Apr 27, 2019 - KV & GJ - '57-'67-'77

Rockin' Remnants




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Date:  Apr 27, 2019
Host:  Kim Vaughan and Gregory James
Feature:  ’57-’67-‘77







Birthday Calendar


Apr 21   – John Weider (Animals) – age 72

Apr 22   – Peter Frampton – age 69
            – Glen Campbell – born in 1936 (d. 8-8-17)

Apr 23   – Roy Orbison – born in 1936
            – Ray Peterson – born in 1939

Apr 24   – Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival) – age 74

Apr 25   – Bjorn Ulvaeus (Bjorn & Benny, ABBA) – age 74

Apr 26   – Duane Eddy – age 81 (a Corning NY native, who moved to Arizona as a teen)

Apr 27   – Peter Ham (Badfinger) – born in 1947





 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia


Tommy James and the Shondells had 2 songs on the Hot 100 this week in 1967.  One of them was Mirage.  The other one was a song that was covered 10 years later and was on the Hot 100 this week in 1977.  What was the song, and who did the 1977 version? 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)





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)

All Shook Up – Elvis Presley (This week in 1957 was its fourth week at #1.  It would hold that top slot for a total of 9 weeks.)

Somethin’ Stupid – Nancy & Frank Sinatra (#1 for the third week, this week in 1967.  It would spend one more week at the top, and was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart as well.)

 

Southern Nights – Glen Campbell (#1 this week in 1977.  It only spent one week at the top – but was a #1 song on the Country chart too.)

 * Shang-A-Lang – Bay City Rollers (1974, reached #2 in the UK.  It was released as a single in the US on the Bell label, but it did not chart or even bubble under.  They didn’t chart in the US until the following year, with their song Saturday Night.) 

 

Come Go With Me – Dell-Vikings (#6 this week in 1957)

Happy Together – Turtles (#3 this week in 1967, having recently spent three weeks at #1)

Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs (#13 this week in 1977)

 * Arnold Layne – Pink Floyd (1967, reached #20 in the UK, released as a single in the US on the Tower label but did not chart.  Their debut on the Billboard Hot 100 would take place in 1973, with the song Money.)

 


C.C. Rider – Chuck Willis (#59 this week in 1957.  It peaked at #12 and inspired the dance craze “the stroll”.  Ma Rainey recorded the song See See Rider Blues in 1924.)

My Back Pages – The Byrds (#31 this week in 1967, written by Bob Dylan)

Sleepwalker – The Kinks (#52 this week in 1977)

  

Little Darlin’ – The Diamonds (#2 this week in 1957.  It spent eight weeks at #2, but it couldn’t quite kick Elvis out of the #1 slot.)

There’s A Kind Of Hush – Herman’s Hermits (#26 this week in 1967)

Ariel – Dean Friedman (#59 this week in 1977; it would reach #26 and would be his only charting single)

7-8pm

Good Times – The Animals (summer 1967, b-side of San Franciscan Nights, on album Winds of Change)
 
(Putting My) Heart On The Line – Peter Frampton (1977, from the album I’m In You)

I Will Never Pass This Way Again – Glen Campbell (1972, #61)

 

Blue Bayou – Roy Orbison (1963, #29)

Tell Laura I Love Her – Ray Peterson (1960, #7)

Long As I Can See The Light – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970, #2, flip side to Lookin’ Out My Back Door, from the album Cosmo’s Factory.  “Cosmo” was drummer Doug Clifford’s nickname, and “the factory” was the band’s nickname for the warehouse where they used to rehearse.)

 


She’s My Kind Of Girl – Bjorn & Benny (recorded in 1969, released as the first Bjorn and Benny single in 1970, not released in the US.  It was written for the movie Inga II: The Seduction Of Inga, and recorded in “fake stereo”.)

Your Baby’s Gone Surfin’ – Duane Eddy (1963, #93, with the Rebelettes, who were actually Darlene Love and the Blossoms)

Baby Blue – Badfinger (1972, #14, produced by Todd Rundgren)

Young Blood – The Coasters (debuted this week in 1957 at #69; it would reach #8.  It was the flip side of Searchin’, another top ten hit for the group.)

 

Mirage – Tommy James and the Shondells (debuted this week in 1967 at #69; it would reach #10.)

[45 Corner] I Think We’re Alone Now – The Rubinoos (#47 this week in 1977.  They peaked at #45 with it -- whereas the original version by Tommy James and the Shondells, exactly 10 years prior, had reached #4.)

Banana Boat (Day-O) – Harry Belafonte (#40 this week in 1957.  It peaked at #5, and was one of SIX versions to all make it onto the Top 100 in 1957.  The song is based on a Jamaican folk tune.)

Sunshine Girl – The Parade (#56 this week in 1967)

8-9pm




Slow Dancin’ Don’t Turn Me On – The Addrisi Brothers (#48 this week in 1977.  They’d previously charted on the Hot 100 in 1959 with Cherrystone, and then appeared on the Hot 100 five times in the 1970s.  They were also part of their family’s acrobatic act, The Flying Addrisis.)

Never My Love – The Addrisi Brothers (Dec 1977, #80.  They wrote the song for The Association, who had a #2 hit with it in the fall of 1967.)

 

 * Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers (1965, #4.  After the song was used in the movie Ghost in 1990, this original recording charted again at #13 – AND their new re-recorded version charted at #19.)

There Oughta Be A Law – Mickey and Sylvia (#77 this week in 1957)

Eight Men, Four Women – O.V. Wright (bubbled under at #103 this week in 1967; it would reach #80.  The song tells a story of love that is found to be against the law – and it was charting at the same time that the Loving v Virginia case was being heard in the Supreme Court.)

 

So In To You – The Atlanta Rhythm Section (peaked at #7 this week in 1977)

Party Doll – Buddy Knox (#5 this week in 1957)

Yellow Balloon – The Yellow Balloon (#37 this week in 1967.  According to Joel Whitburn’s book Top Pop Singles, the promotional record was issued with a yellow balloon.  The flip side of the record was the song backward, and the title was mirror-imaged on that side's label.)

 

Hooked On You – Bread (#69 this week in 1977)

Sub-Rosa Subway – Klaatu (peaked at #62 this week in 1977.  They were a Canadian group who took their name from an alien in the film The Day The Earth Stood Still.  There was speculation that Klaatu was really the Beatles recording under a different name, but that rumor was false.)

 * The Blob – The Five Blobs (1958, #33, title song from the Steve McQueen movie.  The song was written by Burt Bacharach and Mack David, Hal David's brother.)

 

I’ll Try Anything – Dusty Springfield (peaked at #40 this week in 1967)

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






Trivia Answer


I Think We’re Alone Now charted in 1977 for the Rubinoos, exactly ten years after it charted in 1967 for Tommy James and the Shondells.

Congratulations to Andrew from Endwell, for correctly answering the question and winning two day passes to Island Health and Fitness!



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 (May 4):  John Simon with a spotlight on 1967





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