Songwriters Hall of Fame Nominees for 2019 Induction

November 8, 2018

Tommy James
Lloyd Price
Cat Stevens

Mike Love (Beach Boys)
Jeff Lynn  (ELO)
Tommy Boyce and Booby Hart

L. Russell Brown & Irvin Fuller  Wrote most of the hits for Tony Orlando & Dawn
Jerry Fuller   Wrote most of Gary Puckett's hits)
Jack Tempchin  Wrote many Eagles hits.

F.F. Sloan & Steve Barri   "Wrote "Eve of Destruction" and many hits for the Grass Roots
Tom T. Hall  "Harper Valley PTA"
Roger Nichols    Hits for Paul Williams and Carpenters

Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham   "Cry Like A Baby" and "I'm Your Puppet"

Winners will be announced June 13, 2019, in New York City.

--RoadDog

FOOD COMMENTS:  "Food is an important part of a balanced diet."  Fran Lebowitz

WLS Top Ten for December 30, 1968: "Things I'd Like To Say"

The Top ten songs in Chicago fifty years ago.

1.  I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE--  Marvin Gaye
2.  THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY--  New Colony Six
3.  I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME--  Supremes / Temptations

4.  CRIMSON & CLOVER--  Tommy James & the Shondells
5.  SON OF A PREACHER MAN--  Dusty Springfield
6.  I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME--  Bobby Vinton
7.  STORMY--  Classics IV

8.  SOULFUL STRUT--  Young Holt Unltd
9.  ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN--  Dion
10.  FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE--  Stevie Wonder

DEBUTS

33.  TOUCH ME--  Doors
39.  EVERYDAY PEOPLE--  Sly & the Family Stone
40.  CALIFORNIA SOUL--  Fifth Dimension

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Now I Don't Hardly Know Her, But I Think I Could Love Her."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Crimson & Clover"

WDRV's A to Z The Letter "L" "Lido Shuffle"

The A to Z continues, now at the letter "L."

LET'S LIVE FOR TODAY--  Grass Rots
LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER--  Rolling Stones
LET'S STAY TOGETHER--  Al Green

LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat
THE LETTER--  Joe Cocker
LEVON--  Elton John

LIDO SHUFFLE--  Boz Scaggs
LIFE DURING WARTIME--  Talking Heads
LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN--  Dream Academy

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE--  Eagles
LIFE IS A HIGHWAY--  Tom Cochrane
LIFE IS A ROCK (BUT THE RADIO ROLLED ME)--

A LIFE OF ILLUSION--  Joe Walsh
LIFE'S BEEN GOOD--  Joe Walsh
LIGHT MY FIRE--  Doors

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Love's Like a Road You Travel On."  Answer below.  --RoadDog




"Life Is A Highway"

Past Movie Scratches: Klunks-- Phantom-- Clones-- Clones-- Sith-- Hope

Movies I watched on TV in 2017.

73.  CHRISTMAS WITH THE KLUNKS--  12-15--  There goes the Caribbean Christmas trip.

74.  STAR WARS:  PHANTOM  MENACE--  12-15--  We meet the cute little Annikin.  You know what he grows up to be, though.

75.  STAR WARS:  ATTACK OF THE CLONES--  12-15--  Annikin starts showing his "problems" which does not bode well for the Jedi.

76.  STAR WARS"  ATTACK OF THE CLONES--  12-16--  Probably the worst romantic effort ever.

77.  STAR WARS:  REVENGE OF THE SITH--  12-16--  Annikin goes "all the way" to the Dark Side and becomes evil Lord Darth Vader.

78.  STAR WARS:  A NEW HOPE--  12-17--  The original "Star Wars,"  now #4 with the prequels.  "Your worshipfulness."

Star War Me.  --RoadDog

FOOD COMMENTS:  "I will not eat oysters.  I want my food dead -- not sick, not wounded -- dead."  --Woody Allen

WDRV's A to Z The Letter "I" "It Don't Come Easy"

It rolls on, A to Z on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.

Listening to it while typing my two finders off on these dumb blogs.

Here are some recent songs:

ISLAND GIRL--  Elton John
ISN'T IT TIME--  Babys
ISN'T SHE LOVELY--  Stevie Wonder

IT CAN HAPPEN--  Yes
IT DON'T COME EASY--  Ringo Starr
IT KEEPS YOU RUNNIN'--  Doobie Brothers

IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP--  AC/DC
TOMMY OVERTURE / IT'S A BOY--  Who
IT'S ALL I CAN DO--  Cars

IT'S ALL OVER NOW--  Rolling Stones
IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY--  Bruce Springsteen
IT'S IN THE WAY THAT YOU USE IT--  Eric Clapton

IT'S MY LIFE--  Animals
IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL (BUT I LIKE IT)--  Rolling Stones
IT'S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME--  Billy Joel

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "What's The Matter With The Clothes I'm Wearing?"  Answer below.  --RoadDog



"It's Still Rock and Roll To Me"

A Dickens Christmas, Chili Cookoff and Top Christmas Movies

DECEMBER 13, THURSDAY--  Finished putting up Christmas decorations.  Movie "The Possession of Hannah Grace"  Subdivision decorations and "Miracle on 34th Street."

DECEMBER 14, FRIDAY--  Legion for 50-50.

DECEMBER 15, SATURDAY--  "It's a Wonderful Life" Antioch's Dickens Christmas with statues along the streets.    Stores and the Lodge.  Sunnyside in Johnsburg.

DECEMBER 16, Sunday--  Fox Lake American Legion for Bears game (Win). Also, chili cookoff.  I love chili cookoffs.

I now am missing just one of my top four Christmas movies and that is "A Christmas Story," but I know TNT and TBS will have their marathon Christmas Eve and Day so am not worried.

My Top 4 Christmas Movies:

#1 .  "A Christmas Story"
#2.   "Christmas Vacation"
#3.   "It's A Wonderful Life"
#4.   "Miracle On 34th Street"

--RoadDog

FOOD COMMENTS:  "I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me some pep pills.   Know what happened?   I ate faster,"    Joe E. Lewis

I'd Celebrate That!!! Dec. 24 to 30: Fruitcake Day!!

DECEMBER 24, MONDAY--  Christmas Eve**  Eggnog Day**  We had ours Monday.

DECEMBER 25, TUESDAY--  Christmas Day**  Pumpkin Pie Day**

DECEMBER 26, WEDNESDAY--  Candy Cane Day   Not too crazy about candy canes.

DECEMBER 27, THURSDAY--  Fruitcake Day**  I don't care what they say.  I love fruitcake, especially with whipped cream on it.

DECEMBER 28, FRIDAY--  Card Playing Day**  But I always lose at solitaire.

DECEMBER 29, SATURDAY--  Tick Tock Day  I won't celebrate it because time goes way too fast these days.  Didn't 2018 just start?  Being retired, I want time to go REAL slow.  It doesn't.

DECEMBER 30, SUNDAY--  Bacon Day**  Crispy, crispy, crispy!!

--RoadDog

I'd Celebrate That, Dec. 17 to 23: Roast Pig Day

DECEMBER 17--  Maple Syrup Day**

DECEMBER  18--  Roast Pig Day**  Pig Pickin'!!!

DECEMBER 19--  Hard Candy Day**  Jolly Rancher!!

DECEMBER 20--  Go Caroling Day**  If it's not too cold.   Sangria Day**

DECEMBER 21--  Winter begins.  Yuck!!  Fried Shrimp Day**  That would help having winter begin.

DECEMBER 22--  Date Nut Bread Day**

DECEMBER 23--  Festivus**   For the Rest of Us.

--RoadDog

WDRV's A to Z-- Part 3: Letter "G" "Good Morning Good Morning"

The Drive, WDRV, 97.1 FM in Chicago is now to the letter "G."  It streams so give a listen.

So far this morning:

GOLD DUST WOMAN--  Fleetwood Mac
GOLDEN SLUMBERS MEDLEY--  Beatles
GOLDEN YEARS--  David Bowie

GONE GONE GONE--  Bad Company
GONE SHOOTIN'--AC/DC
GONNA GET YA--  Pete Townsend

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE--  Beatles
GOOD GIRLS DON'T--  Knack
GOOD LOVIN'--  Young Rascals

GOOD LOVIN' GONE BAD--  Bad Company
GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING--  Beatles
GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES--  Led Zeppelin

GOOD TIMES ROLL--  Cars
GOODBYE STRANGER--  Supertramp
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD--  Elton John

GOT ME UNDER PRESSURE--  ZZ Top
GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU--  George Harrison
GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE--  Beatles
GRAND ILLUSION--  Styx

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Was Feeling So Bad, Asked My Family Doctor Just What I Had."   Answer below.  --RoadDog

FOOD COMMENTS:  "I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades.  I've lost a total of 789 pounds.  By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet."   Erma Bombeck

"Good Lovin'"

I'd Celebrate That!! December 10 to 16: U.S. National Guard Day

DECEMBER 10--  Hannukah Ends  Human Rights Day**

DECEMBER 11--  Noodle Ring Day   What?

DECEMBER 12--  Ding-A-Ling Day**  Chuck berry would be so proud.  Poinsettia Day**  The plant of Christmas.  I have two that are at least 15 years old.

DECEMBER 13--  U.S. National Guard 382nd Birthday**  Our first and last line of defense.   Cocoa Day**

DECEMBER 14--  Bouillabaisse Day

DECEMBER 15--  Wear Pearls Day   Wreaths Across America Day**

DECEMBER 16--  Boston Tea Party Day**  Chocolate Covered Anything Day**

--RoadDog

I'd Celebrate That, December 3 to 9: Pearl Harbor Day

OK, sorry.  I've been forgetting these this month.

DECEMBER 3--  Roof Over Your Head Day

DECEMBER 4--  Santa's List Day   Cookie Day**  The Cookie Monster's Got nothin' on me!!

DECEMBER 5--  Ninja Day    Bathtub Party Day

DECEMBER 6--  Pawnbrokers Day

DECEMBER 7--  Pearl Harbor Day**  I did celebrate it.  Cotton Candy Day

DECEMBER 8--  Brownie Day**

DECEMBER 9--  Pastry Day**

--RoadDog

WDRV's A to Z, the Letter "D": "Draggin' the Line"

You can follow the songs by going to the site and clicking on Music/Concerts and then Music Logs.

The songs started this morning at 6 a.m., with "Do You Know What I Mean" by Lee Michaels.  They went through a whole lots of "Don'ts" songs.

Then:

DOO DOO DOO HEARTBREAKER--  Rolling Stones
DOOLIN' DALTONS--  Eagles
DOUBLE VISION--  Foreigner

DOWN BY THE RIVER--  Neil Young
DOWN BY THE SEASIDE--   Led Zeppelin
DOWN ON THE CORNER--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

DOWN TO THE WATERLINE--  Dire Straits
DRAGGIN; THE LINE--  Tommy James
DRAW THE LINE--  Aerosmith

DREAM ON--   Aerosmith
DREAM POLICE--  Cheap Trick
DREAM WEAVER--  Gary Wright

Name That Tune (from the above songs:  "Early In The Evenin' Just About Supper Time."    Answer Below.  --RoadDog

FOOD COMMENTS:  "This recipe is certainly silly.  It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them."  Gracie Allen

"Down On the Corner"

Music Deaths: Scott English, Wrote "Bend Me Shape Me"

SCOTT ENGLISH, 81

Died November 16, 2018

Born in Brooklyn.  Composer.  Wrote "bend Me Shape Me" for the American Breed  (#5-1968),  "Mandy" for Barry Manilow  (#1-1975)  Original name was Brandy.

On his own, "high On a Hill"  (#77-1964) and his version of "Brandy"  (#91-1972).

Also wrote "Help Me Girl" in 1966 with Larry Weiss.  It was a hit for Eric Burdon and the Outsiders.  Wrote songs for Thin Lizzy.

WDRV's A to Z Is Back: The Letter "C" "Can't Buy Me Love"

Happy to report that the Drive's A to Z where they go through some of their music library alphabetically.  Even better, they dig down deep to what they call "Deep Tracks" and don't play just the usual playlist.

It started yesterday morning at 6:01 AM with Genesis' "Abacab" and is at the letter "C" right now.  They don't play the A to Z at night from midnight to 6 am, though, which is good because it gives you a chance to hear a lot of them.

Recently, they went through the "Can't" songs:

CAN'T BUY ME LOVE--  Beatles
CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING--  REO Speedwagon
CAN'T FIND MY WAY BACK HOME--  Blind Faith

CAN'T GET ENOUGH--  Bad Company
CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD--  ELO
CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU--  Police

CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING--  Rolling Stones
CAN'T YOU SEE--  Marshall Tucker Band

Since then:

CANARY IN A COAL MINE--  Police
CANDLE IN THE RAIN--  Elton John
SHOO-BE-DOO CANDY-O--  Cars

CANDY'S ROOM--  Bruce Springsteen
CANNONBALL--  Supertramp
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY--  Elton John
CAPTAIN JACK--  Billy Joel

Hey, it streams at www.wdrv.com.  This goes on until after New Year's Day.

Listening to the Radio.  --RoadFM

Name That Tune (from the above songs):   "Gonna Take A Freight Train Down To The Station, Lord."  answer below.  --RoadDog

POLITICALLY INCORRECT CHRISTMAS SONGS:  "Winter Wonderland"  Parson Brown demanding they get married?    Forced partnership


"Can't You See"

Some Christmas Songs To Get You In the Mood

Yesterday, Bob Stroud had his annual Holiday Hootenanny on his Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.

All three hours of  it were Christmas or seasonal songs.

Here are some of the songs he played:

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN--  Crystals
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY--  Bruce Springsteen
I'M GONNA LASSO SANTA CLAUS--  Brenda Lee

FATHER CHRISTMAS--  Kinks
2000 MILES--  Pretenders
SLEIGH RIDE--  Ventures

RING OUT (SOLSTICE BELLS)--  Jethro Tull
SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN-- Elvis Presley
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN--  Tom Petty

Ho Ho Ho.  --RoadDog

POLITICALLY INCORRECT CHRISTMAS SONGS:  "Mitletoe and Holly"  Overeating, folks stealing a kiss or two?  Really?

Movie Scratches: Instant-- Creed-- Rhapsody-- Widows

Movies Seen At Theaters This Year.

The number refers to the number of movies I've seen.  The two numbers refer to the day.  $ is amount paid.

41.  INSTANT FAMILY--  11-20--  Fox Lake, $5--  All is not wonderful on the adoption front.  A rare movie that made me laugh out loud and tear up.  Very few "F" bombs for a change.

42.  CREED II--  11-29--  Fox Lake, Free--  Like fathers, like sons.  Sons hope to measure up.  And then there's Rocky.

43.  BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY--  11-29--  Fox Lake, $6--  The voice, the music, the showmanship.  Wow!!

44.  WIDOWS--  12-6--  Round Lake Beach, $6--  Ladies go quickly professional criminal.  A lesson in Chicago politics.  It's owe we are, so its off to crime we go.

Put That Seasoning Salt On!!  RoadDog

POLITICALLY INCORRECT CHRISTMAS SONGS:  "Jingle Bell Rock"  "Giddyup jingle horse, pick up your feet."  Animal abuse.

Music Deaths: Roy Clark, Country Music

ROY CLARK, 85

Died November 15, 2018

Had a Country crossover hit with "Yesterday When I Was Young"  (19-1969).

Co-host for the long-running TV show "Hee Haw."  (24 years)

Had 52 songs on the country charts between 1963 and 1989.

Buck Owens was his "Pickin' and Grinnin'"  partner.

And could he ever play that guitar.

WLS Top Ten for December 23, 1968: "Son Of A Preacher Man"

Fifty Years Ago.  That's a Half Century for Those of You Who Are Counting.

1.  I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE--  Marvin Gaye
2.  I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME--  Bobby Vinton
3.  THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY--  New Colony Six

4.  STORMY--  Classics IV
5.  ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN--  Dion
6.  I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME--  Diana Ross / Supremes
7.  CINNAMON--  Derek

8.  FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE--  Stevie Wonder
9.  SON OF A PREACHER MAN--  Dusty Springfield
10.  CRIMSON & CLOVER--  Tommy James & the Shondells

DEBUTS

35.  MY FAVORITE THINGS--  Herb Alpert
39.  HEY JUDE--  Wilson Pickett
40.  I STARTED A JOKE--  Bee Gees

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Bet You're Wondering How I Knew."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

POLITICALLY INCORRECT CHRISTMAS SONGS:  "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas."  Make the Yuletide Gay?   Wow, just Wow!!  You're kidding me.


"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"