Oct 11, 2025 - KV - 1967

 

  

 

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Date:  October 11, 2025

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  1967

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

Oct 5   – Steve Miller – age 82

            – B.W. Stevenson – born in 1949

 

Oct 6   – Millie Small – born in 1946 or 1947

            – Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) – age 74

 

Oct 7   – Dino Valenti (Quicksilver Messenger Service) – born in 1937

            – Kevin Godley (10cc) – age 80

            – John Cougar Mellencamp – age 74

 

Oct 8   – Tony Wilson (Hot Chocolate) – age 78

            – Robert “Kool” Bell (Kool & The Gang) – age 75

 

Oct 9   – O.V. Wright – born in 1939

            – John Lennon (Beatles) – born in 1940

            – Jackson Browne – age 77

 

Oct 10   – Ivory Joe Hunter – born in 1914

            – David Lee Roth (Van Halen) – age 71

 

Oct 11   – Daryl Hall (Hall & Oates) – age 79

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

The song we’re about to hear, from this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, was written by one of the people on this week’s birthday calendar, although it’s being performed by a different group.  Which birthday person wrote this song?  Hint:  You can answer with any of the 3 names this person used.  (The Youngbloods’ version of “Get Together” begins to play…) 

 

(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)

 

The Letter – The Box Tops (in its 4th and final week at #1, this week in 1967)

 

How Can I Be Sure – The Young Rascals (#8 this week)

 

Soul Man – Sam & Dave (#10 this week)

 

 

 

Ode To Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry (#5 this week, having recently spent 4 weeks at #1.  It would chart again in 1976, both in its original version and as a re-recording.)

 

Never My Love – The Association (in its 2nd week at #2 this week.  It would not reach #1 -- To Sir With Love was poised to take that spot.)

 

Come Back When You Grow Up – Bobby Vee And The Strangers (#7 this week)

 

   

 

I Dig Rock And Roll Music – Peter, Paul & Mary (#17 this week)

 

You Know What I Mean – The Turtles (#45 this week, on its way down from a peak at #12)

 

The Rain, The Park, And Other Things – The Cowsills (#48 this week and climbing; it would eventually spend 2 weeks at #2)

 

 

 

Groovin’ – Booker T And The MGs (#26 this week.  Their version peaked at #21, compared to the version by The Young Rascals which had spent 4 weeks at #1 earlier that year.)

 

Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song) – The Buckinghams (#12 this week)

 

Incense And Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock (#34 this week)

 

  

 

Brink Of Disaster – Lesley Gore (bubbling under at #113 this week; it would peak at #82)

 

 * Any Way You Want It – The Dave Clark Five (1964, peaked at #14 in early 1965)

 

 

 

 * Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – Elton John (1974, spent 2 weeks at #2)

 

 * Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane (1967, #5, their first Hot 100 hit)

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

Something To Believe In – The Steve Miller Band (1973, the non-charting b-side of The Joker)

 

My Maria – B.W. Stevenson (1973, #9, #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)

 

My Boy Lollipop – Millie Small (1964, #2)

 

Roll With The Changes – REO Speedwagon (1978, #58.  Birthday celebrant Kevin Cronin wrote, sang lead, and co-produced it.)

 

 

 

Fresh Air – Quicksilver Messenger Service (1970, #49.  Dino Valenti wrote the lyrics (under the name Jesse Oris Farrow) and sang lead.)

 

I’m Not In Love – 10cc (1975, #2 for 3 weeks.  It was reportedly the idea of birthday celebrant Kevin Godley to use their voices as the instrumentation.)

 

    

 

I Need A Lover – John Cougar (1979, #28, his first Hot 100 hit, and he was using the name John Cougar at the time.  If you look for this in a record store now, look under John Mellencamp.) 

 

You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate (1975, reached #3 in early 1976, cowritten by birthday celebrant Tony Wilson)

 

 

 

Too Hot – Kool & The Gang (1980, #5)

 

You’re Gonna Make Me Cry – O.V. Wright (1965, #86)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

Imagine – John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (1971, #3)

 

Here Come Those Tears Again – Jackson Browne (1977, #23)

 

 

 

Since I Met You Baby – Ivory Joe Hunter (1956, #12, R&B #1)

 

Dance The Night Away – Van Halen (1979, #15)

 

Soldering – Hall & Oates (1976, the non-charting b-side of Sara Smile)

 

 * Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream (1968, #5.  It peaked at #36, then fell off the chart, then re-entered the chart a few months later and made it up to the Top Ten.) 

 

 

 

 * Shades Of Gray – The Monkees (from their 1967 album Headquarters; written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)

 

Get Together – The Youngbloods (peaked this week in 1967 at #62, then charted again in 1969 and reached #5)

 

Wake Up, Wake Up – The Grass Roots (bubbling under at #107 this week, it would peak at #68)

 

   

 

Funky Broadway – Wilson Pickett (#21 this week)

 

People Are Strange – The Doors (#23 this week)

 

 

 

(It Looks Like) I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Tom Jones (#51 this week)

 

Pata Pata – Miriam Makeba (#73 this week, it would eventually peak at #12) 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

“Get Together” was written by Chet Powers, also known as Dino Valenti, also known as Jesse Oris Farrow.  The cover version by The Youngbloods was on our spotlight chart tonight.

 

Congratulations to Donna 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 (Oct 18):  Gregory James

 

 

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