Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
BREATHE/ON THE RUN-- Pink Floyd
MIND GAMES-- John Lennon
GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE)-- George Harrison
OHH LA LA-- Faces
HYPNOTIZED-- Fleetwood Mac
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO-- Rollng Stones
SUCH A NIGHT-- Dr. John
LAKE SHORE DRIVE-- Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah
KODACHROME-- Paul Simon
RAMBLIN' MAN-- Allman Brothers Band
PERSONAL CRISIS-- New York Dolls
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "There's A Road I'd Like To Tell You About, Lives In My Home Town." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Lake Shore Drive"
Fifty years ago on WLS, 890 AM Radio.
* Means the song was climbing the charts. The number after the artist is how high it got on the Billboard Hot 100National Chart.
17. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL-- Charlie Rich #1 Want some good old country belly rubbing music along with your soul and rock?
16. I'VE GOT TO USE MY IMAGINATION-- Gladys Knight & the Pips #4 From their "Imagination" album. This is their first album after leaving Motown.
15. *UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME-- Aretha Franklin #3 The Queen of Soul. Cowritten by Stevie Wonder.
14. DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO (HERATBREAKER)-- Rolling Stones #15 About the deaths of two kids. Ten years after starting, they're still cranking out hits. Beatles?
13. *LOVE SONG-- Anne Murray #12 "The National Canadian Songbird."
12. *JIM DANDY-- Black Oak Arkansas #24 Check out the video if you want to see a hairy band not afraid to shake it.
11. ONE TIN SOLDIER-- Coven #26 Full name "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)"From Chicago and the bands only hit.
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Hey Did You Happen To See." Answer below. --RoadDog
"The Most Beautiful Girl"
Bob Stroud played songs with this theme today on his Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive, Chicago's Classic Rock.
The reason, of course, was a play on words for a signatiure line from the Star Wars movies, "May the Force be with you."
Pretty good song selection and you can still listen to it tonight at 10 PM, CDST as it sure does stream.
SPACE ODDITY-- David Bowie
MAN ON THE MOON-- REM
SPACE TRUCKING-- Deep Purple
FULL MOON TURN MY HEAD AROUND-- Off Broadway
ROCKET MAN-- Elton John
2,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME-- Rolling Stones
SPACE COWBOY-- Steve Miller Band
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE-- Beatles
WALKING ON THE MOON-- Police
MAJOR TOM-- Peter Schilling
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "I Told You About Living In The US Of A, Don't You Know That I'm The Gangster Of Love?" Answer below. --RoadForce
"Space Cowboy"
Friday, December 23rd, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM,the Drive, started their annual New Year's A to Z where they go alphabetically through over 2,000 classic rock songs. And, they're still going and in the letter "U" now.
It streams, so if these look good, give them a listen.
Here are the ones I've most recently been listening to:
TREAT ME RIGHT-- Pat Benatar
TROUBLE-- Lindsey Buckingham
TRUCKIN'- Grateful Dead
TUBE SNAKE BOOGIE-- ZZ Top
TUESDAY'S GONE-- Lynyrd Skynyrd
TUMBLIN DICE-- Rolling Stones
TURN IT ON AGAIN-- Genesis
TURN ME LOOSE-- Loverboy
TURN THE PAGE-- Bob Seger
TURN THE PAGE-- Metallica
TURN TO STONE-- Joe Walsh
TURN TO STONE-- Electric Light Orchestra
TURN UP THE RADIO-- Autograph
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Women Think I'm Tasty, But They're Always Trying To Waste Me." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Tumblin' Dice"
Sure enjoyed this trip back to the Summer of 1972 compliments of WDRV's Bob Stroud. That's fifty years ago, HALF a CENTURY.
LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS-- Hollies
I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU-- Foghat
SATURDAY IN THE PARK-- Chicago
YOU'RE STILL A YOUNG MAN-- Tower of Power
ROCKS OFF-- Rolling Stones
LIVING IN THE PAST-- Jethro Tull
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC-- Doobie Brothers
RUNNING BACK TO SASKATOON-- Guess Who
SMOKE ON THE WATER-- Deep Purple
BRANDY (YOU'RE A FINE GIRL)-- Looking Glass The Number 1 song in Chicago on September 4, 1972.
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "What A Good Wife You Would Be." Answer below. --RoadDog
""Brandy"
This past Sunday, Bob Stroud had his fourth and final installment of his annual "Summer of" series on summers of fifty years ago. That would make it the songs on our radios and in our record collections on September 4, 1972.
I was back in DeKalb, Illinois, getting ready to finish up my senior year at Northern Illinois University. As much as I was having a really good time in college, I knew it was time to move on with my life.
HONKY CAT-- Elton John
LIFE IS A CARNIVAL (LIVE)-- Band
HAPPY-- Rolling Stones
BURNING LOVE-- Elvis Presley
TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY-- Rod Stewart
BLACK AND WHITE-- Three Dog Night
STAR MAN-- David Bowie
GUITAR MAN-- Bread
DIALOGUE PARTS 1 & 2-- Chicago
GO ALL THE WAY-- Raspberries
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "The Ink Is Black, The Page Is White." Answerbelow. --RoadDog
"Black and White"
Songs on the tadio and in our record collectionsfifty years ago. This is the third installment of Bob Stroud's annual trip back fifty years aago to a summer I definitely remember, 1972.
At this time, I was getting ready to transfer from University of Georgia to Northern Illinois University to finish out my college days. Senior year.
MOTORCYCLE MAMA-- Sailcat
SUFFRAGETTE CITY-- David Bowie
TRUE BLUE-- Rod Stewart
YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM-- Jim Croce
BLUE SKY-- Allman Brothers
THE GUITAR MAN-- Bread
SENTIMENTAL LADY-- Fleetwood Mac
OLD MAN-- Neil Young
FREE FOUR-- Pink Floyd
GOING DOWN-- Jeff Beck Group
ALL DOWN THE LINE-- Rolling Stones
ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)-- Gilbert O'Sullivan (The No. 1 song in Chicago according to WLS.)
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Bob Stroud will do part 4 on Sunday September 4.
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Uptown's Got Its Hustlers, The Bowery Got Its Hustlers." Answer below. --RoadDog
"You Don't Mess With Jim"
Fifty years ago on Chicago's WLS, 890 AM.
1. ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)-- Gilbert O'Sullivan
2. TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW-- Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
3. BRANDY-- Looking Glass
4. DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST-- Wayne Newton
5. LEAN ON ME-- Bill Withers
6. WHERE IS THE LOVE-- Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
7. IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG ( I DON'T WANNA BE RIGHT)-- Luther Ingram
8. HOW DO YOU DO-- Mouth & McNeill
9. LONG COOL WOMAN-- Hollies
10. TAKE IT EASY-- Eagles
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DEBUTS
20. GOODBYE TO LOVE-- Carpenters
23. HAPPY-- Rolling Stones
24. MOTORCYCLE MAMA-- Sailcat
26. BABY LET ME TAKE YOU IN MY ARMS-- Detroit Emeralds
27. BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO-- Partridge Family
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Standing On The Corner In Winslow, Arizona" Answer below. --RoadDog
"Take It Easy"
On July 10, Bob Stroud played his part 2 of his annual trip back to summer. This was our secong trip back to the Summer of 1972, the first was on June 12. He will be doing this two more times on August14 and September 10.
Today's trip were the songs on the radio and in our record collections on July 10, 1972.
LONG COOL WOMAN-- Hollies Absolute killer intro to this one.
HELLO MARY LOU-- Creedence Clearwater Revival My all-time favorite group. From their very last album, "Pendulum." I did not know that Gene Pitney wrote this song.
BRANDY-- Looking Glass Probably one of my all-time favorite songs. Star Lord also likes this song.
DIALOGUE PARTS 1 & 2-- Chicago
RIP THIS JOINT-- Rolling Stones Hard to believe they have been around for sixty years now.
LEAN ON ME-- Bill Withers
ONE WAY OUT-- Allman Brothers
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Cause There's A Man Down There, Might Be Your Man, I Don't Know." Answer below. --RoadDog
"One Way Out"
These were the Top Ten songs in Chicago 50 years ago this week.
* means the song was climbing the chart. The number after the artist is how high the song got on the Billboard Hot 100 National Charts.
10. *WALKING IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE-- Love Unlimited A studio group created by Barry White. That's his voice on the phone.
9. *IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME-- Carpenters
8. *TROGLODYTE-- Jimmy Castor Bunch They sure went way back. "Gotta find a woman." What was her name? And she was one of the who sisters. Watch the video (1972) by dragojlodudic.
7. *THE CANDY MAN-- Sammy Davis Jr
6. *(LAST NIGHT) I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL-- Fifth Dimension
5. SYLVIA'S MOTHER-- Dr. Hook I used to hate those operators asking for more money. There I stood at the pay phone with piles of nickels, dimes and quarters.
4. TUMBLING DICE-- Rolling Stones
3. *SONG SUNG BLUE-- Neil Diamond. Okay, stop singing it. I said STOP!!
2. *NICE TO BE WITH YOU-- Gallery
1. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE-- Staple Singers
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "She Got Up. She Was A Big Woman. Big Woman. Her Name Was Bertha. Bertha Butt. She Was One Of The Butt Sisters." Answer below. RoadDog
"TROGLODYTE"
Fifty years ago this week on Chicago's Mighty WLS, 890 AM. Includes debuts and Bubbling Under.
1. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE-- Staple Singers
2. SYLVIA'S MOTHER-- Dr. Hook
3. NICE TO BE WITH YOU-- Gallery
4. SONG SUNG BLUE-- Neil Diamond
5. TUMBLING DICE-- Rolling Stones
6. OH GIRL-- Chi-Lites
7. (LAST NIGHT) I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL-- Fifth Dimension
8. THE CANDY MAN-- Sammy Davis Jr.
9. LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE-- Jackson Five
10. MORNING HAS BROKEN-- Cat Stevens
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DEBUTS
27. HOW CAN I BE SURE-- David Cassidy
28. LEAN ON ME-- Bill Withers
29. SOMEDAY NEVER COMES-- Creedence Clearwater Revival
30. I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG-- Frederick Knight
LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED-- Cher
TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW-- Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Who Can Take A Sunrise, Sprinkle It With Dew." Answer below. --RoadDog
"The Candy Man"
These were the Top Ten and Debut songs fifty years ago this week according the Chicago Superpower 890, WLS AM.
1. OH GIRL-- Chi-Lites
2. BACK OFF BOOGALOO-- Ringo Starr
3. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME-- Al Green
4. SYLVIA'S MOTHER-- Dr. Hook
5. LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE-- Jackson Five
6. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE-- Staple Singers
7. TUMBLIN' DICE-- Rolling Stones
8. MORNING HAS BROKEN-- Cat Steven
9. THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE-- Roberta Flack
10. SUAVECITO-- Malo
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DEBUTS
21. ISN'T LIFE STRANGE-- Moody Blues
25. WALKING IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE-- Love Unlimited
30. OUTA SPACE-- Billy Preston
TROGLODYTE-- Jimmy Castor Bunch
ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT-- Millie Jackson
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Abd The Operator Says Forty Cents More For The Next Three Minutes." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Sylvia's Mother"
Fifty years ago in Chicago.
15. *TUMBLING DICE-- Rolling Stones #7 Off their "Exile on Main Street" album. What can you say about a band that's been around that long?
14. *RUN, RUN, RUN-- Jo Jo Gunne #27 A great Rocker. Too bad it is just 2:35. I could have used some more. Their only Top 40. Jay Ferguson was in this group.
13. *I'LL TAKE YOU THERE-- Staple Singers #1 Kind of like going to church.
12. BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW-- Stylistics #3 A great wedding song if there's ever been one.
11. DOCTOR MY EYES-- Jackson Browne #8 Still my favorite song by him. His first of many hits.
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Now I Want To Understand I Have Done All That I Could." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Doctor My Eyes"
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
Woke up this morning to find about an inch of SNOW on the ground (but not on the driveway, sidewalk or street). It was all gone by noon, but, come on snow. Is this nature's idea of an April Fool's joke?
In keeping with the tomfoolery, Bob Stroud dedicated his Ten at Ten on WDRV, 97.1 FM, Chicago "The Drive" to "Fool Around." Ten songs foolin' around.
FOOL FOR THE CITY-- Fog Hat
EVERYBODYPLAYS THE FOOL-- Main Ingredient
FOOL IN THE RAIN-- Led Zeppelin
FOOLIN'-- Def Leppard
FOOL ON THE HILL-- Beatles
FOOLIN' YOURSELF-- Styx
FOOL TO CRY-- Rolling Stones
A FOOL FOR YOUR STOCKINGS-- ZZ Top
SHIP OF FOOLS-- Robert Plant
WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN-- Who
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Okay, So You're Heart Broken. You Sit Around Mopin' Crying And Crying." Answer below. --RoadFool
"Everybody Plays the Fool"
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Drove to Crystal Lake, Illinois, for the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group meeting with today's topic being Civil War Artillery. We were occasionally on topic. Then drove to Algonquin and bought eight CDs at Half-Price Books. All were $2 except one:
STICKY FINGERS-- Rolling Stones
OKTOBERFEST IN CHICAGO-- Die Musikmeisters
BUBBLEGUM, GARAGE AND POP NUGGETS-- 22 songs
ACTUAL MILES GREATEST HITS-- Don Henley
GREATEST HITS-- Little River Band
ONLY THE BEGINNING THE VERY BEST OF-- Chicago
COUNTRY LEGENDS-- 36 Hits 3 CDs
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION SEVENTIES 100 HITS This one was $10 for four CD set.
And, I Still Play CDs and Record on Cassette Tape --RoadCD
CHARLIE WATTS, 80
Died 24 August 2021
Drummer with the Rolling Stones.
Never flashy, just laid down the beat for so much great music.
A great one. Never looked like a rock star. So different from Da Mick and Da Keith.
I was a junior at the University of Georgia at this time fifty years ago, having transferred at the end of my sophomore year from Northern Illinois University. My parents and family were now living in Dunwoody, Georgia, Atlanta northern suburbs. My parents gave me a 1963 Rambler station wagon to go to school.
But, a big reason I transferred was to go to a school with a big football program, which Georgia definitely had. Vince Dooley coached the team which ended the season with an 11-1 record, good for second place in the SEC and a #7 AP ranking. That was a fun year, but I couldn't get over the students attending the games wearing suits and evening dresses. That just wasn't done at Northern.
HEART OF THE COUNTRY-- Paul McCartney Bob Stroud always plays two Beatle songs at 9 am when Terri Hemmert ends her Breakfast With the Beatles show on WXRT.
BANGLADESH-- George Harrison
GETTING IN TUNE-- Who
I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE-- Rare Earth
MERCY MERCY ME-- Marvin Gaye
RIDERS ON THE STORM-- Doors
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER-- Beach Boys
I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE-- Carole King
LIAR-- Three Dog Night A song that always reminds me of PLC Class at Quantico, Virginia, that summer.
BITCH-- Rolling Stones
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "I Won't Ever Leave If You Want Me To Stay." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Liar"
Songs on the radio and in your record collection fifty years ago today.
GO DOWN GAMBLING-- Blood, Sweat & Tears
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND-- James Taylor
RINGS-- Cymarron
TOO MANY PEOPLE-- Paul McCartney
UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY--HIGH TIME WE WENT-- Paul McCartney
SIGNS-- Five Man Electric Band
STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN-- Deep Purple
WILD HORSES-- Rolling Stones
WATCH THE RIVER FLOW-- Bob Dylan
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Long-Haired Freaky People Need Not Apply." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Signs"
