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January 29, 2022 - JR - More Golden Oldies!

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Date:  1/29/2022

Host:  John Rudan (JR)

Feature:  More Golden Oldies!


6:00 - 7:00


I Wonder Why - Dion & The Belmonts - 1958

Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson - 1957                    

Questions 67 & 68 (1969 45 version) - Chicago


Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte - Patti Page - 1965                     

 Long Dark Road - The Hollies - 1972

I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles - 1965 - Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the Beatles.  The title derives from the colloquialism "plastic soul", the lack of authenticity compared to the African-American soul artists who did the originals. 

                


        

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan - 1966 - Click here for a notice on Nashville session pianist Hargus "Pig" Robbins, a favorite Dylan sideman.  When Bob called him "Mr. Robbins", Hargus said, "Y'all can call me Pig, son, jes' like everyone else does". 

Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan - 1968                      

Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion - 1971 

Honeycomb Jimmie Rodgers    1957  

Today – New Christy Minstrels - 1964 - From the western Advance To The Rear starring Glenn Ford and Jim Backus. 

  


                         

I Only Want To Be With You – Dusty Springfield - 1964  

Randy Meisner - Deep Inside My Heart - 1980 - First solo hit for the ex-Eagle, with Kim Carnes on the chorus!     



Veronica - Elvis Costello - 1989 - co-written and harmony vocal by Sir Paul McCartney!                                   

 I Can Dream About You - Soundtrack, Streets Of Fire – The Sorels - 1984  



7:00 - 8:00 - Birthday Calendar

Two of my favorite and influential artists have birthdays on January 24th: Neil Diamond (81) and Warren Zevon (d. 2003, 56).  A tribute!

Neil 

Solitary Man - 1966 - Neil's earliest singles were produced by Jeff Barry, the "B" in BANG Records! 

      


                                       

Cherry, Cherry - 1966 


                                           

Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show - 1969 - Neil's first major-label release on UNI Records!



Cracklin' Rosie - 1970 - Neil's first Hot 100 #1!


      

I Am... I Said - 1971  


       

Walk on Water - 1972 - I had all these UNI singles in my 45 collection! 


 
Desirée – 1977 - In 1976, Neil inked a huge new record deal with CBS!  This is my favorite 45 of that era...



WZ

Frank and Jesse James - 1976 - First major-label release on Asylum Records, produced by Jackson Browne.



Excitable Boy - 1977 - Ahh-ooo, contains his only BB Top 40 single!

  


Jeannie Needs A Shooter - 1980 - Co-written by The Boss!  Click here to get the full story!   




Boom Boom Mancini - 1987 



 
The Who - New Song - 1978 - From the LP Who Are You, the last release with The "Mooner" on drums...    

Let It Rain – Eric Clapton – 1971

Needles And Pins - Searchers - 1964

I Know There's Something Going On - Frida (Anna-Frid Lyngstad from ABBA, solo). - 1984 

                                       

8:00 - 9:00


Hold On - Kansas - 1980



The Crystal Ship – The Doors - 1967 - A video with Dick Clark on American Bandstand!  A must see!




Endless Night – Graham Parker - 1980




Rock And Roll Runaway – Ace - 1975

Magnet And Steel - Walter Egan - 1978 - Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks play on this (Buckingham also produced and Nicks was dating Egan!)

Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans – 1976

I Wanna Get Next To You – Rose Royce - 1977 - From the movie Car Wash, starring Richard Pryor and George Carlin.

Take A Ride On A Riverboat – Louisiana's LeRoux - 1978

Love Beach - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1978


Nine Tonight – Bob Seger - 1980 - First released off the Urban Cowboy soundtrack.


The Ballad Of El Goodo - Big Star - 1972  

Tuesday's Gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd - 1973

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

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 5, 2022: Gregory James (GJ) with a spotlight on Hello/Goodbye.


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