September 8, 2018 - GJ - To Chart or Not to Chart

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Date:  September 8, 2018
Host:  Gregory James
Feature:  To Chart or Not to Chart: Artist Double Shots, One of Which Charted and One of Which Did Not.

Birthday Calendar Sept. 2-8

September 2

Billy Preston born 1946, died June 6, 2006

September 3

Al Jardine (Beach boys)       76 years old
Don Brewer (Grand Funk)    70 years old

September 5

Freddie Mercury (Queen)  born 1946, died November 24, 1991

Buddy Miles  born 1947, died February 26, 2008

September 6

Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)      74 years old

September 7

Little Milton      born 1934, died August 4, 2005

Buddy Holly     born 1936, died February 3, 1959

Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)   66 years old

September 8

Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (Grateful Dead) 

born 1948, died March 8, 1973

Jose Feliciano 73 years old
      

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

·     a glossary of terms is below the playlist

 6-7pm  

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

Bill Haley & The Comets
Rip It Up               ’56           #25       
Bill Haley performed this song in the movie Don’t Knock the Rock.

Don’t Knock The Rock       ’56    dnc
From the movie of the same name in which a disc jockey tries to prove to teenagers' parents that rock 'n' roll is harmless and won't turn their kids into juvenile delinquents.

Steppenwolf
Sookie Sookie      ’68  dnc
Written by Don Covay and Steve Cropper, the title is an expression of appreciation for one’s physical attributes.

Ride with Me               ‘71 #52
Heard in the film “Diary of a Mad Housewife.”

Sam Cooke 
That’s All I Need to Know   ’58    dnc

Send Me Some Lovin ’63  #13 

The Moody Blues
Never Comes the Day        ’69          #91 
Only single from the album “On the Threshold of a                 Dream.”  Did not chart in the UK. 

     
Voices In The Sky              ’68   dnc
Released first as a single then as part of the “In Search of the Lost Chord” LP.

Etta James
Would It Make Any Difference to You      ’63  #64  

Come What May        ’57    dnc

Paul Revere & The Raiders
Cinderella Sunshine           ’68  #58   

Paul Revere’s Ride            ’60     dnc

Bobby Darin
I Found A Million Dollar Baby ’58   dnc

Ike & Tina Turner
I Wish It Would Rain    ’69    dnc
This version was released only as a single on Minit records.

You Shoulda Treated Me Right  ’62        #89 
A great Tina Turner empowerment anthem that we now know was truer than we knew.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
A Woman in Love        ’81         #79  

American Girl       ’77          dnc
Petty says the song, contrary to rumor, was not inspired by a suicide at the University of Florida.

7-8pm

Billy Preston  Born 9/2/46
That’s the Way God Planned It

Al Jardine (Beach Boys) Born 9/3/42

Help Me Rhonda (lead vocal)    #1

Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad) Born 9/3/48        
Some Kind of Wonderful  #3

Buddy Miles       Born 9/5/47                
Them Changes (w/Santana)  
A smokin’ live version of Miles’ big hit released as the B-side to a live version of Santana’s “Evil Ways.”

Little Milton Born 9/7/34         
We’re Gonna Make It ’65 
H100 #25, R&B #1

 Buddy Holly       Born 9/7/36         
It’s So Easy (w/ Crickets)  ’58  dnc

Jose Feliciano           Born 9/8/45
California Dreaming           
The B-side to his hit cover of “Light My Fire.”
      
Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)   Born 9/7/52
Don’t Get Me Wrong        
1986 studio version charted at #10. You heard a live version recorded in London, performed at an appreciably faster tempo.

Big Maybelle
96 Tears              ’67  #96
This track is a cover of the 1966 original by Question Mark and the Mysterians.

Whole Lotta Shakin’    ’55     dnc
Maybelle made the first recording of this song in 1955 on Okeh records, preceding Jerry Lee Lewis’ version by two years.

 The Crests
Pretty Little Angel        ’58    dnc
Released on the Coed label.

The Angels Listened In ’59        #22  
Legend has it that they were discovered singing in the NYC subway.

Manfred Mann
If You Gotta Go, Go Now  ’65    dnc
Written by Bob Dylan, it charted at #2 in the UK.  Did not chart in the U.S.

Fox on the Run   ’69  #97 

Wanda Jackson
Let’s Have A Party      ’60        #37  
Heard in the film “Dead Poets Society.”

Rock Your Baby   ’58   dnc
Jackson was one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock-and-roll artist.

Little Anthony & The Imperials
I’m Alright             ’59   dnc

Wishful Thinking  ’59  #79  

8-9pm

Billy Joel
She’s Got A Way ’71 (“Cold Spring Harbor” album version)  dnc
Joel says: “I thought [the song] was cornball for years. I had trouble singing it at first. Then I got into it and decided everybody has a corny side, I suppose.”

Worse Comes to Worst  ’74       #80  
When he sings I "know a woman in New Mexico," it was a reference to his sister-in-law at the time who lived in New Mexico.  

Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Queenie       ’59    dnc
Written and recorded by Chuck Berry earlier in 1959. Later covered by the Rolling Stones.

I’m on Fire            ’64  #98  

The Mamas & The Papas
Go Where You Wanna Go        ’66   dnc
Composer John Phillips said that he wrote it about his wife Michelle’s affair with Russ Titelman, a songwriter and record producer.

For the Love of Ivy      ’68  #81  
The vocals for this track reportedly took an entire month to record.

The Coasters
The Shadow Knows    ’58     dnc
One of the many songs Lieber and Stoller wrote for the Coasters.

Wake Me Shake Me    ‘60  #51 
Written by Billy Guy

Otis Redding
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (W/ Carla Thomas) ’69    dnc
Nice cover of the Isaac  Hayes/David Porter composition first recorded by Sam and Dave.

That’s How Strong My Love Is  ’65   #74 
First recorded by O.V. Wright in 1964

Lavern Baker
You’re the Boss (with Jimmy Ricks)         ’61  #81
Baker appeared on Broadway in the musical Black and Blue.  For 22 years she was entertainment director of the Marine Corps staff NCO club at Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines.

Soul On Fire         ’53  dnc

The Lovin' Spoonful
You’re A Big Boy Now        ’67    dnc
Released as a single from the album of the same name on the Kama Sutra label.

Never Going Back       ’69  #91 
One of the last of their songs to hit the Hot 100

James Brown
The Things That I Used to Do   ’64  #99 

Just Won’t Do Right    ’57   dnc

Creedence Clearwater Revival
Born on the Bayou      ’69  dnc
Released as the B-side to “Proud Mary.”      

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

Glossary of Terms:

dnc = did not chart

nr = not released as a single at the time

AC = Billboard’s chart for “Adult Contemporary” records

BB = Billboard Magazine, which publishes the Hot 100 chart (previously known as the Top 100), along with several other charts

Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked but fell below the top 100

C&W = Billboard’s chart for “Country & Western” records

R&B = Billboard’s chart for “Rhythm & Blues” records

RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
RS500 = Rolling Stone Magazine’s ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time


Host Next Week (9/15/18):  John Simon with a spotlight on TV Theme Songs that Rock.

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