Best Intro to Oldies Song

[JohnnyMorganWXJX]

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.

Depends on how fast you talk. I would routinely do a night forecast, a two day out, air quality, and current temps for 3 cities all over the intro to "Heat Wave"--and that's starting 2 secs. into the intro (24 secs. total).

 

[oldiesfan]

Re: Your College Station had Drake Jingles?

> They took the 'K-C-P', from KCPX Tuscon...

Did you mean KCPX Salt Lake City?

 

[miamimadman]

Yes

> > They took the 'K-C-P', from KCPX Tuscon...
>
> Did you mean KCPX Salt Lake City?

My Mind is going!

 

[miamimadman]

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.

Hey if anybody could do it, Lee Baby could. Just listened to his KCBQ Aircheck, incredible. I wish I was hip to Lee at KRLA back at the Huntington Sheraton in Pasadena. I worked for KRLA just a couple of Years later. Will the person who stole one of my KRLA Speakers at the L. A. County Fair please return it. The L.A. County Sheriff Department (Pomona Division) wants to speak with you!

 

[peppertree]

Re:Long Intros

Knowing Lee Baby Simms, I am not surprised. He probably did Papa Was A Rolling Stone as well.

> 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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[peppertree]

Re:Long Intros

I worked at WMYQ (off the air) a few months before Lee came to town. I have airchecks of him giving various aspects of his trip in from LA including which town had the best breakfast buscuit along the way. This guy is some personality. I have heard airchecks of him at (sister station) KCBQ and he was much more uptempo and less laid back than at WMYQ.



> > I heard Lee Baby Simms talk up the entire intro on Richie
> > Haven's Here Comes The Sun once on KRLA in Los Angeles.
>
> Hey if anybody could do it, Lee Baby could. Just listened to
> his KCBQ Aircheck, incredible. I wish I was hip to Lee at
> KRLA back at the Huntington Sheraton in Pasadena. I worked
> for KRLA just a couple of Years later. Will the person who
> stole one of my KRLA Speakers at the L. A. County Fair
> please return it. The L.A. County Sheriff Department (Pomona
> Division) wants to speak with you!
>
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[ColonelStJames]

>
> 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!
>

Yes indeed! Hooks are the key. It really doesn't matter how long the intro is (I talked up T.S.O.P by MFSB once on a dare), but the hooks make the talk-up work. Some of my personal faves:

"Gimme Some Lovin'" - Spencer Davis (Talk to the keyboard break; talk to the "Hey!" break; talk to the vocal)
"Go All The Way" - Raspberries (Don't pot this down, really scream it up!)
"Don't Wanna Live Without It" - Pablo Cruise (Hook City!!)
"Uptight" - Stevie Wonder
"25 Miles" - Edwin Starr (Cook along with Edwin til he starts actually singing)
"It Only Takes A Minute" - Tavares (You can actually have a conversation with the lead singer during the talk-up)
"Rubberband Man" - Spinners


Just a few that come to mind. There have been some other really great ones posted here.

Aloha,

Colonel St. James

 

[peppertree]

Dan Ingram sometimes had conversations with songs. One that comes to mind is Kiss And Say Goodbye-Manhattans.

Also more than one Barry White intro had Dan in conversation with him.


> "It Only Takes A Minute" - Tavares (You can actually have a
> conversation with the lead singer during the talk-up)
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[Steppenwolf]

My choices are "Right Time, Wrong Place" by Dr. John in 1973 and "Do You Know What I Mean" by Lee Michaels, circa 1971.

> 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.
>

 

[DougD]

SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES by the JAYNETTS had a great long intro.

As did

JOHNNY GET ANGRY by JOANIE SOMMERS.

DO YOU WANNA DANCE by BOBBY FREEMAN.

(NOW AND THEN THERE'S A) FOOL SUCH AS I - Elvis.

REBEL ROUSE- DUANE EDDY.

WALK DON"T RUN- VENTURES. One of the best rockin' instrumentals of all time.

GREEN ONIONS- Booker T. Dittos.

Those had great long opens. SUch great songs.

 

[WGHRADIO]

    Well here is my lists:Fun,Fun,Fun-B.Boys
                              Califorina Girls-B.Boys
                              Walk of Life-Dire Straits
                              It Keeps You Running-Doobie Bros.
                              Crocodile Rock-Elton J.
                              Signs-Five Man Electrical Band
                              Loving,Touching,Feeling-Journey
                              Nightshift-Commodores
                              Sprit In The Sky-Norman Greenbaum
                              HonkyTonk Women-Stones
                              Someday We'll Be Together Again-Supremes
                              Sweet Emotions-Aerosmith

 

[tjthedj]

Shocking Blue - VENUS

YA HOO!

The statute of limitations must be over for a 1968 crime, right?

In 1968 I edited Pepper-Tanner "The Now Sound" demo for our (St. Joseph's) college station, WOWI.

Sure it was illegal, but it sounded GROOVY! Everybody used it.

About 15 years later, when I owned 4 stations, I told that to Tanner's rep, Gary Seiy and he laughed.

 

[CrankyYankee]

Talking up a cold start!

Playing "Polk Sald Annie" before 4 o'clock or during the 4 o'clock hour gave you the opportunity to use the cold start of Tony Joe White's song while giving a time check.

"Seventy-Seven, WABC, where it's ten before..." (Song start) FOUR!!

 

[DougD]

SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES by the JAYNETTS had a great long intro.

As did

JOHNNY GET ANGRY by JOANIE SOMMERS.

DO YOU WANNA DANCE by BOBBY FREEMAN.

(NOW AND THEN THERE'S A) FOOL SUCH AS I - Elvis.

REBEL ROUSE- DUANE EDDY.

WALK DON"T RUN- VENTURES. One of the best rockin' instrumentals of all time.

GREEN ONIONS- Booker T. Dittos.

Those had great long opens. SUch great songs.

The 70s had a lot of great songs with long openings.
Among them
-CHICAGO'S GREATEST HITS
-Beginings
-Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is
-25 or 6 To 4
-Color My World
-Saturday In The Park
-Feeling Stronger Every Day
-Old Days THE UTLIMATE OLDIES SONG
-Baby What A Big Surprise
-Call On Me
-Searchin' So Long
-Wishing You Were Here

BUT.... probably the title holder to this is
WHAT I'D SAY- Ray Charles.

Others...

OUR DAY WILL COME- Ruby & Romantics
SINCE I DON"T HAVE YOU- Skyliners
CALIFORNIA GIRLS- Beach Boys
WALK LIKE A MAN - Four Seasons. One of their great rockers.
ATLANTIS- Donovan THIS ONE"S SUPER LONG...

 

[amfmsw]

Night Fever Bee Gees

Cool Jerk Capitols

SOS Edwin Starr

What's Going On The Mayor Of Motown

Since I Don't Have You OR This I Swear Skyliners

 

[CTListener]

SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES by the JAYNETTS had a great long intro.

As did

JOHNNY GET ANGRY by JOANIE SOMMERS.

DO YOU WANNA DANCE by BOBBY FREEMAN.

(NOW AND THEN THERE'S A) FOOL SUCH AS I - Elvis.

REBEL ROUSE- DUANE EDDY.

WALK DON"T RUN- VENTURES. One of the best rockin' instrumentals of all time.

GREEN ONIONS- Booker T. Dittos.

Those had great long opens. SUch great songs.

The 70s had a lot of great songs with long openings.
Among them
-CHICAGO'S GREATEST HITS
-Beginings
-Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is
-25 or 6 To 4
-Color My World
-Saturday In The Park
-Feeling Stronger Every Day
-Old Days THE UTLIMATE OLDIES SONG
-Baby What A Big Surprise
-Call On Me
-Searchin' So Long
-Wishing You Were Here

I'd take a punchy intro like the one to Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds' "Don't Pull Your Love" over all of those except for "Old Days."

 

[Oldbones]

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!

There's a spot in either the intro or the bridge that sounds like cue burn...must be intentional as it's there even on CD copies of the song.

 

[cadillacjack]

Speaking of Love Child, after we moved to Farmingdale I discussed the old studios at B103: "When I think of our old studio two words come to mind..."Tenement Slum"


CJ

 

[radiofriend1]

but its alright-jj jackson

what'cha see is what'cha get-dramatics

grazin in the grass-friends of distinction

 

[DougD]

My choice is the intro to "A Long Cool Woman (With a Black Dress On) by the Hollies c. 1972.

A great song for sure (a CCR soundalike) but man did that tune get old in the late 90s when oldies radio ruined it by playing it like every other hour. Kind of like what PDs did with MONY MONY and MY GIRL.

It gets very old after awhile just selling vanilla ice cream.