Rockin’ Remnants
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Date: April 9th, 2022
Host: JR
Feature: Stop To Start: songs with false endings!
6pm - 7pm
Games Beatles play!
Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles - 1968, #1, 3 weeks.
Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles - 1967
Helter Skelter - The Beatles - 1968 - The mono LP version of this did not have the false ending!
Led Zeppelin wants to play, too...
Thank You - Led Zeppelin - 1970 - From the LP LZ II.
Over the Hills and Far Away (45 version) - Led Zeppelin - 1973 - Zep's 7th single release in the U.S. peaked at #51, and despite the false ending, the 45 version is the same as the LP version.
The Little Girl I Once Knew - The Beach Boys - 1966
Let Me (Mono 45) - Paul Revere & The Raiders - 1969
Suspicious Minds (Mono 45) - Elvis Presley - 1969
Do You Love Me - The Contours - 1962, rereleased in 1988 when it was included in the soundtrack of Dirty Dancing; peaked at #11, 8 slots below the original peak.
Fingertips (Part II) - Little Stevie Wonder - 1963, #1, 3 weeks - During the "interlude" at around 2:20, bass player Joe Swift can be heard yelling out, "What Key? What Key"? For the record, it's C# Minor...
Bernadette - Four Tops - 1967
I've Got You Under My Skin - The Four Seasons - 1966 - “I've Got You Under My Skin” was written by Cole Porter in 1936 and is now one of the jazz standards par excellence. Like many other songs of the time that remain popular to this day, it was written for a movie. It was introduced in the MGM musical Born to Dance and performed by actress Virginia Bruce.
Good Lovin' - The Young Rascals - 1966, #1, 1 week - Keep an eye on drummer Dino Danelli. He is fantastic! Also Felix almost has a hair disaster at 2:05!
April 3rd
Jeff Barry - 84 - River Deep, Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner, 1966 - Co-written with wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, who also produced.
Wayne Newton - 80 - Danke Schoen - The former "Mr. Las Vegas'" first hit from 1963.
Tony Orlando - 78 - Candida, 1970 - A fascinating music biz story about this record! Click here to read...
Richard
Thompson - 73 - Wall Of Death, 1982 - This song is about an amusement park ride! Give a close listen...
Billy Joe Royal - 1942 - Down In The Boondocks, 1965
Don
Gibson - 1928 - Sea Of Heartbreak, 1961 - Gibson's biggest hit was Ray Charles cover of "I Can't Stop Loving You", the BB Hot 100 #1 single of 1962!
April 4th
Major Lance - 1942 - The Monkey Time, 1965 - Major's two biggest hits were written by Curtis Mayfield.
Muddy
Waters (McKinley Morganfield) - 1915 - Champagne & Reefer, 1980 - Muddy was inducted into the second class of the RRHOF in 1987, when it meant something...
April 5th
Allan
Clarke (Hollies) - 80 - Sandy, 1975 - Of all the Hollies songs I chose this Springsteen cover because I really like Clarke's lead vocal.
Agnetha
Faltskog (ABBA; the blonde) - 72 - Can't Shake Loose, 1983
Tony Williams (The Platters) - 1928 - My Prayer, 1956 - One of the best voices in the early days of rock and soul. Click here to see his bio...
April 6th
Merle
Haggard - 1937 - Mama Tried, 1968 - Famously covered by The Grateful Dead and Willie Nelson.
April 7th
John
Oates (Hall & Oates) - 74 - Back Together Again, 1977 - Hall sang lead vocals on most of their hits, but Oates takes the lead on this...
Janis
Ian - 71 - Society's Child, 1967 - Another fascinating story! Click here to read...
Percy
Faith - 1908 - Percy holds the "record" for the most weeks at #1 by a Canadian artist with Theme From A Summer Place (9 weeks on the top of the Hot 100 in 1960 and the #1 single of 1960)!
April 9th
Carl
Perkins - 1932 - Blue Suede Shoe - Carl was also part of the second class inducted into the RRHOF in 1987!
8pm - 9pm
Cinnamon Girl (stereo LP version) - Neil Young With Crazy Horse - 1970
2 + 2 = ? - The Bob Seger System - 1970, dnc.
Dark Eyed Woman - Spirit - 1969 - Music history tells us that at one point Jimi Hendrix had a band with two guys named "Randy", so he called one "Randy Texas" and the other "Randy California"! The latter, real last name Wolfe, went on to form Spirit with his step-father, drummer Ed Cassidy! True story 😁
No Matter What - Badfinger - 1971
Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) - Raspberries - 1974 - Eric Carmen originally wrote this as "Hit Record", but Capitol Records rejected the title. So he put it in parenthesis and called it "Overnight Sensation" and put in that fabulous false end!
True Love - Glenn Frey - 1988
The Court Of The Crimson King (stereo LP version) - King Crimson - 1970
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 This Week (April 16th): Jan Hunsinger with a feature on Novelty Songs!
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