Aug 26, 2017 - KV - Big Hits and Hidden Gems

 

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Date:  August 26, 2017
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  Big Hits / Hidden Gems






Birthday Calendar


Aug 20   – Jim Reeves – born in 1923

Aug 21   – Jackie DeShannon – age 76

Aug 22   – Ron Dante (Archies) – age 72

Aug 23   – Rudy Lewis (Drifters) – born in 1936
            – Keith Moon (Who) – born in 1947

Aug 24   – Mason Williams – age 79





Playlist


[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)

Windy – The Association (1967, #1 for four weeks)

Birthday Morning – The Association (1968, the non-charting b-side of Time For Livin’)

Baby’s Birthday – The Guess Who (1966, the non-charting b-side of Hurting Each Other)

Share The Land – The Guess Who (1970, #10)

Sooner Or Later – The Grass Roots (1971, #9)

Love Is What You Make It – The Grass Roots (1973, #55)

  

I Love The Way You Love – Marv Johnson (1960, #9)

Happy Days – Marv Johnson (1960, peaked at #58 in early 1961)

Sixteen Reasons – Connie Stevens (1960, #3)

The Greenwood Tree – Connie Stevens (1961, the non-charting b-side of a non-charting song called If You Don’t, Somebody Else Will)

Judy, Judy, Judy – Johnny Tillotson (1963, the non-charting  flip side of You Can Never Stop Me Loving You)

 

Without You – Johnny Tillotson (1961, #7)

Sunshine Girl – Herman’s Hermits (1968, bubbled under at #101)

Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat – Herman’s Hermits (1965, #2 for two weeks)

It’s All Right – The Impressions (1963, #4)

Since I Lost The One I Love – The Impressions (1966, #90)

7-8pm

He’ll Have To Go – Jim Reeves (1959, spent three weeks at #2 in early 1960)

I Know One – Jim Reeves (1960, #82, the b-side of I’m Getting Better)

Put A Little Love In Your Heart – Jackie DeShannon (1969, #4)

The Prince – Jackie DeShannon (1962, #108)

Jingle Jangle – The Archies (1969, reached #10 in early 1970)

Sunshine – The Archies (1970, #57)

Up On The Roof – The Drifters (1962, reached #5 in early 1963)

 

Room Full Of Tears – The Drifters (1961, #72)

I Can See For Miles – The Who (1967, #9)

The Kids Are Alright – The Who (1966, bubbled under at #106)

$13 Stella – Mason Williams (1969, non-charting b-side of Greensleeves)

 

Classical Gas – Mason Williams (1968, spent two weeks at #2 on the Hot 100, reached #1 on Adult Contemporary)

 * Beginnings – Chicago (1971, #7)

Listen - Chicago (non-charting b-side of both the 1969 single Questions 67 and 68 and the 1970 single Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?)

8-9pm




People Got To Be Free – The Rascals (1968, #1 for five weeks)

Mustang Sally – The Young Rascals (1966, non-charting b-side of Good Lovin’)

The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens (1961, #1 for three weeks)

Hear The Bells – The Tokens (1963, #94)

 

Wreck Of The John B. – Jimmie Rodgers (1960, #64, four years before the Beach Boys did their version called Sloop John B.)

Honeycomb – Jimmie Rodgers (1957, #1 for four weeks)

I Saw Her Again – The Mamas & Papas (1966, #5)

Somebody Groovy – The Mamas & Papas (1965, the non-charting b-side of California Dreamin’)

She’s A Fool – Lesley Gore (1963, #5)

Brink Of Disaster – Lesley Gore (1967, #82)

 

Still Waters Run Deep – Brook Benton (1962, #89)

Hotel Happiness – Brook Benton (1962, peaked at #3 in early 1963)

A Lover’s Question – Clyde McPhatter (1958, peaked at #6 in early 1959)

Rock And Cry – Clyde McPhatter (1957, #93)

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





Trivia Winner


Congratulations to Chris from Ithaca for correctly identifying Mason Williams as the musician performing the song $13 Stella -- Chris won a $20 gift certificate to Luna Street Food!







Host Next Week (Sep 2):  John Simon with a spotlight on 1964




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