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Date: 7/13/19
Host: Gregory James
Feature: The week of July 7-13 in Rock History
Birthday Calendar July 7-13
July 7
Ringo Starr –1940
Jim Rodford (The Kinks, Zombies, Argent) 1941
Blondie Chaplin (The Beach Boys) 1951
July 8
Jaimoe Johanson (Allman Brothers Band) 1944
July 9
Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience) 1946
July 10
Denny Seiwell (Wings) 1943
Arlo Guthrie 1947
July 11
Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1950
Jeff Hana (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1947
July 12
Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1943
July 13
Roger McGuinn (The Byrds, et. al.) 1942
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
6:00 p.m.OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Sh-Boom The Chords
Released
July 7, 1954. Made it to the top 10.
July
7 or 8, 1954 - Memphis D.J. Dewey Phillips of WHBQ became the first D.J. to
play an Elvis Presley record, actually an acetate, of the Arthur Crudup
song.
The
B-side of “Sweet Little Sixteen” released 7/7/62.
7/7/67
– The Monkees began a national tour with Jimi Hendrix as the opening act.
Hendrix was dropped after eight shows, being told that his music was not
suitable for a young audience. Mickey Dolenz supposedly recorded this
jazzy, rapid-fire track in one take.
Released
7/7/67, this track started life as Lennon’s composition “One of the beautiful
people.” McCartney provided “Baby you’re a rich man.”
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July
7 1968 Simon and Garfunkel release this
track as a single from “Bookends.” In the middle of the song there is a brief
spoken word vignette by Beverley Martyn as a British woman entering a tailor
shop and greeting the owner: "Good morning, Mr. Leitch. Have you had a
busy day?" Martyn was friends with Donovan Leitch so she used
his last name.
The
sound track of the movie of the same name which brought reggae to the attention
of the world released on 7/7/72
*Wear Your Love Like Heaven Donovan
A
request from Brooktondale!
Take Me to the River Talking Heads
On
7/7/78 The Talking Heads released their second studio album “More Songs About
Buildings And Food,” featuring the group’s first Top 30 single, a cover of Al
Green's original. You heard the 45 rpm radio edit.
7/8/59
Hank Ballard records this track at Vee-Jay Record studios in Gary, Indiana.
There has been some controversy over who actually wrote the song, but it was
not Chubby Checker.
Having a Wild Weekend Dave Clark Five
The
Dave Clark Five made a movie called Catch Us If You Can. The film
was renamed to Having a Wild Weekend for its U.S. release.
7/8/72
The Who released this single in the United States. Roger Daltry says Pete
Townshend wrote it the night before The Who recorded it.
7/8/78
The soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever is finally knocked out
of the top spot on the Billboard album chart after a 24-week stay, by Gerry
Rafferty's "City To City", which contained this single. The 45 rpm
radio edit was sped up by about 4% which accounts for its higher pitch and
shorter length than the album version.
After
a 1956 concert-related disturbance at Asbury Park, the group was denied
permission to play at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. A city ordnance was
passed that read: "Rock and roll music encouraged juvenile delinquency and
inspired young females in lewd bathing suits to perform obscene dances on the
city's beaches."
7/9/56
Dick Clark made his debut as host of Bandstand on Philadelphia
TV station WFIL. The show's name would be changed to American Bandstand when
it went to ABC-TV in 1957. In all, the show ran for 37 years. This is the
well-known theme song, which sounds more like swing or boogie than rock and
roll.
7/9/57
Bobby Helms records this track, which will become his first U.S. Top 40 hit
later in the year.
7:00 p.m. : Birthday Calendar Songs
No No Song Ringo Starr
Harry Nilsson on backing vocals
One of Dave Davies’ favorite guitar
performances.
From his 1977 solo album
The first Gregg Allman composition that
the rest of the band liked well enough to put into their repertory.
The track is driven by Mitchell’s jazzy ¾ time rhythm.
Producer George Martin said McCartney
would allow the song to be used in the movie only if Wings was able to perform
the song in the opening credits.
My Darkest Hour Arlo Guthrie
Guthrie says the song came to him in a
dream from which he awoke and wrote it down. Harmonica by Gayle LeVant,
keyboards by Jai Winding and Leah Kunkel.
The track was pitched to country and
western (C&W) radio stations, and the song debuted on the Billboard C&W
chart. The Pointers performed the song at the Grand Ole Opry, the program’s first
performance by an African-American vocal group.
Mike Nesmith penned this snappy, pithy
ditty.
Think About Me Fleetwood Mac (Christine McVie)
Proving that she could rock out on
uptempo songs, on this version of her composition, McVie’s vocal track is
isolated without harmonies so you can really hear what she is doing.
The outstanding Dobro guitar solo is by
Jerry Douglas.
8:00 p.m.
Heat Wave Martha and the Vandellas
7/9/63 Martha and the Vandellas
released this single on Gordy Records. It was nominated for Best Rhythm and
Blues Recording of 1964, making the Vandellas the first Motown group to be
nominated for a Grammy.
7/9/77 Elvis Costello quit his day job
as a computer operator at Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics to become a full time
musician. From his first album “My Aim Is True.”
7/10/61 The 28 year old singer reaches
the top of the Billboard chart for the first of a seven-week run, one of the
longest of the year.
7/10/65 the track, composed by Pickett
and Steve Cropper at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, is released. In 2017, the
song was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress.
7/10/67 Bobbie Gentry records "Ode
to Billie Joe", which was originally intended as the B-side of her first
single. This is the A-side that never was.
At Brian Jones’ funeral on 7/10/69, the
clergyman read Jones' own epitaph, 'Please don't judge me too harshly'. Bill
Wyman, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts attended the funeral. Jones’
performance on slide guitar in this track is one of his last recordings.
7/10/72 Nilsson's eighth album, “Son of
Schmilsson” is released. With Nicky Hopkins on piano and Nilsson on acoustic
guitar, here is one of the gentler tracks.
Afternoon Delight Starland Vocal Band
7/10/76 this compelling, close harmony
track (ranked 20th sexiest pop song by some arbiter or other)
reached #1 where it stayed for two weeks. Check out the pedal steel guitar by
Danny Pendleton who also provides the synthesized soaring sound.
Hey Harmonica Man Stevie Wonder
7/11/64 Stevie Wonder released his
first single from the album “Stevie at the Beach” without the title
"Little" in front of his name. The sleeve of the single does say
Little Stevie Wonder, but the album lists him simply as Stevie Wonder.
7/11/64 The Supremes' first number one
hit was released. It stayed on the chart for 14 weeks. The word “baby” is
sung 68 times and the foot stomps on plywood sheets placed over mahogany floors
were by Mike Valvano.
7/12/63 The Crystals released this hit with
lead vocal by Dolores Brooks and wall of sound by The Wrecking Crew.
Released on 7/12/65 this track features
an orchestral opening written by Brian Wilson. Mike Love wrote most of the
lyrics and his lead vocal is triple tracked.
Released on 7/12/76, Johanna Hall wrote
the lyrics after a friend "asked her why somebody couldn't write a song
about staying together, as opposed to breaking up." She wrote the lyrics
on an envelope which she then handed to John Hall who "created the music
in about fifteen minutes."
On 7/12/79 Minnie Riperton died of
cancer at age 31. Stevie Wonder produced and played keyboard for this track which
reached No.1 in 1975. Listen to Ms. Ripperton sing her daughter’s name at the
end of the track. Legend has it that a three-year old Maya Rudolph was in the
studio while her mother recorded this song.
Released on July 13, 1959, this song
has had many cover versions.
Don’t Be Cruel Elvis Presley
Released on 7/13/56, this side (backed
by “Hound Dog”) was released. Drummer DJ Fontana provides the percussion by
slapping Elvis’ leather guitar case with one hand and using a stick with the
other.
7/13/64 The Beatles release this track in
the U.S. The title is from a comment
made by Ringo about how long and difficult a particular gig had been. Recorded
in less than three hours, according to legend, with the words scribbled on
matchbook covers.
7/13/68 this track is released in the U.S.,
where it will reach #2. A line from the song which includes the words
"heavy metal thunder" is often credited with popularizing the term.
Released on 7/13/74, this track
features some of the players who will subsequently form Derek and the Dominoes.
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" singles.
Bubbling
Under = songs
that were ranked, but below the Hot 100 (spots 101 - 130),
BB = Billboard Magazine, which
publishes the Hot 100 chart (previously known at the Top 100), along with
several other charts.
C&W = Billboard's chart for
"Country & Western" singles.
R&B = Billboards's chart for
"Rhythm & Blues" singles.
RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
RS500 = Rolling Stones Magazine's
ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time.
Host for July 20, 2019: John Simon
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