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Hits That Never Get Played on Radio Any More

JimPastrick said:
Cripple Creek, The Shape I'm In or Time To Kill. Pick one. This flashback influenced by listening to the great WKBW jingle package and hearing a cut based on the intro to Cripple Creek which features the Jaw Harp.
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And interesting aside... Everybody thought that was a "Jew's harp, jaw harp, mouth harp, or Ozark harp, trump or juice harp", but it's not. Check this out:

The Band - The Making of "Up On Cripple Creek"
 
SirRoxalot said:
Let's face it, in Buffalo you could pick almost anything pre-1964 and put it on this list.
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I think that applies to many markets and although it is sad...for many of us posting, it's an era we can remember...isn't it just the natural progression of things?

Over time, as people age and music moves on, the music we grew up with transitions into the background and eventually off the stage of pop culture. Al Ham gave new life to pre-rock pop and post-rock MOR with his "Music Of Your Life" format, but that was largely a product of the 80's and to a lesser extent, the 90's. The first MOYL stations went on some 30 years ago. Do the math. Much of Al Ham's original target has aged out and died off.

In the 80's, oldies stations became stuck in the 60's...certainly nothing newer than 1972. I see this as due to three factors: 1) the quality of the music itself, 2) the baby boomers who identified with that music, 3) the research. And many reacted to fill the growing void between past and present with Classic Rock, Classic Hits and their variations. It helped us deny the inevitable march of time.

Only over the past decade has the oldies format gone back to being a reflection of the hits of a couple generations ago...i.e. the 70's and 80's now...I'd argue the new MOYL is "True Oldies", which will be the repository for pre-64 and 60's music until we too become too few to support it. However, one major difference I see moving forward...is because many teens today enjoy certain pockets of the harder 60's music (Doors/Zeppelin/Hendrix/Beatles et.al.) as surely as they have their current favorites...I don't see post-'64 music going completely away for quite some time.

Elvis would be 75 now...Chuck Berry 78. Springsteen turns 61 in September. Doo-wop is now on PBS specials...Spencer Davis was background music for TV spots with Dennis Hopper hawking investing for your retirement with Ameriprise. Time marches on and I for one am thankful to have arrived on this earth when I did.

Final thought (sorry to have gotten so ponderous): I heard the new Eminem/Rihanna duet yesterday. If Mr. Mathers is going to ever cross over to Hot AC, this will be the song to do it. Another boundary crossed. Another generation of songs rendered uncool for their current formats, and moving onto older formats. And another generation of hits not being played on radio anymore.
 
Speaking of "boundaries crossed", when was the last time that you heard "Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang on the radio. That song was EVERYWHERE in 1979, and arguably made hip hop safe for suburban white kids.
 
Good assessment...it certainly cleared the path that led to Aerosmith/Run DMC's "Walk This Way" and the Beastie Boys "Fight For Your Right To Party". Now Hip-Hop has so permeated pop culture that we now have Cowboy Troy and Colt Ford takin' it to country...which may sound ridiculous until you go back and really listen to the vocals on one of the most iconic country hits of the last decade: Big & Rich's "Save A Horse" (Ride A Cowboy).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt0_oPPK6eA

Sounds like John Rich is the only one actually singing here...Big Kenny Alphin's rappin' those lyrics.
 
Since you bring it up...Columbia/Nashville house producer Don Law fought Robbins tooth and nail over the song's 4:45 length. He got :25 taken out for single release but that's all. A milestone multi-format smash...btw three years later Law would tangle with Johnny Cash over the mariachi horns in "Ring Of Fire". Thankfully Cash's vision for the song was preserved.

Another Marty Robbins classic that would qualify for this thread is 1961's "Don't Worry", notable for a guitar amp that fried during recording, resulting in the first known instance of guitar distortion on a record. They liked how it sounded so that's how it stayed.
 
How about Buzz Clifford's Baby Sitting Boogie? Novelty record that hit the charts when I was in junior high school...or earlier. Which means that's before most of you were born. ::)
 
Debaser said:
How about Buzz Clifford's Baby Sitting Boogie? Novelty record that hit the charts when I was in junior high school...or earlier. Which means that's before most of you were born. ::)
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I was four. With a title like "Baby Sitting Boogie", how did anyone backsell that without cracking up?

Since we're back in the 60's...how's about Del Shannon - "Keep Searchin'" (We'll Follow The Sun)
 
Play Freebird said:
Maybe off-topic, as I do hear this one from time to time -- but for those of you who've wondered how 10cc's big 1975 hit was produced, check out this great video:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/13/the-making-of-10ccs.html

"I'm not in love - I'm in Rochester! (pause) FM 99!"
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That brings to mind the hit by former 10 CC members Godley and Creme (Kevin Godley and Lol Creme), released in 1985 - their only US chart appearance at #16: "Cry"
 
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