April 1, 2023 - JR - Phasing and Phools, or is it Fasing and Fools?

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Date: April 1st, 2023

Host: JR

Feature: On April Fool's Day, it's tunes about Fools and the first hour featuring songs with electrical phasing. 

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Playlist

6pm - 7pm - Phasing

The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher - 1959 - Sounds like wind through an aluminum Christmas tree.

Itchycoo Park - Small Faces - 1966

Sky Pilot (Part 1) - Eric Burdon & The Animals - 1968

Wasn't Born to Follow - The Byrds - 1968 - Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.

Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo - 1968 - Status Quo were hit-makers on the U.K. charts, but this was their only charting single in the U.S., peaking at #12.

Open My Eyes - Nazz - 1968 - Philadelphia-area band with Todd Rundgren at the helm.

Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears - 1969

Nathan Jones - The Supremes - 1971 - This is one of the songs that inspired me to do this feature.  From the minds at Motown...

For The Love Of Money - O'Jays - 1973 - More Philly sounds.

Listen To The Music - Doobie Brothers - 1972 - It wasn't until later on that I discovered what made these guys brothers!

Killer Queen - Queen - 1975

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin - 1975

Rush - The Spirit Of Radio - 1980

7pm - 8pm - Birthday Calendar

March 26

Diana Ross (Supremes)     79

Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)     75

Teddy Pendergrass   1950

March 29

Vangelis      1943

Bobby Kimball (Toto)      76

March 30

Frankie Laine            1914 

Eric Clapton     78

March 31

Herb Alpert     88

April 1

Rudolph Isley             83

Jimmy Cliff (James Chambers)     78

 The Happening - The Supremes - 1966 - This was from the soundtrack of the movie of the same name.  It was panned by critics, but I didn't think it was that bad, and this is a pretty cool song from Motown.

The Happening (1967 film) - Wikipedia

Upside Down - Diana Ross - 1980

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith - 1975

If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - 1972

Stranger In Town - Toto - 1984 - Video from the early days of MTV.

The Cry of the Wild Goose - Frankie Laine - 1950 - The late Francesco LoVecchio had hit records for five decades!

A mini-tribute to E.C.  After I put this together I realized none of the songs were written by Clapton, but it's his guitar and vocals we really want to hear anyway...

I'm So Glad - Cream - 1966 - Written by Skip James.

It's Too Late - Derek and the Dominos - 1970 - Written by Chuck Willis.

Willie And The Hand Jive - Eric Clapton - 1974 - Written by Johnny Otis.

See What Love Can Do - E.C. - 1985 - Written by Jerry Lynn Williams.

Jerry Lynn Williams - Wikipedia

Rise - Herb Alpert - 1979 - Herb is the only artist to have a BB Hot 100 #1 as a vocalist and instrumentalist.

This Guy's in Love With You - Herb Alpert - 1968

Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - Jimmy Cliff - 1973 - Covered by the rock band Brownsville Station in 1974.

Chariots of Fire Main Theme - Vangelis - 1982 - This won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Original Soundtrack.

8pm - 9pm - It's an hour of Fools for April 1st!

Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient - 1972

Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - 1956

Poor Little Fool - Ricky Nelson - 1958

A Fool Such As I - Elvis - 1959 - Wonderful backing vocals by The Jordanaires!

Foolish Little Girl - The Shirelles - 1963

Love's Made A Fool Of You - Bobby Fuller Four - 1966 - BF4 does Buddy Holly

Fool On The Hill - Sérgio - Mendes & Brasil '66 - 1968 - The Beatles version of this, off Magical Mystery Tour, was not released as a single.

 

Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin - 1968 - Producer Jerry Wexler recruited Joe South to play the beginning guitar lick.  And who's the next fool... 

Fool Me - Joe South - 1968

Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) - Lulu - 1970

Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop - 1975 - Lead vocals by Mickey Thomas, who later joined the Jefferson Starship.

Fool to Cry - The Rolling Stones - 1976

Fool (If You Think It's Over) - Chris Rea - 1978

Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa - 1979 - I promised the cover of the LP Sheik Yerbouti, and here it is!

Fool In The Rain  - Led Zeppelin - 1979

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

Glossary of Terms:

DNC = did not chart

NR = not released as a single at the time

H100 = Billboard Hot 100

R&B = Billboard’s chart of rhythm and blues records

Host April 8th: John Simon

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