October 4, 2025
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Billboard Hot 100 for October 4, 1957; the day the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite in space.
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
**All chart positions are for our spotlight date**
Diana - Paul Anka (#5: song had been #1 for 1 week in September)
That'll Be the Day - The Crickets (#4: Buddy Holly was inspired to write this classic after watching John Wayne utter the line in the movie "The Searchers")
Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers (#3: song would go on to spend 4 weeks at #1)
Tammy - Debbie Reynolds (#2: song had spent 5 weeks at #1 in August-September)
Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers (#1: song was #1 for the second week in a row)
Stardust - Billy Ward and his Dominoes (#22: one of 19 charting versions of the Hoagy Carmichael classic)
Keep a Knockin' - Little Richard (#16: song ranks #442/RS500)
Send for Me - Nat King Cole (#26: song went to #1 on the R&B charts)
Searchin' - The Coasters (#34: another Leiber and Stoller written and produced hit for "The Clown Princes of Rock")
Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone (#1: song had topped the charts in June and July)
*Runaway - Del Shannnon (1961 - #1: song spent 4 weeks at #1 and ranks #466/RS500)
Be-Bop Baby - Ricky Nelson (#28: His first single on the Imperial Record label)
In the Middle of an Island - Tony Bennett (#13: although Bennett never liked the song, it was his last Top 10 hit and Columbia Records music director Mitch Miller had to persuade him to record it)
Mr. Lee - The Bobbettes (#9: song that the girls [ages 11-13] wrote about their 5th grade teacher, whom they did not like, but the record company made them turn it into a love song)
I'm Gonna Sit Write Down and Write Myself a Letter - Billy Williams (#36: song was a hit for Fats Waller in 1935)
Home of the Blues - Johnny Cash (#97: making its chart debut, Cash was inspired to write this song by the Home of the Blues record shop in Memphis)
Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams (#27: Williams wrote this million seller and The Beatles covered the song in their Let It Be soundtrack)
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley (#20: song had been #1 for 7 weeks in July and August until it was replaced by "Tammy")
7:00 - 8:00 The Birthday Calendar
Background song: Last Night - The Mar-Keys (1961 - #3)
September 28:
Ben E. King - b. 1938
September 29:
Jerry Lee Lewis - b. 1935
Tommy Botce - b. 1939
Don Nix (The Mar-Keys) - b. 1941
Mike Post - 81
Nick Taylor (Blood Rock) - b. 1946
Mike Pinera (Blues Image) - b. 1948
September 30:
Johnny Mathis - 90
Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield) - b. 1942
Frankie Lymon - b. 1942
Marilyn McCoo (5th Dimension) - 82
Sylvia Peterson (The Chiffons) - b. 1946
Marc Bolan (T. Rex) - b. 1947
October 1:
Richard Harris - b. 1930
Julie Andrews - 90
Mariska Veres (The Shocking Blue) - b. 1947
October 2:
Ron Meagher (The Beau Brummels) - 84
Don McLean - 80
Frank "Skip" Konte (Blyes Image) - 78
October 3:
Eddie Cochran - b. 1938
Chubby Checker [Ernest Evans] - 84
P.P. Arnold [Patricia Ann Cole] - 79
October 4:
Leroy Van Dyke - 96
Marlena Davis (The Orlons) - b. 1944
Jim Fielder (Blood, Sweat, & Tears) - 78
Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Ben E. King (1962 - #11: Aretha Franklin would cover the song in 1970)
Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis (1957 - #6: song was on its way down the charts on our spotlight date)
Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (1968 - #27: duo wrote several hits for the Monkees)
D.O.A. - Blood Rock (1971 - one-hit wonder group from Fort Worth, TX; we heard the 4:32 single version of the song)
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (1970 - #4: singer-guitarist Mike Pinera and keyboardist "Skip" Konte co-wrote this hit)
Chances Are - Johnny Mathis (1957 - song was #7 on our spotlight date and would take over the #1 spot from "Wake Up Little Susie" later in October of that year)
On the Way Home - Buffalo Springfield (1968 - #82: song was written by Neil Young but sung by Richie Furay)
Goody Goody - Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (1957 - song was #41 on our spotlight date and would peak at #20)
Save the Country - The 5th Dimension (1970 - #27: song was written by Laura Nyro)
One Fine Day - The Chiffons (1963 - #5: song was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and ranks #460/RS500)
Telegram Sam - T. Rex (1972 - #67: Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan [aka "Flo and Eddie"] of The Turtles provided backing vocals)
The Yard Went on Forever - Richard Harris (1968 - #64: his follow-up to "MacArthur Park", also written by Jimmy Webb)
Super-Cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious - Julie Andrews (1965 - #66: from the movie "Mary Poppins")
Venus - The Shocking Blue (1970 - #1: part of the early '70s Dutch Invasion)
You Tell Me Why - The Beau Brummels (1965 - #38: Ron Meagher was the bassist for the San Francisco band)
Castles in the Air - Don McLean (1972 - DNC: B-side to his hit "Vincent")
C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran (1959 - #35: song ranks #403/RS500)
Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker (1962 - #2: "Telstar" by the Tornados kept this from the #1 spot)
The First Cut Is the Deepest - P.P. Arnold (1967 - #18 UK: Arnold was originally one of the Ikettes and left the act to go solo in the UK; song was written by Cat Stevens)
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke (1961 - #5: song went to #1 on the Country charts)
South Street - The Orlons (1963 - #3: South Street is a major thoroughfare in Philadelphia)
Lisa, Listen to Me - Blood, Sweat, & Tears (1971 - #73: Jim Fielder was the bass player for the group)
*That's the Way (I Like It) - KC and the Sunshine Band (1975 - #1: song topped the charts for two weeks in November of '75)
Back to our spotlight date
Rainbow - Russ Hamilton (#10: Hamilton wrote this one-hit wonder, down from #8 the previous week)
Black Slacks - Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones (#17: Bennett was only 16 when this song became a hit)
Fascination - Jane Morgan and the Troubadors (#11: from the movie Love in the Afternoon, starring Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn)
Peanuts - Little Joe and the Thrillers (#30: Joseph Cook was "Little Joe", whose falsetto singing was covered by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in a 1963 cover of the song)
45 Corner
Silhouettes - The Rays (#95: song was making its chart debut on our spotlight date and would peak at #3)
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (#15: another song making its chart debut, this one would go on to spend 7 weeks at #1, replacing "Chances Are")
You're My One and Only Love - Ricky Nelson (#18: several artists had multiple chart entries on our spotlight date)
Melodie D'Amour (Melody of Love) - The Ames Brothers (#45: song made a big jump from #74 the previous week and would peak at #5)
Happy, Happy, Birthday Baby - The Tune weavers (#8: lead singer Margo Lopez Sylvia co-wrote the song in 1952 with her brother Gil Lopez, who sang tenor for the Boston group; husband John Sylvia sang bass)
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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