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And The Stiffs Just Keep On Comin'

JimPastrick said:
Here's one for a cold January morning, Frijid Pink, "House of the Rising Sun." This version sounds like Deep Purple meets Amboy Dukes.
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Hey! That's no stiff. It's arguably better than the Animals' version. And I like the Animals.
It sounded really good on Pt 15 AM this morning.......with just the right amount of reverb.
 
That's right! I needed Joel Whitburn to help me remember (probably the space in my brain currently taken by Alzo) but "Waiting For A Girl Like You" couldn't get past "Arthur's Theme", "Private Eyes" and "Physical".

Frijid Pink peaked at #7.

That makes five hits, so now to restore the space-time continuum, five more stiffs:

Agnetha Faltskog (Anna from ABBA): "Can't Shake Loose" ('83)
Sheena Easton: Devil In A Fast Car ('84, follow up to "Almost Over You")
Franke & The Knockouts: "Outrageous" ('84)
Bon Jovi: "She Don't Know Me" ('84, follow up to "Runaway")
Cliff Richard: "Give A Little Bit More" ('81, follow up to "A Little In Love")
 
Can't have this board without The Stiffs on page one. Anyway. listening to AT-40: the 80s this morning brought Paul McCartney with "So Bad". It was.
 
Just got back from a weekend bluegrass festival where I heard a tune that I loved in the 60's. Anyone remember "Mule Skinner Blues" by The Fendermen? ("...bring the buck-buck-bucket down - haw haw....")

Nick Seneca
 
Cousin Bartosz and his family from Guelph in town this weekend to visit with Uncle Oskie & Aunt Helen. We try to keep them contained to two or three neighborhood bars where they'll at least get a pass (instead of a beatin') if things get out of hand. Since they're from Canada and it's what they do whenever they visit, how about "Raise A Little Hell" from Trooper?
 
qman said:
Sweet City Woman by the Stampeders was hardly a stiff!
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But it sure as heck never made it into the "officially" sanctioned top 500 oldies.

I like it, too.
 
I couldn't let that one go..."Sweet City Woman" was a national #8 record...and a top 10 on 'KB. I still remember the pop-top: "Well I'm on my way...and I'm listening to...W...KBW..." It's probably posted on Rock Radio Scrapbook.

Ok I feel better now. I needed a good rewind and 1971's always a good era to go. Last week was rather intense here in Pittsburgh, go check our boards to see. Format changes...longtime co-workers let go, competitors firing key people, etc.

And now, anyone remember the Wombles? British, little furry things that cleaned up litter...big across the pond but stillborn here. Their song: "Wombling Summer Party" (Summer '74) I played it for three weeks at tiny WKBK in Keene, NH.

Stiffs come no stiffer.
 
Jeez-make me work, why don't you! Sweet City Woman was the only title I could remember (probably because we played it at KB), but I knew The Stampeders had a ton of hits in Canada that never made it south of the border. So if you want a bonafide U.S. stiff, take your pick: "Devil You", "Minstrel Gypsy", "Oh My Lady", "New Orleans", "Ramona", "Keep Me Running Wild", "Playin' In The Band", "Then Came The White Man", "Monday Morning Choo Choo", "Julia Get Up", "Me And My Stone", and "Johnny Lightning" .
 
Sorry Debaser, you and the rest of the KB-VIPs should've just done ordinary, forgettable radio...then it wouldn't have been so memorable. :)

And I'd probably have become an accountant, or used-car salesman or something.

I didn't know The Stampeders had so many hits north of the border. That's one of the great things about living around the lakes where you can hear both U.S. and Canadian radio.

Now here's another south-of-the-border stiff: "Lonesome Mary" by Chilliwack.
 
chas108 said:
Now here's another south-of-the-border stiff: "Lonesome Mary" by Chilliwack.
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Stiff maybe but I just had that LP out the other day and I think "Lonesome Mary" is a good song. It sold one LP at least... to me. Would be good enough to air instead of the 15th play of (select name from "The Burnouts Just Keep Coming" and insert).
 
"Jackie Blue" peaked at #3 in Billboard. Was gigantic here in Pittsburgh, and doubly cool since our local Top 40's 13Q and WPEZ-FM played the album version.

The only radio bummer back in those mid-70's Pittsburgh days is that picking up 'KB at night was all but impossible, a huge contrast to Brattleboro, VT, where it came in better than our local stations on a clear night. When I came back to Pgh to stay in '86...it didn't matter anymore since Jeff Kaye's "Predictable Unpredictability" KB was long gone.

ABBA - "Ring Ring" was a great song but a major stiff. And if great songs automatically equated to hit records, indeed Chilliwack's "Lonesome Mary" would've been a hit.
 


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