February 12, 2022 - JH: Valentine's Day Special

 February 12, 2022

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)

Spotlight: Valentine's Day Special!

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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

6:00 - 7:00

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

*Never My Love - The Association (1967 - #2: with over 7,000,000 plays, the song came in #2 when BMI announced the Top 100 Songs of the 20th Century; the group was supported by the Wrecking Crew)

Everything That Touches You - The Association (1968 - #10: the band's last song to hit the Top 10, from the LP Birthday)

Annie's Song - John Denver (1974 - #1: Denver's tribute to his then-wife spent 2 weeks at #1)

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (1957 - #1: Presley co-wrote this huge smash that spent 9 weeks at #1 and ranks #352/RS500)

Can't Find the Time - Orpheus (1969 - #80: Boston group was big in the New England area) 

You're the First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White (1975 - #2: song topped the R&B charts and made #1 in the UK, but Elton John's cover of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" kept it out of #1 spot on the BB Hot 100)

I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos (1959 - #11: classic doo-wop song that ranks #157/RS500)

You Got to Me - Neil Diamond (1967 - #18: from the LP Just for You, Diamond's second and last on the Bang label)

This Guy's in Love With You - Herb Alpert (1968 - #1: Alpert wanted a new song to sing for his 1968 TV special, so he went to Burt Bacharach, who had this one laying around)

8 Days a Week - The Beatles (1965 - #1: some sources say this is the first pop song to start with a fade-in, others sources say that The Supremes' "Come See About Me" used the technique first)

My Prayer - The Platters (1956 - #1: song spent 5 weeks at #1; the Inkspots had a #3 hit with it in 1939)

45 Corner

Is It Any Wonder? - The Turtles (1970 - DNC: first released as an album track on the Golden Hits LP in 1967, it was released as a single in 1970)

Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac (1976 - #20: from the first LP with the classic line-up including Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham)

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson

(1967 - #6: last Top 10 hit for the singer known as "Mr. Excitement"; #246/RS500)

So Much in Love - The Tymes (1963 - #1: first big hit for the Philadelphia group)

7:00 - 8:00

The Birthday Calendar

February 6:

Fabian (Fabiano Anthony Forte) - 79

Jerry Marotta (Orleans) - 66

February 7:

King Curtis (Curtis Ousley) - born 1934

February 8:

Larry Verne - born 1936

Dan Seals - born 1948

February 9:

Bobby Lewis - born 1925

Barry Mann (Imberman) - 83

Carole King (Carol Joan Klein) - 80

Barbara Lewis - 79

February 10:

Don Wilson (The Ventures) - born 1937

Roberta Flack - 83

February 11:

Raoul Cita (The Harptones) - born 1928

Gene Vincent - born 1935

Gerry Goffin - born 1939

Sergio Mendes - 81

February 12:

Gene McDaniels - born 1935

Ray Manzarek (The Doors) - born 1939

Michael McDonald - 70

Tiger - Fabian (1959 - #3: big hit for the Philadelphia-born teen idol)

Still the One - Orleans (1976 - #5: several members of the band have Ithaca connections and they formed the group in Woodstock, NY, where Jerry Marotta still lives)

Yakety Yak - The Coasters (1958 - #1: King Curtis worked with many artists and this is just one song that features his saxophone stylings)

Mr. Custer - Larry Verne (1960 - #1: novelty hit for Verne, who built Hollywood sets for 35 years after tiring of the music business)

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley (1976 - #2: "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry kept the Texas duo out of the top spot; they broke up in 1980 when Seals wanted to pursue a country music career)

Tossin' & Turnin' - Bobby Lewis (1961 - #1: we heard the version with the rarely-heard prelude, which Lewis used to sing when performing the song live)

(You're My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers (1966 - #1: Barry Mann wrote the song with his wife, Cynthia Weil, one of their many hits)

I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King (1971 - #1: from her classic LP Tapestry, the song has been called "the ultimate in hippy-chick eroticism")

I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits (1964 - #13: one of 118 BB Hot 100 songs written or co-written by Carole King)

Baby I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis (1965 - #11: song was written by Van McCoy, who later gave us "The Hustle")

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack (1972 - #1: 6 weeks at #1 for the song written in 1957 by English folk singer Ewan MacColl for future wife Peggy Seeger [half sister of Pete]; the song was used in the Clint Eastwood movie Play Misty for Me and the TV show Madmen)

A Sunday Kind of Love - The Harptones (1953 - DNC: Raoul Cita was the pianist/arranger and also sang baritone for the group)

Be-Bop-a-Lula - Gene Vincent (1956 - #7: song is considered an early example of rockabilly and ranks #102/RS500)

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin (1967 - #8: Gerry Goffin and Carole King wrote the song specifically for Franklin at the request of her producer, Jerry Wexler)

The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 (1968 - #4: the popularity of the Brazilian-born Mendes led to concert performances for Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon)

A Hundred Pounds of Clay - Gene McDaniels (1961 - #3: his first single to chart on the BB Hot 100)

Love Her Madly - The Doors (1971 - #11: from the group's final LP as a foursome, L.A. Woman; the song features the keyboard skills of Ray Manzarek)

8:00 - 9:00

Takin' It to the Streets - Doobie Brothers (1976 - #13: Michael McDonald gave the band a more soulful sound when he joined in 1975; he wrote and sang lead on this hit)

*Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs (1953 - #1: Gibbs was born Frieda Lipschitz and was of Russian Jewish descent; she was known for singing a wide variety of music styles)

*I Will Follow Him (Chariot) - Little Peggy March (1963 - #1: March was 15 years old when she recorded the song and still holds the record for youngest performer to have a #1 hit)

*One Fine Morning - Lighthouse (1971 - #24: band won the Juno Award for Best Canadian Group of the Year for '72, '73, & '74; song was #2 on the Canadian charts)

Stay Awhile - The Bells (1971 - #7: another Canadian group, consisting of Jackie Ralph and Cliff Edwards)

Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede (1974 - #1: from one of the Swedish band's two LPs that consisted entirely of covers, this song previously a hit for B.J. Thomas)

This I Swear - The Skyliners (1959 - #26: lead singer of the Pittsburgh group Jimmy Beaumont was 19 years old)

Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - Frankie Valli (1967 - #2: solo effort from Valli was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and was kept out of the #1 spot by The Association's "Windy"; song was used in the movie The Deer Hunter)

For All We Know - The Carpenters (1971 - #3: won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1971; from the movie Lovers and Other Strangers)

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (1966 - #39: from the classic LP "Pet Sounds", it ranks #25/RS500)

My Pledge of Love - Joe Jeffrey Group (1969 - #14: one-hit wonder for the Buffalo band)

Misty - Johnny Mathis (1959 - #12: became Mathis' signature song and also used in the Clint Eastwood movie Play Misty for Me)

Your Song - Elton John (1971 - #8: from the artist's first LP released in the US, ranks #136/RS500)

You Send Me - Sam Cooke (1957 - #1: the first of 43 charting singles for Cooke, ranks #115/RS500)

CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)

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 February 19, 2022: John Simon (JS) with a spotlight on Golden Oldies.

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February 5, 2022 - GJ - Hello and Goodbye

Rockin’ Remnants

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Date:  February 5, 2022

Host:  Gregory James

Feature: Hello and Goodbye

Birthday Calendar

January 30

Marty Balin (b. 1942  d.2018)

Steve Marriott (Small Faces)  (b. 1947  d. 1991)

Phil Collins 71 years old

January 31

Marvin Junior (Dells)     (b. 1936  d. 2013)

Terry Kath (Chicago)  (b. 1946  d. 1978)

Chuck Willis    (b. 1926  d. 1958)

February 1

Don Everly (b. 1937  d. 2021)

Ray Sawyer (Dr. Hook) (b. 1937  d. 2018)

February 2

Stan Getz (b. 1927  d. 1991)

Graham Nash 80 years old

February 3

Dave Davies 75 years old

Melanie Safka 75 years old

February 4

Alice Cooper 74 years old

Marge Ganser   (Shangri-Las)   (b. 1948  d. 1996)

Mary Ann Ganser (Shangri-Las)  (b. 1948  d. 1970)

Florence LaRue (5th Dimension) 78 years old

February 5

Hal Blaine (b. 1929  d. 2019)

Al Kooper 78 years old

Barrett Strong 81 years old

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 subsequent dates) unless otherwise noted

* glossary of terms is below the playlist

6:00-7:00

OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock n’ Roll—Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)

Hello Goodbye Beatles 1967    #1

McCartney, who composed the song, played the piano introduction.

Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love   

Little Peggy March 1963  #26 

This track reached the #1 chart spot in Hong Kong in 1963.

Kiss Him Goodbye  Steam 1969  #1H100  #20 R&B

Mercury Records spent $50,000 to purchase 100,000 copies of its own record so that it would appear on the Billboard Hot 100, where it eventually reached #1. 

Hello I Love You Doors 1968  #1

This was one of the first 45 RPM records in stereo. Just to make sure listeners appreciated the stereophonic-ness of the record, the song’s bridge has a very obvious pan from one channel to the other.

Goodbye I Love You   Firefall 1979  #43

Goodbye Babe  Castaways 1965 #101

Hello Again Erma Franklin 1962  DNC

Erma Franklin was Aretha’s older sister. After she left the music industry, she worked at a Detroit community center assisting homeless and disadvantaged children.

Goodbye Columbus  Association 1969 #80

This single was released before the movie of the same name was released, so the record did not have the momentum of the film to propel it further up the chart than #80.

Hello Mary Lou Rick Nelson 1961   #9

From the LP “Rick is 21” (his sixth album), this double-sided hit was backed by “Travelin’ Man.” At 1:00 in the video below, check out James Burton's iconic guitar solo. Also, check out the drummer on cowbell!

*Rings Cymarron  1971  #17 H100  #6AC

A one hit wonder written as a wedding present. An advance email request by Scottie for Brooktondale Peggy.

Bye Bye Baby, Baby Goodbye Four Seasons  1965  #12

Yet another reason to say “bye-bye:” the song's narrator is already married.

Hello Young Lovers Paul Anka 1960   #23

From Anka’s LP “Paul Anka Swings for Young Lovers.” The song was written for the 1951 musical “The King and I.”

Go and Say Goodbye Buffalo Springfield 1966  DNC

This was the leadoff track for the first pressing of their eponymous debut LP in 1966. When the album was reissued in 1967, the single “For What It’s Worth” became the leadoff track.

Hello to Romance Hollies 1977  DNC

This song contains the phrase that was the title of the LP on which the track appeared: “A Crazy Steal.” Tony Coe played the saxophone solo.

Hello Lionel Richie 1984  #1 H100  #1R&B   #1AC

Richie originally thought the song was corny, but by the time he finished writing it, he had a higher opinion of it.

Hello Again Neil Diamond     1981  #6H100  #3AC

Diamond wrote the song for a remake of the film “The Jazz Singer.” He earned more praise for his singing than for his acting.

7:00-8:00

It’s No Secret Jefferson Airplane   1966  #NR

Marty Balin wrote and sang lead on this track from their first studio album “The Jefferson Airplane Takes Off.”  Grace Slick had not yet replaced Signe Anderson in the band (seen at 1:30 in the video below).

Itchycoo Park  Small Faces 1968 #16

This was the Small Faces only top 40 hit in the U.S. It features an early version of phasing.

Take Me Home Phil Collins 1986  #7

Collins was a child actor, appearing in the West End production of Oliver at the age of 13 as the Artful Dodger. “Take Me Home” was inspired by the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and has Sting, Peter Gabriel and Helen Terry on backing vocals.

Oh What a Night Dells  1969 #7

Marvin Junior co-wrote the song in 1956 and the Dells re-released it in 1969 with a reworked arrangement.

Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes  Chuck Willis   1958  #24 H100  #9 R&B

This was originally an A-side release, but it became the B-Side to “What Am I Living For?” when Willis died shortly after the record was released.

Make Me Smile Chicago 1970    #9

This track was Chicago’s breakthrough hit. You heard the full version of the song with Terry Kath on vocals. The guys’ classical music training is evident in the intro and outro of the song.

You Ain’t Got the Right Dr. Hook   1973

Ray Sawyer was the lead singer for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. He was the one with the eye patch.

Nancy’s Minuet Everly Brothers 1963 #107

This dark ballad was written by Don Everly, who was the brooding brother who experimented with drugs, had four marriages and had a life-long “haunted feeling…of being odd man out.”

Girl from Ipanema  Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz   1964    #5

Astrud Gilberto was not a trained singer and this international smash record was her vocal debut. The song was inspired by an actual seventeen year old (pictured below) who lived in the Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.

Lady of the Island Graham Nash 1969  NR

Nash wrote the song while he was in the Hollies, who declined to record it because it was too personal. The lady of the island was, of course, Joni Mitchell.

*Living on a Thin Line Kinks 1985  NR

Michael from Newfield requested a Kinks song in honor of composer’s Dave Davies 75th birthday. 

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Melanie and the Edwin Hawkins Singers  1970  #6

Melanie Safka was inspired to write the song based on her experience at Woodstock.

Hello Hooray Alice Cooper 1973   #35

Alice Cooper and the band wanted the song to sound like “Alice Cooper meets Cabaret.”

Remember (Walking in the Sand) Shangri-Las  1964   #5

What do you get when you put two pairs of twin sisters in the same singing group? The Shangri-Las!

Sweet Blindness 5th Dimension 1968   #13

A very fine version of Laura Nyro’s drinking song. You heard the monaural version, which is relatively rare since fewer mono versions than stereo were released. Hal Blaine played drums on this session.

You Don’t Love Me  Al Kooper and Stephen Stills  1968  NR

From the Super Session LP with Kooper on vocals and Stephen Stills on guitar.  Lots of phasing on this track.

8:00-9:00

WKRP in Cincinnati Theme  Steve Carlisle 1981   #65

In memoriam: Howard Hesseman (aka Dr. Johnny Fever)

Goodbye My Friend  Karla Bonnoff 1988  DNC

Bonnoff wrote the song to console herself after the death of a beloved pet. According to Bonnoff, the song turned out to be “very cathartic” for people who have lost loved ones.

Never Can Say Goodbye Jackson Five 1971  #2H100   #1R&B

A twelve year-old Michael Jackson sang lead on this song that was originally intended for the Supremes.

Hello It’s Me Todd Rundgren 1973  #5H100  #17AC

The six backing singers give this track much of its soul. Rundgren claimed that the backing vocals on the fadeout were completely improvised. The video below features Rundgren singing and playing piano live with prerecorded accompaniment--on which he also played every instrument. What do you think of his costume and make-up?

Goodbye Mary Hopkin   1969  #13

Paul McCartney, who wrote the song for Hopkin, played bass guitar, the acoustic guitar intro and solo and percussion.

Goodbye, So Long Tina and Ike Turner 1965  #107H100  #31 R&B

I think that may be Ike Turner on piano. Whoever it is, they tore it up.

Bye Bye Love Everly Brothers   1957   #2H100   #1CW   #5 R&B

This song had been rejected by thirty other musicians before the Everly Brothers recorded it. In the video, the brothers introduce themselves by name and age: 18 and 20.

Bye Bye Baby Goodbye    Big Brother and the Holding Company 1967  #115

Sam Andrew of The Holding Company said it took Joplin “about a year to learn how to sing with an electric band.” The band was the first act to play Fillmore East.

Say Goodbye to Hollywood Billy Joel 1981  #17

Joel has acknowledged that he wrote the song with the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” in mind. In fact, Ronnie Spector recorded a cover of “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” with the E. Street Band.

Goodbye My Love  Searchers 1965 #52

Kiss Me Goodbye Petula Clark 1968 #15

Clark often recorded versions of her songs in French, Italian and German.

Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) Solomon Burke 1964 #33

Known as the King of Rock ‘n Soul, Solomon Burke is credited with creating the term “soul music.” He once said in an interview with Jet magazine, “without soul, there’d be no rock and without rock there’d be no soul.”

Goodbye Night Ranger 1986  #17

Ruby Tuesday Rolling Stones 1967  #1

This was the Stones’ fourth #1 hit in the U.S. Keith Richards was the primary composer of this song about his then girlfriend, Linda Keith. The video clip below is of interest for their facial expressions and for the fact that Keith played piano and Bill played a bowed bass.

Goodbye to Love Carpenters 1972  #7

Much has been said about Tony Peluso’s fuzz guitar solo that, for a time, kept this record off several Easy Listening (aka Adult Contemporary) radio stations. But let’s not forget that Hal Blaine played drums and Joe Osborn played bass guitar. Even if you have seen this video before, it is worth another look just for Karen's singing along with the guitar solo at 1:40 and again at 2:00.

CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo and 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, publisher of the Hot 100 and other charts

H100 = Billboard Hot 100

Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked but fell below the top 100

CW = Billboard’s chart for country and western records

R&B = Billboard’s chart of rhythm and blues records

RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

RS 500 = Rolling Stone Magazine’s ranking of the top 500 singles of all time.

Host on February 12, 2022: Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on Valentine’s Day.

Thanks for tuning in! You can listen to Rockin’ Remnants every Saturday night from 6-9 p.m. Eastern on WVBR (93.5 FM in Ithaca NY) or streaming on WVBR.com.

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