Rockin' Remnants
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Date: March 9, 2013
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: 1960
Birthday Calendar
Mar 3 - Jennifer Warnes - 66 years old
Mar 4 - Bobby Womack - 69 years old
- Miriam Makeba - born in 1932
Mar 6 - Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews) - 66 years old
Mar 8 - Micky Dolenz (drummer for the Monkees) - 68 years old
- Randy Meisner (bassist for the Eagles) - 67 years old
Mar 9 - Lloyd Price - 80 years old
- Jeffrey Osborne (lead singer of LTD) - 65 years old
- Mark Lindsay (lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders) - 71 years old
Rock and Roll Trivia
Clue 1: This artist’s career had a turning point when he was working at a bakery. One of his future bandmates (the one the band was named after), was a restaurant owner, and came in to the bakery to buy some hamburger buns. The band later recorded a song that mentions their food-related origin. Although that song didn’t make it onto the charts, the band had 24 songs on the Hot 100 during the 60s and early 70s – and this particular member of the band also had 8 songs on the Hot 100 as a solo artist.
Clue 2: This artist was involved with several tv variety shows over the years. The group mentioned in Clue 1 performed regularly on a show hosted by Dick Clark in the mid-60s. A couple years later, this artist co-hosted a show with the bandmate mentioned in Clue 1, and of course their group performed regularly on that show. And then in 1971, this person was featured as a solo artist in at least one episode of a variety show hosted by The Carpenters.
Clue 3: The group mentioned in Clue 1 was known for dressing in Revolutionary War-style outfits, in keeping with the band’s name. This particular member, the lead singer, grew his hair out and wore it in a ponytail to further augment the 18th-century look.
(scroll down for the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
(songs in bold are from our spotlight date of 3-9-60; songs with * were requests; yellow titles are YouTube links)
6-7pm
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock 'n' Roll - Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys - 1969 - peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, produced by Jimi Hendrix
Just
a Little Bit – Rosco Gordon (#67 this week, peaked at #64, his only Hot 100
hit)
Baby
(You’ve Got What It Takes) – Brook Benton and Dinah Washington (#8 this week)
* Wild
One – Bobby Rydell (#4 this week)
Too
Pooped to Pop – Chuck Berry (#44 this week)
Country
Boy – Fats Domino (#25 this week)
Just
Give Me a Ring – Clyde McPhatter (peaked at #96 this week)
This Door Swings Both Ways – Herman’s Hermits (1966, #12)
Hold You Tighter – Sonny and Cher (1969)
Mountain
of Love – Harold Dorman (#91 this week)
Kisses Sweeter than Wine – Jimmie Rodgers (1957, #3)
This Little Girl of Mine – Everly Brothers (1958, #26)
Rockin’
Little Angel – Ray Smith (#26 this week)
Lucky
Devil – Carl Dobkins, Jr. (#32 this week)
Chattanooga
Choo Choo – Ernie Fields (#75 this week)
Chattanooga
Shoe Shine Boy – Freddy Cannon (#35 this week)
Road Runner – Bo Diddley (#81 this week)
(Welcome)
New Lovers – Pat Boone (#34 this week)
Pretty
Blue Eyes – Steve Lawrence (#28 this week)
7-8pm (birthdays and trivia)
Lady
Luck – Lloyd Price (#16 this week in 1960, peaked at #14)
Pata Pata – Miriam Makeba (1967, #12)
California Dreamin’ – Bobby Womack (1968+, #43, one of
four versions to hit the Hot 100 – Mamas & Papas reached #4 in ’66, America
peaked at #56 in ’79, and Beach Boys were at #57 in ‘86)
I’m a Believer – Monkees (1966, spent 7 weeks at #1,
Micky does lead vocals along with drums, written by Neil Diamond)
You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – Blood, Sweat, & Tears
(1969, #2 for three weeks, their first big hit)
Play Me – Neil Diamond (1972, #11)
Him or Me – What’s It Gonna Be? – Paul Revere and the
Raiders (1967, #5, Mark Lindsay co-wrote and sang lead)
Arizona – Mark Lindsay (1969+, #10, biggest solo hit)
Sweet Nothin’s – Brenda Lee (#13 this week)
Let
the Little Girl Dance – Billy Bland (#90 this week)
I
Love the Way You Love – Marv Johnson (#79 this week)
Baby,
What You Want Me to Do – Jimmy Reed (#38 this week)
* Runaway – Del Shannon (1961, #1 for four weeks)
8-9pm (70s hour)
Take It to the Limit – Eagles (1975+, #4, co-written by
bassist Randy Meisner, and the only A-side on which he sang lead)
I’ve Got the Music in Me –The Kiki Dee Band (1974, #12, biggest
hit was “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”)
Back In Love Again – LTD / Love, Togetherness, and
Devotion (1977, #4, their only Top Ten)
That Same Old Feeling – The Fortunes (1970, #62)
Sail Around the World – David Gates (1973, #50)
The Weight – Aretha Franklin (1969, #19, with Duane Allman
on slide guitar)
1,2,3, Red Light – 1910 Fruitgum Company (1968, #5)
Dance With Me – Orleans (1975, #6)
Cool Change – Little River Band (1979+, #10)
* Pusherman – Curtis Mayfield (1972)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk - Santo and Johnny - 1959
- #1 for two weeks
Trivia Answer
A: MARK LINDSAY, the lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders, who also happens to be celebrating his birthday today – he is now 71 years old. The song “The Legend of Paul Revere” describes the band's origins. Paul Revere & the Raiders appeared frequently on Dick Clark’s tv show “Where the Action Is” in 65-66. Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere later co-hosted the show “Happening” in ‘68-‘69. And Mark Lindsay was a guest star on at least one episode of “Make Your Own Kind of Music”, hosted by The Carpenters in 1971. (Congratulations to Brian, this week's winner!)
Next Week (Mar 16): JR with a spotlight on 1976
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