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Rockin' Remnants



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Date:  July 2, 2022

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  hodgepodge

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

Jun 26   – Billy Davis Jr. (5^th Dimension) – age 84

 

Jun 27   – Doc Pomus (b. Jerome Felder) – born in 1925

            – Bruce Johnston (b. Benjamin Baldwin, Bruce & Terry, Beach Boys) – age 80

 

Jun 28   – Richard Rodgers – born in 1902

 

Jun 29   – Johnnie Louise Richardson (Johnnie & Joe) – born in 1935

            – Leonard Lee (Shirley & Lee) – born in 1936

            – Little Eva (b. Eva Narcissus Boyd) – born in 1943

 

Jun 30   – Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) – age 78

            – Florence Ballard (Supremes) – born in 1943

 

Jul 1   – Bobby Day (b. Robert Byrd) – born in 1930 or 1932

 

Jul 2   – Paul Williams (Temptations) – born in 1939

            – Lee Allen – born in 1926

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

What early Supremes song, with Florence Ballard singing lead, would go well with our prize of 2 passes to Cinemapolis? 

 

(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)

 

I Saw Linda Yesterday – Dickey Lee (1962, peaked at #14 in early 1963) 

 

 

Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon (1962, #3, written by Chuck Barris of The Gong Show)

 

I Live For The Sun – The Sunrays (1965, #51)

 

 * Walk -- Don’t Run – The Ventures (1960, #2, their first Hot 100 hit)

 

 

 

Sunshine – The Archies (1970, #57)

 

 * Something In The Air – Thunderclap Newman (1969, #37)

 

 * Saturday In The Park – Chicago (1972, #3)

 

 * Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry (1958, #8)

 

 * Summertime, Summertime – The Jamies (reached #26 in 1958, charted again in 1962 at #38)  

 

 

 

 * Magnet And Steel – Walter Egan (1978, #8, with backing vocals from Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks)

 

Summer Sand – Dawn (1971, #33)

 

 * Rockaway Beach – The Ramones (1977, #66)

 

 * Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane (1969, #65)

 

Living In The U.S.A. – Wilmer & The Dukes (1969, #114.  While this group from Geneva NY didn’t quite make it onto the Hot 100 with their cover of this Steve Miller Band song, they’d made it there with their own song, Give Me One More Chance, the previous year.)

 

 

 

People Got To Be Free – The Rascals (1968, #1 for five weeks)

 

Happy I Long To Be – Betty Everett (1964, #126)

 

(Theme From) A Summer Place – Percy Faith (1960, #1 for nine weeks)

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

Medley: A Change Is Gonna Come & People Gotta Be Free – The 5^th Dimension (1970, #60, with Billy Davis Jr. singing lead)

 

 

 

Sweets For My Sweet – The Drifters (1961, #16, co-written by Doc Pomus.  Doc Pomus and his songwriting partner Mort Shuman wrote lots of great songs together, including A Teenager In Love, Save The Last Dance For Me, Hushabye, This Magic Moment, and many more.)

 

Summer Means Fun – Bruce & Terry (1964, #72)

 

Blue Moon – The Marcels (1961, #1 for three weeks, written by Rodgers & Hart.  Richard Rodgers was the first person to earn EGOT status, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.)

 

Over The Mountain; Across The Sea – Johnnie & Joe (1957, #8)

 

Let The Good Times Roll – Shirley & Lee (1956, #20, R&B #1 for three weeks)

 

 

 

Let’s Start The Party Again – Little Eva (1963, #123)

 

Cool Change – Little River Band (1979, peaked at #10 in early 1980, written by band member Glenn Shorrock)

 

Buttered Popcorn – The Supremes (1961, did not chart, with Florence Ballard singing lead)

 

Buzz Buzz Buzz – The Hollywood Flames (1957, peaked at #11 in early 1958.  Co-written by band member Bobby Day using his birth name, Robert Byrd.)

 

 

 

Little Bitty Pretty One – Thurston Harris (1957, #6, another song written by Bobby Day aka Robert Byrd.  Day/Byrd is best known for his recording of Rockin’ Robin, which he didn’t write.)

 

Over And Over – Dave Clark Five (1965, #1, yet another great song written by Bobby Day / Robert Byrd)

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 

Don’t Look Back – The Temptations (1965, #83, with Paul Williams singing lead)

 

Walking With Mr. Lee – Lee Allen (1958, #54.  Allen played sax on many recordings by Fats Domino, Little Richard, and other artists.) 

 

 

 

 * Over The Rainbow – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs (1965, #130)

 

 * Down In The Valley – Solomon Burke (1962, #71)

 

 

 

 * Easy To Be Hard – Three Dog Night (1969, #4, from the musical Hair)

 

 * Ballad Of The Green Berets – Ssgt Barry Sadler (1966, #1 for five weeks on the Hot 100 and #1 on Adult Contemporary as well)

 

Summer – War (1976, #7 on Hot 100 and #1 on AC)

 

 

 

 * All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix (1968, #20, written by Bob Dylan)

 

 * Celebration – Kool & The Gang (1980, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1981)

 

Wombling Summer Party – The Wombles (1974, #55 on the Hot 100.  The Wombles began as characters in British children’s books, then became a stop-motion animation tv show.  Songwriter Mike Batt wrote the theme song for the tv show, and continued to write Wombles songs, many of which were big hits on the UK charts.  This one made it onto the US charts as well.)

 

 

 

[45 Corner]  Circle Full Of Love – Soul Potion (1973, did not chart.  Produced by Reid Whitelaw and Norman Bergen.)

 

 

Ariel – Dean Friedman (1977, #26)

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

Buttered Popcorn was a Supremes song from 1961, with Florence Ballard singing lead.  And you can find the best concessions in town (including lots of popcorn topping options) at Cinemapolis!

 

Congratulations to Dave from Dryden, for correctly answering the question and winning two 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 Next Week (July 9):  John Simon with a spotlight on Summertime

 

 

 

 

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