Apr 9, 2016 - KV - early 60s

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Date:  April 9, 2016
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  Early 1960s






Birthday Calendar


Apr 3 – Jeff Barry (b. Joel Adelberg) – age 78
            – Billy Joe Royal – born in 1942
            – Tony Orlando (b. Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis) – age 72
            – Don Gibson – born in 1928

Apr 5 – Allan Clarke (b. Harold Allan Clarke, Hollies) – age 74
            – Crispian St. Peters (b. Robin Peter Smith) – born in 1939
            – Tony Williams (Platters) – born in 1928

Apr 6 – Merle Haggard – born in 1937, died this week on his 79^th bday

Apr 7 – Percy Faith – born in 1908

Apr 9 – Carl Perkins – born in 1932






Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia


Name that artist!  (song:  “Look What You’ve Done”) 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)




Playlist


[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]





6-7pm  



OPENING THEME:  Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)

Wonderful World – Sam Cooke (1960, #12.  Herman’s Hermits would bring the song to #4 in 1965.  In 1978, Art Garfunkel would team up with James Taylor and Paul Simon to record the song; their version would reach #17.)

A Wonderful Dream – The Majors (1962, #22.  The high-pitched lead vocal is not the female member of the group; it is a sweet falsetto from lead singer Ricky Cordo.)


 

Without You – Johnny Tillotson (1961, #7.  This song earned Tillotson his first BMI songwriting award.)

 * Hang On Sloopy – The McCoys (1965, #1.  This was the second of 6 charting (Hot 100) versions of the song.  The original version was titled “My Girl Sloopy” by The Vibrations, and made it to #26 in 1964.)

 * Runaround Sue – Dion (1961, #1 for two weeks.  Dion has had dozens of Hot 100 hits, and this was the biggest.  He says it was *not* about his then-girlfriend (and eventual wife) Susan Butterfield – the name Sue just fit perfectly in the song.)

Every Beat of My Heart – Gladys Knight & the Pips (1961, their first AND second entries onto the Hot 100, charting at #6 and #45.  They were two different (but nearly identical) recordings of the same song, released on two different record labels, and they debuted on the Hot 100 the exact same week in mid-May 1961.  Perhaps the song could have made it to #1 if it hadn’t been competing against itself!) 

 

Tossin’ and Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis (1961, #1 for seven weeks)

Ginny Come Lately – Brian Hyland (1962, #21)

Let Me In – The Sensations (1962, #4)

Don’t Make Me Over – Dionne Warwick (1962, peaking at #21 in early 1963.  This song was the beginning of Warwick’s career – and actually, the beginning of “Warwick”, since she was born with the last name Warrick.  There was a typo in her name on the label of this single, and from then on, she used the name Warwick.)

Cathy’s Clown – Everly Brothers (1960, #1 for five weeks on the Hot 100, and an R&B #1 as well)

Corrina, Corrina – Ray Peterson (1960, peaked at #9 in early 1961)

 

I Call It Pretty Music But the Old People Call It the Blues (Pt 1) – Little Stevie Wonder (his first single, recorded and released in 1962.  It did not chart at the time, but after the enormous success of “Fingertips”, enough interest in Wonder had been generated for this song to “bubble under” the Hot 100 at #101 a year after its release.)

I Won’t Be There – Del Shannon (1962, #113)

Crazy Daisy – Jo Ann Campbell (1960, did not chart)

Funny How Time Slips Away – Jimmy Elledge (1961, peaked at #22 in early 1962.  The song was written by Willie Nelson and produced by Chet Atkins.  This was the sole Hot 100 hit for Elledge.) 

Here’s That Rainy Day – The Intervals (1962, dnc)

7-8pm

The Kind of Boy You Can’t Forget – The Raindrops (1963, #17.  The Raindrops consisted of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, his wife and songwriting partner.  Greenwich's voice was multi-tracked and images of The Raindrops often included her younger sister to give the impression the group was a trio.) 

 

I’m Nobody’s Baby Now – Reparata and the Delrons (1966, dnc.  The song was written and produced by Jeff Barry, with lush orchestration… it is hard to believe this song didn’t even bubble under!)

Down in the Boondocks – Billy Joe Royal (1965, #9, his first and biggest Hot 100 hit, written and produced by Joe South)

 

Halfway to Paradise – Tony Orlando (1961, #39, a Goffin-King composition.  This was his first Hot 100 hit, recorded on his 17^th birthday.)

Sea of Heartbreak – Don Gibson (1961, #21)

The Great Pretender – The Platters (1955, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1956 and was a #1 hit on the R&B chart as well.  Tony Williams sang lead.)

The Pied Piper – Crispian St. Peters (1966, #4)

Wings – The Hollies (Co-written by Allan Clarke and Graham Nash in 1968, the Hollies contributed this song to the World Wildlife Fund’s 1969 charity album “No One’s Gonna Change Our World”.)

 

Someday We’ll Look Back – Merle Haggard (1971, bubbled under at #119.  We hope Merle looked back on his life and said, “It was fun.”)

Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins (1956, #2 for four weeks)

Theme (from a Summer Place) – Percy Faith (1960, #1 for nine weeks!)

 * Honky Tonk (Pt 1 and 2) – Bill Doggett (1956, #2 for three weeks, and an R&B #1)

 * Casino Royale – Herb Alpert- (1967, #27, from the Peter Sellers movie of the same title.  And for some listeners, this song may bring memories of a sketch from Saturday Night Live in which Will Forte uses the song to invigorate a sports team at halftime.)

 * Oh Girl – The Chi-Lites (1972, #1 on the Hot 100 and the R&B chart)

8-9pm




Ride a White Swan – T. Rex (1971, #76, it was their first Hot 100 hit, a year before “Bang a Gong”) 

 

Cut the Cake – AWB (1975, #10, the follow-up to their #1 “Pick Up the Pieces”)

 * The Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson (1970, #80.  The only song for this British prog-rock group to make it into the Hot 100.)

 * Conquistador – Procul Harem (1972, #16)

 * Raunchy – Bill Justis (1957, #2, and #1 on the R&B chart)  

 * Downtown – Petula Clark (1964, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1965) 

 

 * Cherry Hill Park – Billy Joe Royal (1969, #15)

Look What You’ve Done – Bread (1970, did not chart)

I Can Help – Billy Swan (1974, #1 for two weeks, and a Country #1 too)

 * Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra (1978, #35) 

 

 * Ariel – Dean Friedman (1977, #26.  A one-hit wonder.  And here’s a wondrous thing:  someone called just a few minutes before 9pm and asked if I could get my hands on this song in time to play it before the show ended… I had to chuckle, since I was already holding this very song in my hands!)

CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)




Trivia Answer


The song was by Bread.

Congratulations to Cher from Ithaca, for correctly answering the question and winning a free one-hour lane rental at Atlas Bowl in Trumansburg!







Host Next Week (4-16-16):  A multi-host extravaganza!




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