October 5, 2024 - JH: Songs from "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"

 

October 5, 2024

Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)

Spotlight: Songs from "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".

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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)

Tribute to Kris Kristofferson, who passed away September 28, 2024 at the age of 88. Born June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, TX, Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar who then entered the military and became a helicopter pilot and graduated from Ranger school. His family wanted him to pursue a military career, but he gave it up and moved to Nashville to become a singer/songwriter. His big break came when Johnny Cash performed "Sunday Morning Coming Down" on national TV. Kristofferson was part of the Outlaw Country Movement, which moved away from the smooth Nashville Sound of producers Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley. In addition to his singing and songwriting, he also had a successful acting career.

Why Me - Kris Kristofferson (1973 - #16: his biggest solo hit, the song went to #1 on the Country charts and was a million seller)

For the Good Times - Ray Price (1970 - #11: another #1 country song, it won composer Kristofferson a Grammy for Song of the Year and singer Price a Grammy for Single of the Year.)

Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith (1971 - #8: one of the most successful country singles ever, it won Smith a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and ranks #71 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Country Songs of All Time; Kristofferson offered the song to Dottie West, but she thought the song "too suggestive" and turned it down)

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down - Johnny Cash (1970 - #46: recorded live at the Ryman Theater as part of Cash's TV show, Kristofferson said that this song allowed him to quit working for a living)

Spotlight: Songs from the movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"

Time for Livin' - The Association (1968 - #39: last Top 40 hit for the Los Angeles sunshine pop group)

Out of Time - The Rolling Stones (1975 - #81: orchestral version of song from the "Metamorphosis" LP)

The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin (1968 - #6: the flip side to this single was the Queen of Soul's cover of "I Say a Little Prayer")

Straight Shooter - The Mamas and the Papas (1967 - #130: "B" side to the next song)

Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) - The Mamas and the Papas (1967 - #20: song has been called the group's "last great single")

45 Corner

Me and Bobby McGee - Roger Miller (1969 - #122: last song of tribute to Kris Kristofferson, listeners voted for this original recording of the song he wrote over Janis Joplin's more famous version)

Brother Loves Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond (1969 - #22: song is used in the trailer for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")

Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple (1968 - #38: song was written by Neil Diamond)

7:00 - 8:00: The Birthday Calendar

September 29:

Jerry Lee Lewis - b. 1935

Tommy Boyce - b. 1939

Mike Post - 80

Mark Farner (Grand Funk) - 76

Mike Pinera (Blues Image) - 76

September 30:

Johnny Mathis - 89

Dewey Martin (Buffalo Springfield) - b. 1942

Frankie Lymon - b. 1942

Marilyn McCoo - 81

Sylvia Peterson (The Chiffons) - b. 1946

Marc Bolan (T. Rex) - b. 1947

October 1:

Richard Harris - b. 1930

Julie Andrews - 89

Barbara Parritt (The Toys) - 80

October 2:

Ron Meagher (The Beau Brummels) - 83

Don McLean - 79

October 3:

Eddie Cochran - b. 1938

Chubby Checker [Ernest Evans] - 83

P.P. Arnold [Patricia Ann Cole] - 78

Lindsay Buckingham - 75

October 4:

Leroy Van Dyke - 95

Marlena Davis (The Orlons) - b. 1944

October 5:

Steve Miller - 81

B.W. Stevenson - b. 1949

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis (1957 - #2: song ranks #96/RS500)

Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (1968 - #27: Boyce and Hart primarily wrote songs for others, including several big hits for The Monkees, but they had a couple of hits themselves)

Bad Time - Grand Funk (1975 - #4: Mark Farner was lead singer for the band and wrote this song, their last to make the Top 10)

Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (1970 - #4: Mike Pinera was lead singer for the band from Tampa, FL but left the group in 1969 to join Iron Butterfly)

Misty - Johnny Mathis (1959 - #12: Mathis' cover of this classic made its chart debut on 10/5/59, 65 years ago today)

On the Way Home - Buffalo Springfield (1968 - #82: Canadian-born Dewey Martin was the drummer for the short-lived group)

Little Bitty Pretty One - Frankie Lymon (1960 - #58: Lyman was without his backing group, The Teenagers, for this mid-charter)

Loves Lines, Angles and Rhymes - The 5th Dimension (1970 - #19: Marilyn McCoo's lead vocals highlight the song; later she went solo)

One Fine Day - The Chiffons (1963 - #5: great girl group song that ranks #460/RS500)

Bang a Gong - T. Rex (1972 - #10: Marc Bolan was the driving force behind the glam rock group)

MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (1968 - #2: songwriter Jimmy Webb offered this song to The Association, who turned it down; actor Harris was looking for songs to record for an LP and made the song a hit)

A Lover's Concerto - The Toys (1965 - #2: song has been called "the apogee of the girl group sound"; it sold 2 million copies)

Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels (1965 - #15: Ron Meagher was the bass player for the San Francisco group)

8:00 - 9:00

Castles in the Air - Don McLean (1971 - DNC: McLean's first single went nowhere, it was re-released as the B-side to "Vincent" after the success of "American Pie"; McLean would re-record the song in 1981)

C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran (1958 - #35: song ranks #403/RS500)

Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker (1961 - #8: follow-up to his smash hit "The Twist")

The First Cut Is the Deepest - P.P. Arnold (1967 - #18 UK: Arnold had a more successful career in the UK than in her native US)

Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac (1976 - DNC: Lindsay Buckingham wrote the song that leads off the 1975 "Fleetwood Mac" LP; song was released as the B-side to "Say You Love Me")

Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke (1961 - #5: song spent 19 weeks at the top of the Country charts)

South Street - The Orlons (1963 - #3: the Philadelphia group recorded on Cameo-Parkway Records, which was also based in the City of Brotherly Love)

Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (1976 - #11: one of the many hits turned out by the band in the 1970s)

My Maria - B.W. Stevenson (1973 - #9: Stevenson co-wrote the song considered "progressive country")

*I Need You - America (1972 - #9: follow-up single to "A Horse With No Name", the song came from the group's first LP)

*I Don't Know How to Love Him - Yvonne Elliman (1971 - #28: single released from the soundtrack to "Jesus Christ Superstar")

It's Happening - Paul Revere and the Raiders (1968 - #58: theme song to American Bandstand style TV show that was hosted by Raiders Mark Lindsay and Paul Revere; one of several songs by the group in the movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood")

Choo Choo Train - The Box Tops (1968 - #26: blue-eyed soul from the Memphis group led by Alex Chilton)

The Letter (live) - Joe Cocker (1970 - #7: his cover of the Box Tops hit, recorded live at the Fillmore East)

Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (1968 - #1: song spent 3 weeks at #1 and won Grammys for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Song)

Jenny Take a Ride - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1965 - #10: Ryder has recorded more than 25 albums over four decades)

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 October 12, 2024: Gregory James (GJ) with Songs by Native American and Italian-American artists.

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Sept 28, 2024 - KV - oldies

 

 

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Date:  September 28, 2024

Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:  oldies

 

 

 

 

Birthday Calendar

 

Sept 22   – Debby Boone – age 68

 

Sept 23   – Ray Charles – born in 1930

            – Bruce Springsteen – age 75

 

Sept 24   – Phyllis “Jiggs” Allbut (Angels) – age 82

            – Rosa Lee Hawkins (Dixie Cups) – born in 1945

 

Sept 25   – Erik Darling (Tarriers, Weavers, Rooftop Singers) – born in 1933

 

Sept 26   – Marty Robbins – born in 1925

            – George Chambers (Chambers Bros) – born in 1931

            – Lynn Anderson – born in 1947

            – Olivia Newton-John – born in 1948

 

Sept 27   – Randy Bachman (Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive) – age 81

 

Sept 28   – Ben E. King – born in 1938

 

 

 

 

 Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia

 

 

For the birthday of Lynn Anderson, we heard an album track called “Flower Of Love”.  Her biggest hit on the Hot 100 (and one of many #1s she had on the Country chart) had the name of a specific flower in it.  What was the name of the song?

 

Extra hints:  It was a Joe South song, and it was recorded by other artists including Billy Joe Royal and Dobie Gray, although Lynn Anderson was the only artist to chart on the Hot 100 with this song during the Rockin’ Remnants era.  It was also a Hot 100 hit for another artist in the late 1980s under a different title, “I Beg Your Pardon.” What was the title when Lynn Anderson charted with it?

 

(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)

 

A Wonderful Dream – The Majors (1962, #22)

 

I Can’t Stay Mad At You – Skeeter Davis (1963, #7)

 

  

 

Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke (1962, #13)

 

Cry Baby – Garnet Mimms (1963, #4, R&B #1)

 

A Certain Girl – Ernie K-Doe (1961, #71, best known for the song Mother-In-Law)

 

Can I Get To Know You Better – The Turtles (1966, #89)

 

 

 

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

 

Baby, Come Back – The Equals (1968, #32, the only song that charted for this British-Jamaican group)

 

Single Girl – Sandy Posey (1966, #12)

 

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

 

Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) – Ernie Maresca (1962, #6, his only hit as a performer.  He is also the songwriter of Runaround Sue, which is one of the songs he references in the lyrics of Shout! Shout!)

 

 

 

Green Tambourine – The Lemon Pipers (1967, reached #1 in early 1968)

 

 

 

Let’s Start The Party Again – Little Eva (1963, #123, another Goffin-King composition.  Her first hit Locomotion was as well; Carole King and Gerry Goffin discovered Little Eva when she babysat their daughter.)

 

I Know One – Jim Reeves (1960, #82)

 

Brink Of Disaster – Lesley Gore (1967, #82)

 

 

 

Good Timin’ – Jimmy Jones (1960, #3)

 

It’s Only Make Believe – Conway Twitty (1958, #1 for two weeks)

 

Poor Baby – The Cowsills (1968, #44)

 

I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash (1972, #1 for four weeks)

 

 

 

 

7-8pm

 

 

You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone (1977, #1 for ten weeks)

 

(Night Time Is) The Right Time – Ray Charles (1959, #95)

 

Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen (1975, #23)

 

(Love Me) Now – The Angels (1963, the non-charting b-side of My Boyfriend’s Back)

 

 

 

Little Bell – The Dixie Cups (1964, #51)

 

Walk Right In – The Rooftop Singers (1963, #1 for two weeks)

 

 

 

 * El Paso – Marty Robbins (1959, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1960, and was #1 on the Country chart)

 

 * My Woman, My Woman, My Wife – Marty Robbins (1970, #42, Country #1)

 

Time Has Come Today – The Chambers Brothers (1968, #11)

 

 

 

Flower Of Love – Lynn Anderson (from her 1969 album With Love, From Lynn)

 

Let Me Be There – Olivia Newton-John (1973, reached #6 in early 1974)

 

 

 

Baby’s Birthday – The Guess Who (1965, the b-side of their version of Hurting Each Other.  The label listed their name as Guess Who’s.)

 

Ecstasy – Ben E. King (1962, #56)

 

 

 

 

8-9pm

 

 

 * Every Time I Think Of You – The Babys (1979, #13)

 

 

 

Try A Little Kindness – Glen Campbell (1969, #23)

 

It’s All Right – The Impressions (1963, #4)

 

 

 

Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Paul Simon (1972, #22)

 

 * The Story In Your Eyes – The Moody Blues (1971, #23)

 

Lady – Little River Band (1979, #10)

 

 

 

Since You Been Gone – Rainbow (1979, #57)

 

Wig-Wam Bam – The Sweet (1973, did not chart)

 

Yellow Balloon – Yellow Balloon (1967, #25.  The promotional record came with a yellow balloon.)

 

 

 

She’s A Rainbow – The Rolling Stones (1967, #25)

 

Apeman – The Kinks (1971, #45)

 

 

 

The Kids Are Alright – The Who (1966, #106)

 

Arms Of Mary – Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (1976, #81)

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Trivia Answer

 

 

Rose Garden was the name of Lynn Anderson’s highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100.

 

Congratulations to Michael from Ithaca, 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 (Oct 5):  Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on songs from the movie Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

 

 

 

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!