February 13, 2021 - JH: Valentine's Special

 Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)

Date: February 13, 2021

Spotlight:  Valentine's Special

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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)

Cupid - Sam Cooke (1961 - #17: Cooke wrote the song, which ranks #452/RS500)

Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (1968 - #17: Lee was born Graham Pulleyblank in Eastbourne, England; song was co-written by Albert Hammond ["It Never Rains in Californnia"])

Stupid Cupid - Connie Francis (1958 - #14: the song was co-written by Neil Sedaka and was one of the first releases for Don Kirshner's new record company)

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers (1957 - #3: the Weavers had a #19 hit with the song in 1951)

Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs (1952 - #1: the song was adopted from an Agentine tango) 

Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride (1971 - #21: Pride's signature song, went to #1 on the C&W charts)

The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Betty Everett (1964 - #6: Everett at first refused to record the song she believed was silly and trivial)

(Til) I Kissed You - Everly Brothers (1959 - #4: Don Everly wrote the song, on which the brothers were backed by Chet Atkins, Sonny Curtis, and Floyd Cramer, among others)

Fire - The Pointer Sisters (1979 - #2: Bruce Springsteen wrote the song for Elvis Presley, who passed away before he could record it; Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" kept it from #1)

A Kiss From Your Lips - The Flamingos (1956 - DNC: song made it to #12 on the R&B charts)

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals (1963 - #6: song ranks #493/RS500 and was written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, and Jeff Barry with backing by the Wrecking Crew)

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - Mel Carter (1965 - #8: song was a #5 hit for Karen Chandler in 1952)

Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark (1968 - #15: song was something of a comeback for Clark, but also her last big hit)

45 Corner

How Can You Kiss Me - Mike & John & Bill (1965 - DNC: 'Mike' is pre-Monkees Mike Nesmith, who wrote and sang lead on the song and autographed this 45!)

One Kiss for Old Time's Sake  - Ronnie Dove (1965 - #14)

Kiss Away - Ronnie Dove (1965 - #25: Dove had 20 songs chart on the BB Hot 100 between 1964 - 69)

Give Him a Great Big Kiss - The Shangri-Las (1965 - #18: one of several hits for the 'bad' girl group from Queens)

Birthday Calendar

Background Music: Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960 - #2)

February 7

Curtis Ousley (King Curtis) - born 1934

February 8

Larry Verne (Larry Vern Erickson) - born 1936

Terry Melcher (Terrence Jorden) - born 1942

Dan Seals (England Dan) - born 1948

February 9

Barry Mann (Barry Imberman) - 82

Carole King (Carol Klein) - 79

Barbara Lewis - 78

February 10

Don Wilson (The Ventures) - born 1937

Roberta Flack - 82

February 11

Raoul Cita (The Harptones) - born 1928

Gene Vincent - born 1935

Gerry Goffin - born 1939

Sergio Mende - 80

February 12

Gene McDaniels - born 1935

Ray Manzarek (The Doors) - 1939

Michael McDonald - 69

February 13

Tennessee Ernie Ford (Ernest Jennings Ford) - born 1919

Boudleaux Bryant - born 1920

Dorothy 'Dottie' McGuire - born 1930

Peter Tork (Thorkelson) - born 1942

Peter Gabriel - 71

Yakety Yak - The Coasters (1958 - #1: King Curtis provided the sax solo to this novelty hit written by Lieber and Stoller)

Mr. Custer - Larry Verne (1960 - #1: novelty hit about a reluctant soldier at the Battle of the Little Big Horn)

Chestnut Mare - The Byrds (1970 - #121: Terry Melcher produced the track which received a lot of play on early FM radio)

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan and John Ford Coley (1976 - #2: Wild Cherry's 'Play That Funky Music' kept the song from the top spot; after the duo split up Seals had a successful solo career in country music)

It's Getting Better - Mama Cass (1969 - #30: Barry Mann and songwriting partner and wife Cynthia Weil originally wrote the song for The Vogues)

So Far Away - Carole King (1971 - #14: from her classic LP "Tapestry", with James Taylor on guitar and Curtis Amy, who played sax on The Doors' "Touch Me", on flute)

Make Me Your Baby - Barbara Lewis (1965 - #11: Lewis was born in Salem, Michigan)

Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (1973 - #1: song was #1 for 5 weeks and won Grammys for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Female Pop Vocal and ranks #360/RS500)

A Sunday Kind of Love - The Harptones (1953 - DNC: Raoul Cita was the pianist, arranger, and sang bass for the group)

Lotta Lovin' - Gene Vincent (1957 - #13: a rockabilly trendsetter, Vincent appeared with the Beatles in Hamburg, Germany; John Lennon would later cover his biggest hit, "Be-Bop-A-Lula")

I'll Meet You Halfway - The Partridge Family (1971 - #9: Gerry Goffin's most famous songwriting partner was wife Carole King, but he wrote this one with Wes Farrell)

The Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66 (1968 - #6: the group covered several Beatles songs, this was their biggest hit)

Love Her Madly - The Doors (1971 - #11: Ray Manzarek, the group's keyboardist, played tack piano and electric organ on this single from the band's last LP together; he was also lead singer on the flip side of the 45)

Takin' It to the Streets - The Doobie Brothers (1976 - #13: Michael McDonald wrote and sang the song from the LP of the same name)

Ballad of Davy Crockett - Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955 - #5: one of 4 versions of the song that charted in 1955)

All I Have to Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers (1958 - #1: Boudleaux Bryant wrote many hits for the duo with his wife, Felice; this one ranks #141/RS500 and was #1 for 5 weeks)

Sugartime - The McGuire Sisters (1958 - #1: spent 4 weeks at #1)

Come On In - The Monkees (1968 - NR: one of the few Pre-Fab Four tunes that features Peter Tork on lead vocals; Dewey Martin and Stephen Stills, both members of the Buffalo Springfield, played on the song)

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (1977 - #68: his first single as a solo artist after he left Genesis)

Floy Joy - The Supremes (1972 - #16: original Supreme Mary Wilson, who passed away on February 9 at the age of 76, sang lead on this song that was written by Smokey Robinson)

*More Today Than Yesterday - The Spiral Starecase (1969 - #12: Pat Upton, the lead singer of the group, wrote the song)

Stay Awhile - The Bells (1971 - #7: the song sold over 4 million copies and went to #1 in the group's native Canada)

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson (1967 - #6: the last big hit for 'Mr. Excitement', it ranks #246/RS500; Wilson was backed by the Funk Brothers, who were moonlighting from their Motown gig)

Your Song - Elton John (1970 - #8: his first big single, ranks #136/RS500)

Eight Days a Week - The Beatles (1965 - #1: the last of a record seven #1 singles in a year's time by an act, it was also the first pop song to have a fade in beginning)

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (1957 - #1: spent 9 weeks at #1 and ranks #352/RS500)

I've Got You Under My Skin - The Four Seasons (1966 - #9: written by Cole Porter in 1936 and a signature song for Frank Sinatra)

Yes I Will - The Association (1969 - #120: a piece of sunshine pop that maybe should have been a bigger hit?)

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (1966 - #39: a song that has grown in stature since its release, ranks #25/RS500)

Misty - Johnny Mathis (1959 - #12: pianist Erroll Garner wrote the song as an instrumental in 1954, Johnny Burke later added the lyrics; Mathis' signature song)

I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers (1965 - #4: song went to #1 in the UK for the Australian group and was written by Tom Springfield, Dusty's brother)

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 February 20, 2021: Kim Vaughn (KV)  

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