Aug 27, 2016 - KV - bdays, 1976

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Date:  Aug 27, 2016
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  bdays, 1976






Birthday Calendar


Aug 21 – Kenny Rogers (First Edition) – age 78
            – James Burton – age 77
            – Jackie DeShannon (b. Sharon Myers) – age 75

Aug 22 – Ron Dante (b. Carmine Granito, Archies) – age 71

Aug 23 – Rudy Lewis (b. Charles Rudolph Harrell, Drifters) – born in 1936
            – Keith Moon (Who) – born in 1946

Aug 24 – Mason Williams – age 78

Aug 25 – Elvis Costello – age 62






Playlist


[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 8-27-76; 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)

Baby’s Birthday – The Guess Who (1966)

Birthday Party – The Pixies Three (1963, #40)

 

Birthday Morning – The Association (1968, from their album Birthday)

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John and Kiki Dee (#1 this week in 1976; it spent four weeks in the top slot)

Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) – Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids (debuted at #87 this week in 1976; it would peak at #29.  Wolfman Jack does the spoken word portions.)

 

A Little Bit More – Dr. Hook (#21 this week)

Still the One – Orleans (#22 this week)

Summer – War (#13 this week; it would peak at #7 on the Hot 100 and would reach #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)


 

 * 1999 – Prince (1982, peaked at #12 in 1983 and would come back to the Hot 100 again for a week in January 1999)

 * Starman – David Bowie (1972, #65)

 * Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In – The 5^th Dimension (1969, #1 for six weeks)

7-8pm (birthday calendar)

But You Know I Love You – The First Edition (1969, #19)

Everybody But Me – Rick Nelson (with James Burton on lead guitar, from the 1961 album Rick Is 21 and then eventually released as the b-side of a single in 1964)

Put a Little Love in Your Heart – Jackie DeShannon (1969, #4, co-written by DeShannon)

 

Sunshine – The Archies (1970, #57)

Please Stay – The Drifters (1961, #14)

The Kids Are Alright – The Who (1966, “bubbled under” at #106)

Classical Gas – Mason Williams (1968, #2 on the Hot 100 for two weeks, and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)

Pump It Up – Elvis Costello (1978)

 * Joy to the World – Three Dog Night (1971, #1 for six weeks)

You’re My Best Friend – Queen (#42 this week in 1976; it would peak at #16)

You Are the Woman – Firefall (#72 and in its second week on the chart as of 8-28-1976; it would climb to #9)



Funny How Time Slips Away – Dorothy Moore (#65 this week in 1976, written by Willie Nelson)

8-9pm



 * Pride of Man – Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968, the first track off their self-titled debut album)

 * Fresh Air – Quicksilver Messenger Service (1970, #49)

Rainbow ’65 (full version) – Gene Chandler (Part 1 of this live rendition charted in 1965 and peaked at #69 in early 1966.  The studio version had made it to #47 in 1963.  The song was written by Curtis Mayfield.) 



Click-Clack – Dickey Doo and the Don’ts (1958, #28)

Pure Love – Sonny James (1959, #107, written by Johnny Burnette)

Starlight – Lee Greenlee (1959, #102)

One Life – Albert Hammond (1975, from the album 99 Miles From L.A.)



 * Bye, Bye Baby – Big Brother and the Holding Company (1967, from their self-titled debut album)

Summerlove Sensation – Bay City Rollers (1974, a big hit in the U.K.)

 * Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton (1983, #1 on both the Hot 100 and the Country charts)

 * Sugar Sugar – Wilson Pickett (1970, #25.  This was less than a year after the Archies had spent four weeks at #1 with the song.)

 * Brink of Disaster – Lesley Gore (1967, #82)

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







Congratulations to James from Candor, for being our 9^th caller and winning a FREE one-hour lane rental at Atlas Bowl!








Host Next Week (Sept 3):  Jan Hunsinger





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