August 9, 2025
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Replay of Rockin' Remnants show, November 28, 2009 with JR, JS, and JH.
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
JH's first ever stint on Rockin' Remnants came after winning the Big Box of 45's, which came with a guest spot on the show. JR and JS were co-hosts that night, November 28, 2009, and they recorded a CD of the show, which had a theme of every 45 being on a different record label.
Lowdown - Chicago (1971 - #35: from the LP Chicago III)
Friends - Elton John (1971 - #34: from the soundtrack LP to the movie of the same name)
Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion (1971 - #7: group was a one-hit wonder)
Smile a Little Smile for Me, Rosemarie - The Flying Machine (1969 - #5: one-hit wonder British group)
We Gotta Get You a Woman - Todd Rundgren (1971 - #20: his first hit as a solo artist after leaving the group Nazz)
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - The Casinos (1967 - #6: another one-hit wonder, this one from Cincinnati)
Little Ol' Man - Bill Cosby (1967 - #4: his only single to break the Top 40)
Popsicles and Icicles - The Murmaids (1963 - #3: song was written by David Gates, future leader of the group Bread)
There Stands the Door - We Five (1966 - NR: song was released on 2009 CD retrospective of the folk-rock group)
You Were on My Mind - Barry McGuire (1965 - NR: his cover of the classic song that came off his LP that featured "Eve of Destruction")
Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone David (1969 - #5: his biggest hits were recorded for Dakar Records)
Shilo - Neil Diamond (1967 - NR: song was relegated to an LP track for Bang Records and led to a dispute between Diamond and Bang founder Bert Berns resulting in Diamond signing with Uni Records, which released a new, charting version of the song in 1970)
Look to Your Soul - Johnny Rivers (1968 - #49: a more introspective sound than his early hits)
Where Will the Words Come From - Gary Lewis and the Playboys (1967 - #21: song made its chart debut on 12/17/66)
Oh-Oh I'm Falling in Love Again - Jimmy Rodgers (1958 - #7: Rodgers would sing the TV jingle in 1965 when the song was adapted to sell SpaghettiOs)
The Ways of a Woman in Love - Johnny Cash (1958 - #24: song was co-written by Charlie Rich)
Shape of Things to Come - Max Frost and the Troopers (1968 - #22: studio group that recorded the tune for the movie Wild in the Streets)
Bend Me, Shape me - The American Breed (1968 - #5: song made its chart debut on 12/2/67 for the Chicago band)
Shapes of Things - The Yardbirds (1966 - #11: song during the Jeff Beck-era of the group has been called the first psychedelic rock classic)
The Birthday Calendar
Background Song: "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles and Company - song reached #2 in 1968 and was a million-seller. "Mrs. Robinson" kept the song, which was recorded without Nobles in the studio, out of the top spot.
August 3:
Tony Bennett [Anthony Benedetto] - b. 1926
Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) - 84
Morris "B.B." Dickerson (War) - b. 1949
Johnny Graham (Earth, Wind, & Fire) - 74
August 4:
Louis Armstrong - b. 1901
Elsbeary Hobbs (The Drifters) - b. 1936
Frankie Ford [Guzzo] - b. 1939
Cliff Nobles - b. 1941
Paul Layton (The New Seekers) - 78
August 5:
Sammi Smith - b. 1943
Rick Derringer [Zehringer] - b. 1947
August 6:
Paul Griffin - b. 1937
August 7:
Herb Reed (The Platters) - b. 1928
B.J. Thomas - b. 1942
Tim Renwick (The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver) - 76
August 8:
Webb Pierce - b. 1921
Mel Tillis - b. 1932
Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington, Jr.] - b. 1933
August 9:
Billy Henderson (The Spinners) - b. 1939
Wanda Young (The Marvelettes) - b. 1943
Barbara Mason - 78
In the Middle of an Island - Tony Bennett (1957 - #9: Bennett's career pre-dates the rock'n'roll era, but he charted 31 singles between 1955-67)
Foolish Little Girl - The Shirelles (1963 - #4: group formed in junior high school in Passaic, N.J.)
Low Rider - War (1975 - #7: Morris Dickerson was the band's bass player)
Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind, & Fire (1976 - #21: Johnny Graham played lead and rhythm guitar as well as trumpet for the group from 1973-81)
Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong (1956 - #20: from New Orleans, Armstrong was a pioneer in the evolution of jazz in the 1920's)
There Goes My Baby - The Drifters (1959 - #2: song ranks #193/RS500; Elvis' "Big Hunk O' Love" kept it from #1)
Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford (1959 - #14: song was written by Huey "Piano" Smith and Ford's vocals were dubbed over Smith's backing track)
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony) - The New Seekers (1972 - #7: Paul Layton played bass and sang lead for the group)
Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith (1971 - #8: song was written by Kris Kristofferson and won Smith Grammys for Best Country Song and Country Female Vocal)
Hang on Sloopy - The McCoys (1965 - #1: Rick Zehringer was 17 years old when he recorded the song, co-written by Bang Records' Bert Berns; it is the official rock song of the state of Ohio)
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Bob Dylan (1966 - DNC: song was released as the B-side of "I Want You" with Paul Griffin providing piano parts; Griffin's session work includes playing on the song "American Pie")
Enchanted - The Platters (1959 - #12: song was used in the TV show "Breaking Bad")
The Eyes of a New York Woman - B.J. Thomas (1968 - #28: in the mid-'70s Thomas became a Christian gospel singer)
Arms of Mary - The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver (1976 - #81: song made the Top Ten in the U.K.)
I Ain't Never - Webb Pierce (1959 - #24: country cross-over that was written by Mel Tillis)
Show Me - Joe Tex (1967 - #35: Tex wrote the hit song from the LP of the same name)
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel (1978 - #24: from his classic LP "The Stranger", drummer "Liberty" DeVitto talked Joel into changing the tune from a reggae beat to a shuffle beat because DeVitto hated reggae; song was inspired by Joel's high school love interest, Virginia Callahan, and its subject matter caused the song to be banned by the Catholic Church)
They Just Can't Stop It the (Games People Play) - The Spinners (1975 - #5: song made its chart debut on 8/9/75)
Don't Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes (1966 - #7: Wanda Young became the lead singer for the group in 1965)
Yes I'm Ready - Barbara Mason (1965 - #5: Mason wrote this song, her first charting single)
*Wear Your Love Like Heaven - Donovan (1967 - #23: Donovan accompanied the Beatles to India in 1968 and taught John Lennon a finger-picking guitar style)
Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond (1969 - #22: "Hot August Night ...")
Smoke from a Distant Fire - Sanford/Townsend Band (1977 - #9: inspired by this past week's Canadian wildfires)
There's a Moon Out Tonight - The Capris (1961 - #3: song made its chart debut on 12/31/60; inspired by today's full Sturgeon moon)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)
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