Rockin'
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Date: August 23, 2025
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: theme-free
Birthday Calendar
Aug 17 – Mark Dinning – born in 1933
– Tommy West (Buchanan Brothers) – born in 1942
Aug 18 – Maxine Brown – age 86
– Johnny Preston – born in 1939
Aug 19 – Ginger Baker (Cream) – born in 1939
Aug 20 – Jim Reeves – born in 1923
– Isaac Hayes – born in 1942
– Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) – age 77
Aug 21 – Kenny Rogers (First Edition) – born in 1938
– James Burton (session guitarist) – age 86
– Ernie Maresca – born in 1938 or 1939
– Jackie DeShannon – age 84
Aug 22 – Dale Hawkins – born in 1936 or 1938
– Ron Dante (Archies) – age 80
Aug 23 – Rudy Lewis (Drifters) – born in 1936
– Keith Moon (Who) – born in 1946
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
We’ve heard 3 songs tonight that have had “Blue Boy” or “Blueboy” in the title. Name any 2 of them.
(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)
* Love Train – The O’Jays (1973, #1 on the Hot 100 and four weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)
* Touch Me In The Morning – Diana Ross (1973, #1)
Catch A Falling Star – Perry Como (1958, #1)
Skokiaan (South African Song) – Bill Haley & His Comets (1960, #70, named for a Zulu tribal drink)
Baby You Belong To Me – The Bobbettes
409 – The Beach Boys (1962, #76)
This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ – Ruth Brown (1958, #24)
Don’t Drop Out – Dolly Parton (1966, did not chart)
Sugar Daddy – The Satintones (1960, did not chart, from a brand new record label named Motown)
Dance By The Light Of The Moon – The Olympics (1960, #47)
No Strings Attached – The Mad Lads (1969, b-side of their version of By The Time I Get To Phoenix)
Lonely Blue Boy – Conway Twitty (1959, reached #6 in early 1960)
The Climb – The Coasters (1962, did not chart)
Got To Get You Off My Mind – Solomon Burke (1965, #22, R&B #1)
The Kind Of Girl I Could Love (alternate mix) – The Monkees
Snap Your Fingers – Joe Henderson (1962, #8)
Sweet Touch Of Love – Allen Toussaint (1970, did not chart)
Just A Little Bit – Rosco Gordon (1960, #64)
7-8pm
Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports – Mark Dinning (1961, #81)
The Feelin’ That I Get – The Buchanan Brothers (1969, b-side of The Last Time)
Whatever Happened To Our Love – Maxine Brown (recorded sometime in the 1960s, but not released until it started appearing on compilations in the 1990s)
Let’s Leave It That Way – Johnny Preston (1962, did not chart)
Cat’s Squirrel – Cream (from their 1966 debut album Fresh Cream)
Blue Boy – Jim Reeves (1958, #45)
Do Your Thing – Isaac Hayes (1972, #30)
D’yer Mak’er – Led Zeppelin (1973, #20)
But You Know I Love You – The First Edition (1969, #19)
Believe What You Say – Ricky Nelson (1958, #4, the first of his singles to have James Burton on lead guitar)
Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) – Ernie Maresca (1962, #6, his only Billboard Hot 100 song as a performer, but he wrote some big hits such as Runaround Sue and The Wanderer)
Put A Little Love In Your Heart – Jackie DeShannon (1969, #4)
Susie-Q – Dale Hawkins (1957, #27, with James Burton on guitar. The tune was reportedly written by Burton with lyrics by Hawkins, but Burton didn’t get any songwriting credits.)
Sunshine – The Archies (1970, #57)
8-9pm
Please Stay – The Drifters (1961, #14)
The Kids Are Alright – The Who (1966, #106)
Look At Me – Dobie Gray (1963, #91)
European Blueboy – The Mamas & The Papas (from their final album People Like Us, which they recorded to fulfill their contract in 1971, three years after the group broke up)
I Feel Good All Over – Sam Butera & The Witnesses (1962, did not chart)
Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad (About My Baby) – The Cookies (1963, #7)
I’m A Train – Albert Hammond (1974, #31)
Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) – The Raspberries (1974, #18)
Brink Of Disaster – Lesley Gore (1967, #82)
I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles (1973, #38)
Sweet Surrender – Bread (1972, #15, Adult Contemporary #1)
I Can’t Stay Mad At You – Skeeter Davis (1963, #7)
One Tin Soldier, The Legend Of Billy Jack – Coven (they released 2 versions of the song that had previously charted for The Original Caste. Coven’s two versions charted on the Hot 100 a total of 3 times in 1971 and 1973, with the most successful in 1971 at #26.)
A Long Way From Home – The Kinks (from their 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
We heard “Lonely Blue Boy” by Conway Twitty, “Blue Boy” by Jim Reeves, and “European Blueboy” by The Mamas And The Papas.
Congratulations to Dave from Dryden, for correctly answering the question and winning two passes to Cinemapolis!
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 (Aug 30): Gregory James with a spotlight on Amazing Album Cuts and Surprising B-Sides
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