbringing, starting as a pup in 1972 with "Take It 

Easy" right through my FM dj heyday with the much 

anticipated release of The Long Run LP in late 1979.  For 

more on this talented singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/actor, 

click here.  R.I.P., Glenn...

"Most Of Us Are Sad" - Eagles first LP, 1972


"Tequila Sunrise" - Desperado, 1973


"New Kid In Town" - first single release from Hotel 

California, 1977, Hot 100 #1 2/26/1977 1 week.







"Heartache Tonight" - The Long Run, 1979, Hot 100 #1 

11/10/1979 1 week. 

"True Love" - Glenn Frey solo, 1988

Host Next Week (1/30/16): John Simon & Kim Vaughan.





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