Rockin' Remnants
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Date: May 7, 2016
Host: Jan Hunsinger
Feature: Debut episode for the new guy with Spotlight on Billboard Hot 100 for May 7, 1970.
Birthday Calendar
May 1 – Judy Collins - 1939
May 2 - Engelbert Humperdinck - 1936 (born Arnold George Dorsey)
Leslie Gore - 1946
May 3 - Dave Dudley - 1928
– James Brown - 1933
– Frankie Valli - 1934
- Mary Hopkin - 1950
May 4 - Dick Dale - 1937 (born Richard Anthony Monsour)
- Tyrone Davis - 1938
May 5 - Tammy Wynette - 1942 (born Virginia Wynette Pugh)
May 6 – Bob Seger – age 71
May 7 - Jimmy Ruffin - 1939
- Johnny Maestro - 1939 (born Johnny Mastrangelo)
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 5-7-70; 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)
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (one-hit wonder that hit its highest chart position on this date in 1970 - #3)
Let It Be - the Beatles (reached #1 on 4/11 and spent two weeks there. Down to #2 on this date in 1970)
ABC - Jackson 5 (rose to #1 on 4/25, also spent two weeks there, and would be replaced by the Guess Who's American Woman when the next chart came out)
Nothing But a Heartache - Flirtations (one-hit wonder that spent 14 weeks on the charts but only made it up to #34)
Tossin' & Turnin' - Bobby Lewis (spent 7 weeks at #1 in 1961; with rarely heard "Baby" intro)
Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack (made #56 in 1973 and was used in the Quentin Tarantino movie "Jackie Brown")
Come Running - Van Morrison (released as a single off of his great "Moondance" LP; was #39 on this date in 1970, its highest chart position)
Question - Moody Blues (was down to #94 on this date in 1970, down from a peak of #21; a track from "A Question of Balance")
45 corner- Righteous Brothers - (You're My) Soul and Inspiration (great blue-eyed soul record produced by Phil Spector spent 3 weeks at #1 in 1966; with rare intro)
You Belong to Me – Jo Stafford (huge 1952 smash spent 12 weeks at #1)
Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (Joni Mitchell-penned tune that won Grammy in 1968 [#8 on charts] for Best Folk Performance and voted #171 in Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time)
California Nights - Leslie Gore (#16/1967; last of Leslie's top 40 hits, she performed this song on the old "Batman" TV series when she played Catwoman's sidekick, Pussycat)
A Man Without Love - Englebert Humperdinck (#19/1968)
Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley (#32/1963; the definitive truck-driving song presented in its original mono version)
Try Me - James Brown (#48/1958; but #1 on the R&B charts, written by JB himself)
Silence Is Golden - The Four Seasons (1964 album cut for the Four Seasons that the Tremeloes would reach #11 with in 1967)
Temma Harbour - Mary Hopkin (#39/1970; Welsh folk singer signed to Apple records)
Miserlou - Dick Dale (1962: the inventor of surf music, this song appeared in the movie "Pulp Fiction", by Quentin Tarantino)
Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone Davis (#5/1969 but #1 R&B on Dakar Records)
DIVORCE - Tammy Wynette (#63/1968, was a #1 country hit for "The First Lady of Country Music"; used in the movie "Five Easy Pieces" with a young Jack Nicholson)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man – Bob Seger System (1968, peaked at #17 in early 1969. This was Seger's first Hot 100 hit.)
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Jimmy Ruffin (#7/1966: Jimmy talked songwriter James Dean into letting him record a song that was meant for the Spinners)
Step By Step - The Crests (#14/1960: Johnny Maestro would go on to have a second career as lead singer of the Brooklyn Bridge)
45 Corner Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers (#11/1968: special juke box EP that played at 331/3 RPM)
A slew of requests came in at this point. Here are a few of the songs that were played:
*Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (yes, it was played again. A caller said that technical difficulties erased the middle of the song and that he wanted to hear it again. We obliged him.)
*Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection (#21/1970; a request from our buddy George and coincidentally on the charts for the Spotlight Date)
*End of the World - Skeeter Davis (#2/1963)
*Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley (#16/1970)
*Ticket to Ride - The Carpenters (#55/1970; a caller wanted to hear the rich sounds of Karen Carpenter - this was also from tonight's Spotlight Date!)
Shake, Rattle, & Roll - Big Joe Turner (#22/ 1954; the original version of the song, before Bill Haley recorded it; ranked #127 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time)
*For You - Bruce Springsteen (1973 - caller requested a Bruce Springsteen song. This great album track was the choice!)
45 Corner Arms of Mary - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver (#81/1976)
*Release Me - Kitty Wells (JS gets an assist for picking out this album track for a caller who requested Kitty Wells)
Host Next Week (May 14): Kim Vaughan
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