Rockin’ Remnants
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Date: March 8, 2025
Host: Gregory James
Feature: Songs With Baby in the Title
WVBR and The Hangar Theatre are joining forces to celebrate one of our own with a night to remember. The most senior member of the Rockin’ Remnants team of hosts is John Rudan. Over his many years as host, he has set the tone for the show: informal yet informative. We want to invite you to a dance party to celebrate John’s 50 years on WVBR—a party that will feature the debut musical performance of a fantastic new rock and soul band Revival, featuring our own John Simon and some of Ithaca's finest musical veterans. There will be swinging, swaying and music playing on Friday March 28, 2025 at the Hangar Theatre. Tickets at hangartheatre.org/event/wvbr-celebrates-john-rudan/
Birthday Calendar
March 2
Karen Carpenter b. 1950
Lou Reed b. 1942
Lawrence Payton (Four Tops) b. 1938
March 3
Mike Pender (Searchers) 84 years old
March 4
Bobby Womack b. 1944
March 6
Kiki Dee 78 years old
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) 79 years old
Mary Wilson (Supremes) b. 1944
Sam the Sham Samudio 88 years old
Sylvia Robinson (Mickey and Sylvia) b. 1936
March 7
Ernie Isley 73 years old
Peter Wolf 79 years old
Arthur Lee b. 1945
Peggy March 77 years old
March 8
Randy Meisner b. 1946
Mickey Dolenz 80 years old
Rock n’ Roll Trivia
Question: In the 6:00 hour I played three pairs of songs with the same titles. Name one of them.
(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 subsequent dates) unless otherwise noted
* glossary of terms is below the playlist
6:00-7:00
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock n’ Roll—Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 1962 #1
Delbert McClinton played harmonica.
Hey Baby They’re Playing Our Song Buckinghams 1967 #12
Is it just me, or were the Buckinghams trying to sound like the Rascals?
Baby It’s You Shirelles 1962 #8 H100 #3 RB
Written by Burt Bacharach and released on the Scepter label.
B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas 1966 #14 H100 #3 RB
Written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter and released on the Stax label.
* Baby I’m A-Want You Bread 1971 #3
Baby Come Back Player 1978 #1
Based on actual events and people.
Baby Blue Echoes 1961 #12
Written by an assistant high school principal and a music teacher at a Long Island High School. So why is the title spelled BBaby BBlue in the lyrics?
Baby Blue Badfinger 1972 #14
Produced by Todd Rundgren, written by Pete Ham and inspired by a woman named Dixie Armstrong.
Baby Don’t Go Sonny and Cher 1965 #8
According to Cher some musicians from The Wrecking Crew (including Leon Russell) contributed their assistance on the recording for free.
Baby Don’t Go Karla Bonoff 1980 #69
*Maybe Baby Buddy Holly and the Crickets 1958 #17 H100 #4 RB
The record was recorded on September 29, 1957 at the Officer's Club at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City on the same night that Buddy and the Crickets performed in OK City.
Baby Please Don’t Go Them 1965 #102
The guitar riff was probably devised by lead guitarist Billy Harrsion of Them, possibly with contributions by rhythm guitarist Jimmy Page.
Baby Come and Get It Pointer Sisters 1985 #44 H100 #24 RB
This track, written by Cynthia Weill, Barry Mann and James Ingram, was the sixth hit single from the Pointers album “Break Out.”
Baby Hold On Eddie Money 1978 #11
Jimmy Lyon wrote the guitar riff heard throughout the record.
*Rock Your Baby George McRae 1974 #1
George McRae was not intended to be the vocalist on the record, but he was in the studio at the time. Requested by Scottie for Peggy with love.
*Cry Baby Janis Joplin 1971 #42
Great piano work by Richard Bell of the Full Tilt Boogie Band.
7:00-8:00
Baby I Need Your Lovin’ Four Tops 1964 #11
This was the Tops’ first Motown single. The Andantes' soprano backing vocals really put the record over the top.
Your Baby Doesn’t Love You Anymore Carpenters 1983 DNC
A cover of the original by Ruby and the Romantics, the Carpenter’s 1982 version was released in 1984 after Karen Carpenter’s death.
I Love You Suzanne Lou Reed 1984 DNC
Reed called the melody of the song “a cheap D chord.” D is a pretty lousy grade, but I’m not sure how D would qualify as a cheap chord.
Don’t Throw Your Love Away Searchers 1964 #16
Michael Pendergrast sang lead vocal on this record. He has said he came up with the group’s name after watching the John Wayne film of the same name.
Woman’s Gotta Have It Bobby Womack 1972 #60
Bobby Womack and his wife Linda wrote the song with Jackie Wilson in mind.
Step By Step Kiki Dee 1974 DNC
She was the first white British artist to be signed by Motown.
There’s No Way Out of Here David Gilmour 1978 DNC
This was the only single released from Gilmour’s debut solo album. In the late '70s it got a lot of airplay on Album Oriented Rock radio stations—perhaps even the very one you like to listen to these days.
Baby Love Supremes 1964 #1
In this stereo version, the foot stomps at the top travel from one channel to the other.
I Never Had No One Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs 1968 NR
This track gives you a sense of how good Sam Samudio’s voice was when he was not making novelty records.
Love Drops Mickey and Sylvia 1961 #97
Written by Sylvia Robinson.
That Lady Isley Brothers 1973 #6
The Isleys recorded “Who’s That Lady” in 1964 with an R&B approach. Once Ernie and Marvin Isley joined the group, they pivoted to more of a funk style and re-recorded the song as “That Lady.”
He Said She Said Arthur Lee 1972 NR
From his first solo record after Love disbanded. Truly a lost nugget.
Where Did Our Love Go J. Geils Band 1976 #68 
Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love Peggy March 1963 #26
Going Down Mickey Dolenz/Monkees 1967 #104
This was the B-side to “Daydream Believer.”
8:00-9:00
Strangers Randy Meisner and Ann Wilson 1982 NR
Nice album track cover of an obscure Elton John song with Ann Wilson on co-lead vocals and Nancy Wilson on backing vocals.
*Baby, Now That I’ve Found You Foundations 1968 #11
True or false: This song was written in the same Soho pub in which Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital.
Don’t Worry Baby Beach Boys 1964 #24
The song is widely regarded as Brian Wilson’s best vocal performance. It was originally released as the B-side to “I Get Around.”
Baby, Come to Me Patti Austin and James Ingram 1983 #1
When originally released, the track only reached #73. After the soap opera General Hospital used it frequently, the side was re-released and reached #1.
Dream Baby Roy Orbison 1962 #4
Over a five decade career, Cindy Walker wrote scores of country and western and popular songs, including Dream Baby.
Baby I Love You Aretha Franklin 1967 #4 H100 #1 RB
Composer Ronnie Shannon, so the story goes, met Aretha’s husband Ted White by chance in a barbershop.
Cry Like a Baby Box Tops 1968 #2
The instrumentation was by The Memphis Boys, featuring session player Reggie Young on electric sitar.
Be My Baby Ronette Veronica Bennett 1963 #2
Hal Blaine’s famous silent drum beat heard around the world…
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Marvin Gaye 1969 #4 H100 #1 RB
The Andantes do an outstanding job on backing vocals on the top selling R&B single of 1969.
Take Good Care Of My Baby Bobby Vee 1961 #1
The Goffin-King song did not originally contain an introductory verse, but producer Snuff Garret persuaded Carole King to add one.
Since I Lost My Baby Temptations 1965 #17 H100 #4 RB
A Smokey Robinson/Pete Moore composition with instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony.
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby Sam and Dave 1967 #42 H100 #2 RB
The backing musicians were Booker T. and the M.G.s and the Mar-Keys Horns.
There Goes My Baby Drifters 1959 #2 H100 #1 RB
This was Ben E. King’s first lead vocal.
Who Loves You, Baby? Telly Savalas 1975 DNC
Kojak goes disco.
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Chicago 1971 #7
"Does anybody really care?" Every time we adjust our clocks, I think of this song.
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo and Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
“Baby Don’t Go” Sonny and Cher and Karla Bonoff.
“Baby Blue” Badfinger and The Echoes.
“Hey Baby” Bruce Channel and The Buckinghams.
Congratulations to John from Spencer for correctly answering the question and winning a pair of passes to Cinemapolis, downtown Ithaca’s home for first-run, international, independent and local films.
Glossary of Terms:
DNC = did not chart
NR = not released as a single at the time
H100 = Billboard Hot 100
RB = Billboard’s chart of rhythm and blues records
Host March 15, 2025: Kim Vaughan
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