Apr 8, 2017 - KV - 1960

 

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Date:  April 8, 2017
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1960



Birthday Calendar


Apr 2   – Leon Russell (b. Claude Russell Bridges) – born in 1942 (passed away 11-13-16)
            – Marvin Gaye – born in 1939

Apr 3   – Jeff Barry (b. Joel Adelberg) – age 79
            – Wayne Newton – age 75
            – Billy Joe Royal – born in 1942
            – Tony Orlando (b. Michael Anthony Orlando Cassivitis) – age 73



Apr 4   – Major Lance – year is disputed; some say 1942

Apr 5   – Allan Clarke (Hollies) – age 75

Apr 6   – Merle Haggard – born in 1937 (he passed away on his 79^th birthday, Apr 6, 2016)

Apr 7   – Percy Faith – born in 1908
            – Mongo Santamaria (b. Ramon M.S. Rodriguez) – born in 1917 (would have been 100 today, but passed away in 2003 at the age of 85)








Playlist


[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 4-8-60; 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)

Sweet Nothin’s  – Brenda Lee

He’ll Have to Go – Jim Reeves

Wild One – Bobby Rydell

Puppy Love – Paul Anka

Don’t Throw Away All Those Teardrops – Frankie Avalon

Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) – Brook Benton and Dinah Washington

Greenfields – The Brothers Four

 * Heartbeat – Buddy Holly

 * Fever – Peggy Lee

 * Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde – Georgie Fame

Why Do I Love You So – Johnny Tillotson

Sixteen Reasons – Connie Stevens

[45] Don’t Let My Love Pass You By – Tommy James & the Shondells

El Paso – Marty Robbins

Baby What You Want Me To Do – Jimmy Reed

7-8pm

Tight Rope – Leon Russell

Try It Baby – Marvin Gaye

I’m Nobody’s Baby Now – Reparata & the Delrons (co-written by Jeff Barry)

Heart! (I Hear You Beating) – Wayne Newton

Down In The Boondocks – Billy Joe Royal

Bless You – Tony Orlando

Um Um Um Um Um Um – Major Lance

Stop Stop Stop – Hollies

I Can’t Be Myself – Merle Haggard

Watermelon Man – Mongo Santamaria

Theme From A Summer Place – Percy Faith

 * Teen Angel – Mark Dinning

 * Dragging The Line – Tommy James  

Lonely Blue Boy – Conway Twitty  

I Love The Way You Love – Marv Johnson

8-9pm




 * You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away – Beatles

 * I Need You – Beatles

Cherry Hill Park – Billy Joe Royal

Since You’ve Been Gone – Rainbow

 * Hot Rod Lincoln – Commander Cody

Montego Bay – Bobby Bloom (co-written by Jeff Barry)

 * Sugar Sugar – The Archies (co-written by Jeff Barry)

Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye

Boogie Down – Eddie Kendricks

 * I Got Rhythm – The Happenings  

Chairman Of The Board – Chairmen of the Board

Handy Man – Jimmy Jones

[45] Friday Kind of Monday – The Meantime (like the Raindrops, this group consisted of Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry)

Cut The Cake – AWB

Arms Of Mary – Sutherland Brothers & Quiver

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






Host Next Week (Apr 15):  John Simon with a spotlight on 1963





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