WLS Top Ten for September 28, 1970: 'Lookin' Out My Back Door'

 Top Ten songs in Chicago fifty years ago this week.

1.  CANDIDA--  Dawn

2.  LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

3.  CRACKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond

4.  JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME--  Bobby Sherrman

5.  I KNOW (I'M LOSING YOU)--  Rare Earth

6.  I (WHO HAVE NOTHING)--  Tom Jones

7.  INDIANA WANTS ME--  R. Dean Taylor

8.  WAR--  Edwin Starr

9.  ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free

10.  OUT IN THE COUNTRY--  Three Dog Night

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DEBUTS

HIT PARADE BOUND  FIRE AND RAIN--  James Taylor

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "I Said 'Hey, What's Your Name?'  Maybe We Can See Things The Same."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"All Right Now"

Bill Murray Got 'Slimed.' I Got 'Fluttered'

Maybe you remember that great scene from "Ghostbusters" where Bill Murray got run over by the gluttonous ghost monster and was covered by slime and yelled out to his buddies, "I've been slimed!"  Very funny.

But this year, we've had a bumper crop of butterflies, and I mean hundreds of them, mostly yellow ones.  Especially around my purple coneflowers which were a bug attraction back when they were blooming.  And I have at least 150 of those flowers around the yard.  I'd get near them and have all these fluttering wings rising up to greet me.

Hey, I can't think of a better thing to have to put up with outside.

And, I still have a whole lot of butterflies as I have a whole bunch of flowers blooming at any given time.

A regular butterfly haven if you will.

They Can Flutter me Anytime.  --RoadFlutter

TRIVIA TEASER:  Which Constitutional Amendment gives Americans the right to "Keep and bear arms"?

The Second Amendment

Music Deaths: Millie Small, Sang 'My Boy Lollipop'

MILLIE SMALL, 73

Died 5 May 2020

Jamaican singer and songwriter who had a big hit in 1964 with "My Boy Lollipop."   (#2-1964)   It had a ska beat to it. One of my favorite songs from the 1960s.  You hear it and you just have to move.  Sad that it was only 1:53 long.  I could have used a lot more.

Born Millicent Smith.  Had nickname "The Blue Beat Girl."

Like the comment said, "No one sounds like her."

Some other songs by her to give a listen:

"Oh Henry"

"Killer Joe"

"Sweet William"  (#40-1964)

Music Deaths: Hilliard 'Sweet Pea' Atkinson, Singer With Was (Not Was)

HILLIARD "SWEET PEA" HILLIARD, 74

Died 5 May 2020

R&B, Soul singer.  Performed with Was (Not Was).

Met Don Was in the late 1970s.  He also had solo albums and other albums that were collaborations. 

Was (Not Was) songs:

"Spy in the House of Love"  (#16-1988)

"Walk the Dinosaur"   (#7-1989)

If you love R&B and Soul music like me, make sure you give a listen to his "Are You Lonely for Me Baby".

Also:

"Back in Love"

"Groovin' You"

The Songs of 1970-- Part 3: Break Ups, Break Throughs and the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter

But, if these songs brought people together, the bands that created them were falling apart.  Both Simon & Garfunkel and the Beatles broke up in 1970, as did Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Meanwhile, great new musicians and groups rose to take their place, including Elton John, the Jackson Five, the Carpenters and James Taylor, all of whom released breakthrough songs that same year.

Whole new genres emerged as well, making 1970 a unique year that will live forever in musical history -- and in our memories.

And, this was a prime college year for me.  My favorite music has always been that played during my high school and college years which would be Palatine High School in Palatine, Illinois, and Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and University of Georgia in Athens.

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SINGERS AND SONGWRITERS

"FIRE AND RAIN" (James Taylor)

It didn't just make James Taylor a star, this song kick-started a whole singer-songwriter movement.  By the next year, pop music was dominated by solo stars who both wrote and sang their own tunes, including Carole King, Carly Simon and Cat Stevens.

Taylor's song, which cracked the Top 5, contrasted sad lyrics -- inspired by his stay in a mental institution -- with the warmest possible vocal delivery.  Carle King later said her hit "You've Got a Friend" was her answer to Taylor's lyric. "I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend."  And, that's King playing piano on "Fire and Rain."

--RoadDog

TRIVIA TEASER: Which actor detailed his battle with Parkinson's disease in his 2003 memoir "Lucky Man"? 

(Michael J. Fox)

Music Deaths: David Greenfield of the Stranglers

DAVID GREENFIELD,71

Died 3 May 2020

English keyboardist, singer and songwriter.  Member of the Stranglers, joining them when they were founded in 1975 and played with them until his death this year.  His style of playing is compared with that of Ray Manzarek of the Doors.

I'd never heard of this band, but they had 23 pop UK singles  and 17 UK pop albums.  They were considered punk rock but their songs could go in any direction.  I'm listening to them right now on Your Tube.  Well worth your time to listen to these guys.

Especially "Walk On By" (the old Dionne Warwick song) and you can really hear Greenfield on the organ and why he is compared to Manzarek).  "Who Wants the World" reminds me a lot of the Doors.

He died of the COVID-19 virus.

WLS Top Ten for Week of September 21, 1970: "Rubber Duckie"

 These were the top songs in Chicago fifty years ago today according to WLS 890 AM.

1.  LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

2.  CANDIDA--  Dawn

3.  JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME--  Bobby Sherman

4.  I (WHO HAVE NOTHING)--  Tom Jones

5.  WAR--  Edwin Starr

6.  RUBBER DUCKIE--  Jim (Ernie Henson)

7.  AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH--  Diana Ross

8.  CRACKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond

9.  I KNOW (I'M LOSING YOU)--  Rare Earth

10.  GROOVY SITUATION--  Gene Chandler

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DEBUTS

22.  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five

25.  LOLA--  Kinks

HBD  DEEPER AND EEPER--  Freda Payne

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "What's It Good For?  Absolutely Nothing."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"War"

The Songs of 1970-- Part 2: It Was a Very Trying Time and the Songs Helped Get Us By

 By Jim Farber.

You can learn a lot about any given year by listening to its most popular songs.

In 1970, the No. 1-selling single was Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," an ode t everlasting hope and unwavering faith.  Nearly as possible was the Beatles' "Let It Be, "O-o-h Child" by Chicago's Five Stairste4ps and B.J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," all  meant to soothe and uplift.

These singles wound up defining American life in 1970, a turbulent year indeed.  "It was a time of the Vietnam War, riots in cities and [following] the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy," says Keni Burke, who crooned the Five Stairsteps calming anthem "O-o-h Child," which assured us that "things are gonna get easier."

"Given as much unrest, everyone was exhausted," says David Browne, author of 'Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story of 1970.'  "It's no coincidence that the top songs of the year were as much hymns as pop songs.

--RoadDog

PONDER THIS:  Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

The Songs of 1970-- Part 1: Remember These Groups?

From the August 2, 2020, Parade magazine.

Do you remember these groups featured on the cover of the magazine:

The Jackson Five

Elton John

Paul McCartney

The Carpenters

Joni Mitchell

James Taylor

Simon & Garfunkel

I have a few albums by each of these folks.

--RoadDog

PONDER THIS:  Do illiterate people get the full point of alphabet soup?

Music Deaths: Barbara Martin, One of the Original Supremes

BARBARA MARTIN, 76

Died 4 March 2020

Replaced Betty McGlown in the Primettes in 1960.  She joined Primette members Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.  The name was changed to the Supremes.

Barbara Martin only sang on a few early Supreme songs that did not become hits.  When she left in early spring, the group continued on as a trio.

She sang on the group's first album "Meet the Supremes" but her picture is not on the cover.

Past Movie Scratches: Doubtfire-- Guardians-- Fugitive-- Django-- Andreas-- Torino

Past Movie Scratches:  Movies I saw on TV in 2019.

49.  MRS. DOUBTFIRE--  3-10--  What a talent that Robin Williams was.  Too bad he is no longer with us.

50.  GUARDIANS OF THE UNIVERSE--   3-11--  My favorite Marvel superheroes.    What a whacky group of interesting characters.  "I am Groot."   Who is Starlord?  And, even better, that wonderful music on cassettes.  I still record on cassettes.

51.  THE FUGITVE--  3-23--  "I don't care."  With that tunnel chase and waterfall jump.

52.  DJANGO UNCHAINED--  3-24--   No wonder the Confederacy had a lack of manpower.  Django killed most of them.  Too bad they just didn't shake hands.

53.  SAN ANDEAS--  4-21--  Pure hokey acting, but lots and lots of action.  Imagine boating that fast through that much debris.

54.  GRAN TORINO--  4-27--  Getting to know his new neighbors.  Bringing up Toad.  Glad he got the car.  Any Clint Eastwood movie is going to be good.

--RoadMovie

PONDER THIS:  Have you noticed that since everyone has cell phones now, that no one talks about seeing UFOs.

WLS Top 30 for Week of September 14, 1970-- Part 5: 'Candida'

10.  CRACKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond   #21

9.  *NEANDERTHAL MAN--  Hotlegs    Members later became 10CC.  Love those Neanderthal gals dancing in the video.    #22   Their only Top 100.

8.  GROOVY SITUATION--  Gene Chandler   #12

7.  PATCHES--  Clarence Carter   #4

6.  I (WHO HAVE NOTHING)-- Tom Jones    #14

5.  CANDIDA--  Dawn   #3

4.  JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME--  Bobby Sherman    #5

3.  WAR--  Edwin Starr    #1

2.  AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH--  Diana Ross    #1

1.  LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR--  Creedence Clearwater Revival    #2

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Just Got Back From Illinois, Lock The Front Door, Oh Boy."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Lookin' Out My Back Door"

On the Radio

"It was the thing that grabbed ahold of me at eleven and pointed me in the direction that became my life.  The Radio.  Whether the Big 89 or especially WCFL or even my hometown stations in Kalamazoo WKMI and WKLZ, I like to think I speak for many of us when I say we owe so much of our lives' enjoyment to the radio."  Bob Stroud

I totally agree with you. The Beatles on the radio got me into music, something that I still am enjoying.  These were songs played on Chicago's Drive, 97.1 FM.

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ON THE RADIO

ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN--  Beatles
ROCK & ROLL--  Velvet Underground
RADIO GA GA--  Queen

FM (NO STATIC AT ALL)--  Steely Dan
LIFE IS A ROCK (BUT THE RADIO ROLLED ME)--  Reunion
TURN UP THE RADIO--  Autograph
W.O.L.D.--  Harry Chapin

SONG ON THE RADIO--  Al Stewart
RADIO RADIO--  Elvis Costello
SPIRIT OF RADIO--  Rush

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "B.B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"

No More Boating For Us-- Part 4: The Boat Took A Beating

From August 17, 2019.

That poor first boat, the Imperial, took a beating, not only as we were learning how to drive it and tie up at piers, but also we had two rather bad storms that hit it hard.

We first kept it by Neptune's Cove on Fox Lake (where I deejayed) and when they sold the place, we moved to the nearby Golden Nugget (later Costello's).  We were in a sheltered channel at Neptune's, but out on the lake at the second place.

The first beating the boat took resulted in its sinking during a storm that had a F-1 category tornado that came across Nippersink Lake.  Liz had the boat out that day (I was deejaying at the Puppet Bar), but fortunately was tied  up at Leisure Point on that lake when it hit.  So they were inside.  As the storm passed the Puppet Bar the windows seemed to move inward and the wind did blow hard.

When it lightened up enough to see outside at Leisure Point (today it is El Puerto), Liz could only see the top of the windshield.  She plopped a hundred dollar bill on the bar and said that drinks were on her for anybody that would get the boat out of the water.  A bunch of guys jumped up, ran out to the water, got in and eventually got the boat up onto land.

Money Well Spent.  What Some Guyd Won't Do for Drinkin' Money.   --RoadDog

WLS Top 30 for Week of September 14, 1970-- Part 4: 'Out In the Country'

 15.  25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago        #4    Horns, I need more horns!!   Comment:  "Chicago's music kept many of us alive in Vietnam."

14.  I KNOW (I'M LOSING YOU)--  Rare Earth     #7    Originally a Temptations song written by Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant and Edwin Holland.  The other day at Sunnyside Tavern in Johnsburg, Illinois, Big Dan played the 11 minute long album version.  He sure got his dollar's worth from that jukebox play, but we all asked him not to play it again.

13.  OUT IN THE COUNTRY--  Three Dog Night      #15   Good song for these days.  less you-know-what out in the country.  I sure miss my high school football games.

12.  IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry    #3     If you watch the video of it, the singer had the most luxuriant sideburns I've ever seen.  Gen. Burnside even would be jealous.  Their only-ever Top 100 song.  A British skiffle group.

11.  RUBBER DUCKIE--  Jim (Ernie) Henson      #16    Okay, now, I am going to have this tune in my head for awhile.  Thanks a lot, Ernie.   Jim Henson was the creator of the Muppets, but you all knew that.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "When I Squeeze You, You Make Noise."  Answer below.  --RoadDuckie

"Rubber Duckie"

WLS Top 30 for Week of September 14, 1970-- Part 3: 'Indiana Wants Me'

 * Means dropping on charts at this point.

20.  SNOWBIRD--  Anne Murray    #8    A great song that I haven't heard in a long while.  Evidently at one time she and her song were featured on Fox's sitcom "Family Guy" when Stewie and the dog had a crush on her.  This makes three Canadian performers or groups in the Top 30 in Chicago.  Was this the Canadian Invasion?  Her first hit.

19.  *HI-DE-HO--  Blood, Sweat & Tears    #14   Great horns and that David Clayton Thomas voice.  Was he from Canada?  Written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin

18.  *SPILL THE WINE--  Eric  Burdon     #3    This song went a long way toward launching the career of the band War.   Born in 1941.

17.  *I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING--  B.J. Thomas    #9    You know, that guy with the craggy voice.  In case you're wondering, the B.J. in his name stands for Billy Joe.

16.  INDIANA WANTS ME--  R. Dean Taylor   #5  It is an absolute guarantee that when I'm on the road and see a Welcome to Indiana sign that I will be singing this song.  Just ask my wife.  (Though she's not a fan.)  Wait a minute, he was born in Toronto.  I'm telling you, it's a Canadian Invasion!!

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Gonna Find Me A Piece Of The Sky."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Hi-De-Ho"

Music Deaths: Bobby Lewis, Had 1961 Hit 'Tossin' and Turnin'

 BOBBY LEWIS, 95

Died 28 April 2020

Rock and Roll and Rhythm & Blues singer.  Biggest hit was "Tossin' And Turnin' " (#1-1961).  Also "One Track Mind" (#9-1961).

Born 1933 in Indianapolis in 1933, but adopted by Detroit family at age 12.

Music Deaths: Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers

 HAROLD REID, 80

Died 24 April 2020

Co-founder of country band Statler Brothers.  He was the one with the really deep voice.

In 1964, they were hired by Johnny Cash to open his show.  Columbia Records, also Cash's record company, gave them a contract, but didn't have much success until the 45 "The Ballad of Billy Christian" was released.  It didn't have much impact until deejays turned it over and played side B, which was "Flowers On the Wall," which as you know became a huge hit.

I remember seeing a show by Johnny Cash and the Statler Brothers in Chicago back in 1967 and remember the Statler Brothers saying that they got paid weekly by Johnny Cash, "Very Weakly."

The vocals this band could do, especially with that bass voice of Harold (and his humor), made them stars in country music and, besides "Flowers On the Wall," which became a #4 hit on the pop charts in 1965, they also had two other pop hits on the pop charts.  They put out fifty albums over 40 years.

WLS Top 30 for Week of September 14, 1970-- Part 2: "Hand Me Down World"

The number behind the artist is how high the song got on the Billboard Hot 100.  * Means the song was on its way down.   

25.  HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who     #17     From Canada.  Formed in Winnipeg in 1963.

24.  THAT'S WHERE I WENT WRONG--  Poppy Family     #29    Another Canadian band.  Were we having the Canadian Invasion back in 1970?  I'd forgotten this one, but it sure is a great song.  Too bad it was so overshadowed by their first song which went to #2 earlier in the year.  And that would be "Which Way You Going, Bo;;y."

23.  SIGNED, SEALED DELIVERED, I'M YOURS--  Stevie Wonder    #3   That great Motown Sound.  How does it get any better.

22.  SOLITARY MAN--  Neil Diamond.     #21     My absolute all-time favorite Neil song. (With "Cherry, Cherry" next.)  This was the second time this song charted.  It was his very first charting song back in 1966 and went to #55.

21.  MAKE IT WITH YOU--  Bread      #1     I wonder how many times this song has been played at weddings?  Did they have deejays playing weddings back in 1970?

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Melinda Was Mine 'Till The Time That I Found Her Holding Jim."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Solitary Man"

WLS Top 30 for Week of September 14, 1970-- Part 1: "I'll Be There"

From the Oldies Loon site.

The  number behind the artist is how high the song got on the Billboard National Hot 100.  An * means the song was dropping on the survey.

HBD (Hitbound)  I'LL BE THERE--  Jackson Five     #1   A slow one by this unbelievably hot group.  A good song for weddings.  The last of four straight #1s out of the gate, followed by two #2s.  Not a bad start at all.

30.  WE CAN MAKE MUSIC--  Tommy Roe     #49   Another Julie song.  I don't remember it.  Bubble Gum music.  I have always been a big fan of Bubble Gum music.

29.  ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free     #4    One of my all-time favorite songs.  This one grabs you right away.  Those first few notes.  Wow!

28.  PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN)--  Melanie   #32    Follow up to "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"  Born Melanie Safka in 1947 in Queens, New York.t.  A real One-Hit Wonder.  

27.  DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO--  Five Flights Up    #37   #10 on WCFL.  Never heard it before.  Soul group.  Real one-hit wonder group.

26.  *CLOSE TO YOU--  Carpenters    #1   How many times has this been played at weddings?

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Took Her Home To My Place, Watching Every Move On Her Face."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"All Right Now"

Music Deaths: Hamilton Bohannon, Motown Drummer

 HAMILTON BOHANNON, 78

Died April 24, 2020

Drummer, bandleader.  Worked with many of the top Motown artists in the 1960s.   Became a leader in the 1970s Disco Music.

In 1964, he was a drummer with Stevie Wonder's touring band.  Moved to Detroit in 1967 and was employed by Motown and provided the backing bands on many of Motown's top artists when touring.  This included Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Four Tops.

Music Deaths: Steve Hardy of Beach Music

STEVE HARDY, 74

Died April 23, 2020

Probably did more to advance east coast Beach Music than most anyone else in the genre and host of the long-running "Steve Hardy's Original Beach Party which ran from 1974 to the end of last year.

I enjoyed listening to his show on the many occasions I was visiting in North Carolina over all these years.  I also listened to him over the internet.  His Sunday Steve Hardy's Original Beach Party show was broadcast on Greenville, North Carolina's WNCT for many years.

Keep the Beach Playing There, Steve!

A Fitting Memorial for September 11, 2001

In all but one of my posts today, I wrote about September 11, 2001.

I always thought that it was too bad that they didn't find a way to stabilize the outer part of the World Trade Center as a fitting memorial to those who died that day.  See the picture to the right of this.

I also would have liked the part of the USS Arizona above the water after the attack to have also been stabilized and left as a memorial for Pearl Harbor as well.

But, regardless, both now have had suitable memorials built for them.

Back to the Summer of 1970, Part 13: "Looking Out My Back Door"

CRACKLIN' ROSIE--  Neil Diamond
SUMMERTIME BLUES--  Who (Live)
COTTAGE CHEESE--  Crow

HI-DE-HO--  Blood, Sweat & Tears
IN THE SUMMERTIME-- Mungo Jerry
LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

CUT ACROSS SHORTY--  Rod Stewart
OUT IN THE COUNTRY--  Three Dog Night
FRESH AIR--  Quicksilver Messenger Service

GO BACK--  Crabby Appleton
FEELIN' ALRIGHT (Live)--  Joe Cocker
JUMPIN' JACK FLASH (LIVE)--  Rolling Stones

HONKY TONK WOMEN (LIVE)--  Joe Cocker
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (LIVE)--  Rolling Stones
WAR--  Edwin Starr   The number one song in the country.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Oh No There's Got To Be A Better Way, Say It Again."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"War"

Back to the Summer of 1970, Part 12: "Mississippi Queen"

 Songs on the radio (mostly WLS and WCFL in Chicago) and in your record collection (that's right, vinyl albums and even 45s perhaps) on September 6, 1970.  That would be fifty years ago.

I was a sophomore at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and having a mighty good time as the original frat rat with that old fraternity of mine, Delta Sigma Phi.  We were more like the Deltas at "Animal House" and even had a guy who had been at college for seven years and was a sophomore named Czych.  Until the end, the movie could have been about us, but there was no parade scene.  I do, however, wish we had known about toga parties.  We definitely would have had to have one.

HOUSE AT POOH CORNER--  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who

LET IT BE--  Beatles

MAN, WE WAS LONELY--  Paul McCartney   This would have been at the 10 am time.  As Bob Stroud always plays two Beatle songs then (which is when Terri Hemmert's Breakfast With the Beatles show on Chicago's WXRT ends.

MISSISSIPPI QUEEN--  Mountain

LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT-- Creedence Clearwater Revival  Off that great "Cosmo's Factory" album.

ALL RIGHT NOW--  Free   One of the best-ever rock songs.

IT'S UP TO YOU--  Moody Blues

SPILL THE WINE--  Eric Burdon

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"

Back to the Summer of 1970, Part 11: "Let It Rain"

 Bob Stroud continued his trip back to the summer of 1970 this past Sunday with part 4 of his yearly trip.  Fifty years ago, September 6, 1070, these were the songs being played on the radio and in your record collections.

25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago

THE SHAPE I'M IN--  Band

I KNOW (I'M LOSING YOU)--  Rare Earth

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS--  Stevie Wonder

AIR OF GOOD FEELING--  Ides of March

LET IT RAIN--  Eric Clapton

TIGHTER & TIGHTER--  Alive & Kicking   Produced and written by Bob King and Tommy James.  Yep, that Tommy James.

THE BOMBER--  James Gang

INDIANA WANTS ME--  R. Dean Taylor  Drives my wife nuts when, every time we enter Indiana, I start singing this song.

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Waiting For The Break Of Day, Searching For Something To Say."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"25 or 6 to 4"

K-Tel's 'Hit Machine' Album (1976)-- Part 2: "Let Your Love Flow"

 Continued from September 1.

These were the ten songs on the flipside of the album.

ISLAND GIRL--  Elton John

A FIFTH OF BEETHOVEN--  Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band

LET YOUR LOVE FLOW-- Bellamy Brothers

WELCOME BACK--  John Sebastian (No Sweathogs allowed.)

EVIL WOMAN--  Electric Light Orchestra

TAKE A HAND--  Rick Springfield (Not Springsteen)

ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE--  Kiss

I'M NOT LISA--  Jessi Colter

WHO LOVES YOU--  Four Seasons (What?  No Valli?)

DISCO LADY--  Johnnie Taylor

Lots of Bang for Your Buck, You Know.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Your Dreams Were Your Ticket Out."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Welcome Back"

WLS Top Ten for Week of September 7, 1970: 'Looking Out My Back Door'

 Fifty years ago today, the top ten songs in Chicago according to WLS AM 890.

1. WAR--  Edwin Starr

2.  LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR-- Creedence Clearwater Revival

3.  AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH--  Diana Ross

4.  NEANDERTHAL MAN--  Hotlegs

5.  PATCHES--  Clarence Carter

6.  GROOVY SITUATION--  Gene Chandler

7.  JULIE, DO YA' LOVE ME--  Bobby Sherman

8.  I (WHO HAVE NOTHING)--  Tom Jones 

9.  25 OR 6 TO 4--  Chicago

10.  IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry

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DEBUTS

25.  OUT IN THE COUNTRY--  Three Dog Night

27.  INDIANA WANTS ME--  R. Dean Taylor

29.  THAT'S WHERE I WENT WRONG--  Poppy Family

30.  PEACE WILL COME (ACCORDING TO PLAN)--  Melanie

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Bein' Alone At Night Makes Me Sad, Girl, Yeah It brings Me Down All Right."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Julie, Do Ya' Love Me"

Bob Stroud Goes Back to September 6, 1970, Today on Chicago's WDRV. 97.1 FM

 That would be the songs played on the radio and in your record collections FIFTY years ago today.  It streams from 9 am to noon CDST and will be repeated from 9 pm to midnight CDST.  This is the fourth and final Root Salute of the Summer of 1970.  Previous ones were on the first Sunday of June, July and August.

I was a sophomore at Northern Illinois University and living at the Delta Sigma Phi frat house out on Greenbrier in Greek Row.  This was my first year as an active, having pledged during spring semester as a freshman.  Probably the most fun I has while a college student (and I sure had a lot of good times).

The songs he will be playing will sure bring some memories back.  I will be recording the show on my cassettes (that's how far behind I am).  

Looking Forward to the trip Back.  --RoadFrat

Ten Songs from 1970 and That Dear Old Fraternity of Mine: Delta Sigma Phi-- 'But to Raise Hell While We're Here'

 Yesterday, Bob Stroud played ten songs from 1970 on his Ten at Ten at Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM.  I feel obliged to include them here for you.

Like I said yesterday, 1970 was the end of my freshman year, start of sophomore year at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb  It was also a fraternity year for me, pledging Delta Sigma Phi in the spring and as an active in the fall.  I figured being in a fraternity was going to be fun and it sure was.

Not to say that my grades suffered, but they did.  School got in the way of fraternity.  I was a real frat rat of the first order.  Like one of our old frat songs went:  "Well, it's not for knowledge that we came to college, but to raise hell while we're here!"

Anyway, Bob Stroud's Ten at Ten 1970 songs played Thursday, September 3.

CRAZY--  Van Morrison

FUNK #49--  James Gang

BELL BOTTOM BLUES--  Derek & the Dominos

LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat

SPIRIT IN THE SKY--  Norman Greenbaum

DEJA-VU--  CSN&Y

LOLA--  Kinks

CASEY JONES--  Grateful Dead

COME AND GET IT--  Badfinger

HAND ME DOWN WORLD--  Guess Who

The number one song on September 3, 1970:  "War--  Edwin Starr,  #1 album:  "Cosmos' Factory"--  Creedence Clearwater Revival,  #1 movie:  "Diary of a Mad Housewife."

Hoddy Toddy!!

Name That Tune (from the above songs:  "I Met Her In A Club Down In Old Soho."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Lola"

All-Vinyl Friday at Chicago's WXRT from 9am to Midnight

 

Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM will be having their All Vinyl Friday today starting at 9 am and going to midnight.  That means they will play one side of some of the best albums ever made from the first song to the last one on that side.  Always fun to listen to this day.

It streams at www.wxrt.com, so give it  a listenn.

--ToadDog

Bob Stroud Going to 1970 for His Ten at Ten Today at 10 am on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM

 In just a few minutes, Bob Stroud will be going back to the hood college year for me, 1970, while a freshman and sophomore at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.  Since the songs that came out in my high school and college days are by far my favorite, I am really going to enjoy this one.

It streams at ww.wdrv.com and will be replayed tonight at 10 pm.  All times CDST.

Give a listen.  I'll be recording the show on my audio cassette recorder.  Not that I'm a little behind times or anything.

Download?  --OldRoadDog

PONDER THIS:  Never take life too seriously.  Nobody gets out alive anyway.

K-Tel's 'Hit Machine' Album, 1976-- Part 1: 'Love Really Hurts Without You"

I bought this album at The Vinyl Frontier in McHenry, Illinois, on Saturday for Record Store Day for $3.

I had my eye on this album or possibly one about the old TV show "Hee-Haw."

For $3, I got twenty songs from 1976.

(SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE) SHAKE YOUR BOOTY--  K.C.& the Sunshine Band
RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM--  Maxine Nightingale
MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT--  Starbuck

SUMMER--  War
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED--  Linda Ronstadt
HAPPY DAYS--  Pratt & McClain
OUR DAY WILL COME--  Frankie Valli

(YOU'RE) HAVING MY BABY--  Paul Anka
LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU--  Billy Ocean
DISCO DUCK (PART 1)--  Rick Dees  & His Class of Idiots

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I've Been Cheated, Been Mistreated."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"When Will I Be Loved"