August 3, 2019 - JH: Little of This, Little of That

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Date: August 3, 2019


Spotlight:  Little of This, Little of That

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Playlist

·     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

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

Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro (1973 - #21: Goldsboro co-wrote and co-produced the somewhat controversial song of a 17-year-olds first sexual experience with a 31-year-old woman)

Summer's Comin' - Kirby St. Romain (1963 - #49: His only song to chart on the BB Hot100)

Summer Means Fun - Bruce & Terry (1964 - #72: the pair also recorded under The Rip Chords; Terry Melcher was the son of Doris Day)

Summertime's Another Name for Love - The New Colony Six (1968 - DNC: song was 'B' side of "Can't You See Me Cry", which charted at #52)

It's Summer Time USA - The Pixies Three (1964 - #116: group was a trio of teenagers from Hanover, PA)

*Eyes of a NY Woman - B.J. Thomas (1968 - #28: listener wanted to hear a BJ Thomas song, my choice; here you go!)

Mama Didn't Lie - Jan Bradley (1963 - #14: song was written by Curtis Mayfield)

Duke of Earl - Gene Chandler (1962 - #1: song spent three weeks at the top of the charts)

You'll Lose a Good Thing - Barbara Lynn (1962 - #8: her first charting single and biggest hit)

I Wish I Were a Princess - Little Peggy March (1963 - #32: her follow-up to "I Will Follow Him")

*Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts (1972 - #6: first chart single for the duo from Texas)

Nothing Takes the Place of You - Toussaint McCall (1967 - #52: R&B singer from Monroe, LA)

45 Corner:

Walk Away Renee - Southside Johnny and the Jukes (1986 - #98: His cover of The Left Banke's 1966 hit)

*You Don't Have to Walk in the Rain - The Turtles (1969 - #51: later hit for the group)

So Much in Love - The Tymes (1963 - #1: the group's first and biggest single with a summertime feel)

Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker (1962 - #2: The Champs recorded an instrumental version of the song in 1961; "Telstar" kept it out of the top spot in 1962)

Birthday Calendar:

July 28:

Peter Doyle (The New Seekers) - born 1949

July 29:

Neal Doughty (REO Speedwagon) - 73

July 30:

Christine McGuire (McGuire Sisters) - born 1929

Paul Anka - 78

July 31:

Morey Carr - (The Playmates) - born 1932

Bonnie Brown (The Browns) - born 1936

Lobo (born Roland Kent Lavoie) - 76

Gary Lewis - 73

August 1:

Jerry Garcia - born 1942

Rick Coonce (Grass Roots drummer) - born 1947

Tim Bachman (Bach-Turner Overdrive) - 68

August 2:
Garth Hudson (The Band) - 82
Doris Coley (The Shirelles) - born 1941
Jim Capaldi (Traffic) - born 1944
Andrew Gold - born 1951

August 3:
Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto) - 93
Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) - 78

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - The New Seekers (1972 - #7: song that was used to great effect in the last episode of 'Mad Men')

Roll With the Changes - REO Speedwagon (1978 - #58:  from the LP "You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tune a Fish")


Sincerely - The McGuire Sisters (1955 - #1: written by Harvey Fuqua and Cleveland DJ Alan Freed, this cover spent 10 weeks at #1)

Times of Your Life - Paul Anka (1976 - #7: song began as a commercial for Kodak)


Beep Beep - The Playmates (1958 - #4: the song about the little Nash Rambler was a million-seller; Morey Carr was the lead singer)

The Three Bells - The Browns (1959 - #1: Bonnie Brown sang with siblings Maxine and Jim; song was #1 for 4 weeks)

Where Will the Words Come From - Gary Lewis & the Playboys (1967 - #21: Lewis now lives outside Rochester in Rush, NY)


I'd Love You to Want Me - Lobo (1972 - #2: Lobo wrote the song that was his biggest hit; "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash kept it out of the #1 spot)

Sugar Magnolia - The Grateful Dead (1973 - #91: from their classic LP "American Beauty")


Lovin' Things - The Grass Roots (1969 - #49: from the LP of the same name)

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974 - #1: their biggest hit, spent 1 week at #1)

Up on Cripple Creek - The Band (1969 - #25: Hudson, who preferred a Lowrey organ over a Hammond, played the clavinet on this classic tune)

I Met Him on a Sunday - The Shirelles (1958 - #49: the first of 25 BB Hot 100 singles for the schoolmates from Passaic, NJ)

Feelin' Alright - Traffic (1968 - #123: Capaldi wrote the lyrics and Steve Winwood the music for the group)


Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold (1977 - #7: Linda Ronstadt supplied backing vocals for the song)

Cold, Cold Heart - Tony Bennett (1951 - #1: Bennett's cover the the Hank Williams tune spent 6 weeks at #1; song was used in the film "The Last Picture Show")


For Once in My Life - Tony Bennett (1967 - #91: Bennett's cover of the Stevie Wonder classic)

*Livin' in the USA - The Steve Miller Band (1969 - #49: listener wanted to hear something by the Steve Miller Band)


*Pretty Ballerina - The Left Banke (1967 - #15: the 'Baroque Rock' group's follow-up to "Walk Away Renee")

Hush - Deep Purple (1968 - #4: song was written by Joe South)

Thank You Girl - The Street People (1970 - #96: Rupert Holmes was a member of the band)


You Were on My Mind - Crispian St. Peters (1967 - #36: his cover of the Ian & Sylvia song that was a hit for the We Five in 1965)

Any Way That You Want Me - Evie Sands (1969 - #53: one of three songs Sands had that charted in the BB Hot 100)


I Had a Dream - Paul Revere and the Raiders (1967 - #17: the group had 24 songs on the BB Hot 100)


Daughter of Darkness - Tom Jones (1970 - #13: Jones, born in Wales, was awarded an OBE in 1999 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2006)

One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, Part 1 - The Honey Cone (1972 - #15: group was a female R&B trio from LA)

442 Glenwood Avenue - The Pixies Three (1964 - #56: the group's second charting single)

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

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