Where Were You July 5, 1969?-- Part 5

Getting near the end of July so thought it might be a good time to finish the list of top songs in Chicago for this date. This Sunday, Bob Stroud will go to August 2, 1969 and flood out those memories. The show will stream live from 7 to 10 AM on the Drive, 97.1 FM. www.wdrv.com

Finishing Up Now.


BABY I LOVE YOU-- ANDY KIM-- Remake of an old Ronettes number. (Always reminds me of Honey Hill in Wauconda, Illinois. Spent lots of days at that beach that summer.)
STAND-- SLY & THE FAMILY STONE-- Title track to one of my favorite albums from that summer. Out just a few months. (One of the Big Four artists played at the Delta Sig parties at NIU in 1970. Sly's GH, Temptations GH, Four Tops GH, and CCR's "Green River.")

ISRAELITES-- DESMOND DEKKER AND THE ACES-- a little ska in your radio. (My first intro to reggae-style music.)
BAD MOON RISING-- CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVVAL-- "A" Side of "Lodi." (That's my ringtone!!)

GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL-- JOHNNY WINTER-- Summer of '69, the year many of us would be introduced to the greatest blues guitarist, Johnny Winter. Debuted on his first Columbia album and what a milestone release.
MOTHER POPCORN-- JAMES BROWN-- That's some microwave popcorn right there, from the King, James Brown.

HONKY TONK WOMEN-- ROLLING STONES-- hit-bound. (One of my favorite Stones songs along with "Jumping Jack Flash." This is one of those signature songs of that summer for me. Reminds me of the trip to North Carolina.)
MEDICINE MAN-- BUCHANAN BROTHERS-- (This one always sounds like we're part way through it when it starts. "Don't you know that I'm a man, the only one who can understand.")

*****ONE-- THREE DOG NIGHT-- The band you can see this week at Harrad's Joliet (IL) for free, had the number one song. (How about that, "One" is Number one. How'd they know?)

Man, Those Were Some Memories. --RoadDog