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Rockin' Remnants



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Date:  March 15, 2025

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  oldies

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

Mar 9   – Lloyd Price – born in 1933

            – Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & The Raiders) – age 83

 

Mar 10   – Dean Torrence (Jan & Dean) – born in 85

            – Tom Scholz (Boston) – age 78

 

Mar 12   – James Taylor – age 77

 

Mar 13   – Neil Sedaka – age 86

 

Mar 14   – Lee Hays (Weavers, songwriter) – born in 1914

            – Quincy Jones (musician, producer) – born in 1933

 

Mar 15   – Howard Greenfield (songwriter) – born in 1936

            – Sly Stone – age 82

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

To celebrate songwriter Howard Greenfield’s birthday, we heard two #1 songs that he co-wrote (Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool and Love Will Keep Us Together).  We secretly heard another #1 song that was co-written by Howard Greenfield earlier in the birthday calendar – what was it? 

 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)

 

 

 

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)

 

But I Do – Clarence “Frogman” Henry (1961, #4) 

 

 

 

A Little Bit Of Soap – The Jarmels (1961, #12)

 

 

 

Cara Mia – Jay & The Americans (1965, #4)

 

Please Stay – The Drifters (1961, #14)

 

Cool Jerk – The Capitols (1966, #7)

 

 

 

 * Windy – The Association (1967, #1 for four weeks)

 

A Sign Of The Times – Petula Clark (1966, #11)

 

 

 

Dream Lover – Bobby Darin (1959, #2)

 

Don’t You Just Know It – Huey “Piano” Smith & The Clowns (1958, #9)

 

Spring – Birdlegs & Pauline & Their Versatility Birds (1963, #94)

 

 

 

Springtime In My Heart – Bob Collins & The Diamond (1961, written by Joe South)

 

 * That’s The Way I Feel About Cha – Bobby Womack (1971, #27)

 

 * Nothing But A Heartache – The Flirtations (1969, #34)

 

 

 

 * Hello Stranger – Barbara Lewis (1963, #3)

 

It’s Love – Robin Clark (1961, did not chart in the U.S.)

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

Personality – Lloyd Price (1959, #2 for three weeks, R&B #1 for four weeks)

 

Silver Bird – Mark Lindsay (1970, #25)

 

Surf City – Jan & Dean (1963, #1 for two weeks)

 

 

 

Peace Of Mind – Boston (1977, #38)

 

Fire And Rain – James Taylor (1970, #3, his first Hot 100 hit)

 

 

 

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Neil Sedaka (1962, #1 for two weeks)

 

 * If I Had A Hammer – Trini Lopez (1963, #3, co-written by Lee Hays)

 

  

 

It’s My Party – Lesley Gore (1963, #1 for two weeks, R&B #1 for three weeks.  When Quincy Jones brought some demos to her as they were beginning to work together, this was the only one they both liked.)

 

Everyday People – Sly & The Family Stone (1968, spent four weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 in early 1969 and two weeks at #1 on the R&B chart) 

 

 

 

Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool – Connie Francis (1960, #1 for two weeks)

 

Love Will Keep Us Together – The Captain & Tennille (1975, #1 for four weeks)

 

 

 

 * New York State Of Mind – Billy Joel (from his 1976 album Turnstiles)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 * Bernadette – The Four Tops (1967, #4) 

 

 

 

 * Closer To Home (I’m Your Captain) – Grand Funk Railroad (1970, #22)

 

 * 409 – The Beach Boys (1962, #76)

 

 * I Hear A Symphony – The Supremes (1965, #1 for two weeks) 

 

 

 

 * Hot Rod Lincoln – Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen (1972, #9)

 

Me About You – The Turtles (from their 1967 album Happy Together, and the single bubbled under at #105 in 1970)

 

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

 

 

 

I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better – The Byrds (1965, #103)

 

What’s The Matter With You Baby – Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells (1964, #17)

 

Dizzy – Tommy Roe (1969, #1 for four weeks)

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Spring Fever – Elvis Presley (from his 1965 film Girl Happy)

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

 

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do was another #1 song co-written by Howard Greenfield.  Neil Sedaka co-wrote that one with him, and the two of them co-wrote Love Will Keep Us Together as well.

 

Congratulations to Kathleen from Dryden, 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 (March 22):  Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on March 20, 1965

 

 

 

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