September 30, 2023 - GJ - All for One, One for All

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Date: September 30, 2023

Host:  Gregory James

Feature: All for One, One for All

Birthday Calendar

In Memoriam: Terry Kirkman (Association) died last Saturday September 23. He wrote “Cherish,” one of the more emotional of the Associations’ songs.

September 24

Mel Taylor (Ventures drummer)  (b. 1933  d. 1996)

Gerry Marsden  (and the Pacemakers)  b. 1942  d. 2021

September 25

Dee Dee Warwick   (b. 1942  d. 2008)

September 26

Olivia Newton-John  (b. 1948  d. 2022)

Marty Robbins   (b. 1925  d. 1982)

George Chambers (Chambers Brothers bassist)   (b. 1931  d. 2019)

September 27

Meat Loaf   (b. 1947  d. 2022)

Randy Bachman 80 years old

September 28

Norton Buffalo (Phillip Jackson)  (b. 1951  d. 2009)

Ben E. King   (b. 1938  d. 2015)

September 29

Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad)   75 years old

Jerry Lee Lewis  (b. 1935  d. 2022)

September 30

Marilyn McCoo   (5th Dimension)  80 years old

Frankie Lymon  (b. 1942  d. 1968)

Johnny Mathis   88 years old

Rock n’ Roll Trivia

Which Beatles single appeared on Billboard Charts in the United States, even though it was never officially released in this country?  

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)

Playlist

* 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 subsequent dates) unless otherwise noted

* glossary of terms is below the playlist

6:00

OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock n’ Roll—Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)

All Shook Up    Elvis Presley   1957  #1 H100 (nine weeks)  #1 RB (four weeks) #1 CW

Several theories exist about the song’s composition, from a dream to a shaken bottle of soda pop.

The One Who Really Loves You Mary Wells  1962  #8 H100  #2 RB

Smokey Robinson also wrote “You Beat Me to the Punch” and “Two Lovers” for Mary Wells in 1962. The backing singers were the Love Tones.

All My Loving Beatles    1964   #45

The record was not officially released as a single in the US, but enough Canadian singles were imported to the US that the record turned up on the Hot 100 without a release in the U.S.

One of These Nights Eagles   1975  #1

The record was a deliberate attempt by the Eagles to rock (or disco) harder than they had previously.

*You're All I Need To Get By   Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  1968 #7 H100, #1 RB (five weeks)

Suggested by KV.  Even though the Funk Brothers played on the track, it was a departure from the typical Motown sound of the 1960’s.

*One Harry Nilsson   DNC

Requested by Scottie for Brooktondale Peggy.

All That You Dream Linda Ronstadt  1978  NR

The video is dazzling. Linda, Waddy, Danny and Kenny exceed already high expectations.

1-2-3      Len Barry   1965  #2 H100 #11 RB

All I Really Want to Do Byrds   1965  #40

The single was rush released by Columbia Records so as to reach the market before Sonny and Cher’s version—which did better on U.S. charts than the Byrds.

*One Tin Soldier   Original Caste  1970  #34

Suggested by JH. The song was recorded by several different artists and charted on a variety of North American charts between 1969 and 1974.

*It’s All Too Much Beatles  1969  DNC

This track appeared on the Yellow Submarine album. George Martin was not involved in its recording. Composer George Harrison played the Hammond organ

Love the One You’re With Stephen Stills    1971  #14

The song’s title was a phrase that Stephen Stills often heard Billy Preston use. When Stills asked Preston if he could use the phrase for a song, Preston agreed.

All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix  1968  #20

Bob Dylan like Hendrix’s version so much that he modified his own performance of “Watchtower” to resemble Hendrix’s version.

*Good News Week Hegehoppers Anonymous 1965  #48

A one hit wonder about everything except good news.

One Way Out     Allman Brothers   1972  #86

The version you heard was from the album "Live from the A&R Studios" which was an August 26, 1971 recording of a live radio broadcast. Many listeners taped the concert, and for many years it was a highly prized bootleg recording. The original broadcast tapes were remastered and released as this album in 2016.

All Grown Up Crystals  1964  #98

This final charting track from the Crystals seemed to channel Chuck Berry via the Beach Boys.

7:00

Cherish The Association   1966  #1

Terry Kirkman was one of only two Association members to play instruments on the recording. The video is from 1979 and Kirkman is in the tan jacket. The complexity of Kirkman's harmonies is even more evident here than on the record.

Walk Don’t Run Ventures   1960  #2

The first thing heard on this track is Mel Taylor’s drumming.

Girl on Swing  Gerry and the Pacemakers   1966  #28

I Want to Be with You Dee Dee Warwick   1966  #41 H100  #9 RB

Dee Dee Warwick was Dionne Warwick’s sister. Her biggest hit was from the Broadway show Golden Boy.

Magic   Olivia Newton-John    1980  #1  (4 weeks)

Wake Up    Chambers Brothers   1969  #92

Written by Marvin Hamlisch for the film “April Fools.”

Don’t Worry Marty Robbins     1961  #3 H100  #1 CW

Robbins wrote the song and the fuzz bass solo was by Grady Martin.

You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth    Meat Loaf  1978  #39

The spoken word intro was by composer Jim Steinman  and actress Marcia McClain. E Street Band members Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg played on the track

Roll On Down the Highway Bachman Turner Overdrive  1975  #14

Runaway    Bonnie Raitt    1977  #57

Norton Buffalo used four harmonicas in different keys to cover the song’s chord changes. If seeing is believing, go directly to 1:33 in the video below.

Stand By Me Ben E. King  1961  #4 H100/#1 RB

Mike Stoller wrote the double bass pattern that Lloyd Trotman played solo as the song’s first eight measures. The story goes that Ben E. King offered the song to the Drifters, but they passed on it.

Bad Time    Grand Funk Railroad  1975  #4  

Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis   1957  #2 H100, #3 RB

This track charted on the Hot 100, CW and R&B charts.

I Want You to Be My Girl    Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers  1956   #3RB  #13  H100 

One Less Bell to Answer   5th Dimension  1970  #2 H100, #4 RB, #1 AC

The Summer Knows    Johnny Mathis  1972  NR

8:00

Still the One Orleans   1976  #5

Legend has it that Johanna Hall wrote the lyrics on an envelope and John Hall wrote the music in 15 minutes.

All I Have to Do is Dream Everly Brothers   1958  #1 on all Billboard singles charts of the time.

The song was recorded live in two takes.

*Baby I’m Yours Barbara Lewis   1965  #11

By Barbara Lewis' own account, it took some coaxing to get the vocal performance ultimately heard on the record. When the producer of the record told her that his daughter could sing the song better than Lewis had been doing, she found the motivation to give the song her best effort.

One Man’s Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor   Paul Simon   1973    DNC

Barry Beckett played the piano.

*All the Way from Memphis Mott the Hoople   1973  DNC

Possibly based on actual events.

*You’re the One Petula Clark   DNC

Suggested by JS. Petula Clark wrote the song, and when her label wanted to release Clark's version of the song as a single in the U.S. to compete with the Vogue’s version, she is reported to have said, “Let the boys have the hit.”  Check out the reprise of the last verse and the backing dancers.

It’s All Over Now   Rolling Stones   1964  #26

The Stones first heard the Valentinos’ original version when DJ Murray the K played it for them. They recorded their version nine days later at Chess Studios and it became their first #1 song in the U.K.

One Way or Another Blondie  1979  #24

Based on Deborah Harry’s experience with an ex-boyfriend who stalked her to the extent that Harry moved out of New Jersey.

One Toke Over the Line Brewer and Shipley  1970  #10

The FCC issued a statement in 1971 that radio stations airing records that promote illegal drug usage “raises serious questions as to whether continued operation of the station is in the public interest.” Some stations pulled the record out of rotation, other stations doubled down on playing the record.

All I Ever Need is You Sonny and Cher 1971  #7

All Night Long Lionel Richie 1983  #1 H100, RB, AC

According to Richie, the non-English sounding words in the song are not part of any language.

Just One Look Doris Troy  1963  #10

Suggested by KV. Doris Troy shopped a demo of this song to Sue Records, who passed on it. She sent the demo to Atlantic Records and the label was so impressed they released the demo as the finished product.

All Right Now Free   1970  #4

According to the band, the song was composed in ten minutes in a dressing room after a particularly bad live performance.

All of My Life    Lesley Gore   1971  #65

All the Way Frank Sinatra 1958  #2

The song was introduced in the film “The Joker Is Wild” starring Frank Sinatra as Joe. E. Lewis. “All the Way” won the 1957 Oscar for best original song.

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

Trivia Answer

All My Loving  1964  #45 H100.  It was released in Canada, and copies of the single found their way into U.S. record stores and radio stations.

Congratulations to Dave from Dryden for correctly answering the question and winning a pair of passes to Cinemapolis, downtown Ithaca’s home for first-run, international, independent and local films.

Glossary of Terms:

DNC = did not chart

NR = not released as a single at the time

AC = Billboard’s chart for Adult Contemporary records

H100 = Billboard Hot 100

CW = Billboard’s chart for country and western records

RB = Billboard’s chart of rhythm and blues records

RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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