WLS Top Ten for Week of November 30, 1970: 'See Me, Feel Me'

Fifty years ago on Chicago's 50,000 Watt Powerhouse, WLS AM 890.

1.  TEARS OF A CLOWN-- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

2.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom

3.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

4.  SHARE THE LAND--  Guess Who

5.  SEE ME, FEEL ME--  Who

6.  LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat

7.  YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME--  Elvis Presley

8.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family

9.  AFTER MIDNIGHT--  Eric Clapton

10.  DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago

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DEBUTS

27.  NO MATTER WHAT--  Badfinger

28.  BLACK MAGIC WOMAN--  Santana

29.  CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU--  Tom Jones

30.  ONE MAN BAND--   Three Dog Night

HBD  RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH--  Supremes / Four Tops

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Now If There Is A Smile On My Face It's Only There Trying To Fool The Public."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Tears Of a Clown"

 

Music Deaths: Lee Kerslake of Uriah Heep and Ozzy

LEE KERSKLAKE, 73

Died 16 September 2020

Drummer. Played with Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne.

With Uriah Heep from  1972-1978.  

"Easy Livin"  (#39-1972)

""Stealin' "  (#91-1973)  One of my all-time favorite songs.

"Sweet Lorraine"  (#91-1973)

Some of my favorite songs.  Some say they should be in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame.  I agree.  Even though they did not have a lot of big hits.  Go to You Tube and listen to "Uriah Heep:  The Best Of"  from 1975.You'll know why they should be in the Hall of Fame.

Was with Ozzy Osbourne on the albums "Blizzard of Ozz" and "Diary of a Madman."

Music Deaths: Ronald 'Khalis' Bell of Kool & the Gang

RONALD "KHALIS" BELL, 68

Died 9 September 2020

Sax player and songwriter with Kool & the Gang.  Co-founder of the band, along with his brother Robert "Kool" Bell.

They had a creative mix of sounds with influences ranging from jazz to soul to funk.

He wrote and produced many of the classic songs of the group:  

"Celebration"

"Cherish"

"Jungle Boogie"

"Open Sesame"

I saw this group at the Indy 500's Carb Day back in 2019.

Music Deaths: Ian Mitchell of the Bay City Rollers, the 'Tartan Teen Sensations'

IAN MITCHELL, 62

Died 1 September 2020

Guitar player with the Scottish group Bay City Rollers.  Bass player.  With the Rollers just seven months, but on recording "I Only Want to be With You"  (#12-1976)

Other big BCR hits: 

"Saturday Night"  (#1-1975)

"Money Honey"  (#9-1976)

I remember our next door neighbor's daughter, age 13, was a huge Bay City Roller fan.

Music Deaths: Justin Townes Earle, Americana Music

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, 38

Died August 23, 2020

Singer/songwriter of Americana Music.  Son of singer Steve Earle.

I'd never heard of him before, but he had some good music.  Listening to him on You Tube, of course.

Reminds me a bit of John Prine.

Music Deaths: Trini Lopez. 'If I Had a Hammer'

TRINI LOPEZ, 83

Died 11 August 2020

Singer.  had a huge hit in 1963 with "If I Had a Hammer."

Born Trinidad Lopez III in 1937.  Portrayed Pedro Jiminez in the movie "The Dirty Dozen."

Big hits:

"If I Had a Hammer"  (#3-1963)

"Kansas City"  (#22-1964)

"Lemon Tree"  (#20-1965)

Music Deaths: Frank Banali of Quiet Riot and Jack Sherman of Red Hot Chili Peppers

FRANK BANALI, 68

Died 20 August 2020

Drummer with Quiet Riot.  Their biggest hit was "Cum On Feel the Noize"  (#5-1983).  Great, fun song.  Real Metal.

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JACK SHERMAN, 64

Died 21 August 2020

Guitarist with Red Hot Chili Peppers in their first album in 1983 and toured with them in 1984.  Evidently something happened as he was not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with them.

Need a Shot of 1969-- Part 1: 'Born On the Bayou'

From WXRT, 93.1 FM's Saturday Morning Flashback.

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

BORN ON THE BAYOU--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

HOT SUMMER DAY--  It's a Beautiful Day

SPACE COWBOY--  Steve Miller Band

A NEW DAY YESTERDAY--  Jethro Tull

WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT--  Who

IT'S YOUR THING--  Isley Brothers

TOUCH ME--  Doors

OH WELL--   Fleetwood Mac

DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago

VICTORIA--  Kinks

THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN--  Band

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Told You 'Bout Living In The US Of A."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Space Cownoy"

See If You Can Guess the Person Saying This-- Part 2: The Captain of the Titanic Talking About Lifeboats

**  Look, passengers need to ask nicely for the lifeboats if they want them.

**  We don't have any lifeboats.  We are not lifeboat distributors.

**  Passengers should have planned for icebergs and brought their own lifeboats.

**  I really don't think we need that many lifeboats.

**  And, those lifeboats we have are really wonderful lifeboats.

**We have lifeboats, and they're supposed to be our lifeboats. not the passengers' lifeboats.

**  The lifeboats were left on shore by the last captain. 

**  Nobody could have foreseen the iceberg.

Figured out who it is yet?

--RoadDog

See If You Can Guess the Person Saying This?-- Part 1: Iceberg? What Iceberg?

My wife Liz found this on FaceBook and I had to chuckle.  Had this person been captain of that ill-fated Titanic, he might have said this.

**  There isn't any iceberg.

**  There was an iceberg but it was in a totally different ocean.

**  The iceberg is in this ocean, but it will melt very soon.

**  There is an iceberg, but we didn't hit the iceberg.

**  We hit the iceberg, but the damage will be repaired very soon.

**  The iceberg is a Chinese iceberg.

**  We are taking on water, but every passenger who wants  a lifeboat can get a life boat.

**  They are beautiful life boats.

Any Ideas Who the New Captain Is?  --RoadDog

TRIVIA TEASER:  Who hit the baseball that trickled through the legs of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner in game six of the 1986 World Series?

Mookie Wilson

Past Movie Scratches (See If You Can Guess These Movies): Crusade-- Vacation-- Express-- Scrooged-- McPhee-- Feet

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2019.  Sure going to have a lot of these for 2020 because of you-know-what.

A Dog's Eye View of the movies.

97.  INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE--  12-3--  "Don't call me Junior."  "Nazis, I hate those guys."  "X" doesn't mark the spot.

98.  CHRISTMAS VACATION--  12-4--  Just imagine living next door to Clark Griswold.   Even if you're not a snooty yuppy.

99.  POLAR EXPRESS--  12-6--  "We're on a tight schedule" and what a ticket punch.  You've got to believe to hear that bell. 

100.  SCROOGED--  12-8--  Loved the Ghost of Christmas Past and Christmas Present.  Christmas Present could really hurt you, but Christmas Future scared me.

101.  NANCY McPHEE--  12-9--  "I did knock."  A "government nanny?"  Squares the kids up with the 5 Lessons and then there were the facial changes.

102.  HAPPY FEET--  12-10--  I can't stop dancing.  Great music and the choreography of those animated penguins!!    Mumbles couldn't sing, but sure saved the day.

"Christmas Vacation" Is My Second Favorite Christmas Movie.  --RoadLights

THINGS TO PONDER:  Why do we drive on parkways and park in driveways?

Music Deaths: Pat Fairley of Marmalade

PAT FAIRLEY. 76

Died 11 August 2020

Guitar player and co-founder of Marmalade who had a 1969 hit with cover of the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."

Scottish rock band from Glasgow.  Originally called the Gaylords.  Changed name in 1966.  They were most successful from 1968 to 1972.

Their two biggest hits:

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"  (#1 UK-1969)

"Reflections of My Life"  (#10-1970)

Pat Fairley moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s and after retiring from the music business owned  the music/bar venue called Scotland Yard.  He sold it two years ago, but it is still open.

Music Deaths: Wayne Fontana of the Mindbenders

WAYNE FONTANA, 74

Died 6 August 2020

Singer and front man for 60s group Mindbenders.  

British Invasion at its best.  Took his name after Elvis Presley's drummer D.J. Fontana.

Real name Glyn Geoffrey Ellis.  Fronted rock group from Manchester, England.  Left the group in 1965.  Graham Gouldman joined  in 1968.  Later, he and Fontana lead guitarist and singer Eric Stewart formed Hotlegs and then 10CC.

The Mindbenders had just two Top 40s, but what a two shot.  

"Game of Love"  (#1-1965)

"A Groovy Kind of Love"   (#2-1966)

Music Deaths: Johnny Mandel, that Song from 'M*A*S*H'

JOHNNY MANDEL, 94

Died 29 June 2020

If you've ever seen the movie or TV show "M*A*S*H" you are familiar with his song.  "Suicide Is Painless" serves as the introduction of both.  It was written for the suicide "Last Supper" scene in the movie where the guy was to commit suicide.

Director Robert Altman said he made $70,000 directing the movie, but that his son, Michael Altman, had made $1 million for writing the lyrics to the song.

"Through early morning fog I see

Visions of the things to be

The pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see

That suicide is painless."

In case you're wondering what the words are.

American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz.  He also worked with artists such as Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett.

Okay, now.  Get that tune out of your head.

Music Deaths: Jan Savage of the Seeds

JAN SAVAGE, 77

Died 5 August 2020

Guitarist with the Los Angeles garage psychedelic rock band Seeds who had the big hit "Pushing Too Hard"  (#36-1967).  They also charted well with the song "Can't Seem to Make You Mine."

Had the psychedelic sound down very well.  A lot of their success came from Jan Savage with his guitar playing.  Lead singer was Sky Saxon.

Very unique sound all around.  A master of the fuzz guitar.

Wonder how they came up with the name Seeds?

WLS Top Ten for Week of November 23, 1970: "I Think I Love You"

1.  TEARS OF A CLOWN--  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

2.  GYPSY WOMAN--  Brian Hyland

3.  MONTEGO BAY--  Bobby Bloom  As I have said before, I really, really thought this was a black guy.  I was wrong.

4.  LET'S WORK TOGETHER--  Canned Heat

5.  I THINK I LOVE YOU--  Partridge Family

6.  HEAVEN HELP US ALL--  Stevie Wonder

7.  CRY ME A RIVER--  Joe Cocker  And, I originally thought this might have been an original for him, but it was a cover.

9.  SEE ME, FEEL ME--  Who

10.  FIRE & RAIN-- Hames Taylor

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DEBUTS

20.  DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago

23.  KNOCK THREE TIMES--  Dawn

28.  HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER--  Neil Diamond

29.  DOMINO--  Van Morrison

30.  MY SWEET LORD--  George Harrison

HBD  BLACK MAGIC WOMAN--  Santana

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Listening To You, I get The Music."  Answer below.  RoadDog

"See Me, Feel Me"

Music Deaths: Peter Green, Founding Member of the Original Fleetwood Mac

PETER GREEM, 73

Died 25 July 2020

Guitar player, vocalist (blues rock) founding member of Fleetwood Mac.

Real name Peter  Allen Greenbaum.   Wrote the songs "Black Magic Woman" and "Oh Well."  Really noted for his guitar playing.

He was with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers where he replaced Eric Clapton.  Left there with drummer Mick Fleetwood to form what became Fleetwood Mac.

He left that group by 1970.

Music Deaths: Jamie Oldaker, Drummer with Eric Clapton, Member of the Tractors

JAMIE OLDAKER, 68

Died 16 July 2020

Drummer country/blues/rock.  Played with Eric Clapton.

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Played with Bob Seger, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton.  Played on the "461 Ocean Boulevard" album.  Also "Behind the Sun" and Eric Clapton when he was on Live Aid.

One-time member of the Tractors also recorded with Bellamy brothers, Asleep at the Wheel, Peter Frampton, Stephen Stills, Freddie King and the Bee Gees.