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May 8, 2021 - JR - What's in a name?

 Rockin' Remnants


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Date:  5/08/2021

Host:  JR

Feature: What's in a Name?




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


6pm - 7pm  


Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle - 1966

Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm - 1966 - From Blonde On Blonde, this was not released as a single in the U.S.; this is the Dutch 45.




Bob Crewe Generation-Music To Watch Girls By - 1966 - Prolific songwriter/producer.  Click here to see his credits.

Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly - 1966

Bob Seger - Shame On The Moon - 1982 - Piano solo by the venerable Bill Payne (Little Feat), one of my favorites!




Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe - 1967 - This feature could have been called "Riffin' on Robert" but for...
 
Bobby Bare - Detroit City - 1963

Bobby Darin - You're The Reason I'm Living - 1963
 
Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay - 1970

Bobby Fuller Four - Let Her Dance - 1966

Bobby Fuller - A Name Like Watermelon - 1971 - This is the "other" Bobby Fuller.  Song written by Dennis Linde, who also
wrote "Burnin' Love" and "Goodbye Earl".




Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball - 1961

Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love) - 1962

Bobby Sherman - Little Woman - 1969



Bobby WomackSweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) - 1972

Hope ya figured out the question!

7pm - 8pm

Birthday Calendar

May 2 - Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold Dorsey)- 83                                       

 Lesley Gore - 1946 

Lou Gramm - (Foreigner) - 69                                               

May 3 - Frankie Valli - 85

             Mary Hopkin - 69

             James Brown - 1933

             Pete Seeger - 1919

May 5 - Tammy Wynette - 1942  

               Johnny Taylor - 1938                                                             

May 6 - Bob Seger - 74

May 7 - Jimmy Ruffin - 1936

May 8 - Philip Bailey (EW&F) - 68
Eric Hilliard Nelson - 1940

Stood Up - Ricky Nelson - 1957

Easy Lover - Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - 1985
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin - 1966 - Brother of Temptation David, he had a few hits for Motown, this being the highest charting at #7. 
Disco Lady [45 edit] - Johnnie Taylor - 1976 - First single certified Platinum (sales of one million copies) by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)!



Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad - Tammy Wynette - 1967 - #3
on the BB Hot Country Singles Chart.





Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Kingston Trio - 1961 - Written
and released by Pete Seeger in 1955
.




Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons - 1963 -
co-written by Bob Crewe! Check out this clip
from Hawaii Five-0 featuring Frankie and Carol
Burnett...



 
Living In America - James Brown - 1985 - From Rocky IV




California Nights - Lesley Gore - 1967 - Co-written
by the late Marvin Hamlisch (The Sting) and produced
by Bob Crewe (there he is again!)
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 1984 - A memorable video with The New Jersey Mass Choir and Jennifer Hudson.



 
Knock Knock Who's There - Mary Hopkin - 1970

Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck - 1967 - Written and
 originally released in 1949 by Eddie "Piano" Miller.



Before we continue with Rockin' Remnants, a moment to remember
songwriter/producer Tommy West, who passed away this week.
West, real name Thomas Picardo, Jr., was probably best known
for his work with Jim Croce, but he was also a member of the
Buchanan Brothers and other musical endeavors. Click here to
read his full bio.





G.T.O. - Ronny & Daytonas - 1964





Little Willy - Sweet - 1973

Best Of Both Worlds - Robert Palmer -1978



Anyway Anyhow Anywhere - The Who - 1965, dnc - Like many early Who singles this was totally ignored by American radio programmers.


Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones - 1971 - Off Sticky Fingers and never released as a U.S. single, but here is the European Radio Promo!




Something's Wrong With Me - Austin Roberts - 1972

It Don't Matter To Me - Bread - 1972 - David Gates assassinated English grammar with this and "Baby I'm-A-Want You". 😄

Easy As Pie - Billy "Crash: Craddock - 1975



Lovely To See You -  Moody Blues - 1969
Hi-De-Ho - Blood, Sweat & Tears - 1970 - Goffin and King originally titled this "That Old Sweet Roll" and it's still in the lyric.

 Nature's Way - Spirit - 1971

Baby Hold On - Eddie Money - 1978
 Love Stinks - J. Geils Band - 1980

Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel - 1982 - The French lyric, "Jeux Sans Frontieres" was sometimes misinterpreted as "She's so funky, yeah".  Check it out:



Comes a Time - Neil Young - 1978

Mother - Pink Floyd - 1979 - Off The Wall, co-lead vocals by Roger Waters and David Gilmour.





CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk – 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


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 (5/15):  GJ with a feature on Comings and Goings!











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