October 24, 2020 - JR - More Golden Oldies

Rockin' Remnants

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Date:  10/24/2020

Host:  JR

Feature: More Golden Oldies!



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  

Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers - BB Top 100 #1, 1 week, 1958

 Here Comes My Baby - The Tremeloes - BB Hot 10 #13, 1967 - Written by this fella, Stephen Georgiou.

Think Twice - Brook Benton - BB Hot 100 #11, 1961 -  B.F. Peay and his producer Clyde Otis sure crafted some lush 45's in the 60's.

Fool #1 - Brenda Lee - BB Hot 100 # 3, 1961.

Reach Out (I'll Be There) - Four Tops - BB Hot 100 #1, 2 weeks

Reach Out Of The Darkness - Friend & Lover - BB Hot 100 #10, 1968.

San Francisco - Scott  McKenzie - BB Hot 100 #4, 1967.

Making Time - The Creation - dnc, 1967    

 

 Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) - Donovan With The Jeff Beck Group

Baby Come Back - The Equals - BB Hot 100 #32, 1968 - Eddy "Electric Avenue" Grant was the guitarist of this band.

"Nag" - The Halos - BB Hot 100 #25, 1963 - The Halos contributed vocals to "Who Put The Bomp", Barry Mann and "Pretty Little Angel Eyes", Curtis Lee.

I Knew You When - Billy Joe Royal - BB Hot 100 #14, 1965.

7pm - 8pm

Birthday Calendar

October 18 - Chuck Berry - 1926

October 19 - Tom Petty - 1950

October 21 - Manfred Mann - 79

                      Steve Cropper - 77

October 22 - Bobby Fuller - 1942

October 24 - Bill Wyman - 84

Before we carry on with the songs, a short musical

tribute to some who have passed on...

Jamie Oldaker - July 20th, 2020, 68 - Jamie was a studio drummer who played and toured with Eric Clapton in the mid-70's to the late 80's.  To check out his bio, click here.

Motherless Children -  Eric Clapton - 1974 - Off the LP 461 Ocean Boulevard.

Johnny Nash - October 6th, 2020, 80

Hold Me Tight - BB Hot 100 #5, 1968 - Johnny's first Top Ten

single.

Spencer Davis - October 19th, 81 - This is the man responsible

for discovering Stevie Winwood!

 Keep On Running - BB Hot 100 #76, 1966.

Jerry Jeff Walker - October 23rd, 78.

Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - BB Hot 100 #9, 1970 - 

Jerry Jeff's best known song and this is the highest charting

version!

Time for Birthdays...

Rock 'n' Roll Music - Chuck Berry - BB Top 100 #7, 1957.

Change Of Heart - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - BB Hot 100 #21, 1983.

These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding - BB Hot 100 #85,1963 - Otis' first charting single, featuring Steve Cropper on piano!

 

Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann - BB Hot 100 #1, 1 week, 1976 - Mann was the keyboardist, not the lead vocalist, but he does contribute to the vocals at the end!

Love's Made A Fool Of You - Bobby Fuller Four - BB Hot 100 #26, 1966 -  Co-written by Buddy Holly and first released by Sonny Curtis (Cricket).

Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones - BB Hot 100 #1, 1 week, 1967  - Take a close listen: Bill bows his bass on the verses!

45 Corner

First of two tonight featuring the oh-so-rare oh-so-hard to find

single version of "The Court Of The Crimson King part 1" by

King Crimson. The LP version of this checks in at 9:32 and

features one of the best false endings of all time! The 45 was

divided into two parts 3:30 and 4:30 leaving off the false ending.

We'll hear both parts of the mono single. The late Greg Lake

is on lead vocals; peaked at #80 in 1970.

8pm - 9pm

Mother & Child Reunion - Paul Simon - BB Hot 100 #4, 1972 - Paul's first solo single.

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & The Wailers - dnc, 1977 -

Toyota is using this in a current commercial!

Strange Magic - Electric Light Orchestra - BB Hot 100 #14, 1976

Love Ballad - George Benson - BB Hot 100 #18, 1979.

Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith - dnc, 1969 - Baker, Clapton, Winwood and... Who was the bassist?  Answer at the end.

Captain Jack - Billy Joel - dnc, 1974 - Off the Piano Man LP.

 Katmandu - Bob Seger - BB Hot 100 #43, 1975.

45 Corner

Our second 45 Corner tonight features the mono radio promo short version of "Feel Like Makin' Love", Bad Company.  The promo single version is 3:30, trimming the commercial 45 version of 5:12 by totally eradicating the 2nd verse, making a fancy edit in the ending guitar solo and a fast fade; peaked at BB Hot 100 #10 in 1975.

Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago - BB Hot 100 #1, 2 weeks, 1982.

From Small Things, One Day Big Things Come -Dave Edmunds - dnc, 1982 - Written by B.S.!

Trivia question: The group performing the song "Do You Feel It"

was The Young Rascals, and congratulations to Jack from Etna

who knew it, and won 2 Bickering Twins gift cards!

Click here to see a live video of the song featuring the awesome

Dino Danelli on drums!

The late Rick Grech was the bassist of Blind Faith.

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

Thanks for tuning in! You can listen to Rockin' Remnants every Saturday night from 6-9pm on WVBR (93.5 FM in Ithaca, NY) or at wvbr.com/listen.

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Host This Week (10/31):  KV with a  Spotlight on Halloween!

October 17, 2020 - JH: Double Plays

  Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)

Date: October 17, 2020

Spotlight:  Double Plays - same songs by different artists that charted on the BB Hot 100.

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!

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)

Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969 - #2) Ike & Tina Turner (1971 - #4) Although the song was written by CCR's John Fogerty, Ike Turner's arrangement became then-wife Tina's signature song.

As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull (1965 - #22) Rolling Stones (1966 - #6) Faithfull was Mick Jagger's girlfriend for a time, but the song was not written for her.

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (1957 - #1) Suzi Quatro (1974 - #85) Presley's version was #1 for 8 weeks and ranks #352/RS500; Elvis said that Suzi Quatro's (aka "Leather Tuscadero" on TV's "Happy Days") was the best version since the original and invited her to Graceland, but she declined the offer.

Abraham, Martin, & John - Dion (1968 - #4) Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (1969 - #33) Dion played classical guitar on his recording, while Smokey's cover reached #16 on the R&B charts.

The Weight - The Band (1968 - #63) Aretha Franklin (1969 - #19) Although Franklin had bigger chart success (with Duane Allman plating slide guitar on her cover), The Band's original ranks #41/RS500.

45 Corner

Mama Told Me (Not to Come) - Three Dog Night (1970 - #1) Wilson Pickett (1972 - #99) Three Dog Night's version was released on ABC/Dunhill #4239 and Pickett's was Atlantic #2909; songwriter Randy Newman also released his own version of the song that originally written for Eric Burdon & the Animals in 1966.

Four Strong Winds - Bobby Bare (1964 - #60) Neil Young (1979 - #61) Ian Tyson wrote the song in 1961 and in 2005 it was voted the greatest Canadian song of all time.  Young's version appeared on his "Comes a Time" LP.

Walking in the Rain - The Ronettes (1964 - #23) Jay & the Americans (1970 - #19) The Ronette's version ranks #266/RS500 and songwriting credit is given to Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Phil Spector.  Jay & the Americans' cover was titled "Walkin' in the Rain".

Birthday Calendar

October 11

Daryl Hall (born Hohl) - 74

October 12

Sam Moore - 85

Melvin Franklin (The Temptations) - born 1942

October 13

Paul Simon - 79

Robert Lamm (Chicago) - 76

John Ford Coley - 72

Marie Osmond - 61

October 14

Bill Justis - born 1926

Robert Parker - born 1930

Justin Hayward - 74

October 15

McHouston "Mickey" Baker (Mickey & Sylvia) - born 1925

Barry McGuire - 85

Richard Carpenter - 74

Tito Jackson - 67

October 16

Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) - 73

October 17

Barney Kessel - born 1923

James Seals - 79

Gary Puckett - 78

James Ray (Jim) Tucker (Turtles guitarist) - born 1946

Michael Hossack (Doobie Brothers drummer) - born 1946

She's Gone - Hall & Oates (1976 - #7: song was originally released on Atlantic Records in 1973 and charted at #60; re-released after the duo had moved to RCA Records and the success of "Sara Smile")

A Place Nobody Can Find - Sam & Dave (1965 - DNC: Sam Moore sang tenor for the duo) 

Ball of Confusion - The Temptations (1970 - #3: Melvin "Blue" Franklin sang bass for the group and was known for the line "and the band played on ..." from this song)

American Tune - Paul Simon (1974 - #35: from his "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" LP)

Dialogue Parts I & II - Chicago (1972 - #24: Robert Lamm wrote the song, although it was sung by Terry Kath and Peter Cetera; Lamm is one of three original members still with the group)

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley (1976 - #2: Dan Seals is the younger brother of Jim Seals)

Paper Roses - Marie Osmond (1973 - #5: song reacher #1 on the Country charts)

Raunchy - Bill Justis (1957 - #2: one of the first 'twangy guitar' song in rock music, in 1958 George Harrison played this song to audition for John Lennon and Paul McCartney and get admitted to their group, the Quarrymen, even though Harrison was only 16)

Barefootin' - Robert Parker (1966 - #7: Parker wrote the one-hit wonder)

Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward (1978 - #47: although the writer of many hits for The Moody Blues, Hayward did not write this effort for Jeff Wayne's musical interpretation of "War of the Worlds", which sold 15 million copies world-wide)

Dearest - Mickey & Sylvia (1957 - #85: while the duo had 8 BB Hot 100 singles, none matched the success of "Love Is Strange")

Green Green - The New Christy Minstrels (1963 - #14: Barry McGuire was the lead singer of the folk group from 1963-65)

Goodbye to Love - The Carpenters (1972 - #7: Tony Pelusa played the fuzz guitar solo on the song, which received much criticism from fans for abandoning the duo's soft-rock sound)

The Love You Save - Jackson 5 (1970 - #1: the third of four #1 releases by the group)

Sugar Magnolia - The Grateful Dead (1973 - #91: Bob Weir co-wrote and sang the song from their classic "American Beauty" LP)

Cry Me a River - Julie London (1955 - #9: Barney Kessel played guitar on this song and went on to be a member of the famed "Wrecking Crew" for a time)

We May Never Pass This Was (Again) - Seals & Crofts (1973 - #21: the song reached #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart)

Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (1968 - #2: big hit for the group known for wearing Civil War uniforms)

Let Me Be - The Turtles (1965 - #29: Jim Tucker was rhythm guitarist for the group until he left in 1967)

China Grove - The Doobie Brothers (1973 - #15: like The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers, the Doobies employed two drummers, "Big Mike" Hossack joining John Hartman)

Do You Want to Dance - Bobby Freeman (1958 - #5) Mamas and Papas (1968 - #76) The Beach Boys also had a #12 record in 1965 with this song, written by Freeman, but they changed it to 'Do You Wanna Dance', which the Mamas and Papas covered on their first LP.

Cherish - The Association (1966 - #1) David Cassidy (1971 - #9) Association band member Terry Kirkman wrote the song, covered by teen heart-throb Cassidy of Partridge Family fame.

Baby It's You - The Shirelles (1962 - #8) Smith (1969 - #5) Gayle McCormick was the lead singer for Smith.

The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton (1959 - #1) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1974 - #72) Horton's version spent 6 weeks at #1.

How Sweet It Is (to be Loved by You) - Marvin Gaye (1965 - #6) James Taylor (1975 - #5) written by the Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, Gaye's version was backed by the Funk Brothers; Taylor's version was for then-wife Carly Simon, who sang backing vocals.

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 October 24, 2020: John Rudan (JR) with More Golden Oldies! 

Thanks for tuning in! You can listen to Rockin' Remnants every Saturday night from 6-9pm on WVBR (93.5 FM in Ithaca, NY) or streaming here. 

Thanks again to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!