Past Movie Scratches: Jurassic-- Single-- Park II-- Park III-- Speed-- Geostorm

See if you can guess the names of the movies in the title before you read further.

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2020

Well, it wasn't like I was getting into the movie theaters much after February... for some reason.

31.  JURASSIC PARK--  2-9--  "Must drive faster."  Mr. Goldbloom for comic relief.  "Ah, ah, ah, ah.  You didn't say the magic word."  Don't hide in the outhouse.

32.  HOW TO BE SINGLE--  2-10--  The joys, trials and tribulations.

33. JURASSIC PARK II--  2-15--  Giddyup Dinoboys,  Hunting those dinosaurs, then getting hunted by them.  It's the usual evil, greedy big corporation vs. all that is decent.

34.  JURASSIC PARK III-- 2-15--   New bad boy dino in town.  Plus, a real big big bird problem.

35.  SPEED 2:  CRUISE CONTROL--  2-15--   How not to stop a big ship running out of control.  Ramming speed.  Pretty fakey.

36.  GEOSTORM--  2-28--  It's not nice  to fool with Mother Nature.   Don't ride in helicopters out there.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Clones-- Sith-- Guardians-- Titanic-- Millers-- Vacation

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2020.

25.  STAR WARS II:  ATTACK OF THE CLONES--  1-27--  Evil Count Dooku, Anikin falls for Padmon.  Clones to the rescue.

26.  STAR WARS III:  REVENGE OF THE SITH--  1-27--  Sneaky, coughy General Grievous gets his.  The Sith get Anikin.  "Good."

27.  GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2--  1-27--  Quill meets his dad.   Ol' Taser Face and Lil' Groot.   "You shouldn't have killed my mom and squashed my Walkman."

28.  TITANIC--  1-27--  Who says you can't go back?   "You jump, I jump."

29.  WE'RE THE MILLERS--  2-8--  A sham family takes an RV trip.  A lot dirtier than it needed to be.

30.  VACATION--  2-8--  This was the remake and wasn't as much fun as the original.

--RoadDog

QUESTIONABLE HEADLINES:  Joint Committee investigates Marijuana Use.

WLS Top Ten for Week of March 29, 1971: 'One Toke Over the Line'

Go ahead and make a guess as to who sang the above song before you read down this list.

The Top Ten songs in Chicago, Illinois, fifty years ago this week according to WLS, 890 AM.

1.  JUST MY IMAGINATION--  Temptations

2.  SHE'S A LADY--  Tom Jones

3.  WHAT'S GOING ON--  Marvin Gaye

4.  ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE--  Brewer & Shipley

5.  WHAT IS LIFE--  George Harrison

6.  EIGHTEEN--  Alice Cooper

7.  ANOTHER DAY--  Paul McCartney

8.  L.A. GOODBYE--  Ides of March

9.  DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED--  Partridge Family

10.  ME AND BOBBY McGEE--  Janis Joplin

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DEBUTS

26.  NO LOVE AT ALL--  B.J. Thomas

27.  I PLAY & SING--  Dawn

28.  DREAM BABY--  Glen Campbell

29.  NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE--  Jackson Five

30.  WILD WORLD--  Cat Stevens

WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD--  Elvis Presley

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Every Day Through My Window I Watch Her As She Passes By."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Just My Imagination"

1969, Anyone?-- Part 2: 'Ramblin' Gamblin' Man'

POLK SALAD ANNIE--  Tony Joe White    Let's Talk Suthern a Little Y'all.

JESUS IS JUST ALRIGHT--  Byrds     

VOLUNTEERS--  Jefferson Airplane   "Morning Maniac Music"

JINGO--  Santana

I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER--  Sly & the Family Stone     Just in Time for Woodstock.  Throw your hand up!!

RED HOUSE--  Jimi Hendrix

SEA OF JOY--  Blind Faith

RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN--  Bob Seger    My first introduction to him.

HERE COMES THE SUN--  Beatles

DOWN BY THE RIVER--  Neil Young

WHAT DOES IT TAKE--  Jr. Walker & the All Stars

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Down There We have A Plant That Grows Out In The Woods And Fields."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Polk Salad Annie"

1969 Anyone?-- Part 1: 'That's the Way Love Is'

This past Sunday, March 20, 2021, (Hey, Twenty Twenty Twenty-one!!), WXRT's Richard Milne went to the year 1969 on his Saturday Morning Flashback show from 9 am to noon.  That was a great year for me as I graduated from Palatine High School and that fall I started at Northern Illinois University.  These songs sure bring back the memories.

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN--  Band

NOTHING IS EASY--  Jethro Tull   (Hey, received the first Grammy for Heavy Metal)

MIDNIGHT SPECIAL--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

HOT SMOKE & SASSAFRASS--  Bubble Puppy   (Did Granny really say that while she was yelling at Jethro?)

PINBALL WIZARD--  Who

DREAMS--  Allman Brothers

ONE--  Three Dog Night    From the rock musical "Hair"

LIVE WITH ME--  Rolling Stones

THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS--  Marvin Gaye

BADGE--  Cream

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "No Is The Saddest Experience You'll Ever Know."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"One"

WLS Top Ten for Week of March 22, 1971: 'Blue Money'

Fifty years ago in Chicago on Chicago's own WLS radio.

1.  JUST MY IMAGINATION--  Temptations

2.  SHE'S A LADY--  Tom Jones

3.  WHAT'S GOING ON--  Marvin Gaye

4.  DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED--  Partridge Family

5.  ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE--  Brewer & Shipley

6.  WHAT IS LIFE--  George Harrison

7.  ME & BOBBY McGEE--  Janis Joplin

8.  FOR ALL WE KNOW--  Carpenters

9.  BLUE MONEY--  Van Morrison

10.  HELP E MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT--  Sammi Smith

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DEBUTS

26.  I AM... I SAID--  Neil Diamond

27.  IF--  Bread

28.  JOY TO THE WORLD--  Three Dog Night

29.  PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND--  Ocean

30.  ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO--  Lobo

HIT BOUND

NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE--  Jackson Five

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "What I Feel, I Can't Say, But My Love Is There For You anytime of the day."  Answer below.  RoadDog

"What Is Life"

Spring Is Here... Finally-- Part 2, the Answers

These are the answers to the previous blog today.  You were supposed to guess the name of the performer of the 12 spring-related songs that Bob Stroud had on his Rock and Roll Roots show on Sunday, March 21, 2021.

1.  Grateful Dead

2.  America

3.  Who

4.  Rick Nelson (or do you say Ricky?)

5.  Paul McCartney and Wings

6.  Beatles

7.  Rolling Stones

8.  Scott McKenzie

9.  Grateful Dead

10.  Rolling Stones

11.  Orleans

12.  Eric Clapton

Okay, I wouldn't have guessed #11.

How's You Do?  --Road?

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  If anyone should faint in church, put her head between the knees of the nearest medicine man.     (Hmmmmnnnnn)

Spring Is Here... Finally!! (Well, We Hope) Bob Stroud Greets It for Us with His Spring Garden Party: 'Dandelion'

This past Sunday, March 21, Bob Stroud played songs on his Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive, about this most wondrous time of the year, when the dandelions make ready for their annual assault, and, I understand this year, the Chicago area is in for a return visit of our 17-year cicadas.

I'll make this into a challenge and just give you the name of the song.  You guess who sang it.

Here we go!!

1.  Sugar Magnolia

2..  Daisy Jane

3.  Pictures of Lily

4.  Garden Party

5.  Coming Up

6.  Octopus' Garden

7.  Dead Flowers

8.  San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)

9.  Scarlet Begonia

10.  Dandelion

11.  Spring Fever

12.  Let It Grow

Answers in the Next Post.  --RoadGrow

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "You're Going to meet Some Gentle People There."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"

1969 Anyone?

Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM's Saturday Morning Flashback is to that great music year for me, 1969.  They just kicked off with "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band (a song that always brings a tear to my eye.

Playing Jethro Tull right now.

It streams from 9 to noon CDST.

Time to tune in.

Liz and I graduated from Palatine High School in Palatine, Illinois, that year and I started freshman year at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.  I lived at Lincoln Hall.  Liz went to Harper College in Palatine.

So, if 1969 means something to you, time to tune in.

--RoadDog

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  The pineapple is the fruit of the pine tree.   Why not?

Bob Stroud Reflects on 20 Years at Chicago's WDRV, the Drive

This past Monday, Chicago's Classic Rock station, WDRV, 97.1 FM (simulcast's on 96.9 FM), better known as the Drive, celebrated its 20th anniversary with the same kind of music, something quite rare these days.  I believe Bob has found a "Forever Home" after bouncing around a long time, especially in Chicago.

He is the only one left of the first deejays and he talked about what it was like.  Some of the things he said:

**  The station's first year was 2001 and it was just getting down its chops when everything changed on 9/11 and the death of George Harrison.  That put a big change in what they were doing.

**  They have had some amazing birthday concerts every year.

**  He says the Drive's Listeners are the best in the world.  (Thanks, Bob.)

**  The Drive concentrates its music in the 60s and 70s mostly, but also plays some in the 1980s.

**  The very first song played on the station on March 15, 2001, was very fitting:  Alliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah's "Lake Shore Drive."

**  As they were developing the format, they teased listeners with all day shows with Broadway Music, Country Music and so forth.

I love this station, but would like to hear less Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.  They play one of each about every hour.  I call WDRV the Station that Floyd and Zeppelin built.

More Creedence!!!   But Thanks.  --RoadDrive

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  Rhubarb is a kind of celery gone bloodshot.

One Year Anniversary of You-Know-What

Today and yesterday mark the one-year anniversary of the arrival of the virus here in the Midwest.  I could never imagine the impact just one year under this would have.  But, it sure has.

We were very aware of the virus the beginning of March 2020 and it just kept spreading and spreading.

We were at the McHenry, Illinois, American Legion on the Sunday, March 15, 2020, when we heard that all bars and restaurants in Illinois were going to be open just one day longer and close indefinitely after Monday, March 16.  There was a lot of grumbling to say the least.

On Monday, March 16, we went to our local hangout, Sunnyside Tavern in Johnsburg, Illinois, for one last drink for however long this would be.  Again, the closure and virus were the topic of discussion.  With sad hearts we left Sunnyside and went home.

But, restaurants and bars were still open in Wisconsin, which is about eight miles from us, so we decided we would still have our St. Patrick's Day celebration as well as corned beef & cabbage at Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes (another of our favorite hangouts).

So, about 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, we drove to Donovan's and found one other friend from Sunnyside there who had the same idea.  Again, discussion revolved around the Illinois closures and whether or not Wisconsin would follow suit.  At 3 p.m., Barb, our friendly bartender, received a phone call saying that all Wisconsin bars and restaurants were to close at 5 p.m.

There were a lot of upset folks, I tell you.  Barb, even more so because of all the corned beef and cabbage she had on hand for the day.

Anyway, that was our welcome to you-know-what.

--RoadDog

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  The law of gravity was enacted by the British Parliament.

JSS: Pi Day-- Freezing Rain & Snow On the Way-- The Drive's 20th

JSS--  Just Some Stuff

1.  PI DAY--   Yesterday was National Pi Day thanks to the date being 3/14, the first three digits in that math thing called pi.  So, I went to the local Jewel and bought a fresh-made apple pie.  You'll probably never guess what I paid for it.

2.  FREEZING RAIN & SNOW ON THE WAY--  Just what I wanted to hear, this last week of winter as it was and Ides of March as it is.  And, we just recently got rid of the rest of the snow that we gathered in January and February last week.

Oh, well.  What can I say, but our local groundhog prognosticator, Woodstock Willie, lied when he said we were going to have an early spring back on Feb. 2.

3.  THE DRIVE'S 20TH--  All day, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive will be playing the exact set list of songs they played om this date back in 2001 when they started playing Classic Rock.  Well worth a listen and it streams.

--RoadNoMoreWinter

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  The theory of evolution was greatly objected to because it made men think.

What?

WLS Top Ten for Week of March 15, 1971: 'What's Going On'

These were the Top Ten songs as well as debuts on Chicago's WLS 890 AM fifty years ago today.  The two top radio stations in Chicago were WLS and its rival, WCFL 1000 AM.

1.  DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED--  Partridge Family

2.  ME AND BOBBY McGEE--  Janis Joplin

3.  SHE'S A LADY--  Tom Jones  Whenever I hear this song, I think about the time fraternity brother Tom Smith and I went down to Florida for Spring break in 1971.

4.  FOR ALL WE KNOW--  Carpenters

5.  JUST MY IMAGINATION--  Temptations

6.  WHAT'S GOING ON--  Marvin Gaye

7.  BLUE MONDAY--  Van Morrison

8.  ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE--  Brewer & Shipley

9.  LOVES, LINES, ANGLES & RHYMES--  Fifth Dimension

10.  MAMA'S PEARL--  Jackson Five

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DEBUTS

23.  ANOTHER DAY--  Paul McCartney

28.  WE CAN WORK IT OUT--  Stevie Wonder

29.  YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY--  Aretha Franklin

30.  EIGHTEEN--  Alice Cooper

HIT PARADE BOUND   I AM... I SAID--  Neil Diamond

Name That Tune (from the Above Songs):  "Drinks Another Coffee And She Finds It Hard To Stay Awake."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Another Day"

The Drive's 20th Anniversary Monday (Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, Classic Rock)

It's hard to believe in this day and age that a radio station has gone on the air and retained its format for 20 years, but that is exactly what WDRV, 97.1, simulcast on 69.9 FM  toward the Wisconsin border where we listen to it.  

It was a classic music station before that for many years (which also featured the late great Mr. A doing his Blues and R&B overnight show).  

This station is one of my three favorite radio stations in Chicago that I listen to most every day: WXRT and MeTV-FM are the other two.

I listen to the Sherman and Tingle Show every morning, then Bob Stroud at midday, especially his Ten at Ten at 10 AM and PM.  Plus, every weekend, they have the Time Warp with Bill St. James on Saturday mornings, the Acoustic Storm Sunday mornings and, best of all, Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots Show.

Never let it be said I don't like my Classic Rock.

Bob Stroud has been with the station the whole time.  I think he has found his Radio Home as he ages.

This Monday marks the 20th anniversary of their first day and they will be playing the songs they played that day in honor of it.

So, Happy 3/15 Ides of March, WDRV.  --RoadDrive

Music Deaths: Louis Clark, Worked With ELO to Give Them Their Sound

LOUIS CLARK, 73

Died 13 February 2021

Keyboard player, arranger.  Worked with Electric Light Orchestra to give them their sound.  Also with Ozzy Osbourne.

Conductor and arranger of the orchestra and choir to back the Electric Light Orchestra to give them their sound.  Assisted Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy in the arrangements of studio albums "Eldorado," "Face the Music," ""A New World Record," "Out of the Blue," "Discovery" and "Xanadu."

Also worked with Ozzy Osbourne on "Diary of a Madman" and "Bark At the Moon."

Past Movie Scratches: Museum-- Godfather-- Godfather-- Dark Knight-- Menace-- Return

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2020.

19.  NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM:  BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN--  1-20--  Old Abe to the rescue and dear Amelia flies again.

20.  GODFATHER III--  1-20--  Every time he tries to go legit, he gets drawn back.  The loudest, longest scream ever.

21.  GODFATHER II--  1-21--  Fredo wants respect.  Sure doesn't get it.  Dad gets payback in Sicily.  Mikie wipes the slate clean again.

22.  DARK KNIGHT--  1-22--   "Let me get this straight."  "You complete me."  "I'm an agent of chaos."

23.  STAR WARS I:  PHANTOM MENACE-- 1-24--  Meet Jar Jar, R2D2, CP30 and Anakin Skywalker.  "How rude!"

24.  STAR WARS VI:  RETURN OF THE JEDI--  1-26--   "It is your destiny."  Right, Mr. Emperor?   "My young apprentice."  The attack of the Ewoks.

--RoadApprentice

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  A planet is a body of earth surrounded by sky.

Past Movie Scratches: Rambo-- Jungle-- Iron-- Boys-- Boys-- Jack

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2020

13.  RAMBO--  1-11--  Told you they had American POWs.  Rambo takes out lots and lots and lots and lots of Bad Guys.

14.  JUNGLE BOOK--  1-14--  Playing with the Red Flower.  Bill Murray as the scheming bear with the human cub.

15.  IRON MAN--  1-15--  A smart, rich tinkerer.

16.  BAD BOYS--  1-18--  Working together and they don't even like each other.

17.  BAD BOYS II--  1-18--  I did not think that kind of language was allowed on regular cable.  If I hear "F", "M-F"  and "N" once, I heard it more than a few times.  Too bad.  A good show id it weren't for all that unnecessary language.

18.  JACK THE GIANT SLAYER--  1-20--  Those really were magic beans.  How to kill a two-headed giant.

Pass the Popcorn.  --RoadBo

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  Benjamin Franklin produced electricity by rubbing cats backward.

WLS Top 30 for Week of March 8, 1971-- Part 5: 'Amos Moses'

The number after the artist is how high it got on the national Billboard Hot 100 Charts.  An * means it was climbing the WLS charts.

10.  *BLUE MONEY--  Van Morrison    #23

9.  PROUD MARY--  Ike and Tina Turner        #4     Still can't figure out how those dresses on Tina and the Ikettes didn't fall off especially with their moves.

8.  AMOS MOSES--  Jerry Reed       #8     Only 2:17.  Too short.  Swampy kinda music.

7.  *JUST MY IMAGINATION--  Temptations      #1

6.  *FOR ALL WE KNOW--  Carpenters      #3

5.  MAMA'S PEARL--  Jackson Five    #2     This was their 5th release after four straight #1s.

4.  *SHE'S A LADY--  Tom Jones      #2      Calm down ladies!!

3.  (THEME FROM) LOVE STORY--  Henry Mancini    #1

2.  *ME AND BOBBY McGEE--  Janis Joplin     #1

1.  *DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED--  Partridge Family    #6

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Windshield Wipers Clappin' Time."  Answer below.  RoadDog

"Me and Bobby McGee"

WLS Top 30 for Week of March 8, 1971-- Part 4: 'What's Going On'

* in front of the song means it was climbing the WLS chart.  The number behind the artist is how high it got on the Billboard Hot 100 national charts.

15.  *COUNTRY ROAD--  James Taylor      #37    Talk about your laid back.

14.  * WHAT'S GOING ON--  Marvin Gaye     #2      A song of the times fifty years later.

13.  *LOVES, LINES, ANGLES & RHYMES--  Fifth Dimension       #19     Not one of their better known ones, but good nonetheless.  Dorothea Joyce wrote the song.

12.  IF YOU CAN READ MY MIND--  Gordon Lightfoot      #5     From Canada.  A comment:  There is beauty in the sadness of the song."

11.   ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE--  Brewer & Shipley      #10        Folk-rock duo.   Tom Shipley currently lives in Rolla, Missouri, on Route 66.    I also like their "Tarkio Road" song, which is about the roads in northwest Missouri they used to drive between college gigs.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Sittin' Downtown In A Railway Station."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"One Toke Over the Line"

WLS Top 30 for Week of March 8, 1971-- Part 3: 'What Is Life'

The number after the artist is how high it got on the Billboard National Charts.  The * in front of the name means the song was climbing the WLS charts.

20.  *HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT--  Sammi Smith      #8      A classic country song written by Kris Kristofferson.   Born in Orange County, Ca., raised in Oklahoma.

19.  *WHAT IS LIFE--  George Harrison      #2      From his "All Things Must Pass" album.  A triple album.  Do you think he was about ready to leave the Beatles anyway?

18.  SWEET MARY--  Wadsworth Mansion     #7    Was this a drug song?  Their only Top 100 song.

17.  MR. BOJANGLES--  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band        #9      Doing that old soft shoe.  Written by Jerry Jeff Walker who died recently.  "But the dog up and _____."

16.  HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN--  Creedence Clearwater Revival.      #8       I've said it once and I'll say it again.  My all-time favorite group.  I went out and bought their albums as soon as they came out.

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "With Silver Hair And Ragged Shirt And Baggy Pants."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Mr. Bojangles"

Music Deaths: Richie Albright, Long-Time Drummer with Waylon Jennings

RICHIE ALBRIGHT, 81

Died 9 February 2021

Long-term drummer for Waylon Jennings and member of Waymore's Outlaws (to carry on after Jennings' death in 2002).

Aided in the development of Jennings' Outlaw sound.  Joined Jenning's band, the Waylors in 1964.  Waylon even named his son Waylon Albright Jennings "Shooter."

Some of those great Waylon songs:

"Theme from 'The Dukes of Hazard' "

"Ain't Livin' Long Like This"

"Are You Sure Hank Done It Like This"

"I've Always Been Crazy"

"I'm a Ramblin' Man"

Music Deaths: Chick Corea, Jazz

CHICK COREA, 79

 Died February 9, 2021

Keyboard player/composer (jazz/fusion).  Played with Miles Davis / Return to Forever. 

I'm not much of a jazz fan, but listened to :Spain" om You Tube and enjoyed it.

WLS Top 30 for Week of March 8, 1971-- Part 2: 'Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You'

25.  TEMPTATION EYES--  Grass Roots      #15   Still a very underrated group.  Formed in San Francisco in 1964.  One of my favorite 60s groups.

24.  JODY'S GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE--  Johnnie Taylor       #28     Watch out for that Jody sneaking around behind your back.  Comment:  "The U.S. Army Anthem."

23.  DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU--  Wilson Pickett      #17     Ah yes.  The Wicked Picket Hisself.  Now, that's some real deep Soul.

22.  WATCHING SCOTTY GROW--  Bobby Goldsboro     #11     Not as schmaltzy as "Honey" at least.

21.  ONE BAD APPLE--  Osmond Brothers     #1     Meet the white Jackson Five, right down to Donnie.  Good song, though. 

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "She's Got Something That Moves My Soul."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Temptation Eyes"

WLS Top 30 for Week of March 8, 1971-- Part 1: 'L.A. Goodbye'

Hard to believe this is now FIFTY YEARS ago.

The number after the artist is how high the song got on the National Billboard Hot 100 charts.  The * in front of the song's name means it was climbing the WLS charts.

HITBOUND:    *I AM...I SAID--  Neil Diamond   #4        Classic Neil.  Born Noah Kaminsky in 1941 in Brooklyn.

30.  *LOVE STORY (WHERE DO I BEGIN)-  Andy Williams      #9        Jumping on the movie bandwagon.  This time with words.  Henry Mancini's instrumental version of it was at #3 this week on WLS' Top 30.

29.  *FREE--  Chicago    #20     How 'bout dem horns?  Great opening.  Unfortunately, only 2:15 long.  Pretty amazing that a group with even one song like this that sold 36 million albums, over  100 million records and had twenty Top 10 songs didn't make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame until 2016.

28.  *L.A. GOODBYE--  Ides of March      #73     Written by John Peterik for his band.  from Chicagoland's own Berwyn.  As Svenghouli would say ___________!!!  WLS always supported local acts big time.

27.  *OYE COMO VA--  Santana      #13     Written by  Latin/jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente in 1963.

26.  BORN TO WONDER--  Rare Earth   #17      Who says white boys can't sing soul?  On Motown's Rare Earth label.  First non-black group signed by Motown.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "She Fills My Heart With Very Special Things."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Love Story (Where Do I Begin)"  

Ten Body Parts We Lost to Evolution

From the February 28, 2021, ListVerse by Jade Bell.

I'm just listing them.  For more information and even pictures, go to the site.

10.  Brow ridges

9.  Claws

8.  Prehensile feet

7.  Canine teeth

6.  Long arms

5.  Big stomachs

4.  Large eyes.

3.  Tails

2.  Fur

1.  Whiskers  (As in cat whiskers)

--RoadWhat?

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  Name the three races of man.  Answer:  Foot Race, Horse Race and Automobile Race.

JSS: One Tough Winter-- Truck Bed and Deck-- Front Porch Sidewalk-- Driveway

JSS--  Just Some Stuff

1.  ONE TOUGH WINTER--  Even though we didn't have any 12+ snowfalls, there were several 5-8 inchers and a lot of lesser ones.  he big problem was the temperatures which rarely got over freezing the last two months.  What fell, stayed.  On several occasions it was a mix of rain and snow which froze to make for some fun removing the ice.

2.  TRUCK BED AND DECK--  The truck bed (parked outside) was filled to the top with snow and I am just now getting to see the bedliner.  The same with the deck which was impassable with all the snow, but now about half clear.

3.  FRONT PORCH --  The front porch sidewalk is still covered with snow/ice to about a foot high.  I'm waiting for mother nature to take care of it.

4.  DRIVEWAY--  I also totally lost in my efforts to keep the driveway cleared.  Much of February and January, I had maybe a little over one lane open out of the two and a half.  And that was with a whole lot of ice chopping.  The snowblower couldn't keep up with it.

Like I said, One Tough Winter.  --RoadNoMoreSnow

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  Science is material  Religion is immaterial.

Music Deaths: Mary Wilson, One of the Original Supremes

MARY WILSON, 76

Died 8 February 2021

Singer with the Motown vocal group Supremes.

Originally the group was called the Primettes.  As the Supremes, they had am unprecedented 12 #1 hits including "Stop in the Name of Love" and "Where Did Our Love Go."

Music Deaths: Nolan Porter, Soul Singer

NOLAN PORTER, 71

Died 4 February 2021

Soul singer

An acclaimed soul singer who rose to prominence in the UK's 1970s Northern Soul.

Best known for his songs "Keep On Keeping On" and "If Only I Could be Sure."

Other songs that I listened to and liked a lot:

"Singer Man" Reggae

"Oh Baby"

"Crazy Love"

"Singer Man"

Northern Soul Music was based on Black Soul Music emanating from the mid-1960s.  Usually the artists are lesser-known ones, like Nolan Porter.

If you like Soul Music, give him a listen.

WLS Top Ten for Week of March 1, 1971: 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain'

That's right, fifty years ago.  If you remember these, you must be getting old.  

1.  MAMA'S PEARL--  Jackson Five

2.  AMOS MOSES--  Jerry Reed

3.  (THEME FROM) LOVE STORY)--  Henry Mancini

4.  DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED--  Partridge Family

5.  SHE'S A LADY--  Tom Jones

6.  PROUD MARY--  Ike and Tina Turner

7.  IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND--  Gordon Lightfoot

8.  ME AND BOBBY McGEE--  Janis Joplin

9.  FOR ALL WE KNOW--  Carpenters

10.  HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

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DEBUTS

21.  WHAT'S GOING ON--  Marvin Gaye

26.  DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU--  Wilson Pickett

27.  WHAT IS LIFE--  George Harrison

28.  JODY'S GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE--  Johnnie Taylor  

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "What a Tale My Thoughts Could Tell."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"If You Could Read My Mind"