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Date: August 2, 2025
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: 1963
Birthday Calendar
Jul 27 – Bobbie Gentry – age 81 or 83
Jul 28 – Jonathan Edwards – age 79
Jul 29 – Jim Stewart (co-founder of Stax) – born in 1930
Jul 30 – Paul Anka – age 84
– Jimmy Cliff – age 81
Jul 31 – Lobo (Kent Lavoie) – age 82
– Gary Lewis – age 79 or 80
Aug 1 – Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) – born in 1942
Aug 2 – Andrew Gold – born in 1951
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
In the first hour of the show, we heard a song from this week in 1963 called “Hootenanny” by The Glencoves. There was another song on this week’s chart that also had the word “hootenanny” in the title. What was the full name of that song?
(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)
Wipe Out – The Surfaris (#5 this week in 1963)
(You’re The) Devil In Disguise – Elvis Presley (#4 this week)
Surf City – Jan & Dean (#3 this week, having just spent two weeks at #1. Brian Wilson helps with backing vocals on this one.)
Fingertips (Pt 2) – Little Stevie Wonder (#2 this week, it would spend the next three weeks at #1, and would spend six weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)
So Much In Love – The Tymes (#1 this week, its sole week at the top)
Easier Said Than Done – The Essex (#7 this week. It had spent two weeks at #1 on both the Hot 100 and the R&B chart.)
You Can Never Stop Me Loving You – Johnny Tillotson (bubbling under at #118 this week, it would eventually reach #18)
The Kind Of Boy You Can’t Forget – The Raindrops (bubbling under at #128 this week, it would eventually reach #17. The Raindrops consisted of songwriting husband-and-wife team Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.)
Pride And Joy – Marvin Gaye (#14 this week, with Martha & The Vandellas providing backing vocals)
From Me To You – The Beatles (debuted this week in 1963 at #125 on the Bubbling Under chart – it would stay bubbling under for two more weeks and then fall off entirely. But it would chart again in the spring of 1964, much higher that time!)
It's My Party – Lesley Gore (#50 this week, after having spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 and three weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)
Will Power – The Cookies (peaked this week at #72)
If I Had A Hammer – Trini Lopez (#58 this week)
Green, Green – The New Christy Minstrels (#21 this week)
Hootenanny – The Glencoves (peaked this week at #38)
The Martian Hop – The Ran-Dells (this one-hit wonder debuted this week at #93, it would eventually reach #16)
Do The Monkey – King Curtis (bubbling under at #121 this week, co-written by Bobby Darin)
Dancin’ Holiday – The Olympics (#88 this week)
7-8pm
Let It Be Me – Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell (1969, #36, one of several versions of the song to chart on the Hot 100)
Sunshine – Jonathan Edwards (1972, #4)
Chinese Checkers – Booker T & The MGs (#92 this week in 1963, one of many soulful songs to come from Stax Records)
Love Me Warm And Tender – Paul Anka (1962, #12)
You Can Get It If You Really Want – Jimmy Cliff (1973, b-side of The Harder They Come)
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo – Lobo (1971, #5)
Green Grass – Gary Lewis & The Playboys (1966, #8)
Sugar Magnolia – The Grateful Dead (1973, #91)
That’s Why I Love You – Andrew Gold (1976, #68)
* Every Time I Think Of You – The Babys (1979, #13)
* I Can’t Let Go – The Hollies (1966, #42)
Birthday Party – The Pixies Three (bubbling under at #130 this week, it would reach #40)
Indian Lake – The Cowsills (1968, #10, in anticipation of Women Swimmin’ across Cayuga Lake to raise money for Hospicare - you can donate at https://womenswimmin.org/)
Little Star – The Elegants (1958, #1 on the Hot 100 and R&B charts)
It’s Only Make Believe – Conway Twitty (1958, #1 for two weeks)
8-9pm
Surfer Girl – The Beach Boys (debuting at #85 this week, it would peak at #7)
Surfin’ Hootenanny – Al Casey With The K-C-Ettes (#59 this week)
Six Days On The Road – Dave Dudley (#32 this week. He didn’t have many crossover hits, but he was very successful on the Country chart, with 41 hits.)
My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels (debuted at #75 this week, would later spend three weeks at #1)
I Want To Stay Here – Steve & Eydie (#66 this week)
My True Confession – Brook Benton (#26 this week)
Just One Look – Doris Troy (#10 this week, a one-hit wonder)
Mockingbird – Inez & Charlie Foxx (#27 this week, on its way up to #7)
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave – Martha & The Vandellas (debuted at #82 this week, would reach #4 on the Hot 100 and would spend four weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)
The Lonely Surfer – Jack Nitzsche (still bubbling under at #117 this week, it would climb to #39)
Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home – Darlene Love (#62 this week)
Ring My Bell – Anita Ward (1979, spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 and five weeks at #1 on the R&B chart)
That Lady (Part 1) – The Isley Brothers (1973, #6)
Me And Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin (1971, #1 for two weeks. Two years earlier, Roger Miller was on the Country chart with his version of the song.)
Don’t Say Goodnight And Mean Goodbye – The Shirelles (#29 this week)
Goodnight My Love – The Fleetwoods (#39 this week)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
“Surfin’ Hootenanny” by Al Casey With The K-C-Ettes was the other “hootenanny” song on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
(One of the incorrect guesses was "Holiday Hootenanny", which was a real song from Paul & Paula in 1963, but which was not on this week's chart. That one is essentially "Jingle Bells".)
Congratulations to Pete from Enfield, 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 9): Jan Hunsinger with a look back at his 2009 evening as a guest host
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