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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

If you thought the song "Run, Joey, Run" was one of the worst ever, here for your viewing pleasure might be the worst video ever of the same song...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYFKS3xxF3M
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What a video - so bad, it's good :) Yikes, "Daddy" looks like one of those Mississippi Klansmen on trial back in the 60s.

Sweet Cream Ladies is a great one. Like 8 Miles High/Byrds, censorship prevented it from being a big hit.

I haven't got time to read all 11 pages of this thread, but did anyone yet mention Master Jack, by 3 Jacks and a Jill? It's one of those 60s KB tunes that makes me think of Stan Roberts and Fred Klestine. I think this group was from New Zealand.

And for local flavor, KB used to play the Mellow Brick Road and Don't Lay All Your Eggs in One Basket.
and later as The Road: She's Not There(remake of the Zombies hit), Mr. Soul(remake of Buffalo Springfield/Neil Young song), The Grass is Greener and what I think was their standout song, Love is All. The latter deserved to be a national hit...great love ballad. Wish I could find it somewhere on the net.

KB(under PD Jeff Kaye, MD Don Berns) also played an early 70s tune by Weekend(formerly The Weekend Trip) that I think, IIRC, was called Everyday(or am I entirely wrong)?
 
You guys and ladies have really outdone yourselves in the last few days. I'm damn near terrified to put up songs now because the bar has been raised so high! What's a mother to do?!

Tonight's selections are intro songs, the kind any self-respecting jock should be able to talk up with ease, leading with the call letters and/or slogan, followed by liner, weather and/or PSA and nailing the vocal. Here's the first of Three From Radknowski.

"One Man Band" by Three Dog Night, arguably one of the best and unappreciated bands of the later 60s-early 70s. Not only that, Cory Wells is a Buffalo native. I heard Don "Berns With An E" talking this up to the vocal back in the day when I was drinking most of my take home pay at Dirty Dick's Bathhouse after delivering pizzas on Hertel Avenue in my 1966 VW beetle (which never had any heat or defroster when you needed it, but the radio was deluxe) when Berns did a Saturday night show on KB back in the day. Sorry about the compound sentence. Blame it on the Pabst, 3.89 a six at Skinny Lenny's Deli.

ABC's "The Look of Love" (BTW, I look like the guy eating the spaghetti) has that dynamic piano and swirling saxaphone intro that recalls the Wall of Sound imaging of Phil Spector (Dusty Springfield's altogether different song is also great, even though Sergio Mendez and Brazil '66, '77, '88 and/or '99 ((nice skirts)) had the hit.)

The third of three tonight is Leo Sayer's witty romp, "Long Tall Glasses (You know I Can Dance)". The first part of the video will give you an image (for better or worse) of wacky Aunts Helen and Sophie getting their groove on with partner in crime and bingo terrorist, Zelda Nadzachyk (Nah-jah'-chick) minus a Virginia Slim with a one inch ash burn precariously dangling from the side of her mouth.
 
First of all.....a tip of the hat to Bill Myers and yugoidar.....

Don't Say You Don't Remember is an all-time favorite of mine....and Ms. Bremers' follow-up (which I was just too lazy to look up the name of, but liked anyways) was even a bigger stiff, making her a real "one hit wonder". I once googled her, and wound up on her website. Attractive lady of many talents- voice teacher, motivational speaker, actress, and rocket scientist (OK, kidding on that one!).

In the same vein as Butter Boy- how about Telephone Man by Merilee Wilson, the original Rhapsody In The Rain by Lou Christie (and his later Lightening Strikes), either of the Annie songs by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (racy even now...but this was 1954!), and last but not least, Sixty Minute Man by Billy Ward and the Dominos (believe it or not, that was from 1951- and the group launched the careers of Clyde McPhatter of the Platters and Jackie Wilson).
 
cee said:
KB(under PD Jeff Kaye, MD Don Berns) also played an early 70s tune by Weekend(formerly The Weekend Trip) that I think, IIRC, was called Everyday(or am I entirely wrong)?
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Weekend's (nee Weekend Trip) "Every Day" was a hit on KB, as was the follow-up "Together" which was voted by KB listeners as their favourite song of all time in one of our holiday weekend promotions. We also played "Coming Home (To Mrs. Jones' Garden)" by the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductees.

All three songs are contained on their LP/CD "At Last," which you can find in select music shops...if there are any left. You can find out more at www.weekendtheband.com

This is a great thread, btw. I love some of the great memories it's bringing back. Now if there were only some station playing these tunes...somewhere...

berns with an "e"
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Debaser said:
This is a great thread, btw. I love some of the great memories it's bringing back. Now if there were only some station playing these tunes...somewhere...
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It would have a point three share because the masses, as every good consultant will tell you, want to hear the top 237 best-testing hits. Over. And over. And over. And over. Wash, rinse, repeat.
 
Need a Little Help Here

Can someone tell me how to quantify "great memories" so I can fit it into my Selector criteria?
 
While walking through a strip mall today I heard a great Joni Mitchell song, "Help Me." Over the weekend, in a bar-restaurant, we heard a song that jumped out at us, "Beg, Borrow and Steal" by the Ohio Express. Totally forgot that song for years. It sounded like a speeded up version of "Louie, Louie."
 
I can't stop coming back to this topic...it's so much fun (unlike the cookie-cutter radio of today).

Submitted for your approval (thanks, Rod Serling):

Cinnamon (Derek) Four out of five dentists don't recommend this song due to high sugar
content! My little sister played it on her Kenner Close-n-Play

I Ain't Got Time Anymore (The Glass Bottle) Had to be around 1970-71. I was surprised to
hear it on WGR at the time. Wasn't exactly a 'GR listener then, but I had my clock radio
tuned to a west coast Sabres game, and when I woke up the next morning, this song was
playing. I always associated WGR with stuffy music and NBC Monitor newscasts. Thanks
to the Sabres, I learned there was more than just KB and WYSL.

As The Years Go By (Mashmakhan) I looked for it at Cavages under the name Mash McCann.
Hey, the DJ's never said how it was spelled!

Thirsty Ears (Powder Blues Band) Some Can-Con for the 'nucks out there. Jim Brady and
George Hamberger played it all the time on CFTR in the early 80's
 
Cinnamon is a good one-I'd totally forgotten about it. :-\

Here's a couple from my youth: Sagittarius: "My World Fell Down" and "Another Time."
Bill Medley-"Peace Brother Peace" (Shane's theme song?)
Tommy Roe-"It's Now Winter's Day"
and for my (now) fellow Canucks, Klaatu: "Calling Occupants". There is a 2 disc Klaatu retrospective out, btw. They had some other really great tunes that we never heard south of the border.
 
Ahhh, Klaatu. Accompanied by urban-legend perpetration among certain record-rep geeks that the group was actually the reconstituted Beatles. A fun rumour which had about a 24-hour life span back in '75 or '76, IIRC.

Which label was Klaatu on? Was it Capitol? If so, we know who to blame. (Or credit, as you prefer.)
 
Klaatu. That's it. This thread has officially gone in the dumper. Klaatu. Feh! (Shaking head like Uncle Oskie after Aunt Helen comes home from the Super Flea.)
 
Does anyone remember a song that was modeled after Ricky Nelson's Garden Party?

Instead of rock 'n' roll artists it had country artists in the lyrics.
For ex: Instead of .....
Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped Johnny B. Goode
it was Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped Johnny Cash.....

I think it was called Country Gardens but I'm not sure.....

That's all I remember from it......

How 'bout 'That's Where I Went Wrong' the Poppy Family.....
or Spooky by the Atlantic Rhythm Section...
or what's the name of that song by the Ones? Drawing a blank on the title...
Somethin' like...If You Don't Want My Love'..?



Bill
 
We're approaching the length and breadth of the WECQ thread of a few months back...

Willie the Pimp by Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa - the 9+ minutes of this gem is plenty of time for a pee, poop or smoke.

Is there any record (no pun intended) of this ever playing on AM?
 
JohnW said:
Willie the Pimp by Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa - the 9+ minutes of this gem is plenty of time for a pee, poop or smoke.
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How about Keep on Chooglin' by CCR. That's long enough to pee, poop, smoke a couple stogies and then get somethin' to eat. (Not necessarily in that order).
 
yugoidar said:
Bill, wasn't the Ones' song "Baby I'm For Real"?
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The Ones did a magnificent song called "You Haven't Seen My Love" Motown #M-1117A. An awesome song way ahead of its time. Listen. The lead singer was 17! What a voice. What range! Had American Idol been around in those days, this guy would have been a national star.
 


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