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Date: March 2, 2024
Host: JR
6pm - 7pm
Anyway You Want It - DC5 - 1965 - The voice of the DC5 was Mike Smith, one of the best blue-eyed soul shouters from the British Invasion! Mike died just weeks befor the DC5 was inducted in the Rock and Roll HOF.
Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood - 1967 - Real name, Alfred Smith. This was his highest peaking single, of 3 that made the Top 40, peaking at #9.
The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King - 1970
Hats Off To Larry - Del Shannon - 1961 - Real name: Charles Westover from Coopersville, Michigan. This was the follow-up to the #1 smasheroo Runaway, peaking at #5.
Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay & The Americans - 1964
Fancy - Bobbie Gentry - 1970
Dum Dum - Brenda Lee - 1961- Co-written by Jackie DeShannon and Sharon Sheely.
Crystals - He's A Rebel - 1962 - Wall of Sound! Written by Gene Pitney.
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Don't You Care - Buckinghams - 1967
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Remember Then - Earls - 1960 - This was the Opening Theme of Rockin' Remnants when I first became involved with the show in1974.
I Knew You When - Billie Joe Royal - 1965 - Written by Joe South! More coming up in the Birthday Calendar.
Hey Little Girl - Dee Clark - 1959
His Latest Flame - Elvis - 1961 - Double-sided single with "Little Sister" on the flip. Some critics consider this the best double-sided hit, ever...
45 Corner
2+2 = ? (7"single mix) - Bob Seger System - 1969 - This single, a Vietnam War protest song, did not chart Nationally, but was a hit in Detroit! The 45 version had an alternate lead vocal.
Cry Baby - Garnet Mimms And The Enchanters - 1963
Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland - 1970 - Cover version of an Impressions song from 1961.
When I Was Young - Eric Burdon & The Animals - 1967 - All the original Animals were gone and Burdon had a more "psychedelic" sound.
February 25
Emmit Rhodes 1950
George Harrison 1943
February 26
Paul Cotton (Poco) 1943 1943
Mitch Ryder (William Levise) 79
Bob “The Bear” Hite (Canned Heat) 1943 1945
Johnny Cash 1932 1932
Fats Domino 1928
February 27
Guy Mitchell 1927
February 28
Joe South 1940
Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) 1942
February 29
Gretchen Christopher (Fleetwoods) 84
March 1
Harry Belafonte 1927 d. 4/25/2023 age 96
Roger Daltrey (Who) 80
Mike d’Abo (Manfred Mann) 80
March 2
George Benson 81
Lou Reed 1942
Karen Carpenter 1950
Taxman - The Beatles - 1966 - The first George
Harrison song to kick off a Beatles album (Revolver).
Live - The Merry-Go-Round - 1967 - Emmitt Rhodes was a
pop-meister ahead of his time!
Heart Of The Night - Poco - 1979 - Guitarist Paul Cotton
on lead vocal.
Let's Work Together - Canned Heat - 1970 - A reimagining of
Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Stick Together".
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash - Written by future wife
June Carter. The mariachi horns came to Johnny
in a dream!
Lady Madonna - Fats Domino - 1968 - Paying back The Beatles
from his 1968 LP "Fats Is Back".
When You Were Mine - Mitch Ryder - 1983 - A nice
comeback for Mitch with this song written by Prince!
Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell - 1956 - This was #1
for 10 weeks on the Billboard Top 100!
The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor - 1958
- Joe South - This was written by J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. South definitely changed his style in the late 60's!
Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones - Multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones on sitar! ssi
[He's] The Great Imposter - The Fleetwoods - 1961- Singer
Gretchen Christopher just turned 21! Do the math.
Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte - 1956 - This song kicked off the "Calypso" craze of the late 50's!
Free Me - Roger Daltrey - 1980 - From the soundtrack of the movie "McVicar" which also starred Daltry as an infamous British bank robber.
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations - 1969 - Co-written by Mike d'Abo, who was also a latter-day vocalist for Manfred Mann.
Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground - 1970 - The original version off the pen of Lou Reed.
Read the whole story: Sweet Jane - Wikipedia
We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters - 1970
Breezin' - George Benson - 1976 - A great instrumental used for many a background music.
8pm - 9pm
Hello Old Friend - Eric Clapton - 1976 - Peaked at #24 on the BB Hot 100.
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Last Child - Aerosmith - 1976
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs - 1976
Breaker-Breaker - The Outlaws - 1976. Do I detect a theme here?
The Ark - Gerry Rafferty- Title track of Gerry's 1978
LP that also included the smash "Baker Street".
Hymn - Barclay James Harvest - 1977 - I like to play this song around Easter every year.
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - The Korgis - 1980 - British One-Hit-Wonder band. But it was a great one!
Paperlate - Genesis - 1982 - With Phil Collins in control, Genesis racked up 11 Top 40 singles between 1980 and 1987.
Human Highway - Neil Young - From his 1978 LP "Comes A Time", this was made into a movie by Young in 1982!
Peace Train - Cat Stevens - 1971
C'est La Vie - ELP - Great Orchestration, but then again, wasn't ELP known for this?
Burton Cummings was a genius songwriter!
You Win Again - Bee Gees - 1987 - Yes, Virginia, the Bee Gees were still making music in the late 80's and this is a real gem!
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