Rockin' Remnants is broadcast from WVBR-FM Ithaca. Check out our webpage, like us on Facebook, and tune in to 93.5 or stream the show every Saturday night from 6-9pm! (Or download the WVBR+ app now available for iOS and Android!). Thanks to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!
Date: July 6th, 2019
Host: JR
Feature: Solid Gold Oldies!
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.)
Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone (1969, #2).
Summertime Blues – The Who (1970, #27
Pipeline – Chantay's (1963, #4).
Classical Gas – Mason Williams (1968, #2).
Love Is Blue – Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra (1968, #1, 5 weeks).
The Snake – Al Wilson (1968, #27).
Artificial Flowers – Bobby Darin (1960, #20; from the musical Tenderloin starring Eileen Rogers.)
Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers (1957, #1, 4 weeks).
Along Comes Mary - The Association (1966, #7).
Mellow Yellow - Donovan (1966, #2).
Downtown - Petula Clark (1965, #1, 2 weeks).
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In - The First Edition (1968, #5).
Lookin' Out My Back Door - CCR (1970, #2).
Sit Down I Think I Love You - The Mojo Men (1967, #36; written by Stephen Stills and originally recorded by Buffalo Springfield, but never released by them as a single.)
7 - 8pm
Birthday Calendar
June 30 – Florence Ballard (The Supremes) - 1943
Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) - 75
July 1 – Debbie Harry (Blondie) - 74
July 3 – Fontella Bass – 1940
July 4 – Bill Withers - 81
July 5 – Robbie Robertson (The Band) - 76
July 6 - Bill Haley - 1925
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And His Comets (1955, #1, 8 weeks).
Don't Do It (live LP version) - The Band (1972, #34; the 45 edit of this and "Up On Cripple Creek" (1970, #25) are the only Top 40 singles for The Band.)
Lean On Me - Bill Withers (1972, #1, 3 weeks).
Rapture - Blondie (1981, #1, 2 weeks; in the late 70's and early 80's Blondie reigned supreme on the Hot 100, scoring 4 chart-toppers.)
Stop! In The Name Of Love – The Supremes (1965, #1, 2 weeks).
Cool Change - Little River Band (1980, #10).
That's The Way Of The World– Earth, Wind & Fire (1975, #12).
Rock On - David Essex (1974, #12).
It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards (1959, #1, 6 weeks; the BB #1 single of 1959.)
Nobody - Three Dog Night (1969, Bubbling Under #119).
Shambala - Three Dog Night (1973, #3; a competing version by B.W. Stevenson stalled out at #66. In the early 70's you didn't mess with The Dogs!)
Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan & John Ford Coley (1976, #10)
Baby, What A Big Surprise - Chicago (1977, #4)
8p - 9p
Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond (1969, #22).
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band (1977, #2).
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (1973, #12; from the movie Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid.)
Border Song - Elton John (1970, #92; the only place this made the Top 40 was on the Canadian singles chart at #34.)
For our hot, humid, hazy weather:
Burning Love - Elvis (1972, #2).
Burnin' Sky - Bad Company (1977, #78).
Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult (1981, #40)
Tender Is The Night - Jackson Browne (1983, #25).
I'll Supply The Love - Toto (1979, #45).
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),
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.
Rockin' Remnants is broadcast from WVBR-FM Ithaca. Check out our webpage, like us on Facebook, and tune in to 93.5 or stream the show every Saturday night from 6-9pm! (Or download the WVBR+ app now available for iOS and Android!). Thanks to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!
Host this Week (July 13th): Greg James with a feature on July.
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.
RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
RS500 = Rolling Stones Magazine's ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time.
Rockin' Remnants is broadcast from WVBR-FM Ithaca. Check out our webpage, like us on Facebook, and tune in to 93.5 or stream the show every Saturday night from 6-9pm! (Or download the WVBR+ app now available for iOS and Android!). Thanks to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!
Host this Week (July 13th): Greg James with a feature on July.
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