Rockin'
Remnants
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Date: August 1, 2026
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: theme-free
Birthday Calendar
Jul 26 – Bobby Hebb – born in 1938
– Darlene Love (Blossoms, Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans, some songs credited to the Crystals) – age 85
– Dobie Gray – born in 1940
– Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) – age 83
Jul 27 – Bobbie Gentry – age 82 or 84
Jul 28 – Jonathan Edwards – age 80
Jul 29 – Jim Stewart (co-founder of Stax Records) – born in 1930
Jul 30 – Paul Anka – age 85
– Jimmy Cliff – born in 1944
Jul 31 – Lobo – age 83
– Gary Lewis – age 80 or 81
Aug 1 – Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) – born in 1942
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
What group/artist had a Top Ten hit with this song in the 1950s? (The Dave Edmunds 1973 version of Born To Be With You begins to play.)
(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)
Catch A Falling Star – Perry Como (1958, #1)
La Dee Dah – Billy & Lillie (1958, #9)
Click Clack – Dicky Doo & The Don'ts (1958, #28)
Come Back When You Grow Up – Bobby Vee (1967, #3)
Without You – Johnny Tillotson (1961, #7)
Working In The Coal Mine – Lee Dorsey (1966, #8)
Crazy Eyes For You – Bobby Hamilton (1958, #40)
I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door – Eddie Hodges (1961, #12)
* I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) – The Moody Blues (1973, #12)
* Kicks – Paul Revere & The Raiders (1966, #4)
* El Paso – Marty Robbins (1959, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1960)
* Lady Eleanor – Lindisfarne (1972, #82)
(Sittin' Here) Lovin' You – The Lovin' Spoonful (from their 1966 album Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful)
The Wind – Cat Stevens (from his 1971 album Teaser & The Firecat)
Tower Of Strength – Gene McDaniels (1961, #5)
It's Only Make Believe – Conway Twitty (1958, #1 for two weeks)
I Only Want To Be With You – Dusty Springfield (1964, #12, her first hit as a solo artist)
7-8pm
Sunny – Bobby Hebb (1966, spent two weeks at #2. He reportedly wrote this as he recovered from grieving the loss of his brother.)
(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry – Darlene Love (1963, #39, her first hit as a solo artist)
Drift Away – Dobie Gray (1973, #5)
Waiting On A Friend – The Rolling Stones (1981, reached #13 in early 1982)
Ode To Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry (1967, #1 for four weeks)
Sunshine – Jonathan Edwards (1971, peaked at #4 in early 1972, his only Hot 100 hit)
Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) – Carla Thomas (1961, #10, one of the first hit records engineered by Jim Stewart. It was recorded by Satellite records, the original name of Stax Records, but was reissued and distributed by Atlantic.)
* B-A-B-Y – Carla Thomas (1966, #14, one of many other hits for Stax)
The Story Of My Love – Paul Anka (1961, #16)
Sitting In Limbo – Jimmy Cliff (1973, from the soundtrack of the Jimmy Cliff film, The Harder They Come)
I'd Love You To Want Me – Lobo (1972, #2 for two weeks)
She's Just My Style – Gary Lewis And The Playboys (1965, reached #3 in early 1966)
Uncle John's Band – The Grateful Dead (1970, #69)
8-9pm
* Hooked On A Feeling – B.J. Thomas (1968, peaked at #5 in early 1969)
* Your Precious Love – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1967, #5)
Baby's Birthday – The Guess Who (1965, did not chart)
Birthday Morning – The Association (1968, the b-side of Time For Livin')
I Want A Boy For My Birthday – The Cookies (1963, the b-side of Will Power)
(They Long To Be) Close To You – The Carpenters (1970, #1 for four weeks)
* 16 Candles – The Crests (1958, spent two weeks at #2 in early 1959)
* Atlantis – Donovan (1969, #7)
Born To Be With You – Dave Edmunds (1973, did not chart in the US, UK #5)
Down By The River – Albert Hammond (1972, #91)
Yellow River – Christie (1970, #23)
Give A Little Bit – Supertramp (1977, #15, in case you want to give a little bit to support Hospicare for their Women Swimmin' fundraiser. The event is the morning of Sat Aug 8 and you can hear The Yardvarks -- including John Simon! -- play at Myers Park to welcome the swimmers as they cross the lake.)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
The Chordettes reached #5 with the song Born To Be With You in 1956. The 1973 version by Dave Edmunds did not chart in the US but was #5 in the UK.
Congratulations to Miles from Ithaca, for correctly answering the question and winning a pass for two 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 (8-8-26): Gregory James with a spotlight on the middle of the charts from early Aug 1956, 1966, and 1976
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