October 25, 2025
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Golden Oldies
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
I Got a Line on You - Spirit (1969 - #25: uptempo tune has been called the "definitive rock song")
Playgirl - Thee Prophets (1969 - #49: Milwaukee group whose biggest song does not qualify them as a one-hit wonder as it did not make the Top 40)
Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In) - The First Edition (1968 - #5: first charting single for the group which included Kenny Rogers; for their third single, his name would precede the group)
13 Questions - Seatrain (1970 - #49: from the first LP that George Martin produced post-Beatles)
Rock Me on the Water - Jackson Browne (1972 - #48: we heard the mono single version of the song, which differs from the LP version; David Crosby provided backing vocals)
*Rocky Mountain High - John Denver (1973 - #9: one of Denver's signature songs and a state song of Colorado, it was banned on some stations for promoting drug use)
Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners (1959 - #12: first charting single for the Pittsburgh trio)
Welcome Me Love - The Brooklyn Bridge (1969 - #48: lead singer was Johnny Maestro, who in the '50s was lead singer for The Crests)
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher (1966 - #2: one of her biggest selling singles, but it was kept out of the #1 spot by the Righteous Brothers' "Soul and Inspiration")
Don't Let Go - Roy Hamilton (1958 - #13: Down Beat magazine named Hamilton "Vocalist of the Year" in 1955)
Jennifer Tompkins - The Street People (1970 - #36: studio group that included Rupert Holmes; we heard the original version, not the re-mastered one)
Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (1970 - #6: her cover of the Laura Nyro song)
45 Corner
Carolina in My Mind - James Taylor (1969 - #118; 1970 - #67: the original version recorded in London on Apple Records when Taylor was feeling homesick; Paul McCartney played bass and George Harrison provided backing vocals; Taylor re-recorded the song for his 1976 "Greatest Hits" LP and that is the version most people know)
5-D (Fifth Dimension) - The Byrds (1966 - #44: Roger McGuinn wrote the song as an attempt to explain Einstein's Theory of Relativity, but some interpreted the psychedelic lyrics as drug references and some radio stations banned the song)
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan (1975 - #31: song ranks #68/RS500 and is off Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" LP)
7:00 - 8:00 - The Birthday Calendar
Background Song: Time Is Tight - Booker T. and the MGs (1969 - #6)
October 19th:
Dave Guard (The Kingston Trio) - b. 1934
Larry Chance [Figueiredo] (The Earls) - b. 1940
George McCrae - 81
Gloria Jones - 80
Jeannie C. Riley - 80
Wilbert Hall (The Delfonics) - 78
Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) - 77
October 20th:
Wanda Jackson - 88
Jay Siegel (The Tokens) - 86
October 21st:
Norman Wright (The Dell-Vikings) - b. 1937
Manfred Mann [Michael Lubowitz] - 85
Steve Cropper (Booker T. and the MGs) - 84
Elvin Bishop - 83
Ron Elliott (The Beau Brummels) - 82
Kathy Young - 80
Lee Loughnane (Chicago) - 79
October 22nd:
Ray Jones (Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas) - b. 1939
Bobby Fuller - b. 1942
Eddie Brigati (The Rascals) - 80
Leslie West [Weinstein] - b. 1945
October 23rd:
Charlie Foxx - b. 1939
Ellie Greenwich - b. 1940
Freddie Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) - b. 1940
Barbara Ann Hawkins (The Dixie Cups) - 82
October 24th:
The Big Bopper [J.P. Richardson] - b. 1930
Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones) - 89
Dale Griffin (Mott the Hoople) - b. 1948
October 25th:
Helen Reddy - b. 1941
Jon Anderson (Yes) - 81
Mary Katherine "Taffy" [Nivert] Danoff - 81
Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio (1958 - #1: song won a Grammy for Best Country Record)
Remember Then - The Earls (1963 - #24: song made its chart debut on 12/15/62)
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae (1974 - #1: song spent two weeks at the top of the charts)
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones (1965 - DNC: Jones was known as the "Queen of Northern Soul" in the UK and was driving the car in which T. Rex's Marc Bolan was killed; Glen Campbell played guitar on the song)
Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (1968 - #1: song was written by Tom T. Hall and won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Female; Jerry Kennedy played the Dobro guitar)
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics (1970 - #10: song won the Grammy for R&B Vocal Group)
China Grove - The Doobie Brothers (1973 - #15: song has a distinctive opening guitar riff)
Let's Have a Party - Wanda Jackson (1960 - #37: known as the "Queen of Rockabilly", Jackson dated Elvis Presley for a time)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens (1961-2 - #1: song reached #1 on 12/18/61 and remained there until 1/13/62)
Come Go With Me - The Dell-Vikings (1957 - #4: Norman Wright was lead singer for the hit song which ranks #441/RS500)
Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann (1966 - #29: Mann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa)
Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop (1976 - #3: Bishop played guitar on the song, which was sung by Mickey Thomas of Starship)
Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels (1965 - #15: first charting single for the group, which marked the beginning of the San Francisco sound; Ron Elliott wrote the song and was the group's lead singer and guitarist)
A Thousand Stars - Kathy Young and the Innocents (1960 - #3: song was originally a hit for The Rivileers in 1954)
Questions 67 & 68 - Chicago (1969 - #71; 1971 - #24: Lee Loughnane played trumpet and flugelhorn for the group)
Bad to Me - Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas (1964 - #9: song was written for the band by Lennon and McCartney)
8:00 - 9:00 - Still More Birthdays!
I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four (1966 - #9: song ranks #175/RS500)
How Can I Be Sure - The Young Rascals (1967 - #4: Eddie Brigati sang lead vocals for this song when the group was still "Young")
Mississippi Queen - Mountain (1970 - #21: Leslie West co-wrote and played lead guitar on the song with the distinctive cowbell intro)
Mockingbird - Charlie and Inez Foxx (1963 - #7: pair were brother and sister; song was later covered by Carly Simon and James Taylor when they were married)
You Don't Know - Ellie Greenwich (1965 - DNC: Greenwich was known as the "Queen of the Demos" and co-wrote dozens of hit singles)
Ferry Cross the Mersey - Gerry and the Pacemakers (1965 - #6: Freddie Marsden was the drummer for the group and brother to Gerry)
Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups (1965 - #20: song originated in a studio jam session with group members using drumsticks on a chair, an ashtray, and a Coke bottle)
Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper (1958 - #6: he was killed in the plane crash that also took Buddy Holly and Richie Valens)
19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones (1966 - #2: Bill Wyman was bassist for the band from 1962-93 and he provided the bass runs that mark this hit song)
All the Way From Memphis - Mott the Hoople (1973 - DNC: song went to #10 in the UK)
Angie Baby - Helen Reddy (1974 - #13: Reddy was known as the "Queen of '70s Pop")
Roundabout - Yes (1972 - #13: Jon Anderson co-wrote the group's big hit)
Afternoon Delight - The Starland Vocal Band (1976 - #1: Bill Danoff was inspired to write the song by a restaurant menu; song spent two weeks at #1 in July of '76)
Don't It Make You Want to Go Home - Joe South (1969 - #41: one of a handful of charting singles for this songwriter/producer/session musician)
Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (1968 - #8: her cover of the Joni Mitchell song)
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles (1964 - #1: song ranks #153/RS500)
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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