March 9th, 2019 - JR - TV on the Radio pt. II and More Tambourine!

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Tonight it's "TV on the Radio" part II, with songs currently being used in TV commercials!  Click on the yellow and you can see a video of that commercial (if I can find it.)  And, for you percussion lovers it's "More Tambourine" in the last hour of the show!


Date:  March 9, 2019
Host:  JR
Feature:  TV on the Radio and More Tambourine.


                

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]



6-7pm  


OPENING THEME:  Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi 
Hendrix.)

I Got A Name - Jim Croce (1973, #10; Goodyear Tire in an ad dedicated to Dale Earnheardt, Jr.)

The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan (1964, dnc; WGU Online University.)

Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan (1963, dnc; Budweiser brewery wind power.  Both of the commercials using Dylan tunes are redone versions for that commercial.)

Time for a little Rockin' Remnants Trivia!

What is the first company that used an officially licensed Bob Dylan song for a TV commercial?
Answer at the end of the blog!

Runaround Sue - Dion (1961, #1, 2 weeks; Applebee's pickup window.)

Cars - Gary Numan (1980, #9; "Famous Cars" Walmart grocery pickup.  This is one of the best commercials I've seen in a long time!  See if you can name them all...)

Fire – Ohio Players (1975, #1, 1 week; Toyota RAV4 off-road looking for hot food.) 

Funkytown – Lipps, Inc. (1980, #1, 4 weeks; Pringles stacks sad device).

The Oogum Boogum Song – Brenton Wood (1967, #34; Kinder Joy is an egg featuring a kid's toy and a chocolate.)

The Beat Goes On – Sonny & Cher (1967, #6; Entresto heart medication.  Makes sense to me.)

Atomic Dog – George Clinton (1983, #101; this E*Trade commercial is absolutely hilarious!)

Rockit – Herbie Hancock (1983, #71; Fidelity Investments Decision Tech).


7-8pm

Birthday Calendar


March 9 – Lloyd Price - 86
                   Mickey Gilley - 83
                   Mark Lindsay - 77
                   Robin Trower - 74
                   Jeffery Osborne (L.T.D.) - 71

March 8 – Mickey Dolenz - 74
                 Randy Meisner (Poco, Eagles) - 73
                 Little Peggy March (Margaret Battavio) - 71
           
March 7 – Peter (Blankenfeld) Wolf – 73


March 6 – David Gilmour - 73
                 Kiki Dee (Pauline Matthews) - 72

March 5  – Andy Gibb - 1958

March 4 - Mary Wilson (Supremes) - 75
                Bobby Womack - 1944

               
Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price (1959, #1, 4 weeks).

In 1950, a version of "Stack-a-Lee" by New Orleans pianist Archibald reached number 10 on the Billboard R&B chart.^[15] Lloyd Price recorded the song as "Stagger Lee" in 1958, and it rose to the top of both the R&B and US pop charts in early 1959.^[15] His version was ranked number 456 
on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, and also reached number 7 on the UK singles
 chart. Price also recorded a toned-down version of the song that changed the shooting to an argument between two friends for his appearance on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.^[

Bridge Of Sighs – Robin Trower (1974, from the LP of the same name; Trower was the lead guitarist of Procul Harum from 1968 - 1971.)

(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again –  L.T.D. (1977, #4; Jeffery Osborne was the lead singer of this sould band who's initials stood for "Love, Togetherness and Devotion".)

Room Full Of Roses – Mickey Gilley (1974, #50; the movie Urban Cowboy was filmed at the nightclub Gilley's in Pasadena, TX in 1980.)


Try And Love Again – The Eagles (1976; from LP Hotel California, this track features Randy Meisner on lead vocals.)

Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love - Little Peggy March (1963, #26). 






Don't Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John and Kiki Dee (1976, #1, 4 weeks; Sir Elton released a remake of this in 1994 as a duet with RuPaul!?!.  Thankfully, it only reached #92 and  then sank like a stone...)


There's No Way Out Of Here – David Gilmour (1978, dnc; off David's first solo self-titled LP).





Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb (1978, #1, 7 weeks!; the youngest Gibb brother died a tragic death at the age of 30, 5 days after his birthday.)

Back In My Arms Again - The Supremes (1965, #1, 1 week).


Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) – Bobby Womack & Peace (#51, 1972; this "sweet" cover version was originally the b-side of "Harry Hippy".)




Give It To Me (45 version) –  J. Geils Band (1973, #30; 2 weeks ago I played the long version of this, which features a searing J. Geils guitar solo.  This week, the 45 version which exorcises over half the song, including the solo.  Click on the song and you can give it a listen.)

8-9pm

Back to our feature: More Tambourine!

Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees (1966, #1, 1 week; Davy on tamourine?  Maybe, but more likely one of the Wrecking Crew.)



Kicks – Paul Revere And The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay (1966, #4; why is this band not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?  I have lost my faith in the organization that inducts Madonna and Janet Jackson and ignores rock, psychedelic, and progressive bands!  Congratulations to The Zombies who were inducted 
   this year!  About time...)


Silver Bird - Mark Lindsay (1970, #25; Happy 77th Birthday to one of the best vocalists of the Remnants era!)




Cherry, Cherry & Solitary Man - Neil Diamond (1966, #6 & 1970, 21); Neil's producers on BANG Records, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich used the tambourine pretty liberally on his early recordings.)






Come On Down To My Boat – Every Mothers' Son (1967, #6; really nice tambourine and some soaring vocal harmonies!)

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

8:05 - Moby Grape (1967, dnc; Columbia Records released 5 singles off their debut album in July, 1967, and the only ones that charted were "Omaha", #88 and "Hey Grandma, #127.  The over-hype basically killed the band before they even got off the ground.)

Tighter, Tighter – Alive And Kicking (1970, #7; the only Top 40 hit for this Brooklyn, NY band.)



Out In The Country – Three Dog Night (1970, #15; during my first Tambourine show, a listener called in and said he remembered a 3DN song with a nice tambourine.  It took me 2 weeks and some additional research to discover which one it was.)

Jesus Is Just Alright – The Doobie Brothers (1973, #35); producer Ted Templeman employed a cool tambourine sound on the early Doobies records, and I think this is the best!  Also some cool bongos...)

Don't Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston (1977, #1, 1 week).

I Can't Let Go – Linda Ronstadt (1980, #31).

I Need You – Paul Carrack (1982, #37; first solo hit for this versatile vocalist - Ace, Squeeze, Mike & The Mechanics.)



Trivia question answer: the first company to license a Bob Dylan song for a TV commercial was Apple Computer in 2000 (the song was "Forever Young", and unfortunately I could not find the video.)  Since then Bob has "lent" his music to many advertisers with the most memorable probably being Victoria's Secret in 2007!

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

Glossary of terms

dnc = did not chart.
nr = not released as a single at the time.

AC = Billboard's chart for "Adult Contemporary" singles.
Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked, but below the Hot 100 (spots 101 - 130),

BB = Billboard Magazine, which publishes the Hot 100 chart (previously known at the Top 100), along with several other charts.

C&W = Billboard's chart for "Country & Western" singles.

R&B = Billboards's chart for "Rhythm & Blues" singles.
RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
RS500 = Rolling Stones Magazine's ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time.

Host This Week (March 16th):  Greg James and John Simon with more &'s and a tribute to Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine, who recently passed.




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March 2, 2019 - JH: NY City songs; Clydie King tribute

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Date: March 2, 2019
Spotlight: NY City songs; Clydie King tribute

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Playlist

·     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

 OPENING THEME:  Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)

59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Harper's Bizarre (1967 - #13: cover of Simon & Garfunkel's song by the sunshine pop group from Santa Cruz; Leon Russell arranged this version and Ted Templeman, who later produced several Doobie Brothers records, was a member of the group)

I Guess the Lord Must be in New York City - Nilsson (1969 - #34: written for the movie Midnight Cowboy but not used in the film)

Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl (1964 - #44: Bob & Earl were Bob Relf and Earl Nelson)

Chelsea Morning - Judy Collins (1969 - #78: Joni Mitchell wrote this song about the NY neighborhood)

*Eyes of a New York Woman - B.J. Thomas (1968 - #28: song was written by Mark James, who also wrote "Suspicious Minds")

New York Groove - Ace Frehley (1978 - #13: solo effort by the lead guitarist of Kiss)

Washington Square - The Village Stompers (1963 - #2: their sound has been described as 'folk-dixie')

Crazy Downtown - Allan Sherman (1965 - #40: comedy take-off on the Petula Clark hit 'Downtown')

The Boy From New York City - The Ad-Libs (1965 - #8: one-hit wonder for the female doo-wop group from Bayonne, NJ)

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross (1981 - #1: song topped the charts for 3 weeks and won an Oscar for Best Original Song; from the movie starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli)

45 Corner

The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkel (DNC - 1970: song was released on the B side of "Cecilia", and is Paul Simon's good-bye song to Art Garfunkel; The first lines: "Tom, get your plane right on time; I know you part'll go fine; fly down to Mexico" references Garfunkel leaving the duo to take a part in the movie "Catch-22" filming in Mexico; in the late '50s they recorded under the names Tom & Jerry)

Shattered - The Rolling Stones (1978 - #31: Mick Jagger says he wrote the song in the back of a New York City taxicab)

Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack (1973 - #56: from the film of the same name starring Anthony Quinn; also used in the Quentin Tarantino movie Jackie Brown)

Harlem Nocturne - The Viscounts (1960 - #52: song was re-released in 1965 and charted at #39)

Birthday Calendar

Feb. 24:

Joanie Sommers (Joan Drost) - 78

Paul Jones (Manfred Mann lead singer 1962-66) - 77

Nicky Hopkins - born 1944

Rupert Holmes - 72

Feb. 25:

George Harrison - born 1943

Emitt Rhodes - 69

Feb. 26:

Antione "Fats" Domino - born 1928

Johnny Cash - born 1932

Mitch Ryder - 74

Feb. 27:

Guy Mitchell - born 1927

Feb. 28:

Joe South (Joseph Souter) - born 1940

Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) - born 1942

March 1:

Harry Belafonte - 92

Mike D'Abo - 75

Roger Daltrey - 75

March 2:

Karen Carpenter - born 1950

Jay Osmond - 63

John Cowsill - 62

One Boy - Joanie Sommers (1960 - #54: from the Broadway musical "Bye Bye Birdie")

Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann (1966 - #29: Paul Jones is said to have one of the best voices of the British invasion; Jack Bruce played bass on the song)

She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones (1967 - #25: song features the piano stylings of Nicky Hopkins)

Thank You Girl - Street People (1970 - #96: Rupert Holmes was behind this studio group; song was a follow-up to "Jennifer Tompkins" which charted at #36 earlier in the year)

Cracker Box Palace - George Harrison (1977 - #19: song spotlights the skills on slide guitar of 'the quiet Beatle')

Live - The Merry-Go-Round (1967 - #63: Emmit Rhodes wrote the song which was covered by The Bangles in 1984)

Whole Lotta Loving - Fats Domino (1958 - #6: Domino co-wrote the song which was considered a 'comeback' record for him)

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash (1963 - #17: song was said to be written by June Carter Cash due to her love for Johnny, but Johnny's first wife claimed the song was written by Johnny about something else entirely; #87 on the RS 500)

Devil With A Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1966 - #4: song ranks #428 on the RS 500; Bruce Springsteen has used it frequently for concert encores)

Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell (1956 - #1: song was #1 from December 8, 1956 to February 2, 1957 - a total of 10 weeks)

Birds of a Feather - Joe South (1969 - #96: South wrote the song that would reach #23 for Paul Revere and the Raiders in 1971)

Not Fade Away - The Rolling Stones (1964 - #48: Brian Jones played harmonica on the buddy Holly cover that was the first charting single for the group in the US)

Island in the Sun - Harry Belafonte (1957 - #30: the singer, songwriter, actor and activist in known as "The King of Calypso")

Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart (1972 - #42: Mike D'Abo wrote, arranged, and played piano on the song)

Substitute (1966) and The Kids Are Alright (1971) - two songs by the Who that 'Bubbled Under' on the Hot 100 charts)

Superstar - The Carpenters (1971 - #2: song was co-written by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett)


Yo-Yo - The Osmonds (1971 - #3: song was written by Joe South and 'bubbled under' for Billy Joe Royal in 1965)

The Prophecy of Daniel and John the Divine (6-6-6) - the Cowsills (1969 - #75: song is from their LP "II x II")

Tribute to Clydie King:  Clydie King was a legendary back-up singer who passed away on January 7 of this year.  She appears on hundreds of records encompassing a wide range of rock artists.  At the age of 8 she appeared on the Art Linkletter Show, and she also was in the 1976 version of the movie A Star Is Born with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.  King also was included in the Netflix documentary 20 Feet From Stardom.

You Changed My Life - Bob Dylan (1981 - NR: from "The Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3"; Dylan called King "My ultimate singing partner, we were two soulmates") here is a photo of the pair


The Bitch Is Back - Elton John (1974 - #4: from his LP "Caribou")

Chicago - Graham Nash (1971 - #35: from his solo LP "Songs for Beginners")

City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (1972 - #18: from his LP "Hobo's Lullabye")


(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna - Ringo Starr (1975 - #31: John Lennon wrote and played piano on the song; he can be heard counting off the song)

Uptown - The Crystals (1962 - #13: Phil Spector produced the song, which was written by the songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)


Brooklyn Roads - Neil Diamond (1968 - #58: Diamond grew up in Brooklyn and Barbra Streisand was a classmate of his)

Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin (1971 - #2: Ben E. King sang the original but "The Queen of Soul" had better chart success)

New York's a Lonely Town - The Trade Winds (1965 - #32: in 1966 the group [which was the duo of Peter Andreoli and Vincent Poncia] would chart with the psychedelic song "Mind Excursion")


New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (1980 - #32: the ultimate New York City song, from the ovie of the same name starring Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli)

CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks)

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

Host Next Week (03/09/19):  John Rudan (JR) with 'More Tambourine'!.

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