Music to Get Snowed in By Back in '67-- Part 3: "Snowin' Too Hard" or, "Pushin' Too Hard"

The nice things was that it had quit snowing by January 29, 1967.

TAX MAN--  Beatles
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS--  Beatles
GOOD THING--  Paul Revere &  the Raiders

HOW DO YOU CATCH A GIRL--  Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH--  Buffalo Springfield  (You know, that group with Stephen and Neil.)
SIT DOWN I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Buffalo Springfield

RUBY TUESDAY--  Rolling Stones
I'VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE--  Jimmy Ruffin  (Probably one of the best-ever soul songs in my humble opinion.  When I listen to it, it tends to be for many times.)
I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW--  Tommy James & the Shondells

PUSHIN' TOO HARD--  Seeds
LOVIN' YOU--  Lovin' Spoonful  (This was oh the WLS charts by Bobby Darrin.)
HELLO HELLO--  Sopwith Camel

(WE AIN'T GOT) NOTHIN' YET--  Blues Magoos  (As good as psychedelic rock gets.)
TOBACCO ROAD--  Blues Magoos

SHE--  Monkees
LOOK OUT HERE COMES TOMORROW--  Monkees  (For some reason these guys were really HOT back then.)

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Children Behave, That's What They Say When We're Together."  Answer Below)--  RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  Your eyes stay open when you sneeze.

"I Think We're Alone Now"

Music to Get Snowed in By, the Blizzard of '67-- Part 2: "Snowing in the Street", or, "Dancing in the Street"

BREAK ON THROUGH--  Doors  (That snow drift!!)
LIGHT MY FIRE--  Doors

WORDS OF LOVE--  Mamas & Papas
DANCING IN THE STREET--  Mamas & Papas

LOVE IS HERE--  Supremes
NO FAIR AT ALL--  Association
HAPPY TOGETHER--  Turtles

LOVE YOU SO MICH--  New Colony Six
I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT--  Electric Prunes  (Was there ever a better name for a psychedelic group?)
SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON--  Royal Guardsmen  (Was Snoopy flying a Sopwith Camel?)

LONELY TOO LONG--  Young Rascals
SEASON OF THE WITCH--  Donovan
PRETTY BALLERINA--  Left Banke

(I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE--  Monkees   (Some more Monkees?)
I'M A BELIEVER--  Monkees

Name That Tune (from above):  "Imagine me and You."  Answer Below.  --RoadDog



"Happy Together"

Music to Get Snowed In By Back in 1967-- Part 1: "The Snow Goes On" or, Well, "The Beat Goes On"

Yesterday, January 29, 2017, Bob Stroud went back to January 29, 1967, and played the music we'd be
listening to on WLS and WCFL during Chicago's Blizzard of 1967.  This was must-listen to  music for me.  It sure brought back memories of all those snow drifts (which, joy of joy, I didn't have to shovel because of my 'rasslin' injury back in December.

LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER--  Rolling Stones  (Obviously not played too much on the radio back then.
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE--  Four Tops
THE BEAT GOES ON--  Sonny & Cher

I'VE GOT TO HAVE A REASON--  Dave Clark Five
SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE--  Simon & Garfunkel  (Or do you call it "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.")
TELL IT TO THE RAIN--  Four Seasons

GIMME GOOD LOVIN'--  Spencer Davis Group
I'M SO GLAD--  Cream  (Way before I had heard of them.  I can remember most of the words for some reason.)
YOU GOT TO ME--  Neil Diamond

TELL IT LIKE IT IS--  Aaron Neville
KIND OF A DRAG--  Buckinghams
DAYTRIPPER--  Otis Redding   (Otis puts the soul spin on the Beatles.)

LET'S GET TOGETHER--  Jefferson Airplane
(THEME FROM) THE MONKEES--  Monkees  (Based on you-know-who.  How many of you think the title is "Hey, Hey, We're the Monkees"?)
PAPA JEAN'S BLUES--  Monkees

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Here We Come, Walking Down Your Street."  Answer below.--RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  You're the employee of the month at the local coffee house and you don't even work there.  As I get ready for my second cup o' joe.

"(Theme From) The Monkees"

The Chicago Blizzard of '67-- Part 2: No Shoveling for Me

This snowstorm really caught Chicago by surprise.  The days leading up to it were unseasonably warm, topping out at 65 degrees the Tuesday, January 24.  A whole lot of people got into a spring fever mode.

Then came Thursday, January 26.  Forecasts called for four inches of snow.  The first flakes came down at 5:02 a.m..  It soon got up to that four inches...but didn't stop.  It continued for 29 hours, ending at 10:10 a.m. Friday January 27.

Even though Chicago expects snow during the winter, this overwhelmed everything.  Chicago and surrounding suburbs, including where we lived in Palatine, snowed to a halt.  Schools were called off.  Kids rejoiced.

Not only was there fun to be had out in that snow, but a great possibility of earning some extra spending money shoveling.  Remember, this was in the days before snowblowers and parents weren't afraid to put their kids to work.

However, I was unable to go outside or earn extra money as I was laid up with a broken leg (a wrestling injury back in December).  All I could do was continue practicing with my hockey game (those with the spindles attached to players that you moved up and down the rink).

But, I sure did enjoy watching my brother Bob putting on his snow gear to do some shoveling.  I couldn't help but smile.  To this day, he swears that I broke my leg on purpose to get out of shoveling this snow.''

A Real Snow Job.  --RoadDog

It REALLY Started Snowing 50 Years Ago Today, January 26, 1967-- Part 1: The Chicago Blizzard of '67

From the January 25, 2017, Chicago Tribune ""Blizzard of '67's record unbroken" by Nereida Moreno.

Thousands of people were stranded in offices, schools and factories as well as on the roads and streets.  About 50,000 vehicles and 800 CTA buses were abandoned.  It was the biggest disruption of commerce and transportation since the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.  Not only was there a real lot of snow, some 23 inches, but winds howled up some even bigger drifts of snow.

To kids, it was a more of a holiday with schools being called off.  There was fun to be had, including jumping off second floor roofs into massive piles of snow.

Sadly, in these days before snowblowers and parents who wouldn't send their kids out to shovel, our parents back then believed shoveling all that snow built stamina and good character.

Dig Me Out.  --RoadDog

Music for a Blizzard: January 29, 1967-- Part 7

You can sure play a lot of songs in three hours when they are from 1967, when most songs out were between two and three minutes long. Bob Stroud played 50 songs in his show from Jan. 29, 2012, the 45th anniversary of Chicago's Blizzard of '67.

"We got 23 inches of snow that fell for around 26-27 hours, beginning at 5:02 AM on January 26th and stopped at 10:10 AM January 27th. After the storm passed, Chicago was a ghost town and roads were impassable. People couldn't get to work and those who were at work couldn't get home. Some remember the Storm of '67 as the first time they ever saw people putting chairs on the street to hold parking spaces.

Thet had to airlift milk and bread. People were just wondering how they were going to make it."

UNDER MY THUMB (LIVE)-- ROLLING STONES-- Their album out just in time for Christmas, Got Live If You Want It. Interestig enough, the announcer who brings the Stones on is none other than Long John Baldry who would record "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" and had a hit with it here in the States in 1971.
GET OFF MY CLOUD (LIVE)-- ROLLING STONES--

I FEEL FREE-- CREAM-- From over in England, their brand new album Fresh Cream.

I WANT TO MEET YOU-- CRYAN SHAMES-- The album was released in October 1966 and if you were a Chicagoan and a music fan back during this era, you were playing this album to death because it was homegrown. The Sugar and Spice album had their most current hit. (Cryan Shames, my second-favorite 60s Chicago group.)
SHE DON'T CARE ABOUT TIME-- CRYAN SHAMES-- And a cover tune of a Byrds song and I kind of thought it was kind of hip that they decided to cover a Byrds song that was a "B" side and not even on an album. It was the "B" side of the "Turn, Turn, Turn" single.

STEPPIN' STONE-- MONKEES-- A two-side hit was #1 in Chicago. The "B" Side
I'M A BELIEVER-- MONKEES-- The "A" side (Let Donkey sing!)

Music for a Real Snow Job. --RoadDog


WILL ROGERS SAYS: The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.

Music for a Blizzard: Jan. 29, 1967-- Part 6

Music playing on our radios back during the Blizzard of '67 if you lived in the Chicago suburbs, Great Snowstorm of 1967 if you lived in Chicago. Evidently.

"I think with the Snowstorm of '67, the phrase, "If you don't like the weather in Chicago, just wait a minute," applies. Just two days earlier the temperatures had reached a record high of 65 degrees on Jan. 24, 1967.

The paralyzing strength of the '67 storm suspended normal routines for days. The lattice-work of stranded cars, trucks and buses blocked up highways and byways. Thousands of air travelers and workers were stranded in Chicago's airports which were closed for record long stretches. Drifts ten feet high covered Chicago's Midway Airport."

PRETTY BALLERINA-- LEFT BANKE-- Brand new. Their follow up to "Walk Away Renee." (Talk about you fantastic vocalizations.)

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH-- BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD-- Their new single from their debut album was all over the radio. (This was my favorite pre-Creedence group. But, I always thought the riot was about something bigger than a bar.)
MR. SOUL-- BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD-- A couple selections. That whole first album was great, but I didn't get one of their albums until they were finished as a group.)

WE AIN'T GOT NOTHING YET-- BLUES MAGOOS-- Top Ten
NO MILK TODAY-- HERMAN'S HERMITS-- Last hour, we played the "A" side of the single ("Dandy" only he played the original version by the Kinks). Many of us thought this "B" side was even better. (Including myself. This is one great song.)

More to Come. --RoadDog

Music for a Blizzard: January 28, 1967-- Part 5

During the snowstorm, long lines formed at grocery stores; shelves were emptied in moments. As a result of the record snow, 26 people died, including a ten-year-old girl, who was accidentally caught in a crossfire between police and looters and a minister who was run over by a snow plow and others died from heart attacks from shoveling snow (this was way before most people had snow blowers).

I'VE BEEN LONELY TOO LONG-- YOUNG RASCALS-- Released just two weeks before the storm, this one in our record collections, as a matter of fact, they called their second album Collection.
LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING-- YOUNG RASCALS--

EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE-- WILSON PICKETT-- The late great Wicked Pickett doing an old Solomon Burke song that would also be done by the Blues Brothers.
GOOD THING-- PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS-- Great rocker from Mark Lindsay and the boys.

I'VE GOT TO HAVE A REASON-- DAVE CLARK FIVE-- they consistently made them under two minutes. (I don't remember this one. Good song, though.)
HAPPY TOGETHER-- TURTLES-- Hit bound and would go to #1.

Imagine me and You. --RoadDog


HOW'S THAT AGAIN? Wearing your 'best bib and tucker'...(Being all dressed up.)

Music for a Blizzard: January 29, 1967-- Part 4

I see snowflakes falling gently outside the basement window. Makes me think while typing away with my two fingers on this.

These are songs from Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots this past Jan. 29th. he spent all three hours playing songs from WLS and WCFL and in our record collections when all that snow came. By Jan. 29, 1967, the snow fall was over, but the digging out process was in full swing.

LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER-- ROLLING STONES-- "B" side to "Ruby Tuesday." If you wanted to hear it, you couldn't on the radio. You had to buy it on the 45. (I seem to remember hearing it on the radio.)
THERE'S A KIND OF A HUSH-- HERMAN'S HERMITS-- Hit bound and on the "A" side. We had gotten it earlier on the New Vaudeville Band's Winchester Cathedral album.

DANDY-- KINKS-- From their Face to Face album released late 1966 and on it was the song Herman's Hermits had covered. Originally written by Ray Davies. (I was always familiar with herman's version and didn't know the Kinks had done it originally.

KIND OF A DRAG-- BUCKINGHAMS-- During the week, the Big 89 (WLS) here in Chicago was featuring as their album of the week their Kind of a Drag album on the USA label. This song closed out the album and was a million-selling hit on its way to #1 on Billboard's Top 100 Pop Chart.
DON'T WANT TO CRY-- BUCKINGHAMS-- Some of that great Chicago Garage Rock. deep track from side one.

SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON-- ROYAL GUARDSMEN-- The only planes that could take off or land in Chicago were those operated by these two. The first of several Snoopy and Red Baron hits for them.

Ya Just Gotta Love Good Old Snoop (and Not That Dogg Fella). --RoadDog


HOW'S THAT AGAIN? Tuckered Out...(tired and all-worn out) I am tuckered with a cold right now.

Music for a Blizzard: January 29, 1967-- Part 4

The sights, the sounds, the SNOW!!

STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE-- FOUR TOPS-- (One of those great Motown groups.)

DANCING IN THE STREETS-- MAMAS AND PAPAS-- two-sided hit. The "B" side, great cover of a Motown classic.
WORDS OF LOVE-- MAMAS AND PAPAS-- The "A" side.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK AND ROLL STAR-- BYRDS-- From Younger Than Yesterday, the advance single from the upcoming album.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS-- AARON NEVILLE-- Treated to some bluesy New Orleans styling. Heart would cover this in the 80s.

DARLING BE HOME SOON-- LOVIN' SPOONFUL-- Booby Darin hit #39 with their song "Loving You." This song was hit bound.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH-- NEW COLONY SIX-- #2 in Chicago. Chicago's own. (Great then. Still Great Now.)

PUSHING TOO HARD-- SEEDS-- from Los Angeles, California.
TOBACCO ROAD-- BLUES MAGOOS-- Their great version. One of my favorite albums during the Snowstorm of 1967 was a piece of vinyl that came out in November of 1966 and I was still playing it hot and heavy here in January of '67 and it was the debut from the Blues Magoos Psychedelic Lollipop. Here, their great experimental version.

Snowflake, Little Snowflake. Go Visit Somebody Else. --RoadDog

Music for a Blizzard: January 26, 1967-- Part 3

Forty-five years ago thousands were stranded in offices, schools and buses. about 50,000 abandoned cars and 800 Chicago Transit Autority (CTA) littered streets and expressways. All we wanted to do was get home so we could go to our record collections and pull out the debut album of a new trio out of London who called themselves Cream.

98.6-- KEITH--
I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM-- ELECTRIC PRUNES-- (How's that for a psychedelic group name? Always sounds like they're saying they had too much to drink last night, not dream.)

GLAD-- CREAM-- new trio from London. Their Fresh Cream album released in Dec. '66.
YOU GOT TO ME-- NEIL DIAMOND--

SHE-- MONKEES-- The album was released just two weeks before the snow storm (blizzard) on Jan. 9, 1967, called More of the Monkees, their second release. both these songs were from side one. This one written by Boyce and Hart.
MARY, MARY-- MONKEES-- Written by Michael Nesmith (of the Monkees).

Dadburn Snow. --RoadDog


HOW'S THAT AGAIN? Sunday go to meeting clothes...(the best clothes you have.)

Music for a Blizzard: January 27, 1967-- Part 2

Continued from January 30th.

Bob Stroud went back to this date to commemorate what Chicagoans called the Snowstorm of '67 and suburbanites called the Blizzard of '67. This is the 47th anniversary of the snow that really shut Chicago down.

"It began Jan. 26, 1967, and for the next 25 hours or so, it snowed 23 inches making it the largest single snowfall in Chicago to date. These are the records that got us through on the radio. We're going to listen to what the radio sounded like and we're going to play some songs from albums that you may have had in your collections at this point in time."

COLOR MY WORLD-- PETULA CLARK-- (No, not that syrupy one by Chicago they used to play at all the weddings. This was actually a very good one that I had forgotten about.)
BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN'-- JOHNNY RIVERS-- His take on an old Motown classic by the Four Tops. (Imagine Johnny Rivers singing someone else's songs!)

RUBY TUESDAY-- ROLLING STONES-- Supposed to be a two-sided hit, but radio stations shied away from the other side "Let's Spend the Night Together." (Mild by today's standards.)
CAN'T YOU SEE TAT I REALLY LOVE YOU-- FLOCK-- Chicago's own. On Rock and Roll Roots Vol. 11.

(FEELING GROOVY) 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG-- SIMON AND GARFUNKEL-- Released in Oct. of '66 and still in heavy rotation, the latest album from Simon and Garfunkel, Parley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme. From side one. In another month or so, this would hit the Top 40 by an LA band called Harper's Bizarre.
98.6-- KEITH--

There Are 50 Songs Played In These Three Hours. What Number Was That? --RoadDog


HOW'S THAT AGAIN? Just in case some old codger says this to you.

Stringing around, gallivanting around, or piddling...(Not doing anything of value.)

Was It the Blizzard of '67 or Great Snow Storm of '67? Music to While Away All That Snow

Yesterday, Bob Stroud devoted his entire Rock and Roll Roots Show to the songs being played on WLS and WCFL that helped us young folks, I was 15 at the time, get through all that snow. He also included tracks from the albums in our collections.

I have found that there is some question as to what the event should be called. According to my wife, Liz, in Chicago, where she lived at the time, they called it the Snowstorm of '67. Out in ths uburbs where we lived (Palatine) we called it the Blizzard of '67.

The blizzard/snow storm was actually over by Jan. 28th, but the digging out and getting things back on schedule was going on big time.

From the show: "It was 45 years ago this past week that Chicago experienced its worst blizzard to date. This is the 45th anniversary of the Great Snow Storm of '67."

Bob Stroud's comments first. Mine in parentheses.

THE BEAT GOES ON-- SONNY AND CHER--
LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU'RE GONE-- SUPREMES-- (Nothing like that good old Motown. Loved the choreography.)

YOU HEAR ME CALL YOUR NAME-- ASSOCIATION-- Some of us got it for Christmas, the new Renaissance album. From side 2. (Right, I'm sure my dad would go out and buy me one of those stupid albums.)
I THINK WE'RE ALONE-- TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS-- Brand new and hit-bound. (And Tiffany wasn't even alive yet.)

TELL IT TO THE RAIN-- FOUR SEASONS-- (One of Liz's favorite Four Seasons songs. Was she ever belting this out while it was playing.)
GIMME SOME LOVIN'-- SPENCER DAVIS GROUP-- Getting our first taste of Steve Winwood.

Was That... a Snowflake? No, It Was "Suzy Snowflake." --RoadDog