Nov 15, 2025 - KV - Oh Hey

 

 

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Date:  November 15, 2025

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  Oh / Hey

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

Nov 9   – Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) – born in 1936

            – Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) – born in 1941

 

Nov 10   – Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper) – born in 1947

            – Ronnie Hammond (Atlanta Rhythm Section) – born in 1950

 

Nov 11   – LaVern Baker – born in 1929

            – Paul Cowsill (Cowsills) – age 74

 

Nov 12   – Brian Hyland – age 82

            – Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate) – born in 1943

            – Booker T. Jones (Booker T and the MGs) – age 81

            – Neil Young – age 80

            –Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult) – age 78

 

Nov 13   – Baby Washington (possibly born Oct 13; depends where you look) – age 85

 

Nov 14   – Cornell Gunter (Coasters) – born in 1936

            – James “JY” Young (Styx) – age 76

 

Nov 15   – Clyde McPhatter (Drifters) – born in 1932

            – Petula Clark – age 92

            – Little Willie John – born in 1937

            – Anni-Fri Lyngstad (ABBA) – age 80

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

Name That Artist:  Who is performing the version of Hey Joe that we’re about to hear?  (It was the last of the 3 versions of the song that charted on the Hot 100.) 

 

(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)

 

Oh, Boy! – The Crickets (1957, peaked at #10 in early 1958) 

 

Oh-Oh I’m Falling In Love Again – Jimmie Rodgers (1958, #7)

 

 

 

Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song) – The Buckinghams (1967, #12)

 

Hey, Good Lookin’ – Connie Stevens (1962, #104)

 

 * The Pretender – Jackson Browne (1977, #58, with David Crosby and Graham Nash on harmony vocals)

 

 * Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley – Robert Palmer (1974, did not chart – his first Hot 100 entry would take place two years later)

 

Hey Jean, Hey Dean – Dean & Jean (1964, #32)

 

Hey Girl – Hey Boy – Oscar McLollie & Jeanette Baker (1958, #61)

 

  

 

Oh Lonesome Me – Don Gibson (1958, #7.  It was his first of 14 songs to chart on the Hot 100, all within a 4-year timespan.  He had 82 songs on the Country chart, over a 20-year timespan.)

 

Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison & The Candy Men (1964, #1 for three weeks)

 

Oh What A Baby – The Tonettes (1958, did not chart)

 

Hey Jude – The Beatles (1968, #1 for nine weeks)

 

 

 

Hey Tonight – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1971, #8, a double-sided hit with Have You Ever Seen The Rain)

 

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

 

Leaving On A Jet Plane – Peter, Paul & Mary (1969, #1, also #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, written by John Denver)

 

Fight Fire – The Golliwogs (1966, did not chart.  The Golliwogs were Creedence Clearwater Revival prior to a name change, and this song was co-written by Rann Wild aka Tom Fogerty and Toby Green aka John Fogerty.)

 

   

 

Be My Lover – Alice Cooper (1972, #49)

 

So In To You – Atlanta Rhythm Section (1977, #7)

 

 

 

I Waited Too Long – LaVern Baker (1959, #33, written by Neil Sedaka)

 

In Need Of A Friend – The Cowsills (1968, #54)

 

Library Love Affair – Brian Hyland (1960, did not chart)

 

You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate (1975, peaked at #3 in early 1976)

 

 

 

Chinese Checkers – Booker T And The MGs (1963, #78)

 

 * For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield (1967, #7)

 

 * Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970, #14, written by Neil Young after 4 students were killed and 9 others were wounded at Kent State during an antiwar demonstration)

 

(Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult (1976, #12)

 

   

 

A Handful Of Memories – Baby Washington (1962, bubbled under at #116)

 

Poison Ivy – The Coasters (1959, #7, R&B #1)

 

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 

 

Come Sail Away – Styx (1977, peaked at #8 in early 1978) 

 

Honey Love – The Drifters (1954, R&B #1, cowritten by Clyde McPhatter.  In Memphis, police confiscated the single due to suggestive lyrics.)

 

Downtown – Petula Clark (1964, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1965)

 

 

 

Fever – Little Willie John (1956, #24, R&B #1.  His was the first recording of the song.)

 

Take A Chance On Me – ABBA (1978, #3)

 

Hey Joe – Wilson Pickett (1969, #59.  It was the third charting version of this song on the Hot 100, after the version by The Leaves peaked at #31 in July 1966, and the version by Cher spent two weeks near the bottom of the chart in Sept 1967.  Jimi Hendrix’s version in late 1966 didn’t chart in the US although it reached #6 in the UK.)

 

   

 

Hey Joe – Bob Luman (1962, did not chart, a completely different song than the one above.  He had 39 hits on the Country chart, and 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100:  Let’s Think About Living, which peaked at #7 in 1960.)

 

 * Hey You – Pink Floyd (from the 1979 album The Wall, also a b-side in 1980)

 

 * Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam (1969, #1 for two weeks)

 

Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby) – Lulu (1969, #22)

 

 

 

Oh, What A Day – The Ovations (1961, did not chart)

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

 

We heard the version of Hey Joe that charted for Wilson Pickett in 1969.

 

Congratulations to Mike from Ithaca, 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 (Nov 22):  John Simon with a spotlight on the JFK assassination

 

 

 

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