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Date:  May 18, 2024

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  Triple Down # 4 

 

Triple Down is when we hear three songs from each of the 5 featured artists, over the course of the show (one song from each artist during each hour).  

 

Tonight's artists are:

The Dixie Cups

Jim Croce

The Rascals

Skeeter Davis

The Spinners


Previous Triple Downs

1 - June 8, 2018 - The Cookies, Dion, The Drifters, Lesley Gore, Marv Johnson

2 - July 7, 2018 - The Grass Roots - Dobie Gray - Albert Hammond, Barbara Lewis, Dusty Springfield

3 - June 8, 2019 - Bread, The Fortunes, Barbara Lynn, The Miracles, Connie Stevens

 

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

May 12   – Billy Swan – age 82

            – Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith) – age 76

 

May 13   – Stevie Wonder – age 74

            – Mary Wells – born in 1943

 

May 14   – Gene Cornish (guitar, harmonica, Rascals) – age 80

            – Bobby Darin (b. Walden Robert Cassotto) – born in 1936

            – Will “Dub” Jones (bass singer, Coasters) – born in 1928

 

May 15   – Lenny Welch – age 86

 

May 16   – Isaac “Redd” Holt (drums, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Young-Holt Unlimited) – born in 1932

 

May 17   – Pervis Jackson (bass singer, Spinners) – born in 1938

 

May 18   – Perry Como – born in 1912

            – Albert Hammond – age 80

 

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

In addition to the 5 artists of this episode’s Triple Down, I’ve been doing a stealth triple down of a particular musician.  I’ve played songs by two different bands this person was in, and you’re about to hear a song from a third band this person was in.  Who is the person?  (“Can’t Find My Way Home” begins to play…) 

 

(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)

 

 * Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce (1973, #1 two weeks, AC #1)

 

Mustang Sally – The Rascals (1966, b-side of Good Lovin’)

 

I Can’t Stay Mad At You – Skeeter Davis (1963, #7)

 

I’ll Always Love You – The Spinners (1965, #35)

 

Chapel Of Love – The Dixie Cups (1964, #1 for three wks)

 

Feelin’ Alright? – Traffic (1968, did not chart.  Written by band member Dave Mason.  Joe Cocker’s cover charted in ’69 and ’72.)

 

Traffic – Feeling Alright (1968, Vinyl ...  Steve Winwood - Official Site

 

Judy, Judy, Judy – Johnny Tillotson (1963)

 

It’s Only Make Believe – Conway Twitty (1958, #1 for two wks)

 

Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) – The Cookies (1963, #7)

 

Come Go With Me – The Dell-Vikings (1957, #4)

 

You Can Have Her – Roy Hamilton (1961, #12)

 

Dance By The Light Of The Moon – The Olympics (1960, #47)

 

The Air That I Breathe – The Hollies (1974, #6, written by Albert Hammond)

 

Neon Rainbow – The Box Tops (1967, #24)

 

Boom Boom – The Animals (1964, #43)

 

Everybody Loves A Lover – The Shirelles (1962, #19)

 

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

I Can Help – Billy Swan (1974, #1 for two wks, Country #1)

 

I’m A Man – The Spencer Davis Group (1967, #10.  Stevie Winwood co-wrote it, sang, and played keys.)

 

Blowin’ In The Wind – Stevie Wonder (1966, #9)

 

Stevie Wonder - Blowin' In The Wind ...  45cat - Stevie Wonder - Blowin' In The ...

 

Once Upon A Time – Mary Wells & Marvin Gaye (1964, #19)

 

Things – Bobby Darin (1962, #3)

 

The Climb – The Coasters (1962, did not chart, a Lieber & Stoller composition with the rich bass voice of “Dub” Jones.  This song showed up in the 1964 Elvis film Viva Las Vegas.)

 

You Don’t Know Me – Lenny Welch (1960, #45)

 

The “In” Crowd – The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1965, #5)

 

Catch A Falling Star – Perry Como (1958, #1)

 

I’m A Train – Albert Hammond (1974, #31)

 

They Just Can’t Stop It The (Games People Play) – The Spinners (1975, #5, with Pervis Jackson alternating lead vocals on the 3rd verse)

 

Easy Rollin’ – The Rascals (track A1 on a 1968 EP)

 

 * Little Bell – The Dixie Cups (1964, #51)

 

 * I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song – Jim Croce (1974, #9, AC #1)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

The End Of the World – Skeeter Davis (1963, Hot 100 #2, AC #1, Country #2, R&B #4)

 

Dizzy – Tommy Roe (1969, #1 for four weeks)

 

You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover – The Mugwumps (featuring members of The Mamas & Papas and The Lovin' Spoonful, from their only album The Mugwumps, recorded in 1964 and released in 1967.  Two singles were issued, one in each of those years.)

 

If You Leave Me Now – Chicago (1976, #1 for two wks)

 

Groove Me – King Floyd (1970, peaked at #6 in early 1971, R&B #1)

 

Iko Iko – The Dixie Cups (1965, #20)

 

People Got To Be Free – The Rascals (1968, #1 for five weeks)

 

Let Me Get Close To You – Skeeter Davis (1964, “bubbled under” at #106, a Goffin-King composition)

 

The Rubberband Man – The Spinners (1976, #2 for three wks on the Hot 100, and spent a week at #1 on the R&B chart)

 

Roller Derby Queen – Jim Croce (1973, b-side of It Doesn’t Have To Be That Way)

 

Can’t Find My Way Home - Blind Faith (from the 1969 album Blind Faith, the only one this supergroup ever made)

 

45cat - Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way ...  Blind Faith – Can't Find My Way Home ...

 

Lady – Little River Band (1979,#10)

 

Mama’s Little Girl – Reparata & The Delrons (1966, dnc)

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

Steve Winwood was in Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group, and Blind Faith. 

Congratulations to Linda of Covert, 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 (May 25):  Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on Spoken Songs

 

 

 

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