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Date: March 11, 2017
Host: Jan Hunsinger
Feature: Songs with states
Birthday Calendar
March 5:
Murray Head - 71
Eddy Grant - 69
Andy Gibb - 1958
March 6:
Mary Wilson (The Supremes) - 73
Hugh Grundy (Zombies drummer) - 72
Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews) - 70
March 7:
Chris White (Zombies bassist) - 74
Matthew Fisher (Procul Harum keyboardist) - 71
March 8:
Mickey Dolenz (George Michael Dolenz - The Monkees) - 72
Carole Bayer Sager (songwriter) - 70
Randy Meisner (The Eagles/Poco) - 71
Little Peggy March (Margaret Battavio) - 69
March 9:
Lloyd Price - 84
Mark Lindsay - 75
Robin Trower (Procul Harum guitarist) - 72
Jimmie Fadden (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) - 69
March 10:
Kenneth Burns (Homer & Jethro) - 1920
Dean Torrence (Jan & Dean) - 77
March 11:
Ric Rothwell (Mindbenders drummer) - 73
Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge lead singer, keyboardist, composer, arranger) - 70
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)
Massachusetts - The Bee Gees (#11 - 1967: written by all three of the brothers, the song became a staple for Robin to sing; the song was originally meant for the Seekers but when they missed connections the brothers recorded it themselves.)
Arizona - Mark Lindsay (#10 - 1969: Hit song for the former lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders)
Minnesota - Northern Light (#88 - 1975: barely cracked the Hot 100 but you heard it here on Rockin' Remnants)
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (#14 - 1970: written by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings in May of 1970)
Kentucky Means Paradise - The Green River Boys featuring Glen Campbell (#114 - 1962: this song comes from a 3 CD set called "Bubbling Under" that KV told me about)
Bowling Green - Everly Brothers (#40 - 1967: the last Top 40 song for the brothers, which was co-written by their bass player, and reached #1 in Canada)
Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley (#16 - 1970: co-written by Eddie Rabbitt and featured Ronnie Milsap on piano)
Kentucky Woman - Neil Diamond (#22 - 1967: Neil's last hit on Bang Records, Deep Purple had a top 40 chart the very next year)
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page (#1 - 1950: song was #1 for 13 weeks)
North to Alaska - Johnny Horton (#4 - 1960: title song from John Wayne movie; Horton died at the age of 35 in a car accident shortly after the song was released)
Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor (#5 - 1970: Taylor was out of Canada and he wrote the song that was a one-hit wonder for him here in the States)
45 corner
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (#1 - 1973: song hit #1 for the co-star of 'The Carol Burnett Show' and sold 2 million copies; it was written by Lawrence's then-husband Bobby Russell, who had a hit with "Saturday Morning Confusion")
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles (#1 - 1960: originally recorded in 1930 with music by Hoagy Carmichael; became the state song of Georgia in 1979)
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips (#1 - 1973: straight out of Atlanta)
7 - 8 pm
Superstar - Murray Head (#14 - 1971: from the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber; we heard the original 45 rpm)
Baby Come Back - the Equals (#32 - 1968: The Equals were one of the first integrated bands in the UK; Eddie Grant would later have a solo hit with "Electric Avenue")
I Just Want to Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb (#8 - 1977: Gibb, who struggled with drug addiction and depression, died just 5 days after his 30th birthday)
She's Not There - the Zombies (#2 - 1964: Hugh Grundy providing the drumming)
Floy Joy - The Supremes (#16 - 1972: Mary Wilson took lead vocals on this post - Dianna Ross hit)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Kiki Dee & Elton John (#1 - 1976: Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote this song under pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche")
I Love You - the Zombies (1965 - written by Chris White, the song was a hit for the group 'People' in 1968; this is the Zombies version)
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum (#5 - 1967: sold over 10 million copies world wide and was a big hit in the Summer of Love; made #57 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time; co-written by Matthew Fisher and a Birthday Calendar two-fer with Robin Trower)
Groovy King of Love - The Mindbenders (#2 - 1966: another Birthday Calendar two-fer; written by Carol Bayer Sager [aka Mrs. Burt Bacharach] and featuring drummer Ric Rothwell)
Goin' Down - The Monkees (#104 - 1967: the flip side of #1 hit Daydream Believer and the song allowed Mickey Dolenz to show off his vocal chops)
I'm a Believer - The Monkees (#1 - 1966: written by Neil Diamond and spent 7 weeks at #1)
Take It To the Limit - the Eagles (#4 - 1975: co-written by Randy Meisner)
I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March - #1 - 1963: still holds the record for youngest female artist with a #1 hit - 15 years old!)
Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price (#1 - 1958: song is based on an 1895 murder in St. Louis and was originally published in 1911)
Miss America - Mark Lindsay (#44 - 1970: allegorical tune about our nation; we heard the mono version of a radio promo 45 rpm)
Buy for Me the Rain - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#45 - 1967: Jimmie Fadden has been with the group since its inception)
Battle of Kookamonga - Homer & Jethro (#14 - 1959: a parody of "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton, another Birthday Calendar connection)
Tennessee - Jan & Dean (#69 - 1962: a Birthday Calendar tune that fits our feature of state songs)
You Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge (#6 - 1967: Vanilla Fudge still touring!)
*California Dreaming - Mamas & Papas (#4 - 1966: written by John & Michelle Phillips and #89 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time)
California Girls - Beach Boys (#3 - 1965: captures the California sound of the 1960s; #72 on Rolling Stones 500 greatest Songs of All Time)
California Soul - The 5th Dimension (#25 - 1969: song written by Ashford & Simpson wraps up a set of California tunes - there were many to choose from)
*Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley (1961 - title track of LP and movie of same name; LP sold over 3 milion copies and spent 20 weeks at #1)
Hawaii Tattoo - The Waikikis (#33 - 1965: The Waikikis were a Belgian studio group)
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver (#2 - 1971: Denver is backed by fellow songwriters Bill & Taffy Danoff who went on to be the Starland Vocal Band; considered Denver's signature song)
Wild Montana Skies - John Denver w/ Emmylou Harris (#113 - 1983: John Denver double shot)
Mississippi Queen - Mountain (#21 - 1970: complete with cowbell intro)
California Earthquake - Cass Elliott (#67 - 1968: from her solo LP after the break-up of the Mamas & Papas)
Carolina in the Pines - Michael Murphey (#21 - 1975: from 'Blue Sky Night Thunder', the same LP that gave us 'Wildfire')
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Host Next Week (March 18): Kim Vaughan
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