Thursday, July 11, 2019

July 6th, 2019 - JR - Solid Gold Oldies!

Rockin' Remnants

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),
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.


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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