Friday, September 28, 2012

September 28, 2012, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

More Final Chart Appearances.  These artists' last appearances on Billboard's weekly pop charts (see also September 21, 2012, Playlist):

  1. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - Do You Know How to Twist (CD, 1962)
  2. Bo Diddley - Ooh Baby (CD, 1967)
  3. Clyde McPhatter - Crying Won't Help You Now (CD, 1965)
  4. LaVern Baker - Batman to the Rescue (CD, 1966)
  5. Gerry & the Pacemakers - Girl on a Swing (CD, 1966)
  6. Searchers - Desdemona (CD, 1971)
  7. Hollies - Stop in the Name of Love (LP, 1983)
  8. Troggs - Good Vibrations (45, 1975)
  9. Buckinghams - It's a Beautiful Day (For Lovin') (CD, 1969)
  10. Royal Guardsmen - Mother Where's Your Daughter (45, 1969)
  11. Lesley Gore - He Gives Me Love (La La La) (CD, 1968)
  12. New Colony Six - Someone, Sometime (CD, 1972)
  13. Orlons - I Ain't Comin' Back (CD, 1965)
  14. Shirelles - Last Minute Miracle (CD, 1967)
  15. Ronettes - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered (CD, 1969)
  16. Maxine Brown - We'll Cry Together (45, 1969)
  17. Zombies - Imagine the Swan (CD, 1969)
  18. Yardbirds - Goodnight Sweet Josephine (CD, 1968)
  19. Jimi Hendrix - Dolly Dagger (CD, 1971)
  20. Buffalo Springfield - On the Way Home (LP, 1968)
  21. Rascals - Love Me (LP, 1971)
  22. Grass Roots - Mamacita (LP, 1975)
  23. Doors - Gloria (45, 1984)
  24. Lawrence Welk - The Beat Goes On (45, 1967)
  25. Sarah Vaughan - A Lover's Concerto (LP, 1966)
  26. Fats Domino - Lady Madonna (CD, 1968)
  27. Baby Washington & Don Gardner - Forever (LP, 1973)
  28. Flamingos - Buffalo Soldier (45, 1970)
  29. Jethro Tull - Fallen on Hard Times (LP, 1982)
  30. Ringo Starr - Wrack My Brain (LP, 1981)
  31. Van Morrison - Tore Down a la Rimbaud (LP, 1985)
  32. Buddy Holly - Love Is Strange (45, 1969)
  33. Beatles - Real Love (CD, 1996)
  34. Burl Ives - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (45, 1968)
  35. Peter Paul & Mary - Leaving on a Jet Plane (CD, 1969)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. Eric Burdon & The Animals - See See Rider
12:06. The Move - Flowers In The Rain - REQ
12:10. Traffic - Shanghai Noodle Factory - REQ
12:15. Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies - REQ
12:22. The Yardbirds - The Nazz Are Blue - REQ
12:28. King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon - REQ
12:36. The Grateful Dead - Rosemary - REQ
12:39. The Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World - REQ • LIVE
01:02. Seatrain - Out Where The Hills - REQ
01:08. Hot Tuna - Candy Man
01:15. Old And In The Way - The Hobo Song - REQ • LIVE

For Eric Andersen playing in Cambridge on 9/27:
01:20. Eric Andersen - Violets Of Dawn
01:25. Eric Andersen - Is It Really Love At All

01:31. Leon Russell - Stranger In A Strange Land - REQ • LIVE

For the birthday of Ian Tyson:
01:36. Ian & Sylvia - Four Strong Winds
01:39. Ian & Sylvia - You Were On My Mind
01:43. Judy Collins - Someday Soon

01:52. Joe Cocker - Cry Me A River - REQ • LIVE
01:56. The Who - Relay - REQ

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, September 21, 2012

September 21, 2012, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

These artists final appearances on Billboard's weekly pop charts:

  1. Jack Scott - Steps 1 and 2 (45, 1961)
  2. Chantels - Eternally (CD, 1963)
  3. Joey Dee - Dance Dance Dance (CD, 1963)
  4. Freddy Cannon & the Belmonts - Let's Put the Fun Back in Rock n Roll (CD, 1981)
  5. Dinah Washington - Soulville (45, 1963)
  6. Little Willie John - I Wish I Could Cry (45, 1962)
  7. Vibrations - Love in Them There Hills (CD, 1968)
  8. Olympics - Baby Do the Philly Dog (LP, 1966)
  9. Kingsmen - Bo Diddley Bach (45, 1967)
  10. Sam the Sham - I Couldn't Spell !!*@! (45, 1968)
  11. Linda Scott - Patch It Up (LP, 1965)
  12. Harpers Bizarre - Battle of New Orleans (45, 1968)
  13. Lovin' Spoonful - Me About You (45, 1969)
  14. Turtles - Me About You (CD, 1970)
  15. Box Tops - You Keep Tightening Up on Me (45, 1970)
  16. Vic Dana - Red Red Wine (CD, 1970)
  17. Sandy Nelson - Manhattan Spiritual (LP, 1969)
  18. Martha & the Vandellas - Tear It on Down (CD, 1972)
  19. Jr. Walker & the All Stars - Gimme That Beat, part 1 (CD, 1973)
  20. Archie Bell & the Drells - Dancing to Your Music (CD, 1973)
  21. Eddie Floyd - Yum Yum Yum (I Want Some) (LP, 1972)
  22. Chad & Jeremy - You Are She (45, 1966)
  23. Gary Lewis & the Playboys - Rhythm of the Rain (45, 1969)
  24. Bobbie Gentry - Apartment 21 (CD, 1970)
  25. Lettermen - Love (CD, 1973)
  26. Al Hirt - If (45, 1969)
  27. Frankie Laine - Dammit Isn't God's Last Name (45, 1969)
  28. Andy Williams - Tell It Like It Is (CD, 1976)
  29. Steve Alaimo - Amerikan Music (CD, 1972)
  30. Guess Who - When the Band Was Singin' (Shakin' All Over) (CD, 1976)
  31. Garnet Mimms - My Baby (CD, 1966)
  32. Platters - Hard to Get a Thing Called Love (CD, 1968)
  33. Della Reese - Compared to What (LP, 1970)
  34. Little Milton - That's What Love Will Make You Do (CD, 1972)
  35. Ohio Express - Cowboy Convention (CD, 1969)
  36. Shangri-Las - Sweet Sounds of Summer (CD, 1967)

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. Kaleidoscope - New Blue Ooze
12:11. The Electric Flag - Another Country
12:23. Them w/Van Morrison - Could You, Would You - REQ
12:27. Donovan - Museum - REQ
12:29. Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - REQ
12:38. The Wildweeds - No Good To Cry - REQ
12:40. Ultimate Spinach - Baroque #1
12:45. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
12:55. The Flying Burrito Brothers - Hot Burrito #1 - REQ
01:00. The Smoke - My Friend Jack - REQ

For Ray Manzerek & Robbie Krieger at The Wilbur Theatre in Boston Wednesday 6/26:
01:04. The Doors - Take It As It Comes - REQ
01:09. The Doors - Who Do You Love - REQ • LIVE
01:17. The Doors - The Crystal Ship - REQ
01:21. The Doors - Wishful Sinful - REQ

For the anniversary of the passing of Jimi Hendrix:
01:25. Jimi Hendrix Experience - If 6 Was 9 (alternate version)
01:31. Jimi Hendrix Experience - I Don't Live Today - REQ • LIVE
01:38. Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice - REQ
01:42. Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' - LIVE

For the birthday of P.F. Sloan:
01:55. P.F. Sloan (with Frank Black & Buddy Miller) - Eve Of Destruction (2006)

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Friday, September 14, 2012

September 14, 2012, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

First, more music co-written by Hal David (1921-2012):

  1. Drifters - Loneliness or Happiness (CD, 1961)
  2. Dee Clark - You're Telling Our Secrets (CD, 1961)
  3. Babs Tino - Forgive Me (For Giving You Such a Bad Time) (CD, 1962)
  4. Bobby Vee - Anonymous Phone Call (CD, 1963)
  5. Bobby Vinton - Blue on Blue (LP, 1963)
  6. Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat (CD, 1965)
  7. Dionne Warwick - Here I Am (LP, 1965)
  8. Brook Benton - A House Is Not a Home (CD, 1964)
  9. Hollies with Peter Sellers - After the Fox (CD, 1966)
  10. Dionne Warwick - You'll Never Get to Heaven (CD, 1964)
  11. Roy Hamilton - Reach Out for Me (CD, 1965)
  12. Al Wilson - This Guy's in Love with You (LP, 1968)
  13. Nancy Sinatra - Wishin' and Hopin' (CD, 1967)
  14. Jackie DeShannon - So Long Johnny (CD, 1966)
  15. Dionne Warwick - Do You Know the Way to San Jose (CD, 1968)
  16. Dionne Warwick - Paper Mache (45, 1970)
  17. Tangeers - This Empty Place (CD, 1969)
  18. Sonny James - Only Love Can Break a Heart (LP, 1972)
  19. Shawn Phillips - Lost Horizon (LP, 1973)
Second, other stuff:

  1. Trammps - Hold Back the Night (CD, 1976)
  2. Tommy Hunt - Human (CD, 1961)
  3. Isley Brothers - Baby Don't You Do It (CD, 1966)
  4. Bo Diddley - Crawdad (45, 1960)
  5. The Group From Queens - Your Search Is Over (CD, 1966)
  6. Eddie Jefferson - Some Other Time (CD, 1966)
  7. Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce (45, 1967)
  8. Bob Kuban - Hard to Handle (45, 1970)
  9. Dave "Baby" Cortez - Popping Popcorn (45, 1965)
  10. Buffalo Springfield - Rock 'N' Roll Woman (CD, 1967)
  11. Southern Comfort - All Day Long (LP, 1970)
  12. Los Bravos - I'm All Ears (45, 1967)
  13. Sound Foundation - Morning Dew (45, 1969)
  14. Cyrkle - Problem Child (CD, 1967)
  15. Gary Walker - You Don't Love Me (45, 1966)
  16. Secrets - Infatuation (CD, 1967)
  17. Gene Clark - Echoes (CD, 1967)
  18. J's with Jamie - Popsicles in Paris (45, 1964)
  19. Louis Nye - Hi Ho, Steve-O (45, 1957)


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - Eli Polonsky

12:02. The Velvet Underground - What Goes On
12:07. Strawberry Alarm Clock - Unwind With The Clock
12:13. The Grains Of Sand - She Needs Me - REQ
12:15. The Hollies - I Can't Let Go - REQ
12:18. The Blues Magoos - Pipe Dream
12:21. The Chocolate Watchband - In The Past
12:23. The Cyrkle - Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Coming Your Way
12:25. The Troggs - With A Girl Like You - REQ
12:33. Yes - I See You - REQ
12:39. King Crimson - Epitaph - REQ
12:49. Traffic - Evening Blue - REQ
12:54. The Steve Miller Band - My Dark Hour
12:59. Orpheus - Congress Alley - REQ
01:01. Chicago Transit Authority - I'm A Man - REQ
01:09. Frank Zappa - Black Napkins - REQ
01:14. Buddy Miles - Them Changes
01:19. Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again - REQ
01:25. Derek and the Dominos - Little Wing - REQ
01:32. Nazz - Open My Eyes - REQ
01:35. Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Freedom Fighters - REQ

Noting three birthdays: Leo Kottke, John Martyn, Mickey Hart
01:41. Leo Kottke - Pamela Brown
01:44. Leo Kottke - Eight Miles High
01:49. John Martyn - Solid Air
01:54. The Grateful Dead - King Solomon's Marbles - LIVE
01:57. The Grateful Dead - Stronger Than Dirt or Milkin' The Turkey - LIVE

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky

Sunday, September 09, 2012

September 7, 2012, Playlist with Host Alex McNeil

A tribute to lyricist Hal David (1921-2012):
All songs written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, unless otherwise noted.

  1. Marty Robbins - The Story of My Life (CD, 1958)
  2. Perry Como - Magic Moments (45, 1958)
  3. Charlie Gracie - I Looked for You (CD, 1960)
  4. Chuck Jackson - I Wake Up Crying (CD, 1961)
  5. Turbans - Three Friends (Two Lovers) (CD, 1961)
  6. Carl Dobkins, Jr. - My Heart Is an Open Book (CD, 1959; Lee Pockriss & Hal David)
  7. Sarah Vaughan - Broken Hearted Melody (CD, 1959; Sherman Edwards & Hal David)
  8. Joanie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry (CD, 1962; Sherman Edwards & Hal David)
  9. Joe Brown & the Bruvvers - It Only Took a Minute (CD, 1963; Mort Garson & Hal David)
  10. Dionne Warwick - It's Love That Really Counts (LP, 1963)
  11. Brenda & the Tabulations - Don't Make Me Over (CD, 1970)
  12. Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had a Heart (CD, 1964)
  13. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Walk on By (CD, 1966)
  14. Isley Brothers - Make It Easy on Yourself (Are You Lonely By Yourself) (CD, 1962)
  15. Gene Pitney - Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa (CD, 1963)
  16. Don & Juan - True Love Never Runs Smooth (CD, 1963)
  17. Lou Johnson - Magic Potion (CD, 1963)
  18. Tommy Hunt - I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself (CD, 1964)
  19. Sweet Inspirations - What the World Needs Now (45, 1968)
  20. Jackie DeShannon - Windows and Doors (CD, 1965)
  21. Sandie Shaw - There's Always Something There to Remind Me (CD, 1964)
  22. Evie Sands - The Love of a Boy (CD, 1966)
  23. Rick Nelson - They Don't Give Medals to Yesterday's Heroes (LP, 1967)
  24. Love - My Little Red Book (CD, 1966)
  25. Tom Jones - Promise Her Anything (CD, 1966)
  26. Greg Kihn Band - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (LP, 1980)
  27. Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love (CD, 1967)
  28. Dusty Springfield - In the Land of Make Believe (CD, 1969)
  29. Dee Dee Warwick - Alfie (LP, 1967)
  30. Astrud Gilberto - Trains and Boats and Planes (CD, 1969)
  31. Dionne Warwick - Dream Sweet Dreamer (CD, 1969)
  32. Al Green - Say a Little Prayer (LP, 1978)
  33. 5th Dimension - One Less Bell to Answer (CD, 1970)
  34. B.J. Thomas - Send My Picture to Scranton, PA (CD, 1969)
  35. Barbara Mason - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (45, 1970)

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - Eli Polonsky

12:04. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Work Song
12:12. The Rolling Stones - Salt Of The Earth
12:16. Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
12:21. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Smell Of Incense
12:27. Traffic - Shanghai Noodle Factory - REQ
12:35. Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird (Long version) - REQ
12:44. Moby Grape - Omaha
12:47. Big Brother & The Holding Company w/Janis Joplin - Combination Of The Two
12:52. Fairport Convention - A Sailor's Life - REQ
01:04. The Allman Brothers Band - High Falls - REQ

For the anniversary of the release of "Easy Rider":
01:21. Steppenwolf - The Pusher
01:27. Fraternity of Man - Don't Bogart Me
01:30. Roger McGuinn - The Ballad Of Easy Rider

For the Yardbirds performing at Showcase Live on 9/7:
01:34. The Yardbirds - For Your Love - REQ
01:37. The Yardbirds - Hot House Of Omagarashid
01:42. The Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
01:44. The Yardbirds - White Summer

01:50. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Gold And Silver

Thanks for listening!
Eli Polonsky