Songs from the Summer 1974-- Part 1: 'LaGrange'

These were the songs on the radio and in your record collections on June 2, 1974.  Fifty years ago.  From the June 2, 2024, Rock and Roll Roots show by Bob Stroud on Chicago's Classic Rock, WDRV, 97.1 FM, The Drive.

STAR BABY--  Guess Who

GET OUT OF DENVER--  Bob Seger

HELP ME--  Joni Mitchell

OUT ON THE BORDER--  Eagles

COME AND GET YOUR LOVE--  Red Bone

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING SO LONG--  Chicago

BRIDGE OF SIGHS--  Robin Trower

LAGRANGE--  ZZ Top

THAT'LL BE THE DAY--  Fog Hat

ANOTHER PARK, ANOTHER SUNDAY--  Doobie Brothers

DOOBIE WAH--  Peter Frampton

BAND ON THE RUN--  Paul McCartney & Wings

1985--  Paul McCartney & Wings

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Cruisin' Down the Center of a Two-Way Street."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Out On the Border"

It's Hot, Real Hot, Today and Bob Stroud Did His Annual Ten at Ten Show on Summer Songs... It Must Be....: 'Under the Boardwalk'

This morning at 10 a.m., Bob Stroud played ten summer songs on his Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  The fact that its really warm, with 99 degrees forecast, June 21st and the fact that he played these ten songs makes me stringly believe that we must have enetered the best time of the year.  And, that would be... SUMMER!!.

Here are the ten songs he played.  All very Summer Worthy.

SCHOOL'S OUT--  Alice Cooper

IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerrry    My all-time most favorite summer song.

SUMMER BREEZE--  Seals & Crofts

UNDER THE BOARDWALK--  Drifters

SATURDAY IN THE PARK--  Chicago

DO IT AGAIN--  Beach Boys

HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Sly & the Family Stone

SUMMER IN THE CITY--  Lovin Spoonful

SUNNY AFTERNOON--  Kinks

MR. BLUE SKY--  ELO

Also, maybe, just maybe, today's date might have something to do with it.

By the way, you can hear this again at 10 pm tonight.  Plus, if you still need more Summer Songs, this Sunday Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show on WDRV will be three hours of summer songs from 9 am to noon, CDST.  It streams.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "The Tax Man's Taken All My Dough  And Left Me In My Stately Home."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Sunny Afternoon"

Songs From the Summer of '71-- Part 9, August 1, 1971: 'Sweet Hitchhiker'

Nothin' finer than going back fifty years ago and doing some 'membering as happens with this show by Bob Stroud on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  And, we still have one more coming on Sunday, September 5.  That will be his final of four installments until next June when on the first Sunday he'll do the Summer of 1972, another college year for me.  And, those college years were a WHOLE lot of fun for me.

GET IT ON--  Chase    Horns, we need more horns.

RESURRECTION SHUFFLE--  Ashton, Gardner & Dyke   Too bad stations don't play this song more.

STATESBORO BLUES--  Allman Brothers

INDIAN RESERVATION--  Raiders   What?  No Paul?

SWEET HITCHHIKER--  CCR   As I've said before, my favorite 60s-70s band.

RAIN DANCE--  Guess Who

IT'S TOO LATE--  Carole King

REASON TO BELIEVE--  Rod Stewart

AQUALUNG--  Jethro Tull    Really?  Heavy Metal Grammy?

RIDERS  ON THE STORM--  Doors   Poor Jim was dead when this song came out on the radio.

DRAGGIN' THE LINE--  Tommy James    The number one song in Chicago this date.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Eying Little Girls With Bad Intent.  Snot Running Down His Nose."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Aqualung"

Good Times Around Here July 29-30: Trivia, Donovan's, Firebird Cruises, It's Thursday, Band, Fish Fry and Stucky's

As usual, Summer, where else do you want to be besides around here.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28

Played trivia during the afternoon at Donovan's Reef in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, and enjoyed the half price Happy Hour.

THURSDAY, JULY 29 

I went for a cruise in the '85 Firebird while enjoying Summer Music from Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show on WDRV on the cassette deck.  Then went to It's Thursday in Antioch, Illinois, where I saw the band Hillbilly Rock Stars who played country music.

FRIDAY, JULY 30

Took another Firebird Cruise and drove over to the VFW in McHenry to try their fish fry and watch the New Odyssey Guy perform his music show, but it was too crowded so ended up at Stucky's in Johnsburg and had their fish fry and a good time talking with friends.  Stucky's is one of our main hangouts.

--RoadDog

LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE, VARIATION LAW:  If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time.)

Getting Into Summer 2021 (With A Little Help from Past Summers)-- Part 3: 'Summer Side of Life'

Continued from June 26 and 27.

Nothing like a good old song from summer's past to set the tone for this summer.

These were songs played on Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots Salute tio Summer on June 20, 2021.

SURFIN' SAFARI-- (live)  Beach Boys

SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon and War

YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH (HOT SUMMER NIGHT)--  Meatloaf

SUMMER IN THE CITY--  Lovin' Spoonful

STREET FIGHTIN' MAN--  Rolling Stones

SUMMER RAIN--  Johnny Rivers

SUMMERTIME--  Billy Stewart

THE SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE--  Gordon Lightfoot

SUMMER--  War

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Ev'ry Where I Hear The Sound Of Marching, Charging Feet."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Street Fightin' Man"

Getting Into Summer of 2021-- Part 2: 'Mr. Blue Sky'

SURFER GIRL--  (live)  Beach Boys

SCHOOL'S OUT--  Alice Cooper     (We named our boat after this song.  And, when we retired, it became "School's Out ... Forever.")

SATURDAY IN THE PARK--  Chicago

IN THE SUN--  Blondie

SUNNY AFTERNOON--  Kinks

RACING IN THE STREETS--  Bruce Springsteen

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE--  Beatles

MR. BLUE SKY--  ELO

SUNNY DAYS--  Lighthouse

SUMMER BREEZE--  Isley Brothers

IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry   (Still my favorite summer song.)

CALIFORNIA GIRLS--  Beach Boys   (But you now those Southern Girls, the way they talk.)

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "People Dancing, People Laughing, A Man Selling Ice Cram."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Saturday in the Park"

Getting Into Summer 2021-- Part 1: 'Beach Baby'

These were the songs Bob Stroud played on his Roc ad Roll Roots Salute to Summer 2021 on June 20 on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.

If these songs from the 1960s and 1970s don't get you into the mood, nothing's gonna do it.

SURFIN' USA--  (live) Beach Boys

ALL SUMMER LONG--  Beach Boys

WAKE UP SUNSHINE--  Chicago

SUMMERTIME BLUES--  Eddie Cochran

CALIFORNIA SUN--  Rivieras

HOT SUMMER DAY--  It's a Beautiful Day

BUS STOP--  Hollies

BEACH BABY--  First Class

ONE SUMMER DREAM--  ELO

DANCIN' IN THE STREET--  Mamas and the Papas

SUNSHINE SUPERMAN--  Donovan

SUMMER SUN--  Jamestown Massacre

DO IT AGAIN--  Beach Boys

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "You See Them Wearing Their Baggies, Hurache Sandals Too."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

(Surfin' USA"

Welcome Summer!! Ten Songs to Get You in the Mood: 'Summer Rain'

On Thursday, June 17, Bob Stroud played ten summer songs on his Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM.

If these don't get you in the summer frame of mind, I don't know what will.

SUMMER BREEZE--  Seals & Crofts

BOYS OF SUMMER--  Don Henley   You know, that Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.

SUMMER IN THE CITY--  Lovin' Spoonful  What's happening to the back of your neck?

SOME LIKE IT HOT--  Power Station

SUMMER RAIN--  Johnny Rivers    How about that, not singing someone else's song!!

HOT CHILD IN THE CITY--  Nick Gilder

IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry

SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER--  Motels

HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Sly & the Family Stone

SUMMER OF '69--  Bryan Adams

Feeling It Yet.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Nobody On the Road, Nobody On the Beach."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Boys of Summer"

JSS: Summer Songs-- 1980-- Paul's Birthday-- Sure Needed the Rain

JSS--  Just Some Stuff 

1.  SUMMER SONGS--  A great weekend to listen to music associated with the official start of our favorite season, and that would be summer.  Yesterday, Bon Stroud played ten summer songs on his Ten at Ten and this Sunday he will devote his entire Rock and Roll Roots show to that season.  It is on WDRV, 97.1 FM and streams from 9 to noon

Plus, tomorrow Bill St. James' Time Warp will feature summer songs from 6 to 10 AM on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM.  It streams.

2.   1980--  Plus, Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM will feature 1980 from 9 am to noon.  It streams as well.

3.  PAUL'S BIRTHDAY--  Sunday's Breakfast With the Beatles hosted by Terri Hemmert will be all Paul McCartney from 8 to 10 am.  It's his birthday, you know.  79 years old.  It streams.

4.  SURE NEEDED THE RAIN--  We had quite a display of lightning and thunder roll through the Midwest this morning.  It was a nice steady rain for several hours and we sure needed it.  The lawns were all brown except for the folks who watered theirs.  We still nee d more, though, but every little bit sure helps.

Lots of Music This Weekend.  --RoadDog

Back to the Summer of 1970-- Part 10: "In the Summertime"

Songs on the radio and in your record collection on August 2, 1970.  From Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM. the Drive.  He will have one last Summer of 1970 show on Sunday,  September 6.  It streams so giver it a listen 9 to noon, CDST.

CLOSER TO HOME/I'M YOUR CAPTAIN--  Grand Funk Railroad
FUNK #49--  James Gang
COTTAGE CHEESE--  Crow

MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME--  Three Dog Night
IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry  Still my all-time favorite summer song.
WESTBOUND #9--  Flaming Ember

UNCLE JON'S BAND--  Grateful Dead
MISSISSIPPI--  John Phillips
MISSISSIPPI QUEEN--  Mountain

SUMMERTIME BLUES--  Who
SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN YOU GAVE--  Dave Mason
MAKE IT WITH YOU--  Bread  The #1 song in Chicago.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Everybody Listen To Me, And Return Me My Ship."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home"

Back to the Summer of 1970-- Part 9: "Hand Me Down World"

Music playing on the radio and in your record collections fifty years ago on August 2, 1970.

SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon & War
DELTA LADY-- Leon Russell
QUESTION--  Moody Blues

EVERYBODY I LOVE YOU--  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
MAYBE I'M AMAZED--  Paul McCartney
O-O-H CHILD--  Five Stairsteps

HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who
TIGHTER & TIGHTER--  Alive & Kicking
TIME IN A WORD--  Yes

25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago
LUCRETIA MacEVIL--
MORNING MUCH BETTER--  Ten Wheel Drive

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Little Girl What's Your Game?  Hard Luck and Trouble Bound To Be Your Claim To Fame."    Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Lucretia MacEvil"

Get Your Music Here: 1984, 1978, Beach Music, the Beatles and August 2, 1970

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

**  Right now, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM is having Bill St. James do his Time Warp which is back to 1984.    He's on from 6 to 10 am every Saturday.  All times are CDST in this entry unless otherwise noted.

**  Shortly, Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM will start their Saturday Morning Flashback from 9 am to noon.  This week they go back to 1978.

**  North Myrtle Beach, S.C.'s WVCO, the Surf, will play the top 30 Beach Music Songs from 9 to 11 am, EDST.

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SUNDAY AUGUST 2

**  Terri Hemmert will do her weekly Breakfast With the Beatles show from 8 to 10 am on WXRT, 93.1 FM.

**  Bob Stroud will be doing Part 3 of his annual trip back to Summer on WDRV.  This year, we go back to August 2, 1970, where he will be playing songs playing on your radio and in your record collection.  (That's tight, fifty years ago.  That's half a century.)  His show runs from 9 am to noon.

So Many Tunes, So Little Time.  --RoadNeedSomeMoreTime

Back to the Summer of 1970-- Part 7: "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"

These are the songs on the radio and in our record collections fifty years ago on July 5, 1970, BC (Before Coronavirus).  No dinosaurs here.

Bob Stroud played these songs on his Rock and Roll Roots Salute to Summer 1970 show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  He'll play Parts 1 and 2 the first Sunday in August and September.  His show runs from 9 a.m. to noon CDST.  It streams.

RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE--  Blues Image
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN--  CSN&Y
GET READY--  Rare Earth

AIRE OF GOOD FEELING--  Ides of March  (Bet you never heard this one by Jim Peterik.  Horns, horns, horns.  I must admit I'd never heard it before.)
LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN)--  Melanie   (This song always takes me right back to the Kent State Riots at Northern Illinois University when I thought I was seeing the end of the United States.)
ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free   One of my all-time favorite songs.)

ARE YOU READY--  Pacific Gas & Electric
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS--  Joe Cocker   (from the "Woodstock" album.  You remember that one, don't you.  Three albums worth.)

By the way, Chicago's WXRT 93.1 FM, will be going to the year 1971 for their Saturday Morning Flashback show from 9 a.m. to noon CDST.  It streams.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "There She Stood In The Street, Smilin' From Her Head To Her Feet."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"All Right Now"

Summer of 2020 Songs-- Part 3: "Beach Baby"

As we burn up here in the Midwest.  Man, has it been hot.  But, hey, that's summer.

HOT SUMMER DAY--  It's A Beautiful Day
BUS STOP-- Hollies
WAKE UP SUNSHINE--  Chicago

SUNSHINE SUPERMAN--  Donovan
BEACH BABY--  First Class
SUMMER BREEZE--  Seals & Crofts

SUMMER SUN--  Jamestown Massacre
DANCING IN THE STREET--  Martha & the Vandellas
RACING IN THE STREET--  Bruce Springsteen

VENTURA HIGHWAY--  America
CATCH A WAVE--  Beach Boys

ONE SUMMER DREAM--  ELO
SUMMER--  War

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Don't Be Afraid To Try The Greatest Sport Around."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Catch A Wave"

Summer of 2020 Songs-- Part 2: "Summertime Blues"

Yes, despite the virus and what is happening to all those Confederate statues, there is still some joy in the fact that the favorite season has arrived.  And, what better way to kick it off than Bob Stroud's annual Roots Salute to the season on his Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRC, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  From June 21.

Take me there, Bob!!

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE--  Beatles
SUMMERTIME BLUES--  Blue Cheer
SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon & War

STONE SOUL PICNIC--  Fifth Dimension
SUMMER IN THE CITY--  Lovin' Spoonful    Talk about your great Garage Rock!!
STREET FIGHTING MAN--  Rolling Stones   Kind of what we had last month.

YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH  (HOT SUMMER NIGHTS)--  Meatloaf
SUMMERTIME--   Billy Stewart
HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Sly & the Family Stone

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Nothing To Say But What A Day, How's Your Boy Been?"   Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Good Day Sunshine"

Summer of 2020 Songs-- Part 1: "Saturday In the Park"

June 21 Bob Stroud had his annual Summer Songs Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.

Like I said a couple posts ago, 2020 has been particularly rough on me between the virus and the Confederate statues.

But these songs sure got me away from all that for three hours.

SCHOOL'S OUT--  Alice Cooper   This was the name of our boat.  When you saw us in it, that meant that "School Was Out!!"
SUMMER MEANS FUN--  Bruce and Terry
IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry    My all-time favorite summer song.

SUMMERTIME--  Big Brother & the Holding Company  (and guess who their lead singer was?)
SUNNY AFTERNOON--  Kinks
DO IT AGAIN--  Beach Boys

SATURDAY IN THE PARK--  Chicago
SUNNY DAYS--  Lighthouse
RIDE THE WILD SURF--  Jan and Dean

MR. BLUE SKY--  ELO
SUMMER RAIN--  Johnny Rivers
COME ON DOWN TO MY BOAT--  Every Mother's Son

Name That Tune (from the above songs)L  "Well We Got No Choice All The Girls And Boys."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"School's Out"

Back to the Summer of 1970, (June 7, 1970)-- Part 4: "Run Through the Jungle"

Summertime fifty years ago.  Where were you and what were you doing?  These are the songs on the radio and in your record collection on June 8, 1970.

A SONG FOR YOU--  Leon Russell
INTO THE MYSTIC--  Van Morrison
MAYBE I'M AMAZED--  Paul McCartney

AMERICAN WOMAN--  Guess Who
FOR YOU BLUE--  Beatles
LITTLE GREEN BAG--   George Baker Selection      You've got to watch the video of them drinking wine to this song.

BABY DRIVER--  Simon & Garfunkel
RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE--  Creedence Clearwater Revival    My favorite 60s, well also early 70s, band.
THEME FROM AN IMAGINARY WESTERN--  Mountain

FIRE AND RAIN--  James Taylor
HITCHING A RIDE--  Vanity Fare    Always though this group was named Vanity Fair.
MISSISSIPPI--  John Phillips  (One of the Papas.)

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD--  Beatles
I'VE GOT A FEELING--  Beatles

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Lookin' For Some Happiness But There Is Only Loneliness To Find."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Little Green Bag"

Back to Summer 1970, Fifty Years Ago-- Part 3: "Woodstock"

These were songs on your radio and in your record collection fifty years ago.

COMING INTO LOS ANGELES--  Arlo Guthrie
WOODSTOCK--  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
GET READY--  Rare Earth    Blue-Eyed Soul with an old Tempts song.

WHISKEY TRAIN--  Procul Harum
MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME--  Three Dog Night
LIAR--  Argent     One of my two songs in the Marine Corps summer 1971, but by Three Dog Night.  The other one was "Take Me Home (Country Roads) by John Denver.  Our platoon song was "Fixin'-To-Die-Rag" but on the sly.  Man, if those sergeants heard us, it wasn't pretty.

RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE--  Blues Image
TEACHER--  Jethro Tull
UP AROUND THE BEND--  Creedence Clearwater Revival   My favorite 60s band here in the 70s.

MAKE ME SMILE--  Chicago
LOVE LAND--  Watts 103rd Street Band
THE LETTER--  Joe Cocker

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Want Some Whiskey In Your Water, Sugar In Your Tea?"    Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Mama Told Me"

Now That the Summer Solstice Is Here, Songs for It ""Summer In the City"

Bob Stroud played these ten songs to officially welcome Summer 2020 on his Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM. (The Drive)   And, we sure need summer after this virus and the Blacks these last several months.  It has been a hard time.

Tomorrow, Sunday, June 21, his Rock and Roll Roots show from 9 to noon CDST will feature three hours of tunes about our favorite season.  It will also repeat again from 9 to midnight Sunday, so you will have two chances to hear it.   www.wdrv.com 

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE--  Beatles
SUMMER OF '69--  Bryan Adams
SUMMER IN THE CITY--  Lovin' Spoonful

HOT BLOODED--  Foreigner
SUMMERTIME BLUES--  Who (Live at Monterrey Festival)
HOT GIRLS IN LOVE--  Lover Boy
IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry     My all-time favorite summer song.

BOYS OF SUMMER--  Don Henley
MR. BLUE SKY--  ELO
HEAT OF THE MOMENT--  Asia

Remember, three hours of Summer tunes Sunday on WDRV.

Thanks Bob.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "You Can Stretch Right Up And Touch The Sky."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"In the Summertime"

Go Back to June 7, 1970, With Bob Stroud This Sunday

I was wondering what was going to happen with Bob Stroud's very popular "Summer of" series on his Rock and Roll Roots shows on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 (96.9) FM, the Drive.  He started it with the "Summer of Love, 1967" and took a look back four times every summer to 40 years ago.  Last summer, he did the "Summer of 1979."

But the problem is that his show features the music of the 1960s and 1970s.  Now, we're into the 1980s as far as forty years ago is concerned.  He can't really go there.  So, what was he to do.  I was wondering anyway.

Yesterday on his Ten at ten show, I found out.  He is going back FIFTY YEARS, that's right, HALF A CENTURY!!  to the songs on the radio and in your record collection back on June 7, 1970.

It steams at www.wdrv.com and runs from 9 to noon EDST on Sunday.  Then, it rebroadcasts from 9 to midnight that night.

Give It A Listen.  The Stroud Crowd  --RoadStroud