Mar 18, 2017 - KV - 1957

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Date:  March 18, 2017
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1957




Birthday Calendar


Mar 12 – James Taylor – age 69

Mar 13 – Neil Sedaka – age 78

Mar 14 – Quincy Jones – age 84

Mar 15 – Mike Love (Beach Boys) – age 76
            – Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart) – age 74

Mar 16 – Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby) – age 75

Mar 17 – Nat “King” Cole – born in 1919
            – John Sebastian (Lovin’ Spoonful) – age 73
            – Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) – born in 1941

Mar 18 – Wilson Pickett – born in 1941
            – Charley Pride – age 83



And the news came in tonight that Chuck Berry passed away at the age of 90.  We celebrate his life, and the music he gave to the world.




Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia


How many versions of The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) were on this week’s Top 100 in 1957? 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)





Playlist


[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 3-18-57; 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)


Rock-A-Billy – Guy Mitchell (peaked at #10, debuted in April 1957)

Teen-Age Crush – Tommy Sands (#3 this week on Billboard’s Top 100)

Round And Round – Perry Como (#8 this week)

  

 * I’m Walkin’ – Fats Domino (#13 this week)

A Rose And A Baby Ruth – George Hamilton IV (tied for #100 this week, after having peaked at #6 in Dec 1956)

Young Love – Tab Hunter (#1 this week)

Banana Boat Song – Fontane Sisters (#50 this week; one of several calypso songs on this week’s Top 100, including several versions of this song)

Jamaica Farewell – Harry Belafonte (#52 this week)

Let’s Go Calypso – Rusty Draper (#65 this week)

    

Calypso Melody – David Rose & His Orchestra (#76 this week)

Marianne – Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders (#7 this week)

She’s Walking Away [45 Corner] – Dickey Lee (1964, b-side of Big Brother, which *almost* made it onto the Hot 100)

     

Wonderful! Wonderful! – Johnny Mathis (#70 this week, a few weeks after its peak at #14.  This was his first Top 100 hit.)

 * Walkin' After Midnight – Patsy Cline (#20 this week)

Little Darlin’ – The Diamonds (#22 this week)

7-8pm

Carolina In My Mind – James Taylor (peaked at #67 in 1970 and had bubbled under at #118 the previous year)

Sunny – Neil Sedaka (1964, #86)

Sea Of Love – Phil Phillips (1959, #2 for two weeks)

You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore (1963, spent three weeks at #2 in early 1964.  Produced by Quincy Jones, who “discovered” her and produced all four of her Top Ten singles)

Fun Fun Fun – Beach Boys (1964, #5.  Mike Love co-wrote the song and sang lead on it.)

Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly & the Family Stone (1969, #2 for two weeks)

Mr. Bojangles – Jerry Jeff Walker (1968, #77.  The cover version by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band a couple of years later would make it up to #9.  Walker, born and raised in Oneonta NY with the name Ronald Clyde Crosby, was a co-founder of the band Circus Maximus.  He later moved to Texas and had several songs that made it onto the Country chart.)

   

Send For Me – Nat King Cole (debuted in June 1957, peaked at #6 on the Top 100 and spent two weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)

She's Still A Mystery – Lovin’ Spoonful (1967, #27)

Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane (1969, #65, cowritten by Paul Kantner and Marty Balin)

Funky Broadway – Wilson Pickett (1967, #8)

  

Kiss An Angel Good Morning – Charley Pride (1971, peaked at #21 in early 1972, and was #1 on the Country chart)

 * Maybellene – Chuck Berry (1955, #5, his first hit)

 * My Ding-A-Ling – Chuck Berry (1972, #1 for two weeks.  It was his 26th entry on the Hot 100, and his only #1 on that chart (he had several R&B #1s).  This song was recorded in Coventry, England, and was one of the few hits he *didn’t* write.)

 * Rock And Roll Music (demo version) – Chuck Berry (1957, the single version would make it to #8.)

8-9pm




Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) – Edison Lighthouse (1970, #5)

Hold What You’ve Got – Joe Tex (1964, peaked at #5 early the next year; his first of 28 songs to chart on the Hot 100)

It Don’t Matter To Me – Bread (1970, #10)

 * Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry (1959, #8)

Born To Be With You – Dave Edmunds (1973)

Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra (1978, #35)

 * No Particular Place To Go – Chuck Berry (1964, #10)

    

 * Chuck’s Beat – Chuck Berry (1964, with Bo Diddley.  A non-charting single, and a track from the album Two Great Guitars.)

 * Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles (1961, #1 for two weeks)

 * Come Go With Me – Del-Vikings (#24 this week, peaked at #4)

 * For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her – Simon & Garfunkel (1972, #53)

 * Roll Over Beethoven – Chuck Berry (1956, #29)

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






Trivia Answer


There were 5 versions of The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) on this week’s Top 100.  They were by Harry Belafonte, The Tarriers, The Fontane Sisters, Steve Lawrence, and Sarah Vaughan.  A few weeks later, a comedy version by Stan Freberg would enter the chart as well.

Congratulations to Frank from Ithaca, for correctly answering the question and winning a prize package consisting of a free large one-topping pizza from Papa John’s, PLUS a free pass-for-2 to Cornell Cinema!








Host Next Week (Mar 25):  John Rudan with a spotlight on 1972





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