Nov 2, 2019 - KV - 1961

 

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Date:  November 2, 2019
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1961






Birthday Calendar


Oct 27   – Floyd Cramer – born in 1933

Oct 28   – Curtis Lee – born in 1939 or 1941
            – Wayne Fontana – age 74

Oct 29   – Denny Laine (Moody Blues) – age 75
            – Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) – age 73

Oct 30   – Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) – age 80
            – Eddie Holland Jr. – age 80
            – Otis Williams (Temptations) – age 78

Oct 31   – Bob Siebenberg (Supertramp) – age 70

Nov 1   – Bob Weston (Fleetwood Mac) – born in 1947
            – Dan Peek (America) – born in 1950
            – Ronald Bell (Kool And The Gang) – age 68





 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia


Here is a song that incorporates a piece of the melody of You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, including the words “lovin’ feelin’”.  Be the first person to name the song and artist, and you’ll win a gift card to the Carriage House Café and the Loft!

(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)

I Love How You Love Me – Paris Sisters (#5 this week in 1961)

  

Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles (in its second week at #4, after having spent 2 weeks at #1)

Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean (in its second week at #3; next week it would reach #1 and stay there for 5 weeks)

Bristol Stomp – Dovells (in its second week at #2)

Runaround Sue - Dion (in its second week at #1)

 * Wooly Bully – Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (originally released in 1964, #2 for two weeks in 1965)

Tower Of Strength – Gene McDaniels (#11 this week) 

 

Sweets For My Sweet – Drifters (#16 this week)

Please Mr. Postman – Marvelettes (#33 this week.  It would reach #1 a month later, and would reach #1 on the R&B chart as well.)

It Will Stand – Showmen (“bubbling under” at #116 this week, it would peak at #61 in early 1962.  The same recording would chart again in 1964, peaking at #80.)

Young Boy Blues – Ben E. King (#66 this week)

 ** Runaway – Del Shannon (spent 4 weeks at #1 earlier in 1961.  This was a dual request – two callers in a row asked to hear it!)

Crying – Roy Orbison (#15 this week)

‘Til – Angels (#95 this week)

 

Bless You – Tony Orlando (#61 this week)

 * Town Without Pity – Gene Pitney (debuted this week at #96; it would reach #13 in early 1962)

7-8pm

Your Last Goodbye – Floyd Cramer (#67 this week in 1961)

Pretty Little Angel Eyes – Curtis Lee (peaked at #7 earlier in 1961)

 

Game Of Love – Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders (1965, #1)

It’s Easy Child – Moody Blues (from their 1965 album Magnificent Moodies)

Oh Well – Fleetwood Mac (1970, #55, written & sung by Peter Green, the first Hot 100 entry for Fleetwood Mac)

White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane (1967, #8, written by Grace Slick)

Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – Temptations (1966, #13, co-written by Eddie Holland Jr and Norman Whitfield)

If Everyone Was Listening – Supertramp (from their 1974 album Crime Of The Century)

Forever – Fleetwood Mac (from their 1973 album Mystery To Me.  This song was co-written by Bob Weston.)

Don’t Cross The River – America (1973, #35, written by Dan Peek)

Jungle Boogie – Kool & The Gang (1973, reached #4 in early 1974)

 

  * Wild Thing – Jimi Hendrix (live from the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967)

8-9pm



 * Last Kiss – J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers (1964, #2)

She’s Not There – Zombies (1964, #2)

 * Crazy Love – Van Morrison (1970, b-side of Come Running)

If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot (1970, peaked at #5 in early 1971, written by Lightfoot)

The Greatest Love Of All – George Benson (1977, #24, music credited to Michael Masser and lyrics to Linda Creed, written for the soundtrack of a film about Muhammed Ali.  Gordon Lightfoot didn’t sue Masser at this time, but a decade later when Whitney Houston had a huge hit with the song, Lightfoot sued Michael Masser for plagiarizing 24 bars of the song.  The case was settled out of court.)

   

Do You Love Me – Contours (debuted on the Hot 100 in Aug 1962, reached #3 on that chart and #1 on the R&B chart.  Written by Berry Gordy Jr.)

The Push And Kick – Mark Valentino (debuted on the Hot 100 in Nov 1962, peaked at #27.  Credited to songwriters Rambeau, Rehak, and Slay.)

You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Righteous Brothers (1964, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1965)

Look What You’ve Done – Pozo-Seco Singers (1966, peaked at #32 in early 1967)

 

 * Eve Of Destruction – Barry McGuire (1965, #1)

Everybody’s Gotta Pay Some Dues – Miracles (#81 this week, its second week on the Hot 100)

Without You – Johnny Tillotson (#64 this week)

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






Trivia Answer


The song was Look What You’ve Done by the Pozo-Seco Singers, which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 two years after the Righteous Brothers charted with You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.  (The Pozo-Seco Singers also recorded a cover of You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’, but they didn’t release that as a single in the US.)

Congratulations to Jasper from Geneva, for correctly answering the question and winning a gift certificate to the Carriage House Café and the Loft!





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 (Nov 9):  John Rudan





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