Where Were You December 27, 1969?-- Part 2

We were getting ready to go into the decade of the seventies and these were the songs we were listening to as compiled by Bob Stroud on his Rock and Roll Roots Show on WDRV, the Drive, in Chicago.

As usual, his comments first (how can he know that much stuff?) and mine following in parentheses.

As we get ready to say goodbye to the first decade of the 2000s, this morning on Rock and Roll Roots, we are going to time warp you back to when we said goodbye to the 70s and first off, the 60s. The date is December 27th and this is what your radio sounded like in 1969.

NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE-- STEAM-- one hit wonder from a little studio band, it was in the top ten on this date. It is a song that still hasn't run out of steam, especially here in Chicago. We're kissing the first decade of the 2000s goodbye. (My White Sox song brought to us by Sox organist Nancy Faust, who will be retiring after this season after 40 years on the job. We'll miss her, a real Sox tradition. Whenever I hear another team's fans singing it, I think, "Hey, that's our song!!)
HEAVEN KNOWS-- GRASS ROOTS-- (Still one of the most under rated groups ever. They had some mighty good stuff.)

EARLY IN THE MORNING-- VANITY FAIR-- Seeing as it is early in the morning (about 7:10 AM), we are going to go back and catch the first of two hits by an English band called Vanity Fair. In 1970, they had their second hit, "Hitching to Ride."
WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE-- JIMMY CLIFF-- a big reggae hit, one of the first. (Way before I knew what reggae was. I didn't really get into this music until the 80s. It is now a favorite.)

Loved My WLS and WCFL. --RoadDog