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Best Intro to Oldies Song

Re: Motown Sixties Intros

> Motown songs were produced to have a good intro. It is hard
> to come up with a mid-sixties Motown song that does not have
> a good intro. Think about that.
>
> I guess Stoned Love sucks, but it is seventies. Love Child
> comes to mind, and I have heard some great aircheck intros
> with that song.
>
> > "Heat Wave" by Martha and the Vandellas.
> >
>
The intro to "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes.
 
Re: Motown Sixties Intros

I thought about it, and the long version has a prologue. The single where there is no intro is an edit.

I was also thinking about how fabulous the intro to Love Child is. Think about that intro and the build it has up to the vocal.

> >
> > I guess Stoned Love sucks, but it is seventies. Love
> Child
> > comes to mind, and I have heard some great aircheck intros
>
> > with that song.
>
> By then Holland, Dozier & Holland had left Motown to form
> their own label.
>
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Two good picks, but...

what about Bus Stop and the Air that I Breathe?

> Long Cool Woman is good, very good, but Vehicle by Ides Of
> March is the best.
>
> Everything is perfect about it including the time it takes
> to vocal.
>
> I can't help but cook when I play it, even if I am at home.
> What an intro!
>
>
>
> > Since I'm not in the music industry, I'm not sure of the
> > correct term. However, what do you think is the best
> > intro--lead in--on an oldies song that DJ's talk(ed) over.
>
> >
> > My choice is the intro to "A Long Cool Woman (With a Black
>
> > Dress On) by the Hollies c. 1972.
> >
>
 
> My all time favorite top of the hour is Rock and Roll , Led Zep

I believe that the late Led Zep drummer John Bonham was quoted in an interview as saying that his opening solo drum riff on "Rock And Roll" was inspired by the drum opening of Little Richard's "Keep A Knockin'".
 
> > My all time favorite top of the hour is Rock and Roll ,
> Led Zep
>
> I believe that the late Led Zep drummer John Bonham was
> quoted in an interview as saying that his opening solo drum
> riff on "Rock And Roll" was inspired by the drum opening of
> Little Richard's "Keep A Knockin'".
>
One of my favorites was "Green Eyed Lady". It has so many posts you can hit. I remember when it was a current and we didn't have very good service from the record companies. We keep cueing it up to the next clean post once it got cue burned. So if you played it from the beginning there would be cue burns before each post. Boy, I bet we sounded big time!
 
> > "Heat Wave" by Martha and the Vandellas.
>
> "Nowhere To Run" by Martha and The Vandellas was another
> great intro, not necessarily to talk over, but to come out
> of an upbeat TOH ID or jingle.
>
> That intense drum snap at the start, right into the Funk
> Brothers pulsing rhythm led by James Jamerson's bass. Great
> stuff.
>

In college, I started 95% of my shows with the Drake TOH ID straight into "Going to a Go-Go" by the Miracles. Smokin'!

Other good intros:

"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"--Madeline Bell (more kickin' than the Motown version)

"1-2-3"

"Lickin' Stick"--George Torrance

"Soulful Strut"

"Little Things"--Bobby Goldsboro
 
Your College Station had Drake Jingles?

I knew some L.A. Radio people who went to College in San Luis Obispo, working at KCPR FM. They took the 'K-C-P', from KCPX Tuscon, and the 'R' from WOR, and made their own KCPR Drake package, really!


> In college, I started 95% of my shows with the Drake TOH ID
> straight into "Going to a Go-Go" by the Miracles. Smokin'!
 
Which version though?

> No one mentioned big ol' Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band so
> I will...

Funky Kicks, or Funky Sh#t goin' down in the City?

And Abracadabra was a great one to talk over, especially hitting just a Post!
 
Long Cool Woman is near the top of my list, but the all time best one to talk over is "Treat Her Right" by Roy Head. You can have a lot of fun with that one.
 
Re: Your College Station had Drake Jingles?

> I knew some L.A. Radio people who went to College in San
> Luis Obispo, working at KCPR FM. They took the 'K-C-P', from
> KCPX Tuscon, and the 'R' from WOR, and made their own KCPR
> Drake package, really!

W-X-J-X would have been hard: lots of "J"s from KHJ, but the WXLO Drake pacakge was very rare in a clear version.

I lifted the "rum-pum" TOH open from an undisclosed source. And did my best Drake imitation as imaging voice. It was pretty good, I guess.

When you have zero interest in the workings of the station from the rest of the staff, the manager tends to be thrown into imaging. That, and we had a budget of a buck-fitty.

> > In college, I started 95% of my shows with the Drake TOH
> ID
> > straight into "Going to a Go-Go" by the Miracles.
> Smokin'!
>
 
Interesting & Clever! I went one step beyond...

Used the "rum-Pum" or ba-pa-ba open, followed by the "tension Timpani", and had the late great Danny Dark saying "this is KCSN Northridge". After all, I am no Danny Dark :)


> > I knew some L.A. Radio people who went to College in San
> > Luis Obispo, working at KCPR FM. They took the 'K-C-P',
> from
> > KCPX Tuscon, and the 'R' from WOR, and made their own KCPR
>
> > Drake package, really!
>
> W-X-J-X would have been hard: lots of "J"s from KHJ, but the
> WXLO Drake pacakge was very rare in a clear version.
>
> I lifted the "rum-pum" TOH open from an undisclosed source.
> And did my best Drake imitation as imaging voice. It was
> pretty good, I guess.
>
> When you have zero interest in the workings of the station
> from the rest of the staff, the manager tends to be thrown
> into imaging. That, and we had a budget of a buck-fitty.
>
> > > In college, I started 95% of my shows with the Drake TOH
>
> > ID
> > > straight into "Going to a Go-Go" by the Miracles.
> > Smokin'!
> >
>
 
Re: Your College Station had Drake Jingles?

Nice but illegal. Good thing they did not get caught. I guess the lawyers were not listening way up (or down) in San Luis Obispo.


> I knew some L.A. Radio people who went to College in San
> Luis Obispo, working at KCPR FM. They took the 'K-C-P', from
> KCPX Tuscon, and the 'R' from WOR, and made their own KCPR
> Drake package, really!
>
>
> > In college, I started 95% of my shows with the Drake TOH
> ID
> > straight into "Going to a Go-Go" by the Miracles.
> Smokin'!
>
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Re: Your College Station had Drake Jingles?

At WKDU Philadelphia at Drexel, someone looped Listen To The Music by The Doobies into a nice jingle.


> > I knew some L.A. Radio people who went to College in San
> > Luis Obispo, working at KCPR FM. They took the 'K-C-P',
> from
> > KCPX Tuscon, and the 'R' from WOR, and made their own KCPR
>
> > Drake package, really!
>
> W-X-J-X would have been hard: lots of "J"s from KHJ, but the
> WXLO Drake pacakge was very rare in a clear version.
>
> I lifted the "rum-pum" TOH open from an undisclosed source.
> And did my best Drake imitation as imaging voice. It was
> pretty good, I guess.
>
> When you have zero interest in the workings of the station
> from the rest of the staff, the manager tends to be thrown
> into imaging. That, and we had a budget of a buck-fitty.
>
> > > In college, I started 95% of my shows with the Drake TOH
>
> > ID
> > > straight into "Going to a Go-Go" by the Miracles.
> > Smokin'!
> >
>
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Re:Long Intros

The intro that you can do the most talking over, with it not sounding drawn out is Theme From Shaft-Isaac Hayes. That intro gave Dan Ingram the rare opportunity to do long jokes while the intro was playing. I have airchecks of him doing a few different jokes while it is playing. Or it was a good intro to read a long weather report.

Longer intros were on Papa Was A Rolling Stone and What I'd Say, but talking all that time would not sound good or sound natural.

> > No one mentioned big ol' Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band
> so
> > I will...
>
> Funky Kicks, or Funky Sh#t goin' down in the City?
>
> And Abracadabra was a great one to talk over, especially
> hitting just a Post!
>
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Re: Which version though?

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Re: Which version though?

> > No one mentioned big ol' Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band
> so
> > I will...
>
> Funky Kicks, or Funky Sh#t goin' down in the City?
>

Funky kicks was the single, which was what most stations played. The album version had that minute+ psychedelic crap at the beginning. OK if you were on an AOR, but certainly not a "strong" intro.
 
Re: Which version though?

Yes, but that wasn't my pick. I nominated Abracadabra!

> > > No one mentioned big ol' Jet Airliner - Steve Miller
> Band
> > so
> > > I will...
> >
> > Funky Kicks, or Funky Sh#t goin' down in the City?
> >
>
> Funky kicks was the single, which was what most stations
> played. The album version had that minute+ psychedelic crap
> at the beginning. OK if you were on an AOR, but certainly
> not a "strong" intro.
>
 
> Since I'm not in the music industry, I'm not sure of the
> correct term. However, what do you think is the best
> intro--lead in--on an oldies song that DJ's talk(ed) over.
>
> My choice is the intro to "A Long Cool Woman (With a Black
> Dress On) by the Hollies c. 1972.
>
How about "Signs" - Five Man Electrical Band, "Nowhere To Run" - Martha & Vandellas and "Tears of a Clown" - Smokey. Three of my faves.
 
Re:Long Intros

I heard Lee Baby Simms talk up the entire intro on Richie Haven's Here Comes The Sun once on KRLA in Los Angeles.
 
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