July 28, 2018: JH - July 28, 1971

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Date:  7/28/18
Host:  Jan Hunsinger
Feature:  July 28, 1971

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)

Top 5 Countdown of Spotlight date:

Draggin' the Line - Tommy James (1971 - #4: last big hit for James, who had gone solo; song was #5 this week in 1971, on its way up to #4)

Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight (1971 - #4 this week, song would peak at #2)

It's Too Late - Carole King (1971 - #3 this week, song had spent 5 weeks at #1 in June/early July; two-sided hit with "I Feel the Earth Move")


Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) - The Raiders (1971 - #2 this week, down from #1 the previous week)

You've Got a Friend - James Taylor (1971 - #1 for one week; song was written by Carole King and featured Joni Mitchell on backing vocals; from the LP "Mudslide Slim and the Blue Horizon")


It's Summer - The Temptations (1971 - #57 this week, on its way up to #51; from the "Psychedelic Shack" LP; a forgotten summer tune that you hear only on Rockin' Remnants)


Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver (1971 - #8 this week, on its way up to #2; one of Denver's signature songs and a state anthem of West Virginia)

Beginnings - Chicago (1971 - #16 this week, on its way up to #7; a two-sided hit with "Colour My World"; we heard the Columbia 45 RPM single edit which runs 2:47, the LP cut is 7:54)


45 Corner:

What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin, and John - Tom Clay (1971 - #10 this week, on its way to #8; Clay was a substitute DJ at KGBS when he put together this single on Mowest Records; song debuted on the charts on July 10)


Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) (Pt. 1) - James Brown (1971 - #18 this week, song would peak at #15 for the "Godfather of Soul")

One-Way Ticket - Tyrone Davis (1971 - #75: song peaked this week in 1971)


Rings - Cymarron (1971 - #28 this week, on its way up to #17; Lobo would cover it 3 years later but the trio from Memphis had the bigger hit)

Birthday Calendar

July 22:
Bobby Sherman - 75
Estelle Bennett (Ronettes) - born 2009
Don Henley - 71

July 23:
Cleveland Duncan (The Penguins) - born 2012
Madeline Bell - 76
Dino Danelli (Rascals drummer) - 74

July 24:
Barbara Love (Friends of Distinction) - 77

July 25:
Jim McCarty (Yardbirds drummer) - 75

July 26:
Bobby Hebb - born 1938
Dobie Gray (Lawrence Darrow Brown) - born 1940
Brenton Wood (Alfred Smith) - 77
Darlene Love - 77
Mick Jagger (Sir Michael Philip Jagger) - 75

July 27:
Harvey Fuqua - born 2010
Nick Reynolds (Kingston Trio) - born 2008
Bobbi Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter) - 74
Maureen McGovern - 69
Michael Vaughn (Paper Lace) - 68

July 28:
George Cummings (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show) - 80
Simon Kirke (Bad Company/Free drummer) - 69

Little Woman - Bobby Sherman (1969 - #3: big hit for the teen heart-throb; we heard the original Metromedia 45)


I Can Hear Music - The Ronettes (1966 - #100: Estelle Bennett was the sister of Ronnie Spector; three years later the Beach Boys would take the song to #24)


Tequila Sunrise - The Eagles (1973 - #64: song was co-written by Don Henley)

Earth Angel - The Penguins (1955 - #8: Cleveland Duncan sang tenor and lead vocal for the group)

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Madeline Bell (1968 - #26: Dusty Springfield sang back-up vocals on the song that would be a big hit for the Supremes and Temptations)


I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore - The Young Rascals (1965 - #52: first chart single for the group)

Grazing in the Grass - Friends of Distinction (1969 - #3: great, upbeat summer song)


I'm A Man - The Yardbirds (1965 - #17: Jim McCarty is the only member of the group to be in all of its incarnations)

Sunny - Bobby Hebb (1966 - #2: Hebb toured with the Beatles in 1966)

Drift Away - Dobie Gray (1973 - #5: song was a million-seller and Gray's signature song)

Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood (1967 - #9: Wood also co-wrote the song)

Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts? - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (1963 - #38: Darlene Love was female singer for the Phil Spector-produced group)

Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones (1971 - #38: song had peaked at #28 and was on the charts this week in 1971; off the "Sticky Fingers" LP)


*Play With Fire - The Rolling Stones (1965 - #96: an early nugget for the group, going out by request)

10 Commandments of Love - Harvey & the Moonglows (1958 - #22: Fuqua was leader of the group which included a young Marvin Gaye)

Raspberries, Strawberries - The Kingston Trio (1959 - #70: Reynolds sang the high harmony for the group)


All I Have to Do Is Dream - Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell (1970 - #27: their cover of the Everly Brothers' hit; you were expecting "Ode to Billy Joe"?)

Morning After - Maureen McGovern (1973 - #1: song from the movie "The Poseidon Adventure", for which it won an Oscar;  spent two weeks at the top of the charts)


The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace (1974 - #1: Vaughn was lead guitarist/arranger for the quintet out of England)

Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (1972 - #5: Cummings founded and named the group)

Good Lovin' Gone Bad - Bad Company (1975 - #36: from the LP "Straight Shooter")

Hill Where the Lord Hides - Chuck Mangione (1971 - #76: song reached its peak on this date, but in the Rochester area where I grew up it was all over AM radio in 1971)


*Do You Know What I Mean? - Lee Michaels (1971 - #97: #97 on this date in 1971, would peak at #6)

Rainy Jane - Davy Jones (1971 - #52: post-Monkees effort for Jones that peaked on this date; co-written by Neil Sedaka; we heard the original Bell Records 45)


Talking in Your Sleep - Gordon Lightfoot (1971 - #66: his follow-up to "If You Could Read My Mind" that eventually hit #64)

Get It On - Chase (1971 - #24: one-hit wonder for the jazz-rock band that peaked on this date; leader Bill Chase and three other members of the band were killed in a plane crash on 8/9/74; we heard the original LP)


Change Partners - Stephen Stills (1971 - #59: down from its peak of #43; Jerry Garcia played uncredited steel guitar on the tune; from the LP "Stephen Stills 2" in the WVBRchive!)



Mighty Clouds of Joy - B.J. Thomas (1971 - #43: song was on its way up to #34)

Watching the River Flow - Bob Dylan (1971 - #42: song would peak at #41; from the LP "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2", with Leon Russell on piano)



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



Host Next Week (8/4/18):  Kim Vaughn (KV).  No theme, no date, an old-fashioned Oldies Show!




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