Started the show on a downer with the RFK piece, but I couldn't very well look back 40 years ago today without mentioning the tragic loss our nation and the world suffered. How different things might have been if, ....that elusive "if"....The narration was from the Time Magazine 1968 Special Issue which might still be on the stands.
03:00pm
Abraham Martin & John
Dion
03:04pm
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Traffic
03:09pm
Paying The Cost To Be Boss
B B King Gil from Newburgh tells a mighty dirty story about Sinatra and BB. Very randy!
03:12pm
Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day
Stevie Wonder
03:15pm
Uno Mundo
Buffalo Springfield
03:18pm
Chain Gang
Jackie Wilson & Count Basie "Never knew this version existed, Sammy"
03:21pm
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Dionne Warwick
03:24pm
I Was Looking Back
Spencer Davis Group
03:27pm
She's Lookin' Good
Wilson Pickett
03:29pm
D. W. Washburn
The Monkees Oh boy, I mentioned this was not only my least favorite Monkees tune, but one of my least favorite songs period! If Sam The Tattoo Man could take only one Monkees track on a desert, THIS is the one he'd pick??? Many calls continued pro and con. One guy remembered the flip side which I'm playing next week and LOVE! But let's face it, DW Washburn was just a silly piece of fluff, more annoying than funny. Originally a Leiber-Stoller composition? Hey, Sam, sorry I didn't have your request "Come On Eileen".
03:32pm
We're Rolling On
The Impressions A fave of Chuck from New Paltz'!
03:35pm
A Beautiful Morning
The Rascals
03:37pm
Soul Serenade
Willie Mitchell Appreciated by Don from Middletown!
03:40pm
I Got A Sure Thing
Ollie & The Nightengales
03:43pm
Classical Gas
Mason Williams Numerous thumbs ups for this one!
03:45pm
I Promise To Wait My Love
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
03:48pm
A Man Can Tell
The Innkeepers "Great tune, Sammy, who is this again?"
03:51pm
Saturday's Father
The 4 Seasons "Who is this? Really? Doesn't sound like 'em but good song."
03:54pm
The Unicorn
Irish Rovers Jonny Eatabone taken back to his youth for this one.
03:58pm
Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel
04:02pm
The Ledge
The Replacements Shoots and scores for Chuck who recommends "All Shook Down" with Sparky on the cover???
Pleased To Meet Me
04:06pm
Free Yourself
The Untouchables
Just Can't Get Enough vol. 14
04:10pm
One Small Day
Ultravox
Lament
04:14pm
Rockin' Around In NYC
Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Crenshaw
04:18pm
Fadeaway
Bo Deans
Love + Sex + Hope + Dreams
04:22pm
Picadilly
Squeeze "Can't go wrong with Squeeze, Sammy"
East Side Story
04:25pm
You Drive Me Crazy
Shakin' Stevens
04:28pm
Tired Of Toein' The Line
Rocky Burnette for Brian by request!
04:32pm
Hateful
The Clash
London Calling
04:35pm
Tonight
Rachel Sweet
Protect The Innocent Chris Cordani of www.revengeofthe80s.com knew this one! Stuck in traffic on 17K . ouch.
04:39pm
China
Red Rockers
04:43pm
Into The Night
Benny Mardones for Bill from Goshen by request. Thanks for listening, Bill! Somebody requested "Everything That I'm Not" by Translator. Didn't have it with me, but I played it not too long ago. See why ya gotta listen every week???
04:47pm
You'll Never Get Me Up In One Of Those Things
Dave Edmunds
Twangin'
04:51pm
Back Of My Hand
Jags "What a great song! Who IS this?" Obviously the caller doesn't listen to "The Orphanage Of Rock And Roll" on WVKR alternating Thursdays 6 to 8pm. Host Peter Clark called and accused me of committing an "OV." Sorry, Pete.
04:55pm
Eyes That See In The Dark
Kenny Rogers written by Barry and Maurice Gibb. For special listener Alice from Middletown.
To see my playlists from the past few months, click
http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=06-06-2008
Thanks also to Bob from Orange County, Jay from Poughkeepsie, Ken, Vic, Brother Kevin and all you other wonderful listeners. Love your support!
Well, I thought Joel Tyner wasn't going to show again, but turns out he was just running a little late. Had Sarah the new Program Director on the air for a few minutes. She announced a new show coming on WVKR soon with a mix of salsa, R & B and (oh no....) Hip Hop. Doesn't the station have enough Hip Hop? What do YOU think?
I implored Sarah to update the website to include at the very least correct contact information for the exec staff. It's just a two-person show for the summer, I understand that. But still our listeners are our most important part and we must give them their voice! For example, the station knew it would be down for 8 hours last Saturday. How frustrating that must have been for people tuning in and hearing nothing. I'm sure some people went to www.wvkr.org looking for answers ; woulda been nice if there was an explanation. Oh well, at least the sound was better this week. Mostly.
Post a comment or Email me privately at lostoldies@yahoo.com and THANKS for listening!
Sammy
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2 comments:
Hmm.....the Monkees D.W. Washburn wasn't so bad....perhaps a story just a bit ahead of its' time...I'm thinking of a song by a group in the mid-90's called Arrested Development. It was a story about homelessness, I think it was called Mr. Wendel...
It's not the *song* I have a problem with. It's the production and arrangement. Micky's silly little vocals and the vaudevillish music totally detract from the message. You're right--a song ahead of its time!
This was a Leiber & Stoller composition and was also recorded by The Coasters later in 1968. Never heard that version; gotta check it out.
And I LOVED "Mr. Wendal" by Arrested Development! Their "Tennessee" was a fave too.
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