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Date: June 29, 2024
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: Library Road Trip
The Finger Lakes Library System is encouraging people to visit not just your own local library this summer, but to also explore other libraries throughout the 5 counties served by FLLS.
Pick up a map at the first stop on your FLX Library Road Trip and get it stamped at each location you visit. Plan your adventure and collect souvenirs!
Tonight, Rockin’ Remnants is featuring this event with songs about books and other things that can be borrowed from libraries, songs related to the Makerspace at the Tompkins County Public Library, as well as songs about road trips and various ways you could get to the library.
There were lots more songs on this theme than fit into one show, so we’ll hear some more of them on July 20. Perhaps by then you’ll have visited at least one library on your own FLX Library Road Trip!
Birthday Calendar
Jun 23 – June Carter Cash – born in 1929
Jun 24 – Jeff Beck (Yardbirds) – born in 1944
– Colin Blunstone (Zombies) – age 79
Jun 25 – Harold Melvin – born in 1939
– Eddie Floyd – age 87
Jun 26 – Billy Davis Jr. (5th Dimension) – age 86
– Georgie Fame (b. Clive Powell) – age 81
Jun 27 – Doc Pomus (b. Jerome Felder) – born in 1925
– Bruce Johnston (b. Benjamin Baldwin) – age 82
Jun 28 – Richard Rodgers – born in 1902
Jun 29 – “Little Eva” Boyd – born in 1943
– Leonard Lee (Shirley & Lee) – born in 1936
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
Who recorded the only song we’ve heard in this show with the word “library” in the title?
(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 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)
Library Love Affair – Brian Hyland (1960, did not chart. A few months later, he would have his first hit single with Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.)
King Of The Road – Roger Miller (1965, #4, Country #1)
The Trip – Donovan (1966, the b-side of the #1 hit Sunshine Superman)
* The Sounds Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel (1965, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1966)
Book Of Love – The Monotones (1958, #5)
Book Of Love – Bobby Bare (1961, #106, a completely different song than the one by The Monotones)
My Heart Is An Open Book – Carl Dobkins Jr. (1959, #3)
* Roll On Down The Highway – Bachman Turner Overdrive (1975, #14)
Rockin’ Bicycle – Fats Domino (1961, #83. While many of us will probably drive cars on our library road trip, maybe you’ll ride your bicycle instead. Or a bus…)
Bus Stop – The Hollies (1966, #5)
My True Story – The Jive Five (1961, #3, R&B #1)
The Rain, The Park, And Other Things – The Cowsills (1967, #2 for two weeks. Some libraries have an assortment of items you can borrow, including an umbrella, an access pass to state parks, and lots of other things besides books. Hence: the rain, the park, and other things.)
Things – Bobby Darin (1962, #3)
7-8pm -- The Rockin' Remnants Birthday Calendar
Ring Of Fire – Johnny Cash (1963, #17, co-written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore)
Heart Full Of Soul – The Yardbirds (1965, #9)
Summertime – The Zombies (1965, from their first album, with Colin Blunstone singing lead on this Gershwin standard)
Knock On Wood – Eddie Floyd (1966, #28)
If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1972, #3)
Another Day, Another Heartache – The 5th Dimension (1967, #45)
Yeh, Yeh – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames (1965, #21)
A Teenager In Love – Dion & The Belmonts (1959, #5, co-written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman)
Summer Means Fun – Bruce & Terry (1964, #72, arranged, produced, and performed by Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher)
Blue Moon – The Marcels (1961, #1 for three weeks, a Rodgers & Hart composition)
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby – Little Eva (1962, #12)
Everybody’s Rockin’ – Shirley & Lee (1958, did not chart)
* What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong (“bubbled under” the Hot 100 at #116 in 1968. It would have greater success 20 years later after being used in the film Good Morning, Vietnam.)
* Fun, Fun, Fun – The Beach Boys (1964, #5)
Drivin’ Around – The Raspberries (1974, did not chart)
8-9pm
Public Library Commercial – The Tokens
Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles (1961, #1 for two weeks)
Day Tripper – The Beatles (1965, peaked at #5 in early 1966)
Beg, Borrow, And Steal – The Ohio Express (1967, #29. Despite the titles of this song and the next one, all you need to do at a library is borrow (and return) – begging isn’t necessary, and please don’t steal!)
Beg, Steal, Or Borrow – The New Seekers (1972, #81)
Little Things – Bobby Goldsboro (1965, #13)
What A Sweet Thing That Was – The Shirelles (1961, #54)
Games People Play – Joe South (1969, #12. Many libraries have a variety of board games, card or dice games, and tabletop games available to borrow. And many offer jigsaw puzzles as well – so check out the next two songs.)
The Puzzle – Gene McDaniels (1963, did not chart)
Jigsaw Puzzle – The Chelmars (1962, dnc)
Soldering – Hall & Oates (1976, b-side of Sara Smile. Did you know that you can borrow a soldering kit from the Library Of Things collection at Seymour Library in Auburn? And you can borrow a bread maker and an ice cream maker from the Library Of Things at Ulysses Philomathic Library in Trumansburg, hence the next two songs.)
I’m Your Bread Maker, Baby – Slim Harpo (1966, dnc)
Three Dips Of Ice Cream – The Chiffons (1969, dnc. They’re best known for the songs He’s So Fine and One Fine Day.)
Make Your Own Kind Of Music – Mama Cass Elliot (1969, #36. Southworth Library in Dryden has a sheet music collection created this year by musician Angelina Masotti for her Girl Scout Gold Award – go Angelina!)
Make A Little Magic – The Dirt Band (1980, #25. If you haven’t yet seen the Makerspace at Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca, watch the 2nd video below to find out what kinds of magic YOU could make!
We ran out of time to play songs relating to the tools/equipment available at the Makerspace – tune in to Rockin’ Remnants on July 20 for songs on that topic, all the above topics, and also some songs about various events at libraries throughout the Finger Lakes Library System. There is SO MUCH to enjoy!)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
“Library Love Affair” was a single released by Brian Hyland shortly before his first hit, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”.
Congratulations to Brad from Ithaca, 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 (July 6): Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on his 45 collection
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