November 6, 2021 - JR - Tunes from the J-Archives!

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Date:  11/6/2021

Host:  John Rudan (JR)

Feature:  Tunes from the J-Archives! 

I Believe in Music - Gallery - 1972

SOS - ABBA - 1975 - The only song to hit the Hot 100 that was a double palindrome; group and song title!  Check out this video from American Bandstand!  The fashions are sooooooo 70.s...

Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney -1963

Wonderful World - Sam Cooke - 1959

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - 1969

We Can Work It Out - Beatles - 1966

We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder - 1971

Sweet Cherry Wine - Tommy James and the Shondells - 1969  

Soolaimon - Neil Diamond - 1970

Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold - 1977

Lonely Ol' Night -  John Cougar Mellencamp -1987

Tender Is The Night -- Jackson Browne - 1983 - Raise your hand if you knew this was the title of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel!

Diamond Dogs - David Bowie - 1974 - In the mid-70's, Bowie decided to go by just his last name, part of his ever-changing identities.  This 45 is the only one he released with this handle.

Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees - 1975

7pm - 8pm Birthday Calendar

November 1st - Jim Steinman -1947 d. 4/19/21

                          Ric Grech (Blind Faith,Traffic) 

                          - 1946

                          

November 2nd - J.D. Souther - 76

                           Keith Emerson - 1944

                           David "Jay Black" Blatt - 

                           Jay & The Americans - 1938

                           d. 10/22/21

November 3rd - Lulu - 67 - Real name: Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie

November 4th - Chris Difford (Squeeze) - 67

November 5th - Art Garfunkel - 80

                         Peter Noone - 74 

                         Bryan Adams - 62

                         

November 6th - Stonewall Jackson - 89

                          PJ Proby - 83

                          Glenn Frey - 1948

Paradise By the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf - 1978

Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith - 1969

Walkin' In The Rain - Jay & The Americans - 1970 -

Last Top 40 single, #19, from the NYC group

with the lead singer they called "The Voice".

Fallin' in Love - Souther, Hillman & Furay - 1976 - A country-rock "supergroup"; Furay from Poco, Hillman from the Byrds and Souther, songwriter and Eagles collaborator.  This was their only charting single.

Hoedown - Emerson Lake & Palmer - Off LP Trilogy from 1972.  Keith Emerson loved working out on Aaron Copland!

Lulu - Morning Dew - 1968 

Another Nail In My Heart - Squeeze - 1980

Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon & Garfunkel - 1968 - Check out this video, live with Andy Williams on his TV show!

No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits - 1967 - Off the pen of Graham Gouldman. Lead vocal by Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone.

Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams - 1983

New Kid in Town - Eagles - 1977 - Co-written by J.D. Souther with Frey and Henley.

Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson - 1959 - A simpler time for record labels and picture sleeves!

Niki Hoeky - P. J. Proby - 1967

8pm - 9pm

Mainline Florida - Eric Clapton - 1973

Easy to Slip - Little Feat - 1972 - The failure of this single to chart genuinely disheartened Feats leader Lowell George and he became more interested in drugs than music which is a shame because they were such a great band!

Lowell had allegedly written this for the Doobie Brothers who were friends and labelmates with the band.  As far as I know, the Doobies never recorded this.

Tenderness on the Block - Warren Zevon - 1977

Bad Side of the Moon - Elton John - 1970 - This was not released on Elton's US debut LP, but was released as the "B-side" of Border Song, his first US single release.

Highway Star - Deep Purple - 1973

Amnesia - Pousette-Dart Band - 1975 

Change Of Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 1982

Still in the Game - Steve Winwood - 1982 

Bad Sneakers - Steely Day - 1973

Emotion In Motion - Ric Ocasek - 1986

Emotions In Motion - Billy Squier - 1982

Step Right Up - Tom Waits - 1976 - A WVBR Progressive favorite!  Check out the video for the lyrics and the carnival barker rap...  Tom has a small role in the new Paul Thomas Anderson flick Licorice Pizza!

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 November 13th, 2021: Gregory James (GJ) with a cool feature!

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