December 28. 2019 - JR - Oldies You Don't Hear That Often or A Deeper Dive!

Rockin' Remnants

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Date:  December 28, 2019
Host:  JR
Feature: "Oldies You Don't Hear That Often or A Deeper Dive"
No obscurities or One-Hit Wonders here!
Most of these songs were Top 40 Hits, and taken off "Best of" or "Greatest Hits" anthologies from well-established artists...





                

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].  





6-7pm  


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

Does Your Mother Know – ABBA - BB Hot 100 #19, 1979; featuring Bjorn and Benny on lead vocals.










The Border – America - BB Hot 100 #33, 1983; last Top 40 hit.



Help Me Girl – Eric Burdon & The Animals, BB Hot 100 #29, 1966.

Saved – LaVern Baker, BB Hot 100 #37, 1961; the closest two Jewish songwriters (Lieber and Stoller) from NYC got to pure Gospel!

Wild Honey – The Beach Boys, BB Hot 100 #31, 1967; in the latter part of the 60's Brother Carl took over lead vocal duties with Brother Brian on the sidelines, and more than fulfilled the role with his blue-eyed soul chops!


I Don't Want To Spoil The Party – The Beatles, BB Hot 100 #39, 1965; flip-side of "Eight Days A Week"


Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You – The Bee Gees, flip-side of "Holiday", BB Hot 100 #16, 1967; this was a real far-out song from the Brothers Gibb, featuring Gregorian Chants and some funky orchestration along with those distinctive harmonies!

Mother Freedom - Bread, BB Hot 100 #37, 1971; don't think this was a band favorite because it was glaringly omitted from their "Best of Bread" CD anthology!

Moody Woman - Jerry Butler, BB Hot 100 #24, 1969; "The Iceman" was from Chicago, but it was the Philly team of Gamble and Huff that defined his late 60's sound.

Sunflower - Glen Campbell, BB Hot 100 #39, 1977; one of three Neil Diamond songs we'll hear tonight.

Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (45 version)  - Carpenters, BB Hot 100 #32, 1977; originally recorded by the Canadian band Klaatu for World Contact Day in 1976, this is the single version which edits out the DJ rap at the beginning of the LP version, and is only available on the A&M 45.  Click here to listen to the LP version!










I Don't Want To Lose You Baby - Chad & Jeremy, BB Hot 100 #35, 1964; with some of the lushest, atmospheric production on the 60's, this should have been a much bigger hit!

That Lucky Old Sun - Ray Charles, BB Hot 100 #20, 1964

Free - Chicago, BB Hot 100 #20, 1971


7 - 8pm

Birthday Calendar


Dec. 22 –  Maurice Gibb - 1949
               Robin Gibb - 1949
                 
Dec. 23   –  Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane) - 80
                 
        
Dec. 24 – Lee Dorsey – 1924
             
                  
Dec. 25 – Jimmy Buffett - 73
               
              
 Dec. 26 - Phil Spector - 70

Dec. 27 - Mick Jones (Foreigner) - 74  

 Dec. 28 - Alex Chilton (Box Tops) - 1950   

         

Genesis - Jorma Kaukenen, LP Track from Quah, 1974.

Do-Re-Mi - Lee Dorsey, 1962, BB Hot 100 #27

Oh Why - The Teddy Bears, 1959, BB Hot 100 #91; the sound-alike follow up to the #1 "To Know Him Is To Love Him", stalled out and effectively ended the singing career of Phil Spector.  However...

Long, Long Way From Home – Foreigner, 1978, BB Hot 100 #20

I Met Her In Church - The Box Tops, 1968, BB Hot 100 #37; this is a great oldie you don't hear that often which leads us right back to our feature...

Hello Old Friend – Eric Clapton, 1976, BB Hot 100 #24.

At The Scene - Dave Clark Five, 1966, BB Hot 100 #18

She's Got You - Patsy Cline, 1962, BB Hot 100 #14, C&W #1.

Sad Mood - Sam Cooke, 1960, BB Hot 100 #29 

Dear Lonely Hearts - Nat King Cole, 1962, BB Hot 100 #13

If A Man Answers - Bobby Darin, 1962, BB Hot 100 #30

Be (45 version) - Neil Diamond, 1974 #34; off the soundtrack of the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull, this single version trims over 2 minutes off the LP version and is availabe only on this 45.  Many thanks to my Remnants pal John Simon, who dug this up just for me!

I've Got Sand In My Shoes -  The Drifters, 1964, BB Hot 100 #33; the follow up to "Under The Boardwalk" elicited the same summertime feeling but did not fare as well on the chart.

Rockin' Remnants Trivia 

According to music publisher BMI, what is Ray Charles most played song?

Answer at the end of the Blog.

8 - 9pm

Funky New Year - Eagles, 1978, flip side of "Please Come Home For Christmas", DNC; the Eagles only picture sleeve here in the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZdRV7x8W3I

Gone, Gone, Gone - The Everly Brothers, 1964, BB Hot 100 #31; the Everly's threw away their acoustic guitars for this rockin' tune, their penultimate Top 40 BB single.

The Language Of Love - Dan Fogelberg, 1984, BB Hot 100 #13

Watch The Flowers Grow  - The 4 Seasons, 1967, BB Hot 100 #30; times were changing, and so was the sound of the 4 Seasons with this psychedelic single.

Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) - Four Tops, BB Hot 100 #40; after many listenings I finally figured out this is a song about a telephone number!

Border Song (Holy Moses) - Aretha Franklin, 1970, BB Hot 100 #37; a cover version of Elton John's first U.S release (BB #92).

Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, 1969, BB Hot 100 #30

Things I Should Have Said - Grass Roots, 1967, BB Hot 100 #23

 Albert Flasher - The Guess Who, 1971, BB Hot 100 #29; would this be PC today?

Dark Horse - George Harrison, 1975, BB Hot 100 #13

No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits, 1967, BB Hot 100 #35; off the pen of Graham Gouldman.

Pay You Back With Interest - The Hollies, 1967, BB Hot 100 #28; a rare Hollies song with both Alan Clarke and Graham Nash sharing lead vocals.

Warmed Over Kisses  (Left Over Love) - Brian Hyland, 1962, BB Hot 100 #25

Talkin' About My Baby - The Impressions, 1964, BB Hot 100 #12

She - Tommy James & The Shondells, 1970, BB Hot 100 #23

Sunday And Me - Jay & The Americans, 1965, BB Hot 100 #18; the third entry tonight off the pen of Neil Diamond!

Friends - Elton John, 1971, BB Hot 100 #34; off the soundtrack of the movie of the same name which no one has ever seen! 

Answer to Rockin' Remnants Trivia

"I Can't Stop Loving You", written by Don Gibson and taken to the top of the BB Hot 100 for 5 weeks in 1962.  Congratulations to Nigel who called in, knew the answer and is now a proud owner of a WVBR t-shirt!

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" singles.

Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked, but below the Hot 100 (spots 101 - 130),

BB = Billboard Magazine, which publishes the Hot 100 chart (previously known at the Top 100), along with several other charts.

C&W = Billboard's chart for "Country & Western" singles.

R&B = Billboards's chart for "Rhythm & Blues" singles.

RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

RS500 = Rolling Stones Magazine's ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time.

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!

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