Time Warp to October 26, 1967-- Part 2

Continuing with Bob Stroud's trip back to memoryland. Other songs being played on your AM radio in Chicago. That'd be WLS and WCFL. Again, Bob Stroud's comments. Mine are in parentheses ().

EVERLASTING LOVE-- ROBERT KNIGHT-- If you're going to be a none-hit wonder, make it a memorable one and that's what he did. So memorable, that someone else cut it in 1974 and that was Carl Carlton.
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE-- DOORS-- The Doors were around with their second album "Strange Days" and this is the initial release.
HUSH-- BILLY JOE ROYAL-- The original hit version written by Joe South. A year later, Deep Purple would have it. (Early Heavy Metal.)

SOUL MAN-- SAM AND DAVE-- (Where are the Blues Brothers when you need them?)
EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART-- SOUL SURVIVORS-- (Great Road Song, if you can afford the gas.)
BROWN-EYED GIRL-- VAN MORRISON-- first taste of a cat name Van Morison who'd just left Them and now he is solo. (Guaranteed to get folks out of the dance floor and singing.)
GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY-- MAMAS AND PAPAS-- Old thirties classic written by Rogers and Hart. The Mamas and Papas really revolutionized the sound in the mid-sixties. The sexually integrated group with males and females making beautiful music together.

PURPLE HAZE-- JIMI HENDRIX-- Our first whiff. ('Scuse me while I kiss the sky.)
DANDELION-- ROLLING STONES-- "A" side of the current Rolling Stones single. (From that Great "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album with the 3-D moving picture on the cover.)
FACE THE AUTUMN-- FAMILY-- A local band in town that boasted a female singer and recorded for the local label USA that the Buckinghams were on originally.
LET IT OUT (LET IT ALL HANG OUT)-- HOMBRES-- a one-hit wonder in the top ten. (Was this a dirty song or what?)
HOW CAN I BE SURE-- YOUNG RASCALS-- In the top ten

YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY-- FOUR TOPS-- one of the most distinctive voices of the sixties was that of lead singer Levi Stubbs and it was a sad day when he died about a week and a half ago. (Give me that Good Old Motown anytime.)
LITTLE OLE MAN-- BILL COSBY-- old silver throat himself, taking his cue from Stevie Wonder's classic. (And you thought all Bill could do was comedy?)

And the #1 Song in Chicago-- THE LETTER-- BOX TOPS-- the little band out of Memphis and the first time out hit #1.

Sure Brought Back a Few Memories for Me. --RoadDog