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Date: August 10, 2024
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: 1965
Birthday Calendar
Aug 4 – Louis Armstrong – born in 1901
– Timi Yuro (b. Rosemary Yuro) – born in 1940
– Larry Knechtel – born in 1940
Aug 5 – Rick Derringer (b. Rick Zehringer) – age 77
Aug 6 – Mike Elliott (sax, Foundations) – age 95
– William “Sonny” Sanders (Satintones) – born in 1939
Aug 7 – Billy Joe “BJ” Thomas – born in 1942
– Felice Bryant (b. Matilda Scaduto) – born in 1925
Aug 8 – Joe Tex (b. Joseph Arrington Jr.) – born in 1933 or 1935
– Connie Stevens (b. Concetta Ingolia) – age 86
Aug 9 – Barbara Mason – age 77
Aug 10 – Jimmy Dean – born in 1928
– Ronnie Spector (b. Veronica Bennett) – born in 1943
– Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Bros) – born in 1940
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
One of the people on this week’s birthday calendar was a member of the loose coalition of session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew – and had also been a member of Duane Eddy’s band The Rebels, and was a member of Bread for a couple years as well. Who was it?
Additional hint if needed: the person was a multi-instrumentalist and won a Grammy for playing the piano on Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Final hint if needed: the first syllable of the person’s last name sounds like a body part.
(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)
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
6-7pm
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Save Your Heart For Me – Gary Lewis & The Playboys (#3 this week in 1965)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones (#2 this week)
I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher (#1 this week in 1965)
* You Were On My Mind – We Five (#22 this week)
Cara, Mia – Jay & The Americans (#19 this week)
Baby, I’m Yours – Barbara Lewis (#12 this week)
* Just A Little – The Beau Brummels (from earlier in 1965, and it had peaked at #8)
* Reflections Of My Life – The Marmalade (1970, #10)
Eve Of Destruction – Barry McGuire (bubbling under this week at #103, it
would eventually reach #1)
* Five O’Clock World – The Vogues (debuted on the Hot 100 later in 1965, and peaked at #4 in early 1966)
Down In The Boondocks – Billy Joe Royal (#10 this week)
California Girls – The Beach Boys (#9 this week)
Love Is A Treasure – Mickey & Sylvia (from 1957, a few months after Love Is Strange, but this one did not chart. It goes out to the members of the Ithaca Rotary who are running their annual Road Rally fundraiser tomorrow Aug 11, a sort of treasure hunt by car.)
7-8pm
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong (1967, Adult Contemporary #12. It bubbled under the Hot 100 in 1968 at #116. Twenty years later, it would make it onto the Hot 100 when it was used in the soundtrack to Good Morning Vietnam.)
What’s A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) – Timi Yuro (1962, #12)
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970, spent six weeks at #1, with Larry Knechtel on piano. The song won 5 Grammys.)
Hang On Sloopy – The McCoys (debuted this week in 1965 at #99 on the Hot 100; it would later reach #1)
Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations (1969, #3)
Sugar Daddy – The Satintones (1959, did not chart. The b-side of Motown M-1000, arguably the first single on the Motown label.)
Rock And Roll Lullaby – BJ Thomas (1972, #15)
Raining In My Heart – Buddy Holly (1959, #88, cowritten by Felice Bryant and her husband Boudleaux Bryant)
I Want To (Do Everything For You) – Joe Tex (bubbling under the Hot 100 at #114 this week in 1965; it would peak at #23)
The Greenwood Tree – Connie Stevens (1961, did not chart)
Sixteen Reasons – Connie Stevens (1960, #3)
Yes, I’m Ready – Barbara Mason (#31 on this week’s chart, having peaked at #5)
Little Black Book – Jimmy Dean (1962, #29)
(The Best Part Of) Breakin’ Up – The Ronettes (1964, #39)
8-9pm
Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers (#6 this week in 1965; it would peak at #4 in two weeks)
Seventh Son – Johnny Rivers (#43 this week)
You Turn Me On (Turn On Song) – Ian Whitcomb (#45 this week)
It Ain’t Me Babe – The Turtles (#53 this week, written by Bob Dylan)
Agent Double-O Soul – Edwin Starr (#63 this week)
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – The Animals (debuted this week at #80)
It’s The Same Old Song – The Four Tops (#7 this week)
Take Me For A Little While – Evie Sands (bubbling under at #125 this week)
I’m Alive – The Hollies (bubbling at #104 this week)
I’ll Always Love You – The Spinners (#38 this week)
All I Really Want To Do – The Byrds (#42 this week)
You’ve Got Your Troubles – The Fortunes (bubbling at #116 this week)
I Like It Like That – The Dave Clark Five (#13 this week)
Help! – The Beatles (#14 this week)
In The Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett (#37 this week)
* If – Bread (1971, #4)
Follow That Dream – Elvis Presley (1962, #15)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
Larry Knechtel was one of the session musicians in the Wrecking Crew, playing various instruments on recordings by many different artists, including the piano part on Bridge Over Troubled Water, for which he won a Grammy. He was also a member of The Rebels and later a member of Bread.
Congratulations to Robin from Ithaca, for correctly answering the question (without needing the additional hints) and winning two passes 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 (Aug 17): John Simon with a spotlight on 1968
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