May 25, 2024
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Spoken Songs.
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Chestnut Mare - The Byrds (1970 - #121: group's lead man Roger McGuinn co-wrote the song with Jacques Levy)
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley (1960-1 - #1: song was originally written in 1926 and was a huge hit for "The King", spending 6 weeks at #1)
Uneasy Rider - Charley Daniels (1973 - #9: song's title does not appear in the lyrics but is a play on the film Easy Rider)
Don't Just Stand There - Patty Duke (1965 - #8: Duke would say that her manager pushed her into the recording studio to capitalize on the success of her TV career)
Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner (1971 - #4: song won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Duo)
M.T.A. - The Kingston Trio (1959 - #15: to ride on the "T", as they call the subway in Boston, one can get a "Charlie Card", a reference to this song)
Patches - Clarence Carter (1970 - #4: born blind, Carter won a Grammy for Best R&B Song)
Run, Run, Run - The Third Rail (1967 - #53: Joey Levine, who also sang for The Ohio Express and Reunion, provided lead vocals)
Atlantis - Donovan (1969 - #7: due to its length and spoken introduction, the song was released as a B-side in the U.S., but it proved more popular than the A-side)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross (1970 - #1: song was written in 1966 by Ashford and Simpson and was a top 20 hit for Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1967)
Detroit City - Bobby Bare (1963 - #16: song won a Grammy for Best Country Record and reached #6 on the C&W charts)
Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean (1964 - #8: Jan Berry and Beach Boy Brian Wilson are two of the co-writers of the teenage tragedy song)
Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) - The Hombres (1967 - #12: spoken introduction to this song comes from a 1947 Red Ingle tune "Cigareetes, Whuskey, and Wild, Wild Women)
*Convoy - C.W. McCall (1975-6 - #1: the song, which became a cultural phenomenon, made its chart debut 12/6/75 and spent one week at #1 in January of 1976)
7:00 - 8:00 Birthday Calendar
May 19:
Pete Townshend - 79
Jerry Hyman (Blood, Sweat, & Tears) - 77
May 20:
Vic Ames - b. 1926
Jill Jackson ["Paula"] - 82
Joe Cocker - b. 1944
Cher [Cherilyn Sarkisian] - 78
May 21:
Tony Sheridan - b. 1940
Ronald Isley - 83
Hilton Valentine (The Animals) - b. 1943
John Dalton (The Kinks) - 81
Marcie Blane - 80
[Gerard] "Leo" Sayer - 76
May 22:
Bernie Taupin - 74
May 23:
Rosemary Clooney - b. 1928
General Norman Johnson - b. 1941
Misty Morgan - b. 1945
Dean Friedman - 69
May 24:
Bob Dylan [Robert Zimmerman] - 83
May 25:
Hal David - b. 1921
Jessi Colter [Miriam Johnson] - 81
Squeeze Box - The Who (1976 - #19: songwriter Pete Townshend played banjo on the sexually suggestive song)
You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat, & Tears (1969 - #2: Jerry Hyman was the trombone player for the jazz rock group)
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - The Ames Brothers (1954 - #3: song was a million seller and has a humorous twist at the end)
Hey Paula - Paul and Paula (1962-3 - #1: song made its chart debut on 12/29/62 and spent 3 weeks at #1 in 1963; Paul and Paula were Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson)
Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker (1969 - #33: song was written by Dave Mason)
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher (1966 - #2: written by then-husband Sonny Bono, the song was a million-seller for Cher but "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by the Righteous Brothers kept it out of the top spot)
My Bonnie - Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers (1962 - DNC; 1964 - #26: the 'Beat Brothers' were actually The Beatles, which led to the song being re-released in the heyday of Beatlemania)
Work to Do - The Isley Brothers (1972 - #51: Ronald Isley was the lead singer/songwriter/producer for the group)
San Franciscan Nights - The Animals (1967 - #9: song is a tribute to the city by the bay; fits this week's theme of spoken songs)
Victoria - The Kinks (1970 - #62: John Dalton was the group's bass player from 1969-76)
Bobby's Girl - Marcie Blane (1962 - #3: song didn't get played due to a CD malfunction)
Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) - Leo Sayer (1975 - #9: Sayer co-wrote the international hit)
Rocket Man - Elton John (1972 - #6: Bernie Taupin is John's long time lyricist; song made its chart debut 5/6/72)
Hey There - Rosemary Clooney (1954 - #1: song spent 6 weeks at #1 and came from the Broadway play The Pajama Game, featuring Bonnie Raitt's father, John)
Pay to the Piper - The Chairmen of the Board (1971 - #13: General Johnson was the lead singer/songwriter for the group)
8:00 - 9:00
Tennessee Bird Walk - Misty Morgan and Jack Blanchard (1970 - #23: the novelty song went to #1 on the country charts)
45 Corner
Ariel - Dean Friedman (1977 - #26: we heard the original Lifesong 45 written by the Paramus NJ native Friedman)
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues - Bob Dylan (1963 - NR: Dylan was to have sung the song on The Ed Sullivan Show, but after rehearsals CBS' Standards and Practices said that he couldn't sing it on the air; Dylan walked off the show)
Sea of Heartbreak - Don Gibson (1961 - #21: although most known for his partnership with Burt Bacharach, Hal David wrote this song with Paul Hampton)
I'm Not Lisa - Jessi Colter (1975 - #4: Colter wrote the song which went to #1 on the country charts and ranks #140 on Rolling Stone magazine's 200 Greatest Country Songs)
Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler (1969 - #4: "The Ice Man" co-wrote the million-selling song, which was recently covered by Bruce Springsteen)
Little Darlin' - The Diamonds (1957 - #2: big hit for the Toronto doo-wop group, their cover of the #41 song by the Gladiolas)
I Believed It All - Pozo-Seco Singers (1967 - #96: the Texas trio consisted of Don Williams, Ann Taylor, and Lofton Kline)
Oh! Carol - Neil Sedaka (1959 - #9: Sedaka wrote the song for Carole King)
Love Is Here and Now You're Gone - The Supremes (1967 - #1: another smash hit from Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and production team)
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmy Rodgers (1957 - #3: Pete Seeger and Lee Hays adapted this tune from a Leadbelly song with origins from a traditional Irish folk song)
My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford (1974 - #12: Stafford wrote the song which is about a love triangle)
Night Moves - Bob Seger (1976-7 - #4: song made its chart debut 12/11/76 and peaked the following year)
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las (1964 - #1: song ranks #447/RS500 and is another in the genre of the early 1960's teenage tragedy songs)
Magic Town - The Vogues (1966 - #21: group was formed in high school in Turtle Creek, Pa.)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)
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