June 25, 2022 - JR - Solid Gold Oldies + More

  Rockin’ Remnants

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Date: June 25, 2022

Host: JR

Feature:  Solid Gold Oldies + More

6pm - 7pm

Things - Bobby Darin - 1962

Tell Me To My Face - Hollies - 1966

Take A Letter Maria - R. B. Greaves - 1969

When Smokey Sings - ABC - 1986

Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - 1965 - Check out this cool video!

Inflation In the Nation - Dickie Goodman - 1974

Anyone For Tennis - Cream - 1967

Who’s Your Baby - The Archies - 1970

Holiday Inn - Elton John - 1971 

Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon - 1977

Killer At 25 - Glass Moon - 1980

Black Betty - Ram Jam - 1977 - Written by Leadbelly in 1939!

Wet Willie - Rainman - 1977

Real Love - The Cretones - 1979 - Part of the L.A. "New Wave" scene, leader Billy Goldenberg wrote songs for Linda Ronstadt's Mad Love LP.

7pm - 8pm

Birthday Calendar

June 19

Elaine “Spanky” McFarlane - 80  

Ann Wilson (Heart) - 72  

June 20

Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) - 80   

 Anne Murray - 77                 Lionel Richie - 73

June 21

Sir Ray Davies - 78

Nils Lofgren - 70  June 22

Kris Kristofferson - 86

Peter Asher - 78

Howard Kaylan (Turtles) - 75                      Todd Rundgren - 74       

June 24

Bruce Johnston (Beach Boys) - 78

Jeff Beck - 78

Mick Fleetwood - 75

June 25

Eddie Floyd 85

Carly Simon 77

Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult)            1946

Lazy Day - Spanky And Our Gang - 1967

Heartless - Heart - 1978

Snowbird - Anne Murray - 1970

Brick House - The Commodores - 1977

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys - 1967 -

Trivia: Which Wilson Brother sang lead vocals

on this? Scroll to the end for the answer...

Sloop John B -The Beach Boys - 1967 - 

American Masters on PBS has a great, new bio

on Brian Wilson! Catch it if you can...

Loving Arms - Kris And Rita - 1973

Get Closer - Linda Ronstadt - 1982 - Peter Asher produced her albums from 1973 -1989, all certified Platinum, and was also her manager!

Outside Chance - The Turtles - 1966 - Written by fellow White Whale recording artist Warren Zevon, under his nom-de-composeur "Lyme".

Love in Action - Utopia - 1977 - Utopia was a side project of Todd Rundgren, who had their own Top 40 hit, "Set Me Free" in 1980.

Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac -1982

Heart Full Of Soul - The Yardbirds - 1965 

White Lies - Grin - 1972

Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd - 1966 - Co- written by Floyd and Memphis stalwart, Steve Cropper.

Jukebox Music - The Kinks - 1977

Mockingbird - Carly Simon and James Taylor - 1974

In Thee - Blue Oyster Cult - 1979 - Written and sung by the late Allen Lanier.  The closest BOC came to CSN harmony-wise and a song you don't hear on Classic Rock radio... 😞

8pm - 9pm

Tulsa Time - Eric Clapton - 1977 - Request

from Scottie to Brooktondale Peggy.

I Don't Want To Love You (But You Got Me

Anyway) - Sutherland Brothers And Quiver -

1973

Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds -1985

I'm Not Going To Let It Bother Me Tonight -

ARS - 1977

Havana Daydreaming - Jimmy Buffet - 1976

You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway

Twitty - 1973

Some People - Paul Young - 1986 

Front Line - Stevie Wonder - 1982 - One of the best anti-war anthems of the 80's, Stevie's vocal growls make this a powerful song.

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

Trivia answer - The lead vocal on "God Only Knows" was sung by Carl Wilson.  Congratulations to Bill from Ithaca who answered the question and won a pair of passes to Cinemapolis!

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 July 2, 2022: Kim Vaughan

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