November 20, 2021: JH - British Invasion

 Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)

Spotlight: The British Invasion! 

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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)

Background Music: Stranger on the Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk (1962 - #1: the first British artist to hit #1 in the US)

Everybody Knows (I Still Love You) - The Dave Clark Five (1964 - #15: out of Tottenham, England, Dave Clark was the group's drummer, while Mike Smith provided keyboards and vocals; band appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show 18 times and were briefly considered serious rivals to The Beatles)

Game of Love - Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders (1965 - #1: from Manchester, lead singer Fontana left the group to go solo later in '65)

It's Alright - Adam Faith (1965 - #31: born Terrence Nelhams Wright, Faith was BIG in the UK with his first seven releases charting in the top 5; song was used in the movie Good Morning Vietnam)

You're My World - Cilla Black (1964 - #26: born Priscilla White, she was a coat check girl at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where she was discovered by Beatles manger Brian Epstein)

Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits (1965 - #1: Billboard magazine ranked the Manchester group America's top singles act of the year in 1965; song was aimed at an American audience and not released in the UK)

Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann (1964 - #1: song was written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally reached #78 for The Exciters; Manfred Mann was keyboardist, Paul Jones lead vocalist for the London band)

Look Through Any Window - The Hollies (1965-6 - #32: released in September, the song peaked the following January and was the band's first single to break the Top 40 in the US)

A World Without Love - Peter & Gordon (1964 - #1: Peter Asher was from London, Gordon Waller from Scotland; Paul McCartney, who was dating Asher's sister Jane, wrote the song; Asher would later go on to be a successful producer)

Girl Don't Come - Sandie Shaw (1965 - #42: Adam Faith discovered Shaw, born Sandra Goodrich, who had three #1 records in the UK)

It's All Over Now - The Rolling Stones (1964 - #26: famous New York DJ Murray the K played the song, written by Bobby and Shirley Womack and performed by The Valentinos, for the Stones, who recorded it 9 days later; Womack had to be persuaded by Sam Cooke to let the band record the song, but he was very happy when the royalty check arrived)

Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans (1964 - #24: song was written and recorded by Chan Romero in 1959 and a cover by The Beatles which pre-dates and likely inspired the Liverpool-based Swinging Blue Jeans can be found on The Beatles Live at the BBC LP)

I Only Want to be With You - Dusty Springfield (1964 - #12: single debuted one week after The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and was one of 19 BB Hot 100 releases for the woman, born Mary O'Brien, with peroxide blonde hair who was an icon of the Swinging Sixties)

Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Searchers (1964 - #16: another band from Liverpool; took their name from the 1956 movie starring John Wayne)

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals (1965 - #15: song ranks #233/RS500 for the band known for its bluesy sound and gravelly voice of lead singer Eric Burdon)

I'm Gonna Love You Too - The Hullaballoos (1965 - #56: a note-for-note cover of the Buddy Holly original; group had long hair dyed blonde in a surfer look)

Tobacco Road - The Nashville Teens (1964 - #14: one-hit wonder for the group from Surrey; song was written by John D. Loudermilk in 1959)

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Silkie (1965 - #10: cover of The Beatles song; John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison helped the folk group record the song)

Concrete and Clay - Unit 4 + 2 (1965 - #28: song went to #1 in the UK and was used in the movie Rushmore) 

As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull (1964-5 - #22: her cover of the song pre-dates the Rolling Stones version and Faithfull has contradicted herself as to whether the song was written for her by the Stones or it was just a perfect fit for her; from 1966-70 she dated Mick Jagger)

Birthday Calendar

November 14:

Joseph Billingslea (The Contours) - 84

Freddie Garrity (Freddie and the Dreamers) - born 1940

Stephen Bishop - 70

November 15:

Clyde McPhatter - born 1932

(Sally) Petula Clark - 89

Anni-Frid Lyngstad (ABBA) - 76

November 16:

Garnet Mimms - 88

Chi Coltrane - 73

November 17:

Gordon Lightfoot - 83

Bob Gaudio - 79

Harold Eugene 'Gene' Clark - born 1944

November 18:

Hank Ballard - born 1927

November 19:

Fred Lipsius (Blood, Sweat, & Tears) - 78

November 20:

Malcolm John Rebennack ("Dr. John") - born 1941

Norman Greenbaum - 79

Joe Walsh - 74

Do You Love Me - The Contours (1962 - #3: The Contours were a Detroit R&B group and one of the first signed to Gordy Records, a Motown subsidiary)

I'm Telling You Now - Freddie and the Dreamers (1965 - #1: first BB H100 hit for the Manchester group)

On and On - Stephen Bishop (1977 - #11: Bishop wrote the song that was his biggest hit)

You're Moving Me - Clyde McPhatter (1961 - DNC: 'B' side of non-charting single "Whole Heap of Love"; used in the Netflix show Breaking Bad; McPhatter began as a member of Billy Ward and His Dominoes and was lead singer for the Drifters before going solo)

My Love - Petula Clark (1966 - #1: song made its chart debut on Christmas Day, 1965, and peaked at #1 from February 5-19, 1966)

S.O.S. - ABBA (1975 - #15: the only song to chart on the BB H100 in which both the song and the performers are palindromes)

Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters (1963 - #4: although Janis Joplin's cover might be better known, the original was the bigger hit; Mimms' ability as a soul singer is said to be underappreciated)

Thunder and Lightning - Chi Coltrane (1972 - #17: one-hit wonder for the singer from Racine, WI who enjoyed greater success in Europe where she was dubbed "Queen of Rock")

Race Among the Ruins - Gordon Lightfoot (1977 - #65: from the same LP that produced "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald")

Big Man in Town - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (1964 - #20: Bob Gaudio wrote this hit for the group, and also served as keyboardist, back-up singer, songwriter, and producer for many other of their songs)

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better - The Byrds (1965 - #103: Gene Clark wrote this song, flip-side to "All I Really Want to Do", and it ranks #234/RS500 despite only 'bubbling under' on the charts)

Finger Poppin' Time - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (1960 - #7: Ballard was a pioneer in the development of rock and roll and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990)

Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat, and Tears (1969 - #2: Fred Lipsius won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement for his work on the hit song, which was kept out of the top spot by "The Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet" and "In the Year 2525")

Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John (1973 - #9: John won a total of 6 Grammys over his long and varied music career)

Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (1970 - #3: one of the greatest and best-selling one-hit wonders of all time, the song ranks #333/RS500)

45 Corner

Pretty Maids All in a Row - The Eagles (1977 - DNC: Joe Walsh wrote and sang the song which appeared on the 'B' side of the "Hotel California" single)

                   --- Back to the British Invasion --- 

*Itchycoo Park - Small Faces (1967 - #16: band's only hit in the US but they were much more successful in the UK; at one time the band included future Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood as well as Rod Stewart)

Stupidity - The Undertakers (1964 - DNC: The Undertakers were known for adding a saxophone to their Merseybeat sound)

I Think of You - The Merseybeats (1963 - DNC: song was a million-seller in the UK for the band that is still recording; the "Merseybeat" was the name given to Liverpool area bands that were influenced by rock and roll, skiffle, and traditional pop music)

She's Not There - The Zombies (1964 - #2: the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 and still tours with original members Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone; song ranks #291/RS500 but was kept from the #1 spot by Bobby Vinton's "Mr. Lonely")

Go Now - The Moody Blues (1965 - #10: cover of the Bessie Banks original; after future member of Wings Denny Laine left and Justin Hayward and John Lodge joined the Birmingham band, it went in a psychedelic, progressive rock direction)

Yesterday's Gone - Chad & Jeremy (1964 - #21: Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde appeared on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Patty Duke Show", and the original "Batman" TV show at the height of their popularity)

I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (1964 - #1: the song that began the British Invasion, it spent 7 weeks at #1 and ranks #16/RS500)

Help - The Beatles (1965 - #1: ranks #29/RS500, we heard the version from the Capitol Records LP release that features a James Bond-type intro)

Catch the Wind - Donovan (1965 - #23: his first song to chart on the BB H100)

You've Got Your Troubles - The Fortunes (1965 - #7: bit hit for the band from Birmingham; songwriters Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway would cover The Beatles' "Michelle" and take it to #18 in 1966 under the performing names David and Jonathan)

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry and the Pacemakers (1964 - #4: Liverpool band that was managed by Brian Epstein and produced by George Martin)

Tossing and Turning - The Ivy League (1965 - #83: song went to #3in the UK)

You Really Got Me - The Kinks (1964 - #7: the band's first single on the BB H100 and it ranks #82/RS500)

Bad to Me - Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (1964 - #7: Lennon and McCartney wrote the song for Billy J. Kramer, who was born William Howard Ashton)

Wild Thing - The Troggs (1966 - #1: song spent 2 weeks at the top spot and ranks #257/RS500)

Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds (1966 - #13: guitarist Jeff Beck, who had replaced Eric CLapton, came up with the distinctive intro to the song; Jimmy Page would later join the band)

Gloria - Them (1965 - #71: song was much more influential than its chart performance, and ranks #208/RS500; the band from Northern Ireland featured a young Van Morrison)

CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)

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 November 27, 2021: John Simon (JS) with Stereo Delights!

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November 13, 2021 - GJ - Name That Theme

Rockin’ Remnants

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Date:  November 13, 2021

Host:  Gregory James

Feature: Name That Theme

Birthday Calendar

November 7

Johnny Rivers 79 years old

Joni Mitchell 78 years old

November 8

Bonnie Bramlett 77 years old

Minnie Riperton (b. 1947  d. 1979)

Bonnie Raitt 72 years old

Rickie Lee Jones 67 years old

November 9

Mary Travers (b. 1936  d. 2009)

Tom Fogerty (b. 1941  d. 1990)

November 10

Sherlie Matthews (Blackberries) 87 years old

Greg  Lake (ELP, King Crimson)   (b. 1948   d. 2016)

November 11

LaVern Baker  (b. 1929  d. 1997)

November 12

Brian Hyland 78 years old

Booker T. Jones 77 years old

Neil Young 76 years old

Ruby Nash Curtis 82 years old

Rock n’ Roll Trivia

Question: What group recorded three songs with the word “fine” in the title?

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)

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 subsequent dates) unless otherwise noted

* glossary of terms is below the playlist

6:00-7:00

OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock n’ Roll—Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)

The Boys Are Back in Town Thin Lizzy  1976  #12

If it hadn’t been for a couple of DJs in Louisville who put this record into hot rotation, we might not still be listening to this barn burner.  Toxic masculinity never sounded better. For the Pod Squad, who know who they are.    

 More Today Than Yesterday  Spiral Starecase   1969   #12

The guys were in the Air Force and played Las Vegas lounges before they had their big hit.

*I’m Branded Link Wray  1965    NR

Requested by Alvin.

Baby It's You Shirelles 1961  #8 H100, #3 R&B

Written by Burt Bacharach, Luther Dixon and Mack David.

*Heaven     Talking Heads    1979    DNC

Listener dedication for Bunny.

Can't You See That She's Mine?   Dave Clark Five   1964  #4

Their fourth single and fourth gold record.

*Beatle Bounce Bobby Comstock 1964 NR

Requested by Scotty for Brooktondale Peggy.  Co- written by “Big John” Perialis.

'Til I Kissed You Everly Brothers 1959 #4  H100

Written by Don Everly, the song charted on the Billboard Pop, Country and R&B charts. Check out the girl in the audience at 0:44.

*Cry to Me Solomon Burke  1962  #44 H100  #5 R&B

Influenced by gospel, R&B and country music, this track is considered by some to be the template for Southern Soul ballads. Requested by Barbara.

Got to Get You Into My Life Earth, Wind & Fire   1978  #9

An example of a cover that takes on a life of its own.

One Fine Day The Chiffons   1963  #5

Composer Carole King played piano on this track. The Chiffons recorded three songs with the word “fine” in the title: “One Fine Day” “A Love So Fine” and “He’s So Fine.”

Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin 1959 #6

The song is an English language adaptation of a 1945 French song called “La Mer.” Darin often entered down the aisle when he appeared on Dick Clark's Beechnut Saturday Night TV program. His interaction with the audience is priceless, even if he is lip-syncing.

*Girls Just Want to Have Fun Cyndi Lauper  1984  #2

Requested by Julia for all the fun-loving girls (her words, not mine). You know the video, you love the video, feel free to get up and dance.

I Keep Forgettin' Chuck Jackson 1962 #55

A Lieber and Stoller composition that has been called one of their most innovative yet least commercial songs.

Oh No, Not My Baby Maxine Brown  1965   #24   

A Goffin-King composition, the song was originally recorded by the Shirelles, but the outcome was not commercial. The Scepter label gave the song to Maxine Brown who had to figure out the song’s central melody from among the Shirelles’ various vocal embellishments.

Never Comes the Day Moody Blues 1969   #91

In observance of the passing of Graeme Edge, founding member of, and drummer for, The Moody Blues. He played on all 16 of the Moody Blues LPs. Mr. Edge also wrote the poetry that was spoken in their songs.  “Breathe deep the gathering gloom…”

7:00-8:00

Slow Dancing (Swaying to the Music)  Johnny Rivers  1977  #10

He was born in Brooklyn, raised in Baton Rouge and he got his stage name from Alan Freed in 1958.

You Turn Me On (I’m a Radio) Joni Mitchell 1973   #25

Harmonica by Graham Nash.

Only You Know and I Know Delaney and Bonnie    1971  #20

Nice cover of the Dave Mason tune.

It’s So Nice Minnie Riperton 1974 NR

It's so nice to hear Minnie Riperton's stratospheric vocals. 

Runaway Bonnie Raitt 1977  #57

Norton Buffalo played the great harmonica break. Watch him tear it up starting at 1:35.

Danny’s All Star Joint    Rickie Lee Jones   1979  NR

Musicians on her debut LP include Dr. John, Michael McDonald, Randy Newman, Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro and many other notables.

Too Much of Nothing Peter Paul and Mary  1967   #35

Composer Bob Dylan was not pleased when the trio changed Vivien’s name to Mariane, thus spoiling the rhyme with “oblivion.”

Straight and Narrow   Tom Fogerty  1972  NR

Jerry Garcia helped out on Fogerty’s “Excalibur” LP.

But I Love You More Blackberries   1972    NR

The trio of Venetta Fields, Clydie King and Sherlie Matthews were a veritable who’s who of vocalists backing the likes of Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner, Humble Pie, Pink Floyd. These women knew how to harmonize, as amply demonstrated by this track. 

Still You Turn Me On Emerson Lake and Palmer   1973  NR

No singles were released in the U.S. from “Brain Salad Surgery.”

You’d Better Find Yourself Another Fool   LaVern Baker   1964   #128

Ginny Come Lately Brian Hyland  1962 #21

The Loner Neil Young 1969  DNC

Young’s first single release did not chart. Jim Messina played bass and George Grantham played drums. The video is a stunning solo acoustic version of the song.

Our Day Will Come Ruby and the Romantics    1963  #1

Two versions of the song were recorded on Kapp Records: a mid-tempo arrangement and a bossa nova arrangement with an organ solo. So hard to resist the bossa nova…

8:00-9:00

Heat Wave Martha and the Vandellas 1963  #4 H100, #1 R&B

The Vandellas were the first Motown group to be nominated for a Grammy.

*Here, There and Everywhere Beatles  1966  DNC

McCartney has said that the song was inspired by the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," especially the song's old-fashioned preamble, Requested by Elyse.

Darkness, Darkness Youngbloods 1969 #124/1970  #86

The incomparable David Lindley played fiddle on the track.

Midnight Rider Allman Brothers 1970  DNC

The line “I’ve gone past the point of caring/some old bed I’ll soon be sharing” was written by Kim Payne, one of the band’s roadies. This version did not chart, although Gregg Allman’s solo version did.

Just One Look Doris Troy  1963 #10

Troy composed the song under her real name, Doris Payne.

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Bobby Vee   1963   #3

Check out the PG promotional video that Bobby Vee filmed for the song. How did they get away with that?

Don't Let Go Roy Hamilton 1958    #13 H100,  #2 R&B

Hamilton worked as an electronics technician and was an amateur boxer. He studied light opera after singing in gospel choirs since the age of six.

Easier Said Than Done The Essex   1963   #1

All four members of the group were active-duty members of the Marine Corps at the time of the record’s recording.

Give Me Just a Little More Time   Chairmen of the Board   1970   #19 

The debut single for the group with General Johnson on lead vocals (including the lip trills) and the Funk Brothers backing.

Lady Marmalade LaBelle     1975   #11  

Patti LaBelle, who did not speak French at the time, insists that she did not know the meaning of “voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir.”

You Better Think Twice Poco 1970  #72

The contemporary criticism of this great (IMHO) song was that it was "too country for rock and too rock for country." This quirky video from a variety show shot on a docked yacht introduces the band at 0:55.

Give Him A Great Big Kiss Shangri-las 1965 #18

The eponymous kiss sound (“mwah”) was inspired by Dinah Shore’s TV sign-off.

Every Kinda People  Robert Palmer 1978 #16

Funk Brother Bob Babbitt played bass on this track.

Since I Lost My Baby Temptations 1965   #17 H100  #4 R&B

David Ruffin sings the aching lead vocal line and Melvin Franklin the deep bass counterpoint.

Slip Away Clarence Carter 1968   #6 H100  #2 R&B

Tommy Cogbill played the memorable bass riffs and a young Duane Allman played slide guitar. This track was a “flip hit” originally intended to be a B-side.

Chains Cookies 1962    #17

A Goffin/King composition.

Ruby Baby Drifters 1956 #10 R&B

A Lieber and Stoller composition covered by Dion, Del Shannon, Bobby Darin and Donald Fagen. I guess your name had to start with a “D” to perform this song.

CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo and Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)

Trivia Answer:

The Chiffons recorded “He’s So Fine,” “One Fine Day,” and “A Love So Fine.”

Congratulations to Susannah from Ithaca for correctly answering the question and winning a pair of movies passes to Cinemapolis.

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, publisher of the Hot 100 and other charts

H100 = Billboard Hot 100

Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked but fell below the top 100

CW = Billboard’s chart for country and western records

R&B = Billboard’s chart of rhythm and blues records

RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

RS 500 = Rolling Stone Magazine’s ranking of the top 500 singles of all time.

Host November 20, 2021: Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on The British Invasion.

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