Fantastic Oldies Game!

[barnaby_wilde]

Speaking of Brothers, the Walker Brothers had a soulful hit, "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore." Neither they nor the Righteous Brothers were actually brothers. Not sure if any of them were actually righteous either.

 

[amfmsw]

Another Brothers' group was the Statler Brothers...my fav...Counting Flowers On The Wall

 

[AlexBrowne]

Sam Cooke recorded four singles that reached #1 on the R&B chart: "You Send Me," "I'll Come Running Back To You," "Twistin' The Night Away," and "Another Saturday Night."

 

[barnaby_wilde]

Back in 1959, George Jones crossed over (barely) with "Who Shot Sam."

 

[Mayberry]

Detroit City by Bobby Barely - just kidding...Tom JONES version of the James Bond movie theme Thunderball, is never heard on the air.

 

[AlexBrowne]

One of the most surprising things about James Brown's career is that none of his recordings ever hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; "I Got You (I Feel Good)" got the closest, peaking at #3 in late 1965.

 

[Mayberry]

1965 was full of good music: I Got You Babe, Back in My Arms Again, all the Beatles stuff, and of course, Cara Mia from Jay and The Americans.

 

[AlexBrowne]

In 1967, R&B singer Arthur Conley defined good music as "Sweet Soul Music," a song originally written by Sam Cooke and rewritten by Conley and Otis Redding that turned the "spotlight" on Lou Rawls, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis himself, and finally James Brown ("he's the king of them all, y'all").

 

[barnaby_wilde]

Which reminds me of the 1966 Wilson Pickett song, "634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)," which is only one digit different than the 1962 song by The Marvelettes "Beechwood 4-5789." The latter would be 234-5789. Of course, Tommy Tutone said Jenny was at 867-5309.

 

[Mayberry]

And in Macon, Ga, Little Richard begged JENNY JENNY to come along with him back in the 50's. Although he more or less claims to have invented rock and roll, he IS quite a talent.

 

[Anyacat]

Little Richard may have claimed to invent rock n roll, but John Lennon said that if rock had another name, it would be Chuck Berry; and I tend to agree.

 

[Those RRRRs]

I don't think Chuck Berry ever had a record about Jenny, but I do know that he had a forgotten gem called Jo Jo Gunne.

 

[hammondo]

(except wgn - which I listen to for more than an hour a day from here 150 miles away) I do know, MUSIC radio has not appealed to my standards/oldies taste for a few years. I don't miss it at all.

While in my car today, my I-pod (with 10,000 songs) played "Take 5" by Dave Brubeck (and I couldn't get enough - so I played it about 20 times). WOW I love 5/4 time.

Brubeck also recorded a GREAT Gospel song; Sing of the Lord's Goodness. Though Brubeck was Catholic, the song appears in hymnals of many Faiths.

 

[Mayberry]

Percy FAITH'S hit of Theme From A Summer Place is a classic summertime song.

 

[hammondo]

Percy Faith also hit it big with Delicado and Theme for Young Lovers.

His music, along with Mantovani and Andre Kostelanetz was a staple of beautiful music stations, who were usually tops in their markets in the 60's and 70's.

 

[AlexBrowne]

In 1968, the Young Rascals changed their name to, simply, The Rascals, and their first hit as The Rascals was "A Beautiful Morning."

 

[hammondo]

On a lazy song writing day, Gordon Lightfoot simply called his song by a one word title, Beautiful.

 

[amfmsw]

Gordon Lightfoot wrote for others, including Peter, Paul and Mary a decade before he recorded his own hits. Part of his success was the CBC mandate of Canadian talent content in broadcasting. That introduced CKLW listeners in the States to Anne Murray, Guess Who/BTO and many others.

 

[Anyacat]

Peter, Paul and Mary continue to tour, regardless of who ends up in jail or who has a serious illness. Do they enjoy touring in their dotage or do they need the money?

 

[AlexBrowne]

We learned from the Fab Four that they don't care much for money because money "Can't Buy Me Love"; the song was included in the album and movie A Hard Day's Night.