November 8, 2025
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Tribute to Ellie Greenwich + 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)
Be My Baby - The Ronettes (1963 - #2: has been called "one of the greatest songs of all time" and it ranks #22/RS500; written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector and featuring Sonny and Cher on backing vocals)
Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts - Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (1963 - #38: written by Greenwich, Spector, and Tony Powers and including Darlene Love on vocals)
*Baby I Love You - Andy Kim (1969 - #9: original was a #24 hit for the Ronetttes in 1963; another Greenwich, Barry, Spector composition)
Hanky Panky - Tommy James & the Shondells (1966 - #1: first charting single for the group when James was just 19 years old; originally sung by The Raindrops)
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las (1964 - #1: written by Greenwich, Barry, and Shadow Morton, the song ranks #444/RS500)
Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals (1963 - #6: one of the great girl group songs that ranks #493/RS500)
Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann (1964 - #1: original version by The Exciters charted at #78 earlier in 1964)
(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Darlene Love (1963 - #39: Greenwich, Spector, and Powers wrote this hit)
River Deep, Mountain High - The Supremes and Four Tops (1970 - #14: team-up occurred after Diana Ross left the Supremes; Ike & Tina Turner version charted at #88 in 1966)
I Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys (1968 - #24: The Ronettes had their last charting single with this song in 1966, coming in at #100)
Maybe I Know - Leslie Gore (1964 - #14: Gore was only 18 years old when she recorded this Greenwich-Barry hit)
People Say - The Dixie Cups (1964 - #13: Billboard magazine listed the song #53 on their list of the 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time)
Everybody Come Clap Your Hands - Moody and the Deltas (1963 - DNC: this Greenwich-Barry tune had a catchy beat but still missed on the BB Hot100)
I Wanna Love Him So Bad - The Jelly Beans (1964 - #9: five high schoolers from Jersey City formed this group in 1962)
You Don't Know - Ellie Greenwich (1965 - DNC: a lot of effort was put into this teenage angst tune but it failed to chart)
7:00 - 8:00 The Birthday Calendar
November 2:
Phil Woods - b. 1931
Earl "Speedo" Carroll - b. 1937
Jay Black [David Blatt] - b. 1938
J.D. Souther (The Eagles) - b. 1945
Maxine Nightingale - 73
November 3:
Bob Nave (The Lemon Pipers) - b. 1944
Tommy Dee [DeGeneres] (John Fred and His Playboy Band) - 79
Joe Lala (Blues Image) - b. 1947
Lulu [Marie Lawrie] - 77
November 4:
Harry Elston (Friends of Distinction) - 88
James Honeyman-Scott (Pretenders) - b. 1956
November 5:
Ike Turner - b. 1931
Art Garfunkel - 84
Gram Parsons [Cecil Ingram Connor III] - b. 1946
Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) - 78
November 6:
Stonewall Jackson - b. 1932
Joseph Pope (The Tams) - b. 1933
Doug Sahm (Sir Douglas Quintet) - b. 1941
Glenm Frey (The Eagles) - b. 1948
November 7:
Dee Clark - b. 1938
Johnny Rivers [Ramistella] - 83
Joni Mitchell [Roberta Joan Anderson] - 82
November 8:
Patti Page [Clara Ann Fowler] - b. 1927
Doc Green (The Drifters) - b. 1934
Bonnie Bramlett - 81
Bonnie Raitt - 76
Dr. Wu - Steely Dan (1975 - NR: Phil Woods was a session sax player who provided the awesome solo on this album track from "Katie Lied")
Speedo - The Cadillacs (1956 - #17: Earl Carroll was lead singer for the doo-wop group)
Cara Mia - Jay and the Americans (1965 - #4: song highlights the power of Jay Black's voice)
New Kid in Town - The Eagles (1977 - #1: J.D. Souther and Glenn Frey wrote the song with Don Henley and Frey was the lead singer)
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale (1976 - #2: "Disco Duck" by Rick Dees and "Silly Love Songs" by Wings kept it out of the top spot)
Jelly Jungle (of Orange Marmalade) - The Lemon Pipers (1968 - #51: Bob Nave was organist for the bubblegum group)
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred and His Playboy Band (1968 - #1: song made its chart debut on 11/25/67 and is said to be a parody of The Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds")
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (1970 - #4: Joe Lala was co-founder of the one-hit wonder)
The Boat That I Row - Lulu (1967 - #115: B-side to "To Sir With Love", the song was written by Neil Diamond)
Love or Let Me Be Lonely - Friends of Distinction (1970 - #6: Harry Elston was lead singer for the group)
Talk of the Town - Pretenders (1980 - #8 UK: James Honeyman-Scott's guitar work gave the band its distinct sound until his untimely death; song did not chart in the US)
I'll Never Need More Than This - Ike & Tina Turner (1967 - #114: one more song composed by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector)
Break Away - Art Garfunkel (1976 - #39: title track to his LP and we heard the original album)
Blue Eyes - International Submarine Band (1968 - DNC: Gram Parsons' first band, which took its name from a Little Rascals episode)
8:00 - 9:00 Still More Birthdays!
Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson (1959 - #4: his real name and he is a descended from the famous Civil War general)
Untie Me - The Tams (1962 - #60: song was written by Joe South; group got its name from the tam o'shanters they wore)
Mendocino - The Sir Douglas Quintet (1969 - #27: Doug Sahm was founder of the Texas band)
Raindrops - Dee Clark (1961 - #2: Gary US Bonds' hit "Quarter to Three" kept "Raindrops" out of the #1 position)
Poor Side of Town - Johnny Rivers (1966 - #1: song was #1 on this date 59 years ago)
Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell (1974 - #22: song ranks #470/RS500 and features David Crosby and Graham Nash on backing vocals)
Old Cape Cod - Patti Page (1957 - #3: "The singing rage, Miss Patti Page" had 41 charting singles in the rock'n'roll era)
There Goes My Baby - The Drifters (1959 - #2: song ranks #193/RS500 and Elvis's "Big Hunk O'Love" kept it from #1)
Only You Know and I Know - Delaney and Bonnie (1971 - #20: song was written by Dave Mason)
Runaway - Bonnie Raitt (1977 - #57: her cover of the Del Shannon classic featured Michael McDonald on backing vocals)
Passing: Donna Jean [Thatcher] Godchaux-McKay (b. 8/22/47, d. 11/2/25) only female member of the Grateful Dead, she belonged to that band from 1972-79 and was married to keyboardist Keith Godchaux. Godchaux got her start as a back-up singer at the Muscle Shoals studio, where she sang on Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" as well as Elvis' "Suspicious Minds".
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (1969 - #1: song ranks #91/RS500)
What Were the Words - The Association (1969 - NR: great album track in a country-folk vein)
Have You Heard - The DuPrees (1963 - #18: song was a #1 hit for Joni James in 1952)
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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