Rockin' Remnants
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Date: 11/25/17
Host: John Simon
Feature: November 1966
It's my Birthday Eve and time for the annual Thanksgiving Weekend show.
Trivia prizes, requests, a spotlight on late November 1966 and a
Birthday Calendar that includes a Miracle, a Token, an Eagle, an MG and a
Juke. It's cheap date night on 93.5 FM or wvbr.com and everybody's invited! C'mon over!
Birthday Calendar
November 19 – Hank Medress (Tokens) – born in 1939
– Pete Moore (Miracles) – born in 1939
– Dave Guard (Kingston Trio) – born in 1935
November 20 – Joe Walsh – age 68
– Duane Allman – born in 1946
November 25 – Percy Sledge – born in1940
– Donald "Duck" Dunn (Booker T & MGs) – born in 1941
– Bob Lind – age72
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
Tonight: an audio challenge. Can you identify the singer on this 1960 recording? [Hint: he has been on four #1 records, won three Record of the Year Grammy Awards and been honored at the Kennedy Center.
(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of DATE; 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)
You Keep Me Hanging On - Supremes (#1 for its second of two weeks - and their fourth consecutive #1 in a row!)
Poor Side Of Town - Johnny Rivers (down to #5 from a peak of #1 - the only #1 record for this master of 'cover records' was one of his own compositions!)
I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify (peaking in its first of two weeks at #6)
Walk Away Renee - Left Banke (down to #23 from a peak of #5)
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Dee Dee Warwick (debuting at #94 - this was the first charting version of the Gamble & Huff classic and would only reach #88. The Supremes & Temptations would release a note-for-note copy two years later and ride it to #2)
Theme From A Man & A Woman - Tamiko Jones & Herbie Mann (at #104 this week, down from a peak of #88)
* (I Know) I'm Losin' You - Temptations (headed to #8 on the Pop chart and two weeks at #1 R&B)
* Still the One - Orleans (7/76; #5 - going out to Glen & Sarah with a wedding anniversary this week - and to Bill and Gail, because it's 'their song' too!)
* He's a Rebel - Crystals (9/62; #1 for two weeks - requested by Todd from Newfield who wanted to hear "some Darlene Love" - and who knew that this was her in disguise!)
* Everyday - Buddy Holly (11/57; dnc - this was the b-side of Peggy Sue and goes out to Lew in Newfield, who's enjoying a visit from his son Rowan.)
* Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares (3/62; #1 - an annual request-and-dedication to the DJ from Barbara in Danby. Happy birthday to....me!)
Come Back Silly Girl - Lettermen (2/62; #17 - on the Capitol Records label.)
* Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (just dropping from a peak of #4 on the Pop chart.)
45 Corner: (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet - Blues Magoos (at #120 this week, headed to #5 on the Pop chart. Almost all CD versions are in stereo. Here's the original punchy 45 in mono!)
Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees (down to #7 from a peak at #1 - one of the greatest debut singles ever. So what if they didn't play their own instruments on it??!?)
Home of the Brave - Bonnie & The Treasures - 8/65; #77 - two versions of this song were released on the same day. Jody Miller won the chart race, but both versions are pretty terrific. This one got the Phil Spector treatment.)
A Choosey Beggar - Miracles (3/66; #35 R&B - this was the b-side of Going to a Go-Go, and made it to the Top Forty on the R&B chart on its own. We got word that co-writer Pete Moore - left - passed away just a few days shy of his 79th birthday. RIP - and thanks for all the great music.)
Portrait of My Love - Tokens (4/67; #36 - this was their first release on Warner Brothers - a terrific remake of the Steve Lawrence hit from a few years earlier. Happy birthday to long-time member Hank Medress.)
Cast Off All My Fears - Hourglass (10/67; dnc - written for them by young Jackson Browne, this was an early studio effort by Duane & Gregg Allman and company. They'd finally find success a few years later on the Capricorn label - as The Allman Brothers Band.)
* In the City - Eagles (1979; dnc - this Joe Walsh album track from The Long Run was requested by John from Vermont, visiting family in Danby. Excellent call, John - and perfect timing: Joe Walsh shares a birthday with the aforementioned Duane Allman!)
Cheryl's Going Home - Bob Lind (1/66; dnc - this was slated to be the A-side of his first single. Instead, DJs flipped it over and flipped for....
Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind (1/66; #5 - ...this one! Jack Nitzsche was responsible for the arrangement, and this became Bob Lind's signature tune!)
* Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (3/53; #1 R&B for seven weeks - recorded with Johnny Otis and his orchestra, this was the template for Elvis' break-out hit. Going out at the behest of our man David C.)
* I Feel Fine - The Beatles (1/65; #1 for three weeks - this one would also spend seven weeks at the top of the UK charts. Going out to drummer Danny, who's getting ready to watch the Beatles movie on PBS with his family.)
East West - Herman's Hermits (bubbling under this week, headed to #83 next week and eventually to #23. This was yet another one from the pen of Graham Gouldman.)
Georgy Girl - The Seekers (at #131 this week. Next week it would land at #82 and eventually reach #2 on the national chart. It made it #1 in NYC, and a young John Simon ran out and bought it as his very first "current" 45.)
Long-Lost 45: Baby I Can't Stop Myself - Johnny Paris (released on the Dunhill label, but with very little promotion. Johnny Paris was really an alias for John Gummoe, leader of The Cascades.)
Autumn - The Thomas Group (6/66; dnc - another one that Dunhill failed to promote. Drummer Tony Thomas was the son of TV star Danny Thomas.)
A Worried Man - Kingston Trio (9/59; #20 - Dave Guard was a founder of these Folk sensations. He famously left the band at the height of their popularity to pursue more challenging music. He sadly died a young man, taken by a terminal illness.)
If I Were a Carpenter - Bobby Darin (at #15, down from two weeks at #8.)
* One Toke Over the Line - Brewer & Shipley (2/71; #10 - the first request of the evening didn't get played until 8 p.m., but it was worth the wait.)
* Hocus Pocus - Focus (3/73; #9 - psychedelic Prog Rock from Amsterdam, replete with yodeling and whistling and soaring keyboards!)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (2/74; #7 - a 3-1/2 minute single edited down from a 48-minute album track. This was used to chilling effect in the film called The Exorcist.)
Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy - Jackie Wilson (12/67; #32 Pop, #22 R&B - this is one of my favorite records of all time. Happy birthday to me!)
Heat Wave - Linda Ronstadt (9/75; #5 - this sizzling cover of the Martha & Vandellas hit from ten years earlier featured Andrew Gold on all of the guitars, the piano, the drums and even the congas!)
* Poor Town - Little Bernie & The Cavaliers (1965; dnc - a local favorite by a local favorite, Mr. Bernie Milton. Going out to Todd in Newfield)
* Your Big Brown Eyes - Bobby Comstock & The Counts (1961; dnc - speaking of local favorites, here's another one!)
TRIVIA SONG : I'm Just a Boy - Jerry Landis (1960; dnc - can you name this multiple Grammy-winning, Hall-of-Fame writer and performer?)
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (3/68; #1 - that's right: it was young Paul Simon. Here he is with one of three Record-of-the-Year singles he released on the Columbia label.)
* Winchester Cathedral - New Vaudeville Band (in its second week at #3, poised to leap to #1 next week - requested by two different listeners.)
Sugar Town - Nancy Sinatra (at #62 this week, headed to #5 on the Billboard chart.)
45 Corner: Melody for An Unknown Girl - The Unknowns (9/66; #74 - this one had spent four weeks on the chart and featured three teen idols: Mark Lindsay on saxophone and lead vocal and bandmate Keith Alison, along with Steve Alaimo on "oohs." Not available anywhere but on the original 45!)
* Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead (8/70; #69 - hard to believe that this was their first charting single - and that it fared so poorly, especially given how ubiquitous it has become. Going out to "Uncle John" on his birthday from his buddy Betsy.)
9-10pm
I've Got the Music In Me - The Kiki Dee Band (9/74; #12 - this is the original 45 version, seeing the light of day on CD for the first time - thanks to Eric Records. Check them out!)
I Love Music (Part 1) - O'Jays (11/75; #5 Pop, #1 R&B - Seventies Philly Soul at its best right here. Check out this recent performance at Daryl Hall's place!)
The Hustle - Van McCoy (5/75; #1 Pop and R&B - this one also won the venerable writer and producer a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental.)
* The City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (7/72; #18 - Arlo's most successful single was penned by the late Steve Goodman. Here it is, newly remastered by our friends at Eric Records.)
Heaven Must've Sent You - Elgins (at #52 this week, headed to #50 Pop and #9 R&B.)
Lost 45: You Baby - Len Barry 11/66; dnc - this version of the Mann-Weill tune was released on the Decca label, but it was too little and too late; the record-buying public had moved on. It still works for me, though....)
Come Back - Five Stairsteps (this one stalled at #61 on the Pop charts but sailed to #15 R&B. They cut some great records for the Windy C label in the mid- to late-Sixties.)
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys (at #2 this week, having peaked at #1 - at the time, this was the most expensive single ever recorded - it took eight months and five LA-area studios to come up with the final mix.)
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) - Otis Redding (#29 Pop, #12 R&B - this had just fallen off the chart. Like all of Otis' recordings, it featured Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, along with the other members of Booker T & The MGs.)
Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners (2/59; #12 Pop, #3 R&B - October was a month of notable losses [Tom Petty, Fats Domino], but one that made few ripples was the passing of the great Jimmy Beaumont on October 7th. He was a kid from Pittsburgh with a gorgeous soulful voice who left behind this sparkling gem, among others. This record was a bigger hit on the R&B stations, and black audiences were often stunned when these five white kids took the stage. R.I.P., Jimmy Beaumont. You'll be missed.)
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin (down to #20 after a peak of #7 on the Pop chart, this is one of the definitive Motown records of the era.)
Have You Heard - Duprees (11/63; #18 - the retro Doo Wop sounds of New Jersey's Duprees carried into the Sixties. This is a lush classic.)
Stuck On You - Lionel Richie (7/84; #8 Pop, #3 R&B, #1 for me & my girl - going an extra hour on a Saturday night was hard on the people I left at home. This goes out to she who made it possible for me to get away: one of the first songs of our courtship. TLF.)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
TRIVIA ANSWER.
Just A Boy was one of a string of early singles released by Paul Simon under the alias of "Jerry Landis."
Congratulations to George from East Genoa, for correctly answering the question and winning a $25 Gift Certificate to Rasa Spa!
Host Next Week (12/2/17): John Rudan with a spotlight on December 1973
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