Rockin' Remnants
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Date: June 11, 2016
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: 1960
Birthday Calendar
Jun 6 – Levi Stubbs (Four Tops) – born in 1936
– Gary U.S. Bonds – age 73
Jun 7 – Tom Jones – age 76
– Dean Martin (b. Dino Crocetti) – born in 1917
Jun 8 – Nancy Sinatra – age 76
– Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) – age 74
– Boz Scaggs – age 72
Jun 9 – Les Paul (b. Lester Polsfuss) – born in 1915
– Jackie Wilson – born in 1934
Jun 10 – Shirley Alston (b. Shirley Owens, Shirelles) – age 75
Jun 11 – Joey Dee (b. Joseph DiNicola) – age 76
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
Which two members of this week’s birthday calendar are cousins?
(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 6-11-60; 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)
Good Timin’ – Jimmy Jones (#3 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending 6-12-60. It was its third week in that spot, and that’s as high as it would go.)
Stuck on You – Elvis Presley (#2 this week. It was its third week at #2; prior to that it had spent four weeks at #1.)
Love You So – Ron Holden (#9 this week)
Cathy’s Clown – The Everly Brothers (its third week at #1, and it would stay at the top for two more weeks after this; it was a #1 on the R&B chart as well)
Sixteen Reasons – Connie Stevens (#11 this week)
Greenfields – The Brothers Four (#10 this week)
* Wiggle Wobble – Les Cooper and the Soul Rockers (1962, peaked at #22)
Let the Little Girl Dance – Billy Bland (#15 this week)
Happy-Go-Lucky Me – Paul Evans (#17 this week)
* El Paso – Marty Robbins (1959, it spent two weeks at #1 in early 1960)
The Old Lamplighter – The Browns (#26 this week, having reached its peak at #5 several weeks prior)
Mule Skinner Blues – The Fendermen (#57 this week; it would eventually peak at #5)
Alley Oop – The Hollywood Argyles (#55 this week for the Hollywood Argyles – and another recording of the song was at #75 this week for Dante and the Evergreens. The version by the Hollywood Argyles would get all the way to #1; Dante’s would reach #15.)
A Rockin’ Good Way – Dinah Washington and Brook Benton (#27 this week)
* Walk Don’t Run – The Ventures (debuted in July 1960, peaked at #2)
Think – James Brown and the Famous Flames (peaked this week at #33)
My Home Town – Paul Anka (#37 this week; it would peak at #8)
Seven-Day Weekend – Gary U.S. Bonds (1962, #27)
(It Looks Like) I’ll Never Fall in Love Again – Tom Jones (1967, #49 – and then it charted again in 1969, reaching #6)
Nobody’s Baby Again – Dean Martin (1966, #60)
Somethin’ Stupid – Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra (1967, #1 for four weeks, and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Here's a video with Nancy and her brother, Frank Jr., on the Smothers Brothers' show.)
Pieces of April – Three Dog Night (1972, peaked at #19, with Chuck Negron singing lead)
Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs (1977, #11)
It’s Been a Long, Long Time – Les Paul and Mary Ford (1961, #105)
Doggin’ Around – Jackie Wilson (#21 this week)
* Will You Love Me Tomorrow – The Shirelles (1960, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1961)
What Kind of Love is This – Joey Dee and the Starliters (1962, #18, written by Johnny Nash)
* (I Wanna) Love My Life Away – Gene Pitney (1961, #39, his first Hot 100 hit)
The Race is On – Jack Jones (1965, #15)
* Marie Laveau – Bobby Bare (live recording from 1974; did not chart on the Hot 100, but was a #1 hit on the Country chart)
* Kites – Simon Dupree and the Big Sound (1967, was a Top Ten single on the UK chart)
* What’s New Pussycat – Tom Jones (1965, #3)
* I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent – Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (1956)
Barbara – The Temptations (#46 this week, having peaked at #29. This group was a one-hit wonder from Flushing NY, no connection to the Temptations who would sign with Motown the following year.)
Train of Love – Annette (debuted this week at #90; it would peak at #36)
* Let the Feeling Flow – Peabo Bryson (1982, #42)
* You’re Just in Love – The Carpenters (from the Carpenters’ 1980 tv special Music Music Music, with John Davidson singing the male vocal)
Yellow River – Christie (1970, #23)
* Stage Fright – The Band (1970)
Stay With Me – Faces (1972, #17)
If You Leave Me Now – Chicago (1976, #1 for two weeks)
Love on a Mountain Top – Robert Knight (1968, did not chart in the US, but in 1973 it charted in the UK)
Trivia Answer
Jackie Wilson and Levi Stubbs were cousins.
Host Next Week (June 18): John Simon
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