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Date: April 27, 2024
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: Again!
Birthday Calendar
Apr 21 – Nickey Barclay (keys, Fanny) – age 73
Apr 22 – Jack Nitzsche – born in 1937
– Glen Campbell – born in 1936
Apr 23 – Roy Orbison – born in 1936
– Ray Peterson – born in 1939
Apr 24 – (Bernard) St. Clair Lee (Hues Corp) – born in 1944
– (Hubert) Ann Kelley (Hues Corp) – born in 1947
– Doug Clifford (drums, CCR) – age 79
Apr 25 – Stu Cook (bass, CCR) – age 79
– Mike Brown (b. Michael Lookofsky) (wrote/vocals/keys, Left Banke, Stories) – born in 1949
– Jerry Lieber – born in 1933
Apr 26 – Duane Eddy – age 86 (born in Corning NY)
– Maurice Williams – age 86
– Bobby Rydell (b. Robert Ridarelli) – born in 1942
– Gary Wright – born in 1943
Apr 27 – Pete Ham (wrote/vocals/guitar, Badfinger) – born in 1947
– Ann Peebles – age 77
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
We had a couple of bands with birthday-almost-twins in this week’s birthday calendar. One band had 2 members with the same birthday except 3 years apart, and another band had 2 members born in the same year but 1 day apart. Name either band.
(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)
Back On My Feet Again – The Babys (1980, #33)
Back On My Feet Again – The Foundations (1968, #54)
* Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan (1972, #1 for six weeks)
Alone Again Or - Love (1970, #99 – after having bubbled under at #123 in 1968)
Christmas Is Here Again – Roger Whittaker
Christmas Time Is Here Again – The Flirtations (1968)
Spring Again – Lou Rawls (a b-side from 1977)
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again – The Fortunes (1971, #15)
Back On The Street Again – Sunshine Company (1967, #36)
Back On The Streets Again – Tower Of Power (1971, did not chart)
Oh-Oh I’m Falling In Love Again – Jimmie Rodgers (1958, #7)
Let’s Try Again – Clyde McPhatter (1959, #48)
You Win Again – Connie Stevens (from her 1969 album, Songs Of Hank Williams)
Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker (1961, #8)
7-8pm
Ain’t That Peculiar – Fanny (1972, #85)
The Lonely Surfer – Jack Nitzsche (1963, #39)
Try A Little Kindness – Glen Campbell (1969, #23)
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) – Roy Orbison (1962, #4)
Corinna, Corinna – Ray Peterson (1960, peaked at #9 in early 1961)
Rock The Boat – The Hues Corporation (1974, #1)
Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969, #2 for three weeks)
Pretty Ballerina – The Left Banke (1967, #15, written by Mike Brown)
Along Came Jones – The Coasters (1959, #9, written by songwriting team Lieber & Stoller, who wrote lots of big hits including Hound Dog and Stand By Me)
Because They’re Young – Duane Eddy (1960, #4)
Stay – Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (1960, #1)
Sway – Bobby Rydell (1960, #14)
Dream Weaver – Gary Wright (1976, #2 for three weeks)
Day After Day – Badfinger (1971, reached #4 in early 1972, written by Pete Ham, with George Harrison on guitar and Leon Russell on piano)
I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles (1973, #38)
8-9pm
Go Now – The Moody Blues (1965, #10, their first Hot 100 hit, played tonight in memory of keyboardist Mike Pinder, who passed away on Apr 24)
* Telephone Line – Electric Light Orchestra (1977, #7)
Let’s Start The Party Again – Little Eva (1963, #123, written by Goffin & King)
Nobody’s Baby Again – Dean Martin (1966, #60)
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) – Kris Kristofferson (1971, #26)
Someday We’re Gonna Love Again – Barbara Lewis (1964, #124)
Back In My Arms Again – The Supremes (1965, #1)
Just To Be With You Again – Joe South (1962, did not chart)
To Touch Our Love Again – Orpheus (from their album Joyful, released in 1968 or 1969)
It’s Raining Again – Supertramp (1982, #11)
On The Road Again – Willie Nelson (1980, #20, from the film Honeysuckle Rose)
I Saw Her Again – The Mamas & The Papas (1966, #5)
We’ll Meet Again – The Turtles (1966, did not chart)
Mother Earth – Tom Rush (1972, bubbled under at #111. Earth Day was this past Monday – for more songs on that theme, check out last week’s blog post!)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
The Hues Corporation had 2 members with the same birthday except 3 years apart, and Creedence Clearwater Revival had 2 members with the same birth year except 1 day apart. (Another thing they had in common: we celebrated their birthdays with songs about boats in the second hour of this show.)
Congratulations to Dave from Dryden, for correctly answering the question and winning two passes to Cinemapolis!
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 (May 4): John Simon with a spotlight on songs that charted in early May
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