September 26, 2020 - JR - Golden Oldies

 Rockin' Remnants

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Date:  4/26/2020

Host:  JR

Feature: 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  




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


The Magnificent Seven – Al Caiola And His Orchestra, BB Hot 100 #35, 1961 - Also used as the theme for Marlboro cigarettes in the 60's.


Saturday Night At The Movies – The Drifters, BB Hot 100 #18, 1964


If I Were A Carpenter – Bobby Darin, BB Hot 100 #8, 1966 - Another Bobby named Seger had a version of this that peaked at #76 in 1972.

California Soul – The 5th Dimension, BB Hot 100 #25, 1967 - Written by Ashford/Simpson.

California Nights – Lesley Gore, BB Hot 100 #16, 1967 - Co-written and arranged by Marvin Hamlisch.

You Are My Destiny – Paul Anka, BB Top 100 #7, 1958 - It's hard to believe that Paul wrote this when he was 17! 

At The Scene – Dace Clark Five, BB Hot 100 #18, 1966.

Mr. Diengly Sad – The Critters, BB Hot 100 #17, 1966.

We'll Sing In The Sunshine – Gale Garnett, BB Hot 100 #24, 1964.

Wake Up Little Susie – The Everly Brothers, BB Top 100 #1, 4 weeks, 1957.

Yummy Yummy Yummy – Ohio Express, BB Hot 100 #4, 1968 - From the Golden Age of Bubblegum featuring the wonderful nasal vocals of Joey Levine (1910 Fruitgum Co., Reunion).

With A Girl Like You - The Troggs, BB Hot 100 #29, 1966.

You We're On My Mind - We Five,  BB Hot 100 #3, 1966 - This San Francisco band followed this up with the first charting version of "Let's Get Together" (#31, 1965).

  

7 - 8pm

Birthday Calendar

September 21 – Dickey Lee, 79

                          Don Felder, 73

                              

September 22 – Joan Jett, nee Larkin, 62

September 23 – Ray Charles, 1930

                          Bruce Springsteen, 71

September 24 - Gerry Marsden, 78

September 26 - Bryan Ferry, 77

                         Olivia Newton-John, 72

                         Marty Robbins, 1925

As we start out our Birthday Tribute this week, we'll hear some Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music from Ray Charles and then the final track of Springsteen's 1975 landmark LP Born To Run:

You Don't Know Me –  BB Hot 100 #2, 1962 - Original version: Eddy Arnold, 1956.

Born To Lose - BB Hot 100 #41, 1962 - Original version: Ted Daffan, 1943.

You Are My Sunshine - BB Hot 100 #7, 1962 - Original version: Jimmie Davis, 1939.  A State Song of Lousiana!

Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen - Here's why they call Bruce The Boss: Springsteen acquired the nickname "The Boss" during his early period, as he took on the task of collecting his band's nightly pay and distributing it amongst his bandmates.

9,999,999 Tears – Dickey Lee, BB Hot 100 #52, 1976 - Written and originally recorded by County star Razzy Bailey as "9,999,999 Years".

Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) – Don Felder, BB Hot 100 #43, 1981 - The first solo single from ex-Eagle Felder from the cartoon movie Heavy Metal.  Click here for some info.

 

It's Gonna Be Alright – Gerry And The Pacemakers, BB Hot 100 #23, 1965.

Singing The Blues – Marty Robbins, BB Top 100 #17, 1956 - The first charting single for future C&W star, born Martin David Robinson (speaking of which, Ray Charles was also born with surname Robinson, but just used his middle name professionally to avoid confusion with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.)

Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John, BB Hot 100 #1, 1 week.

More Than This – Roxy Music, BB Bubbling Under #102, U.K. #6.

I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore – Young Rascals, BB Hot 100 #52, 1966 - The first charting single for these soulful Long Island boys; penned by Brill Building songsters Lori Burton and Pam Sawyer.

Down In The Boondocks – Billy Joe Royal, BB Hot 100 #9, 1965.

Porpoise Song – The Monkees, BB Hot 100 #62, 1968 - From The Monkees bizarro flick called Head. 

I Only Want To Be With You – Dusty Springfield, BB Hot 100 #12, 1964.

8-9pm 

If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot, BB Hot 100 #5, 1971.

Are You Ready – Pacific Gas & Electric, BB Hot 100 #14, 1970 - The DJ 45 of this ran a little over 2:30 minutes, but the regular issue single was almost 6 minutes, a rarity for the day!

Yellow River – Christie, BB Hot 100 #33, 1970.

Up Around The Bend - CCR, BB Hot 100 #4, 1970 - A couple of water-related hit singles!

Lightning Strikes – Lou Christie, BB Hot 100 #1, 1 week, 1966 -  A request going out to my long-time VBR buddy Larry Epstein!

 

Baby Hold On – Grass Roots, BB Hot 100 #35, 1970 - The guy on the far left is bassist and lead singer Rob Grill.  I met him before he passed  away in 2011.

Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band, BB Hot 100 #26, 1971 - I always try to squeeze in a few Canadian acts, eh?

We've Got To Get It On Again – Dusty The Addrisi Brothers, BB Hot 100 #25, 1972 - Don and Dick wrote "Never My Love" before striking it out on their own.

My Maria – B.W, Stevenson, BB Hot 100 #9, 1973 - Real first name Louis. B.W. stood for "Buckwheat"!

 As we wind down this edition of Remnants, a few tasty 80's

Athena – The Who, BB Hot 100 #28, 1982 - After two decades on Decca Records, The Who were signed to Warner Brothers in 1981.

Love In Action – Utopia, dnc, 1980 - Utopia was Todd Rundgren's

"rock band" outlet; Kasim Sultan, bass, Roger Powell, keyboards,

Willie Wilcox, drums.

Tunnel Of Love – Bruce Springsteen, BB Hot 100 #9, 1988 - I chose this track because it features a SMOKIN' guitar solo from erstwhile E Street Band member Nils Lofgren!  Also, the future Mrs. Bruce, Patty Scalfia on background 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

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.

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

Host This Week (10/3):  JS with a spotlight on Spotlight on 1966!

Rockin' Remnants




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!











Date:  1/25/2020

Host:  JR

Feature:  Oldies you don't hear that often, or A Deeper Dive...


















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)



Who'll Be The Next In Line – The Kinks, BB Hot 100 #34, 1965



Daddy Could Swear, I Declare – Gladys Knight & The Pips, BB Hot 100 #19, 1973 



Coming On Strong – Brenda Lee, BB Hot 100 #11, 1966



Me And Bobby McGee – Jerry Lee Lewis, BB Hot 100 #40, 1972

Six O'Clock – The Lovin' Spoonful, BB Hot 100 #18, 1967

Abraham, Martin & John – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, BB Hot 100 #37, 1969 

You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd – Roger Miller, BB Hot 100 #40, 1966

D.W. Washburn – The Monkees, BB Hot 100 #18, 1968

Ride Away – Roy Orbison, BB Hot 100 #25, 1965

Sugar, Sugar – Wilson Pickett, BB Hot 100 #25, 1970 

Looking Through The Eyes Of Love – Gene Pitney, BB Hot 100 #28, 1965

 7-8pm 



 Birthday Calendar






Tonight we highlight just two birthdays: Neil Diamond and Warren Zevon, both born on January 24th.  Neil reached milestone #79, while WZ passed away in September, 2003 at age 56.  Neil was my AM radio hero, while WZ was my FM radio hero : )

The first part of the Neil Diamond birthday retrospective are songs from his BANG Records days, recorded in New York with Jeff Barry producing.

Solitary Man – BB Hot 100 #55, 1966, Neil's first charting single, this was rereleased in 1970 and charted at #21.

Shilo – BB Hot 100 #24, 1970 

Red, Red Wine – BB Hot 100 #62, 1968; the British band UB40 took a cover version of this to #1 in October, 1988.

In 1968, Neil left BANG for a big contract with UNI Records (now Universal Music), his most furtive charting period.  His first Top 40 hit for UNI was...

Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show (45 version) –  BB Hot 100 #22, 1969

Holly Holy – BB Hot 100 #6, 1969

Cracklin' Rosie – BB Hot 100 #1, 1 week, 1970 

Song Sung Blue – BB Hot 100 #1, 1 week 1972

Walk On Water – BB Hot 100 #17, 1972; the 45 version ended with the instrumental called "Theme" on the LP.

In 1973, Neil signed a bigger deal with Columbia Records!

Also, he made his acting debut in The Jazz Singer, which had 3 Top 10 singles including...

Love On The Rocks – BB Hot 100 #2, 1979

His last Top 10 entry was...

Heartlight – BB Hot 100 #5, 1982; co-written with Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager.

And now, the Excitable Boy, Warren Zevon!  WZ had only two songs that cracked the Hot 100, and they were...

Werewolves Of London – BB Hot 100 #21, 1978

A Certain Girl – BB Hot 100 #57, 1980; written by Allen Toussaint under his nom-de-song "Naomi Neville" and first recorded by Ernie K-Doe in 1961!

Back to our theme, A Deeper Dive...

A Ray Of Hope – The Rascals, BB Hot 100 #24, 1969 

The Great Airplane Strike – Paul Revere & The Raiders, BB Hot 100 #20, 1966

Every Time You Touch Me I Get High – Charlie Rich, BB Hot 100 #19, 1975; Top 20 hit for the "Silver Fox", despite the "controversial" title!

8-9pm 

Dream On – The Righteous Brothers, BB Hot 100 #32, 1974

Lady Jane – The Rolling Stones, BB Hot 100 #24, 1966; you hear lots of Stones on Classic Rock Radio but unfortunately not this, featuring Brian Jones on dulcimer and Jack Nitzche on harpsichord.

Long, Long Time (45 version) – Linda Ronstadt, BB Hot 100 #25, 1970; Linda's first solo Top 40 hit.

Good Vibrations – Todd Rundgren, BB Hot 100 #34, 1976; from Todd's LP Faithful, that featured a side of almost note for note remakes of some of his favorite "oldies". 

It Tears Me Up – Percy Sledge, BB Hot 100 #20, 1966; despite what some may think, Percy was not just a "one hit wonder" (and you know what song I'm talkin' about, Willis...)

Time For Livin' – Sly & The Family Stone, BB Hot 100 #32, 1974

Brand New Me – Dusty Springfield, BB Hot 100 #24, 1969; after working with Atlantic Records soul producers in Memphis, Dusty headed to Philly to work with producers Gamble and Huff.

Speak To The Sky – Rick Springfield, BB Hot 100 #14, 1972; the first American chart entry for the Aussie teen heartthrob... Check out that hair!

The Hurt – Cat Stevens, BB Hot 100 #31, 1973

No Matter What Sign You Are – Diana Ross & The Supremes, BB Hot 100 #31, 1969; Motown Records gets hip to the zodiac and astrology! 

Mighty Clouds Of Joy – B.J. Thomas, BB Hot 100 #34, 1971

Try A Little Tenderness – Three Dog Night, BB Hot 100 #29, 1969; the Dogs first Top 40 single, on their way to many more... 

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.

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

Host This Week (2/1):  JS with a spotlight on Spoken Interludes!