Aug 31, 2019 - KV - 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:  August 31, 2019
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  oldies






Birthday Calendar


Aug 25   – Gene Simmons (b. Chaim Witz, Kiss) – age 70

Aug 26   – Valerie Simpson (songwriter, Ashford & Simpson) – age 73

Aug 27   – Tommy Sands – age 82

Aug 28   – Anne “Honey” Lantree (drums, Honeycombs) – born in 1943 (d. 12-23-18)

Aug 29   – Michael Jackson – born in 1958 (d. 2009)
            – Dinah Washington (b. Ruth Lee Jones) – born in 1924 (d. 1963)

Aug 30   – John Phillips (Mamas & Papas) – born in 1935 (d. 2001)

Aug 31   – Van Morrison (b. George Ivan Morrison) – age 74
            – Rick Roberts (Firefall) – age 70





 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia


Name this artist.  (The song was Pata Pata.) 

(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)

Love Is Strange – Mickey & Sylvia (1957, #11, #1 R&B)

Rock And Cry – Clyde McPhatter (1957, #93, from the movie Mr. Rock ‘n’ Roll)

Runaway – Del Shannon (1961, #1 for four weeks)

Judy, Judy, Judy – Johnny Tillotson (1963, b-side of You Can Never Stop Me Loving You)

Oh-Oh, I’m Falling In Love Again – Jimmie Rodgers (1958, #7)

Look At Me – Dobie Gray (1963, #91, his first song to chart on the Hot 100)

I Only Want To Be With You – Dusty Springfield (1964, #12, her first Hot 100 hit)

 

Mustang Sally – The Young Rascals (1966, b-side of Good Lovin’.  Their version pre-dated Wilson Pickett’s; both were a cover of the original by Mack Rice.)

The Greenwood Tree – Connie Stevens (1961, dnc)

Island In The Sun – Harry Belafonte (1957, #30)

Daddy Rollin’ Stone – Derek Martin (1963, dnc)

Can I Get To Know You Better – The Turtles (1966, #89)

Warm Baby – The New Colony Six (from their 1967 album Colonization, a cover of a Lovin’ Spoonful song written by John Sebastian)

 * Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins (1956, #2 for four weeks)

My Heart Went Do Dat Da – Barbara Lewis (1962, dnc)

A Little Bit Of Soap – The Jarmels (1961, #12, their only Hot 100 entry)

7-8pm

Beth – Kiss (1976, #7)

Your Precious Love – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1967, #5, written by Ashford & Simpson)

The Worryin’ Kind – Tommy Sands (1958, peaked at #69 in early 1959)

Have I The Right – The Honeycombs (1964, #5)

I Want You Back – The Jackson 5 (1969, reached #1 in early 1970 and spent four weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)

Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) – Dinah Washington & Brook Benton (1960, #5)

Monday, Monday – The Mamas & The Papas (1966, #1 for three weeks, written by John Phillips)

Moondance – Van Morrison (title track from his 1970 album.  It was later released several times as a single; the only time it charted was in 1977 and only reached #92.)

  

You Are The Woman – Firefall (1976, #9)

I Want A Boy For My Birthday – The Cookies (1963, b-side of Will Power)

I Believed It All – The Pozo-Seco Singers (1967, #96)

 * You Beat Me To The Punch – Mary Wells (1962, #9)

 * Ball Of Fire – Tommy James & The Shondells (1969, #19)

 * Time Won’t Let Me – The Outsiders (1966, #5)

8-9pm




 * Feelin’ Stronger Every Day – Chicago (1973, #10)

I Love The Way You Love – Marv Johnson (1960, #9)

I Adore Him – The Angels (1963, #25)

Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home – Joe South (1969, #41)

Big Green Pearl – Orpheus (1971, dnc)

Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Paul Simon (1972, #22)

Pata Pata – Miriam Makeba (1967, #12)

 

The Rubberband Man – The Spinners (1976, #2 for three weeks, R&B #1)

Lady – Little River Band (1979, #10)

I’m Nobody’s Baby Now – Reparata & The Delrons (1966, dnc)

I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash (1972, #1 for four weeks, also #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)

I Hear Trumpets Blow – The Tokens (1966, #30)

Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) – The Raspberries (1974, #18, with an audio effect that implies they’re listening to their own song on the radio, plus a great false ending)

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






Trivia Answer


Miriam Makeba had a #12 hit with Pata Pata in 1967.  The single version is available on a CD called “Hard to Find 45s on CD vol. 6: More Sixties Classics”.

Congratulations to Jerry from Trumansburg, for correctly answering the question and winning a pizza from Papa John’s and two passes to Cinemapolis!



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 (Sep 7):  Gregory James with a spotlight on 1958, 1968, and 1978





Thanks for tuning in! You can listen to Rockin' Remnants every Saturday night from 6-9pm on WVBR (93.5 FM in Ithaca, NY) or streaming here.


Thanks again to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!