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March 8, 2025 - GJ - Songs with "Baby" in the Title

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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.

Bruce Channel, Delbert McClinton, and ...

Hey Baby They’re Playing Our Song   Buckinghams  1967  #12

Is it just me, or were the Buckinghams trying to sound like the Rascals?  

Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song ...

Baby It’s You Shirelles   1962   #8 H100  #3 RB

Written by Burt Bacharach and released on the Scepter label.

song by Bacharach, David and Williams ...

B-A-B-Y  Carla Thomas   1966  #14 H100  #3 RB

Written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter and released on the Stax label.

B-A-B-Y - Wikipedia

* Baby I’m A-Want You   Bread   1971  #3

Baby I'm-a Want You (song) - Wikipedia

Baby Come Back Player   1978  #1

Based on actual events and people.

Player – Baby Come Back Lyrics | Genius ...

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 - The Echoes - YouTube

Baby Blue    Badfinger    1972   #14

Produced by Todd Rundgren, written by Pete Ham and inspired by a woman named Dixie Armstrong.

Badfinger – Baby Blue – Vinyl (7 ...

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 - Wikipedia

Baby Don’t Go Karla Bonoff   1980  #69

Karla Bonoff…Deserved More Success ...

*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.

For Buddy Holly, Tinker was studio

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.

1964. Van Morrison, vocals, tenor sax ...

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.”

Pointer Sisters – Baby Come And Get It ...

Baby Hold On Eddie Money   1978  #11

Jimmy Lyon wrote the guitar riff heard throughout the record.

Baby Hold On - Wikipedia

*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.

George Mc Crae – Rock Your Baby – Vinyl ...

*Cry Baby  Janis Joplin  1971   #42

Great piano work by Richard Bell of the Full Tilt Boogie Band.

Tilt Boogie Band, 1970 ...

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.

LOUVAIN DEMPS OF THE ANDANTES ...

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.

When did Carpenters release “Your Baby ...

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.

Certain Songs #978: Lou Reed - "I Love ...

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.

Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away ...

Woman’s Gotta Have It   Bobby Womack  1972  #60

Bobby Womack and his wife Linda wrote the song with Jackie Wilson in mind.

Bobby Womack Obituary: Soul Legend Dead ...

Step By Step    Kiki Dee   1974   DNC

She was the first white British artist to be signed by Motown.

KIKI DEE - STEP BY STEP (LIVE) - YouTube

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.

DAVID GILMOUR There's No Way Out of ...

Baby Love   Supremes   1964  #1

In this stereo version, the foot stomps at the top travel from one channel to the other.

The Number Ones: The Supremes' “Baby Love”

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.  

Sam Samudio | SecondHandSongs

Love Drops Mickey and Sylvia   1961  #97

Written by Sylvia Robinson.

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.”

Isley brothers - Who's that lady [1973 ...

He Said She Said   Arthur Lee    1972    NR

From his first solo record after Love disbanded. Truly a lost nugget.

Interview: Love's Arthur Lee - "I was ...

Where Did Our Love Go    J. Geils Band  1976 #68     J. Geils Band – Where Did Our Love Go ...

Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love    Peggy March   1963  #26

Little Peggy March – Hello Heartache ...

Going Down   Mickey Dolenz/Monkees   1967  #104

This was the B-side to “Daydream Believer.”

Goin' Down (The Monkees song) - Wikipedia

 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.

Randy Meisner (1982 album) - Wikipedia

*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.

song and lyrics by The Foundations ...

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.”

The Beach Boys' Documentary ...

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.

Patti Austin & James Ingram ...

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.

Sun RCA & Monument 1956-1962 Singles ...

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.

Baby I Love You (Aretha Franklin song ...

Cry Like a Baby   Box Tops   1968  #2

The instrumentation was by The Memphis Boys, featuring session player Reggie Young on electric sitar.

Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson, dies ...

Be My Baby Ronette Veronica Bennett   1963  #2

Hal Blaine’s famous silent drum beat heard around the world…

Hal Blaine Dies: Ringo Starr & More Pay ...

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.

Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston in Studio A ...

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.

Take Good Care of My Baby - Wikipedia

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.

Since I Lost My Baby - Wikipedia

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.

BABY ORIGINAL 1967 RECORD ITALY ...

There Goes My Baby   Drifters   1959  #2 H100  #1 RB

This was Ben E. King’s first lead vocal.

Drifters - There Goes My Baby - Amazon ...

Who Loves You, Baby? Telly Savalas  1975  DNC

Kojak goes disco.

Telly Savalas - Who loves ya baby 1975 ...

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.

Germany 1970 ...

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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