Jan. 14, 2017 - JH: one-hit wonders

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Date:  January 14, 2017
Host:  Jan Hunsinger
Feature:  One-hit wonders of the late 60s and early 70s.  All of which are 45 rpm singles.






Birthday Calendar

Jan. 8 - Elvis Presley - 1935
Shirley Bassey - 80 years old
Little Anthony (Gourdine) - 1940
John Petersen (Beau Brummels drummer) - 1942
Terry Sylvester (The Hollies) - 72
Robbie Krieger (The Doors) - 71

Jan. 9 - Joan Baez - 76
Scott Engel (Walker Brothers) - 74
Bill Cowsill - 1948 

Jan. 10 - Johnny Ray - 1927
Scott McKenzie - 1939
Jim Croce - 1942
Rod Stewart - 72

Jan. 11 - Chuck Barksdale (The Dells) - 83
 
Jan. 12 - Ray Price - 1926
Ruth Brown - 1928
Glenn Yarborough - 1930

Jan. 13 - none

Jan. 14 - Clarence Carter - 82
Jack Jones - 79
Tim Harris (The Foundations drummer) - 1948

Playlist


[One-hit wonders:  artists who had only one song make the Billboard Top 40.  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)

Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers (#1 - 1967) 


Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion (#7 - 1971)

Everyone's Gone to the Moon - Jonathan King (#17 - 1965)

Nothing But a Heartache - The Flirtations (#34 - 1969)


Jennifer Tomkins - Street People (#36 - 1970: studio group led by Rupert Holmes who would have a hit with the Pina Colada song)


I Love You - People (#14 - 1968) 

*In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans (#1 - 1969:  arguably the greatest one-hit wonder of them all - spent 6 weeks at #1 and the duo were never in the Top 40 again. Danny Zager & Rick Evans out of Nebraska)


When I Die - Motherlode (#18 - 1969:  group out of Canada)

45 Corner

The Epic Ride of John Glenn - Walter Brennan (star of the TV show "The Real McCoys", Brennan had three spoken records reach the Top 40.  This was the flip side to his #5 hit "Old Rivers" in 1962)


Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind (#5 - 1966: a great folk-rock number)

1900 Yesterday - Liz Damon & the Orient Express (#33 - 1971:  group out of Hawaii) 


Naturally Stoned - Avant Garde (#40 - 1968)

Morning Girl - Neon Philharmonic (#17 - 1969: Nashville session musicians with Tupper Saussy writing and Don Gant singing)


Birthday Calendar 

Viva Las Vegas (#29 - 1964)

All Shook Up (#1 - 1957:  double shot from the King)

Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey (#8 - 1965)


I'm on the Outside Looking In - Little Anthony & the Imperials (#15 - 1964)

Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels (#15 - 1965) 


Sorry Suzanne - The Hollies (#56 - 1969: Terry Sylvester filled in when Graham Nash left the group to form up with Stephen Stills and David Crosby)


Love Her Madly - The Doors (#11 - 1971: appearing on Rolling Stones Greatest guitarists of all time list, Robbie Krieger co-wrote the song.)

Winds of the Old Days - Joan Baez (flip side of 45 Diamonds & Rust which reached #35 in 1975; tune about her relationship with Bob Dylan)
  


The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore - Walker Brothers (#13 - 1966: blue-eyed soul with Scott Engel [Walker] on lead vocals) 

We Can Fly - The Cowsills (#21 - 1968: Bill Cowsill produced the LP this song was the title track at the age of 20)


Just Walking in the Rain - Johnnie Ray (#2 - 1956)

What About Me? - Anne Murray (#64 - 1972: song written by Scott McKenzie)


Operator - Jim Croce (#17 - 1972)

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


Oh What a Nite - The Dells (#4 R & B charts - 1956)

For the Good Times - Ray Price #11 - 1970: country crossover)

This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' - Ruth Brown (#24 - 1958: 'Miss Rhythm' recorded for Atlantic Records which was sometimes called 'The house that Ruth built')


Baby the Rain Must Fall - Glenn Yarborough (#12 - 1965)

Tell Daddy - Clarence Carter (1966: song that Etta James would cover as "Tell Mama")


Wives and Lovers - Jack Jones (#14 - 1963: great swing sound from the son of Allan Jones, who was in "A Night at the Opera" with the Marx Brothers)

Build Me Up, Buttercup - The Foundations (#3 - 1968: British soul group; song co-written by Mike D'Abo!) 


Toast and Marmalade for Tea - Tin Tin (#20 - 1971: group out of Australia)



White on White - Danny Williams (#9 - 1964:  Danny Williams is from South Africa)


More Today Than Yesterday - Spiral Starecase (#12 - 1969)

I Got a Line On You - Spirit (#25 - 1969)  

*Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire (#1 - 1965:  P.F. Sloan wrote the song and McGuire is backed by members of the Wrecking Crew) 

Stay Awhile - The Bells (#7: 1971 - The Bells were Jackie Ralph and Cliff Edwards out of Canada) 


Midnight Mary - Joey Powers (#10 - 1963)

Sugar on Sunday - The Clique (#22 - 1969: flip side of this 45 was "Superman", which was covered by REM)


Leader of the Laundromat - The Detergents (#19 - 1964: novelty parody of Leader of the Pack featuring Ron Dante of Archies fame) 


Hot Smoke and Sassafrass - The Bubble Puppy (#14 - 1969: psychedelic band out of Austin, Texas)


As the Years Go By - Mashmakan (#31 - 1970: band from Montreal)

Reach Out of the Darkness - Friend and Lover (#10 - 1968: Friend and Lover were Jim and Cathy Post; Joe South shared production credits on the song and sat in on the recording session, as did Ray Stevens) 


Joanne - Michael Nesmith and the First National Band (#21 - 1970: only post-Monkees Top 40 for Pappa Nes, although his musical influence was much wider) 

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






Host Next Week (January 21):  Kim Vaughan with a spotlight on 1961.





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Jan 21, 2017 -- KV -- 1961

 

Rockin' Remnants



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Date:  January 21, 2017
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1961




Birthday Calendar

Jan 16 – Barbara Lynn (b. B. L. Ozen) – age 75
            – Bob Bogle (Ventures) – born in 1934

Jan 17 – Chris Montez (b. Ezekiel C. Montanez) – age 74
            – William Hart (Delfonics) – age 72

Jan 18 – David Ruffin (Temptations) – born in 1941
            – Bobby Goldsboro – age 76

Jan 19 – Phil Everly (Everly Bros) – born in 1939
            – Dolly Parton – age 71
            – Janis Joplin (Big Brother & the Holding Company) – born in 1943         

Jan 21 – Edwin Starr – age 71
            – Mac Davis – age 70



Playlist

[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 1-21-61; 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)

Dance By The Light Of The Moon – The Olympics (#82 this week in 1961, down from its peak at #47.  The song is adapted from a traditional called Buffalo Gals, written over a hundred years earlier.)

Corinna, Corinna – Ray Peterson (#9 this week)

Shop Around – The Miracles (#12 this week)

Poetry In Motion – Johnny Tillotson (#47 this week, having fallen from its peak at #2)

My Last Date (With You) – Skeeter Davis (#34 this week.  She co-wrote the lyrics, along with Boudleaux Bryant, as a response to Floyd Cramer’s hit “Last Date”.  On this week’s Hot 100, there were 2 versions of “Last Date” – Floyd Cramer’s and Lawrence Welk’s – and 2 versions of “My Last Date (With You)” – Skeeter Davis’s and Joni James’s.)

  

Yes, I’m Lonesome Tonight – Dodie Stevens (#74 this week.  There were 2 versions of this “response song” on the Hot 100 this week – Thelma Carpenter did the other one – as well as Elvis’s version of “Are You Lonesome Tonight”.)

 * At Last – Etta James (debuted this week in 1961 at #75; it would peak at #47)

 * Are You Lonesome Tonight [45] – Elvis Presley (#2 this week, after spending six consecutive weeks at #1.  The song dates back to the mid-1920s.)

Angel On My Shoulder – Shelby Flint (#61 this week)

 * Rubber Ball – Bobby Vee (#7 this week)

You Are The Only One [45] – Ricky Nelson (#27 this week)

 * Calendar Girl – Neil Sedaka (#14 this week)

Happy Days – Marv Johnson (#58 this week)

 

Sad Mood – Sam Cooke (#49 this week)

7-8pm

Second Fiddle Girl – Barbara Lynn (1962, #63)

Perfidia – The Ventures (#33 this week in 1961, down from its peak at #15)

The More I See You – Chris Montez (1966, #16)

Foolin’ Around – Chris Montez (1967, #135)

La-La Means I Love You – The Delfonics (1968, #4)

My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) – David Ruffin (1969, #9, his first single after leaving The Temptations.  This was originally intended to be a Temptations song.)

See The Funny Little Clown – Bobby Goldsboro (1964, #9)

Don’t Drop Out – Dolly Parton (1966, did not chart)

 

Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers (1957, #2 for four weeks)

 * Piece Of My Heart – Big Brother & the Holding Company (1968, #12)

Agent Double-O-Soul – Edwin Starr (1965, #21, his first Hot 100 hit)

 

 * War – Edwin Starr (1970, #1 for three weeks)

Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me – Mac Davis (1972, #1 for three weeks)

 * Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) – Barry Mann (1961, #7)

 * A Thousand Stars – Kathy Young (#11 this week, after having peaked at #3 a few weeks prior)

8-9pm



 * Lonely Teenager – Dion (#19 this week in 1961)

What Would I Do – Mickey & Sylvia (#76 this week)

       

What Am I Gonna Do – Jimmy Clanton (#73 this week)

Stay – Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs (#44 this week in 1961, having reached #1 in Nov 1960)

Sway – Bobby Rydell (#36 this week)

First Taste Of Love – Ben E. King (#69 this week)

Your Other Love – The Flamingos (#71 this week)

I’m Into Something Good – Herman’s Hermits (1964, #13)

 * Sheila – Tommy Roe (1962, #1 for two weeks, the first hit for this boy from Atlanta)

 * Navy Blue – Diane Renay (1964, #6 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)

 * Land Of 1000 Dances – Cannibal & the Headhunters (1965, #30, their only entry on the Hot 100)

 

I Hear Trumpets Blow – The Tokens (1966, #30)

Let Your Love Flow – The Bellamy Brothers (1976, #1)

 * Blue Moon – The Marcels (debuted on the Hot 100 in March 1961 and spent three weeks at #1; also spent two weeks at #1 on the R&B chart.  This Rodgers & Hart tune has been recorded by many artists, three of whom had Top Ten versions of the song in 1935.)

I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles (1973, #38)

[45] A Little Bit Of Soap – Paul Davis (1970, #52.  The Jarmels had a big hit with this song in 1961; several other artists have also charted with it.)

Rock And Roll Lullaby – B.J. Thomas (1972, #15.  Duane Eddy played guitar on the record, and the Blossoms sang back-up.)

Big Green Pearl – Orpheus (1971, did not chart)

 

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




Host Next Week (Jan 28):  John Rudan with a spotlight on 1977



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