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Rockin' Remnants





Rockin' Remnants is broadcast from WVBR-FM Ithaca. Check out our webpage, like us on Facebook, and tune in to 93.5 or stream the show every Saturday night from 6-9pm! (Or download the WVBR+ app now available for iOS and Android!)


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Date:  March 25, 2023

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  no theme

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

Mar 19   – Clarence “Frogman” Henry – age 86

            – Clarence Paul (b. Clarence Pauling) – born in 1928

 

Mar 20   – Joe Rivers (Johnnie & Joe) – age 86

 

Mar 21   – Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) – age 73

            – Chip Taylor (b. James Voight) – age 83

            – Solomon Burke (b. James Solomon McDonald) – born in 1940

 

Mar 22   – Jeremy Clyde (Chad & Jeremy) – age 82

            – Keith Relf (Yardbirds) – born in 1943

 

Mar 23   – Ric Ocasek (b. Richard Otcasek, Cars) – born in 1944

            – Chaka Khan (b. Yvette Marie Stevens, Rufus) – age 70

 

Mar 24   – Carol Kaye (b. Carol Smith) – age 88

 

Mar 25   – Johnny Burnette – born in 1934

            – Aretha Franklin – born in 1942

            – Sir Elton John (b. Reginald Dwight) – age 76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

We began the show with a set of 5 songs that had Spring in the title.  Name any 2 of the artists whose Spring songs we heard. 

 

(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)

 

Springtime In My Heart – Bob Collins & The Diamond (1961, written by Joe South.  It was apparently the very first release by the Tuneglow label.)

 

Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring – Jimmie Rodgers (1957, b-side of Honeycomb)

 

Spring Fever – Elvis Presley (1965, from the soundtrack to Girl Happy)

 

Spring – Birdlegs & Pauline & Their Versatility Birds (1963, #94, their only Hot 100 song)

 

Spring Again – Lou Rawls (1977, b-side of See You When I Git There)

 

Boom Boom – The Animals (1964, #43)

 

Come On Let’s Go – The McCoys (1966, #22, their cover of the Ritchie Valens song)

 

 * Where The Boys Are – Connie Francis (1961, #4, written by Neil Sedaka)

 

 * El Paso – Marty Robbins (1959, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1960)

 

 * Along Comes Mary – The Association (1966, #7)

 

Shy Girl – The Cascades (1963, #91)

 

Save Your Heart For Me – Brian Hyland (1963, the non-charting b-side of I’m Afraid To Go Home.  Two years later, Gary Lewis & The Playboys would do a Top Ten cover version of Save Your Heart For Me.)

 

Wanted – Perry Como (1954)

 

Pretty Ballerina – The Left Banke (1967, #15)

 

Baby It’s You – The Shirelles (1961, peaked at #8 in early 1962)

 

Buzz-Buzz-Buzz – The Hollywood Flames (1957, peaked at #11 in early 1958)

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

Dream Myself A Sweetheart – Clarence Henry (1962, “bubbled under” at #112)

 

Hitch Hike – Marvin Gaye (1963, #30, co-written by Clarence Paul)

 

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

 

Ain’t Nobody But Me – Supertramp (from their 1975 album Crisis? What Crisis?  The single was released in the US in 1976 but did not chart.)

 

Wild Thing – The Troggs (1966, #1 for two weeks, written by Chip Taylor)

 

 * Cry To Me – Solomon Burke (1962, #44, used in the soundtrack of the 1987 film Dirty Dancing)

 

Got To Get You Off My Mind – Solomon Burke (1965, #22, spent three weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)

 

A Summer Song – Chad & Jeremy (1964, #7)

 

For Your Love – The Yardbirds (1965, #6)

 

My Best Friend’s Girl – The Cars (1978, #35)

 

Tell Me Something Good – Rufus (1974, #3, written by Stevie Wonder.  This was the first Hot 100 hit for Rufus -- and after this, lead singer Chaka Khan's name would be mentioned on the labels of all the others.  Check out the new Chaka Khan exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland!)

 

Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys (1966, #1, with Carol Kaye as one of the many session musicians who contributed – Brian Wilson said her bass-playing had the sound he wanted)

 

I’ve Got A Lot Of Things To Do – Johnny Burnette (1961, “bubbled under” at #109)

 

Baby I Love You – Aretha Franklin (1967, #4, spent two weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

Rocket Man – Elton John (1972, #6)

 

 * Classical Gas – Mason Williams (1968, #2 for two weeks on the Hot 100, #1 on Adult Contemporary)

 

 * Rockin’ Robin – Michael Jackson (1972, #2 for two weeks.  Bobby Day had also spent two weeks at #2 with the song – in 1958, the same year Michael Jackson was born.)

 

Neon Rainbow – The Box Tops (1967, #24)

 

Baby Blue – Badfinger (1972, #14)

 

I Won’t Last A Day Without You – The Carpenters (1974, #11)

 

Silver Bird – Mark Lindsay (1970, #25)

 

Dancin' (On A Saturday Night) – Barry Blue (1973, did not chart in the US but was in the Top Ten for several other countries)

 

 * Harper Valley P.T.A. – Jeannie C. Riley (1968, #1 on the Hot 100 and the Country chart, written by Tom T. Hall.  It was re-issued in 1978 for a movie of the same name.)

 

 * Every Time I Think Of You – The Babys (1979, #13)

 

So In To You – Atlanta Rhythm Section (1977, #7)

 

 * The Story In Your Eyes – The Moody Blues (1971, #23)

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Winner

 

Congratulations to Dave from Dryden, for knowing that Bob Collins and Lou Rawls were two of the artists with Spring songs we heard in the first hour – he won 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 (Apr 1):  John Rudan with a spotlight on April Fools

 

 

 

 

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