Date: October 28, 2017
Host: Jan Hunsinger
Feature: Halloween Special
Birthday Calendar
October 22:
Annette Funicello - born 1942
Bobby Fuller - born 1942
Leslie West (Leslie Weinstein - Mountain) - 72
Eddie Brigati (The Rascals) - 72
October 23:
Charlie Foxx - born 1939
Ellie Greenwich (songwriter w/ Jeff Barry) - born 1939
Freddie Marsden (Gerry & the Pacemakers) - born 1940
October 24:
J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) - born 1930
Bill wyman (Rolling Stones bassist 1962-93) - 81
Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf drummer) - born 1946
October 25:
Earl Palmer (New Orleans session drummer) - born 1924
Helen Reddy - 76
Roy Lynes (Status Quo organist) - 74
Mary Catherine "Taffy" Nivert Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) - 73
October 26:
Neal Matthews (Jordanaires) - born 1929
Mike Piano (Sandpipers) - 73
Keith Hopwood (Herman's Hermits guitarist) - 71
October 27:
Floyd Cramer (Nashville session pianist) - born 1933
October 28:
Charlie Daniels - 81
Curtis Lee - born 1941
Wayne Fontana - 72
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia:
"Leader of the Laundromat", played in the 6:00 hour, was a parody of what hit song?
(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 7-8-59; 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)
Clap for the Wolfman - The Guess Who (1974 - #6: with background voiceovers by the howlin', prowlin' Wolfman Jack)
Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Cryptkickers (1962 - #1: Halloween favorite that spent 2 weeks at #1; the Cryptkickers included Leon Russell)
Leader of the Laundromat - The Detergents (1964 - #19: novelty parody with Ron Dante, of The Archies fame)
I Put a Spell on You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956 - uncharted: despite not making the charts, perhaps because it was banned from the radio, the song was still a million-seller; voted #313 in Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time; sax solo by Sam "The Man" Taylor)
The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley (1958 - #1: huge smash for Wooley, who wrote the song and also had a film and TV career)
Flying Saucer Parts 1 and 2 - Goodman and Buchanan (1956 - #3: a parody of "The War of the Worlds"; Goodman invented the 'break-in' technique and used it from the 50s to th 70s, when he had a hit with "Mr. Jaws")
Spooky - Classics IV (1968 - #3: Dennis Yost was the lead singer for the group)
They're Coming to Take Me Away - Napoleon the XIV (1966 - #3: Napoleon XIV was Jerry Samuels, who also wrote the song; song dropped on the charts swiftly after programmers pulled it from airplay for fear the song ridiculed the mentally ill; 'B' side was the song played backward, and the label of the B side was backward also)
45 corner
D.O.A. - Bloodrock (1971 - #36: on Capitol Records, song tells of a plane crash; 45 version comes in at 4:32, the album version at 8:30; Bloodrock was out of Fort Worth, Texas)
Season of the Witch - Donovan (unreleased - 1966: although never released as a single, the song became a staple of Donovan's live shows; Jimmy Page provided the hauting guitar part)
Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group (1973 - #1: out of Texas)
7:00 - Birthday Calendar
Tall Paul - Annette Funicello (1959 - #7: born in Utica, NY, Funicello was one of the original "Mouseketeers")
I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four (1966 - #9: #175 of Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of all time, Fuller's death at the age of 24 was under mysterious circumstances)
Mississippi Queen - Mountain (1970 - #21: a rock classic, complete with cowbell intro)
A Girl Like You - The Rascals (1967 - #10: Eddie Brigati wrote most of the Rascals' hits with Felix Cavalieri)
Mockingbird - Charlie & Inez Foxx (1963 - #7: hit for the brother & sister that was later covered by James Taylor and Carly Simon)
River Deep, Mountain High - Supremes and Four Tops (1971 - #14: along with Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich wrote "Hanky Panky", "Doo Wah Diddy", "Maybe I Know", and "Be My Baby", among other hits)
How Do You Do It - Gerry and the Pacemakers (1964 - #9: 2nd Liverpool group signed by Brian Epstein and produced by George Martin; Martin wanted this to be the Beatles' first single and their version can be found on the Anthology 1 CD, but they wanted their own composition, "Love Me Do", released instead; song was #1 for 3 weeks in the UK; group wanted to call themselves Gerry and the Mars Bars, but candy company complained)
Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper (1958 - #6: a radio DJ, Richardson once set a record for being on the air for 122 hours straight; co-wrote Chantilly Lace and wrote "Running Bear" for Johnny Preston and "White Lightning" for George Jones; dies in the plane crash that tok Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens)
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones (1966 - #1: hard-driving hit from the bad boys of rock)
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (1968 - #3: big hit for the group out of Canada)
The Fat Man - Fats Domino (1950 - considered by some to be the first rock and roll record; features Earl Palmer on drums, who recorded with Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Buckley, Frank Sinatra, and more!)
Angie Baby - Helen Reddy (1974 - #1: hit for the singer from Melbourne, Australia that fits the creepy Halloween theme)
Pictures of Matchstick Men - The Staus Quo (1968 - #12: one-hit wonder by the English group that continues to perform!)
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band (1976 - #1: Bill and Taffy Danoff co-wrote with John Denver his big smash - "Take Me Home Country Roads")
Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley (1956 - #1: song features the Jordanaires and came in at #197 on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time)
Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers (1969 - #17: song was featured in the movie "The Sterile Cuckoo", starring Liza Minelli, which was filmed in part at Hamilton College)
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits (1965 - #1: guitarist Keith Hopwood convinced Peter Noone to include the song on their album and it became a huge hit; it was not released as a single in Britain)
On the Rebound - Floyd Cramer (1961 - #4: instrumental hit for the Nashville session piano player who played for Patsy Cline, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, among others; provided painao part for Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel")
Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels (1973 - #9: a play on "Easy Rider", descibes a hippie's experience in a Southern redneck bar)
Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee (1961 - #7: produced by Phil Spector)
*Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds (1971 - #4: first hit for the trio from Los Angeles)
*White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day (1969 - song 'bubbled under' at #118 on the Hot 100; used in the movie "A Walk on the Moon")
Tribute to Fats Domino, who passed away on 10/24 at age 89:
- born Antoine Domino; life-long resident of New Orleans
- nicknamed 'Fats' in honor of Fats Waller
- in the original class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees - 1986
- had 66 singles chart in the Billboard Hot 100
- ranked #25 in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time - 2004
- home heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina - 2005
Let the Four Winds Blow - Fats Domino (1961 - #15: Fats performed it on the Ed Sullivan Show, March 4, 1962, along with Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" and "You Win Again")
Ain't That a Shame - Pat Boone (1955 - #1: an example of how in the 1950s white artists would often cover songs of black artists; ironically Boone's version charted higher; first song that John Lennon learned to play on the guitar)
I'm Walkin' - Ricky Nelson (1957 - #4: released two months after Fats' recording)
Lady Madonna - The Beatles (1968 - #1: Fats' week-long gig at the Savile Hotel in London was secretly attended by Paul McCartney, who was inspired to write this song; Fats covered it and it was his last charting single)
Addams Family Theme - from the TV show based on the cartoons of Charles Addams
Frankenstein Meets the Beatles - Dickie Goodman 1964
Dracula Drag - Dickie Goodman 1965: a pair of uncharted novelty songs to close out Rockin' Remnants Halloween Special!
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer:
"Leader of the Laundromat" was a parody of the hit "Leader of the Pack". Congratulations to Brian of Ithaca who answered correctly.
Host Next Week (November 4): John Rudan with a spotlight on 1975.
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