February 12, 2022 - JH: Valentine's Day Special

 February 12, 2022

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)

Spotlight: Valentine's Day Special!

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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

6:00 - 7:00

OPENING THEME:  Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)

*Never My Love - The Association (1967 - #2: with over 7,000,000 plays, the song came in #2 when BMI announced the Top 100 Songs of the 20th Century; the group was supported by the Wrecking Crew)

Everything That Touches You - The Association (1968 - #10: the band's last song to hit the Top 10, from the LP Birthday)

Annie's Song - John Denver (1974 - #1: Denver's tribute to his then-wife spent 2 weeks at #1)

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (1957 - #1: Presley co-wrote this huge smash that spent 9 weeks at #1 and ranks #352/RS500)

Can't Find the Time - Orpheus (1969 - #80: Boston group was big in the New England area) 

You're the First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White (1975 - #2: song topped the R&B charts and made #1 in the UK, but Elton John's cover of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" kept it out of #1 spot on the BB Hot 100)

I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos (1959 - #11: classic doo-wop song that ranks #157/RS500)

You Got to Me - Neil Diamond (1967 - #18: from the LP Just for You, Diamond's second and last on the Bang label)

This Guy's in Love With You - Herb Alpert (1968 - #1: Alpert wanted a new song to sing for his 1968 TV special, so he went to Burt Bacharach, who had this one laying around)

8 Days a Week - The Beatles (1965 - #1: some sources say this is the first pop song to start with a fade-in, others sources say that The Supremes' "Come See About Me" used the technique first)

My Prayer - The Platters (1956 - #1: song spent 5 weeks at #1; the Inkspots had a #3 hit with it in 1939)

45 Corner

Is It Any Wonder? - The Turtles (1970 - DNC: first released as an album track on the Golden Hits LP in 1967, it was released as a single in 1970)

Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac (1976 - #20: from the first LP with the classic line-up including Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham)

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson

(1967 - #6: last Top 10 hit for the singer known as "Mr. Excitement"; #246/RS500)

So Much in Love - The Tymes (1963 - #1: first big hit for the Philadelphia group)

7:00 - 8:00

The Birthday Calendar

February 6:

Fabian (Fabiano Anthony Forte) - 79

Jerry Marotta (Orleans) - 66

February 7:

King Curtis (Curtis Ousley) - born 1934

February 8:

Larry Verne - born 1936

Dan Seals - born 1948

February 9:

Bobby Lewis - born 1925

Barry Mann (Imberman) - 83

Carole King (Carol Joan Klein) - 80

Barbara Lewis - 79

February 10:

Don Wilson (The Ventures) - born 1937

Roberta Flack - 83

February 11:

Raoul Cita (The Harptones) - born 1928

Gene Vincent - born 1935

Gerry Goffin - born 1939

Sergio Mendes - 81

February 12:

Gene McDaniels - born 1935

Ray Manzarek (The Doors) - born 1939

Michael McDonald - 70

Tiger - Fabian (1959 - #3: big hit for the Philadelphia-born teen idol)

Still the One - Orleans (1976 - #5: several members of the band have Ithaca connections and they formed the group in Woodstock, NY, where Jerry Marotta still lives)

Yakety Yak - The Coasters (1958 - #1: King Curtis worked with many artists and this is just one song that features his saxophone stylings)

Mr. Custer - Larry Verne (1960 - #1: novelty hit for Verne, who built Hollywood sets for 35 years after tiring of the music business)

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley (1976 - #2: "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry kept the Texas duo out of the top spot; they broke up in 1980 when Seals wanted to pursue a country music career)

Tossin' & Turnin' - Bobby Lewis (1961 - #1: we heard the version with the rarely-heard prelude, which Lewis used to sing when performing the song live)

(You're My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers (1966 - #1: Barry Mann wrote the song with his wife, Cynthia Weil, one of their many hits)

I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King (1971 - #1: from her classic LP Tapestry, the song has been called "the ultimate in hippy-chick eroticism")

I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits (1964 - #13: one of 118 BB Hot 100 songs written or co-written by Carole King)

Baby I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis (1965 - #11: song was written by Van McCoy, who later gave us "The Hustle")

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack (1972 - #1: 6 weeks at #1 for the song written in 1957 by English folk singer Ewan MacColl for future wife Peggy Seeger [half sister of Pete]; the song was used in the Clint Eastwood movie Play Misty for Me and the TV show Madmen)

A Sunday Kind of Love - The Harptones (1953 - DNC: Raoul Cita was the pianist/arranger and also sang baritone for the group)

Be-Bop-a-Lula - Gene Vincent (1956 - #7: song is considered an early example of rockabilly and ranks #102/RS500)

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin (1967 - #8: Gerry Goffin and Carole King wrote the song specifically for Franklin at the request of her producer, Jerry Wexler)

The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 (1968 - #4: the popularity of the Brazilian-born Mendes led to concert performances for Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon)

A Hundred Pounds of Clay - Gene McDaniels (1961 - #3: his first single to chart on the BB Hot 100)

Love Her Madly - The Doors (1971 - #11: from the group's final LP as a foursome, L.A. Woman; the song features the keyboard skills of Ray Manzarek)

8:00 - 9:00

Takin' It to the Streets - Doobie Brothers (1976 - #13: Michael McDonald gave the band a more soulful sound when he joined in 1975; he wrote and sang lead on this hit)

*Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs (1953 - #1: Gibbs was born Frieda Lipschitz and was of Russian Jewish descent; she was known for singing a wide variety of music styles)

*I Will Follow Him (Chariot) - Little Peggy March (1963 - #1: March was 15 years old when she recorded the song and still holds the record for youngest performer to have a #1 hit)

*One Fine Morning - Lighthouse (1971 - #24: band won the Juno Award for Best Canadian Group of the Year for '72, '73, & '74; song was #2 on the Canadian charts)

Stay Awhile - The Bells (1971 - #7: another Canadian group, consisting of Jackie Ralph and Cliff Edwards)

Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede (1974 - #1: from one of the Swedish band's two LPs that consisted entirely of covers, this song previously a hit for B.J. Thomas)

This I Swear - The Skyliners (1959 - #26: lead singer of the Pittsburgh group Jimmy Beaumont was 19 years old)

Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - Frankie Valli (1967 - #2: solo effort from Valli was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and was kept out of the #1 spot by The Association's "Windy"; song was used in the movie The Deer Hunter)

For All We Know - The Carpenters (1971 - #3: won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1971; from the movie Lovers and Other Strangers)

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (1966 - #39: from the classic LP "Pet Sounds", it ranks #25/RS500)

My Pledge of Love - Joe Jeffrey Group (1969 - #14: one-hit wonder for the Buffalo band)

Misty - Johnny Mathis (1959 - #12: became Mathis' signature song and also used in the Clint Eastwood movie Play Misty for Me)

Your Song - Elton John (1971 - #8: from the artist's first LP released in the US, ranks #136/RS500)

You Send Me - Sam Cooke (1957 - #1: the first of 43 charting singles for Cooke, ranks #115/RS500)

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 February 19, 2022: John Simon (JS) with a spotlight on Golden Oldies.

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