September 14, 2024
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Golden Oldies.
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Here Comes My Baby - The Tremeloes (1967 - #13: song was written by Cat Stevens)
On a Clear Day - The Peddlers (1968 - NR: cover of the Broadway song by British group; a jazzy tune)
Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors (1967 - #4: song made its chart debut on 9/2/67)
Never Comes the Day - The Moody Blues (1969 - #91: from the LP "On the Threshold of a Dream")
Eyes of a New York Woman - B.J. Thomas (1968 - #28: song was written by Mark James, who also wrote "Suspicious Minds")
For the Love of Ivy - Mamas and Papas (1968 - #81: song made its chart debut on 9/14/68)
That's Where I Went Wrong - The Poppy Family (1970 - #29: Susan Jacks was lead singer for the Canadian pop group)
Live - The Merry-Go-Round (1967 - #63: song was later covered by The Bangles on the debut album)
You're the One - The Vogues (1965 - #4: first charting single for the group from Turtle Creek, Pa.)
Don't It Make You Want to Go Home - Joe South w/ the Believers (1969 - #41: South was the total package: singer/songwriter/producer/session musician)
45 Corner
My World Fell Down - Sagittarius (1967 -#70: studio group that included Glen Campbell; song has been called "the best single the Beach Boys never made")
Touch Me - The Doors (1969 - #3: from their "Soft Parade" LP, song made its chart debut on 12/28/68)
Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann (1966 - #29: born Manfred Lubowitz in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mann was the keyboardist for the band; Paul Jones sang lead vocals)
Lady-O - The Turtles (1969 - #78: song was written by Judee Sill, a folk artist who opened for Graham Nash and David Crosby)
7:00 - 8:00: The Birthday Calendar
September 8:
Patsy Cline [Virginia Patterson Hensley] - b. 1932
Brian Cole (The Association) - b. 1942
Sal Valentino (The Beau Brummels) - 82
September 9:
Joe Negroni (The Teenagers) - b. 1940
Otis Redding - b. 1941
Inez Foxx - b. 1942
Luther Simmons, Jr. (The Main Ingredient) - b. 1942
Dee Dee Sharp [Dione LaRue] - 79
Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly) - b. 1946
September 10:
Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night) - 82
Jose Feliciano - 79
Joe Perry (Aerosmith) - 74
September 11:
Charles Patrick (The Monotones) - b. 1938
Bernie Dwyer (Freddie and the Dreamers) - b. 1940
Jack Ely (The Kingsmen) - b. 1943
Dennis Tufano (The Buckinghams) - 78
September 12:
Barry White - b. 1944
Colin Young (The Foundations) - 80
Gerry Beckley (America) - 72
September 13:
David Clayton-Thomas - 83
Peter Cetera - 80
Craig McGregor (Foghat) - b. 1949
September 14:
Ed King (Strawberry Alarm Clock; Lynyrd Skynyrd) - b. 1949
Barry Cowsill - b. 1954
Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline (1957 - #12: Cline was killed in a plane crash in 1963)
Everything That Touches You - The Association (1968 - #10: Brian Cole played and sang bass for the pop group)
You Tell Me Why - The Beau Brummels (1965 - #38: Sal Valentino was the group's lead singer)
I Want You to Be My Girl - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (1956 - #13: Joe Negroni sang baritone for the backing group)
Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding (1967 - #25: song was originally a #6 hit for Ted Lewis in 1933; Redding's version ranks #204/500)
Mockingbird - Inez Foxx (1963 - #7: Foxx's version was a duet with her brother, Charlie; song was later covered by then-married couple Carly Simon and James Taylor)
Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient (1972 - #3: biggest hit for the trio from Harlem)
Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) - Dee Dee Sharp (1962 - #9: follow-up to her hit, "Mashed Potatoes")
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (1968 - #30: we heard the 2:55 single version of the song, the album version clocks in at over 17:00)
Celebrate - Three Dog Night (1970 - #15: the horn section from Chicago backed the trio on this hit)
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano (1968 - #3: his cover of the hit by The Doors)
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith (1975 - #36: Joe Perry was lead guitarist for the rock group; song ranks #408/RS500)
The Book of Love - The Monotones (1958 - #5: Charles Patrick was lead singer for the group and co-wrote the song)
You Were Made for Me - Freddie and the Dreamers (1965 - #21: Bernie Dwyer was the drummer for the British Invasion group)
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen (1963 - #2: song ranks #55/RS500 and is the "world's most recorded rock song"; Jack Ely sang the vocals but was kicked out of the band)
Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) - The Buckinghams (1967 - #12: Dennis Tufano was the lead singer for the Chicago group)
8:00 - 9:00
You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White (1974 - #2: one of several big hits for the soul singer from Galveston, Tx)
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (1969 - #3: Colin Young was the lead singer for the group; it is a tradition to play the song at home football games at the University of Wisconsin)
Sister Golden Hair - America (1975 - #1: Gerry Beckley wrote this hit for the trio; produced by George Martin)
Lisa Listen to Me - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1971 - #73: David Clayton-Thomas was lead singer for the group and co-wrote this minor hit)
*Old Days - Chicago (1975 - #5: Peter Cetera wrote this hit and later had a successful solo career)
Slow Ride - Foghat (1976 - #20: Craig McGregor played bass for the band)
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974 - #8: Ed King co-wrote this hit and be heard doing the count-in to the song)
The Prophecy of Daniel and John the Divine (6-6-6) - The Cowsills (1969 - #75: Barry Cowsill played bass for the family band)
Even the Good Times Are Bad - The Tremeloes (1967 - #36: flip side to "Silence Is Golden" which charted in its own right)
Fakin' It - Simon & Garfunkel (1967 - #23: English folk singer Evelyn Martin provided the spoken line, "Good Morning Mr. Leitch, have you had a busy day?)
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - The Walker Bothers (1966 - #13: the Walker Brothers were not Brothers, nor were they British, which many believed because they traveled actress the pond to find fame)
I Can Hear the Rain - Reparata and the Delrons (1967 - DNC: girl group out of Brooklyn that woulda, coulda, shoulda had more hits)
The Girl I Knew Somewhere - The Monkees (1967 - #39: the flip side to "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You", it was written by Monkee Mike Nesmith but sung by Mickey Dolenz)
Beg, Borrow, and Steal - The Ohio Express (1967 - #29: the story behind this song is complicated, needless to say that after its release the reconstituted band went in a more "bubblegum" direction)
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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