May 16, 2026
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: 10 Year Anniversary Show. Marking 10 years of being part of the RR team. Tin is the 10 year anniversary gift, so we start hour #1 with a 'tin' theme.
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Happenings Ten Years Ago Time - The Yardbirds (1966 - #30: one of the group's first recordings with Jimmy Page as lead guitarist)
One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) - Coven (1971 - #26: since a gift of tin commemorates a ten year anniversary, we have a theme of songs involving 'tin')
Tin Soldier - Small Faces (1968 - #73: minor hit before Rod Stewart joined the group)
I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After (1971 - #40: British band lead by Alvin Lee)
Tin Man - America (1974 - #4: band member Dewey Bunnell wrote the song with references to his favorite movie; song was produced by George Martin, who also played piano on the tune)
Toast and Marmalade for Tea - Tin Tin (1970 - #20: Tin Tin was made up of Australian duo Steve Kipner and Steve Groves)
Tin Soldier Man - The Kinks (1968 - NR: from the band's LP "Something Else")
10 Commandments of Love - Harvey and the Moonglows (1958 - #22: doo-wop group lead by Harvey Fuqua that at the time included Marvin Gaye)
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young (1970 - #14: Neil Young wrote the song in response to the shootings at Kent State; famous for the opening line, "tin soldiers and Nixon coming ...)
Don't It Make You Want to Go Home - Joe South with The Believers (1969 - #41: South was a singer/songwriter/producer/session musician)
Stay Awhile - The Bells (1971 - #7: one-hit wonder group from Montreal led by singers Jackie Ralph and Cliff Edwards)
The Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond (1973 - #48: song went to #19 in the UK and all the way to #1 in Norway)
Safe in My Garden - The Mamas and the Papas (1968 - #53: despite the multi-layed vocals, the song's chart position was considered a failure for the group)
Miss America - Mark Lindsay (1970 - #44: one of several mid-charters for the lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders)
7:00 - 8:00 The Birthday Calendar
May 10:
Larry Williams - b. 1935
Henry Fambrough (The Spinners) - b. 1938
Arthur Alexander - b. 1940
Carl Douglas - 84
Dave Mason - b. 1946
Donovan [Leitch] - 80
Graham Gouldman (10cc) - 80
Jay Ferguson (Spirit) - 79
May 11:
R. Dean Taylor - b. 1939
Eric Burdon - 85
Arnie Silver (The Dovells) - 83
Claude "Butch" Trucks (The Allman Brothers) - b. 1947
May 12:
Burt Bacharach - b. 1928
James Purify - b. 1944
Steve Winwood - 78
May 13:
Ritchie Valens [Valenzuela] - b. 1941
Mary Wells - b. 1943
Stevie Wonder - 76
May 14:
Will "Dub" Jones (The Coasters) - b. 1928
Bobby Darin [Walden Robert Cassotto] - b. 1936
Jack Bruce (Cream) - b. 1943
Derek "Lek" Leckenby - b. 1943
May 15:
Trini Lopez - b. 1937
Lenny Welch - 86
May 16:
Barbara Lee (The Chiffons) - b. 1947
Bony Moronie - Larry Williams (1957 - #14: Williams wrote the song that would be a million seller for him)
Ghetto Child - The Spinners (1973 - #29: Henry Fambrough sang baritone for the group and performed co-lead vocals on this hit)
Anna (Go to Him) - Arthur Alexander (1962 - #68: Alexander wrote the song based on real life experience with a woman he later married)
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas (1974 - #1: song spent two weeks at #1 in December of that year)
Feelin' Alright - Traffic (1968 - DNC: Dave Mason wrote and sang lead vocals on the song, better known by the Joe Cocker cover)
Catch the Wind - Donovan (1965 - #23: first charting single for the singer-songwriter; song made its chart debut 5/15/65)
The Things We Do for Love - 10cc (1977 - #5: Graham Gouldman played bass and wrote or co-wrote hit songs for 10cc and other bands)
I Got a Line On You - Spirit (1969 - #25: song has been called a rock classic)
Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor (1970 - #5: Taylor wrote and produced the song that went to #2 in the UK and his native Canada)
Bring It On Home to Me - The Animals (1965 - #32: another song that made its chart debut on 5/15/65)
Bristol Stomp - The Dovells (1961 - #2: Dion's "Runaround Sue" kept this tune from topping the charts)
Revival (Love Is Everywhere) - The Allman Brothers (1971 - #92: "Butch" Trucks was the band's drummer; first charting single for the Southern rock group)
Are You There (With Another Girl) - Dionne Warwick (1966 - #39: another hit song for the artist known for her work with the songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David)
Let Love Come Between Us - James and Bobby Purify (1967 - #23: James Purify and his cousin, born Robert Lee Dickey)
Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group (1967 - #7: song ranks #244/RS500 with lead vocals by 18-year-old Steve Winwood)
Come on Let's Go - Ritchie Valens (1958 - #42: first charting single by the artist who perished in the plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper)
My Guy - Mary Wells (1964 - #1: song was #1 on the chart released on May 16, 1964; known as "The Queen of Motown", Wells left the label after a dispute over royalties)
If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder (1971 - #8: Wonder is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century)
Charlie Brown - The Coasters (1959 - #2: song features the bass part of Will "Dub" Jones; "Venus" by Frankie Avalon kept this novelty tune out of the #1 spot)
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin (1960 - #6: released in late 1959, the song is a translation of the French "La Mer")
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream (1968 - #5: song ranks #65/RS500)
Listen People - Herman's Hermits (1966 - #3: song was written by Graham Gouldman)
I'm Coming Home, Cindy - Trini Lopez (1966 - #39: also an actor, Lopez had 13 songs chart on the BB Hot100 and several others bubble under)
Since I Fell for You - Lenny Welch (1963 - #4: song was written in 1945 and the doo-wop group that Welch belonged to in the '50s sang it regularly)
One Fine Day - The Chiffons (1963 - #5: upbeat pop song was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and ranks #460/RS500)
Passing: Clarence Carter - born 1/14/36, died 5/13/26 (90). Carter went blind at the age of 1 and taught himself guitar at 11. He recorded the song "I'd Rather Go Blind", co-written by Etta James, in 1969. It wasn't released as a single.
Passing: Claudine Longet - born 1/29/42, died 5/14/26 (84). For several years married to Andy Williams, Longet was infamous for being charged with manslaughter in the death of skier Spider Sabich in 1976. She did, however, have 4 low charting singles on the BB Hot100. We heard "L'Amour Est Bleu" (Love Is Blue) which charted at #71 in 1968.
*Two Divided By Love - The Grass Roots (1971 - #16: band that went through several line-up changes over its career)
Beg, Borrow, and Steal - The Ohio Express (1967 - #29: another pop band that went through several incarnations and after this single went in a bubblegum direction)
Welcome Me Love - Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge (1969 - #48: Maestro was lead singer for The Crests in the '50s)
I Will Always Think About You - New Colony Six (1968 - #22: soft-rock group from Chicago that began as a garage band)
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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