April 28, 2018 - JH: April 28, 1960

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Date: April 28, 2018

Host: JH (Jan Hunsinger)
Feature: April 28, 1960


Playlist

[Playing the #1 songs based on weeks at the top of the chart, from 1955 to 1975, in some years there were ties; 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]

6pm-7pm  

OPENING THEME:  Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)

Night - Jackie Wilson (1960 - #6: "Mr. Excitement" had two songs on the Hot 100 this week; this one peaked at #4)

The Old Lamplighter - The Browns (1960 - #5: trio from Sparkman, Arkansas consisting of Jim Ed Brown and his sisters Maxine and Bonnie)

Sink the Bismark - Johnny Horton (1960 - #3: song inspired by a movie about the sinking of the famous German WWII battleship; Horton died in a car accident at 35 in November of 1960)


Greenfields - The Brothers Four (1960 - #2: group was formed at the University of Washington)

Stuck on You - Elvis Presley (1960 - #1: debuted on 4/4 and rocketed to the top of the charts for 4 weeks)

He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves (1960 - #12: song was on its way down from a peak of #2)

He'll Have to Stay - Jeanne Black (1960 - #37: answer song to above that charted #4 on the pop charts, #6 on the country charts, and #11 on the R&B charts)


Cradle of Love - Johnny Preston (1960 - #7: follow-up to his big hit "Running Bear")

Stairway to Heaven - Neil Sedaka (1960 - #11: had 30 songs on the Hot 100 over his career)

Mama - Connie Francis (1960 - #22: born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, had 56 songs chart on the Hot 100)

*Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets (1955 - #1: song went nowhere when released in 1954 but after it was included in the movie "The Blackboard Jungle" it spent 8 weeks at #1; #158 on Rolling Stones list of Top 500 Songs of All Time)

Clementine - Bobby Darin (1960 - #24: his version of the 1884 folk tune "Oh My Darling, Clementine)


*Runaway - Del Shannon (1961 - #1: #466 on RS 500 Greatest; organ solo played by song co-writer Max Crook)

El Matador - The Kingston Trio (1960 - #78: song would peak at #32)

All I Could Do Was Cry - Etta James (1960 - #80: her first charting single)


Big Iron - Marty Robbins (1960 - #32: follow up to his big hit "El Paso")

Birthday Claendar

April 22: Glen Campbell - 1936
Jack Nitzsche (producer, arranger) - 1937
Mel Carter - 75 
Peter Frampton - 68

April 23: Roy Orbison - 1936
Ray Peterson - 1939

April 24: Barbra Streisand - 76
Bernard St. Clair Lee (Hues Corporation) - 1944
Doug "Cosmo" Clifford (CCR drummer) - 73

April 25: Ella Fitzgerald - 1917
Jerry Lieber (songwriter) - 1933
Christopher Augustine (Every Mother's Son drummer) - ???
Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) - 73

April 26: Duane Eddy - 80
Maurice Williams - 80
Bobby Rydell - 76
Gary Wright - 75

April 27: Cuba Gooding, Sr. (The Main Ingredient) - 1944
Ann Peebles - 71
Peter Ham (Badfinger) - 1947
Ace Frehley (Kiss) - 67

April 28: The Fantastic Johnny C (Johnny Corley) - 75 

45 Corner

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (1969 - #3: his classic hit, written by Jimmy Webb, and #192 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time; we heard the original 45 on Capitol Records)


The Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitsche (1963 - #37: Nitzsche worked with Phil Spector, the Wrecking Crew, the Beach Boys, and the Monkees, among others, but this was his own Top 40 hit)

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter (1965 - #8: his cover of the song that was a #5 hit for Karen Chandler in 1953)

I Can't Stand It No More - Peter Frampton (1979 - #14: from hi 1979 LP "Where I Should Be") 


Uptown - Roy Orbison (1960 - #72: #2 of Orbison's 31 Hot 100 singles)

What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? - Ray Peterson (1961 - #104: song was written in 1916 and reached #1 in Great Britain for Emile Ford in 1959, but it only "bubbled under" here in the States for Peterson)


Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (1970 - #6: song written by Laura Nyro; a cover by "Mod Squad" star Peggy Lipton charted at #121 in 1968)


Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation (1974 - #1: Cuba Gooding, Sr. was the lead singer for this hit by the group named after billionaire Howard Hughes)

Lookin Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970 - #2: drummer Clifford was a founding member of the group inspired by the Beatles; song from their 5th LP, "Cosmo's Factory", named for the warehouse in which they rehearsed that Clifford called "The Factory")


Mack the Knife - Ella Fitgerald (1960 - #27: her cover of the classic was #94 on this date in 1960, when it debuted)

Smoky Joe's Cafe - The Coasters (1959 - #79: one of many from the pen of the Lieber-Stoller songwriting team)

Put Your Mind at Ease - Every Mother's Son (1967 - #46: their follow-up to "Come On Down to My Boat")

SOS - ABBA (1975 - #15: only Hot 100 song in which both the artist and song title are palindromes) 


Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy (1958 - #6: example of the "twangy" guitar sound of the artist born in Corning, NY)

Little Darlin' - The Gladiolas (1957 - #41: original name of the group that would become "The Zodiacs" and have the big hit "Stay"; Maurice Williams wrote the song that would be a bigger hit for the Diamonds)


We Got Love - Bobby Rydell (1959 - #6: song was a million seller on Cameo Records for Rydell, out of Philadelphia)

Dream Weaver - Gary Wright (1976 - #2: song that was used to great effect in the movie "Wayne's World")

Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient (1972 - #3: Cuba Gooding, Sr. was the lead singer for this hit by the Harlem-based group)

I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles (1973 - #38: from St. Louis, Peebles was the 7th of 11 children)

Maybe Tomorrow - Badfinger (1969 - #67: first chart single for the group when they were known as The Iveys)


New York Groove - Ace Frehley (1978 - #13: solo hit for Frehley, known as "Spaceman" and "Space Ace" in the group Kiss)

Boogaloo Down Broadway - Fantastic Johnny C (1967 - #7: Corley was backed by some of the musicians who would become MFSB)


*Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte (1957 - #5: based on a Jamaican folk song and uses a Calypso beat)

The Madison Time - Ray Bryant Combo (1960 - #53: song was used in the original "Hairspray" movie)


Nobody Loves Me Like You - The Flamingos (1960 - #62: song was written by Sam Cooke and would peak at #30)

Young Emotions - Ricky Nelson (1960 - #57: song was released April 11, 1960 and would peak at #12)

*Rubber Band Man - The Spinners (1976 - #2: listener had just seen the movie "The Avengers Infinity War", in which the song is used, and called to request it)


Mountain of Love - Harold Dorman (1960 - #36: song would later be covered by Johnny Rivers) 

Fannie Mae - Buster Brown (1960 - #38: song was used in the movie "American Grafitti" and would be covered by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes on their first album, "I Don't Want to Go Home")

Harbor Lights - The Platters (1960 - #58: song was on its way down from a peak of #8 in 1960)

Let the Little Girl Dance - Billy Bland - (1960 - #8: his only Top 40 hit)

Step By Step - The Crests (1960 - #15: the group's second-biggest hit; later in 1960 they would become Johnny Maestro and the Crests; Maestro later led The Brooklyn Bridge)

Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers (1960 - #17: the brothers also wrote the song)


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


Host Next Week: (5/4) - Gregory James (GJ) with a spotlight on the first week of May - 1956, 1966, & 1976.

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