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Date:  January 21, 2017
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1961




Birthday Calendar

Jan 16 – Barbara Lynn (b. B. L. Ozen) – age 75
            – Bob Bogle (Ventures) – born in 1934

Jan 17 – Chris Montez (b. Ezekiel C. Montanez) – age 74
            – William Hart (Delfonics) – age 72

Jan 18 – David Ruffin (Temptations) – born in 1941
            – Bobby Goldsboro – age 76

Jan 19 – Phil Everly (Everly Bros) – born in 1939
            – Dolly Parton – age 71
            – Janis Joplin (Big Brother & the Holding Company) – born in 1943         

Jan 21 – Edwin Starr – age 71
            – Mac Davis – age 70



Playlist

[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 1-21-61; 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)

Dance By The Light Of The Moon – The Olympics (#82 this week in 1961, down from its peak at #47.  The song is adapted from a traditional called Buffalo Gals, written over a hundred years earlier.)

Corinna, Corinna – Ray Peterson (#9 this week)

Shop Around – The Miracles (#12 this week)

Poetry In Motion – Johnny Tillotson (#47 this week, having fallen from its peak at #2)

My Last Date (With You) – Skeeter Davis (#34 this week.  She co-wrote the lyrics, along with Boudleaux Bryant, as a response to Floyd Cramer’s hit “Last Date”.  On this week’s Hot 100, there were 2 versions of “Last Date” – Floyd Cramer’s and Lawrence Welk’s – and 2 versions of “My Last Date (With You)” – Skeeter Davis’s and Joni James’s.)

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Yes, I’m Lonesome Tonight – Dodie Stevens (#74 this week.  There were 2 versions of this “response song” on the Hot 100 this week – Thelma Carpenter did the other one – as well as Elvis’s version of “Are You Lonesome Tonight”.)

 * At Last – Etta James (debuted this week in 1961 at #75; it would peak at #47)

 * Are You Lonesome Tonight [45] – Elvis Presley (#2 this week, after spending six consecutive weeks at #1.  The song dates back to the mid-1920s.)

Angel On My Shoulder – Shelby Flint (#61 this week)

 * Rubber Ball – Bobby Vee (#7 this week)

You Are The Only One [45] – Ricky Nelson (#27 this week)

 * Calendar Girl – Neil Sedaka (#14 this week)

Happy Days – Marv Johnson (#58 this week)

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Sad Mood – Sam Cooke (#49 this week)



7-8pm


Second Fiddle Girl – Barbara Lynn (1962, #63)

Perfidia – The Ventures (#33 this week in 1961, down from its peak at #15)

The More I See You – Chris Montez (1966, #16)

Foolin’ Around – Chris Montez (1967, #135)

La-La Means I Love You – The Delfonics (1968, #4)

My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) – David Ruffin (1969, #9, his first single after leaving The Temptations.  This was originally intended to be a Temptations song.)

See The Funny Little Clown – Bobby Goldsboro (1964, #9)

Don’t Drop Out – Dolly Parton (1966, did not chart)

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Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers (1957, #2 for four weeks)

 * Piece Of My Heart – Big Brother & the Holding Company (1968, #12)

Agent Double-O-Soul – Edwin Starr (1965, #21, his first Hot 100 hit)

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 * War – Edwin Starr (1970, #1 for three weeks)

Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me – Mac Davis (1972, #1 for three weeks)

 * Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) – Barry Mann (1961, #7)

 * A Thousand Stars – Kathy Young (#11 this week, after having peaked at #3 a few weeks prior)



8-9pm



 * Lonely Teenager – Dion (#19 this week in 1961)

What Would I Do – Mickey & Sylvia (#76 this week)

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What Am I Gonna Do – Jimmy Clanton (#73 this week)

Stay – Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs (#44 this week in 1961, having reached #1 in Nov 1960)

Sway – Bobby Rydell (#36 this week)

First Taste Of Love – Ben E. King (#69 this week)

Your Other Love – The Flamingos (#71 this week)

I’m Into Something Good – Herman’s Hermits (1964, #13)

 * Sheila – Tommy Roe (1962, #1 for two weeks, the first hit for this boy from Atlanta)

 * Navy Blue – Diane Renay (1964, #6 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)

 * Land Of 1000 Dances – Cannibal & the Headhunters (1965, #30, their only entry on the Hot 100)

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I Hear Trumpets Blow – The Tokens (1966, #30)

Let Your Love Flow – The Bellamy Brothers (1976, #1)

 * Blue Moon – The Marcels (debuted on the Hot 100 in March 1961 and spent three weeks at #1; also spent two weeks at #1 on the R&B chart.  This Rodgers & Hart tune has been recorded by many artists, three of whom had Top Ten versions of the song in 1935.)

I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles (1973, #38)

[45] A Little Bit Of Soap – Paul Davis (1970, #52.  The Jarmels had a big hit with this song in 1961; several other artists have also charted with it.)

Rock And Roll Lullaby – B.J. Thomas (1972, #15.  Duane Eddy played guitar on the record, and the Blossoms sang back-up.)

Big Green Pearl – Orpheus (1971, did not chart)

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




Host Next Week (Jan 28):  John Rudan with a spotlight on 1977



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