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Date: January 14, 2017
Host: Jan Hunsinger
Feature: One-hit wonders of the late 60s and early 70s. All of which are 45 rpm singles.
Birthday Calendar
Jan. 8 - Elvis Presley - 1935
Shirley Bassey - 80 years old
Little Anthony (Gourdine) - 1940
John Petersen (Beau Brummels drummer) - 1942
Terry Sylvester (The Hollies) - 72
Robbie Krieger (The Doors) - 71
Jan. 9 - Joan Baez - 76
Scott Engel (Walker Brothers) - 74
Bill Cowsill - 1948
Jan. 10 - Johnny Ray - 1927
Scott McKenzie - 1939
Jim Croce - 1942
Rod Stewart - 72
Jan. 11 - Chuck Barksdale (The Dells) - 83
Jan. 12 - Ray Price - 1926
Ruth Brown - 1928
Glenn Yarborough - 1930
Jan. 13 - none
Jan. 14 - Clarence Carter - 82
Jack Jones - 79
Tim Harris (The Foundations drummer) - 1948
Playlist
[One-hit wonders: artists who had only one song make the Billboard Top 40. 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)
Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers (#1 - 1967)
Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion (#7 - 1971)
Everyone's Gone to the Moon - Jonathan King (#17 - 1965)
Nothing But a Heartache - The Flirtations (#34 - 1969)
Jennifer Tomkins - Street People (#36 - 1970: studio group led by Rupert Holmes who would have a hit with the Pina Colada song)
I Love You - People (#14 - 1968)
*In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans (#1 - 1969: arguably the greatest one-hit wonder of them all - spent 6 weeks at #1 and the duo were never in the Top 40 again. Danny Zager & Rick Evans out of Nebraska)
When I Die - Motherlode (#18 - 1969: group out of Canada)
45 Corner
The Epic Ride of John Glenn - Walter Brennan (star of the TV show "The Real McCoys", Brennan had three spoken records reach the Top 40. This was the flip side to his #5 hit "Old Rivers" in 1962)
Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind (#5 - 1966: a great folk-rock number)
1900 Yesterday - Liz Damon & the Orient Express (#33 - 1971: group out of Hawaii)
Naturally Stoned - Avant Garde (#40 - 1968)
Morning Girl - Neon Philharmonic (#17 - 1969: Nashville session musicians with Tupper Saussy writing and Don Gant singing)
Birthday Calendar
Viva Las Vegas (#29 - 1964)
All Shook Up (#1 - 1957: double shot from the King)
Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey (#8 - 1965)
I'm on the Outside Looking In - Little Anthony & the Imperials (#15 - 1964)
Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels (#15 - 1965)
Sorry Suzanne - The Hollies (#56 - 1969: Terry Sylvester filled in when Graham Nash left the group to form up with Stephen Stills and David Crosby)
Love Her Madly - The Doors (#11 - 1971: appearing on Rolling Stones Greatest guitarists of all time list, Robbie Krieger co-wrote the song.)
Winds of the Old Days - Joan Baez (flip side of 45 Diamonds & Rust which reached #35 in 1975; tune about her relationship with Bob Dylan)
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - Walker Brothers (#13 - 1966: blue-eyed soul with Scott Engel [Walker] on lead vocals)
We Can Fly - The Cowsills (#21 - 1968: Bill Cowsill produced the LP this song was the title track at the age of 20)
Just Walking in the Rain - Johnnie Ray (#2 - 1956)
What About Me? - Anne Murray (#64 - 1972: song written by Scott McKenzie)
Operator - Jim Croce (#17 - 1972)
Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart (#42 - 1972: Mike D'Abo wrote and played piano on the song)
Oh What a Nite - The Dells (#4 R & B charts - 1956)
For the Good Times - Ray Price #11 - 1970: country crossover)
This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' - Ruth Brown (#24 - 1958: 'Miss Rhythm' recorded for Atlantic Records which was sometimes called 'The house that Ruth built')
Baby the Rain Must Fall - Glenn Yarborough (#12 - 1965)
Tell Daddy - Clarence Carter (1966: song that Etta James would cover as "Tell Mama")
Wives and Lovers - Jack Jones (#14 - 1963: great swing sound from the son of Allan Jones, who was in "A Night at the Opera" with the Marx Brothers)
Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations (#3 - 1968: British soul group; song co-written by Mike D'Abo!)
Toast and Marmalade for Tea - Tin Tin (#20 - 1971: group out of Australia)
White on White - Danny Williams (#9 - 1964: Danny Williams is from South Africa)
More Today Than Yesterday - Spiral Starecase (#12 - 1969)
I Got a Line On You - Spirit (#25 - 1969)
*Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire (#1 - 1965: P.F. Sloan wrote the song and McGuire is backed by members of the Wrecking Crew)
Stay Awhile - The Bells (#7: 1971 - The Bells were Jackie Ralph and Cliff Edwards out of Canada)
Midnight Mary - Joey Powers (#10 - 1963)
Sugar on Sunday - The Clique (#22 - 1969: flip side of this 45 was "Superman", which was covered by REM)
Leader of the Laundromat - The Detergents (#19 - 1964: novelty parody of Leader of the Pack featuring Ron Dante of Archies fame)
Hot Smoke and Sassafrass - The Bubble Puppy (#14 - 1969: psychedelic band out of Austin, Texas)
As the Years Go By - Mashmakan (#31 - 1970: band from Montreal)
Reach Out of the Darkness - Friend and Lover (#10 - 1968: Friend and Lover were Jim and Cathy Post; Joe South shared production credits on the song and sat in on the recording session, as did Ray Stevens)
Joanne - Michael Nesmith and the First National Band (#21 - 1970: only post-Monkees Top 40 for Pappa Nes, although his musical influence was much wider)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Host Next Week (January 21): Kim Vaughan with a spotlight on 1961.
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