What Were You Doing May 4, 1969? Part 2

Continuing with songs in your radio May 4, 1969.

Again, I have Bob Stroud's comment and mine in parentheses.


Hour Two, 8 am

GET BACK-- BEATLES-- The A and B sides of the brand new Beatle Apple single (One of my favorite post-"Runner Soul" Beatles songs.
DON'T LET ME DOWN-- the B side
TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY-- MARVIN GAYE-- brand new (Motown, what can I say)
NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE-- FLIRTATIONS-- a girl group from South Carolina, but went to England torecord their only hit. (I am somewhat unfamiliar with the group, but know the song well. I had no idea who sang it until Bob back announced it.)

THESE EYES-- THE GUESS WHO-- in your radio, their first big hit, that featured Burton Cummings, anyway.
GOOD MORNING GIRL-- NEON PHILHARMONIC-- Warner Brothers was expecting a lot more than they got from the two guys, Tupper Saucy and Dan Good. They managed to squeeze out one hit out of a couple of albums. Stroud then played a radio commercial for the song.
GOOD MORNING GIRL, LATER-- NEON PHILHARMONIC-- Side one of the album had the hit, This was on side two.

THE COMPOSER-- DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES-- brand new and written by the great William "Smokey" Robinson
TIME IS TIGHT-- BOOKER T. & THE MGS-- great insrumental. (How do uyou do better than a Booker T. instrumental, especially with those Blues Brothers guys playing on it?)
BROTHER LOVE'S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW-- NEIL DIAMOND-- the gospel according to Neil Diamond. ( Liz's favorite Neil Diamond song. Mine is "Solitary Man."

OH HAPPY DAY-- EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS-- We're talking dyed in the wool gospel recording. A huge smash 39 years ago today. I think the Cubs stand a better chance of winning a World Series than a record like this ever becoming a hit again. The Edwin Hawkins Singers would go on to back up Melanie the next year in her hit "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)." (So, that's why the chorus on Melanie's song sounded familiar. This song always takes me back to the Kent State riots at Northern Illinois University. The campus station was playing it as the police attacked the students in frontof my dorm. Sure thought I was watching the end of the United States.)

MEDICINE MAN (PT 1)-- BUCHANON BROTHERS-- weren't brothers at all, one hit wonder. (How do you get a better one-hit wonder. Liked the stuttering.)
MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY-- SPIRAL STAIRCASE-- hit bound. (Great song, but I can never remember who sang it until the ddejay tells me.

Bob played two Glen Campbell songs to introduce the show after commercials. Both were in the radio. "Where's the Playground, Susie" was one. Both were written by the great Jimmy Webb. He had once been a Beach Boy, taking the place of Brian Wilson after he had the breakdown. Now, he had a television show, the Glen Campbell Good Time Hour."

"Say it Loud, I'm Back and I'm Stroud."

Stay Tuned for Part Three. -- Roaddog