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Jul 7, 2018 - KV - More Triple Down


 

Rockin' Remnants




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Date:  July 7, 2018
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  More Triple Downs







Birthday Calendar


Jul 1   – Willie Dixon – born in 1915

Jul 2   – Paul Williams (Temptations) – born in 1939

Jul 3   – Fontella Bass – born in 1940

Jul 4   – Bill Withers – age 80

Jul 5   – Robbie Robertson (b. Jaime Royal Robertson, The Band) – age 75
            – Terry Cashman (b. Dennis Minogue, Buchanan Brothers) – age 77

Jul 6   – Gene Chandler (b. Eugene Drake Dixon) – age 81
            – Della Reese (b. Delloreese Early, d. Nov 2017) – born in 1931

Jul 7   – Ringo Starr (b. Richard Starkey) – age 78





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)

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

Tupelo Honey – Dusty Springfield (1973, from the album Cameo, a cover of a Van Morrison song)

Good Old Song – Dobie Gray (1973, #103)

Puppy Love – Barbara Lewis (1964, #38, written by Lewis)

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Listen To The World – Albert Hammond (1972, from the album It Never Rains In Southern California)

Under The Moon Of Love – Curtis Lee (1961, #46, produced by Phil Spector.  His only other Hot 100 entry was Pretty Little Angel Eyes, also produced by Spector.)

It’s Only Make Believe – Conway Twitty (1958, #1 for two weeks)

Lucky Lips – Ruth Brown (1957, #25)

A Wonderful Dream – The Majors (1962, #22)

Sittin’ In The Balcony – Johnny Dee (1957, #38, his own composition, the first Top 100 entry for him.  He also charted under his full name, John D. Loudermilk.)

[45 Corner] Sticky Sticky – 1910 Fruitgum Company (1968, the b-side of 1,2,3, Red Light)

She Is Still A Mystery – Lovin’ Spoonful (1967, #27)

Without Love (There Is Nothing) – Clyde McPhatter (1957, #19)



7-8pm



You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover – Bo Diddley (1962, #48)

Don’t Look Back – The Temptations (1965, #83, produced and co-written by Smokey Robinson)

Rescue Me – Fontella Bass (1965, #4, R&B #1 for four weeks)

Lean On Me – Bill Withers (1972, #1 for three weeks, R&B #1)

 ** The Weight – The Band (a double request, in honor of 2 local birthdays!  1968, #63, their first Hot 100 hit, written by Robbie Robertson.  Rather than listing the artist as “The Band”, this single credited them by name as “Jaime Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm”.)

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If You Were A Rainbow – Cashman & West (1972, non-charting b-side of Songman)

Rainbow ’65 – Gene Chandler (1965, #69)

Not One Minute More – Della Reese (1959, peaked at #16 in early 1960)

 * Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles (1969, from Abbey Road album, written and sung by Ringo)

 * No No Song – Ringo Starr (1975, #3, written by Hoyt Axton, with Nilsson on backing vocals)

 * Willin’ – Little Feat (recorded twice, for their first album released in 1971 and their second album released in 1972)



8-9pm



Lovin’ Things – The Grass Roots (1969, #49)

Live Here With You – Dusty Springfield (previously unissued, a bonus track on the CD release of the Dusty In Memphis album)

Rose Garden – Dobie Gray (1969, #119, written by Joe South.  Lynn Anderson’s version in 1971 made it to #3.)

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Baby What Do You Want Me To Do – Barbara Lewis (1966, #74)

I Think I’ll Go That Way – Albert Hammond (1973, from the album The Free Electric Band)

 * Indian Lake – The Cowsills (1968, #10)

 * Yellow Submarine – The Beatles (1966, #2)

Nothing From Nothing – Billy Preston (1974, #1)

I Want You Back – Jackson 5 (1969, reached #1 in early 1970)

 * Lady Samantha – Three Dog Night (1969, on their second album, Suitable For Framing.  It was a cover of an Elton John song from earlier that year.)

Love Is On The Line – Dobie Gray (1973, from the album Loving Arms)

 * The River Is Wide – The Grass Roots (1969, #31)

What Good Is I Love You – Dusty Springfield (1970, did not chart, by Ellie Greenwich and Mike Rashkow)

Down By The River – Albert Hammond (1972, #91, his first Hot 100 entry)

Sho-Nuff (It’s Got To Be Your Love) – Barbara Lewis (1968, did not chart)

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





Host Next Week (July 14):  John Rudan with an all-purpose oldies show




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