February 15, 2020: JH - "Rockin Remnants Goes to the Movies"

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Date: February 15, 2020

Spotlight: "Rockin' Remnants Goes to the Movies".


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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)

[Background music: The Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini (1964 - #31: movie theme won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental)]

Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets (1955 - #1: released in 1954, the song DNC, but it was used in the movie "The Blackboard Jungle" starring Glenn Ford and took off in 1955, spending 8 weeks at #1)

Alfie - Cher (1966 - #32: title track to the movie starring Michael Caine; Dionne Warwick's version was the bigger hit but Cher's was first)

Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968 - #1: hit song from "The Graduate", starring Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, and Katherine Ross; won Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year)

Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley (1964 - #29: title track to his movie)

True Grit - Glen Campbell (1969 - #35: title track to film starring John Wayne)

The following 5 songs all won the Oscar for Best Song:

Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera) - Doris Day (1956 - #2: her signature song from the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Man Who Knew Too Much", starring Day and Jimmy Stewart)

The Windmills of Your Mind - Dusty Springfield (1969 - #1: from the Steve McQueen film "The Thomas Crown Affair")

I'm Easy - Keith Carradine (1976 - #17: from the Robert Altman movie "Nashville"; we heard the acoustic LP version)

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B.J. Thomas (1970 - #1: Burt Bacharach-Hal David song written for the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford)

Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross (1981 - #1: Cross wrote the song for the movie "Arthur", starring Dudley Moore)

Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf (1968 - #2: from the movie "Easy Rider", starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper; #129/RS500)

45 Corner

Darling Be Home Soon - Lovin' Spoonful (1965 - #15: from the movie "You're a Big Boy Now", directed by Francis Ford Coppola; John Sebastian put on a good show at The Hangar Theater February 9)

Freddy's Dead - Curtis Mayfield (1972 - #4: from the movie "Superfly")

Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney (1962 - #13: title song from the movie starring Kirk Douglas)

Cry to Me - Solomon Burke (1962 - #44: used in the movie "Dirty Dancing", starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey)

Birthday Calendar:

February 9:

Barry Mann (Imberman) - 81

Carole King (Klein) - 78

Barbara Lewis - 77

February 10:

Roberta Flack - 83

Nigel Olsson (Elton John's drummer) - 71

February 11:

Gene Vincent - born 1935

Gerry Goffin - born 1939

Sergio Mendes - 79

February 12:

Gene McDaniels - born 1935

Ray Manzarek (The Doors keyboardist) - born 1939

Michael McDonald - 68

February 13:

'Tennessee' Ernie Ford - born 1919

(Diadorius) Boudleaux Bryant (songwriter) - born 1920

Dorothy 'Dottie' McGuire - born 1930

Peter Tork (Thorkelson) - born 1942

February 14:

Phyllis McGuire - 89

Tim Buckley - born 1947

February 15:

Brian Holland (songwriter) - 79

You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - The Righteous Brothers (1965 - #1: written by Barry Mann with Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector; used a major plot device in "Top Gun")

It's Too Late - Carole King (1971 - #1: from her classic LP "Tapestry", released 2/10/71; song ranks #469/RS500)

Baby I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis (1965 - #11: used in the movie "The Bridges of Madison County", starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep)

Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (1973 - #1: song won Grammys for Record of the Year and Female Pop Vocal; ranks #360/RS500)

Amoreena - Elton John (1971 - NR: from the LP "Tumbleweed Connection" and used in the movie "Dog Day Afternoon" starring Al Pacino)

Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent (1956 - #7: used in the movies "Wild at Heart" and "Pleasantville"; ranks #102/RS500)

One Fine Day - The Chiffons (1963 - #5: written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King; title of 1996 movie starring George Clooney and Michele Pfeiffer)

The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 (1968 - #4: used in the movie "Casino Royale" starring David Niven and Peter Sellers)  

100 Pounds of Clay - Gene McDaniels (1961 - #3: song was used in the 1987 movie "The Year My Voice Broke")

Love Her Madly - The Doors (1971 - #11: from their last LP "LA Woman": used in the movie "Forrest Gump")

Takin' It to the Streets - The Doobie Brothers (1976 - #13: from the LP of the same name; song was written and sung by McDonald; used in the film "The 40-Year-Old Virgin")

Sixteen Tons - 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford (1955 - #1: huge hit for Ford, the song spent 7 weeks at #1; used in the Tom Hanks movie "Joe Versus the Volcano")

All I Have to do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers (1958 - #1: written by Boudleaux Bryant and #141/RS500; used in the Drew Barrymore movie "Riding in Cars With Boys")

Porpoise Song (Theme From "Head") - The Monkess (1968 - #2: the song was written by Goffin-King, the movie was co-written and co-produced by Jack Nicholson)

Sincerely - The McGuire Sisters (1955 - #1: written by Harvey Fuqua and DJ Alan Freed and originally  sung by Harvey and the Moonglows; Sisters version was used in the movie "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean", directed by Robert Altman)

Once I Was - Tim Buckley (1967 - NR: from the LP "Goodbye and Hello" and used in the movie "Coming Home" starring Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, and Bruce Dern)

The Happening - The Supremes (1967 - #1: hit for the Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, the movie of the same name was a flop, although it starred Faye Dunaway and Anthony Quinn)

*Question - The Moody Blues (1970 - #21: used in the 1993 movie "Household Saints")

To Sir With Love - Lulu (1967 - #1: theme to the movie starring Sidney Poitier; spent 5 weeks at #1)

What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones (1965 - #3: theme to movie starring Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, and Woody Allen, who wrote the screenplay)

*Shapes of Things - Max Frost & the Troopers (1968 - #22: fictional group from the Hal Holbrook film "Wild in the Streets")

That's Amore - Dean Martin (1953 - #2: used in the 1987 film "Moonstruck" starring Cher and Nicholas Cage as well as "The Caddy")

*Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson (1969 - #6: song won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal; from the movie "Midnight Cowboy" with Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman)

Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (1973 - #12: #190/RS500; used in the movie "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid", which Dylan played in)

Guide for the Married Man - The Turtles (1967 - DNC: title song, co-written by John Williams, from the movie directed by Gene Kelly and starring Walter Matthau)

Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli (1967 - #2: used in the movie "The Deer Hunter", starring Robert DeNiro and introducing Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep)

A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles (1964 - #1: title song from the first Fab Four film; #153/RS500)


Help - The Beatles (1965 - #1: another title song; #29/RS500)

Theme from "New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra (1980 - #32: Old Blue Eyes' cover of title song from film starring Robert DeNiro and Liza Minelli) 
                                                                                                                                                                               

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 (2/22/20): Kim Vaughn (KV) with a spotlight on 1964. 

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