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Rockin' Remnants



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Date:  April 18, 2026

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  free-for-all

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

Apr 12   – John Kay (Steppenwolf) – age 82

            – David Cassidy (Partridge Family) – born in 1950

 

Apr 13   – Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane) – age 82

            – Lester Chambers (Chambers Bros) – age 86

            – Al Green – age 80

 

Apr 14   – Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) – age 81

            – Tony Burrows (First Class, Edison Lighthouse) – age 84

            – Michael Brewer (Brewer & Shipley) – born in 1944

 

Apr 15   – Dave Edmunds (Rockpile) – age 82

            – Bob Luman – born in 1937

 

Apr 16   – Bobby Vinton – age 91

            – Gerry Rafferty – born in 1947

            – Dusty Springfield – born in 1939

            – Roy Hamilton – born in 1929

 

Apr 17   – Billy Fury – born in 1940

 

Apr 18   – Mike Vickers (Manfred Mann) – age 86

            – Skip Spence (Jefferson Airplane) – born in 1946

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

Sixteen Reasons by Connie Stevens made it to the Top Ten of both the Hot 100 and the R&B chart, AND it was one of the songs that spent the longest time on the Hot 100 during the 1960s.  (Not the very longest, but it was in the Top Ten of that metric as well.)  How many weeks did it spend on the Hot 100?  

(Note:  One guess per call, but you can call multiple times -- and I’ll let you know whether the answer is higher or lower than your guess, so you’ll be able to close in on the right answer.)

 

(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)

 

Have I The Right? – The Honeycombs (1964, #5) 

 

 

 

Dance By The Light Of The Moon – The Olympics (1960, #47)

 

The Kind Of Boy You Can’t Forget – The Raindrops (1963, #17)

 

    

 

 * Doctor My Eyes – Jackson Browne (1972, #8)

 

 * Dance The Night Away – Van Halen (1979, #15)

 

 * You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – Leo Sayer (1976, peaked at #1 in early 1977)

 

 

 

Heart (I Hear You Beating) – Wayne Newton (1963, #82)

 

I Want To Stay Here – Steve & Eydie (1963, #28)

 

Think – James Brown & The Famous Flames (1960, #33) 

 

    

 

King Of The Road – Roger Miller (1965, #4, Country #1)

 

 

 

Little Bell – The Dixie Cups (1964, #51)

 

Soul-Limbo – Booker T. & The M.G.'s (1968, #17)

 

   

 

A Lover’s Question – Clyde McPhatter (1958, peaked at #6 in early 1959 and was #1 on the R&B chart)

 

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

 

Tonight I Met An Angel – The Tokens (1963, bubbled under at #126)

 

Brink Of Disaster – Lesley Gore (1967, #82)

 

 * Little Wing – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1972, did not chart)

 

 

 

So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star – The Byrds (1967, #29)

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

Rock Me – Steppenwolf (1969, #10) 

 

    

 

I Think I Love You – The Partridge Family (1970, #1 for three weeks)

 

Love Me Like The Rain – The Chambers Brothers (1967, did not chart)

 

Tired Of Being Alone – Al Green (1971, #11)

 

 

 

Hush – Deep Purple (1968, #4)

 

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) – Edison Lighthouse (1970, #5)

 

Indian Summer – Brewer & Shipley (1972, b-side of Shake Off The Demon)

 

Teacher Teacher – Rockpile (1980, #51)

 

 

 

Let’s Think About Living – Bob Luman (1960, #7)

 

Serenade Of The Bells – Bobby Vinton (1968, from the album Take Good Care Of My Baby)

 

Shoeshine Boy – Gerry Rafferty (1978, not released in the US)

 

I Only Want To Be With You – Dusty Springfield (1964, #12, her first solo hit on the Hot 100 -- she had previously charted as part of The Springfields)

 

You Can Have Her – Roy Hamilton (1961, #12)

 

   

 

Angel Face – Billy Fury (1959, not released in the US)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

Do Wah Diddy Diddy – Manfred Mann (1964, #1 for two weeks)

 

My Best Friend – Jefferson Airplane (1967, #103, written by drummer Skip Spence but not recorded until after he’d left the band)

 

 * La-La Means I Love You – The Delfonics (1968, #4)

 

 

 

 * Green Onions – Booker T & The MGs (1962, #3)

 

 * From Me To You – The Beatles (originally "bubbled under" at #116 in 1963, then was re-released in 1964 and peaked at #41)

 

     

 

Sixteen Reasons – Connie Stevens (1960, #3)

 

 * Telephone Line – Electric Light Orchestra (1977, #7)

 

 

 

Can I Get To Know You Better – The Turtles (1966, #89)

 

Something In The Air – Thunderclap Newman (1969, #37)

 

Songbird – Fleetwood Mac (1977, b-side of Dreams)

 

   

 

We Just Disagree – Dave Mason (1977, #12 -- this wasn't an In Memoriam tribute at the time of this Apr 18 episode of Rockin' Remnants; it was in the playlist just because it's a great song.  Dave Mason passed away the following day, April 19, 2026.)

 

 

 

Draggin’ The Line – Tommy James (1971, #4)

 

I’d Love You To Want Me – Lobo (1972, #2 for two weeks)

 

Loving Arms – Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson (1974, #86)

 

   

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

Sixteen Reasons spent 24 weeks on the Hot 100 in 1960, making it one of the ten songs with the most staying power in that decade.

 

Congratulations to Mike of 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

 

 

 

 

Hosts Next Week (Apr 25):  first Gregory James from 6-8pm with a spotlight on Songs Of Resilience – then John Rudan from 8-9pm with a spotlight on Songs About Actual People

 

 

 

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