Sept. 3, 2016: JH - End of Summer/State Fair

Sept. 3, 2016 - JH - End of Summer/State Fair

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Date:  Sept. 3, 2016
Host:  Jan Hunsinger
Feature:  End of Summer/State Fair

Birthday Calendar 

August 28: John Perkins (Crew Cuts) born 1931
- Edwin Patten (Gladys Knight & the Pips) born 1939
-Clem Cattini (The Tornados) 79
- Danny Seraphine (Chicago) 68
- Wayne Osmoond (Osmonds) 65 

August 29: Dinah Washington - born 1924 as Ruth Jones
- Gene Allison - born 1934
- Richard Halligan (Blood, Sweat, & Tears) 73 

August 30: Kitty Wells - born 1919 (Ellen Muriel Deason)
- John Phillis (Mamas & Papas) born 1935
- John McNally (Searchers) 75
- Charles Colbert (American Breed) 72 

August 31: Jerry Allison (Crickets) 77
- Van Morrison - 71
- Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac) born 1945
- Gina Schock (Go-Gos) 59 

Sept. 1: Tommy Evans (Drifters) born 1927
- Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) 70
- Greg Errico (Sly & the Family Stone) 68

Sept. 2: Hugo Montenegro - born 1925
- Sam Gooden (The Impressions) 77
- Billy Preston - born 1946

Sept. 3: Hank Thompson - born 1925
- Al Jardine (Beach Boys) 74
- Gary Walker (Walker Brothers) born 1944

Playlist

[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) - but did the new guy forget to play it?

You Still Believe in Me
That's Not Me 

Two in a row from the Beach Boys landmark LP "Pet Sounds".  Brian Wilson appeared at the State Fair on August 29 and played the album straight through.  KV (with her significant other) and I were there to see it!

Can't You Hear My Heartbeat - Herman's Hermits (#2 1965)
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits (#1 1965)  -  Hermits lead singer Peter Noone was also at the State Fair on August 29 and he put on a great show.  Even got an autograph.

Wonderful Summer - Robin Ward (#14 - 1963: one-hit wonder from November of 1963)

A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy (#7 - 1964: a wistful song with great harmonies from the British Invasion) 


All Summer Long - The Beach Boys (1964 - title track of 1964 LP that was not released as a single in the US.  Gained popularity when song was used over end credits of movie "American Graffiti" even though film took place in 1962.)


Summer's Almost Gone - The Doors (1968 - album track from "Waiting For the Sun")

I Got Rhythm - The Happenings (#3 - 1967: originally written by George Gershwin in 1930; listeners heard the B.T. Puppy 45)


But It's Alright - JJ Jackson (#22 - 1966: one-hit wonder from artist who would go on to be one the first VJs on VH-1, when VH-1 played music videos.)

Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders (#5 - 1966: Sonny Geraci was lead singer of this group out of Cleveland)

 
My Pledge of Love - Joe Jeffrey Group (#14 - 1969: one-hit wonder on Wand records)

45 Corner
She Belongs to Me - Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band (#33 - 1969: cover of song written by Bob Dylan)

 
 You Can't Hurry Love - the Supremes (#1 - 1966: the great Motown team of Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote and produced this signature song for the Supremes)

Meet Me at Mary's Place - Sam Cooke (1964 - according to Wikipedia neither this song nor its flip side were released as singles - so how was I able to buy the 45?  [wish I had the picture sleeve] A song Bruce Springsteen covered on "The Rising")




 Four Walls - Jim Reeves (#11 - 1957: crossover hit for this Country Music Hall of Famer; died in a plane crash at 39)

7-8pm (birthday calendar)

Sh-Boom - The Crew-Cuts (#1 - 1954: Canadian group that covered song originally done by the Chords)

With Every Beat of My Heart  - Gladys Knight & the Pips (#6 - 1961:  first of 24 top 40 hits for the group)

Telstar - The Tornados (#1 - 1962: one-hit wonder from this English quintet. Named for the satellite launched in July of that year)


Free - Chicago (#20 - 1971 - Danny Seraphine one of the founding members of the group)









One Bad Apple - Osmonds (#1 - 1971: Berry Gordy turned down this song for the Jackson 5 and it spent 5 weeks at #1 for the Osmonds)

What A Difference A Day Makes - Dinah Washington (#8 - 1959:  soulful Top 40 hit for the "Queen of the Blues")

You Can Make It If You Try - Gene Allison (#36 - 1958: one-hit wonder on V-J Records)


 Lisa Listen to Me - Blood, Sweat, & Tears (#73 - 1971: off of B,S, &T's fourth album, which reached the top 10)

It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells (#27 pop; #1 country - 1952: the "Queen of Country Music" recorded this as an answer song to "The Wild Side of Life".)



Safe in My Garden - Mamas & Papas (#53 - 1968: song that captured the confusion of 1968)

Mississippi - John Phillips (#32 - 1970: former Papas lone top 40 effort - "Down on the bayou why you never know just what you're doing")

Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Searchers (#16 - 1964: part of the British Invasion from Liverpool, England; group took its name from the John Wayne-John Ford movie of 1956)
 
Bend Me, Shape Me - American Breed (#5 - 1967: out of Illinois, group would later evolve into "Rufus" ["Tell Me Something Good])

That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly & the Crickets (#1 - 1957: song written by Buddy Holly & Jerry Allison after they saw John Wayne use the line "That'll be the day" in the movie "The Searchers" - wow, two references to that movie in one Birthday Calendar!)

Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) - Van Morrison (#61 - 1972: single release off of the LP Saint Dominick's Preview) 






Sentimental Lady - Fleetwood Mac (1972 - original version fromLP "Bare Trees"; later re-recorded by Bob Welch and reached #8 in 1978)

Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Gos (#20 - 1981: first top 40 hit for the female quintet from LA)

Some Kind of Wonderful - the Drifters (#32 - 1961: first top 40 hit after Ben E. King left the group) 

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees (#1 - 1971: spent four weeks at #1; used in the movie "American Hustle")


Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone (#8 - 1968: first top 10 single for the group; voted #223 on Rolling Stone magazines top 500 songs of all time)

Theme From "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - Hugo Montenegro (#2 - 1968: one of Clint Eastwood's "spaghetti westerns")

It's All Right - The Impressions (#4 - 1963: birthday guy Sam Gooden and Curtis Mayfield trade lines in this soulful tune)

My Sweet Lord - Billy Preston (#90 - 1971: "Fifth Beatle's" cover of the George Harrison classic)



Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys (#1 - 1965: normally singing middle harmonies, Al Jardine took over lead vocals for this smash hit)

The Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson (#27 pop, #1 country - 1952:  Thompson was the inspiration for the Jeff Bridges movie "Crazy Heart")

After the Lights Go Out - The Walker Brothers (1966 - flip side of "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" that was written by John Stewart; the original Smash 45 [despite what the picture says])




*Summer Rain - Johnny Rivers (#14 - 1968: a song about the Summer of Love - 1967)

*Summer Wine - Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra (1968 - originally released as the B side of Nancy's hit "Sugar Town")




*Spooky - Classics IV (#3 - 1967: band out of Jacksonville, Florida with Dennis Yost singing lead) 

The Work Song - Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass (#18 - 1966: managed to squeeze in one song for Labor Day)


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

Host Next Week (Sept 10):  John Simon with an Oldies Grab-bag.





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