September 21, 2019: JH - Songs With Girls' Names

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Date: September 21, 2019

Spotlight: Songs With Girls' Names


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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)

Anna - Arthur Alexander (1962 - #68: song that was covered by the Beatles and once used to great comic effect in an episode of "Married With Children")

Bernadette - The Four Tops (1967 - #4: featuring lead vocals by Levi Stubbs as well as a false ending; the group's last Top 10 hit in the '60s)

Clair - Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972 - #2: song O'Sullivan wrote about babysitting his manager's daughter and "Uncle Ray" is a reference to his real name, Raymond O'Sullivan)

Delilah - Tom Jones (1968 - #15: song of betrayal; used in the movie "American Hustle")

Elenore - The Turtles (1968 - #6: band member Howard Kaylan wrote the song to parody their hit, "Happy Together"; the type of song which the group's White Whale record company wanted them to write more)


Leah - Roy Orbison (1962 - #25: released as a double-A sided 45 with "Working for the Man", "Leah" hit #1 in Australia)


Sally G - Paul McCartney and Wings (1975 - #17: recorded in Nashville and released as a B-side with "Junior's Farm")


Victoria - The Kinks (1970 - #62: about the adulation of the famous British queen by the working class)

Goodnight Irene - The Weavers (1950 - #1: written credit for the song goes to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, who recorded it in 1933; The Weavers version spent 13 weeks at #1; Ken Kesey used the line "Sometimes a great notion ..." for the title of his 1964 book)

Down at Lulu's - The Ohio Express (1968 - #33: bubblegum pop from a band that was mainly a studio group with an ever-shifting line-up of members)

45 Corner

Holly Go Softly - Cornerstone (1970 - #104: song "bubbled under" on the BB Hot 100 but was a bigger regional hit; co-writer Toni Wine also assisted with "Groovy Kind of Love", "Candida", and "Black Pearl")


Georgy Girl - The Seekers (1967 - #2: title song to the movie starring Lynn Redgrave)

Susan - The Buckinghams (1968 - #11: the "train wreck" middle section of the song, which the band did not like,  was added by future Chicago producer James Guercio)


Oh Julie - The Crescendos (1958 - #5: one-hit wonder for the group who went to the same high school in Nashville)


Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac (1976 - #11: from the band's self-named 1975 LP; written by Stevie Nicks and #488 on the RS500)

Birthday Calendar:

September 15:
Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane) - born 1941
Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly bassist) - born 1942

September 16:
B.B. King - born 1925
Joe Butler (Lovin' Spoonful bassist) - 78
Bernie Calvert (The Hollies bassist 1966-81) - 77
Betty Kelley (The Velvelettes; Martha & the Vandellas) - 75

September 17:
Hank Williams - born 1923
Lamonte McLemore (5th Dimension) - 80

September 18:
Jimmie Rodgers - 86
Frankie Avalon - 79
Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) - born 1951

September 19:
Billy Ward (Billy Ward and His Dominoes) - born 1921
Brook Benton - born 1931
Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) - born 1935
Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) - 79
Paul Williams - 79
Sylvia Tyson (Ian & Sylvia) - 79
Cass Elliot (Mamas & Papas) - born 1941
Freda Payne - 77
John Coghlan (Status Quo drummer) - 73

September 20:
Gogi Grant (born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg) - born 1924
Bobby Nunn (The Robins/Coasters bass singer) - born 1925

September 21:
Dickey Lee - 83
Don Felder - 72

Let's Get Together - Jefferson Airplane (1966 - NR: deep cut from the band's first LP; Signe Anderson left the group after this record and was replaced by Grace Slick)


In-A-Godda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (1968 - #30: single version of the song, the album version is 17:00 + long)

Pamela Throws a Party - Joe Reisman & His Orchestra (1957 - #55: Reisman had 3 songs make the BB Hot 100 and composed the theme song for the movie "The Guns of Navarone")


Hummingbird - B.B. King (1970 - #48: Leon Russell wrote this song for his then-girlfriend Rita Coolidge)

Never Going Back - The Lovin' Spoonful (1968 - #73: song was written by John Stewart)


Sorry Suzanne - The Hollie (1969 - #56: Terry Sylvester had replaced Graham Nash as lead singer)

Needle in a Haystack - The Velvelettes (1964 - #45: the group was formed in Kalamazoo, Michigan)

Baby We're Really in Love - Hank Williams (1951 - #4 Country: Williams, the "Hillbilly Shakespeare", wrote the song, his 14th Top 5 hit)

Save the Country - 5th Dimension (1970 - #27:  Laura Nyro wrote the song; we heard the original Bell Records 45)


Secretly - Secretly (1958 - #3: his second-highest chart single)

Bobby Sox to Stockings - Frankie Avalon (1959 - #8: Avalon was a teen idol from Philadelphia, PA)

Sheena Is a Punk Rocker - The Ramones (1977 - #81: song ranks #457 on the RS500)


Star Dust - Billy Ward and his Dominoes (1957 - #12:  Ward's group was one of the most successful R&B groups of the early '50s)

It's Just a Matter of Time - Brook Benton (1959 - #3: Benton co-wrote the song which was originally intended for Nat 'King' Cole'; Cole's influence can be heard in Benton's delivery)

Ronnie - The Four Seasons (1964 - #6: another hit for the group written by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe)

Dream On - The Righteous Brothers (1974 - #32: Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield alternated lead vocals on the song; another song with a false ending)


Waking Up Alone - Paul Williams (1972 - #60: known as a song writer for others, this was Williams' one solo song to make the BB Hot 100) 


Lovin' Sound - Ian & Sylvia (1967 - #101: although much bigger in their native Canada, this was the duo's one song that almost made the BB Hot 100)


For the Love of Ivy - The Mamas and Papas (1968 - #81: song that fits tonight's theme)


Band of Gold - Freda Payne (1970 - #3: song comes in #391 on the RS500)

Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo (1968 - #12: psychedelic hit from group that is still touring and recording in England)

The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant (1956 - #1: song spent 8 weeks at the top of the charts and made it to #50 when re-released in 1961) 

Riot in Cell Block #9 - The Robins (1955 - DNC: early R&B from group that would morph into The Coasters) 

James Dean - The Eagles (1974 - #77: Jackson Browne co-wrote the song)

Everybody Knows Matilda - Duke Baxter (1969 - #52: Baxter was from Australia)


*Jennifer Juniper - Donovan (1968 - #26: song was written about Jenny Boyd, the sister of Pattie Boyd [Mrs. George Harrison])

Rainy Jane - Davy Jones (1971 - #52: post-Monkees hit for Davy; song was originally written and recorded by Neil Sedaka)



Pictures of Lily - The Who (1967 - #51: in his 2012 autobiography songwriter Pete Townsend says the song is about music hall star Lillie Langtry; band member John Entwhistle provided the French Horn solo)

(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley (1961 - #4: song was co-written by Doc Pomus and was a double-A side release with "Little Sister")


Tammy - Debbie Reynolds (1957 - #1: song spent 5 weeks at # and was from the movie "Tammy and the Bachelor", starring Reynolds)

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

Host This Week (09/28/19):  John Simon (JS).

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