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Rockin' Remnants




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Date:  6-24-23

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  Summer

 

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

Jun 18   – Paul McCartney (Beatles) – age 81

 

Jun 19   – Elaine “Spanky” McFarlane (Spanky & Our Gang) – age 81

 

Jun 20   – Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) – age 81

 

Jun 21   – O.C. Smith (born Ocie Smith) – born in 1932

            – Ray Davies (Kinks) – age 79

 

Jun 22   – Kris Kristofferson – age 87

            – Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon) – age 79

            – Howard Kaylan (b. Howard Kaplan, Turtles) – age 76

            – Todd Rundgren – age 75

 

Jun 23   – Paul Goddard (Atlanta Rhythm Section) – born in 1945

 

Jun 24   – Jeff Beck (Yardbirds) – born in 1944

            – Colin Blunstone (Zombies) – age 78

 

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

Freddy Cannon, Small Faces, and Billy Joe Royal all had hit songs with the name of a park in the title.  What are the names of those three parks?

 

(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)

 

Summertime – Sam Cooke (1957, #81, the b-side of chart-topper You Send Me.  It was re-released in 1959, and that time it “bubbled under” the Hot 100 at #106.)

 

Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran (1958, #8)

 

Summertime Guy – Eddie Rambeau (1962, did not chart)

 

It’s Summer Time U.S.A. – The Pixies Three (1964, #116)

 

Theme From A Summer Place – The Lettermen (1965, #16.  Unlike the version by Percy Faith, this version has lyrics.)

 

Remember Last Summer – The Four Winds (1964, did not chart.  The Four Winds are better known as The Tokens, and maybe if this song had been released under that name, it might have charted.)

 

 

When Summer Is Through – The Tokens (1961, the b-side of their version of Sincerely)

 

Beach Comber – Jo Ann Campbell (1959, did not chart)

 

 * Indian Lake – The Cowsills (1968, #10)

 

 * Summer In The City – The Lovin’ Spoonful (1966, #1 for three weeks)

 

 * Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra (1966, #25)

 

 * Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone (1969, #2 for two weeks)

 

 * Fresh Air – Quicksilver Messenger Service (1970, #49)

 

 * Cry To Me – Solomon Burke (1962, #44)

 

One Summer Night – The Danleers (1958, #7)

 

I Love The Summertime – Dean & Jean (1963, b-side of Tra La La La Suzy)

 

 

Summer’s Love – Richard Barrett & The Chantels (1959, #93)

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

When I’m Sixty-Four – The Beatles (from their 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but Paul McCartney wrote it many years earlier, one of the first songs he ever wrote)

 

Sunday Will Never Be The Same – Spanky & Our Gang (1967, #9)

 

The Warmth Of The Sun – The Beach Boys (1964, the b-side of Dance, Dance, Dance)

 

Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife – O.C. Smith (1969, #47)

 

Got To Be Free – The Kinks (from their 1970 album Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One)

 

Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) – Kris Kristofferson (1971, #26)

 

Lady Godiva – Peter & Gordon (1966, #6)

 

Let Me Be – The Turtles (1965, #29)

 

It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference – Todd Rundgren (from his 1972 album Something/Anything?)

 

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

 

Heart Full Of Soul – The Yardbirds (1965, #9)

 

Beechwood Park – The Zombies (from their 1968 album Odessey & Oracle)

 

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

 

Itchycoo Park – Small Faces (1967, reached #16 in early 1968)

 

Cherry Hill Park – Billy Joe Royal (1969, #15)

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts (1972, #6)

 

Sunshiny Day – Charley Pride (1972, the title track of the LP)

 

Sunshine – The Archies (1970, #57)

 

Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers (1967, peaked at #14 in early 1968)

 

 * Indian Summer – Brewer & Shipley (1972, the b-side of Shake Off The Demon)

 

Beach Baby – First Class (1974, #4)

 

Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand) – The Shangri-Las (1964, #5)

 

White Silver Sands – Don Rondo (1957, #7)

 

Listen To The Ocean – Nina & Frederik (1960, released on an EP in the US, with 2 songs per side, but not as a single)

 

Summer – War (1976, #7 on the Hot 100, #1 on Adult Contemporary)

 

[45 corner] On A Summer Night – The Sugar Canyon (1968, did not chart)

 

Summerlove Sensation – Bay City Rollers (1974, did not chart)

 

Sunshine Girl – Herman’s Hermits (1968, spent three weeks at #101 but never quite made it to the Hot 100)

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

 

Palisades Park, Itchycoo Park, and Cherry Hill Park were songs by Freddy Cannon, Small Faces, and Billy Joe Royal respectively.

 

Congratulations to George from East Genoa, 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 1):  John Rudan

 

 

 

 

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