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Date: June 27, 2026
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: Summer
Birthday Calendar
Jun 21 – Ocie “O.C.” Smith – born in 1932
– Ray Davies (Kinks) – age 82
– Brenda Holloway – age 80
Jun 22 – Kris Kristofferson – born in 1936
– Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon) – age 82
– Howard Kaylan (Turtles, Flo & Eddie) – age 79
Jun 23 – Paul Goddard (Atlanta Rhythm Section) – born in 1945
Jun 24 – Jeff Beck (Yardbirds) – born in 1944
– Colin Blunstone (Zombies) – age 81
– Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) – age 79
Jun 25 – Eddie Floyd – age 89
– Harold Melvin – born in 1939
– Carly Simon – age 83
Jun 26 – Billy Davis Jr. (Fifth Dimension) – age 88
– Georgie Fame – age 83
Jun 27 – Doc Pomus (songwriter) – born in 1925
– Bruce Johnston (Beach Boys, Bruce & Terry) – age 84
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
During the birthday calendar, we celebrated an artist who used “initials” in their stage name. Those weren’t the artist’s actual initials – it was a phonetic way of writing their first name, which *sounded* like two letters. Who was it?
(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)
My Dad – Paul Peterson (1962, reached #6 in early 1963)
* The Morning After – Maureen McGovern (1973, spent two weeks at #1, from the film Poseidon Adventure)
* Hungry Heart – Bruce Springsteen (1980, #5)
* Hey, Leroy, Your Mama’s Callin’ You – Jimmy Castor (1966, #31)
* You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder (1973, #1)
* Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone (1969, #2 for two weeks)
Summer – War (1976, #7, #1 on Adult Contemporary)
Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts (1972, #6)
Summer Wine – Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (1967, #49)
* Summertime – Big Brother & The Holding Company (from their 1968 album Cheap Thrills)
* Saturday In The Park – Chicago (1972, #3)
I Love The Summertime – Dean & Jean (1963, b-side of their first charting song, Tra La La La Suzy)
Summer In The City – The Lovin’ Spoonful (1966, #1 for three weeks)
Summer Love – Joni James (1957, #97)
7-8pm
Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife – O.C. Smith (1969, #47)
A Long Way From Home – The Kinks (from their 1970 album, Lola vs. Powerman)
Every Little Bit Hurts – Brenda Holloway (1964, #13)
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again) – Kris Kristofferson (1971, #26)
Nobody I Know – Peter & Gordon (1964, #12)
You Baby – The Turtles (1966, #20)
So In To You – Atlanta Rhythm Section (1977, #7)
Heart Full Of Soul – The Yardbirds (1965, #9, their first single after Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton as lead guitarist)
This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies (1968, the b-side of a non-charting song called Butcher’s Tale)
The Chain – Fleetwood Mac (from their 1977 album Rumours, the only song credited to all members of the band. Reportedly the title comes from the way the song was assembled as small pieces of things, like links in a chain.)
I’ve Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) – Eddie Floyd (1968, #40)
If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1972, #3)
Mockingbird – Carly Simon & James Taylor (1974, #5)
Another Day, Another Heartache – The Fifth Dimension (1967, #45)
8-9pm
Yeh, Yeh – Georgie Fame (1965, #21)
Sweets For My Sweet – The Drifters (1961, #16, written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman)
Summer Means Fun – Bruce & Terry (1964, #72)
* The Great Pretender – The Platters (1955, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1956)
Lighthouse – Ocie Smith (1957, did not chart)
We Are Family – Sister Sledge (1979, #2 for two weeks, R&B #1)
Pleasant Valley Sunday – The Monkees (1967, #3)
Summerlove Sensation – The Bay City Rollers (1974, did not chart in the US, #3 in the UK)
It’s Summer Time U.S.A. – The Pixies Three (1964, #116)
The Sweet Sounds Of Summer – The Shangri-Las (1967, #123)
Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra (1978, #35)
Too Hot – Kool & The Gang (1980, #5)
Hot Summer Nights – Walter Egan (1978, #55)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
O.C. Smith’s real name was Ocie Lee Smith – so his initials were actually O.L. Smith, but O.C. sounds like Ocie.
Congratulations to Mike from Ithaca, for correctly answering the question and winning a pass for 2 people to Cinemapolis!
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 (July 4): John Simon (and Kim Vaughan) with a spotlight on Fourth Of July
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