Jul 9, 2022 - JS - Summertime

 

Rockin' Remnants




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Date:  7/9/22

Host:  John Simon

Feature:  Summertime

 

Note: JS left for vacation the very next morning, so this is a relatively bare-bones Blog post. Thanks for your indulgence! 😏

 

Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

There are several thousand recorded versions of George Gershwin's Summertime from the soundtrack to "Porgy & Bess."  Aside from Sam Cooke's version(s), only five ever made the Hot 100. Can you name two other artists who charted with it?

 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist – and to find a glossary of terms)

 

 

 

 

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

·      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)

 

Summertime, Pt. I - Sam Cooke (11/57; dnc - this would later be released as the B-side to Sam Cooke's charting version called Summertime, Pt. II.)

 

Beach Girl - Pat Boone (9/64; #81 - one of Pat Boone's final charting singles, this one was written and produced by Terry Melcher and Bruce Johnson, who were responsible for the Beach Boys-like harmony vocals.)

 

Dancing in the Street - Martha & The Vandellas (8/64; #2)

 

Beach Baby - First Class (7/74; #4)

 

The Wonderful World of Summer - Sandy Posey (7/68; dnc - B-side to a non-charting single. In fact, it's so obscure that I can't find an image of it on the internet! Here it is playing in "real time" on the radio.)

 

Sailor Boy - The Chiffons (8/64; #81)

 

Because - Dave Clark 5 (8/64; #3)

 

* A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy (8/64; #7)

 

* Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts (9/72; #6)

 

Ridin' In My Car - NRBQ (7/77; dnc - Al Anderson wrote and sang on this cool tune that was released on a tiny label and may have charted regionally in parts of New England. Three different people weighed in specifically to mention how much they'd enjoyed hearing it tonight!)

 

* Sitting In The Park - Billy Stewart (6/65; #24 - going out by request from Doug in San Diego to Anna in Michigan. This is Billy from Washington, D.C.)

 

Oh No, Not My Baby - Maxine Brown (10/64; #24)

 

* Summer - War (7/76; #7)

 

* Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett (4/77; #8)

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 Birthday Calendar

 

 

July 3 – Tommy Tedesco (Wrecking Crew) – born in 1930

            – Fontella Bass – born in 1940

 

July 4 – Bill Withers – born in 1938

           

July 5 – Terry Cashman – age 81

            – Robbie Robertson – age 79

 

July 6 – Della Reese – born in 1931

            – Gene Chandler – age 85

            – Michael Shrieve (Santana) – age 73

 

July 7 – Ringo Starr – age 82

 

July 8 – Steve Lawrence – age 87

            – Jaimoe (Allman Bros) – age 78

 

July 9 – Mitch Mitchell (JH Experience) – born in 1947

            

 

 

The Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche (8/63; #39 - Tommy Tedesco played on thousands of songs, and many of them became big hits: Beach Boys records, Sonny & Cher, Monkees and more. He played the twangy guitar on this one, too.)

 

Rescue Me - Fontella Bass (10/65; #4 Pop, #1 R&B for four weeks - Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White was the session drummer and Minnie Ripperton was a background vocalist here. It was Fontella's biggest hit.)

 

Lovely Day - Bill Withers (12/77; #30 - perfect for today's early-July weather!)

 

Sunday Will Never Be the Same - Spanky and Our Gang (5/67; #9 - one of a number of hit songs co-written by Terry Cashman, this was Spanky's first nationally-charting smash.)

 

Don't You Know - Della Reese (9/59; #2)

 

(Gonna Be) Good Times - Gene Chandler (8/65; #92 - many people think of The Duke of Earl as his only hit, but Gene Chandler cut a slew of great records. Many of them - like this one - were composed  by Curtis Mayfield.)

 

Bo Diddley - Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks (5/63; #117 - so good that I had to play it on two consecutive shows. That's Robbie Robertson on guitar, along with bandmates Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel backing up the late Ronnie Hawkins.)

 

Soul Sacrifice - Santana (9/69; dnc - a highlight of the Woodstock film was Michael Shrieve's drumming on this number. It was never released as a single, but it's one of their greatest hits!)

 

Fire - Jimi Hendrix Experience (8/67; dnc - another one that was never released as a single. Mitch Mitchell's drumming is explosive on this track from Are You Experienced.)

 

One Way Out - Allman Brothers Band (12/72; #86 - dual drummers Butch Trucks and J. Johnny Johanson - better known as Jaimoe - help to drive this terrific 'live' track recorded at the Fillmore East.)

 

Matchbox - The Beatles (9/64; #17 - Carl Perkins did it originally, but it was perfect for Ringo's limited vocal range - and just about everything that they released was a guaranteed hit that year!)

 

Come Back Silly Girl - Steve Lawrence (10/60; #112 Cashbox - The Lettermen would later have a Top 20 hit with this song, but Steve Lawrence did it first. I'm pretty sure that this is its Remnants debut.)

 

Talking Baseball - Terry Cashman (1981; dnc - Terry Cashman's obsession with the national pastime led him to record 27 different versions of this song: one for each major league team. This, though, is the original.)

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

Summertime, Pt. 2 - Sam Cooke (11/57; #81 - originally the B-side of Sam's first big secular hit You Send Me, this was reissued as an A-side two years later.)

 

Save Your Heart for Me - Gary Lewis & Playboys (7/65; #2)

 

Turn-Down Day - Cyrkle (5/66; #16 - another song perfectly fitting today's weather. Check out the producer!)

 

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks (8/66; #14 Pop, #1 UK for two weeks)

 

Kites Are Fun - Free Design (12/67; #114)

 

Everyday I Have to Cry - The Gentrys (5/66; #77 - one of at least three charting versions of the Arthur Alexander staple.)

 

Anna - The Beatles (1964; dnc - the British Invasion was led by a bunch of bands that revered American R&B records. Arthur Alexander was one of their favorites.)

 

Soldier of Love - Arthur Alexander (5/62; dnc - The Rolling Stones are just one of many bands that took a crack at this Arthur Alexander B-side.)

 

* Burning Love - Elvis Presley (8/72; #2 - going out from Scottie to his mom Donna, with a birthday the very next day. Elvis' third comeback was just getting started in 1972!)

 

Smoke From a Distant Fire - Sanford Townsend Band (7/77; #9 - if you were there in '78, this song was part of the soundtrack to your Summer. It was their only hit, making these guys a bona fide "one-hit wonder!")

 

Wham Bang Shang-a-Lang - Silver (7/76; #16 - Silver was fronted by a young singer/guitarist named John Batdorf. He'd resurface in the Eighties, and this song would be used to great effect in the Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy 2.)

 

It Don't Come Easy - Ringo (5/71; #4)

 

In the Sun - Blondie (12/76; dnc - B-side to X-Offender, this was a very early "music video" before MTV was ever a thing, thanks to Don Kirschner's Rock Concert. BTW - the keyboard player is my wife's second cousin. That means...so is the singer! Small world.)

 

Summertime - Rick Nelson (3/62; #89 - this was the B-side to Young World, and the bass line would go on to become one of the foundations of rock classics like We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet by the Blues Magoos. How about that??!?)

 

 

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

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

Sam Cooke's B-Side of You Send Me reached #81 in 1957. The Marcels took it to #78 in 1961, Rick Nelson did in 1962, The Chris Columbo Quartet did in 1963, and Billy Stewart took it to the Top Ten in 1966. Janis Joplin's version was never released as a single!

 

Congratulations to Laurie from Lockwood, for correctly answering the question and winning a pair of passes to Cinemapolis!

 

 

 

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 (7/16/22):  Gregory James featuring songs with "Here" or "There" in the title.

 

 

 

Thanks for tuning in! You can listen to Rockin' Remnants every Saturday night from 6-9pm on WVBR (93.5 FM in Ithaca, NY) or at wvbr.com/listen.

 

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Jul 2, 2022 - KV - hodgepodge

 

 

  

Rockin' Remnants



Rockin' Remnants is broadcast from WVBR-FM Ithaca. Check out our webpage, like us on Facebook, and tune in to 93.5 or stream the show every Saturday night from 6-9pm! (Or download the WVBR+ app now available for iOS and Android!)


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Date:  July 2, 2022

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  hodgepodge

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

 

Jun 26   – Billy Davis Jr. (5^th Dimension) – age 84

 

Jun 27   – Doc Pomus (b. Jerome Felder) – born in 1925

            – Bruce Johnston (b. Benjamin Baldwin, Bruce & Terry, Beach Boys) – age 80

 

Jun 28   – Richard Rodgers – born in 1902

 

Jun 29   – Johnnie Louise Richardson (Johnnie & Joe) – born in 1935

            – Leonard Lee (Shirley & Lee) – born in 1936

            – Little Eva (b. Eva Narcissus Boyd) – born in 1943

 

Jun 30   – Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) – age 78

            – Florence Ballard (Supremes) – born in 1943

 

Jul 1   – Bobby Day (b. Robert Byrd) – born in 1930 or 1932

 

Jul 2   – Paul Williams (Temptations) – born in 1939

            – Lee Allen – born in 1926

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

What early Supremes song, with Florence Ballard singing lead, would go well with our prize of 2 passes to Cinemapolis? 

 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)

 

 

 

 

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

·       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)

 

I Saw Linda Yesterday – Dickey Lee (1962, peaked at #14 in early 1963) 

 

 

Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon (1962, #3, written by Chuck Barris of The Gong Show)

 

I Live For The Sun – The Sunrays (1965, #51)

 

 * Walk -- Don’t Run – The Ventures (1960, #2, their first Hot 100 hit)

 

 

 

Sunshine – The Archies (1970, #57)

 

 * Something In The Air – Thunderclap Newman (1969, #37)

 

 * Saturday In The Park – Chicago (1972, #3)

 

 * Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry (1958, #8)

 

 * Summertime, Summertime – The Jamies (reached #26 in 1958, charted again in 1962 at #38)  

 

 

 

 * Magnet And Steel – Walter Egan (1978, #8, with backing vocals from Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks)

 

Summer Sand – Dawn (1971, #33)

 

 * Rockaway Beach – The Ramones (1977, #66)

 

 * Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane (1969, #65)

 

Living In The U.S.A. – Wilmer & The Dukes (1969, #114.  While this group from Geneva NY didn’t quite make it onto the Hot 100 with their cover of this Steve Miller Band song, they’d made it there with their own song, Give Me One More Chance, the previous year.)

 

 

 

People Got To Be Free – The Rascals (1968, #1 for five weeks)

 

Happy I Long To Be – Betty Everett (1964, #126)

 

(Theme From) A Summer Place – Percy Faith (1960, #1 for nine weeks)

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

Medley: A Change Is Gonna Come & People Gotta Be Free – The 5^th Dimension (1970, #60, with Billy Davis Jr. singing lead)

 

 

 

Sweets For My Sweet – The Drifters (1961, #16, co-written by Doc Pomus.  Doc Pomus and his songwriting partner Mort Shuman wrote lots of great songs together, including A Teenager In Love, Save The Last Dance For Me, Hushabye, This Magic Moment, and many more.)

 

Summer Means Fun – Bruce & Terry (1964, #72)

 

Blue Moon – The Marcels (1961, #1 for three weeks, written by Rodgers & Hart.  Richard Rodgers was the first person to earn EGOT status, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.)

 

Over The Mountain; Across The Sea – Johnnie & Joe (1957, #8)

 

Let The Good Times Roll – Shirley & Lee (1956, #20, R&B #1 for three weeks)

 

 

 

Let’s Start The Party Again – Little Eva (1963, #123)

 

Cool Change – Little River Band (1979, peaked at #10 in early 1980, written by band member Glenn Shorrock)

 

Buttered Popcorn – The Supremes (1961, did not chart, with Florence Ballard singing lead)

 

Buzz Buzz Buzz – The Hollywood Flames (1957, peaked at #11 in early 1958.  Co-written by band member Bobby Day using his birth name, Robert Byrd.)

 

 

 

Little Bitty Pretty One – Thurston Harris (1957, #6, another song written by Bobby Day aka Robert Byrd.  Day/Byrd is best known for his recording of Rockin’ Robin, which he didn’t write.)

 

Over And Over – Dave Clark Five (1965, #1, yet another great song written by Bobby Day / Robert Byrd)

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 

Don’t Look Back – The Temptations (1965, #83, with Paul Williams singing lead)

 

Walking With Mr. Lee – Lee Allen (1958, #54.  Allen played sax on many recordings by Fats Domino, Little Richard, and other artists.) 

 

 

 

 * Over The Rainbow – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs (1965, #130)

 

 * Down In The Valley – Solomon Burke (1962, #71)

 

 

 

 * Easy To Be Hard – Three Dog Night (1969, #4, from the musical Hair)

 

 * Ballad Of The Green Berets – Ssgt Barry Sadler (1966, #1 for five weeks on the Hot 100 and #1 on Adult Contemporary as well)

 

Summer – War (1976, #7 on Hot 100 and #1 on AC)

 

 

 

 * All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix (1968, #20, written by Bob Dylan)

 

 * Celebration – Kool & The Gang (1980, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1981)

 

Wombling Summer Party – The Wombles (1974, #55 on the Hot 100.  The Wombles began as characters in British children’s books, then became a stop-motion animation tv show.  Songwriter Mike Batt wrote the theme song for the tv show, and continued to write Wombles songs, many of which were big hits on the UK charts.  This one made it onto the US charts as well.)

 

 

 

[45 Corner]  Circle Full Of Love – Soul Potion (1973, did not chart.  Produced by Reid Whitelaw and Norman Bergen.)

 

 

Ariel – Dean Friedman (1977, #26)

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

Buttered Popcorn was a Supremes song from 1961, with Florence Ballard singing lead.  And you can find the best concessions in town (including lots of popcorn topping options) at Cinemapolis!

 

Congratulations to Dave from Dryden, for correctly answering the question and winning two passes to Cinemapolis!

 

 

 

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 (July 9):  John Simon with a spotlight on Summertime

 

 

 

 

Thanks for tuning in! You can listen to Rockin' Remnants every Saturday night from 6-9pm on WVBR (93.5 FM in Ithaca, NY) or streaming here.

 

 

Thanks again to our sponsors Island Health & Fitness and Rasa Spa for their support every week!