Where Were You June 7, 1969? --Part 4

The second hour kicked off with a two-sided hit by the Beatles.

THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO-- BEATLES-- The current Beatles single had just been released, but there weren't a whole lot of radio stations playing it as of yet. They were all trying to figure out if they could play a record that used the word "Christ" in the content that the record did. Some stations just edited the word out, and not very well. Some stations found very creative ways to take the word out like the station I grew up listening to in Kalamazoo, Michigan, WKLI. They just took a note from somewhere else in the song that was the same note as the word "Christ" was on and edited that into the line over and over throughout the song so they could do away with the word and not get into any hassles or issues with listeners, the FCC, or whoever might be offended. ( don't remember any controversy on this song and always heard it just as "Christ, you know it ain't easy." However, I can imagine there were problems with the ultra-religious.)

We came to know that it was just John and Paul on the track, Paul playing bass, drums,maracas, and harmony vocal and John on acoustic guitar, lead guitar, and lead vocal.

OLD BROWN SHOE-- BEATLES-- The flip side was a great George Harrison tune with the Fab Four on it, plus Billy Preston on organ.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE)-- JR. WALKER & THE ALL-STARS-- One of the great Motown recordings of the era. Top Ten. (My favorite song by them. I sure loved my Motown, as did the Delta Sigs at NIU. They were featured heavily at every party. We'd play one side of four albums, flip it over, and the play the others.

The albums were Four Tops Greatest Hits, Temptations Greatest Hits, Sly & the Family Stone Greatest Hits and CCR's Green River.

LET'S GET TOGETHER-- CRYAN' SHAMES-- Here in Chicago, we grabbed up the Cryan' Shames' third and final, "Synthesis. On it, their version of this classic. It would be released later that summer by the Young Bloods and become a massive Top Ten hit. Before that, the Cryan' Shames did a great version on side two of "Synthesis." (I like this version better than the Young Bloods.)

OK, Break Time. --RoadDog