Date: Feb. 11, 2017
Host: Jan Hunsinger
Feature: Valentine Special - songs about kissing.
Birthday Calendar
Feb. 5 - Claude King - 1923
Corey Wells (Three Dog Night) - 1942
Charles (Chuck) Winfield (Blood, Sweat, & Tears) -74
Al Kooper (Alan Peter Kuperschmidt) (B,S, & T) - 73
Feb. 6 - Jerry Marotta (Orelans drummer) - 61
Feb. 7 - Curtis Ousley "King Curtis" - 1934
Feb. 8 - Larry Verne - 1936
Dan Seals - (England Dan & John Ford Coley) - 1948
Feb. 9 - Barry Mann (Barry Imberman) - 78
Carole King - 75
Barbara Lewis - 74
Feb. 10 - Roberta Flack - 78
Feb. 11 - Raoul Cita (Harptones pianist/arranger) - 1928
Gerry Goffin - 78
Sergio Mendes - 76
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)
Stupid Cupid - Connie Francis (1958: #14)
Cupid - Sam Cooke (1961: #17)
Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (1968: #16 - English artist born Graham Pulleyblank wraps up a mini-set of songs about cupid)
Kiss An Angel Good Morning - Charley Pride (1971: #21 - country crossover that became Pride's signature song and won him CMA 's Entertainer of the Year and Top Male Vocalist Awards )
A Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong (1951: song was featured in the movie "Sleepless in Seattle)
*You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles
* I Need You - The Beatles (caller requested these back-to-back songs off of the 'Help' LP)
Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs (1951 - #1: featured in the movie 'A Walk on the Moon')
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers (1957 - #3)
Shoop, Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Betty Everett (1964 - #6: used in the movie 'Mermaids' and sung by Cher)
A Kiss From Your Lips - The Flamingos (1956 - #12 R&B)
Give Him a Great Big Kiss - The Shangri-las (1965 - #18)
*Love Me - Elvis Presley (1956 - #2: a request for a listener in Danby)
45 Corner
Kiss Me, Baby - The Beach Boys (1965: flip side of 'Help Me, Rhonda')
(Til) I Kissed You - The Everly Brothers (1959 - #4)
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Karen Chandler (1952 - #5: original version that Mel Carter had a hit with in 1965)
Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals (1963 - #6: Rolling Stone magazine picked this song #493 in its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and features Phil Spector's Wall of Sound)
Give Me More More More (Of Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell (1952 - #1 Country. Frizzell was a major influence on country music; Roy Orbison named his Traveling Wilbury Brothers character 'Lefty' in his honor.
7-8pm - A great week for birthdays!
Wolverton Mountain - Claude King (1962 - #6: song is a true story written by Clifton Clowers' nephew, Merle Kilgore. Clowers was a World War I veteran who lived to be 102!)
Try a Little Tenderness - Three Dog Night (1969 - #29: cover of Otis Redding hit; Three Dog Night's first Top 40 song)
You've Made Me So, Very Happy - Blood, Sweat, & Tears (1969 - #2: Chuck Winfield on trumpet, David Clayton Thomas on vocals)
I Can't Quit Her - B,S, & T (1968 - UC: original line-up of group for first LP "Child Is the Father to the Man", voted #264 in Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums; Al Kooper on vocals and co-wrote the song)
Still the One - Orleans (1976 - #5)
Soul Serenade - King Curtis (1964 - #51)
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley (1976 - #2)
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne (1960 - #1: novelty song about the Battle of the Little Big Horn - aka 'Custer's Last Stand'))
*Kiss Me Sailor - Diane Renay (1964 - #29: a request for a kissing song that was off my radar - thanks to JS who was still in the studio and had the song with him)
Looking Through the Eyes of Love - Gene Pitney (1965 - #28: from the songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King (1971 - #1: double-sided single with "It's Too Late", song spent 5 weeks at #1 and was described by Allmusic critic Stewart Mason as "the ultimate in hippie-chick eroticism")
Baby I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis (1965 - #11: song was written by Van McCoy of "The Hustle" fame and was used in the movie "The Bridges of Madison County" - directed by Clint Eastwood)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack (1972 - #1: song spent 6 weeks at #1 and was used in the movie "Play Misty for Me" - also directed by Clint Eastwood)
*Come and Get Your Love - Redbone (1974 - #5: the longer LP version of the song)
Sunday Kind of Love - The Harptones (1953)
*Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy (1969 - #2: one-hit wonder from band out of FLorida that still tours with several original members)
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin (1967 - #8: another smash hit from Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Look of Love - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1968 - #4)
Kiss Is On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates (1981 - #1: video of song aired on MTV's first day of broadcasting)
Fire - Pointer Sisters (1979 - #2: song was written by Bruce Springsteen)
Kiss You All Over - Exile (1978 - #1: Exile turned to the country genre after this big hit)
*Home & Dry - Gerry Rafferty (1978: from his LP 'City to City')
*Spanish Harlem - Laura Nyro (1971: Nyro's cover of the Ben E. King hit written by Jerry Lieber and Phil Spector)
*Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (1969 - #1: one of the biggest hits of The King's career - came in at #91 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.)
For Your Love - Ed Townsend (1958 - #13: Ed was awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Korean War)
Goodnight My Love - Jesse Belvin (1956 - #7 R&B charts - 11 year-old Barry White is reportedly the piano played on this song. Belvin co-wrote "Earth Angel", and was killed in a car crash at the age of 27 after performing in the first integrated concert in Little Rock, Arkansas along with Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson)
Thanks for the phone calls and requests!
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Host Next Week (February 18): Kim Vaughan, with a spotlight on 1966
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