Jun 10, 2017 - KV - 1962

 

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Date:  June 10, 2017
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1962




Birthday Calendar


Jun 4   – Gordon Waller (Peter & Gordon) – born in 1945
            – Michelle Phillips (b. Holly Michelle Gilliam, Mamas & Papas) – age 73

Jun 5   – Freddie Stone (b. Frederick Stewart, Sly & the Family Stone) – age 70

Jun 6   – Levi Stubbs (Four Tops) – born in 1936
            – Gary “U.S.” Bonds – age 74

Jun 7   – Tom Jones – age 77
            – Dean Martin – born in 1917

Jun 8   – Nancy Sinatra – age 77
            – Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) – age 75

Jun 9   – Jackie Wilson – born in 1934

Jun 10   – Shirley Alston (Shirelles) – age 76




Playlist


[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 6-10-62; 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)

I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles (in its third week at #1 this week in 1962; it would stay there for two more weeks)

It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’ – Johnny Tillotson (#3 this week)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence – Gene Pitney (peaked this week at #4)

Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon (#5 this week)

Lovers Who Wander – Dion (#6 this week; co-written by Dion and Ernie Maresca)

Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) – Ernie Maresca (#38 this week)

  

Snap Your Fingers – Joe Henderson (#18 this week)

 * Mr. Lee – Bobbettes (1957, #6, R&B #1)

Drum Stomp – Sandy Nelson (#94 this week)

Why’d You Wanna Make Me Cry – Connie Stevens (#64 this week)

A Steel Guitar And A Glass of Wine – Paul Anka (#20 this week)

Follow That Dream – Elvis Presley (#15 this week, from the movie of the same title)

Don’t Play That Song – Ben E. King (#11 this week in 1962, with an intro reminiscent of his 1961 hit “Stand By Me”)

 

That’s Old Fashioned – The Everly Brothers (#13 this week in 1962.  The intro sounds like it might have inspired the first couple bars of the 1970 song “Knock Three Times” by Dawn.)

Uptown – The Crystals (#28 this week)

7-8pm

European Blueboy – Mamas & Papas (1971, from their album People Like Us)

A World Without Love – Peter & Gordon (1964, #1, written by Paul McCartney)

Everyday People – Sly & the Family Stone (spent four weeks in early 1968 at #1 on the Hot 100 and two weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)

Reach Out (I’ll Be There) – Four Tops (1966, #1 for two weeks on Hot 100 and on R&B)

Seven-Day Weekend – Gary U.S. Bonds (bubbled under at #110 this week in 1962; it would break into the Hot 100 the following week, and would eventually peak at #27)

 

(It Looks Like) I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Tom Jones (1967, #49 – and then in 1969, #6)

Nobody’s Baby Again – Dean Martin (1966, #60)

Somethin’ Stupid – Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra (1967, #1 for four weeks on Hot 100 and topped the Adult Contemporary chart as well)

Joy To The World – Three Dog Night (1971, #1 for six weeks)

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher – Jackie Wilson (1956, #6, R&B #1)

Soldier Boy – The Shirelles (#14 this week in 1962, had spent three weeks at #1)

[45 corner] She’s Walking Away – Dickey Lee (1964, b-side of Big Brother, did not chart)

   

 * Love Came To Me – Dion (debuted on the Hot 100 in Nov 1962, peaked at #10)

 * Johnny Get Angry – Joanie Sommers (#40 this week)

 * Mirage – Tommy James & the Shondells (1967, #10)

8-9pm



Reunited – Peaches & Herb (1979, #1 for four weeks on both the Hot 100 and the R&B charts)

I’m Coming Home – The Spinners (1974, #18)

Having A Party – Sam Cooke (#36 this week, on its way up to #17.  It was the b-side of “Bring It On Home To Me”, which would peak at #13.  Lou Rawls provided backing vocals on both tracks.)

Let’s Start The Party Again – Little Eva (1963, #123, written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin)

 

Reminiscing – Little River Band (1978, #3)

Tears On My Pillow – Johnny Nash (1975, a #1 single in the U.K.)

Ariel – Dean Friedman (1977, #26)

 

Give A Little Love – Bay City Rollers (1975, a #1 single in the U.K.)

 * Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC (1976, but not released in the U.S. until 1981)

Be My Lover – Alice Cooper (1972, #49)

The Spy – The Doors (1970, from Morrison Hotel)

Come Back My Love – The Darts (1978, a British doo-wop revival group’s cover of a Wrens song from 1955)

Since You Been Gone - Rainbow (1979, #57)

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



Host Next Week (June 17):  Jan Hungsinger with a spotlight on Fatherhood



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