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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

"Third Rate Romance" was a big hit most everywhere. Pop and country.
"T-R-O-U-B-L-E" was a flop for Elvis. Huge for Travis Tritt (BEE still plays it).
WAXC played "Jambalaya" by the Rangers (Savage will confirm this). Best version ever of the Hank Williams song. Wish I could find it.
 
For those keeping score at home:

"Third Rate Romance" by The Amazing Rhythm Aces topped out at #14 on the Billboard Pop chart, and #11 on the Country chart. "Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song)" actually did better on the Country chart - #9, but only got to #72 on the Pop chart.

Is Top 15 a stiff? Or is it a "big hit". You make the call.

Another #14 that doesn't get much airplay of late:

"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" by Robert Palmer. Worth watching just for the babes in the video.
 
JimMcGrath said:
In going on my thrift store LP hunt for the month/year I found one of the aforementioned Adrissi Brothers' LPs but I also ran across what might be a super stiff which is everything Christopher Cross released after "Sailing". Correct me if I'm wrong here.
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Well, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from the film was a big #1 single after "Sailing," and then there was "Think Of Laura" which was featured on General Hospital, but other than movie and TV tie ins, I would generally agree.

I like his album "Every Turn of the World," tracks from it are still in medium rotation on my iTunes.
 
This one comes from the inner recesses of my mind..

Back in late 72/early 73, KB gave a good amount of airplay to Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Blue Haze. Great song from the 50's, "modernized" for the 70's.

Anybody else remember?

Anybody?

Buehler??
 
Just heard "Brandy" on Legends. A year later, Looking Glass released "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne". Huge in Canada. A genuine stiff here, although BBF played it to death. Probably hoping to get the bad taste of the "Brandy" out of everybody's mouth.
 
How come nobody mentioned "Chick-A-Boom" by Daddy Dewdrop?

In a world of stiffs, this ones stands tall.
 
Ah Chick-A-Boom has been mentioned several times in a Legends bashing thread where they were accused of playing the song after Perry Como. Chick-A-Boom has never been on Legends playlist (at least during my show and I've been on the air there over 5 years)!
 
nitro99 said:
This one comes from the inner recesses of my mind..

Back in late 72/early 73, KB gave a good amount of airplay to Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Blue Haze. Great song from the 50's, "modernized" for the 70's.

Anybody else remember?

Anybody?

Buehler??
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I remember it very well....seems to be my favorite version of the song. I seem to remember WAXC playing it to death
at the time.....and POOF...it vanished! As much time as I spend these last few years listening to oldies-type stations, today is the first time I've heard it since then- from the link above on YouTube!

Defines "one hit wonder" so very nicely!

In all these posts I read here, it makes me recall that the stiffs mentioned here were played in varying amounts according to the station- and in Rochester, between WBBF, WAXC, and WHFM, you got pretty good exposure to most all of them ( I was so bummed when WAXC threw the towel in and went AC- if I only had AM available- which happened often in those days, they were my choice- could never develop a taste for WBBF, even though they were "the station" youngsters like I was in those days thought was hot- once I discovered WHFM, BBF was so done with me- and if I only had AM available- there was always KB, which came in decently all over Rochester after WAXC's demise.)

As for "Daddy Dewdrop" and "Chick-a-boom"- for me, it sucked then, and the ensuing years haven't improved it any!
For those who like it, fine, you're entitled to your choices- me, I wouldn't care if I ever heard it again!
 
biggguy said:
In all these posts I read here, it makes me recall that the stiffs mentioned here were played in varying amounts according to the station- and in Rochester, between WBBF, WAXC, and WHFM, you got pretty good exposure to most all of them
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Browsing through some old WBBF music surveys, I noticed "Witchi Tai To" by Everything is Everything, which hit number 38 the week of 1/26/69:

http://las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=282

Hadn't heard this one for 40 years, but fortunately, someone posted it to You Tube -- with a CKLW jingle, how appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMKL2KKumo

This record was just perfect for a nighttime AM signal with adjacent-channel 10 kc whistles fading in and out. Who else remembers it?
 
Play Freebird said:
biggguy said:
In all these posts I read here, it makes me recall that the stiffs mentioned here were played in varying amounts according to the station- and in Rochester, between WBBF, WAXC, and WHFM, you got pretty good exposure to most all of them
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Browsing through some old WBBF music surveys, I noticed "Witchi Tai To" by Everything is Everything, which hit number 38 the week of 1/26/69:

http://las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=282

Hadn't heard this one for 40 years, but fortunately, someone posted it to You Tube -- with a CKLW jingle, how appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAMKL2KKumo

This record was just perfect for a nighttime AM signal with adjacent-channel 10 kc whistles fading in and out. Who else remembers it?
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1969!?
This sounds like the song that spawned The Talking Heads! I never heard this in Chicago.
 
Debaser said:
Speaking of "Brandy," KB played the original version of "Mandy" (then called "Brandy") but I can't remember who it was by...
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1971 Barry Manilow
 
Debaser said:
Speaking of "Brandy," KB played the original version of "Mandy" (then called "Brandy") but I can't remember who it was by...
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As Desert Pete mentioned, it was Scott English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QAiODMOuZE I have a story about this version of Brandy. At the time my sister was a cheerleader and at halftime of the basketball games they did a routine to the Looking Glass version of Brandy (You're A Fine Girl). IIRC she apparently forgot the 45 for one of the games. She called my Mom in desperation saying she needed the 45, "Brandy". My Mom asked me to find it and apparently we had both versions at the time on 45 because when I excitedly handed my sister the Scott English version and they listened to it they realized it was the wrong version. :eek: Ooops! I'm not trying to make anyone feel old but I was only about 10 years old at the time. Amazing how I can remember that story and probably most of the KB year end charts from the 70s but now I sometimes have a hard time remembering the reason I went from one office to another at work. :p
 
Silkie said:
Debaser said:
Speaking of "Brandy," KB played the original version of "Mandy" (then called "Brandy") but I can't remember who it was by...
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1971 Barry Manilow
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Well, I am pleased to know that I was mistaken. I'm not a Manilowfan, but he didn't have many stiffs.
 
Inspired by the WROO thread, I offer for your listening and dancing pleasure, complete with slap back echo and their own introduction, a bonafide stiff, Double Barrel from the Magnificent Dave and Ansel Collins. This is the kind of oddball song that ends up in a Quentin Tarantino or Martin Scorcese film soundtrack. Usually while somebody's getting shot or thrown off a 10 story building.
 
"Double Barrel" was a fun song because it was so out there. Way ahead of it's time. You could release it today, say it's new, and ... since nobody remembers the thing ... people would believe it.

I don't remember if Rochester radio played "Double Barrel" or not, but I think I remember hearing it on American Top 40 in the summer of '71 on the afore-mentioned WHFM, who ran the show Sunday nights at 6. Regarding that (AT40), did anyone but me notice that the stereo light dropped out during AT40 on WHFM? I always wondered why. Like you can't broadcast a two-track mono show over a stereo signal? Or, to them EVERYTHING had to be in stereo in those days? I meant to ask Mick about that, but never did. However, I asked Mick once about why they cancelled AT40 in October '71, and he said it was because "they wouldn't go stereo for us." WHFM at the time was one of the few FM stations to carry AT40 (apparently).
 


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