October 5, 2024
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Songs from "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".
Thanks to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Tribute to Kris Kristofferson, who passed away September 28, 2024 at the age of 88. Born June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, TX, Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar who then entered the military and became a helicopter pilot and graduated from Ranger school. His family wanted him to pursue a military career, but he gave it up and moved to Nashville to become a singer/songwriter. His big break came when Johnny Cash performed "Sunday Morning Coming Down" on national TV. Kristofferson was part of the Outlaw Country Movement, which moved away from the smooth Nashville Sound of producers Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley. In addition to his singing and songwriting, he also had a successful acting career.
Why Me - Kris Kristofferson (1973 - #16: his biggest solo hit, the song went to #1 on the Country charts and was a million seller)
For the Good Times - Ray Price (1970 - #11: another #1 country song, it won composer Kristofferson a Grammy for Song of the Year and singer Price a Grammy for Single of the Year.)
Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith (1971 - #8: one of the most successful country singles ever, it won Smith a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and ranks #71 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Country Songs of All Time; Kristofferson offered the song to Dottie West, but she thought the song "too suggestive" and turned it down)
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down - Johnny Cash (1970 - #46: recorded live at the Ryman Theater as part of Cash's TV show, Kristofferson said that this song allowed him to quit working for a living)
Spotlight: Songs from the movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"
Time for Livin' - The Association (1968 - #39: last Top 40 hit for the Los Angeles sunshine pop group)
Out of Time - The Rolling Stones (1975 - #81: orchestral version of song from the "Metamorphosis" LP)
The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin (1968 - #6: the flip side to this single was the Queen of Soul's cover of "I Say a Little Prayer")
Straight Shooter - The Mamas and the Papas (1967 - #130: "B" side to the next song)
Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) - The Mamas and the Papas (1967 - #20: song has been called the group's "last great single")
45 Corner
Me and Bobby McGee - Roger Miller (1969 - #122: last song of tribute to Kris Kristofferson, listeners voted for this original recording of the song he wrote over Janis Joplin's more famous version)
Brother Loves Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond (1969 - #22: song is used in the trailer for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")
Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple (1968 - #38: song was written by Neil Diamond)
7:00 - 8:00: The Birthday Calendar
September 29:
Jerry Lee Lewis - b. 1935
Tommy Boyce - b. 1939
Mike Post - 80
Mark Farner (Grand Funk) - 76
Mike Pinera (Blues Image) - 76
September 30:
Johnny Mathis - 89
Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield) - b. 1942
Frankie Lymon - b. 1942
Marilyn McCoo - 81
Sylvia Peterson (The Chiffons) - b. 1946
Marc Bolan (T. Rex) - b. 1947
October 1:
Richard Harris - b. 1930
Julie Andrews - 89
Barbara Parritt (The Toys) - 80
October 2:
Ron Meagher (The Beau Brummels) - 83
Don McLean - 79
October 3:
Eddie Cochran - b. 1938
Chubby Checker [Ernest Evans] - 83
P.P. Arnold [Patricia Ann Cole] - 78
Lindsay Buckingham - 75
October 4:
Leroy Van Dyke - 95
Marlena Davis (The Orlons) - b. 1944
October 5:
Steve Miller - 81
B.W. Stevenson - b. 1949
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis (1957 - #2: song ranks #96/RS500)
Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (1968 - #27: Boyce and Hart primarily wrote songs for others, including several big hits for The Monkees, but they had a couple of hits themselves)
Bad Time - Grand Funk (1975 - #4: Mark Farner was lead singer for the band and wrote this song, their last to make the Top 10)
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (1970 - #4: Mike Pinera was lead singer for the band from Tampa, FL but left the group in 1969 to join Iron Butterfly)
Misty - Johnny Mathis (1959 - #12: Mathis' cover of this classic made its chart debut on 10/5/59, 65 years ago today)
On the Way Home - Buffalo Springfield (1968 - #82: Canadian-born Dewey Martin was the drummer for the short-lived group)
Little Bitty Pretty One - Frankie Lymon (1960 - #58: Lyman was without his backing group, The Teenagers, for this mid-charter)
Loves Lines, Angles and Rhymes - The 5th Dimension (1970 - #19: Marilyn McCoo's lead vocals highlight the song; later she went solo)
One Fine Day - The Chiffons (1963 - #5: great girl group song that ranks #460/RS500)
Bang a Gong - T. Rex (1972 - #10: Marc Bolan was the driving force behind the glam rock group)
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (1968 - #2: songwriter Jimmy Webb offered this song to The Association, who turned it down; actor Harris was looking for songs to record for an LP and made the song a hit)
A Lover's Concerto - The Toys (1965 - #2: song has been called "the apogee of the girl group sound"; it sold 2 million copies)
Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels (1965 - #15: Ron Meagher was the bass player for the San Francisco group)
8:00 - 9:00
Castles in the Air - Don McLean (1971 - DNC: McLean's first single went nowhere, it was re-released as the B-side to "Vincent" after the success of "American Pie"; McLean would re-record the song in 1981)
C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran (1958 - #35: song ranks #403/RS500)
Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker (1961 - #8: follow-up to his smash hit "The Twist")
The First Cut Is the Deepest - P.P. Arnold (1967 - #18 UK: Arnold had a more successful career in the UK than in her native US)
Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac (1976 - DNC: Lindsay Buckingham wrote the song that leads off the 1975 "Fleetwood Mac" LP; song was released as the B-side to "Say You Love Me")
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke (1961 - #5: song spent 19 weeks at the top of the Country charts)
South Street - The Orlons (1963 - #3: the Philadelphia group recorded on Cameo-Parkway Records, which was also based in the City of Brotherly Love)
Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (1976 - #11: one of the many hits turned out by the band in the 1970s)
My Maria - B.W. Stevenson (1973 - #9: Stevenson co-wrote the song considered "progressive country")
*I Need You - America (1972 - #9: follow-up single to "A Horse With No Name", the song came from the group's first LP)
*I Don't Know How to Love Him - Yvonne Elliman (1971 - #28: single released from the soundtrack to "Jesus Christ Superstar")
It's Happening - Paul Revere and the Raiders (1968 - #58: theme song to American Bandstand style TV show that was hosted by Raiders Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere; one of several songs by the group in the movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")
Choo Choo Train - The Box Tops (1968 - #26: blue-eyed soul from the Memphis group led by Alex Chilton)
The Letter (live) - Joe Cocker (1970 - #7: his cover of the Box Tops hit, recorded live at the Fillmore East)
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968 - #1: song spent 3 weeks at #1 and won Grammys for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Song)
Jenny Take a Ride - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1965 - #10: Ryder has recorded more than 25 albums over four decades)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)
No comments:
Post a Comment