May 29, 2021 - KV - Commencement

 

  

 

Rockin' Remnants




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Date:  May 29, 2021

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  Commencement – words of wisdom, encouragement, celebration, etc

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

May 23   – General Norman Johnson (Chairmen Of The Board) – born in either 1941 or 1943

 

May 25   – Hal David – born in 1921

 

May 26   – Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac) – age 73

 

May 27   – Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship) – age 73

            – Don Williams (Pozo-Seco Singers) – born in 1939

 

May 28   – Gladys Knight – age 77

            – John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) – age 76

 

 

 

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 Old Philosopher – Eddie Lawrence (1956, #34)

 

Follow That Dream – Elvis Presley (1962, #15, from the movie of the same name)

 

Don’t Look Back – The Temptations (1965, #83)

 

I’m Standing By – Ben E. King (1962, bubbled under at #111, an answer song to his own 1961 hit Stand By Me)

 

 

 

I’ll Always Be With You – Dean & Jean

 

Celebration – Kool & The Gang (1980, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1981)

 

 * Special Occasion – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1968, #26)

 

Graduation Day – The Arbors (1967, #59, the last of four versions of the song to chart on the Hot 100)

 

Bless You – Tony Orlando (1961, #15)

 

 

 

Bless Your Little Sweet Soul – Al Johnson (1967, did not chart)

 

May You Always – The McGuire Sisters (1959, #11)

Be What You Are – The Staple Singers (1973, #66)

 

 * Keep On Dancing – The Gentrys (1965, #4)

 

Dance By The Light Of The Moon – The Olympics (1960, #47)

 

Dance To The Light Of The Morning – Andy Gibb (from his first solo album, Flowing Rivers, in 1977)

 

Call On Me – Bobby Bland (1963, #22)

 

 

 

I’ll Come Running – Lulu (1964, #105 on the Bubbling Under chart)

 

Reach Out I’ll Be There – The Four Tops (1966, #1 for two weeks on both the Hot 100 and R&B charts, later won a Grammy Hall Of Fame award)

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

 

Bless You – Chairmen Of The Board (1970, written and sung by General Norman Johnson, b-side of Pay To The Piper) 

 

 

 

Reach Out For Me – Nancy Wilson (cowritten by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, a track from her 1965 album Today My Way.  Two versions of the song had charted on the Hot 100; Lou Johnson’s in 1963 and Dionne Warwick’s in 1964.)

 

Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac (1977, #10)

 

I Believe In You – Don Williams (1980, #24, Country #1)

 

Count On Me – Jefferson Starship (1978, #8)

 

Someday Never Comes – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1972, #25, written and sung by John Fogerty, their last single before the group split up)

 

 

 

It’s Time To Go Now – Gladys Knight & The Pips (1967, b-side of I Heard It Through The Grapevine and written by the same songwriting team, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield)

 

Turn!  Turn!  Turn!  (To Everything There Is A Season) – The Byrds (1965, #1 for three weeks, adapted by Pete Seeger from Ecclesiastes)

 

Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) – Doris Day (1956, #2 for three weeks, from the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much)

 

There Are More Questions Than Answers – Johnny Nash (1972, from his album I Can See Clearly Now)

 

Keep Your Mind On What You’re Doin’ – Joey Dee (1962, b-side of I Lost My Baby)

 

Don’t Give Up – Petula Clark (1968, #37)

 

 

 

Get A Job – The Silhouettes (1958, #1 for two weeks on the Hot 100 and #1 for six weeks on the R&B chart)

 

It’s Waiting There For You – Reparata & The Delrons (1967, did not chart)

 

Graduation’s Here – The Fleetwoods (1959, #39)

 

Let The Good Times Roll – The Velvets (1962, bubbled under at #102, a great cover of the 1956 Shirley & Lee hit)

 

Have A Good Time – Paul Simon (1975, from his album Still Crazy After All These Years)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 

Go Where You Wanna Go – The Mamas & The Papas (from their 1966 debut album, If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears)

 

Go All The Way – The Raspberries (1972, #5)

 

Cast Your Fate To The Wind – Shelby Flint (1966, #61)

 

Fly Like An Eagle – The Steve Miller Band (1976, spent two weeks at #2 in early 1977)

 

 * I’m So Proud – The Impressions (1964, #14)

 

You Can Make It If You Try – Gene Allison (1957, reached #3 on the R&B chart in early 1958)

 

You Got What It Takes – Joe Tex (1965, #51)

 

 

 

Celebration Of The Year – The Fortunes (1969, did not chart)

 

We’ve Only Just Begun – The Carpenters (1970, #2 for four weeks, from an insurance commercial)

 

Lean On Me – Bill Withers (1972, #1 for three weeks on the Hot 100 and #1 for one week on the R&B chart.  Here's another live performance.)

 

Darlin’ You Can Count On Me – The Everpresent Fullness

 

I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5 (1970, #1 for five weeks on the Hot 100 and #1 for six weeks on the R&B chart)

 

 

 

Everybody’s Gotta Pay Some Dues – Marv Johnson (his cover version of the song penned by Smokey Robinson, which charted for The Miracles in 1961)

 

Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day – The Monkees (from their self-titled debut album in 1966)

 

Dream On – Herman’s Hermits (1965, did not chart.  In the US, it was titled I Gotta Dream On and it was the b-side of Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter.  In the UK, it was titled Dream On and it was the b-side of Wonderful World.)

 

This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies (1968, dnc)

 

 

 

Make A Few Memories – Ray Stevens (1966, dnc, written by Joe South)

 

Let’s Have A Party – Wanda Jackson (1960, #37)

 

We’ll Meet Again – The Turtles (1966, dnc)

 

 

CLOSING THEME:  Sleep Walk – 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 Next Week (June 5):  John Simon with a spotlight on Cool Covers That Charted On Their Own, plus a little birthday spotlight on Toni Wine

 

 

 

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