June 12, 2021 - JH: Lost Hits

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)

Date: June 12, 2021

Spotlight Theme: Lost Hits: low-charting/lesser-known chart singles.

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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)

Here I Stand - Wade Flemons and the Newcomers (1959 - #80: Flemons had three songs chart on the BB Hot 100, none higher than #70)

I Count the Tears - The Drifters (1961 - #17: their last single before Ben E. King left to go solo)

Moon River - Jerry Butler (1961 - #11: one of 39 charting singles for "The Iceman")

Swinging on a Star - Big Dee Irwin (1963 - #38: one-hit wonder with Little Eva on backing vocals)

A Walkin' Miracle - The Essex (1963 - #12: follow-up single to their big hit "Easier Said Than Done")

Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups (1965 - #20: last charting single for the New Orleans trio)

Her Royal Majesty - James Darren (1962 - #6: one of 10 charting singles for the singer/actor; co-starred in "The Time Tunnel" and "TJ Hooker")

Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark (1959 - #20: his big hit would come in 1961 with "Raindrops")

I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song) - The Ikettes (1962 - #19: formed to be part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue; later known as The Mirettes)

Snap Your Fingers - Joe Henderson (1962 - #8: highest of his three charting hits; Henderson died of a heart attack at age 27)

Mountain of Love - Harold Dorman (1960 - #20: one-hit wonder for Dorman, who also wrote the song; Johnny Rivers would take the song to #9 in 1964)

Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes - Bobby Freeman (1958 - #37: follow-up to his big hit, "Do You Want to Dance")

Mary Lou - Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks (1959 - #26: a later incarnation of the Hawks would go on to form The Band)

Woo-Hoo - The Rock-A-Teens (1959 - #16: one-hit wonder for the teen band from Richmond, Va.)

Thou Shalt Not Steal - Dick & Dee Dee (1965 - #13: Dick Gosting and Dee Dee Sperling from Santa Monica, CA; duo had 8 BB Hot 100 songs)

45 Corner

Just One Look - Doris Troy (1963 - #10: covers of the song would later chart for The Hollies, Anne Murray, and Linda Ronstadt but this was the biggest hit; Troy provided backing vocals for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon LP)

Rock and Roll Love - Jo Ann Campbell (1958 - DNC: Campbell had 4 charting singles, including 1962's "I'm the Girl From Wolverton Mountain", the answer song to Claude King's hit)

Stick With Me Baby - The Everly Brothers (1961 - #41: song was written by Mel Tillis)

Girl of My Best Friend - Ral Donner (1961 - #19: one of 5 charting singles for the Chicago singer)

Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - Little Eva (1962 - #12: her follow-up single to "The Loco-Motion")

Just a Little Bit - Roscoe Gordon (1960 - #64: one-hit wonder for the R&B singer/guitarist/pianist from Memphis)

The Birthday Calendar

June 6th:

Levi Stubbs (The Four Tops) - born 1936

Gary "US" Bonds - 82

June 7th:

Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti) - born 1917

Tom Jones (Thomas John Woodward) - 81

Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) - born 1958

June 8th:

Nancy Sinatra - 81

Chuck Negron (3 Dog Night) - 79

Boz Scaggs - 77

Annie Haslam (Renaissance) - 74

Bonnie Tyler - 70

June 9th:

Cole Porter - born 1891

Les Paul - born 1915

Jackie Wilson - born 1934

June 10th:

Janet Vogel (The Skyliners) - born 1942

June 11th:

Thornton James 'Pookie' Hudson (The Spaniels) - b. 1934

Jud Strunk - born 1936

Joey Dee - 81

June 12th:

Reg Presley (Reginald Maurice Ball) - born 1941

Len Barry (Leonard Borisoff) - born 1942

Ask the Lonely - The Four Tops (1965 - #24: Levi Stubbs was lead singer for the popular Motown foursome)

New Orleans - Gary "US" Bonds (1960 - #6: first BB charting single for the New Orleans singer, who recently appeared at Ithaca's 'Lakewatch' with WVBR's John Simon a member of the backing band)

Houston - Dean Martin (1965 - #21: Lee Hazelwood wrote the song that became one of 30 BB chart singles for the actor/singer/entertainer)

It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones (1965 - #10: there are conflicting accounts of what session musicians played on Jones' first charting single; one account says that Reginald Dwight (aka Elton John) played keyboards)

I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince (1979 - #11: Prince's first big hit)

Friday's Child - Nancy Sinatra (1966 - #36: song was written by long-time collaborator Lee Hazelwood)

Easy to be Hard - Three Dog Night (1969 - #4: Chuck Negron was the primary vocalist on the song taken from the musical "Hair")

What Can I Say - Boz Scaggs (1976 - #42: first track to his hit LP "Silk Degrees")

Carpet of the Sun - Renaissance (1973 - DNC: acoustic version of one of the prog-rock group's most popular songs; Annie Haslam recently appeared at Ithaca's Hangar Theater)

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler (1983 - #1: Jim Steinman, who wrote Meatloaf's biggest hits, wrote the song, and the E Street Band's Roy Bittan played piano)

I've Got You Under My Skin - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (1966 - #9: Cole Porter wrote the song in 1936)

How High the Moon - Les Paul and Mary Ford (1951 - #1: song topped the charts for 9 weeks; Paul invented the solid body electric guitar named for him and was also an innovator in the studio with overdubbing and multi tracks)

Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (1957 - #62: his first chart single as a solo artist after leaving Billy Ward and His Dominoes; one of 54 charting singles for "Mr. Excitement")

This I Swear - The Skyliners (1959 - #26: follow-up single to their big hit "Since I Don't Have You"; Janet Vogel had a brief solo career, recording as Janet Deane)

Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite - The Spaniels (1954 - DNC: lead singer "Pookie" Hudson co-wrote the classic doo-wop song)

Daisy a Day - Jud Strunk (1973 - #14: Strunk was a regular on the TV show Laugh-In during its last season)

What Kind of Love Is This - Joey Dee and the Starliters (1962 - #18: the song was from the movie Two Tickets to Paris, in which the group appeared)

Love Is All Around - The Troggs (1968 - #7: Reg Presley was the lead singer of the group)

You Can't Sit Down - The Dovells (1963 - #3: Len Borisoff was lead singer of the group before he began a solo career as Len Barry)

Little Bitty Pretty One - Bobby Day and the Satellites (1957 - #57: Thurston Harris had the bigger hit with this song; Bobby Day's next single would be "Rock'n Robin")

Linda Lu - Ray Sharpe (1959 - #46: Sharpe wrote his only BB Hot 100 entry, with Duane Eddy on guitar)

From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller (1963 - #6: a one-hit wonder on the Pop charts, Miller had a dozen songs on the country charts)

I'm Stickin' With You - Jimmy Bowen with the Rhythm Orchids (1957 - #14: the song stayed on the charts for 17 weeks)

Things - Bobby Darin (1962 - #3: Darin had 41 charting singles from 1958 - 73)

Gone, Gone, Gone - The Everly Brothers (1964 - #31: the duo's last Top 40 chart entry)

Like I Love You - Edward Byrnes and Friend (1959 - #42: Byrnes appeared as "Kookie" on the TV show 77 Sunset Strip)

Runaround - The Regents (1961 - #28: their follow-up to the original version of "Barbara Ann", written for one of the band member's sister; very different from the Fleetwood's song with the same name)

Your Friends - Dee Clark (1961 - #34: Clark's next single release, "Raindrops", would be his only to break the Top 10)

Teenage Rock - Ronnie Jones and the Classmates (1957 - DNC: doo-wop group from North Philadelphia)

Freight Train - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group featuring Nancy Whiskey (1957 - #40: song reached #5 in the UK during a skiffle boom; the pre-Beatles group The Quarrymen used to perform the song with John Lennon doing the lead vocals)

And Suddenly - The Cherry People (1968 - #45: sunshine pop group from Washington, D.C.)

Apricot Brandy - Rhinoceros (1969 - #46: Rhinoceros was a rock group from L.A.)

It's Nice to be With You - The Monkees (1968 - #51: 'B' side of the "Pre-Fab Four's" last Top 40 hit, "D.W. Washburn", with Davy Jones taking lead vocals)

Nice to be With You - Gallery (1972 - #4: biggest of three Top 40 hits for the Detroit band)

Shame Shame - The Magic Lanterns (1968 - #29: one-hit wonder for the group from Manchester, England)

Best of Both Worlds - Lulu (1968 - #32: follow-up to her big smash, "To Sir With Love", from the movie starring Sidney Poitier)

Malibu U. - Harpers Bizarre (1967 - DNC: 'B' side to their single "Anything Goes", written by Cole Porter, which charted at #43)

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 June 19, 2021: Gregory James (GJ)  

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