Rockin'
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Date: September 3, 2022
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: theme-free
Birthday Calendar
Aug 28 – Wayne Osmond – age 71
– Ann “Honey” Lantree (Honeycombs) – born in 1943
Aug 29 – Michael Jackson – born in 1958
– Dinah Washington (b. Ruth Lee Jones) – born in 1924
Aug 30 – John Phillips (Mamas & Papas) – born in 1935
– John McNally (Searchers) – age 81
Aug 31 – Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison – age 77
– Jerry Ivan Allison (Crickets) – born in 1939, died 8-22-22
Sep 1 – Sir Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) – age 76
– Conway Twitty (b. Harold Lloyd Jenkins) – born in 1933
Sep 2 – Billy Preston – born in 1946
– Bobby Purify (b. Robert Lee Dickey) – born in 1939
– Jimmy Clanton – age 82 or 84
– Sam Gooden (Impressions) – born in 1934 or 1939 (d. 8-4-22)
Sep 3 – Al Jardine (Beach Boys) – age 80
– Donald Brewer (Grand Funk) – age 74
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
What group consisting of 4 guys from Liverpool is performing this song (Ain’t That Just Like Me)?
(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)
No Particular Place To Go – Chuck Berry (1964, #10)
Pills – Bo Diddley (1961, did not chart)
Take A Giant Step – The Monkees (1966, the b-side of their first charting hit, Last Train To Clarksville)
Can I Get To Know You Better – The Turtles (1966, #89)
* Delta Dawn – Tanya Tucker (1972, #72. Helen Reddy would bring this song to #1 the following year.)
King Of The Road – Roger Miller (1965, #4, Country #1)
Never On Sunday – Chordettes (1961, #13)
Irresistible You – Bobby Darin (1961, peaked at #15 in early 1962)
Sandy – Dion (1963, #21)
* El Paso – Marty Robbins (1959, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1960, Country #1 as well)
Little Latin Lupe Lu – The Righteous Brothers (1963, #49)
You Came, You Saw, You Conquered! – The Ronettes featuring the voice of Veronica (1969, #108)
Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show – Neil Diamond (1969, #22)
Half Heaven – Half Heartache – Gene Pitney (1962, reached #12 in early 1963)
Over You – Aaron Neville (1960, bubbled under at #111, with his first name spelled Arron on the single)
Brink Of Disaster – Lesley Gore (1967, #82)
Rhythm Of Love – The Strangeloves (1966, the b-side of Night Time)
7-8pm
What Could It Be? – The Osmonds (1972, from their fourth album, Crazy Horses)
Have I The Right? – The Honeycombs (1964, #5)
I Want You Back – The Jackson 5 (1969, and it went to #1 on the Hot 100 in early 1970 and spent four weeks at #1 on the R&B chart. This was their first Hot 100 hit – they would reach #1 with the next four as well.)
Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) – Brook Benton & Dinah Washington (1960, #5)
Ain’t That Just Like Me – The Searchers (1964, #61)
* Love Potion Number Nine – The Searchers (1964, peaked at #3 in early 1965)
European Blueboy – The Mamas & The Papas (1971, from their final album, People Like Us)
* Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) – The Mamas & The Papas (1967, #20)
Crazy Love – Van Morrison (1970, the b-side of Come Running)
That’ll Be The Day – The Crickets (1957, #1)
To Love Somebody – The Bee Gees (1967, #17)
* Lonely Blue Boy – Conway Twitty (1959, reached #6 in early 1960)
Will It Go Round In Circles – Billy Preston (1973, #1 for two weeks)
She Ain’t Gonna Do Right – James & Bobby Purify (recorded in 1966 or 1967 at Muscle Shoals, but not released until 2000)
8-9pm
It’s All Right – The Impressions (1963, #4)
Just A Dream – Jimmy Clanton & His Rockets (1958, #4, R&B #1. His first of 12 songs to chart on the Hot 100.)
Friends – The Beach Boys (1968, #47)
Some Kind Of Wonderful – Grand Funk (1974, peaked at #3 in early 1975)
* Can’t Smile Without You – Barry Manilow (1978, #3)
I Love You For All Seasons – The Fuzz (1971, #21)
You Brought The Joy – Freda Payne (1971, #52)
Brother Louie – Stories (1973, #1 for two weeks)
Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) – The Raiders (1971, #1)
The Bells – The Originals (1970, #12)
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash (1972, #1 for four weeks, also #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)
The Guitar Man – Bread (1972, #11)
Go All The Way – The Raspberries (1972, #5)
Walking In Rhythm – The Blackbyrds (1975, #6)
Do You Wanna Make Love – Peter McCann (1977, #5, his only song to chart)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
“Ain’t That Just Like Me” was The Searchers, sounding more Beatles-like than they do on many of their other songs (Needles And Pins, Love Potion #9, When You Walk In The Room, Sugar And Spice).
Congratulations to Mike from Ithaca, for correctly answering the question and winning two passes to Cinemapolis!
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 (Sep 10): John Simon with a spotlight on First: It’s The Chorus (songs that start with the chorus, not the verse)
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