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Rockin' Remnants



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Date:  August 31, 2024

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  no theme

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

Aug 25   – Gene Simmons (b. Chaim Witz, KISS) – age 75

            – Elvis Costello (b. Declan MacManus) – age 70

 

Aug 26   – Valerie Simpson – age 78

 

Aug 27   – Chip Douglas (b. Douglas Hatlelid, Turtles) – age 82

            – Daryl Dragon (Captain & Tennille) – born in 1942

 

Aug 28   – Honey Lantree (drummer, The Honeycombs) – born in 1943

            – Wayne Osmond – age 73

 

Aug 29   – Dinah Washington (b. Ruth Lee Jones) – born in 1924

            – Michael Jackson – born in 1958

 

Aug 30   – John Phillips (Mamas & Papas) – born in 1935

 

Aug 31   – Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison – age 79

            – Jerry Allison (drummer, Crickets) – born in 1939

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

QUESTION 

Listeners had the option of choosing which Captain & Tennille song I played for the birthday of Daryl Dragon, either Lonely Night (Angel Face) or else Love Will Keep Us Together.  Both songs were written (one was co-written) by the same person – who?

 

 

 

 

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)

 

It’s Raining – Irma Thomas (1962, did not chart.  The song was written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym Naomi Neville, his mother’s name.)

 

Ka-Ding Dong – The G-Clefs (1956, #24, with Freddy Cannon on lead guitar)

 

 

A Little Bit Of Soap – The Jarmels (1961, #12, their only Hot 100 hit)

 

I’m Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) – The Ikettes (1962, #19)

 

 

 

Halfway To Paradise – Tony Orlando (1961, #39, his first Hot 100 hit)

 

 * El Paso – Marty Robbins (1959, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1960)

 

Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys (1966, #1)

 

Red Red Wine – Neil Diamond (1968, #62)

 

 

 

Easy Rollin’ – The Rascals (from their 1968 album Once Upon A Dream)

 

 * Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich (1973, #15, Country #1) 

 

 

 

I Think We’re Alone Now – Tommy James & The Shondells (1967, #4)

 

She Is Still A Mystery – The Lovin’ Spoonful (1967, #27)

 

[45] On A Summer Night – The Sugar Canyon (1968, did not chart)

 

 

 

Summer – War (1976, #7, Adult Contemporary #1)

 

I Shall Be Released – The Box Tops (1969, #67, written by Bob Dylan)

 

 * This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ – Ruth Brown (1958, #24, written by Bobby Darin, with King Curtis on sax)

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

 

Beth – KISS (1976, #7)

 

Blame It On Cain – Elvis Costello (from his 1977 debut album My Aim Is True)

 

You’re All I Need To Get By – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968, #7, written by Ashford & Simpson)

 

Happy Together – The Turtles (1967, #1 for three weeks, with Chip Douglas on bass and also as the arranger of the horns and vocals) 

 

 

 * Love Will Keep Us Together – The Captain & Tennille (1975, #1 for four weeks.  In this video, Toni Tennille sings with songwriter Neil Sedaka at the piano while "Captain" Daryl Dragon plays keys behind them.) 

 

 

 

Have I The Right? – The Honeycombs (1964, #5)

 

Down By The Lazy River – The Osmonds (1972, #4)

 

A Rockin’ Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love) – Dinah Washington & Brook Benton (1960, #7)

 

ABC – The Jackson 5 (1970, #1 for two weeks, R&B #1 for four weeks)

 

 

 

Somebody Groovy – The Mamas & The Papas (1966, b-side of California Dreamin’)

 

European Blueboy – The Mamas & The Papas (from their 1971 album People Like Us.  They’d split up 3 years prior but they were contractually obligated to do one more album.  John Phillips produced the album, and wrote almost all of the songs.)

 

Crazy Love – Van Morrison (1970, b-side of Come Running)

 

Everyday – Buddy Holly (1957, b-side of Peggy Sue, with drummer Jerry Allison providing the knee slaps)

 

 

 

Telephone (Won’t You Ring) – Shelley Fabares (1963, #109)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 * Shambala – Three Dog Night (1973, #3)

 

Big Green Pearl – Orpheus (1971, did not chart)

 

The Free Electric Band – Albert Hammond (1973, #48)

 

 * Uptown – Roy Orbison (1960, #72)

 

Let The Water Run Down – Ben E. King (1964, b-side of It’s All Over) 

 

 

 

Will It Go Round In Circles – Billy Preston (1973, #1 for two weeks)

 

 

 

Here I Go Again – Country Joe & The Fish (1969, #106)

 

Love Is What You Make It – The Grass Roots (1973, #55)

 

 

Songbird – Fleetwood Mac (1977, b-side of Dreams)

 

Be Not Too Hard – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (from the 1974 album The Good Earth)

 

Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle (1977, #2 for three weeks)

 

 

 

Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) – The Raspberries (1974, #18)

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

 

Lonely Night (Angel Face) was written by Neil Sedaka, and Love Will Keep Us Together was co-written by Neil Sedaka (along with Howard Greenfield).

 

Congratulations to Tim & Elliot, 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 (Sept 7):  John Simon with a spotlight on Back To School

 

 

 

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