Aug 22, 2020 - KV - Ups & Downs, Highs & Lows

 

  

 

Rockin' Remnants





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Date:  August 22, 2020

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  Ups & Downs, Highs & Lows

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

Aug 16   – Eydie Gorme – born in 1928

 

Aug 17   – Mark Dinning – born in 1933

 

Aug 18   – Johnny Preston – born in 1939

            – Barbara Harris (Toys) – age 75

 

Aug 19   – Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) – age 75

            – Peter “Ginger” Baker (Cream) – born in 1939, died 10-6-19

            – Johnny Nash – age 80

 

Aug 20   – Jim Reeves – born in 1923

 

Aug 21   – Jackie DeShannon (b. Sharon Myers) – age 79

            – Kenny Rogers (First Edition) – born in 1938, died 3-20-20

 

Aug 22   – Ron Dante (b. Carmine Granito, The Archies ) – age 75

 

 

 

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)

 

All Shook Up – Elvis Presley (1957, #1 for nine weeks)

 

Wake Up Little Susie – Everly Brothers (1957, #1 for four weeks)

 

Come Back When You Grow Up – Bobby Vee And The Strangers (1967, #3) 

 

 

 

Growin’ Up Too Fast – Diane Renay (1964, bubbled under at #124, about five months after Navy Blue)

 

Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys – Cookies (1963, peaked at #33 in early 1964)

 

So High So Low – LaVern Baker (1959, #52, based on the spiritual Bosom Of Abraham, also known as Oh, Rock My Soul)

 

I’m Leaving It Up To You – Dale & Grace (1963, #1 for two weeks on Hot 100 and #1 on Adult Contemporary)

 

It’s Up To You – Rick Nelson (1962, peaked at #6 in early 1963)

 

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Neil Sedaka (1962, #1 for two weeks)

 

(The Best Part Of) Breakin’ Up – Ronettes (1964, #39)

 

 

 

Uptown – Crystals (1962, #13)

 

 * Downtown – Petula Clark (1964, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1965, her first Hot 100 hit)

 

 * River Deep - Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner (1966, #88, a Phil Spector production)

 

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1967, #19)

 

Comin’ Down With Love – Mel Gadson (1960, #69, his only charting song)

 

 

 

The Rains Came Down – Dorsey Burnette (from his 1963 album Dorsey Burnette sings)

 

High Blood Pressure – Huey “Piano” Smith & The Clowns (1958, b-side of Don't You Just Know It)

 

Just Keep It Up – Dee Clark (1959, #18)

 

 * Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport – Rolf Harris (1963, #3 on the Hot 100, #1 on Adult Contemporary)

 

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

 

Blame It On The Bossa Nova – Eydie Gorme (1963, #7)

 

A Star Is Born (A Love Has Died) – Mark Dinning (1960, #68)

 

Let’s Leave It That Way – Johnny Preston (1962, dnc)

 

May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone – The Toys (1966, #85)

 

 

 

Hush – Deep Purple (1968, #4)

 

Cat’s Squirrel – Cream (from debut album Fresh Cream, released in the US in 1967)

 

Stir It Up – Johnny Nash (1973, #12, written by Bob Marley)

 

I Know One – Jim Reeves (1960, #82)

 

Should I Cry – Jackie DeShannon (1964, an alternate take of an album cut)

 

But You Know I Love You – First Edition (1969, #19)

 

 

 

Sunshine – Archies (1970, #57)

 

 * (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher – Jackie Wilson (1967, #6, R&B #1)

 

Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder (1965, reached #3 in early 1966)

 

 * Over Under Sideways Down – Yardbirds (1966, #13)

 

Get Down – Gilbert O’Sullivan (1973, #7)

 

 

 

Come On Up – Rascals (1966, #43)

 

Come On Down To My Boat – Every Mother’s Son (1967, #6)

 

No Easy Way Down – Dusty Springfield (from her 1969 album Dusty In Memphis)

 

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 

 

 * Down On The Corner – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969, #3)

 

 * Down In The Boondocks – Billy Joe Royal (1965, #9)

 

Down In The Valley – Solomon Burke (1962, #71)

 

Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Paul Simon (1972, #22)

 

Up On The Roof – Laura Nyro (1970, #92, her only recording to chart on the Hot 100)

 

 

 

Up The Ladder To The Roof – Supremes (1970, #10, their first hit after the departure of Diana Ross)

 

Fly Me High – Moody Blues (1967, dnc)

 

Flying High – Country Joe & The Fish (from their 1967 album Electric Music For The Mind And Body)

 

 * Eight Miles High – Byrds (1966, #14)

 

So High (Rock Me Baby And Roll Me Away) – Dobie Gray (from his 1974 album Hey Dixie)

 

 * Low Rider – War (1975, #7, #1 on the R&B chart)

 

 

 

 * Up Up and Away – Impressions (1968, a non-charting b-side, a year after the Fifth Dimension had a hit with it)

 

Bury Me Down By The River – Lulu (recorded in 1970 but not released until 2007; you may have heard versions by the Bee Gees or P.P. Arnold)

 

Down By The River – Albert Hammond (1972, #91.  He released two slightly different versions of this song on two different albums, the 1972 album It Never Rains In Southern California and the 1975 album 99 Miles From L.A.)

 

Down By The Lazy River – Osmonds (1972, #4)

 

Build Me Up Buttercup – Foundations (1969, #3)

 

 * She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning) – Tokens (1969, peaked at #61 in early 1970.  The song began as an advertising jingle for shampoo.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSING THEME:  Sleep Walk – 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 Next Week (Aug 29):  Gregory James with songs that leapt up the chart

 

 

 

 

 

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