January 31, 2026 - JR - JR's Seventies Birthday Bash

Rockin’ Remnants

Rockin’ Remnants is broadcast from WVBR-FM Ithaca. Check out our webpage, like us on Facebook, and tune in to 93.5 FM or stream the show every Saturday night from 6-9 p.m. Eastern. (Or download the WVBR+app now available for iOS and Android.)

Thanks to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!

Date: January 31, 2026

Host:  John Rudan

Feature: JR’s Seventies Birthday Bash

This is a few days before my birthday, but every year on the closest Remnants to the 4th, I pull out all the stops and play some of my 1970’s faves!  The first two hours are pop and soul hits and the last hour we get… Progressive…  Many thanks to my producers Gregory James and John Simon, very fine Remnants hosts in their own right!  ; )

Playlist

6pm – Rock & Soul Hits

Just My Imagination – Temptations – 1971 – The swan song of lead singer Eddie Kendricks.

Ooh Child – Valerie Carter – 1977 – Cover version of the 5 Stairsteps original, 1970.

Yellow River – Christie – 1970

Go Back – Crabby Appleton – 1970

Take A Letter Maria – R.B. Greaves – 1970 – The last #2 song of the 1960’s!

Groovy Situation – Gene Chandler – 1971

Day By Day – Godspell – 1973 – Lead vocal by Robin Lamont, not credited at first, but then later was credited.

Back When My Hair Was Short – Gunhill Road – 1973 – Big local hit here on WTKO-AM; peaked on the Hot 100 at #40.

Let Me Serenade You – Three Dog Night – My favorite 70’s band!  I had all their 45’s.

Northern Lights – Renaissance – 1977 – More Progressive Radio airplay for this British band. 

Montego Bay – Bobby Bloom – 1970 – Bobby wrote co-wrote many hit singles, but this is his only hit.

Magnet And Steel – Walter Egan - 1976 – Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks on background vocals.

Hypnotized – Fleetwood Mac – 1973 – The late Bob Welch wrote and sang the lead vocal.

Fire – Ohio Players – 1974 – Reached #1 on the Hot 100 and the Billboard Soul Singles chart.

I’m On Fire – Dwight Twilley Band – 1975 – Twilley didn’t have another hit until 1984 with “Girls” and both songs peaked at #16

Theme From Shaft – Isaac Hayes – Isaac was the first Black artist to win an Oscar for Best Original Song for Shaft.  Can ya dig it?

7pm – More Rock & Soul

Mama’s Pearl – Jackson Five – 1971 - #2 for 2 weeks behind One Bad Apple by The Osmonds.

Dazz – Brick – 1976 – Dazz = Disco Jazz

Can’t Get It Out Of My Head – ELO – 1974 – Their first Top 10 single in the U.S., peaking at #9.

Frank And Jesse James (alt. mix) – 1976 - Warren Zevon – My favorite artist of the 1970’s was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year!

Are You Ready – Pacific Gas & Electric – 1970 – L.A. band, music called “Psychedelic Soul.”

Guide My Energy – Robert Johnson – 1978 – This Robert Johnson was auditioned by the Rolling Stones to replace Mick Taylor.  He didn’t get the gig, Ronnie Wood did.

Everyone’s Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine – Stealers Wheel – 1973 – The last charting single for this British duo, although Gerry Rafferty had a significant solo career.

That’s The Way Of The World – Earth, Wind & Fire – 1975 – This was an album, a single, and a movie starring Harvey Keitel that nobody saw!

Never Been Any Reason – Head East – 1975 – Still a Classic Rock Radio staple after 50 years and their only charting single.

I’m Doing Fine Now – New York City – 1973 – Written, produced and recorded in… Philadelphia by the legendary Thom Bell.

The First Cut Is The Deepest – Keith Hampshire – 1973 – Written by Cat Stevens and six cover versions have charted on the Hot 100!   Wikipedia

Hey Hey What Can I Say – Led Zeppelin – 1970 – Flip-side of Immigrant Song 45 first released on CD in 1990.

Sea Of Love – The Honeydrippers – 1985 -  Robert Plant with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and a cast of thousands on a studio project headed by president of Atlantic Records Ahmet Ertegun.

8pm – Progressive

Percy’s Song – Fairport Convention – 1969 – Written by Bob Dylan.

White Bird – It’s A Beautiful Day – 1969

Evil Woman – Spooky Tooth – 1969 – British band with New Jerseyan Gary Wright on co-lead vocals.

Compared To What – Les McCann & Eddie Harris – 1969 – Used in a Coke commercial in 2003 Coca-Cola "Real Compared to What"

School – Supertramp – 1974 – From their third LP, Crime of the Century, and a favorite false ending!

Fat Man In The Bathtub – Little Feat – 1978 – Live LP Waiting For Columbus.

Jackstraw – Grateful Dead – 1972 – From their third, and most acclaimed, live album Europe 72.

Birdland – Weather Report – 1977 – “Fusion” jazz, written as a tribute to the NYC jazz club.

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

Host February 7: Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on Frat Rock.

Thanks for tuning in! You can listen to Rockin’ Remnants every Saturday night from 6-9 p.m. Eastern on WVBR (93.5 FM in Ithaca NY) or streaming on WVBR.com.

Thanks again to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!