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Date: February 20, 2021
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: National __ Day II
Birthday Calendar
Feb 14 – Maceo Parker – age 78
Feb 15 – Brian Holland – age 80
Feb 16 – Hal & Herbie Kalin – born in 1934
– Bill Doggett – born in 1916
– Sonny Bono – born in 1935
– Otis Blackwell – born in 1931
Feb 17 – Gene Pitney – born in 1940
Feb 18 – Irma Thomas – age 80
– Dennis DeYoung (Styx) – age 74
Feb 19 – Lou Christie – age 78
– Smokey Robinson (Miracles) – age 81
– Bobby Rogers (Miracles) – born in 1940
– Mark Andes (Spirit) – age 73
Feb 20 – Randy California (Spirit) – born in 1951
– Nancy Wilson – born in 1937
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 (National (blank) Day, then requests)
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
SUN 2-14-21 – VALENTINE’S DAY, NATIONAL FERRIS WHEEL DAY, NATIONAL ORGAN DONOR DAY
Calendar Girl – Neil Sedaka (1960, reached #4 in early 1961)
The Ferris Wheel – The Everly Brothers (1964, #72)
Give Her A Transplant – The Intruders (1969, R&B #23, Bubbling Under The Hot 100 #104)
MON 2-15-21 – PRESIDENTS’ DAY, NATIONAL SINGLES AWARENESS DAY
Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Randy Newman
Single Girl – Sandy Posey (1966, #12)
The Singles Game – Jay & The Techniques (1968, #116, a year after they did Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie)
TUES 2-16-21 – MARDI GRAS
Mardi Gras In New Orleans – Fats Domino (1953)
WED 2-17-21 – NATIONAL RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY
Try A Little Kindness – Glen Campbell (1969, #23)
THURS 2-18-21 – NATIONAL DRINK WINE DAY
Bottle Of Wine – The Fireballs (1967, reached #9 in early 1968)
Red Red Wine – Neil Diamond (1968, #62)
Sweet Cherry Wine – Tommy James & The Shondells (1969, #7)
FRI 2-19-21 – NATIONAL CAREGIVERS DAY
Take Good Care Of My Baby – Bobby Vee (1961, #1 for three weeks)
SAT 2-20-21 – NATIONAL CHERRY PIE DAY, NATIONAL LOVE YOUR PET DAY
Cherry Pie – Skip & Flip (1960, #11)
Gonna Buy Me A Dog – The Monkees
Me & You & A Dog Named Boo – Lobo (1971, #5)
Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog – Norma Tanega (1966, #22)
* La Dee Dah – Billy & Lillie (1958, #9)
* Wear Your Love Like Heaven – Donovan (1967, #23)
7-8pm (birthday calendar, then various)
I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown (1965, #3, with Maceo Parker on saxophone)
You’re A Wonderful One – Marvin Gaye (1964, #15, with backing vocals by The Supremes, one of countless great hits written by Holland-Dozier-Holland)
Forget Me Not – The Kalin Twins (1958, #12)
Ram-Bunk-Shush – Bill Doggett (1957, #67)
It’s Gonna Rain – Sonny & Cher (1965, the b-side of I Got You Babe)
When You’re Around – Otis Blackwell (1957, did not chart)
(I Wanna) Love My Life Away – Gene Pitney (1961, #39, his first of 24 songs to chart on the Hot 100)
Without Love (There Is Nothing) – Irma Thomas (not released as a single. There were 4 versions of this song that charted on the Hot 100 singles chart – by Clyde McPhatter in 1957, Ray Charles in 1963, Oscar Toney Jr in 1968, and Tom Jones in 1970. The version by Irma Thomas, “Soul Queen of New Orleans”, is just as lovely as the others.)
Come Sail Away – Styx (1977, peaked at #8 in early 1978, written and sung by Dennis DeYoung, who also plays piano on the song)
I’m Gonna Make You Mine – Lou Christie (1969, #10)
Going To A Go-Go – The Miracles (1965+, #11, cowritten by several members of the group, including Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, who both also wrote songs for other artists)
Nature’s Way – Spirit (1971, #111)
(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am – Nancy Wilson (1964, #11)
One By One – The Jarmels (1962, did not chart, a year after A Little Bit Of Soap)
Ecstasy – Ben E. King (1962, #56, a year after Stand By Me)
(Love Me) Now – The Angels (1963, b-side of My Boyfriend’s Back)
The Very Thought Of You – Chris Montez (not released as a single, recorded after he switched labels to A&M records and changed up his whole sound compared to his earlier Let’s Dance vibe)
8-9pm (Otis Blackwell, then various)
MINI SPOTLIGHT ON SONGWRITER OTIS BLACKWELL
Bartender, Fill It Up Again – Otis Blackwell (none of his own recordings charted on the Hot 100, but several of his songs were Top Ten hits for other people, including the next four songs in this show. He sometimes used the pen name John Davenport.)
Great Balls Of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis (1957, spent four weeks at #2 in January 1958)
Handy Man – Jimmy Jones (1959, #2 in early 1960)
Return To Sender – Elvis Presley (1962, #2 for five weeks)
Fever – Peggy Lee (1958, #8)
Love Is What You Make It – The Grass Roots (1973, #55)
Fly Away – The Blues Project (from their 1966 album Projections. This song was written and sung by Al Kooper, who left The Blues Project shortly after Projections was released in order to form Blood, Sweat, & Tears.)
Something In The Air – Thunderclap Newman (1969, #37, their only Hot 100 hit. It was used in the movie The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr – and more recently, used in the movie Almost Famous.)
Shoeshine Boy – Gerry Rafferty & The Humblebums (1970, not released as a single in the US, written by Rafferty)
It’s Good News Week – Hedgehoppers Anonymous (1965, #48)
Me About You – Orpheus (from their 1969 album Joyful. Written by Bonner & Gordon, the same songwriting team who wrote Happy Together, a hit for The Turtles. The Turtles recorded Me About You too, and released it as a single in 1970, but it did not chart.)
My Love Is Growing – The Walker Brothers (1966, not released as a single in the US)
Back On My Feet Again – The Babys (released in 1979, debuted on the Hot 100 in January 1980, peaked at #33)
The City – Mark-Almond (1971, did not chart. A 10-and-a-half-minute version of this song was on their first album, Mark-Almond, in 1970.)
Free Man In Paris – Joni Mitchell (1974, #22, with David Crosby & Graham Nash providing backing vocals, and with Larry Carlton & Jose Feliciano playing guitar)
Be Not Too Hard – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (from their 1974 album The Good Earth)
Since You’ve Been Gone – Rainbow (1979, #57)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
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 (Feb 27): John Simon with a spotlight on Black History Month, Motown, and 1969
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