Apr 2, 2022 - KV - Wordle

 

 

Rockin' Remnants





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Date:  April 2, 2022

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  Wordle – songs whose titles are 5-letter words

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

Mar 27   – Sarah Vaughan – born in 1924

 

Mar 28   – Milan Williams (Commodores) – born in 1948 or 1949

 

Mar 30   – Eric Clapton (Cream) – age 77

 

Apr 1   – Phil Margo (Tokens) – born in 1942

            – Rudolph Isley – age 83

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

The song Shout charted for The Isley Brothers in 1959 and again in 1962.  Another artist also charted with that song twice -- who?  OR, you could answer the question:  of all the artists that charted on the Hot 100 with that song, who was the only one to reach the Top Ten?

 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)

 

 

 

 

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)

 

Sunny – Bobby Hebb (1966, #2 for two weeks)

 

Sunny – Neil Sedaka (1964, #86)

 

Kelly – Del Shannon (1963, b-side of Two Kind Of Teardrops)

 

Terry – Twinkle (1965, #110.  Twinkle’s name was Lynn Ripley, and she hailed from England.)

 

Sorry – The Impalas (1959, #2 for two weeks)

 

Fever – Little Willie John (1956, #24, #1 R&B)

 

 

Randy – Earl-Jean (1964, a Goffin-King composition)

 

Alone – The Four Seasons (1964, #28)

 

Crazy – Patsy Cline (1961, #9, written by Willie Nelson)

 

The Joker – Steve Miller Band (1973, reached #1 in early 1974)

 

Stars – Rick Randell (1962)

 

Tramp – Otis & Carla (1967, #26)

 

 

 * Grace – Jethro Tull (1975, from the album Minstrel In The Gallery)

 

Sleep – Marv Johnson (from his 1969 album I’ll Pick A Rose For My Rose)

 

 * Stand! – Sly And The Family Stone (1969, #22)

 

Worry – Johnny Tillotson (1964, #45)

 

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

 

Misty – Sarah Vaughan (1959, #106, b-side of Broken Hearted Melody)

 

Still – Commodores (1979, #1 for one week)

 

 * Badge – Cream (1969, #60, co-written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison)

 

Swing – The Tokens (1964, #105)

 

Shout – The Isley Brothers (1959, #47 – and the same version charted again in 1962 at #94)

 

Happy – Hog Heaven (1971, #98 – their sole Hot 100 entry under the name Hog Heaven.  The group consisted of the members of The Shondells, but without Tommy James.)

 

Happy – Sunshine Company (1967, #50)

 

 

 

Signs – Five Man Electrical Band (1971, #3)

 

 * Today – Jefferson Airplane (from their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow)

 

Think – James Brown & The Famous Flames (1960, #33.  He recorded (and charted with!) 3 more versions of this song over the years, including a duet in 1967 with Vicki Anderson, and two additional versions in 1973.)

 

 

Think – Aretha Franklin (1968, #7)

 

Windy – The Association (1967, #1 for four weeks)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 

 

The Climb – The Coasters (1962)

 

Girls! – Joe Antel (1959)

 

The Twist – Chubby Checker (1960, #1 for one week)

 

 

Heart – Petula Clark (1965, b-side of You’d Better Come Home)

 

Heart – Wayne Newton (1963, #82)

 

Diary – Bread (1972, #15)

 

Venus – Frankie Avalon (1959, #1 for five weeks)

 

Venus – Shocking Blue (1969, spent a week at #1 in early 1970)

 

Dizzy – Tommy Roe (1969, #1 for four weeks)

 

Sandy – Dion (1963, #21)

 

 

Relax – The Who (from their 1967 album The Who Sell Out)

 

Money – Lovin’ Spoonful (1968, #48)

 

Money – Barrett Strong (1960, #23)

 

 

Words – Solomon Burke (1963)

 

 * Kicks – Paul Revere & The Raiders (1966, #4)

 

The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel (1969, #7)

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

Lulu charted with the song Shout twice, in 1964 and in 1967.  The artist who had the highest-charting hit with it was Joey Dee & The Starliters, who reached #6 with their version of Shout in 1962.

 

Congratulations to Greg from Ithaca, for correctly answering the trivia question and winning 2 passes to Cinemapolis!

 

And congratulations also to Dustin from King Ferry, who won 2 tickets to The Kitchen Theatre Company by being our 3^rd caller earlier in the show!

 

 

 

 

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 (Apr 9):  John Rudan with a spotlight on Stop To Start – Songs With False Endings

 

 

 

 

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