Sep 14, 2019 - KV - 1959

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Date:  September 14, 2019
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1959







Birthday Calendar


Sep 8   – Patsy Cline (b. Virginia Patterson Hensley) – born in 1932

Sep 9   – Otis Redding – born in 1941
            – Inez Foxx – age 77

Sep 10   – Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night) – age 77

Sep 11   – Tommy Shaw (Styx) – age 66
            – Dennis Tufano (Buckinghams) – age 73

Sep 12   – Barry White (b. Barry Carter) – born in 1944

Sep 13   – David Clayton-Thomas (b. David Thomsett, Blood Sweat & Tears) – age 78
            – Peter Cetera (Chicago) – age 75
            – Mel Torme – born in 1925

Sep 14   – Barry Cowsill (Cowsills) – born in 1954






 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia


There were 3 songs on this week’s chart in 1959 whose titles began with the word “battle”.  I played one (by Johnny Horton) and mentioned another (by Homer & Jethro) – can you guess what the third one was? 

(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)

(‘Til) I Kissed You – The Everly Brothers (#5 this week in 1959, with The Crickets as their backing band for this song)

 

Sea Of Love – Phil Phillips With The Twilights (#4 this week, having spent two weeks at #2.  This was his only song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.)

I’m Gonna Get Married – Lloyd Price (#3 this week)

Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (#2 for the second week; it would finally reach #1 the next week)

The Three Bells – The Browns (#1 this week, its fourth and final week at the top)

Broken-Hearted Melody – Sarah Vaughan (#7 this week)

Poison Ivy – The Coasters (#15 this week)

 

Thank You Pretty Baby – Brook Benton (#16 this week)

My Heart Is An Open Book – Carl Dobkins Jr. (#25 this week)

Mona Lisa – Conway Twitty (#48 this week.  Carl Mann’s version of the song was #70 this week.  Both were on their way down, having peaked at #29 and #25 respectively.)

True True Happiness – Johnny Tillotson (#54 this week)

Sweeter Than You – Ricky Nelson (#60 this week)

So High So Low – LaVern Baker (#57 this week)

 

Love Potion No. 9 – The Clovers (debuted this week at #83; it would peak at #23)

Mack The Knife – Bobby Darin (#9 this week; it would reach the top in a few weeks and would spend 9 weeks at #1.)

Hey Little Girl – Dee Clark (#27 this week)

The Battle Of New Orleans – Johnny Horton (#91 this week, its final week on the chart.  It had been on the Hot 100 since April, and had spent six weeks at #1.)

 * Heaven On Earth – The Platters (1956, #39)

7-8pm

Crazy – Patsy Cline (1961, #9, written by Willie Nelson) 

 

That’s What My Heart Needs – Otis Redding (1963, did not chart on the Hot 100 but was #27 on the R&B chart.  The song was one of many written by Redding.)

Mockingbird – Inez Foxx (1963, #7 on the Hot 100, co-written and co-sung with her brother Charlie.  Aretha Franklin would squeak onto the Hot 100 with her cover version in 1967.  Carly Simon & James Taylor’s cover version would reach #5 in 1974.)

Black And White – Three Dog Night (1972, #1 on the Hot 100 and the Adult Contemporary chart.  This song has Danny Hutton singing lead.)

Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song) – The Buckinghams (1967, #12)

Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) – Styx (1978, #29, written and sung by guitarist Tommy Shaw)

You’re The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White (1974, spent two weeks at #2 in early 1975)

Spinning Wheel – Blood Sweat & Tears (1969, #2 for three weeks, written and sung by David Clayton-Thomas)

 

If You Leave Me Now – Chicago (1976, #1 for two weeks and #1 on Adult Contemporary.  Written and sung by Peter Cetera.)

Comin’ Home Baby – Mel Torme (1962, #36, his only song to chart on the Hot 100)

Indian Lake – The Cowsills (1968, #10)

 

 * Poor Baby – The Cowsills (1968, #44)

 * The Rain, The Park, And Other Things – The Cowsills (1967, #2)

8-9pm




Baby Hold On – Eddie Money (1978, #11, his first Hot 100 hit.  Eddie Money, born Edward Mahoney, passed away on Friday 9-13-19 at the age of 70.) 

 

 * Happy Together – The Turtles (1967, #1 for three weeks)

Pretty Girls Everywhere – The Walker Brothers (their debut single in Dec 1964, which did not chart.  By the way, they are not brothers, and none of them were born with the last name Walker.)

Montego Bay – Bobby Bloom (1970, #8)

A Lover’s Concerto – The Toys (1965, #2 for three weeks, adapted from Bach)

Lovin’ Things – The Grass Roots (1969, #49)

 

 * I’m In You – Peter Frampton (1977, #2 for three weeks)

You Haven’t Done Nothin’ – Stevie Wonder (1971, #1, with the Jackson 5 doing some background vocals.  It was an anti-Nixon song, and was released just days before Nixon resigned.)

It’s All Right – The Impressions (1963, #4)

The Free Electric Band – Albert Hammond (1973, #48)

Sandy – Dion (1963, #21)

Dizzy – Tommy Roe (1969, #1 for four weeks)

The Mummy – Bob McFadden And Dor (peaked this week in 1959 at #39, inspired by the 1959 movie of the same title.  Dor was actually Rod McKuen.)

 

She Is Still A Mystery – The Lovin’ Spoonful (1967, #27)

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






Trivia Answer


The other song from the 9-14-59 Hot 100 whose title begins with the word “battle” is Battle Hymn Of The Republic, performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  It was #58 this week, its second week on the chart, and would reach #13 a few weeks later.

Congratulations to Betsy from Ithaca, for correctly answering the question and winning a large one-topping pizza from Papa John’s and two passes to Cinemapolis, Ithaca’s independent cinema!




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 21):  Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on songs with girls’ names





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