Where Were You April 5, 1968?-- Part 3

More songs on CFL and LS as in W. Again, Bob's quotes after. Mine in parentheses ().

IF YOU CAN WAIT-- SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES-- A real Beatles fave.
(SWEET SWEET BABY) SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE-- ARETHA FRANKLIN-- (A favorite by the Queen of Soul.)

UP ON THE ROOF-- CRYAN' SHAMES-- In the top ten with their version (of the Drifters song)
SOUND ASLEEP-- TURTLES-- with their psychedelic pop (Not familiar with this one.)

VALLERI-- MONKEES-- The "A" side of "Tapioca Tundra"
SUMMERTIME BLUES-- BLUE CHEER-- the other SF group in that set (back announced). Their version. Eddie Cochran must have rolled over when he heard that one. ("No dice son, you got to work late.")
DANCE TO THE MUSIC-- SLY & THE FAMILY STONE-- From one side of San Francisco to the other. Plenty of music to dance to.

And, the Number 1 Song:

I WILL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT YOU-- NEW COLONY SIX-- I remember being in Florida on spring break with my parents in 1968 and hearing this number one song and thinking, 'Wow, these local heroes finally have a hit outside Chicago.' This was their first national hit on your radio 41 years ago today. Ray Grafia and Ronnie Rice and the New Colony Six.
(All I could think was that Bob was in the car with his parents and they were letting him listen to HIS MUSIC. Whenever we were with my parents, we had to listen to THEIR music, and this was before Walkmans or IPODS or the like.. This was one of Liz and my "songs" along with the Bee gees' "Massachusetts."

Up Next, the Jump Ahead Five Years to April 5, 1973. --RoadDog