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DECEMBER 2023
FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show Monday Night Trivia, next week. A
couple stragglers are waiting for you! Last night we continued to take your true confessions, a very
brave move for those of you wiling to admit you actually liked some of the world's worst hits. We'll
continue to do that through the holidays, with the big reveal of the top 10 choices on Christmas
night. (Yes, we'll be live on Christmas night for those of you looking for a save harbor during holiday
time.) As for last night's bumpers:
Gene McDaniels – A Hundred Pounds Of Clay – 1961 Liberty
Little Eva – The Trouble With Boys – 1963 Dimension
Bette Midler – You’re Moving Out – 1977 Atlantic
Impressions – Gift Of Love – 1958 Abner
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – The Love I Lost – 1973 Philadelphia International
Miracles – My Baby Changes Like The Weather – 1965 Tamla [LP Cut: Goin to a Go Go]
Luther Ingram – To The Other Man – 1970 Koko
Orioles – Crying In The Chapel – 1953 Jubilee
Corsairs – Smoky Places – 1961 Tuff
Don Covay – Mercy, Mercy – 1964 Rosemart
NOVEMBER 2023
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10 and the true confessions
keep on coming. Admit to the songs you truly love that you’re mortified to think other people might
have a clue you even like them. Guilty Pleasures is a cumulative poll (like the World’s Worst Hit
Records), so if you hear someone else go for another one of your hidden favorites, fess up! We
had a fine time doing that last night, and managed to get a few bumpers (some by request) in as
well:
Brian Hyland – 3000 Miles – 1966 Phillips
Porter Wagoner – Carroll County Accident – 1968 RCA
Spinners – How Could I Let You Get Away – 1972 Atlantic
4 Deuces - W-P-L-J - 1955 Music City
Playmates – The Day I Died – 1958 Roulette
Bill LaBounty – This Night Won’t Last Forever – 1978 Warner Brothers
BB King -The Thrill Is Gone – 1969 Bluesway
Tymes – One Little Kiss – 1963 Parkway [LP Cut: So Much In Love]
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10 CT. Please join
me and admit it—the song you actually love but are embarrassed about it. Maybe it’s one that’s
made the World’s Worst Hit Records, or maybe it’s something no one has mentioned. Second the
songs nominated that you love, and add new titles to the list. We’ll cover other things as well, as we
did last night when I finally finished talking about the recent Coopercon-- the mystery of D.B.
Cooper lives on. As for last night’s bumpers:
Lavern Baker – Tweedle Dee – 1954 Atlantic
Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite – 1957 Brunswick
Roberta Sherwood – Take Your Shoes Off, Baby – 1956 Decca [LP Cut: Introducing]
Bruce Channel – Hey Baby – 1962 Smash
Bobby Vee – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes – 1962 Liberty
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll start an hour late tonight- 11 PM Central, but
we’ll have two hours to take your votes on Guilty Pleasures (I’ll explain again, if you have no idea of
what I speak). We’ll cover other ground too, no doubt. Last night was an extremely abbreviated
version of Monday Night Trivia and no one got the two stragglers, but Tommy knew the Bumper
Stumper – Jean Knight – Doggin’ Around – 1965 Jetstream. As for those stragglers, due to the
micro show last night, it’s only fair to hold them over for next Monday when we’ll have a full three
hours.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show, a very short one Monday night at
12:30 AM CT... Tuesday, we’ll start at 11PM CT, and Wednesday and Thursday we’ll have full
shows starting at 10 PM CT. Tonight, it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia. We’ve got two
stragglers in play, and if you don’t know what they are, you might want to check it out.
Last night, Thanksgiving, was the big reveal of the tally of this year’s list of The World’s Worst Hit
Records, as voted on by you, WGN listeners. We opened the polls on Halloween (a night of
horrors) and closed them Wednesday night just before Thanksgiving, (a night of turkeys). While you
were eating yours, I was playing mine-- well, actually playing yours, as I didn’t get to vote.
This year we had over 500 individual titles nominated, and a clear cut Top 10. After that, there was
an 11 way time for #11, followed by a 15 tie. All are listed below. While I continue to get older, you
(collectively) are getting younger. The average year of the hits on this year’s Top 10 is 1976, and
votes for pre-Beatles songs were few and far between. Here’s the winners' list:
10. All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey – 1994
9. You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone – 1977
8. Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot – 1976
7. Brand New Key – Melanie - 1971
6. Hey Jude – Beatles - 1968
5. Run Joey Run – David Geddes – 1975
4. Rhapsody In The Rain – Lou Christie - 1966
3. Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus - 1992
2. Once You Understand – Think - 1971
1. Havin’ My Baby – Paul Anka – 1974
Eleven Near Misses:
Blue Swede – Hooked On A Feeling
Brian Hyland – Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Captain & Tennille – Muskrat Love
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Neil Diamond – I Am I Said
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
Ohio Express – Yummy Yummy Yummy
Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is
Richard Harris – Mac Arthur Park
Tiny Tim – Tiptoe Through The Tulips
Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird
Fifteen Dishonorable Mentions:
B.J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Benny Mardones – Into The Night
Bobby Goldsboro – Honey
Elmo & Patsy – Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Elton John – Bennie and The Jets
Iron Butterfly – Inna Gadda Da Vida
Jack Jones – Wives & Lovers
Mac & Katie Kissoon – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Mike Douglas – The Men In My Little Girl’s Life
Minnie Riperton – Lovin’ You
Mouth & MacNeal – How Do You Do
Poppy Family – Which Way You Goin’ Billy
Rick Dees – Disco Duck
Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun
Tom Jones – What’s New Pussycat
The 2023 Guilty Pleasures poll is now open, and will remain so through Christmas eve. We’ll play
back the top ten live on Christmas night. You can confess to loving any song that you’re
embarrassed to publicly admit without worry as no one will know who you really are. That’s unlike
me, as everyone listening knows who I am, so I’ll go first. I love Alice In Wonderland by Neil Sedaka
(1963). Your turn. You can admit to as many songs as you want, but remember for any individual
song, you can only vote once. (Like the World’s Worst Hit Records, it’s a cumulative poll so if
someone else confesses to loving something you also love, call in and vote for it. And also like the
World’s Worst Hit Records, the songs you nominate have to be hits—any genre, any decade.)
And finally, the 2023 session of The Rollye James’ I Hate The Holidays Club has begun.
Meetings are held weeknights 10 to 1 (unless I’m preempted by sports). So if it’s Ho Ho Hum to
you, I’ve got a safe haven you’ll love.
THURSDAY THANKSGIVING 3:31 AM CT... Tonight’s the night. The big reveal of your votes in this
year’s World’s Worst Hit Records poll. You nominated over 500 individual songs, and coming up
with a top ten was hard until last night when your votes broke two ties. You’ll hear them, along with
almost a dozen near misses (and this is a list artists would like to miss) and a fifteen way tie for
dishonorable mention.
And tonight is the official opening of The Rollye James’ I Hate The Holidays Club. Truth be
known, I don’t have a feeling for them one way or another, but for many people this is a downright
dreadful time of year, and the worst part is the things on which they’ve come to rely are often
missing. That’s why anytime a major holiday falls during my regularly scheduled air shift, I never
take the night off. Unless I am suddenly completely unable to speak, count on me being here
Christmas night and New Year’s Night (unless WGN preempts me, which I don’t expect they will).
So tonight, while you’re eating turkey, I’ll be playing them— tabulated solely with your votes. (This
year is interesting—I agree with all your choices—but left to my own tastes, all of them would be
way, way down on my list, trumped by most anything played on sappy adult contemporary stations--
Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, and thousands of their ilk. It’s not that I don’t like their voices. It’s
their hives-inducing choice of what to sing that gets me every time. But this is your list, with nary a
mention of those atrocities—though a good amount of them rated at least a vote.)
As for bumpers last night (as you can guess, some were requests, and a few were worst votes)...
The Deele – Shoot ‘Em Up Movies – 1988 Solar (featuring Babyface)
Dells – It’s Not Unusual – 1965 Cadet
Earls – Cross My Heart – 1961 Rome
Felix Figueroa – Pico and Sepulveda – 1946 Ambassador
Dave Bartholomew – My Ding-A-Ling – 1951 King
Sheppards – Elevator Operator – 1962 Abner
Spaniels – Stormy Weather – 1958 Vee-Jay
James Brown Polka (no information on it)
Jerry Butler – Chi Town – 1962 Vee-Jay
Miracles – I Need A Change – 1960 Chess
T.G. Sheppard – War Is Hell (On The Homefront Too) – 1982 WB
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight and this is it, the final votes
in the World’s Worst Hit Records 2023 Edition will be taken. Polls close as soon as the show is
over, and then I tabulate, ready to return on Thanksgiving to play turkeys while you’re eating yours.
As for the bumpers, mostly your requests, and one or two turkey nominees:
Darrow Fletcher – The Pain Gets A Little Deeper – 1965 The Groovy Label
Street People – All Night Long – 1968 Musicor
Rupert Holmes – Soap Opera – 1974 Epic [LP Cut: Widescreen]
Buddy Miles – Them Changes – 1970 Mercury
Delfonics – La La Means I Love You – 1968 Philly Groove
Moose Jackson – Big Ten Inch – 1952 King
Swallows – It Ain’t The Meat, It’s The Motion – 1951 King
Hayley Mills – Let’s Get Together – 1961 Vista
JD Cash – My Dancin’ Shoes – 1984 SouthStar
Eddie Jefferson – Benny’s From Heaven – 1977 [LP Cut: The Main Man]
Guy Marks – Loving You Has Made Me Bananas – 1968 ABC
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Last two nights to get your
votes in for The World’s Worst Hit Records 2023 edition. We got an answer to the strangler last
night on Monday Night Trivia:
The first time a woman filled this role was in 1896. She was allowed to do the work as long as it
didn’t interrupt her secretarial duties. What was she doing? Movie directing. [Alice Guy was the
first female film director with the release of La fee aux choux (The Cabbage Fairy) in 1896, which
she also wrote. By the time she retired, she had directed over 800 films, and was the first to use
the close-up shot. Under 20% of movie directors were women in recent past years, currently it’s
closer to 15%, and until the past decade it was around 5%]
You aced the next question in record time: This happens more often in New Mexico than any other
state. What? UFO sightings (#2 is Wisconsin and given the number of bars there, that’s not
surprising) [Madison Capitol Times]
That leaves us with not one, but two stragglers (because I can’t keep a thought hostage and forgot I
gave you a question, when I gave you another one). It’ll be a very abbreviated show next Monday
(about a half hour from 12:30 to 1) but I’ll take your answers if you’ve got any. And if you missed the
questions, you can hear the replay this Friday night from 10 to 1.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, all are songs that Scotty requested. My fondest hope is that WGN’s
signal makes it to the hereafter for him to enjoy. Here’s what I played:
Arthur Prysock – I Worry ‘Bout You – 1966 Verve
Cashmeres – Satisfied – 1960 Lake
Channels – The Gleam in Your Eyes – 1956 Whirlin Disc
Chantels – Whoever You Are – 1958 End
Daylighters – Cool Breeze – 1962 Tip Top
Dee Clark – Gloria – 1957 Falcon
Dells – Jeepers Creepers – 1958 Vee-Jay
El Dorados – My Lovin Baby – 1954 Vee-Jay
Falcons – My Only Love – 1957 Falcon
Goldenrods – Color Cartoons – 1958 Vee-Jay
Isley Brothers – For The Love Of You – 1975 T-Neck
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show, Monday Night Trivia starting at 10
CT. (Tonight is a replay of last Monday night’s show, please don’t call—but do call on Monday!)
Voting continues through Wednesday November 22nd on the World’s Worst Hit Records, 2023
Edition. That’s what we did last night. And here’s what we played:
Cadillacs – Speedo – 1955 Josie
Gene Pitney – Every Breath I Take – 1961 Musicor
Halos – Nag – 1961 – 7 Arts
Wilbert Harrison – Let’s Stick Together – 1962 Fury - for Brian in Joliet
Wilbert Harrison – Let’s Work Together – 1969 Sue – for Brian in Joliet
El Dorados – A Fallen Tear – 1956 Vee-Jay
Donald Woods & The Vel-Airs – Death of an Angel – 1955 Flip
Jimmy Cross – I Want My Baby Back – 1965 Tollie
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Late start tonight. Check in at 11 Central and I
should be here, right after the Blackhawks. We’re into the final week of voting on The World’s
Worst Hit Records 2023 Edition, so keep those calls coming. Remember, it’s a cumulative total,
so even if you’re most hated song has already been nominated, call in and second it. As long as it’s
a hit—any decade, any genre—it qualifies. We had a good time talking with Steve Propes last
night, and we squeezed in some good (and awful) bumpers too:
Rosie & The Originals – Angel Baby – 1961 Highland
Platters – Maggie Doesn’t Work Here Anymore – 1954 Federal
Johnny Knight – Rock And Roll Guitar – 1968 Morocco
Harptones – Shrine of St. Cecilia – 1957 Rama
Little Eva – Let’s Turkey Trot – 1963 Dimension
John Anderson – Tokyo Oklahoma – 1985 Warner Brothers
Jaggerz – The Rapper – 1970 Kama Sutra
Four Seasons – Big Girls Don’t Cry – 1962 VeeJay
Cadillacs – The Girl I Love – 1956 Josie
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Joining us in the first
hour is Steve Propes! Check out his Facebook page here. Order his latest book, “Those Old
School Records” here. And tune it at 10 to see what else he’s written, not to mention his additions
to the World’s Worst Hit Records. He’ll take you calls too. So if there’s anything about early R&B,
doo wop, soul, or Low Rider oldies, that keeps you up at night, ask Steve and he’ll tell all. As for
last night’s bumpers, Think was courtesy of your World’s Worst Hit Records votes:
Contours – That Day When She Needed Me – 1964 Gordy
Contours – First I Look At The Purse – 1965 Gordy
Leon Russell – Delta Lady – 1970 A&M
Think – Once You Understand (updated version, awful)
Think – Once You Understand – 1971 Laurie (almost as awful)
Baby Washington – Just Can’t Get You Out of My Mind – 1973 Master Five
Platters – Voo Vee Ah Be – 1954 Federal
Channels – The Girl Next Door – 1959 Fire
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10 and voting continues on the
World’s Worst Hit Records 2023 Edition. Last night, full lines for Monday Night Trivia. You
eventually knocked off my first question: Back in days of landline telephones, 25% of service
interruptions were caused by this. What? Rats gnawing through the cables (Robert Sullivan “Rats”
2005), but my follow up question remains unanswered and thus becomes next week’s question.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, all of them were done by artists from New Jersey. I’ve listed their
home cities in parentheses, but for The Escorts, Rahway is where they were in prison. They all
came from various parts of Jersey and formed behind bars:
Lenny Welch – Eyewitness News – 1974 Mainstream (Asbury Park)
Patti & The Emblems – I’m Gonna Love You A Long Time – 1968 Kapp (Camden)
Escorts – I’ll Be Sweeter Tomorrow – 1973 Alithea (Rahway)
Lovettes – I Need A Guy – 1967 Carnival (Jersey City)
Crystal Mansion – Talk To Me – 1979 20th Century (Mount Laurel)
Ad Libs – Giving Up – 1969 Share (Bayonne)
Jelly Beans – I’m Hip To You – 1965 Eskee (Jersey City)
Critters – Mr. Dieingly Sad – 1966 Kapp (Plainfield)
Phil Terrell – Can I Come In – 1965 Carnival (Jersey City)
Knickerbockers – One Track Mind – 1966 Challenge (Bergenfield)
And yes, we could have included the Four Seasons, Manhattans, Kool and the Gang and many
more like The Angels, but why make it too easy?
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show: Monday Night Trivia 11/13. Next
new moon: Early Monday morning 11/13 (3:45 AM CT), so write those prosperity checks Sunday
night before you drift off. Voting continues on the World’s Worst Hit Records, 2023 Edition. Last
night we had an abbreviated show, due to sports interruptions, but we got in some fine nominations,
and I managed to play one bumper: Brian Hyland’s “3000 Miles”, 1966 Liberty. Brian turns 80 on
Sunday. Because it was so short, I didn’t put the replay on the stream but I did make it a download
(click on Downloads on the above nav bar should you be so inclined to hear it).
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Very short show tonight, around half past midnight,
but join me if you’re up. Voting was brisk last night on the World’s Worst Hit Records 2023 edition.
I did manage to get in some bumpers that probably won’t make the list (well, at least one of the
might, now that I think about it-- and I bet you can guess which one):
Gil Hamilton – Tell Her – 1962 Capitol
Drifters – Sweets For My Sweets – 1961 Atlantic
Tams – Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy – 1968 ABC
Five Stairsteps & Cubie – Baby Make Me Feel So Good – 1969 Curtom
Manhattans – One Life To Live – 1972 DeLuxe
Gems – Can’t You Take A Hint – 1964 Chess
J.J. Jackson – But It’s Alright – 1966 Calla
Walter Jackson – Welcome Home – 1965 Okeh
Lavern Baker – Saved – 1961 Atlantic
Linda Laurie – Ambrose Pt 5 – 1958 Glory
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10 CT. Please call! Last
night was AOR (All Over the Road) as usual... ranging from Disney’s defacation problem to Beach
Music, and everything in between (which is somewhat of an exaggeration, since there’s an awful lot
in between those two). As for Bumpers, Ruth thought it would be a good idea to turn pop standards
into Doo Wop songs. I proved her wrong with the first one I played:
Vito & The Salutations – Unchained Melody – 1963 Herald
Lonnie Russ- My Wife Can’t Cook – 1962 4 J
Lonnie Russ – Something Old Something New – 1962 4 J
Dee Clark – Hey Little Girl – would have turned 85 today
Lani Hall – Who’s That Guy – 1982 A&M
Second Nature – Just Another Day In The Breeze – 2009
Jive Five – What Time Is It – 1962 Beltone
Rick Strickland – She Can’t Fix Grits –
Walter Jackson – What Would You Do – 1977 ChiSound
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10 CT. Please continue to vote
on the World’s Worst Hit Records. Last night, a good time was had by all with trivia and no one
answered our straggler: On average a woman does this 5.2 times a day, while a man on average
does it 3.6 times a day. Does what? Offers some type of apology. (Men tend to apologize to
women. Women tend to apologize more to other women, but when a woman says “I’m sorry” she
often is not taking blame, but expressing sympathy.) [Dallas Morning News 9/15/98] It’ll be a fresh
question next Monday.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, you didn’t get many of them but the theme was fairly quickly
uncovered—all of them were written by Kenny Nolan! (In retrospect, I should have looked more
carefully at the order of what I chose, but it does surprise me that the theme went but only two of
the artists were guessed.) Here’s what we played:\
Dee Clark – Ride A Wild Horse – 1975 Chelsea
Kenny Nolan - My Eyes Get Blurry – 1977 20th Century
Tavares – A Penny For Your Thoughts – 1982 RCA
Michael Baldwin – You Can’t Find Love In The Yellow Pages
Jim Gilstrap – Swing Your Daddy – 1975 Chelsea
Linda Carr – High Wire – 1976 Chelsea
Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes – Get Dancin’ – 1975 Chelsea
Atlantic Starr – Masterpiece – 1991 Reprise
The Deele – Shoot ‘Em Up Movies – 1988 Solar (featuring Babyface)
Janie Fricke – But Love Me – 1979 Columbia
Eleventh Hour – So Good – 1974 20th Century
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show: Monday Night Trivia (11/6). Plan to
call. Tonight it’s a trivia replay but probably not from this past Monday as the show was only 20
minutes long (sports pre-emption). Voting continued on the World’s Worst Hit Records 2023 with
some marvelous nominees. Keep ‘em coming and second the ones you’ve heard other people
mention that motivate you to change stations. Last night’s bumpers:
Tarantula Ghoul – Graveyard Rock – 1958 Tarantula Ghoul
Bobby Vee – Please Don’t Ask About Barbara – 1962 Liberty
Maxine Nightingale – Right Back Where We Started From – 1976 UA
Laura Nyro – When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag – 1970 Columbia
Cadillacs – The Girl I Love – 1956 Josie
Sue Thompson – James (Hold The Ladder Steady) – 1962 Hickory
T-Birds – Green Stamps – 1961 Chess
Lenny Williams -Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh – 1977 ABC
Drifters – Only In America – 1962 (unreleased Atlantic)
Jackie Wilson – The Joke (Is Not On Me) – Coral
Sam The Sham – Red Hot – 1966 MGM
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2023 3:31 AM CT.... Full show tonight starting at 10 CT, and the voting
continues on the World’s Worst Hit Records 2023. We’re off to a fine start. Plenty of votes last
night, and I finally finished a story I started at the beginning of the show—the Barry Sadler saga.
Maybe we’ll discuss Tarantula Ghoul tonight. As for what we played (none of them being the
World’s Worst, in my opinion anyway):
Eddie Holland – Merry Go Round – 1959 Tamla (berry gordywrote
Eddie Holland – If It’s Love (It’s Alright) – 1962 Motown
Andre Williams – Jail Bait – 1956 Fortune
Andre Williams – Bacon Fat – 1956 Fortune/Epic
Andre Williams – Pass the Biscuits Please – 1957 Fortune
Andre Williams – Pearl Time – 1967 Sport (detroit label)
Del Vikings – When I Come Home – 1957 Fee Bee
Four Seasons – Soon – 1963 VeeJay
Olympics – (I Wanna ) Dance With The Teacher – 1958 Demon
Spaniels – Stormy Weather – 1958 VeeJay
Spaniels – Please Don’t Tease – 1956 VeeJay
Piero Umiliani - Mah Na Mah Na - 1969 Ariel
OCTOBER 2023
TUESDAY, HALLOWEEN 2023... 3:31 AM CT...Next live show: Wednesday November 1st. Last
night we started Early Voting for the World’s Worst Hit Records 2023, and we got our first vote:
(Imagine Dragons – Radioactive). Since we only less than had half an hour of showtime, I
expected no one would want to play trivia, but I was wrong. A lot of you did. Murfreesboro Steve
asked for and aced an advertising sloga, and a handful of you took a guess on our straggler, which I
had forgotten entirely. I rebounded nicely (if I say so myself) and took several guesses, none right.
Because the show was so short, the straggler remains in place for next week when we’ll have a full
edition of Monday Night Trivia, and I won’t forget the lingering question. Tonight, enjoy Carl
Amari’s Spooktacular on WGN, but at 10 on Wednesday I hope we’ll be talking live. And I put the
replay of last night’s show on the downloads page, if you want to hear it.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show is Monday after the Blackhawks, but it
will probably only be for a half hour (12:30 CT), so instead of very abbreviated trivia, we’ll have
early voting on the 2023 edition of The World’s Worst Hit Records. Normally we open the polls on
Halloween, which is Tuesday, but we’re being preempted for Carl Amari’s Spooktacular. Next full
show: Wednesday. As for tonight, it’s a replay of this past Monday’s trivia. Last night we covered
a variety of things from tipping to haunting. We also resolved a few musical mysteries. Here’s what
we played:
Pentagons – I’m In Love – 1962 Jamie
Tweedy & Twayne – She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not – 1960 Arvee
Gene McDaniels – Point of No Return – 1962 Laurie
Tweedy & Twain – Grandma – 1960 Arvee
Bobby Darin – Rainin’ – 1966 Atlantic
Chiffons – Doctor of Hearts – 1962 Reprise
Chiffons – One Fine day – 1963 Laurie
Intruders – Who’s Your Favorite Candidate – 1969 Gamble
5 Royales – Catch That Teardrop – 1962 Home of the Blues
Moonglows – When I’m With You – 1956 Chess
THURSDAY OCTOBER 26, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. We’ll talk about whatever’s
on your mind. Happy Birthday Pat Sajak...77 today. It seems like just a few years ago we were both
in Nashville and he was turning 27. Hearing from so many of you last night, I didn’t even realize it
when the show was over. We covered a lot of ground, and a good time was had by all (or at least
me), and we played some timely bumpers too:
Ike & Tina Turner – Am I A Fool In Love – 1964 Kent
Santo & Johnny – Teardrop – 1959 Canadian American
Dallas Frazier – Alley Oop – 1966 Capitol [LP Cut: Elvira]
Inez Foxx – Hurt By Love – 1964 Symbol
Dallas Frazier – Elvira – 1966 Capitol
Tavares – Whodunit – 1977 Capitol
Coasters – Poison Ivy – 1959 Atco
Ronnie Milsap – That Girl Who Waits On Tables – 1973 RCA
Bo Diddley – Say Man – 1959 Checker
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Last night we
were on after the Blackhawks, and we talked about everything from Henry Mancini to Savannah,
Georgia; a commercial pilot going nuts (I’ll finish that story tonight and I’ve got an update for you
too) to George Michael; and I figured out what song first time caller Mark wanted to remember. I’d
bet after he hung up he stopped listening to the show, but for the record, I’m pretty sure he was
referring to Beverly Bremers, which we played after his call. I aired a few of your requests too:
Jack Jones – Dear Heart – 1964 Kapp
Belita Woods – That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You – 1969 Moira
Buddy Holly – Well..... All Right – 1958 Coral for Cindy in Norridge
Bettye Swann – Today I Started Loving You Again – 1972 Atlantic
Little Richard – Rip It Up – 1956 Specialty
Beverly Bremers – Don’t Say You Don’t Remember – 1971 Scepter
Terry Cashman – Talkin’ Baseball (and the Sox) – 1981 Lifesong
TUESDAY OCTOBER 24, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll start an hour late tonight due to the
Blackhawks. Talk to you at 11! Last night’s Monday Night Trivia was interesting. It took you quite
a while but you finally got the straggler from last week:
The average American resident does this 111 times a year, while the average Japanese resident
only does it 46 times a year, less than anywhere else in the world. Chinese residents, on the other
hand, do it more frequently— 132 times a year, which is more than all but two countries. What are
they doing? Making Love. (France leads the world at 137 times a year, followed by Greece at 133.
Hungary is just behind China at 131.)
We threw out another question, which becomes the next trivia show’s straggler, as it remained
unanswered by the end of show. And for the first time I can remember, no one got any of the
Bumper Stumpers. The theme was every song I played was written or co-written by Bunky
Sheppard. Bunky is well known as a producer, A&R guy, and label owner, but he was quite the
writer too. To proe it, here’s what you heard:
Bel-Aires – My Yearbook – 1958 Decca
Nolan Chance – She’s Gone (And She Won’t Be Back) – 1965 Constellation
The Duke Of Earl – You Left Me – 1962 VeeJay
Mickey Tillman – I Have Chosen You – 1958 Vee Jay
Bobby Miller – The Big Question – 1964 Constellation
Fran Oliver – Tomorrow May Not Come – 1968 BBS
Esquirers – Listen To Me – 1967 Bunky
Oscar Boyd & the Calvaes – So Bad – 1959 Checker
Mill Evans – I’ve Got To Have Your Love – 1966 Constellation
Foster Brothers – Land of Love – 1960 Dillie
Betty Moorer – Speed Up – 1967 Wand
SATURDAY OCTOBER 21, 2023 3:31 AM... Good news! Bruce from Elwood is home! The
doctors narrowed down the infection and have him on antibiotics that appear to be working. So are
your prayers, so please keep at it. I'm counting on him being well enough to call in next week and
give us all the details. And I"ll be talking to you on Monday Night Trivia.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 2023 3:31 AM CT.... Next live show: Monday Night Trivia next week
on October 23rd. Blackhawks interrupt tonight’s show, and Friday it’s a replay of this week’s
Monday Night Trivia. There is a straggler, so if you didn’t catch it, you might want to listen. (Of
course, you can always listen to the replays of any show—just click on Downloads on the above
menu bar.) Last night we covered a lot of ground, but I never did get to tell you about this one crime
story that I literally needed to diagram to understand (though the tale of the day care lady who killed
the kid and then dressed him up and pretended he was asleep when she handed him back to his
mother was firmly in residence in Crazyland). Plenty of things to discuss next week. As for last
night’s bumpers—all relating to historical happenings (birthdays mostly) courtesy of Carol, the
world’s best show prepper:
Valentines – The Woo Woo Train – 1955 Rama
Valentines – My Story Of Love – 1956 Rama
Johnny Cymbal – Mr. Bass Man – 1963 Kapp
Velvets – Laugh – 1961 Monument
Laura Nyro – Luckie – 1968 Columbia [LP Cut: Eli & The 13th Confession]
Laura Nyro – Lu – 1968 Columbia [LP Cut: Eli & The 13th Confession]
Diane Renay – Navy Blue – 1964 20th Century
Diane Renay – Kiss Me Sailor – 1964 20th Century
Rosco Gordon – Just A Little Bit – 1959 VeeJay
Jeannie C Riley – The Girl Most Likely – 1968 Plantation
Earls – Life Is But A Dream – 1961 Rome
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2023 3:31 AM.. Full show tonight. Please join me and call. Last
night we talked about old cars, old radio, and food—particularly what not to eat, given the amount of
recall notices we’ve received. Tonight it’s whatever you’d like. As for bumpers:
Meri Wilson – Internet Man – 1999 Great American Music Company
Thurston Harris – Little Bitty Pretty One – 1957 Aladdin
Lou Rawls – Groovy People – 1976 Philadelphia Int’l
Sugar Pie Desanto – Ask Me – 1962 Checker
Sam And Bill – For Your Love – 1965 JoDa
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Over You – 1968 Columbia
Frank Ifield – I’m Confessin’ That I Love You – 1964 Capitol
Curtis Lee – Pretty Little Angel Eyes – 1961 Dunes
Moonglows – The Beating Of My Heart – 1957 Chess
TUESDAY OCTOBER 17, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight starting at 10. I hope to hear from
you. Last night I heard from a lot of you during Monday Night Trivia. That always makes it fun.
You dispensed with a couple of my questions:
For 10 years this syndicated show routinely beat out local television news in the ratings. What
show? Bowling For Dollars [KidScreen 12/1/97]
Sales of this have been huge for centuries, but it was in the 1930s, that it was first sold in what was
then considered to be a thoroughly novel way. Today it’s more commonly sold that way than any
other, but there’s a hearty debate on whether it’s the best way to sell it. What was sold, and how
was it sold? Beer. In cans. (Solid food had been sold in cans, but liquids, like beer, were affected
by the can. In 1935, the Gottfried Krueger brewery in Newark used a new lining made by can
manufacturers to sell canned beer.)
And that leaves our last question, which remains unanswered and becomes next week’s straggler.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, the them was all of the artists had at least one Hispanic in them.
(Surprising to may people that The Crests (with Harold Torres), Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
(with Herman Santiago & Joe Negroni), and the Eternals (all the members were of Puerto Rican
descent) were among them. (Disclaimer—the Frankie Lymon song I chose actually doesn’t have
the Teenagers on it—Moishe Levy, who repeatedly got George Goldner’s labels when he bailed him
out of gambling debt, put out “Lirtle Bitty Pretty One” sans the group.) Here’s what you heard:
Question Mark & The Mysterians – I Need Somebody – 1966 Cameo
Crests – Strange Love – 1958 Coed (unreleased)
Cannibal & The Headhunters – Please Baby Please – 1966 Rampart
Eternals – Babalu’s Wedding Day – 1959 Hollywood
Ruben & The Jets – A Thousand Miles Away/You Send Me–1973 Mercury [LP cut: Con Safos]
Chan Romero – Hippy Hippy Shake – 1959 Del-Fi
Chris Montez – End Of A Love Affair – 1967 A&M [LP Cut: Foolin’ Around]
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers – Little Bitty Pretty One – 1960 Roulette
Sunny & the Sunliners – My Dream – 1968 Key-Loc
Joe Bataan – Under The Street Lamp – 1969 Uptite
Tierra – Gonna Find Her – 1981 Boardwalk
FRIDAY the 13th OCTOBER 2023, 3:31 AM CT... Next live show, Monday Night Trivia next week
on the 16th. Tonight it’s a replay of last Monday Night Trivia. Please don’t call. But do call this
coming Monday. We need you. Last night we covered more inconsequential news, unless you’re
planning to swim at Lake Mead. There you need to be worried about brain eating amoebae. (But
not too worried—if the brain barrier was easily breached nasally, big pharma would be using it as a
method of delivery for neurological drugs—not that they’re not trying. But that said, it is an extreme
remote possibility that inhaling water full of this toxin, otherwise incapable of harming you, could do
you in.) We also discussed the passing of Rudy Isley. 84. Life well lived. He’ll be missed. And we
mentioned Archie Bell, who is still in a healthcare facility recovering from a stroke in 2021. He’d love
to hear from his fans: Archie Bell, PO Box 24334, Houston, Texas 77229. The history of fire
was tackled briefly, and a few other things that I can’t recall. I do know what bumpers we played
(see below), and I should remind you if you’re going to write your Law of Abundance checks, the
new moon is Saturday at 12:55 PM Central. It’s also an annular solar eclipse, strengthening it’s
properties (if you buy into any of this at all).
Isley Brothers – I’m Gonna Knock On Your Door – 1959 RCA
Chuck Jackson – Tell Him I’m Not Home – 1963 Wand
Motherlode – When I Die – 1969 Revolver
Five Keys - Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind - 1956 Capitol
Avantis – Keep On Dancin’ – 1963 Argo
Avantis – Next Door To An Angel – Ranger Records
Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady - 1964 United Artists
Marvelows – I Do – 1965 ABC Paramount
THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight at 10, and we’ll start with James
and his 9,387,463 stories. OK that’s an exaggeration but not by all that much when I see how many
links to items of interest are in my inbox each day. Most of them I won’t share with you (part of the
no-politics, all inconsequential, nonsensical, but hopefully amusing talk policy) but we’ll cull several
to review. Last night we talked about Be My AI, a terrific app for blind folks, the upcoming annular
solar eclipse on Saturday, and several other things I’m sure, absolutely none of which come to
mind. But I do know what bumpers I played because I wrote them down:
Knight Bros – Temptation ‘Bout To Get Me – 1965 Checker
Dr. Hook – Roland The Roadie Loves Gertrude The Groupie – 1973 Columbia
Dottie West – You’re Not That Easy To Forget – 1982 Liberty
Boogaloo & The Galant Crew – Clothes Line (Wrap it Up) – 1956 Crest
Gene Watson – Love In The Hot Afternoon – 1975 Capitol
Mary Wells – Never Never Leave Me – 1965 20th Century
Prince Patridge – How Come My Dog Don’t Bark – 1955 Crest
Second Nature – Who’s That Guy – 1985 Ripete
Patti & The Emblems – I’m Gonna Love You A Long Long Time – 1968 Kapp
Nat Stuckey – Sweet Thang – 1966 Paula
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn – Sweet Thang – 1967 Decca
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call. We never
did get around to the suicide by cop story last night so I promise to discuss it right out of the box
tonight. It’s a weird one, as the motive behind what happened remains elusive. Maybe you’ll have
thoughts. We talked about everything else though—from cremations and cemeteries to world war I.
And we played a number of bumpers relating to this date in history (Thank you Carol Ford for the
best show prep ever, making me sound like I know what I’m doing, and nothing could be further
from the truth than that.)
Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles – Down The Aisle (Wedding Song) – 1963 Newtown/King
Ivory Joe Hunter – Love’s A Hurting Game – 1957 Atlantic
Foundations – My Little Chickadee – 1969 Uni
Leroy Anderson – The Typewriter – 1953 Decca
Leroy Anderson – Syncopated Clock – 1951 Decca
Lavern Baker – Bop Ting A Ling – 1955 Atlantic
Fortunes – Freedom Come, Freedom Go – 1971 Capitol
Intervals – Here’s That Rainy Day – 1962 Class
Taste of Honey – Boogie Oogie Oogie – 1978 Capitol
TUESDAY OCTOBER 10, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll start about a half hour late tonight, around
10:30 CT. I hope you’ll join me—and call! Last Night’s Monday Night Trivia was a good time as
always--- you knocked off the straggler and two other questions, which means next Monday we’ll
start a fresh with a new question (and of course whatever categories you throw out there too). As
for what you aced:
In Japan, there’s a 99% chance that this will happen to you. But it will only happen to 28% of people
in America. What will happen? You’ll be cremated. (Japan leads the world. [Reuters 4/4/02])
The average lifespan of an American citizen is 77 years. By comparison, this living thing often found
in America has a lifespan of 42 days. What is it? A broiler chicken. [Wichita Eagle 6/30/02]
The average American spends 23 minutes a day doing this. Doing what? Eating lunch.
[Washington Times 8/24/00]
The Bumper Stumper theme is one we used about nine months ago—but all different artists this
time—artists with one mega-hit and nothing after it that mattered (chart-wise). Here’s what we
played (with their hit in parentheses):
Bobbettes – Dance With Me Georgie (Mr. Lee - #1 4 weeks R&B 1957)
Hollywood Flames – A Star Fell (Buzz Buzz Buzz - #5 R&B 1957)
Dodie Stevens – Yes I’m Lonely Tonight (Pink Shoe Laces #3 pop 1959)
Winstons – Love Of The Common People (Color Him Father #2 RB 1969)
Impalas – Oh What A Fool (Sorry, I Ran All The Way Home #2 pop 1959)
Billy Bland – Harmony (Let The Little Girl Dance #7 pop 1960)
Poni-Tails – Seven Minutes In Heaven (Born Too Late #7 pop 1958)
Silhouettes – What Would You Believe (Get A Job #1 6 weeks R&B 1958)
Reflections – Like Columbus Did ((Just Like) Romeo & Juliet # 6 pop 1964)
Linda Scott – Bermuda (I’ve Told Every Little Star #3 pop 1961)
Carl Dobkins Jr. – My Pledge Of Love (My Heart Is An Open Book #3 pop 1959)
THURSDAY OCTOBER 5, 2023 3:31 AM CT... No show tonight (hockey & football), next live show,
next week – Columbus Day Monday Night Trivia at 10. Last night we talked about Sophie Tucker,
Lia’s math skills (or lack of same), and something else too numerous to mention (meaning I have
absolutely no idea what else we discussed. Listen to the replay if you’re interested). As for bumpers
(all requests, and I am never going to play Lean On Me again—I forgot what a funeral dirge it is):
Al Green – I’m A Ram – 1971 Hi [LP Cut: Al Green Gets Next To You]
Main Ingredient – Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely – 1974 RCA
Buddy Morrow And His Orchestra – Night Train – 1952 RCA
Buddy Morrow And His Orchestra – Night Train – 1959 Mercury [LP: Night Train]
Drifters – Oh My Love – 1959 Atlantic
Five Keys – Wisdom Of A Fool – 1956 Capitol
Sophie Tucker – Tall Dark And Handsome – 1928 Columbia
Sophie Tucker – I Don’t Want To Get Thin – 1929 Victor
Flamingos – Lovers Never Say Goodbye – 1958 End
Bill Withers – Lean On Me – 1972 Sussex
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call! No show
tomorrow night (hockey), and an abbreviated show last night (started at 11), but we managed to go
over the Ten Commandments (about as far from the biblical ones as you’re gonna get), Nickie Lee
(loved the Aamco spot in the aircheck I played for you), the history of Little Joe (which was a lot
more than “Peanuts”), some of Jimmy P’s requests, and a few stories from James (yes the world
has gone to hell when a video of a guy getting his hand stuck in a cupholder in-flight on Singapore
Air garners almost half a million views—yeah, the idiot captured the video and posted it online—that
kinda says it all, doesn’t it?)
Bruce from Elwood called and let us know he’s doing well. He had to have the surgery but feels
better for it. And James in Oregon filled us in on the clinical trial for the Intracortifal Visual
Prosthesis that is being done through the Chicago Lighthouse. Here’s some info. And a
psychotherapist there, Dr. Frank Lane agreed to take your calls if you’re interested in participating.
The main number for the Chicago Lightouse us 312-666-1331.
Here’s what we played:
Prince Buster – Ten Commandments – 1963 Blue Beat
Princess Buster – Ten Commandments – 1967 King
Nickie Lee – Ten Commandments of Man – 1967 Dade
Little Joe & The Thrillers – Peanuts – 1957 Okeh
Little Joe & The Thrillers – The Angels Keep Calling Me – 1957 Okeh
Little Joe The Thriller – Don’t Leaver Me Alone – 1957 Okeh
Nat Kendrick & The Swans – (Do The) Mashed Potato – 1960 Dade
Tams – Untie Me – 1962 Arlen
Six Teens – A Casual Look – 1957 Flip
TUESDAY OCTOBER 3, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll start an hour later than usual tonight, 11 PM
Central, right after hockey for a couple hours. I hope you’ll join me and call. Had our usual fun last
night with Monday Night Trivia. You knocked off two questions and we’re left with a straggler. As
for what you got:
This word has been misspelled over 17,000 times online. The Washington Post has yet to misspell
it (though in 2003 they did misspell the name of the national spelling bee winner), the LA times only
once, but The Boston Globe has done it at least five times. What’s the word: misspelled
[Lexis-Nexis]
91% of South Koreans, 74% of Australians and 44% of Americans all have this in common. What is
it? They are on a weight loss diet (for better or worse— among Americans, there’s a 25% chance
they’ll stick to it for a while, and a 40% chance they’ll abandon it completely).
Our Bumper Stumpers were all songs associated with dances. Here’s what we played:
Matt Lucas – M.C. Twine – 1965 Karen
Larks – The Jerk – 1964 Money
Mark IV – (Make With) The Shake – 1958 Cosmic
Percells – Hully Gully Guitar - 1962 ABC Paramount
Manhattans – Boston Monkey – 1965 Carnival
Sherrys – Pop Pop Pop Pie – 1962 Guyden
Flares – The Strolls – 1963 Press
Nat Kendrick & The Swans – (Do The) Mashed Potatoes – 1960 Dade
Dynamic Upsetters – I Want A Man Who Can Shag With Me – 1982 CPI
Olympics – Shimmy Like Kate – 1960 Arvee
Jackie Ross – Jerk & Twine – 1965 Chess
SEPTEMBER 2023
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show: Monday Night Trivia 10 PM CT.
(Tonight, it’s a replay of last Monday’s trivia, please don’t call—but do call Monday!) Last night we
talked about looting in Philadelphia, soul music in Houston, Buddy Clark, big bands and Graeme
almost learning the hard way that ‘last gas in 100 miles’ is not an advertising slogan in the
intermountain region. It was somewhat of an abbreviated show due to hockey but we managed to
play several bumpers:
Solomon Burke – Cry To Me – 1962 Atlantic
Ray McKinley Orchestra – Celery Stalks At Midnight – 1955 Dot
Buddy Clark – A Dreamer’s Holiday – 1949 Columbia
Gary US Bonds – Dear Lady Twist – 1962 Legrand
Flamingos – Nobody Loves Me Like You Do – 1960 End
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. We’ll be on tonight after the Blackhawks. Figure
around 11 PM CT. It would be great to hear from you. Last night, we covered a huge dissent in
America-- should grocery shoppers open packages and consume the contents before getting to the
checkout line and paying for the purchase? (Yes, tongue firmly in cheek. But it is amazing to me
that social media denizens have come to verbal blows over this seemingly life threatening issue.)
Personally I’ve never thought about it either way, but it was a lot more fun to bring it up then the
government seizing assets without any charges whatsoever, or children killing children, parents
killing children and over a dozen assorted heinous crimes. We talked a lot about music, and played
your requests:
Penguins – Hey Senorita – 1954 DooTone
Jimmy Forrest – Night Train – 1952 United Don in Beloit
Johnny Hodges – That’s The Blues Old Man – 1941 Bluebird
Duke Ellington – Happy Go Lucky Local – 1947 Musicraft
James Brown – Night Train – 1962 King
Lloyd Price – Where Were You On Our Wedding Day – 1959 ABC Paramount
Earls – Lookin’ For My Baby – 1961 Rome
Mel & Tim – Backfield in Motion – 1969 Bamboo
Al Hibbler – He – 1955 Decca
Wilbert Harrison – Let’s Work Together – 1969 Sue
Wilbert Harrison – Let’s Stick Together – 1962 Fury
Eugene Church – Pretty Girls Everywhere – 1958 Class
Bob & Earl – Gee Whiz – 1958 Class
Danderliers – Little Man – 1955 States
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10. Please join me. And
call. If you’re frustrated that you don’t get on before the show ends, call in the first hour. We
covered a lot of ground from Social Security demanding money from the adult children of overpaid
recipients to travel—train and interstate. And I played a number of requests (that I liked) including:
Volumes – I Love You – 1962 Chex
Stylistics – If I Love You – 1971 Avco
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Being With You – 1980 Tamla
Wade Flemons – Here I Stand – 1958 VeeJay - jimmy P
Wade Flemons – What’s Happening – 1959 VeeJay – jimmy P
Etta James – Something’s Gotta Hold On Me – 1962 Argo
Dells – I’d Rather Be With You – 1972 Cadet
Orchids – Newly Wed – 1955 Parrot
Diablos – Since You’re Gone – 1960 Fortune
Unifics – Court of Love – 1968 Kapp
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. I hope to hear from you.
As for last night’s Monday Night Trivia, we ended the show with no answer to last week’s
straggler: 71% of Americans claim this aggravating thing has happened to them. What thing? After
hearing many of your guesses, I realized that “aggravating” might be an overstatement compared to
what you were thinking, but it is annoying nonetheless. 71% of Americans are irked over their
name being misspelled. (Granted, when you’re named Rollye it’s a lot more likely to happen then
when you’re named Jane—but I think last names counted too. Nice to know I’ve got a lot of
company.)
I knew no one would get the Bumper Stumpers theme— all the artists played appeared on The
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour— but I was also right that you knew who recorded most of what I
played:
Nino Tempo & April Stevens – Sweet & Lovely – 1962 Atco
David Ruffin – I’ve Got To Find A Brand New Baby – 1969 Motown
Marcos Valle – Chup Chup (Gente) – 1968 Verve [LP cut: Samba ‘68]
Otis Williams & The Charms – That’s Your Mistake – 1956 DeLuxe
Jimmie Rodgers – Are You Really Mine – 1958 Roulette
Eddie Kendricks – Eddie’s Love – 1972 Tamla
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Buy For Me The Rain – 1967 Liberty
Ruffin & Kendricks – I Couldn’t Believe It – 1987 RCA [LP Cut: Ruffin & Kendrick]
Clinger Sisters – Puppet – 1964 Tollie
Ike & Tina Turner – It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – 1961 Sue
Joe South – The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor– 1958 NRC
Really nice documentary on The Clinger Sisters. You can see it here.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next Live Show: Monday Night Trivia on the 28th at
10 PM. Tonight it’s a replay of last Monday night’s trivia show. Don’t call—but do call on Monday!
Last night we talked about teal pumpkins, Katherine Anderson’s passing (The Marvelettes), AFVN,
marriage, Larry Chance and more. As for what we played:
Marvelettes – Strange I Know – 1962 Tamla
Al Greene & The Soul Mates – Back Up Train – 1967 Hot Line Music Journal
Marlena Shaw – California Soul – 1969 Cadet
Earth Wind & Fire – Keep Your Head To The Sky – 1973 Columbia
Larry Chance – Never – 1962 Old Town
Julito & The Latin Lads – Nunca – 1962 Rico Vox
Earth Wind & Fire – Kalimba Story – 1975 Columbia
Salty Peppers – La La Time – 1968 Capitol
Earth Wind & Fire – September 1978 Columbia
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10—call! Last night we
talked about why you don’t want to be a big lottery winner, the mystery of a missing North Carolina
girl, good news from Fran, radios & antennas and more. Tonight it’s whatever’s on your mind. As
for last night’s bumpers:
Marvelettes – The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game – 1967 Tamla
Ink Spots – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – 1942 Decca
Corsairs – Smoky Places – 1962 Tuff
Skip & Flip – It Was I – 1959 Brent
Blackbyrds – Walking In Rhythm – 1975 Fantasy
Marvelettes – Too Strong To Be Strung Along – 1962 Tamla
Marvelettes – Paper Boy – 1966 Tamla
Marvelettes – Forever – 1963 Tamla
Rufus Thomas – Walking The Dog – 1963 Stax
Marvelettes – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead - 1965 Tamla
Marlena Shaw – Looking Thru The Eyes Of Love – 1968 Cadet
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call. So
many of you called last night after midnight that we didn’t get to everyone— so all early tonight and
if it’s on your mind it will be on mine. We talked about Eskew Reeder, Jr (Esquerita) and Billy
Wright, dogs, medicaid and more. And we played Jimmy P’s requests:
Esquerita – Believe Me When I Say Rock’n’Roll Is Here To Stay – 1959 Capitol
Billy Wright – You Satisfy – 1949 Savoy
Billy Wright – Hey Little Girl – 1951 Savoy
Gene Chandler – Show Me The Way To Go – 1968 Brunswick
Donald Woods – Death Of An Angel – 1955 Flip
Love Notes – Tonight – 1957 Holiday
Ronettes – (Best Part of) Breakin’ Up – 1964 Philles
Jive Five – Kiss Kiss Kiss – 1965 UA
Shells – Baby oh Baby – 1957 Johnson
Moonglows – In My Diary – 1955 Chess
Miracles – What’s So Good About Goodbye – 1961 Tamla
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 3:31 AM Full Show tonight at 10. Please call. Between now
and then I’ll attempt to come up with an enticement.
Last night we had fun with Monday Night Trivia. Eventually you got my straggler: Chances are
good you’ve bought this, and probably within the last year. But the first time any American bought
this was 1897. Bought what? Car Insurance. But the followup question remains unanswered and
becomes next week’s straggler.
As for Bumper Stumpers, the theme was everything I played was released on Joe Banashak’s
Minit Records (with the exception of Chris Kenner’s stuff that was on co-owned Instant Records).
Here’s what you heard:
Allen & Allen – Tiddle Winks – 1960 Minit
Ernie K- Doe – ‘Taint It The Truth – 1960 Minit
Lee Diamond – It Won’t Be Me – 1960 Minit
Five Knights – Let Me In – 1961 Minit
Del Royals – Always Nagging – 1961 Minit
Allen Orange – True Love Never Dies – 1962 Minit
Jessie Hill – The Pots On A Strike – 1962 Minit
Benny Spellman – Every Now And Then – 1962 Minit
Eskew Reeder – Never Again – 1962 Minit
Young Hearts – I’ve Got Love For My Baby – 1968 Minit
Chris Kenner – Something You Got – 1961 Instant
I added some pictures to Caesar's page, including one of Johnny D and one of the lovely and
talented Becky. There are now a total of 22. I apologize for not having the time to make it more
graphically appealing, but I'm sure Caeser won't mind, and I know some of you didn't want to wait to
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 3:31 AM Next live show: Monday Night Trivia (9/18). Please call.
But don’t call tonight—it’s a replay of last Monday night’s trivia show. Last night we talked about
cars, kidney stones, trials for the blind, guide dogs, and of course Caesar. Johnny D let me know
that Caesar crossed over the Rainbow Bridge peacefully at 4 PM yesterday afternoon. He also
sent more pictures of Caesar in his prime. I’ll be posting them on his page here before the
weekend if out. Johnny D wrote from Caesar’s palace (AKA the basement), telling me that he feels
as if Caesar is still there, even though he knows he’s not. I disagreed. Caesar is there, whether
Johnny knows it or not, and he’ll wait patiently until Johnny joins him-- which those of us left on this
planet hope isn’t for a very long time. Our thoughts are with Johnny and Becky. Bumpers were
mostly by request (with the idea that I’ll only play the ones I like):
Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows – 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy – 1983 Alligator
Gene Chandler – Does She Have A Friend For Me – 1980 20th Century
Five Flights Up – Do What You Wanna Do – 1970 T-A
Magic Lantern – Shame Shame – 1968 Atlantic
Lou Rawls – Lady Love – 1977 Philadelphia International
Amy Winehouse – Rehab – 2006 Universal
Jive Five – These Golden Rings – 1962 Beltone
Turbans – Golden Rings – 1961 Parkway
Dubs – Be Sure (My Love) – 1958 Gone
Spaniels with Priscilla Bowman – I Ain’t Givin’ Up Nothin’ – 1958 Abner
Keith Colley – Enamorado – 1963 Unical
Keith Colley – Shame Shame – 1967 Columbia
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. Call and tell me what’s
on your mind. Last night we covered the top 10 escaped and not caught prisoners, I fully explained
the reading forward con (at least I think I did, if you’re still wondering, call in and I’ll try to help). As
for bumpers:
Jayhawks – Stranded in the Jungle – 1956 Flash
Marathons – Peanut Butter – 1961 Arvee
Vibrations – You’re Mine -
Marathons – Don’t Know Why – 1959 J.C.
Detroit Emeralds – Baby Let Me Take You – 1972 Westbound
Jessie Hill – Ooh Poo Pah Do – 1960 Minit
Big Joe – Ice Man – Wow!
Jimmy Ruffin – Everybody Needs Love – 1968 SOUL
Chi-Lites – Hot On A Thing – 1981 Chi-Sound
Damon Shawn – Feel The Need – 1972 Westbound
Last night I was talking with Johnny Goyen about the Damon Shawn version of Feel The Need,
which came out just before the Detroit Emeralds version in 1972, both on Westwood. Damon may
have been the first, but the it was one of the Detroit Emeralds who wrote it—Abrim Tilmon. So I’m
still not who Damon Shawn was or why Abrim Tilmon (who also produced both versions) recorded it
first. Any clues? Call in.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 9:50 PM... Minutes from showtime, I remembered I needed to
post poictures of Caesar! Click here to see them. At some point , I will give Caeser a proper page,
but for now I wanted to be able to direct you to the page while I was on the air.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. Call! Several of you
did last night. The show ran the gamut from escaped prisoners and IRS horrors to insurance
frustration and colonoscopies. Something for everyone. I never got around to the 10 most
infamous prisoner escapees who were never captured. Nor did I explain the ‘read ahead’ con. But
hopefully we’ll cover that and more tonight. Here are last night’s bumpers:
Little Willie John – Fever – 1956 King
Monotones – Fools Will Be Fools – 1959 Argo
Del Vikings – Jitterbug Mary – 1957 Mercury
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – The Whammy – 1964 Roulette
The Majors – String Along – 1958 Josie
James Taylor – Summer’s Here – 1981 Columbia
The Leaders featuring JD Cash – Strollin’ On The Boardwalk – 1981 South Star
Philly Cuzz – The Summer Kids From Ireland – 2004 Phil Battaglia Music
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Hope to hear from you.
Full lines for most of last night’s Monday Night Trivia. You knocked a couple of my questions out,
including the straggler: If you’re an American, there’s a 1 in 4 chance you’ll do this today. Do what?
Eat in a fast food restaurant. [US News & World Report 1/22/01] And the follow up:
This common household item is 20,000 times more germ ridden than a toilet seat. What is it? Your
pillow. The dirtiest thing in your house? The kitchen sponge, which has 200,000 times the germs of
your toilet seat. your kitchen dish cloth and your computer keyboard come close to that pillow. Your
smart phone is a bit better—9,000 times more germs than your toilet seat. Actually, a toilet seat is
probably the cleanest thing in your house with only 50 bacteria per square inch. [BBC News
November 2012]
That leaves one unanswered question which becomes next Monday’s straggler. As for the Bumper
Stumpers—I didn’t expect you to know many of them, but as it turned out, you didn’t know any of
them. I did expect you to catch on to the theme however, if for no other reason than the remarkably
bad production inherent in far too many otherwise great songs recorded in San Antonio All of them
were Westside favorites, performed by beloved local bands. Here’s what I played:
Randy Garibay – Where Are They Now – 2001 Not On Label
Royal Jesters – Is That Good Enough For You – 1961 Cobra
Charlie & The Jives (with Benny Easely) – You Say You Love Me – 1963 World’s
Dell Kings – Just Remember – 1962 Renco
Denny Ezba – Jailbird – 1963 Renner
Rudy Gonzales & The Reno Bops – The Tables Have Turned – 1966 Teardrop
Garlon Davis – Don’t Worry About Dancing For Me – 1964 Kick Off
Sunny & The Sunliners – You Send Me – 1964 Teardrop
Sonny Ace – Little Girl – 1967 Cobra
Royal Jesters with Charlie & The Jives – My Angel of Love – 1960 Harlem
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show: Monday Night Trivia on 9-11. We’ll
start at 10 and I hope you’ll call. (Please don’t call tonight, it’s a replay of last Monday night.) Last
night I was talking to myself—or so it seemed. But we did hear from Johnny D (pray for Caesar
please), and a few more hearty folks, and as usual we covered the landscape on topics. I also
played several of Jimmy P’s requests:
Cuff Links – Guided Missiles – 1956 DooTone
Jesters – So Strange – 1957 Winley
Paradons – Diamonds And Pearls – 1960 Milestone
Chantels – My Memories Of You – 1961 End [LP Cut: There’s Our Song Again]
Harptones – My Memories Of You – 1956 Tip Top
G Clefs – Darla My Darling – 1956 Pilgrim
Ben E King – Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) – 1962 ATCO
Charts – Desirie/Desiree – 1957 Everlast/1966 Wand
Buddy Holly – True Love Ways – 1960 Coral
Little Milton – Grits Ain’t Groceries – 1968 Checker
Ronnie Dove – Happy Summer Days – 1966 Diamond
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call (because I’m
basically lazy and it’s much easier to talk for three hours when you come up with the topics—but
fear not, I’ll have a list in case you don’t come through. We covered a lot of ground last night
including talk of East LA and San Antonio Westside oldies. Played some too (among other stuff):
Impalas – I Still Love You – 1969 Bunky
Stevie Wonder – If You Really Love Me – 1971 Tamla
Buddy Miles – Memphis Train – 1969 Mercury
Tommy Hunt – Human – 1961 Scepter
Romancers – My Heart Cries – 1965 Linda
Frankie Karl & The Dreams – I’m So Glad – 1968 DC Sound
Frankie Karl & The Chevrons – Boy Next Door – 1965 Philtown
Royal Jesters – Love Me – 1962 Cobra
Royal Jesters – Wisdom Of A Fool – 1965 Jester
Royal Jesters – We Go Together – 1966 Jester
Royal Jesters – I Want You Around – 1966 Jester
Dimas III – You’ve Succeeded – 1966 Clown
Dimas III – I Won’t Love You Again – 1966 Clown
Grupo Pegasso – Anna – 1984 Remo [LP Cut: Vol IV Hola Como Estas]
Frankie Beverly & The Butlers – Because Of My Heat – 1966 Fairmount
Frankie Beverly & The Butlers – I Want To Feel I’m Wanted – 1966 Fairmount
Frankie Beverly & Maze – Love Is The Key – 1983 Capitol
Jimmy Reed – Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby - 1956 VeeJay
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Operator – 1962 Fury
Mel McDaniel – Louisiana Saturday Night – 1981 Capitol
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight and it would be great if you
called. Of course it’s up to me to give you a good reason, so I’ll start working on it now. Last night
we talked about why Murdaugh needs a new trial (even if he’s guilty as sin), Lake Lanier’s haunted
status (flooding a graveyard is never without consequence), property owners finding out that
someone they didn’t know sold their land (and often house too) to an unsuspecting buyer, and how
some Section 8 landlords are telling blind tenants they can’t have a service animal (oh yes they can
and violating the ADA provisions can become a landlord’s worst nightmare, as well it should be).
We played Jimmy P’s requests, Johnny Goyen’s too, and I kicked it off with my favorite Jimmy
Buffett song in light of his passing:
Jimmy Buffett – Bob Robert’s Society Band – 1996 MCA [LP Cut: Banana Wind]
Miracles – Would I Love You – 1964 Tamla
Chi-Lites – Love Is Gone – 1967 Revue
Diablos – The Wind – 1954 Fortune
Thelma Houston – Save The Country – 1969 Dunhill
Rochell & The Candles – Once Upon A Time – 1960 Swingin’
Cliques – Once Upon A Time – 1956 Modern (unreleased)
Dells – Dreams of Contentment – 1956 VeeJay
Fantastics – That One – 1965 Sound Stage 7
El Dorados – Baby I Need You – 1954 VeeJay
Jackie Verdell – Y.K.W. – 1964 Peacock
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call! The Live
Labor Day edition of Monday Night Trivia was fun last night. You made mincemeat of the straggler:
In 1968, both parties, Republicans and Democrats, considered naming this same person as
president. Who was it that appealed to both parties? Vince Lombardi. [His leadership skills as
coach of the Green Bay Packers was revered by both. A background check showed that while he
was a Kennedy Democrat, his wife was a conservative Republican.]
And with some help, you also dispensed with the follow up question:
The end of the 1960s, was also the end of NFL Players doing this. Doing what? Playing without a
facemask. [The last player was Tommy McDonald in 1969 who never used a face mask, never lost
a tooth or broke his nose in 12 years of NFL playing for the Eagles, Cowboys and Rams. He did
break a jaw in 1959, but played through the season without a mask after doctors wired his jaw.]
That leaves us with an unanswered question that becomes out straggler for next week.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, you got almost half of them, but no one ventured a guess on on the
theme. Every artist we played was on the bill at the Murray the K Labor Day Show of Stars at the
Brooklyn Paramount on September 4, 1961 singing to the songs you heard:
Etta James – How Big A Fool – 1961 – Kent/Modern
Brian Hyland – That’s How Much – 1961 Kapp
Clarence Henry – A Little Too Much - 1961 Argo
Frank Gari – Princess – 1961 Crusade
Vibrations – Wallflower – 1961 Checker
Regents – Liar – 1961 Gee
Tony Orlando – Happy Times Are Here To Stay – 1961 Fontana
Linda Scott – Three Guesses – 1961 Canadian American
Bruce Bruno – Hey Little One – 1961 Roulette
Belmonts – We Belong Together – 1961 Laurie
Ral Donner – I Didn’t Figure On Him (To Come Back) – 1961 Gone
In addition to those 11 acts, five more joined them: Jackie Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Cleftones,
The Chantels, and Curtis Lee.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Next live show—Labor Day! For Monday Night Trivia
and we’ve got a straggler just waitin’ for you. Don’t remember what it was? Check out tonight’s
replay of the last Monday Night Trivia show (but don’t call since it is a replay, but do call Monday
night). Last night, we talked about a wide variety of something close to nothing and played some
nifty bumpers too:
Howlin’ Wolf – Back Door Man – 1961 Chess
Marvin Gaye – Can I Get A Witness – 1963 Tamla
Lena Horne – Life Is Full of Consequence – 1943 MGM
Lena Horne – Ain’t It The Truth – 1957 RCA
Lena Horne – Honey In The Honeycomb – 1943 MGM
Marvin Gaye – Pride And Joy – 1963 Tamla
Jackie Wilson – Squeeze Her, Tease Her – 1964 Brunswick
Lee Rogers – I Want You To Have Everything – 1964 D-Town
Chuck Berry – Memphis, Tennessee – 1959 Chess
Joey Reynolds – Ma Bell You Got Me By The Calls – 1976 Pyramid
Alvin Cash & The Crawlers – Twine Time – 1964 Mar-V-Lus
Little Richard – Lucille – 1957 Specialty
Manhattans – Searchin’ For My Baby – 1965 Carnival
AUGUST 2023
THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call. Last night
we talked about cars (The Jeep Cherokee is on the lot waiting for a buyer longer than any other
model—128 days on average), Toyota’s assembly line shut down in Japan (computer issues), the
cheapest car sold in America (actually there’s a lot of conflicting data on that, and I don’t remember
what the site I quoted said—I do remember that it was over $20,000 and just checking now, you can
get a Nissan Versa for under $17,000—so much for my source) and plenty of updates from Soroya,
Stacey, and others. I’ll be waiting for yours tonight. Bumpers? Stories to go with some of them
(particularly Vince Taylor—I can only imagine the look on Joe Barbera’s face when he saw that--
you’ll have to hear the show to know what).
Uniques – Every Now and Then (I Cry) – 1967 Paula
Vince Taylor – Brand New Cadillac – 1959 Parlophone
Major Lance – The Monkey Time – 1963 Okeh
Supremes – Floy Joy – 1971 Motown
Diana Ross – Last Time I Saw Him – 1973 Motown
Vince Taylor – Twenty Flight Rock – 1961 Barclay
Miracles – That’s What Love Is – 1964 Tamla
Stereos – I Really Love You – 1961 Cub
Jan Bradley – Mama Didn’t Lie – 1963 Chess
Major Lance – Mama Didn’t Know – 1963 Okeh
Vi-Tones – Blue Moon – 1962 Chamal
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call. Last night we
solved the world’s problems, OK, we solved nothing, but we did play some of your requests and
had a fine time talking about a wide variety of things. Here are the bumpers you heard:
Jackie Wilson – Talk That Talk – 1959 Brunswick
Undisputed Truth – Since I’ve Lost You – 1971 Gordy
Danderliers – Chop Chop Boom – 1955 States
Mel Carter – Love Is All We Need -1965 Imperial
Temptations – The Girl’s Aright With Me – 196 Gordy
Jimmy Ruffin – Everybody Needs Love – 1968 Soul
E Rodney Jones – R&B Time – 1967 Tuff
Stealer’s Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You – 1973 A&M
Bobby Freeman – Need Your Love – 1958 Josie
Major Lance – Delilah – 1964 Major Lance on Caravan of Record Stars in Wichit
TUESDAY AUGUST 29, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Please call! (I’m
inherently lazy and it makes the show much easier to do. That’s not to say I won’t have plenty on
my mind, but I’d hear what’s on yours. Monday Night Trivia last night was interesting. We had a
follow up question and it went almost all night:
Men are more likely to Smoke than women. Over a billion men worldwide smoke cigarettes Only in
five countries do women smokers outnumber men. Name one: Norway, Sweden, Papua New
Guinea, Cook Islands, Nauru. [More people per capita smoke in Nauru than anywhere else.
(Nauru is a tiny island country in Micronesia, with a population around 12,500.)]
Towards the end of the show, we threw out a new question, and that’s our straggler for next
Monday. Yes, live show on Labor Day. As for the Bumper Stumpers, all the artists I played had #1
hits on the Billboard R&B chart at one time or another. (Of course the songs I picked weren’t the
ones that catapulted them to greatness, but they were kinda nice.) No one got the theme and the
only song identified was the one by The Whispers. Here they all are:
Jermaine Jackson – Let Me Tickle Your Fancy – 1982 Motown
Faye Adams – The Hammer (Keeps A Knockin’) – 1956 Herald
Whispers – I Only Meant To Wet My Feet – 1972 Janus
Chuck Willis – Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes – 1958 Atlantic
Jean Knight – Don’t Ask For 24 Hours – 1975 Chelsea
Joe Simon – When – 1970 Sound Stage 7
GQ – Sitting In The Park – 1980 Arista
Bobby Day – That’s All I Want – 1959 Class
Joe Hinton – You Know It Ain’t Right – 1963 Back Beat
The Charms – Image Of A Girl – 1960 King
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Should Be Your Lover – 1980 Source
FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show: Monday Night Trivia. 10 PM CT on
Monday the 28th. Tonight it’s a replay of last Monday Night Trivia, so don’t call, but plan on calling
Monday. I’ll be ready for you. Last night we talked about Mary Wells, Gene Chandler, and other
things too numerous to mention—which means as I type this I can’t remember a one of ‘em.
However I do know what bumpers we played:
Dukays – The Girl’s A Devil – 1960 NAT
Gene Chandler – Bet You Never Thought – 1966 Constellation
Mary Wells – He’s A Lover – 1965 20th Century
Eagles – Tryin’ To Get To You – 1954 Mercury
Lou Rawls – Trouble Down Here Below – 1967 Capitol
Gene Chandler – It Sounds Like Soul – 1964 Constellation
Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl – 1961 VeeJay
Chi-Lites – Low Key – 2001
Chi-Lites – Hot On A Thing – 1981 20th Century
THURSDAY AUGUST 24, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight, and anything goes. I’m counting
on your call. Last night was interesting. The AC is fixed in the studio—working better than ever, but
for how long? (The fix is questionable, so I gotta wonder, but it was great—they came, did it and
left—never even awakened me—we’ll see.) Broadband is back too— again, but for how long?
(This afternoon I was getting speeds like close to nothing down, nothing up—we’ll see.) We talked
about a number of things... The T.A.M.I. Show (a fiasco if there ever were one, but it’s absence
from the market makes people clamor for it to this day), cassette tapes, tropo ducting, weird laws,
Oliver Anthony (I’ll edit his online hit and play it for you tonight—expect to be underwhelmed), and
the IRS, not a complete list and not in that order. As for bumpers, this is a complete list and it is in
order:
Sparks of Rhythm – Handy Man – 1959 Apollo
Gene Chandler – Groovy Situation – 1970 Mercury
Jan & Dean – Baby Talk – 1959 Dore
Shalamar – A Night To Remember – 1982 Solar
Olympics – Shimmy Like Kate – 1960 Arvee
Looking Glass – Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne – 1973 Epic
Marcels – Friendly Loans – 1962 Colpix
Moonglows – Unemployment – 1959 Chess
Vic Dana – A Lifetime Lovin’ You – 1967 Liberty
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23, 2023 3:31 AM... Full show tonight starting at 8, I hope you’ll listen and
call. Between now and then I’ll try to give you a reason, but as I sit here in stupefying Arizona heat
because my air conditioner quit during last night’s show (unbeknownst to me—I just figured my
health was to blame as usual), no promises. Last night we covered a lot of ground, though typing
this while sweating I’m hard pressed to think of what it was. Instead I’ll just list the bumpers:
Essex – What I Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Me – 1963 Roulette
Velours – Remember – 1958 Onyx
Jerry Butler – Mr. Dream Merchant –1967 Mercury
Corsairs – Smokey Places – 1961 Tuff
Intruders – Cowboys To Girls – 1968 Gamble
Manhattans – Call Somebody Please – 1964 & 1969 Carnival
Originals – Baby I’m For Real – 1969 Soul
Major Harris – Love Won’t Let Me Wait – 1974 Atlantic
Big Maybelle – How it Lies – 1950s Savoy unreleased
Faragher Brothers – Never Get Your Love Behind Me
TUESDAY AUGUST 22, 2023 3:31 AM CT...Full show tonight starting at 10. I hope you’ll call. A
number of you did last night for Monday Night Trivia. Made it a pleasure to do. You quickly
dispensed with my first trivia question:
Birthday wishes: The most popular wish for men was to improve their golf game. What was the
most popular wish for women? To spend more time with their husband. [Carvel Ice Cream Survey.]
And toward the end of the show, you answered my follow up question:
Men are more likely to do this than women. Over a billion men worldwide do it. Do what? Smoke
cigarettes. [2003 Tobacco Control Profile] We’ve got a follow up to it that we’ll attack next Monday
night.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, you didn’t get many of them and no one took a shot at the theme.
All of these songs were recorded at Criteria in North Miami:
Tami Lynn – Mojo Hannah – 1971 Cotillion
Steve Alaimo – Do The Hully Gully – 1961 Checker
Steve Alaimo – Mashed Potatoes [both from the “Twist with Steve Alaimo” LP]
Laura Lee – What A Man – 1970 Cotillion
Jackie Moore- Darling Baby – 1972 Atlantic
Big Buddy K – MD The Monster Doctor – 1965 Lowery
Big Maybelle – How It Lies – 1966 Rojac
Wayne Cochran – Hoochie Coochie Man – 1967 Chess
Kim Carnes – Let Your Love Come Easy – 1976
Jimmy Ruffin – Hold On To My Love – 1980 RSO
Millie Jackson – I’m Tired Of Hiding – 1974 Spring [LP Cut: Caught Up]
Esther Phillips – A Woman Will Do Wrong – 1975 Atlantic
FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show—Monday Night Trivia, this coming
Monday, August, 21st. Tonight’s it’s a replay of last Monday Night Trivia—enjoy the show, but save
your calls for Monday! Last night we talked about lunatic court decisions (a mother and father jailed
for life for giving cow’s milk to their baby)... a million missing people (OK, not missing—dead. But a
million more than in past years—gee do ya wonder why?)... and various other conspiracies or
controversies that mean little to nothing (except to those involved of course), interspersed with
songs you wanted to hear:
Bunny Wailer – Electric Boogie – 1983 Solomonic
Fabulous Pearls – My Heart’s Desire – 1959 Dooto
Solitaires – I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance – 1955 Old Town
El Dorados – Baby I Need You – 1954 VeeJay
Miracles – Would I Love You -1964 Tamla
Diablos – The Wind – 1954 Fortune
Gene McDaniels – Chip Chip – 1961 Liberty
Danderliers – May God Be With You – 1956 United
THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight, join me and please call. It’s been
a slow week for callers, which means I actually have to work. Being work adverse, I’d much rather
talk with you. 888-876-5593 10 PM Central. Last night we covered a variety of things. Memphis is
the most dangerous city in America. Jerry Moss has died. Jimmy P had several song suggestions.
We unveiled Johnny D’s song about caller Lisa, did some dream interpretation, discussed time
travel and the merits of chickens as support animals. (Jon prefers chicken nuggets for support.)
We als played your requests:
Andy Fairweather Low – Dancing In The Dark – 1974 A&M [LP Spider Jiving]
Andy Fairweather Low – Spider Jiving – 1974 A&M
Velours – Can I Come Over Tonight – 1957 Onyx
Moroccos – Red Hots & Chili Peppers – 1959 United
Nutmegs – Story Untold – 1955 Herald
Nutmegs – Comin’ Home – 1957 Herald
Jacks – Why Don’t You Write Me – 1955 RPM
Marcia Griffith – Electric Boogie – 1983 Solomonic
PR Battle – Radio Loves You – 1977 A&M
Lee Shot Williams – Juke Joint Slide – 2003 Ecko
Mark Dinning – Top 40 News Weather And Sports- 1961 MGM
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16. 2023 Full show tonight starting at 10. Please join us and call. Last
night we reviewed AS – artificial stupidity. The four letters I received, all written on the same day,
from the motor vehicle department, with wildly conflicting information will attest—we have nothing to
fear from artificial intelligence. It’s artificial stupidity that will do us in. We also talked about B.
Mitchell Reed, cart machines, and bed bugs. And we played a bunch of bumpers:
Presidents – Sweet Magic – 1970 Sussex
Faith Hope & Charity – So Much Love – 1970 Sussex
Johnny Nash – A Very Special Love – 1957 ABC Paramount
Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely For So Long – 1973 Stax
Perez Prado – Mambo #5 – 1949 RCA
Little Richard – Directly From My Heart – 1966 Modern
Barbara George – I Know – 1961 AFO
Maxine Brown – Oh No Not My Baby – 1964 Wand
Howard Tate – Look At Granny Run Run – 1966 Verve
TUESDAY AUGUST 15, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call. Thanks to those
of you who participated in last night’s Monday Night Trivia. The straggler went all night. I revealed
it at the end of the show:
75 percent of women do this annually while only 17% of men do it. Do what? Make birthday wishes.
[Carvel Ice Cream did the survey in the 1990s] We’ll have a fresh question next week.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, the theme was guessed quickly—all the songs I played were
recorded in Nashville. But as for the artists, only one—Carl Perkins—was identified (by Don of
Beloit). Here’ what we played:
Hy-Tones – You Don’t Even Know My Name – 1965 Bell
Carl Perkins – L-O-V-E-V-I-L-L-E – 1960 Columbia
Arthur Gunter – Baby Let’s Play House – 1960 Excello
Avons – Since I Met You Baby – 1968 Excello
Herbert Hunter – Make Me Know You – 1961 Poncello
Audrey Bryant – Let’s Trade A Little – 1959 Do-Ra-Mi
Don Whitehead – The Funky Preacher – 1969 Ref-O-Ree
Ray Smith – Makes Me Feel Good – 1960 Judd
Christine Kittrell – Sittin’ Here Drinking – 1952 Tennessee
Bernard Hardison – Too Much – 1955 Republic
Esquerita – Rockin’ The Joint – 1958 Capitol
FRIDAY AUGUST 11, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show Monday Night Trivia next week. We’ve
got a straggler and I bet you’ve got guesses. Save your calls until then. Tonight it’s a replay of
Monday Night Trivia from this past Monday. Last night, a missing woman was found. In three
suitcases floating in the Delray Beach waters, strangest things you’ve seen at estate sales, what to
do with placentas, and why Johnny D is obsessed with hominins. (It all dates back to a book his
wife gave him close to 50 years ago. I just ordered a copy. 488 pages.) As for the bumpers I
played:
Joe Tex – I Want To – 1965 Dial
Jimmy Castor Bunch – Troglodyte – 1972 RCA
Patti Austin – All My Love - 1967 Coral
Bobby Womack – Come L’Amour - 1971 UA
Jelly Beans – I’m Hip To You – 1964 Eskee
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters – Money Honey – 1953 Atlantic
Rufus & Roots – Caught Up – 1979 T-Jaye (Rufus Hunter)
Platters – Maggie Doesn’t Work Here Anymore – 1954 Federal
Thee Midniters – That’s All – 1965 Chattahoochee
THURSDAY AUGUST 10, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight starting at 10. Your participation is
requested. It’s up to me to give you a reason to call, so I’ll starrt working on it now. Last night we
covered a lot of ground, finally discussing the almost decapitated flight attendant, other airline
horrors (like entire slides falling off 767’s-- not once, but three times of which we’re aware), aliens,
and more. Bumpers:
Touissant McCall – Nothing Takes The Place Of You – 1967 Ronn
Chantels – Eternally – 1963 Ludix
Platters – I Love You 1000 Times – 1966 Musicor
Tyrone Davis – Turn Back The Hands Of Time – 1970 Dakar
Barbara Mason – Oh How It Hurts – 1967 Arctic
Velvetones – Glory of Love – 1957 Aladdin
Allan Sherman – The Drinking Man’s Diet – 1965 WB
Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him – 1974 A&M
Five Satins – I’ll Be Seeing You – 1960 Ember
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call. Last
night ran the gamut from a new hominin (a cross between neanderthal and some cave dweller) to
old cars found submerged in a Miami lake. Tomorrow we’ll get to that inflight entertainment-- the
trip where a passenger tried to behead a flight attendant (and all you ever got was a movie—not
even an inflight rodeo). As for what I played:
Cadillacs – My Girl Friend – 1957 Josie
Ron Holden – Can You Talk – 1973 Now
Mel Tillis – Who’s Julie - 1968 Kapp
DJ Casper – Casper Slide Pt 2 – 1999
Tides – Chicken Spaceman – 1961 Dore
Tams – What Kind of Fool – 1963 ABC Paramount
Tams – I’ve Been Hurt – 1965 ABC
Stylistics – If I Love You - 1971 Avco Embassy
TUESDAY AUGUST 8, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10 CT... Call with
whatever’s on your mind (as long as it’s inconsequential and non political, that is— the guideline is
simple: have fun). Monday Night Trivia last night was some what of a mystery. I threw out a
question I thought would go for a while and our second caller knocked it off:
There’s only one state where a parent can do this. It’s illegal in 49 states, and while detractors want
to make it illegal in the lone state where it’s allowed, lobbyists alone have prevented a change in the
law. What’s legal for a parent to do? And for extra credit, where is it legal? In Wisconsin its legal
for a parent to order alcohol for a child of any age in a restaurant our bar. [Needless to say the
lobbyists fighting to keep it that way are the restaurant associations.]
Then I threw out a question I thought would be quickly answered, and at the end of the show you
were still working on it—so it is now our straggler for next week. If you missed it and want to know
what it is, listen to the replay (stream or download, or on WGN this coming Friday night).
As for the Bumper Stumpers, the commonality is all were big local Philadelphia hits:
Esko Affair – Salt And Pepper – 1968 Mercury
Tina Britt – The Real Thing – 1965 Eastern
Untouchables – Poor Boy Needs A Preacher – 1960 Madison
Emotions – So I Can Love You – 1969 Volt
Eddie Holman - I Love You – 1969 ABC
Jamestown Massacre – Summer Sun – 1972 WB
Volcanos – Storm Warning – 1965 Arctic
Cholli Maye – You Will Never Get Away – 1963 Gold
Crystal Mansion – The Thought Of Loving You – 1968 Capitol
Ann Cole – Have Fun – 1962 Roulette
Pentagons -I’m In Love – 1962 Jamie
FRIDAY AUGUST 4, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Join me for next week’s Monday Night Trivia, live on
Monday at 10 PM CT... tonight, sit back and enjoy a replay of this week’s Monday Night Trivia, but
don’t call. Do call on Monday though. I’ll have Bumper Stumpers, a new question, and a
challenge just for you, whatever your area of expertise may be. As for last night, we talked about
the latest medical threat—Alpha-Gal Syndrome. Right out of the CDC newsletter, “Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report” (now there’s an uplifting title) we find out that it’s tick borne and once
bitten you’ll develop an allergy to meat. It sounds like a late night TV bit, but it’s on the rise
throughout America. Don’t worry about being hyped on cures, there isn’t one. And there’s an
almost assured bet that your doctor hasn’t heard of it. That and as always, more people behaving
badly, or at least inexplicably, and plenty of time for bumpers:
Mel Gadson – Coming Down With Love – 1960 Big Top
Ray Stevens – Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick Dissolving, Fast Acting,
Pleasant Tasting Green & Purple Pills – 1961 Mercury
George Jackson – Kiss Me – 1967 Mercury
Plants – Dear I Swear – 1957 J&S
Shirelles – Foolish Little Girl – 1963 Scepter
Radiants – It Ain’t No Big Thing – 1965 Chess
Chuck Jackson (with Doris Troy) – Tell Him I’m Not Home – 1963 Wand
Etta James – Stop The Wedding – 1962 Argo
Gold Bugs – Stop That Wedding – 1965 Coral
Unit 4 + 2 – Concrete And Clay – 1965 London
THURSDAY AUGUST 3, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call! Last night we
talked about the quest of employers to find some way out of dependence on six lunatics (in the
case of radio station owners dealing with disc jockeys, though the problem is real for any success
dependent on undependable help). Some of the mechanical methods in the past have been
downright hilarious, but today AI is no laughing matter—or is it? We also got into the way-back
machine to discuss the DB Cooper hijacking. (See, this is why you need to call tonight—save me
from similar stories of decades gone by.) I still say he made it, though at this point, 51 years later,
he’s probably no longer with us. As for what we played:
Roy Milton – Red Light – 1961 Rendezvous
DeBarge – All This Love – 1981 Gordy
Drew-Vels – Tell Him – 1964 Capitol
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me – 1965 Checker
Smokey Robinson – Being With You – 1961 Tamla
DeBarge – I Like It – 1982 Gordy
Jack Greene – Statue Of A Fool – 1969 Decca
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 2, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Plan to call. I’ll try
to think of something to give you a reason between now and then. Last night, we talked about what
could possibly go wrong with releasing 30,000 genetically modified mosquitos each week, and
assorted stories of people exhibiting a severe lack of wisdom—the vegan who died of starvation, for
instance. And we played some bumpers:
Jr. Walker & The All Stars – What Does It Take – 1969 Soul
Andre Williams – Pass The Biscuits Please – 1957 Fortune
Johnny Otis – I’ll Do The Same Thing For You – 1959 Capitol
Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke – 1977 Motown
Gerald Wilson’s Big Band – Viva Tirado – 1962 Pacific Jazz [LP cut: Moment of Truth]
El Chicano – Viva Tirado – 1970 Kapp
Whispers – Never Again – 1964 Dore
Sheiks – So Fine – 1955 Federal
Frankie Ford – Time After Time – 1960 Ace
Gary Lewis & The Playboys – Everybody Loves A Clown – 1965 Liberty
TUESDAY AUGUST 1, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Welcome to August! Full show tonight at 10 CT. Please
call! We closed out July with Monday Night Trivia last night, and no one got the straggler:
This happens 27,000 times a day on average in America. What happened? A commercial airliner
loses a piece of luggage. (98% are located within 5 days, but if you’re on a short vacation, that may
be after the trip.) [Boston Globe 12/7/03]
The Bumper Stumper theme? Everything I played was a big hit in Pittsburgh (thanks to Porky
Chedwick, Mad Mike and TL, not to mention plenty of folks on smaller stations surrounding the
metro). Here’s what you heard:
Vows- I Wanna Chance – 1962 Markay
Del-Rios – Just Across The Street – 1962
Contrails – Someone – 1966 Diamond
Tom & Jerrio – Boo-Ga-Loo – 1965 Jerry-O
Johnny Jack – Smack Madam – 1959 Great
Binders – You Don’t Have To Cry Anymore – 1970 Sara
Bleu Lights – Yes I Do – 1968 Bay Sound
Rex Garvin – Emulsified – 1963 Okeh
Anita May – Tarnished Angel – 1968 Audio Arts
Atlantics – Remember The Night – 1962 Linda
Young Hearts – Do Not Forsake Me – 1961 Infinity
JULY 2023
FRIDAY JULY 28, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show.. Monday Night Trivia 10 PM Central next
week. Tonight it’s a replay of last Monday night’s trivia show. We talked about a variety of things
last night from the animal most likely to kill you (in every state—bengal tigers in Oklahoma?
Really? That’s what I get for reading the tabloids), to Germany’s use of magicians in World War II,
not to mention more on Tony Bennett
Darrell Banks – Open The Door To Your Heart – 1966 Revilot
Impressions – Senorita I Love You – 1959 Abner
Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin – Show Me The Way To Go – 1968 Brunswick
Tony Bennett – Just In Time – 1956 Columbia
Tony Bennett – Fly Me To The Moon – 1965 Columbia
Tony Bennett – Give Me The Simple Life – 1955 Columbia [LP Cut: Cloud 7]
Tony Bennett – The Best Is Yet To Come – 1961 Columbia
Tony Bennett – Rags To Riches – 1953 Columbia
Tony Bennett – I Wanna Be Around – 1962 Columbia
THURSDAY JULY 27, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show at 10 tonight, please call! We continued to talk
about Tony Bennett last night, as well as Sinead O’Connor, people behaving badly (a common
theme) 10 tons of cocaine seized (no wonder the sharks are exhibiting signs of confusion) and
more. As for bumpers:
Dave Bartholomew – Poppa Stoppa Theme Song (based on Joe Houston’s Dig It 1952)
Impressions – Minstrel And Queen – 1962 ABC Paramount
Jorgen Ingmann – Apache – 1961 Atlantic
Marie Knight – Come On Baby – 1962 Okeh
Tony Bennett – When Lights Are Low – 1964 Columbia
Tony Bennett – Firefly – 1958 Columbia
Tony Bennett – Once Upon A Time – 1962 Columbia
Tony Bennett – Cold Cold Heart – 1951 Columbia
Tony Bennett – Put On A Happy Face – 1960 Columbia
WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 2023 3:31 AM CT.... Live show tonight at 10, I hope you’ll join me—and
call! Last night was crickets in the first two hours and every line lit in the third, which left a lot of you
holding on when the show ended. Call earlier tonight! We covered a lot of ground from people
behaving badly (murders, mayhem, cocaine addicted sharks and more) to Tony Bennett. Bumpers?
Ruby Andrews – Casonova (Your Playing Days Are Over) – 1967 Zodiac
Orioles – Crying In The Chapel – 1953 Jubilee
Olympics – Good Lovin’ – 1965 Loma
Roger Williams – Summertime – 1957 Versailles
Impressions – Gypsy Woman – 1965 ABC Paramount
Percy Faith – Theme From A Summer Place – 1959 Columbia]
Joe Harnell – Fly Me To The Moon – 1963 Kapp
Tony Bennett – Boulevard of Broken Dreams – 1950 Columbia
Tony Bennett – The Good Life – 1963 Columbia
Tony Bennett – If I Ruled The World – 1965 Columbia
Tony Bennett – One For My Baby – 1957 Columbia
TUESDAY JULY 25, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Last night, as is every
Monday, was devoted to Monday Night Trivia. You quickly knocked off the straggler:
This profession is often thought to be a thing of the past, but there are over 25,000 full time workers
employed doing this in the US today. As of 2019, the average pay had skyrocketed to over
$116,000 a year. What’s the profession? Farrier (horse shoer) [Statistics from the American
Farrier Journal and GreenAcresSells]
But the follow up question is still in play so that becomes our straggler for next Monday night. As
for the Bumper Stumpers, the theme was songs featured on Huggy Boy’s many bootlegged
albums—however I would have considered big East LA hits as a win. I got neither. But you did get
to hear my favorite record of all time (“Oh My Angel” which Sgt. Pappy quickly identified. Others
identified included The Festivals, The Incredibles, McKinley Mitchell and Thee Midniters:
Festivals – You’ve Got The Makings Of A Lover – 1967 Smash
Bertha Tillman – Oh My Angel – 1962 Brent
Incredibles – I’ll Make It Easy – 1966 Audio Arts
McKinley Mitchell – The Town I Live In – 1962 One-Derful
Thee Midniters – That’s All – 1965 Chattahoochee
Entertainers IV – Hey Lady – 1967 Dore
Sly Slick & Wicked – Confessin’ A Feeling – 1972 Bad Boys
Jay Wiggins – Sad Girl – 1965 IPG
Brenton Wood – I Want Love – 1967 Brent
Sunny Ozuna & The Sunliners – Smile Now, Cry Later – 1966 Key-Loc
FRIDAY JULY 21, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show: Monday Night Trivia 7/24/23 at 10 CT... I’ll
be ready for you! Tonight’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia from this past Monday. Don’t call (but
DO call on Monday). Thanks to those of you who called last night. That always makes the show a
pleasure to do. As for bumpers:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Give Me My Boots And Saddle – 1958 Epic [LP Cut: At Home With]
Sue Thompson – James (Hold The Ladder Steady) – 1962 Hickory
Phil Upchurch Combo – You Can’t Sit Down – 1961 Boyd
Blue Magic – Summer Snow – 1976 WMOT
Buddy Knox – Somebody Touched Me – 1958 Roulette
Chuck Jackson – In Between Tears – 1962 Wand
Kay Starr – I’ve Got The World On A String – 1959 Capitol [LP Cut: Just For Variety, Vol 11]
Otis Redding – Mr. Pitiful – 1964 Volt
Otis Redding – Security – 1964 Volt
THURSDAY JULY 20, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. We’ll probably pick up where we
left off, talking old Doo Wop, Fast Food and whatever else is on your mind. Thanks for the
feedback on the bumpers. No more requests unless I like them and they fall under the obscure
soul, R&B, doowop and occasional bossa nova that I crave. (I still reserve the right to play a guilty
favorite wimpy white song like Neil Sedaka’s “Alice In Wonderland,” but not too often.) We started
last night’s show with the last of the requests I honored:
Henry Thomas – Going Up The Country – 1929 Vocalion
Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up – 1970 Curtom [LP Cut: Curtis]
Dells – She’s Just An Angel – 1958 VeeJay (unreleased)
Earl Hines (with Billy Eckstine vocal) – Stormy Monday Blues – 1942 Bluebird/RCA
T-Bone Walker – Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday’s Just As Bad – 1947 Black & White
Lonnie Mack – Falling Back In Love With You – 1985 Alligator [LP Cut: Strike Like Lightning]
Dion & The Belmonts – I Wonder Why – 1958 Laurie
Shirelles – Foolish Little Girl – 1963 Scepter
Marvelettes – The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game – 1966 Tamla]
Bobby Bland – I Pity The Fool – 1961 Duke
WEDNESDAY JULY 19, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We never did get around to talking about the UFO that
floated up to shore on an Australian Beach, but hopefully we will tonight. Full show starting at 10
CT. Please call. Instead, last night, we reminisced about favorite foods from days gone by. And
thanks to the urging of Amanda and a few other emailers, I have instituted a new bumper rule—I’ll
only play your requests if they fall under that doo wop, obscure soul banner. (There is a big
exception, but I’ll generate it—songs I really like that aren’t doo wop or soul. Joao Donato falls in
that category (RIP, he died at 88 recently). He wrote Muito A Vontade, one of my faves.) So here’s
what we played last night:
Sergio Mendes Trio – Muito A Vontade – 1965 Tower/Capitol
Solitaires – Walking Along – 1957 Old Town
Jackie Wilson – You Got Me Walking – 1972 Brunswick
Lou Johnson – Always Something There To Remind Me – 1963 Big Top
Lou Johnson – Unsatisfied – 1965 Big Top
Madeline Bell – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – 1968 Phillips
Parliaments – Don’t Be Sore At Me – 1967 Revilot
Donna Hightower – I Ain’t In The Mood – 1951 Decca
TUESDAY JULY 18, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10 CT. Please call. Last
night’s Monday Night Trivia was, as always, a good time had by all. It was wonderful hearing from
so man first time callers, including one in Japan (where at 10:30 PM our time, it was half past noon
tomorrow). You got my first question:
In 1963 there were over 106,000 of these businesses in the US. By the turn of this century, in
2000, there were less than 45,000. What business is declining: Barbershops [Omaha World
Herald 10/21/2001 Forbes FYI 9/17/00]
My second one is still up for grabs, so it’ll be next week’s straggler. Meanwhile, I forgot one of last
week’s questions that you easily knocked off: Auctions of things belonging to dead celebrities have
always been popular. In 2004 Abe Lincoln’s brought under $4000, but Marilyn Monroe’s brought
over $11,000. What was auctioned? Their hair. [US News & World Report 5/10/04.]
There were two easy themes concerning our Bumper Stumpers. You got them both. One was that
Elvis covered them all. (The year he recorded them is in parenthesis, below.) The other theme is
that every one of them was the original recording. Here’s what you heard:
Arthur Alexander – Burning Love – 1972 Warner Brothers (Elvis 1972)
Faye Adams – Shake A Hand – 1953 Herald (Elvis 1975)
Darrell Glenn – Crying In The Chapel – 1953 Valley (Elvis 1965)
Bob Crosby Orchestra-Marion Mann vocal – Fools Rush In – 1940 Decca (Elvis 1972)
Henry Russell – Tomorrow Night – 1939 Vocalion (Elvis 1965)
Smiley Lewis – One Night – 1956 Imperial (Elvis 1958)
Brenda Lee – Always On My Mind – 1972 Decca (Elvis 1972)
Mark James – Suspicious Minds – 1968 Scepter (Elvis 1969)
Eddy Arnold – I Really Don’t Want To Know – 1953 RCA (Elvis 1970)
Charles Hart – Are You Lonesome To-Night – 1927 Harmony (Elvis 1960) 1/21 & 5/22 ’23
Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog – 1953 Peacock (Elvis 1956)
SATURDAY JULY 15, 2023 1:00 AM CT... Sorry for the delay in getting the Thursday night replay
up. I thought I did it right after the show, which probably explains more about the show than I
otherwise could. I think I was there. And maybe you called. The replay is up now, so you can hear it
for yourself. Below are the bumpers I played. Mostly by your request. Next live show in two days –
Monday Night Trivia, starting at 10 CT I hope you’ll join me.
Bobby Byrd – I Need Help (I Can’t Do It Alone) – 1970 King
Honeycombs – Have I The Right – 1964 Interphon (a VeeJay subsidiary)
Jimmy Reed – Take Out Some Insurance – 1959 VeeJay
Johnny Rivers – Every Day I Have To Cry –1966 Imperial [LP Cut: I Know You Wanna Dance]
Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You – 1972 A&M
Peter Brown – Do You Wanna Get Funky – 1977 TK Disco
Peter Brown – Dance With Me – 1977 Drive
[The last two were both LP cuts from the A Fantasy Love Affair album, 1977 Drive]
THURSDAY JULY 13, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10, barring infrastructure
meltdowns, that is. And I don’t expect any. We never did get around to Joe Meek last night, but we
will tonight. There was time to talk about a wide variety of things from Carl C. McIntire to
Underinsured Motorist protection (and of course radio) as well as time for several of your requests:
James Ray – If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody – 1961 Caprice
Rufus Thomas – Boogie Ain’t Nuttin’ (But Gettin’ Down) – 1974 Stax
Temptations – Ball of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today) – 1970 Gordy
Gladiolas – Little Darlin’ – 1957 Excello
Spiral Starecase -I ’ll Run – 1968 Columbia
War – Me And Baby Brother – 1973 UA
Jackie Wilson – Baby Workout – 1963 Brunswick
WEDNESDAY JULY 12, 2023 9:00PM CT...Got a few inquiries about whether there’s a live show
tonight. Indeed, there is. Kudos to Cox for getting a tech out here at 1:30 in the morning.
Raspberries to Cox for previously sending an installer who disconnected me (in the worst possible
way, but I won’t belabor what the idiot did, though I admit when I saw the inside of the demarc, I had
a modicum of sympathy, and a lot of fear for what could happen next. At least now my connection
is well labeled—and it will be better soon when I get a couple of skull and crossbones stickers. My
real worry is the state of the building wiring, for which Cox is not responsible, but I’ll keep my fingers
crossed and go back to living in blissful ignorance). Bottom line: I was back up before 3 AM, and
I’m looking forward to talking to you in an hour.
TUESDAY JULY 11, 2023 10:30 PM... Why am I not on the air? Ask Cox Cable. They're my
broadband provider. I pay for business service which is guaranteed to be up 99.5% of the time.
Apparently, tonight is the .5. I should have stayed another night in Globe, but who knew? And who
knows when we'll be back in action. Could be any minute, or not. I'll keep watching the modem for
the series of happy lights, but my expectations aren't great. I'm posting this online through a
borrowed cell phone. Next I'll look for dixie cups and a string.
TUESDAY JULY 11, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. I promised we’d talk about
a few things, none of which I can remember now, but I’ve got several hours to think of it, and
hopefully you’ll call and remind me. Fun playing Monday Night Trivia last night as always though I
did get a shock in the 2nd hour when I read an email from a friend telling me that David Stewart
died July 1st. He had a massive stroke from which he could not recover. He’s called the show a few
times, so you may be familiar with him. He was a very good friend of ours and we’ll miss him
tremendously. Radio will too-- not only was he a terrific engineer with a wide variety of experience
from heading engineering at Univision to owning his own stations, but he was a walking history. I
used to delight in our calls as he’d be driving across West Texas phoning just to talk radio. Ironic in
our last conversation a week or so before he died, we were lamenting that it wasn’t fun to go to the
NAB anymore since virtually everyone we spent time with there over the past too many years to
count is now no longer with us. David went this year, but we missed it due to Jon’s stroke. I vowed
we’d make up for it next year. Now, I don’t know if we’ll go in 2024, but if we do I’m sure he’ll be with
us in spirit.
Trivia? You made mince meat of several of my questions. First, our straggler from last week:
Today they’re nothing if not mass produced. But the first time one was mass produced—at the rate
of 30,000 a day, was in the mid 1880s. What was mass produced? A toy. [In this case, marbles,
produced in 1884 at the SC Dyke & Co factory in Akron, OH (Cleveland Plain Dealer 8/21/94)]
We’ve previously established that 1440 Americans on average seek hospital treatment for ping
pong injuries every year. By comparison, there are only four known injuries requiring hospital
treatment for this physical pastime. 3 of them for being hit in in the head, one of them for a splinter
in his buttocks. What pastime? Shuffleboard.
We consider this a happy thing. But four million residents of Japan carry insurance against this
happening to them. What happening? Hitting a hole in one. [Golfers in Japan are expected to buy
drinks, dinner and presents for fellow golf club members and friends, and it often winds up
exceeding $10,000. (Washington Post 5/23/99, London Sunday Times 4/7/02)]
As for the Bumper Stumpers, you didn’t get many (some of which were surprisingly easy) and no
one ventured a guess on my theme. Unlike backup singers who ultimately become famous in their
own right, each song I played featured a well-known group backing someone else up.
Carol Blades – Candy Store Lullaby – 1957 Gee [Backed by The Harptones]
Major Lance – Everybody Loves A Good Time – 1965 Okeh [Backed by The Opals]
Linda Clifford – Runaway Love – 1978 Curtom [Backed by The Jones Girls]
Dee Clark – Your Friends – 1961 Vee Jay [Backed by The Dells]
Woodside Sisters – So Soon – 1954 X [Backed by The Harptones]
Bo Diddley – You Know I Love You – 1957 Checker (unreleased) [Backed by The Flamingos]
Carmen Taylor & Boleros– Ooh I – 1954 Atlantic [Backed The Cues as The Boleros]
Big Dee Irwin – Happy Being Fat – 1963 Dimenson [Backed by The Cookies]
Johnny Maestro – I’ll Be True – 1961 Cameo [Backed by The Tymes]
Jimmy Pemberton – Rags to Riches – 1959 End [Backed by the Chantels]
The Players - He’ll Be Back – 1966 Minit [Backed by The Dells]
OK “well-known” is relative, and when it came to The Players, the Dells didn’t back them on He’ll Be
Back, they were them. (VeeJay’s Calvin Carter didn’t like The Players’ harmony so he kept the
track and had The Dells (minus Marvin Jr.) back up The Players’ lead singer Herbert Butler.) And in
fairness, even though The Cues did put out some nice doo wop songs on their own, they were used
more as an in-house backup band for Atlantic, but other than that, groups like The Flamingos, The
Harptones, The Tymes, The Chantels and others were better known for their own stuff than backing
anybody.
FRIDAY JULY 7, 2023 3:31 AM CT...Next live show, Monday Night Trivia—please call. But don’t call
tonight, it’s a replay of last Monday’s trivia. Great to talk with so many of you last night about a wide
array of topics. The gunfight in the water in Tampa Bay—OK, I can figure out how the guys on the
jet skis might have guns, but the guys in the water? What, they left them on the beach with their
towel, flip flops and lotion? And who let’s a 4 year old girl use a public restroom alone, and doesn’t
notice a guy is walking into it while the kid is inside? I haven’t a clue about any of it. But I was able
to play your requests, Johnny D’s latest minstrel missive, and a couple things that tied into this day
in history:
Billy Paul – Me & Mrs. Jones – 1972 Philadelphia International
Jewel Akens – The Birds And The Bees – 1965 Era
Radiants – Hold On – 1968 Chess
Billy Eckstine – Wish You Were Here – 1966 Motown
Dukays – The Girl Is Devil – 1961 Nat
Grand Funk Railroad – Some Kind of Wonderful – 1974 Capitol
Jackie Wilson – (Your Love is Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – 1967 Brunswick
Barbra Carr – Don’t Knock Love – 1967 Chess
THURSDAY JULY 6, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call! Last night, more
Biondi, some Wynonie Harris, and a whole bunch of your calls. Here’s what we played:
Roy Orbison – I Can’t Stop Loving You – 1960 Monument
Roy Orbison – I’m Hurtin’ – 1960 Monument
Dean & Jean – Tra La La La Suzie – 1964 Rust
Alan Jackson – Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Uptempo Love Song – 2000 Arista
Dick Biondi – Dedication – 1963 Richwood [LP: Favorites]
Wynonie Harris – Grandma Plays The Numbers – 1949 King
Dick Biondi – The Disc Jockey – 1963 Richwood [LP: Favorites]
Roy Head – Treat Her Right – 1965 Back Beat
James Darren – Goodbye Cruel World – 1961 Colpix
WEDNESDAY JULY 5, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Please call. We
celebrated Independence Day together last night. Lots of excitement. Not on the air mind you,
though I shared some of it with you. Every year our FM in Globe puts the big fireworks display to
music. It’s one of the town’s big events, and it’s publicized well. So this year, the fireworks start and
the station goes off the air. I get the call while I’m on WGN. There was very little I could do about it
at that point. But Jon did some calling and discovered we had no power. Because the
neighborhood was on fire. (Turns out while yes, a block was burning, unrelated to it, a car hit a pole
and our very paltry power company did what it always does and failed to serve a major portion of
the community for about an hour and a half.) Normally power loss is not an issue as we have nice
big generators everywhere. All of them worked... except the one powering the studio where the
on-air computer is perched. The power came back just after the fireworks were over. (Good thing
too, because if it hadn’t, I would have needed to go to Globe to figure out what was happening, and
I don’t see well enough to drive at night, so we would have been off the better part of tomorrow too.)
As it is, I’ll go back on Friday and try to figure out why the generator failed. I hope to god it’s just
that I ran out of fuel. That’s an easy fix. We’re very good at maintaining and testing all of them, so I
can’t imagine it’s something else, and truth be known I haven’t checked the fuel level in months.
The good news is that we had fun on WGN, talked a lot about Dick Biondi, and played your
requests:
Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure – Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing – 1965 Checker
Billy Stewart – Keep Loving – Chess 1965
Platters – Voo Vee Ah Be – 1954 Federal
Kenny Rogers – For You Alone – 1958 Carlton
Dreamlovers – Amazons & Coyotes – 1962 Swan
Spiders – I Didn’t Want To Do It – 1954 Imperial
Dee Clark – Hey Little Girl – 1959 Abner
Miracles – Happy Landing – 1962 Tamla
Supremes – In The Evening Of Our Love – Motown (unreleased)
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live 4th of July show tonight starting at 10. Please call!
Last night we played Monday Night Trivia. We’ve got a straggler for next week, but you did well
with the three questions I threw out:
Collectively and historically, professional race car drivers consider three things to be unlucky. One
of them was women in the garages at the raceway. Name one of the other two. The color green
and peanuts in the raceway garages. [According to the Chicago Tribune (2/15/01) and Los Angeles
Times (1/9/00).]
When California first offered personalized plates, this was the most requested plate—so many
people requested them that there was a drawing. What was on the plate? The word PEACE.
Proving how unscientific Americans are, 1 in 2 people believe this about the prehistoric era.
Believe what? That humans and dinosaurs co-existed. (CBS News 5/1/02)
The Bumper Stumpers celebrated the holiday. The last name of every artist was the same as one
of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (Thank you Carol ‘Show Prep is my passion’
Ford for the idea.) Below are the songs we played, followed by the full name of the signer, his age,
location at the time of signing and occupation. (I left off other interesting facts—like one of them
had 18 children, and another didn’t die until he was over 90 years old.) Two on the list were born in
the UK as noted. The others, right here in America:
Johnny Adams – I Won’t Cry – 1959 Ric
John Adams 40 & Sam Adams 53– Massachusetts (lawyer & merchant)
Claudine Clark – The Telephone Game – 1962 Chancellor
Abraham Clark 50 – New Jersey (lawyer)
Bernadette Carroll – Party Girl – 1964 Laurie
Charles Carroll 38 – Maryland (plantation owner)
Laura Lee – Since I Fell For You – 1972 Hot Wax
Francis Lee 41 & Richard Lee 44 – Virginia (plantation owner & merchant)
Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knockin' – 1955 Imperial
Francis Lewis 63 – New York (merchant)
Tony Middleton - Sweet Baby of Mine – 1960 Big Top
Arthur Middleton 34 – South Carolina (plantation owner)
Bobby Penn - Gone Forever – 1968 Up-Tight
John Penn 36 - North Carolina (lawyer)
Jackie Ross - Jerk & Twine – 1965 Chess
George Ross 46 - Pennsylvania (lawyer)
Lonnie Smith - Sideman 1967 Columbia [LP Finger Lickin’ Good]
James Smith 57 – Pennsylvania (lawyer, born in Ireland)
Al Wilson - Who Could Be Lovin' You – 1967 Soul City
James Wilson 33 – Pennsylvania (lawyer, born in Scotland)
JUNE 2023
FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show: Monday Night Trivia. (Tonight it’s a replay of
last Monday Night’s trivia show—relax and enjoy it, but plan to call Monday night.) Last night we
talked about everything from what we eat (and don’t eat—no one so far is hungering for the lab
grown chicken that’s now legal to sell to humans), to what we hear on the radio (or what we used to
hear, again apologies to those of you who thought Mel’s hole was real). And we played some of
your requests (and a favorite of mine) too:
Lanier & Co. – Stranger Love Affair – 1987 Waylo
Gil Scott-Heron – The Bottle – 1974 Strata East
Richard Barrett – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – 1958 MGM
Bob & Earl – Gee Whiz – 1958 Class
Syl Johnson – Take Me To The River – 1975 Hi
Carole King – It Might As Well Rain Until September – 1962 Dimension
Dr. John (with Willie Nelson) – Gimme That Old Time Religion – 2022 Rounder
Ernest Tubb – Give Me A Little Old Fashioned Love – 1950 Decca
Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road – 1964 London
THURSDAY JUNE 29, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call. A lot of you did last
night and that makes the show a pleasure to do. David, a first-time caller needs help. He
remembers seeing the Dave Clark Five perform at the Harvey Theatre in 1964 or 1965. Art Roberts
from WLS was the emcee. They did a few songs. They were not there in conjunction with the DC5
movie “Having A Wild Weekend” (“Catch Us If You Can” was the UK title). The DC5 did tour
theatres to promote that movie, but David says, not that. He’s convinced he saw them play there.
So if you have info on that, let me know. Meanwhile I’ll check old WLS surveys hoping to see a
picture, or something. I promised him we’d find out—so I’m depending on one of you to come
through. As for bumpers, some historical tie-ins and some requests:
Mel Brooks – Springtime For Hitler (acapella sung to me in 1970)
Dixie Cups – Iko Iko – 1965 Red Bird
Susan Christie – I Love Onions – 1966 Columbia
Gene Chandler – Tear For Tear – 1957 VJ
Georgie Fame – In The Meantime – 1965 Imperial
Brenda Holloway – You’ve Changed Me – 1965 Tamla [unreleased]
Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady - 1971 Atlantic
Little Eva – Keep Your Hands Off My Baby – 1962 Dimension
Gene Cotton – Like A Sunday in Salem – 1978 Ariola
WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight at 10. Call! Last night Charlie
Gracie, Jr. joined us in the first hour. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hasn’t inducted his dad (yet)
but there is a display, “Rave On” that is in the hall for at least the next three years honoring him.
We talked about that, and about the capacity crowd at a celebration of Charlie’s life and music last
week in Media, PA. You can hear it now on the stream, or download the show—or download the
hour with Charlie (just click Downloads on the Nav Bar above). As for bumpers, here’s what you
heard (mostly your requests):
Charlie Gracie – Angel On My Shoulder – 2015 Lanark
Charlie Gracie – Fabulous – 1957 Cameo
C O D’s – Pretty Baby – 1965 Kellmac
Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind – 1967 Cadet
Gilberto Gil – Here And Now – 1979 Elektra (LP: Nightingale)
Louis Jordan – Five Guys Named Mo – 1943 Decca
Barry White & The Atlantics – Tracy – 1964 Faro
Michael Bacon – Big Mouth – 1975 Epic (LP: Love Song Believer)
Woman – I Want To Get Back – 1971 Shock
Toto – Africa – 1982 Columbia
TUESDAY JUNE 27, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. I hope you’ll join me and
call! Monday Night Trivia was always fun, though light on participation last night. Nevertheless
you managed to knock out a few things—the first one was really easy because apparently I asked it
last year: The Average American uses 743 of these a year. 743 of what? Tissues (and most call
them Kleenex, even though that’s a brand name) [US News & World Report]
The next one took you a bit more time: It’s very miniscule per capita, but together it adds up.
Collectively in one Massachusetts area of about a million people, residents there lose $8,000 a day
doing this. Doing what? Throwing money away. Dr. William Rathje studied an incinerator serving a
million people in Massachusetts and found $8,000 in coins a day in it that residents simply threw
away. [AP 2/23/03]
You were pretty quick on the draw on this one: Researchers have been doing this for more than
100 years, but it wasn’t until the mid 1990s that a word for it appeared in the dictionary. What is the
word? Garbologist – sifting through trash to learn about a subject. Advertisers did it in the early
1900s to find out what kind of soap people really used, but it wasn’t until the 1990s when a
researcher went through Bob Dylan’s garbage to analyze his life and music, that a polite term was
coined.
As for our Bumper Stumpers, the theme was all of them were on record labels owned by
well-known singers. (OK, Gary Paxton isn’t necessarily well known, but everybody remembers his
gropu, the Hollywood Argyles’ and their song, “Ally Oop”. You probably also remember him from
being half of Skip & Flip with a remake of Marvin & Johnny’s “Cherry Pie” and “It Was I”.) Thanks
to show prep legend, Carol Ford for the suggestion. Here’s what you heard [with the singer who
owned the label in brackets]:
Huelyn Duvall - Comin' or Goin' - 1957 Challenge [Gene Autry]
Louis Jordan - You're My Mule – 1962 Tangerine [Ray Charles]
Rita Graham - My Cup Runneth Over – 1969 Tangerine (LP: Vibrations)
Stan Ross – Ahab The Arab 10 years later – 1962 Reprise [Frank Sinatra]
Chiffons - Doctor of Hearts - 1962 Reprise
Five Superiors-There’s A Fool Born Every Day–1962 Garpax [Gary Paxton]
Stridells – Mix It Up – 1970 Curtom [Curtis Mayfield]
Stella Johnson - Yeah Baby – 1957 KRC [Lloyd Price]
Johnnie Taylor – Run But You Can’t Hide – 1965 SAR [Sam Cooke]
Sweet Cherries – Love Is What You Make It – 1969 T-Neck [Isley Brothers]
Persuasions – I Just Can’t Work No Longer – 1970 Straight (LP: Acapella) [Frank Zappa]
SUNDAY 10:00 PM CT... Full show tomorrow night—Monday Night Trivia! at 10 CT, 24 hours from
now. I hope you’ll join me. Apologies for not getting the reply of last Thursday night’s show online
until now. It really is the Better Late Than Never Network. It’s on the stream and available for
download now. (An explanation, not an excuse: I was feeling awful after the show, not any better
on Friday, and then yesterday I forgot until I got email from some of you reminding me. I’m feeling
awful again now, but I promise you I’ll rally in time for Monday Night Trivia. Do call!
Thursday night’s bumpers:
David Allan Coe – The Ride – 1982 Columbia
Rocky Burnett- Tired Of Toeing The Line – 1979 EMI
Donnie Elbert - Got To Get Myself Together – 1970 Rare Bullet
Dells – Now I Pray – 1956 (VeeJay unreleased)
Keystoners – Gossip – 1992 Starbound
Sunrays – Still – 1963 Tower
Eumir Deodato – Havana Strut – 1974 MCA
Linda Laurie – Ambrose Pt. 5 – 1958 Glory
Royalettes – It’s Gonna Take A Miracle – 1965 MGM
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing – 1968 Tamla
THURSDAY JUNE 22, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Call and the floor is
yours (as long as it’s trivia— we avoid subjects of consequence. But we’re long on light hearted fun,
obscure oldies and radio history). Bumpers last night were mostly by request:
Ted Taylor – Somebody’s Always Trying – 1964 Okeh
Tony Bennett – Cold Cold Heart – 1951 Columbia
Betty O’Brien – She’ll Be Gone – 1961 Liberty
Danderliers – Shu-Wop – 1954 States
Little Roger & The Goosebumps – Gilligan’s Island (Stairway) – 1978 Splash
Chet Atkins – Frog Kissin’ – 1975 RCA
Jimmy Hughes – I Like Everything About You – 1968 Volt
Alan Jackson – The Talkin’ Song Repair Blues – 2004 Arista
Alan Jackson – USA Today – 2004 Arista
WEDNESDAY JUNE 21, 2023 3:31 AM CT It’s the longest day of the year (or maybe it just feels
like it). End it by spending the night with me, starting at 10 CT. Last night, as usual, it was AOR (all
over the road) as the bumpers will attest:
Rev-Lons – Boy Trouble – 1962 Garpax
Pointer Sisters – I’m So Excited – 1982 Planet
Brook Benton – Rainy Night In Georgia – 1969 Cotillion
Lee Andrews & The Hearts – The Bells of St. Mary – 1954 Rainbow
Reveres – Beyond The Sea – 1963 Jubilee
Bobby Darin – Beyond The Sea – 1960 Atco
Mills Brothers – The Glow Worm – 1952 Decca
Tune Weavers – Happy Happy Birthday Baby – 1957 Checker
Vogues – You’re The One – 1965 Co & Ce
Regents – Barbara Ann – 1961 Gee
James Brown & Lyn Collins – What My Baby Needs Now – 1972 Polydor
TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10 CT. Please call. Last night’s
Monday Night Trivia proved I have nary a clue about what you know. Last week, you slaughtered
me, correctly answering several of the trivia questions I threw out. This week we had a straggler
from the waning hours of last week’s show—and no one got it:
Consumers will do most anything to get a product they really, really want, but the longest distance
ever traveled to buy one of these was almost 4,000 miles. One of what? (Category is all that’s
needed.) A book. [It was a copy of Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix that a 16 year old
went from Chicago to London by plane for the sole purpose of buying a copy. No word on where
his parents fit into this saga.]
The broad basis of this week’s Bumper Stumpers theme was they were all obscure American soul
records that exploded on the Northern Soul scene in Great Britain. j(Thanks to researcher
extraordinare Carol Ford for the great 'should have been obvious to me but wasn't' idea.) Each
was heard weekly at the overnighters in places like Wigan’s Casino. The more narrow focus was
we played 11 of the Top 25 Northern Soul songs of all time (according to Kev Roberts, the
DJ/promoter/producer who is synonymous with Northern Soul and wrote the book—Northern Soul
Top 500—to prove it. Here’s what you heard.
Frank Wilson – Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) – 1965 Soul
Dobie Gray – Out On The Floor – 1965 Charger
Yvonne Baker – You Didn’t Say A Word – 1966 Parkway
Jimmy Radcliffe – Long After Tonight Is Over – 1964 Musicor
The Epitome Of Sound – You Don’t Love Me – 1967 Sandbag
Garnet Mimms – Looking For You – 1966 United Artists
Frank Beverly & The Butlers – If That’s What You Wanted – 1967 Sassy
Chuck Wood – Seven Days Too Long – 1967 Roulette
Salvadors – Stick By Me Baby – 1967 Wise World
Tomangoe’s – I Really Love You – 1968 Washpan
Judy Street – What - 1968 Strider
FRIDAY JUNE 16, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next full show Monday Night Trivia next week. Tonight it’s a
replay of last Monday’s trivia show, so don’t call, but do call this coming Monday night at 10 CT. We
talked about the usual subjects and had fun with Johnny Goyen and listener Gary. Well fun for me,
anyway. I hope you enjoyed it. We played a lot of Scotty requests and maybe some of yours too:
The Cadillacs – My Girl Friend – 1957 Josie
Alan Jackson – I Still Like Balogna – 2009 Arista
Chantels – He’s Gone – 1957 End
Judy Clay & William Bell – Private Number – 1968 Stax
Staples Singers – I’ll Take You There – 1972 Stax
Neil Sedaka – Alice In Wonderland – 1963 RCA (and Spanish version)
Ron Holden – Can You Talk – 1974 NOW
Brenton Wood – Catch You On The Rebound – 1967 Double Shot
Joe Hinton – You Know It Ain’t Right – 1963 Back Beat
Jewel & The Rubies – Kidnapper – 1963 La Louisianne/ABC Paramount
THURSDAY JUNE 15, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Pleaese join me (and
call!) We continued on scams last night and the inexplicable logic from the USPS, then got into
digital broadcasting, Jane’s trip to Alaska, and great Memphis oldies with Johnny Goyen. Here’s
what we played:
Percy Mayfield – Please Send Me Someone To Love – 1950 Specialty
Pilot – Get Up and Go – 1977 Arista
Impressions – Gypsy Woman – 1963 ABC
Jackie Shane – Comin Down – 1963 Sue
Manhattans – I Call It Love – 1967 Carnival
James Carr – Pouring Water On A Drowning Man – 1966 Goldwax
Ovations – I Believe I’ll Go Back Home – 1958 Goldwax
Spiders – Sukey Sukey Sukey – 1955 Imperial
WEDNESDAY JUNE 14, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. I hope you’ll join me,
better yet, I hope you’ll call. We had fun after the Stanley Cup Playoffs, though the victims of the
scams I mentioned didn’t. Among the current front runners: USPS Change of Address scams—
where someone changes your address to theirs to get your mail, specifically checks mailed to you.
(There are so many things the post office should and could do, but to date, you’re on your own.) Or
the joys of AI, where now the grandparent scam (receiving a text or email allegedly from a child or
grandchild in trouble asking you to wire money) is on steroids. Since most kids are on social media,
it’s only to easy for AI to clone their voices, with scammers calling you impersonating them. (Don’t
think that caller ID will let you know if it’s real—that’s even easier to spoof.) Bottom line, if you get
contacted in that way, do not reply. Reach out to your supposed relative in trouble yourself, using
numbers you have. And that’s just the tip of the illicit iceberg. On to happier things, I played
several of your requests:
Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk – 2015 Columbia
Frank Sinatra – Love’s Been Good To Me – 1969 Reprise
Wilson Picket – Ninety Nine and a Half Just Won’t Do – 1966 Atlantic
Yardbirds – New York City Blues – 1966 Epic (flip of Shapes of Things)
Big Jeff Bess – Step It Up and Go – 1951 Dot
TUESDAY JUNE 13, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Tonight’s show should start around 10:30, just after the
Stanley Cup Playoffs. Do call! You slaughtered me in last night’s Monday Night Trivia, getting
almost every question I threw out:
If you’re male, you’re twice as likely as females to have this trait. What trait? Left Handedness. [Ft.
Worth Star Telegram 8/13/02]
70% of Americans 18 to 24 can’t find this on a map. What? England. [Washington Post 5/22/03.]
Half couldn’t find New York state on a US map either.
Most Americans can not identify this. What? Their rep in congress. [San Diego Union Tribune
11/3/02 reported that 53% don’t know who their US Representative is.]
I didn’t use it, but I did share it: 2 out of 3 Americans can name all 3 rice Krispies characters, but 6
out of 10 Americans can’t name one of these, and even less than that know how many there are.
One of what? Judges on the Supreme Court. --There are 9. [Chicago Sun Times 4/26/02]
What American faced over 1500 different lawsuits as a defendant? Michael Jackson. [His lawyer
confirmed the figure and added that Michael didn’t like lawsuits, but was forced into them. ‘No one
wants to be reasonable. Everybody wants to be crazy. Michael tired of it.’]
Before the coming of the current century, buying this was outlawed in Singapore. The ban wasn’t
lifted for 12 years, and when it was, it was under very limited circumstances and people who buy it
have to provide their name and ID number. Buy what? Gum. The ban came because of
Singapore’s concern for litter. The carve out exception, for medicinal uses sold at drugstores only,
came from US pressure. [Edmonton Journal 5/26/04]
You got the bumper stumper theme: Hit artists writing hit songs for other artists (Thank you Carol
Ford for the suggestion!) but you didn’t get too many of the versions I played:
*Johnny Duncan – Hello Mary Lou (written by Gene Pitney, hit by Ricky Nelson)
*Major Lance – That’s What Mama Say (written by Curtis Mayfield, hit for Walter Jackson)
Jayos – Earth Angel (written by Jesse Belvin, hit by The Penguins)
*Rhythm Steppers – Lover Please (written by Billy Swan, hit by Clyde McPhatter)
*Tony Joe White – Rainy Night in Georgia (written by Tony, hit by Brook Benton)
*Johnny Darrell – with Pen in Hand (written by Bobby Goldsboro, hit Billy Vera)
*Sheiks – So Fine (written by Johnny Otis, hit The Fiestas)
Jackie Shane – Any Other Way (written by William Bell–hit by Chuck Jackson)
Mel Torme – Red Rubber Ball (written by Paul Simon, hit by The Cyrkle)
Delroy Wilson – It’s A Shame (written by Stevie Wonder, hit by The Spinners)
*denotes first recording of the song
FRIDAY JUNE 9, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’re live again Monday with Monday Night Trivia at 10 CT.
Strut your stuff with all that the useless knowledge, which will do you no good anywhere else. Mark
your calendar and call! Last night after the game, we discussed the mystery of a woman who saw a
current video of her husband who died right before her eyes a decade ago, a wife in Florida
accused of murdering her husband who continues to maintain that a 7 year old confessed to the
killing, how AI libeled a talk show host (who was made out to be an embezzler even though he
never worked for the entity he supposedly defrauded), and lots about radio. As for Bumpers:
Eddie Holman – I Love You – 1969 ABC
Junior – Mama Used to Stay – 1982 Mercury
Joe Stampley – Put Your Clothes Back On – 1979 Epic
Impressions – It’s All Right – 1963 ABC Paramount
Fascinations – Girls Are Out To Get You – 1967 Mayfield
Richard Popcorn Wylie – They Say – 1961 Unreleased Motown Acetate
Miracles – If Your Mother Only Knew – 1962 Tamla
THURSDAY JUNE 8, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Expect about a half hour delay tonight for showtime. We’ll
follow the Stanley Cup Playoffs so figure around 10:30, when I hope you’ll call! We can talk about
anything you’d like, but as usual, I’ll have a couple starter thoughts too.
We talked about a number of things last night, though the highlight for me was Johnny Goyen’s call
discussing Donnie Elbert, one of my faves. We played clips of several of his songs, and used three
as bumpers too:
Dean Martin – Mambo Italiano – 1955 Capitol
Jackie Wilson – My Heart Is Calling – 1966 Brunswick [LP Cut: Whispers]
Cadillacs – My Girlfriend – 1957 Josie
Astrud – Amor Em Paz (Once I Loved) – 1965 Verve [LP Cut: The Astrud Gilberto Album]
Ray Stevens – Jeremiah Peabody’s Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving etc.. – 1961 Mercury
Rosemary Clooney – Hey There – 1954 Columbia
Donnie Elbert – A Little Piece Of Leather – 1965 Gateway
Donnie Elbert – I Got To Get Myself Together – 1970 Rare Bullett
Donnie Elbert – Baby Cakes – 1962 Parkway
WEDNESDAY JUNE 7, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10, please call! Last night
we talked about radio hosts endorsing questionable products, Beatles concert fiascos, Don
Kirshner, and whatever else was on your mind. We also mourned the passing of Astrud Gilberto
and Cynthia Weil and played some related bumpers:
Astrud Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim – Agua de Beber – 1965 Verve
Basia – Astrud – 1987 Portrait [LP Cut: Time And Tide]
Astrud Gilberto & Antonio Carlos Jobim – Corcovado – 1968 Verve [LP cut: Getz/Gilberto]
Eydie Gorme – Blame It On The Bossa Nova – 1963 Columbia
Tony Orlando – Bless You – 1961 Epic
Arthur Alexander – Wher Have You Been – 1962 Dot
Shelley Fabares – Johnny Loves Me – 1962 Colpix
Dee Dee Sharp – I Really Love You – 1965 Cameo
Ambassadors – I Really Love You – 1969 Arctic
Dee Dee Sharp – (That’s What) My Mama Said – 1965 Cameo
TUESDAY JUNE 6, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call. Last night we got
off to a slightly late start, but Monday Night Trivia was full speed ahead. You got the straggler, and
at the end of the show, the follow up question:
40,000 Russians die of this annually, while in the US, a country with double the population of
Russa, only 300 people die of it annually. Die of what? Alcohol poisoning.
Florida has more of them than any other state. Ohio and Michigan follow close behind according to
the Detroit News. Four states don’t have any at all. What are they? Billboards. (Alaska, Hawaii,
Maine & Vermont outlawed them.)
And you came up with the theme on our Bumper Stumpers. All the artists we played had better
known siblings (and big thanks to Carol Ford for coming up with the idea):
Patrice Holloway – Do The Del Viking – 1963 Taste (Brenda)
Billy Butler & The Chanters – Hung Up On You – 1973 Pride (Jerry)
Dee Dee Warwick – She Didn’t Know, She Kept On Talking – 1970 Atco (Dionne)
Jimmy Ruffin – Since I’ve Lost You – 1964 Soul (David)
Erma Franklin – I Get The Sweetest Feeling – 1970 Brunswick (Aretha)
Art Neville – All These Things – 1962 Instant (Aaron)
Lewis Lymon – Tell Me Love – 1957 End (Frankie)
Stella Parton – It's Not Funny Anymore – 1975 Soul Country (Dolly)
FRIDAY JUNE 2, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Next live show is Monday Night Trivia on the 5th but we’ll be
a few minutes delayed thanks to the Stanley Cup finals. Figure on around 10:30, and plan to call.
Tonight it’s a replay of last Monday Night so sit back and enjou the show, but don’t call-- if you
didn’t catch the straggler, youll hear it on this replay and we’ll tackle on Monday, when I hope you
do call. We talked about a wide variety of nothing last night and had a good time doing it. We
played some of your requests and a few of my faves that tied in with this date in history (or close to
it):
5 Satins – I’ll be Seeing You – 1960 Ember
Marvelettes – Too Many Fish In The Sea – 1964 Tamla
Johnny Mercer – Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive – 1945 Decca
Lenny Welch – I Need Someone – 1959 Cadence
Pat Boone – A Wonderful Time Up There – 1958 Dot
Lenny Welch – Since I Fell For You – 1963 Cadence
Sparks of Rhythm – Handy Man – 1958 Apollo
Four Seasons – Candy Girl – 1963 VeeJay
THURSDAY JUNE 1, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. Please call. More from the “What
were they thinking?!” file last night, as we continued to talk about corporate stupidity. Target
Corporation in particular and their Pride Month clothing line that wasn’t met favorably by many of
their shoppers. Then we got into celebrity endorsement of ingestibles, with some hilarious
examples from home shopping host extraordinaire, Steve Bryant. And we took your calls and
played your requests:
5 Royales – Think – 1957 King
L.T.D. – Concentrate On You - 1978 A&M (LP Cut: Togetherness)
Nelson Riddle – Route 66 Theme – 1962 Capitol
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come – 1965 RCA
Whispers – Follow Your Heart – 1965 Carnival
Ed Ames – My Cup Runneth Over – 1967 RCA
James Brown – Please, Please, Please – 1956 Federal
Sammy Turner – Lavender Blue – 1959 Big Top
Lari White – Just Thinking – 1993 RCA (LP Cut: Lead Me Not)
Jessie Hill – The Pot’s On A Strike – 1962 Minute
Jimmie Rodgers – The World I Used To Know – 1964 Dot
MAY 2023
WEDNESDAY MAY 31, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call. Last night
we had fun talking about marketing disasters, particularly how the heck Anheuser-Busch could have
allowed the Bud-Light campaign to air. Marketing 101: Do not alienate your entire core customer
base—for any reason whatsoever. The real question is not how this uber-educated ding bat came
up with the idea, it’s how was it ever approved? (If you weren’t listening, I’m sure you’ll have no
trouble reading up on this—and trust me, we were not weighing in on any political, social or woke
aspects—just plain ole marketing.) I used to say that the most important thing was to get the
listener/viewer to remember the product name. Well in this case, Anheuser-Busch better hope you
forget it. But you won’t.
We also noted the passing of Redd Holt (as in Young Holt Unlimited). 91 years old, died last week.
(Eldee Holt died in 2007.) And of course talked about whatever was on your mind, which well do
again tonight. Bumpers?
Young Holt Unlimited – Baby Your Light Is Out – 1968 Brunswick (LP Cut: Soulful Strut)
Young Holt Unlimited – Wack Wack – 1966 Brunswick
Young Holt Unlimited – Who’s Making Love – 1969 Brunswick
Gene Chandler – You’re A Lady – 1971 Mercury
Whispers – I Was Born When You Kissed Me – 1966 Dore
Whispers – As I Sit Here – 1965 Dore
Whispers – Needle In A Haystack – 19 Soul Clock
George Maharis – Don’t Fence Me In – 1963 Epic
Whispers – The Dip – 1965 Dore
Marvelettes – Forever – 1963 Tamla
TUESDAY MAY 30, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. Please join me and call. I can
use all the help I can get. Last night’s Bumper Stumpers are listed in the orer in which they were
played (with the exception of Dee Dee Warwick which I managed to play twice-- I also played two
Linda Jones records—when I was planning to play one by her and another by Ruby Andrews).
Now that it’s clear as mud, would you like to guess on our theme? I didn’t think so. Carol Ford,
who provides the world’s best show prep suggested it: 2023 Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame
inductees. I was confused, I thought it was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and I flat out couldn't
believe how great that list was, considering their usual choices.
Pat Boone turns 89 this week. Isn’t it about time he be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? I’m not
saying I liked any of his R&B covers—quite the opposite, but if it wasn’t for them, millions of
mainstream teens would have never heard these songs. Often the writers were the original R&B
performers, and on top of that Pat was on Dot—Randy Wood’s label-- of Randy’s Record Shop in
Gallatin, Tennessee, who sponsored all the great R&B late at night on WLAC. Hopefully they’ll stop
re-writing history while Pat is still alive to read the real deal.
It took a few hours, but you got the straggler last night on Monday Night Trivia:
In 2003, Procter & Gamble was the biggest US advertiser, spending $2.6 billion. General Motors
was close behind spending $2.5 billion. Who was third? Time Warner (spending $1.9 billion
according to Adweek. Advertising Age had GM on top at $3.43 billion, P&G next at $3.32. Time
Warner came in a distant third). It was a tumultuous year for Time Warner. They had been branded
as AOL since 2001 when the AOL purchase took place. But in October 2003, the name was
dropped from the company's official branding and its NYSE ticker became TWX (it had been AOL).
In addition to AOL, Time Warner in 2003 owned Warner Brothers studios, Time, Inc. publishing,
Time Warner Cable, Turner Broadcasting, and CNN/Money.
I threw out another question in the latter part of the show—that becomes next week’s straggler.
As I expected, about an hour after the show I screamed out Richard Egan! He’s the guy Rod
Serling wanted as announcer for the Twilight Zone, and when that was impossible due to
contractual issues, Serling disgustedly said, ‘if I can’t have Egan, I’ll do it myself’. And he did. Now
about those Bumper Stumpers:
Dusty Springfield – Every Day I Have To Cry – 1964 Phillips
Manhattans – If My Lonely Heart Could Speak – 1970 Deluxe
Dee Dee Warwick – We’re Doing Fine – 1965 Blue Rock
Linda Jones - That’s When I’ll Stop Lovin’ You – 1970 Neptune
Clyde McPhatter – Let’s Try Again – 1959 MGM
Brook Benton – Going Going Gone – 1963 Mercury
Sam & Dave – Born Again – 1969 Atlantic
The Masters featuring John Oates – I Need Your Love – 1966 Crimson
Thelma Houston – I Want To Go Back There Again – 1971 MoWest
Linda Jones – For Your Precious Love – 1972 Turbo
FRIDAY MAY 26, 2023 3:31 AM CT Next live show? Monday Night Trivia on Memorial Day! Join
me. Last night we talked with Steve Propes, whose latest book is “Those Old School Records”. It’s
a great conversation starter and fine coffee table book. Flip through the pages. Each one will grab
your attention. Bumpers?
Joe Houston – All Night Long – 1954 Money
Richard Berry – Have Love Will Travel – 1960 Crest
Robins – Framed – 1954 Spark
Charles Wright & The 103rd St. Rhythm Band – Love Land – 1970 WB
Tierra – Gonna Find Her – 1979 Boardwalk
Superbs – Baby Baby All The Time – 1964 Dore
Brenton Wood – Oogum Boogum Song – 1967 Double Shot
Mar-Keys – Last Night – 1961 Satellite
Nat King Cole – Mr. Cole Won’t Rock and Roll – 2002 CD Bonus Cut: Live At The Sands
Donald Fagan – Walk Between Raindrops – 1982 WB (LP Cut: Nightfly)
THURSDAY MAY 25, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Tonight at 10 we’ll talk with Steve Propes. If you’re a fan
of R&B, East LA classics or early rock and roll, you won’t want to miss this. We’ll talk about his
latest book (Those Old School Records), tell tales out of school and take your calls! Last night as
usual was AOR –all over the road. I never found time to go over the tabloids (What the late Queen
said about Meghan, oh my) As for bumpers, that was equally off the rez:
Gino Paoli – Senza Fine (Phoenix Love Them with lyrics) – 1961 Ricordi (LP Cut: Gino Paoli)
Gino Paoli – La Gatta – 1960 Ricordi
Wild Cherry – 1-2-3 Kind Of Love – 1978 Epic
Ike & Tina Turner – A Fool In Love – 1960 Sue
Capitols – Cool Jerk – 1966 Karen
Shorty Long – Devil With The Blue Dress – 1964 Soul
Isley Brothers – Who’s That Lady – 1964 UA
Bob Seger – Nutbush City Limits (a few seconds of it) – 1976 Capitol
Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits (long version open) – 1973 UA
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – You Are My Love – 1979 Atlantic
WEDNESDAY MAY 24, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Live show tonight at 10. I hope you’ll join me. We were
all over the road last night—radio (Transit Radio, the FM bus fiasco), records (yes The Phoenix
Love Theme had lyrics, and a name: Senza Fine— we’ll play it tonight), horses (trotters, pacers,
tracks), bucket lists (golf) and more. We played some of your requests and mentioned musical
milestones too:
Beginning of the End – Funky Nassau – 1971 Alston
Jackie Wilson – I’ll Be Satisfied – 1959 Brunswick
Intruders – (Win Place of Show) She’s A Winner – 1972 Gamble
Cher – I Saw A Man And He Danced With His Wife – 1974 MCA (LP Cut: Dark Lady)
Mr. Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore – 1962 Atco
Alan Jackson – That’d Be Alright – 2002 Arista Nashville
John Fogerty – Vanz Kant Danz – 1985 WB
Chad & Jeremy – Willow Weep For Me – 1964 World Artists
Brass Ring – Phoenix Love Theme – 1966 Dunhill
TUESDAY MAY 23, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Live tonight at 10. Please call! Advance Warning: This
Thursday, Steve Propes joins me in the 10 PM hour. He’s recently published “Those Old School
Records”, and like all of his books, it’s a fount of information and a load of fun. (We used to have
convenient links for Amazon orders, but Amazon in its infinite lack of wisdom ordered us to stop,
mistaking our listeners for ineligible friends and family to stop me from getting a paltry percent of
purchases. I kid you not. So look for it online, and make Amazon your last choice.)
Last night’s Monday Night Trivia was enjoyable as ever, and eventually our straggler was
guessed-- well not completely but close enough that I gave it up: The odds are that a company’s
stock will go up 70% if they do this. Do what? Put their name on a stadium. (In a study of 49
stadiums in 2003, the average rise in stock price after a stadium is named after a company is 70%
according to AP.) We’re working on another question right now, and if you were listening, you know
what it is. If not, the show replays on WGN on Fridays and is available for download here anytime
(or if you’re listening before Tuesday’s show, you can hear it on the stream). Bumper Stumpers
were all requests Scotty has made in the past, most of which, surprisingly, you didn’t get:
Barrett Strong – Oh I Apologize – 1960 Anna (flip of Money)
Arthur Prysock – When Love Is New – 1976 Old Town
Cadillacs – The Girl I Love – 1956 Josie
The Channels – My Love Will Never Die – 1959 Fury
Chi-Lites – A Letter to Myself – 1972 Brunswick
Dream Kings – MTYLTT (More Than Yesterday Less Than Tomorrow) – 1957 Checker
Drifters – Steamboat – 1955 Atlantic (flip of Adorable)
Flamingos – Dream of a Lifetime – 1959 Checker
Gene Chandler – What Now – 1964 Constellation
Isley Brothers – For The Love Of You – 1975 T-Neck
Harptones – My Memories Of You – 1956 Tip Top
FRIDAY MAY 19, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show is Monday Night Trivia starting at 10 on
Monday night (obviously) next week. I’ll be ready for you and looking forward to your call. (On the
other hand, please don’t call tonight—it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia from the beginning of the
week.) Sad day for news yesterday— Gerald Sims died. The legendary Chess records studio
guitar player was much more than the hits on which he played. He did some tasty soul stuff on his
own too. And we played some of it last night. We also got an update from Pilot Denns who heard
from a friend of Scotty’s. Both Dennis and Scotty’s friend Cameron joined us. Ron Flatter did too.
He filled in the blanks on the mystery Lia raised about 8 racehorses dying in Kentucky just prior to
the derby. Check out his Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Also sad to know that my favorite billionaire
died yesterday: Sam Zell. I didn’t know Sam personally, though I felt like I did as we had mutual
friends. What I loved was his take on the world and his unbridled passion for success. He was
known as the Grave Dancer for the failed companies he scarfed up and turned around— but not at
the expense of others. To the contrary, he enriched a lot of folks along the way. And it didn’t hurt
that he had a great personality and was a diehard libertarian too. RIP Sam, Scotty & Gerald.
Gerald Sims – Cool Breeze – 1962 Tip Top
Fontella Bass – Rescue Me – 1965 Checker
Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – 1967 Brunswick
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto – 1966 Cadet
Gerald Sims – Little Echo – 1964 Okeh
Radiants – Voice Your Choice – 1964 Chess
Gene Chandler – I Fooled You This Time – 1966 Checker
Benny Spellman – Lipstick Traces – 1962 Minit
Judy Garland & Johnny Mercer – Friendship – 1940 Decca
Lanier & Co. – Please Don’t Go – 1983 LARC (LP Cut: Lanier & Co.)
THURSDAY MAY 18, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. Three hours for you to call and
tell me what’s on your mind. Maybe you know how to get rid of ear worms? Elizabeth has an Ink
Spots song she keeps hearing over and over in her head. We’ll talk about that again tonight,
among numerous items of utterly no significance. Last night’s bumpers were almost all by your
request:
Five Keys – Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind – 1956 Capitol
War – Low Rider – 1975 UA
Gap Band – You Dropped A Bomb On Me – 1982 Total Experience/Polygram
Arthur Alexander – Anna (Go To Him) – 1962 Dot (Floyd Cramer on piano)
Arthur Alexander – Soldier of Love – 1962 Dot (Buzz Cason write)
Five Royales – Right Around The Corner – 1956 King
Gene Chandler – Rainbow – 1962 VeeJay (Flip of You Threw A Lucky Punch)
Ike & Tina Turner – A Fool For A Fool – 1964 Warner Brothers
Grupo Pegasso – Anna – 1984 Remo (LP cut: Vol. IV – Hola Como Estas – Amor Vendido)
WEDNESDAY MAY 17, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. I hope you’ll join me and call.
Good to talk with many of you last night. Not surprisingly, remembering Scotty was the theme. It
probably will be for a while. My fondest hope is he’s hearing every word and basking in our
appreciation of his being a wonderful part of the show. Bumpers? Mostly played your requests last
night:
Lenny Welch – Since I Don’t Have You – 1973 Mainstream
Skyliners – Since I Don’t Have You – 1959 Calico
Don McLean – Since I Don’t Have You – 1981 Millenium
Barbara Lewis – Baby I’m Yours – 1965 Atlantic
Little Anthony & The Imperials – Tears On My Pillow – 1958 End
Big Joe Turner – Hide and Seek – 1955 Atlantic
Bunker Hill – Hide & Go Seek – 1965 Mala
Fred Towles & The Jacksonians – Hook It To The Mule - 1968 Way Out
G.C. Cameron – It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday – 1975 Motown
TUESDAY MAY 16, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10, and you can bet we’ll be playing
more Doo Wop (and some of your requests too). We promised Scotty we’d keep Doo Wop alive
and we will not let him down, wherever he is. If you weren’t listening last night, Scotty left the planet
on February 9th. George Scott was his full name and he was nothing short of spectacular as a
caller and a supporter of all things obscure R&B. I wasn’t alone in looking forward to his calls, and
was worried when he abruptly stopped early this year. Listener Dennis, our pilot friend from
Colorado volunteered to get to the bottom of Scotty’s disappearance, and he did over the past three
days. Details are not known, but all we need to know is Scotty is no longer with us. He was well
loved, not only by all of us in our WGN nighttime radio community, but by his neighbors in East
Chicago, Indiana as well. Dennis talked to a lot of people and nobody had an unkind word when it
came to Scotty. Crushingly, no one seemed to know him well, or have any further details on his
passing.
Needless to say, the Bumper Stumpers theme was songs Scotty loved. I could have played many
more, but here’s what I chose:
Spaniels – Don’cha Go – 1955 VeeJay (flip of Do-Wah)
Dells – Why Do You Have To Go – 1957 VeeJay
El Dorados – Looking From The Outside – 1971 Paula
Jay McShann & Priscilla Bowman – Hands Off – 1957 VeeJay
Flamingos – Music Maestro Please – 1959 End (LP Cut: Flamingo Serenade)
Walter Jackson – What Would You Do – 1964 Okeh
Moonglows – When I’m With You – 1956 Chess
Kool Gents – This Is The Night – 1956 Vee Jay
Sheppards – Tragic – 1961 Apex
Gene Chandler – Bless Our Love – 1964 Constellation
Danderliers – May God Be With You – 1956 States
I threw out a trivia question, since it was Monday Night Trivia, afterall, but the right answer is still
forthcoming, so it becomes our straggler for next Monday night. Tonight, as usual, anything goes
(as long as it’s inconsequential, since we’ll leave it to others to track the pressing questions of the
day—we’ll just have a good time). I hope you’ll call!
FRIDAY MAY 12, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live show is Monday Night Trivia at 10 CT. I'll be ready
for you. Plan to call! Tonight, it’s a replay of this past Monday’s trivia. Slow in the first hour last
night, then wall to wall calls. Thank you. We finally figured out that Stacy was trying to remember
the Fire Station, a teen venue in Chicago that was heard on WFYR 103.5 on Friday and Saturday
nights. And we determined societal politeness has plummeted as evidenced by all the people
behaving badly at various Disney Parks. Here’s what we played:
Dovells – Your Last Chance – 1962 Parkway
Dells – Now I Pray – 1956 VeeJay (unreleased, later on Skylark)
Billy Swan – I’m Her Fool – 1975 Monument
Platters – Voo Vee Ah Bee – 1953 Federal
Charts – All Because Of Love – 1958 Everlast
James & Bobby Purify – Help Yourself (To All Of My Lovin’) – 1968 Bell
Velvelettes – Needle In A Haystack – 1964 VIP
Stan Cayer – Why Did I Cry – 1963 SGM
Manhattens – Why Should I Cry – 1961 Big Mack
THURSDAY MAY 11, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. Please call! Apologies for not
getting the Tuesday replay up until a few hours ago. It’s there now, along with my conversation with
Del Staecker and tonight’s show. As for last night, as usual your calls ruled, requests too. Here’s
what we played:
Duprees – Have You Heard – 1963 Coed
Arthur Alexander- Anna – 1962 Dot
Larry Williams – Short Fat Fannie – 1957 Specialty
Bobby Brooks Wilson – Lonely Teardrops (Live 2012)
Joe Turner – Shake Rattle & Roll – 1954 Atlantic
Tommy Roe – Your Love Will See Me Through – 1977 Monument
Danny & The Juniors – Do The Continental Walk – 1961 Swan
Sonny Curtis – I Pledge My Love To You – 1964 Liberty
Dramatics – Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get – 1971 Volt
Manhattans – Call Somebody Please – 1969 Carnival
WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call. Great talking with
Del Staecker in the first hour last night. Tard really is a great read, and I hope you’ll pick up a copy.
We’ll work on getting it on an audio format.... Looking for an aggregator with tons of radio streams?
Nick in Baltimore suggests radio-browser.info. Check it out. Bumpers were mostly your requests
(God knows I wouldn’t have played many of them on my own.)
Jay & The Americans – This Magic Moment – 1969
Coasters – Charlie Brown – 195 Atlantic
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan – Humphrey The Camel – 196
Willie Tee – Thank You John – 1965 Atlantic
O’Jays – Back Stabbers – 197
Sam & Dave – Sooth Me – 196 Stax
Rick Nelson – That’s All She Wrote – 1963 Decca
Jimmy Phelps – Almost – 1968 Karen
TUESDAY MAY 9, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Tonight at 10 CT, we’ll talk with Del Staecker, who has
written what is the best thing I’ve read in a very long time: Tard. (Search for it wherever books are
sold.) We’ll tell you all about it and about Del tonight at 10.
Monday Night Trivia contained a real stumper last night. It was only in the shows waning minutes
that Nancy, a first time caller from Salem, WI got it: These two words, which first appeared in a
dictionary together in 1912, appear in countless commercials as the item enticing customers today.
What two words? Happy Hour. (American Dictionary of Food and Drink that notes that being drunk
was referred to as being “happy”.)
I expected more results from the Bumper Stumpers, but lines were full and maybe you couldn’t get
in. The theme was all of these songs were big Carolina Beach Music records. Here’s what we
played:
Willie Tee – Teasin’ You – 1965 Atlantic
5 Royales – Think – 1957 King
Lenny O’Henry – Across The Street – 1964 Atco
Swinging Medallions – Hey, Hey, Baby – 1968 Capitol
Mob – I Dig Everything About You- 1971 Colossus
Clovers – One Mint Julep – 1952 Atlantic
Prophets – I Got The Fever – 1968 Smash
Arthur Alexander – A Shot of Rhythm & Blues – 1962 Dot
Lavern Baker & Jimmy Ricks – You’re The Boss – 1961 Atlantic
O’Kaysions – Little Miss Flirt – ABC Paramount – 1968 ABC (LP cut: Girl Watcher)
Tymes – Ms Grace – 1974 RCA
FRIDAY CINCO DE MAYO 2023 3:31 AM CT.... Enjoy a replay of Monday Night Trivia tonight, and
make plans to call on Monday for the next live edition at 10 CT. The usual topics were on tap last
night. And we met a few new callers—Dave the trucker, in Aurora; and Kristin In Kansas. Bumpers:
Tides - Chicken Spaceman – 1961 Dore
Shalamar – This Is For The Lover In You – 1981 Solar
War – Cinco de Mayo – 1981 LAX
Hootie & The Blowfish – Hold My Hand – 1994 Atlantic
Mel Tillis – Coca Cola Cowboy – 1979 MCA
Thee Midniters – That’s All – 1965 Chattahoochie
Angels – Cry Baby Cry – 1962 Caprice
Antonio Carlos Jobim – Triste – 1967 A&M (LP: Wave)
Irma Thomas – Whenever (Look Up) – 1963 Bandy
Tornados – Telstar – 1963 Decca
THURSDAY MAY 4, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Record labels, music venues, lots of old radio and more
last night. Whatever’s on your mind tonight starting at 10 CT. Please call. Last night’s bumpers:
Elvis Presley – Bossa Nova Baby – 1963 RCA
Spaniels – Baby, It’s You – 1953 Chance/VeeJay
Four Seasons – Soon – 1963 VeeJay
Wade Flemons – That Other Place – 1963 VeeJay
Bettye Lavette – Let Me Down Easy – 1965 Calla
Detroit Emeralds – You Want It, You Got It – 1971 Westbound
James Brown & Lyn Collins – What My Baby Needs Now – 1972 Polydor
Ronnie Dio & The Prophets – Blue Days Blue Nights – 1963
Steve & Eydie – Can’t Stop Talkin’ About You – 1963 Columbia
Charlie Rich – Since I Fell For You – 1975 Epic
Carole King – Only Love Is Real – 1976 Ode
WEDNESDAY MAY 3, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10 CT. Please call! As
usual we were all over the road last night, from strange things showing up in strangers’ mail boxes,
to naps that can kill you. As long as it’s unimportant (and hopefully fun) we’ll talk about it (had to
explain that to one caller that wanted to discuss serious stuff that matters-- tons of shows for
that—this is your respite from it). Bumpers were by request. OK, I would have played the
Manhattans and Nat Stuckey on my own, but the rest wouldn’t have crossed my mind:
Five Satins – I’ll Be Seeing You – 1960 Ember
Crests – 15 Candles - 1959 Coed
Crests – Guilty – 1960 Selma
Alan Jackson – Pop A Top – 1999 Arista
Nat Stuckey – Don’t Pay The Ransom – 1972 RCA
Nick Noble – The Tip Of My Fingers – 1960 Coral
Jody Miller – Home Of The Brave – 1965 Capitol
Bertie Higgins – Key Largo – 1982 Epic
Manhattans – Searchin’ For My Baby – 1965 Carnival
Bobby Caldwell – Rina – 1993 Sin-Drome (LP Cut: Where Is Love)
Alan Jackson – Monday Morning Church – 2004 Arista (LP Cut: What I Do)
TUESDAY MAY 2, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. If it’s on your mind, it should be on
the radio. Please call. Last night’s Monday Night Trivia was fun as usual. No one correctly
guessed on our straggler question, so I revealed it at the end of the night:
Nevada has more of them than any other state. Alabama has fewer of them than any other state.
More and fewer of what? Cremations
Our Bumper Stumper theme is courtesy of Steve in New Jersey. He suggested I play only songs
released on labels that George Goldner lost due to his gambling addiction, and that’s just what I did:
Dubs – Be Sure – 1958 Gone
Ronnnie Jones & The Classmates – Lonely Boy – 1958 End
Shells – Sippin’ Soda – 1958 End
Five Stars – Baby Baby – 1958 End
Crows – I Love You So – 1953 Rama
Valentines – My Story Of Love – 1957 Rama
Wrens – What Makes You Do (The Things That You Do) – 1955 Rama
Bobbettes – I Don’t Like It Like That – 1961 End
Mellow Keyes – Listen Baby – 1956 Gee
Cleftones – Lover Boy – 1958 Gee
APRIL 2023
FRIDAY APRIL 28, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live Monday Night Trivia at 10. Call! As for tonight, it’s a
replay of last Monday night’s adventure. More people behaving badly, slime from the checkout line
and your calls last night. Bumpers were by Jon’s request:
Tavares – Whodunit – 1977 Capitol
Jewel & The Rubies – Kidnapper – 1963 ABC Paramount
Chants – Dick Tracy – 1961 - Verve
Fabulettes – Mr. Policeman – 1965 Monument
Boogaloo & His Gallant Crew (Kent Harris) – Cops & Robbers – 1956 Crest
Coasters – Bad Detective – 1964 Atco
Jamo Thomas – I Spy For The FBI – 1966 Thomas
Elgins – Casey Cop – 1961 Crest
Olympics – Private Eye – 1959 Arvee (A side to Baby Hully Gully)
Mike & The Censations – Victim of Circumstance – 1966 Highland
THURSDAY APRIL 27, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live tonight for 3 hours at 10. Join me and call! Last
night, more people behaving badly, tabloid trash and bizarre diets, in addition to your requests:
Berna-Dean – He’s Mine – 1962 Imperial
Chantels – Look In My Eyes – 1961 Carlton
Volumes – I Love You – 1961 Columbia
Harry Belafonte – Mama Look At Bubu – 1957 RCA
Mauds – Soul Drippin’ – 1968 Mercury
Art & Dottie Todd – Chanson d’Amour – 1957 Era
Stereos – Echo In My Heart – 1962 Cub
Diamonds – She Say – 1959 Mercury
Harry Belafonte – Jamaica Farewell – 1956 RCA
WEDNESDAY APRIL 26, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight at 10. Call! We had fun last night
talking about customer service horrors and before I knew it the show was over. Not before I got to
play some of your requests however:
Dean Martin & Nat King Cole – Open Up The Dog House – 1954 Capitol
Terry Fell – I Are A Millionaire – 1968 RCA
Johnnie & Joe – Over The Mountain; Across The See – 1957 Chess
David A Stewart & Candy Dulfer – Lily Was Here – 1989 Arista
Stereos – I Really Love You – 1961 CUB
Dee Dee Sharp – I Really Love You – 1965 Cameo
Rex Garvin – Emulsified – 1963 Okeh
Marvin Gaye – Hitch Hike – 1962 Gordy
Paper Lace – The Night Chicago Died – 1974 Mercury
TUESDAY APRIL 25, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Call! Fun playing Monday
Night Trivia last night. Our straggler question occupied much of the show, but you got it eventually:
This became very popular in the 1960s, then faded into almost obscurity but is now making a
comeback. What is it? Slot cars. (Just recently in Germany, multiple teams of slot car racers set the
world record for the longest route covered by slot cars. They raced for 60 hours and covered 2,463
miles worth of track. Carrera-Revell of America is the leading producer of slot car racing sets.
Thanks to Feliks Reznik of Jill Schmidt PR in Northfield for the idea that led to this question.)
Before the end of the show I threw out another question. We’ll pick it up there next Monday night.
What all the Bumpers Stumpers had in common is obvious from the list below—they were all “bird”
groups:
Wrens – Beggin’ For Love – 1955 Rama
Robins – Keep Your Mind On Me – 1957 Whippet
Ravens – If You Didn’t Mean It – 1949 National
Orioles – Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me – 1953 Jubilee
Cardinals – Come Back My Love – 1955 Atlantic
Flamingos – Golden Teardrops – 1953 Chance
Swallows – It Ain’t The Meat It’s The Motion – 1951 King Bunky Mack
Penguins – My Troubles Are Not At An End – 1956 Mercury
Crows – Mambo Shevitz – 1954 Tico
Blue Jays – Write Me A Letter – 1956 Blujay
I’m stunned with how bad the quality was on that Blue Jays’ song. I’m firmly convinced it was
recorded for a quarter in a Voice-o-Graph booth.
FRIDAY APRIL 20, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live trivia show Monday at 10 PM Central. (It’s a replay
of Monday Night Trivia tonight at 10—don’t call, but do call Monday.) As usual, we brought up a
wide variety of things, including the inexplicable behavior of an assistant delivery man who
delivered a washer-dryer to a 75 year old customer, along with beating her almost to death and
setting her on fire. (And I thought I had customer service horror stories.) I’m trying to track down
the background of this bozo who will be serving life in prison as I can’t begin to imagine the
particulars. On a happier note, we played some of your requests:
Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary – 1971 Liberty
Alan Jackson – It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – 2003 Arista
Tito Puente – Oye Como Va – 1962 Tico
Bobby Russell – Mid American Manufacturing Tycoon – 1973 Columbia
Robert Maxwell & The Ray Charles Singers –(Song of the Nairobi Trio) Solfeggio –1953 MGM
Donny Hathaway – A Song For You – 1972 Atco (LP Cut: Donny Hathaway)
Gene Pitney – I’m Gonna Be Strong – 1964 Musicor
Sandy Stewart – My Coloring Book – 1963 Colpix
Jackie Wilson – You Got Me Walking – 1972 Brunswick
Sam Hunt – Over The Rainbow – 1984 Motown
Checkers – Over The Rainbow – 1954 King
Ray Stevens – It’s Me Again, Margaret – 1985 MCA
THURSDAY APRIL 20, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10, and I promise we will go
over the new moon in Aries that happened a few hours ago. I’ll throw in Mars going retrograde
tomorrow. Apologies for not getting to it last night. As usual, we covered the landscape of whatever
was on your mind—and we played some bumper requests too:
Nino Tempo & April Stevens – I’m Confessin’ – 1964 Atco
Patsy Cline – Why Can’t He Be You – 1962 Decca
Reflections – (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet – 1964 Golden World
Billy Crash Craddock – Just Another Miserable Day – 1989 Atlantic
Israel IZ Kamakawiwo’ole – Somwhere Over The Rainbow
Crash Craddock – Boom Boom Baby – 1959 Columbia
Ruby Johnson – Don’t Start Nothing – 1965 Deb’s
Delfonics – You’ve Brern Untrue – 1967 Cameo
WEDNESDAY APRIL 19, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Assuming the earth doesn’t end (being April 19th and
all), we’ll be live tonight at 10 talking about it, and whatever’s on your mind. We covered the
landscape last night, including the key to happiness. It certainly wasn’t at the gas pump-- almost
$5.50 a gallon? How are people making it? That one we really couldn’t answer so if you’ve got a
clue, call tonight. Bumpers were largely requests:
Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong Time – 1973 Atco
Donnie Gerrard – Darlin’ – 1977
Roy Ayers – Hot – 1985 Columbia
Jerry Butler – Are You Happy – 1968 Mercury
Alan Jackson – Chattahoochee – 1992 Arista
Chords – Sh-Boom – 1954 Cat
Jesse James Singers – Income Tax Evasion – 1964 Bit
Boz Scaggs – Miss Sun – 1980 Columbia
Alan Jackson – Good Time – 2008 Arista
TUESDAY APRIL 18, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10 (and for the remainder of the
spring and summer, as no sports interruptions are planned—so that’s live shows Monday through
Thursday evenings from 10P to 1A Central Time.
Fun playing Monday Night Trivia last night. It took awhile but you got the straggler. We went
back to the month of August, where we previously learned that more break-ins and murders occur
during that month than in others. Unrelated completely: Americans are more likely to do this in
August than any other month, though they probably do it every month or more frequently. Do what?
Eat out at a restaurant (according to the National Restaurant Association, which also reports
Saturday is the most popular day to eat out).
And that leaves the next question I asked which remains a straggler until your guesses next
Monday night. As for Bumper Stumpers, all of the artists were born this week (though sadly many
are now longer with us). Here’s what we played:
Chris Bartley – Baby I’m Yours – 1969 Buddah
Bloodstone- Something’s Missing – 1975 London
Moonglows – When I’m With You – 1956 Chess
Bobby McClure – Sitting In The Park – February 11th Records
Johnny Tillotson – It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ – 1962 Cadence
Mel Carter – Band of Gold – 1966 Imperial
Ray Peterson – Sweet Little Kathy – 1961 Dunes
Blue Magic – Look Me Up – 1973 Atco
Glen Campbell – The World I Used To Know – 1967 Capitol (LP Cut: Gentle On My Mind)
Roy Orbison – Breaking Up Is Breaking My Heart – 1966 MGM
Paul Davis – Boogie Woogie Man – 1972 Bang
[In case you were wondering: Chris Bartley would have been 76 Monday. He was born in Harlem
in 1947 and died in 2009 of kidney failure at 62 in Secaucus. Bloodstone group member Charles
Love, who wrote Something’s Missing, would have turned 78 today (Tuesday). He was born in
1945 in Salinas, and died in 2014 at 68 of pneumonia in Kansas City. Pete Graves of The
Moonglows would have been 93 or 87 today (depending on which birthday you choose—1930 in
Mississippi or 1936 in Ohio). Either way, he died in 2006 in his 70s. Bobby McClure would have
turned 81 Friday, born in Chicago, died in Los Angeles at 50 years old from a stroke. Johnny
Tillotson turns 85 Thursday, born in Jacksonville. Mel Carter turns 84 Saturday. Ray Peterson
would have turned 88 Sunday. Born in Denton TX in 1935, died in Smyrna TN at 69 in 2005 from
cancer. Blue Magic’s Vernon Sawyer turns 71 Saturday. Glen Campbell would have turned 87
Saturday. Died in 2017 in Nashville, Alzheimer’s. Roy Orbison would have turned 87 Sunday. Born
in Vernon, TX, died in Hendersonville, TN from a heart attack in 1988. And Paul Davis would have
turned 75 Friday. Born and died in Meridian, MS. Had a heart attack and died the day after his
60th birthday in 2008.]
FRIDAY APRIL 14, 2023 3:31 AM CT... It’s a replay tonight of Monday Night Trivia, so please don’t
call—but do call on Monday night when we’re live at 10 playing trivia again. We had a lot of fun last
night, playing airchecks, talking radio and taking your calls. As for bumpers (relating to what we
discussed):
Clyde McPhatter – Rock and Cry – 1957 Atlantic
Clyde McPhatter – Just To Hold My Hand – 1957 Atlantic
Rockin’ Rebels – Wild Weekend – 1960 Marlee
Spinners – Rubberband Man – 1976 Atlantic
Clovers – Devil Or Angel – 1956 Atlantic
Emerson Lake & Palmer – Fanfafe for the Common Man – 1976 Atlantic
Doc Severinsen – Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – 1991 Amherst
Hoyt Curtin – Jonny Quest Theme
THURSDAY APRIL 13, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be delayed an hour tonight, starting at 11 PM CT.
(It’s the last Blackhawks interruption of the season.) I hope you’ll call! Last night we talked about
cover records (what they are and more importantly, what they aren’t), radio, and more— “more”
meaning it’s been a couple hours and I haven’t a clue. As for what bumpers you heard:
Stephen Sanchez – Until I Found You – 2021 Republic
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come – 1965 RCA
5 Royales - Right Around The Corner - 1956 King
Don & Dewey – Don’t Ever Leave Me – 1962 Highland
Richard Berry – Have Love Will Travel – 1960 Flip
Flamingos – Mio Amore – 1960 End
Ever-Green Blues – Midnight Confessions – 1967 Mercury
Kenny Rankin – On & On – 1977 Atlantic
Kenny Rankin – Haven’t We Met – 1966 Columbia
WEDNESDAY APRIL 12, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Please jon me—and
call! Last night’s bumpers?
Frank Sinatra – Always – 1947 Columbia
Johnnie & Joe – Over The Mountain – Chess
Rays – Silhouettes – 1957 Cameo
Stylistics – Rockin’ Roll Baby – 1973 Avco
BTO – Lookin’ Out For #1 – 1976 Mercury
Paul Williams – To Put Up With You – 1970 Reprise (LP: Someday Man)
Ben Sidran – Song For A Sucker Like You – 1977 Arista
Michael Bacon – Big Mouth – 1975 Monument (LP: Love Song Believer)
Mose Allison – Your Mind Is On Vacation – 1962 Atlantic
Randy Newman – You Can Leave Your Hat On – 1972 Reprise (LP: Sail Away)
TUESDAY APRIL 11, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full shows tonight and tomorrow night. I hope you’ll call!
Last night, Monday Night Trivia started at 11:30. I thought I came up with a great question. And
our first caller got it on her first guess. So much for my intuition:
In 1960, almost seven milllion Americans disclosed they did this.
20 years later in 1980, almost 25 million laid claim to it.
20 years after that, in 2000, over 36 million Americans said they did it.
Today, 50 million are estimated to be doing it. Doing what? Jog
And the most amazing part is no one was chasing any of them with a weapon of any sort.
Astounding. Our next question remains unanswered so it becomes our straggler for next week’s
show.
As for our Bumper Stumpers, the theme was that all of them were also background singers for
better known acts:
Merry Clayton – Oh No Not My Baby – 1972 Ode
Doris Troy – What’cha Gonna Do About It – 1963 Atlantic
Blossoms – That’s When The Tears Start – 1965 Reprise
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – I Want To Love You Baby – 1969 SSS
Dee Dee Warwick – When Love Slips Away – 1967 Mercury
Meanwhile I made the mistake of taking my temperature during the show. I’d been feeling poorly all
day. Well now I know why. It’s psychological I’m sure, but when I know I’ve got fever I immediately
feel worse. As soon as I upload the download and update the stream, I’m lying down. But I firmly
expect to be talking to you tonight, and looking forward to it.
FRIDAY APRIL 7, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Monday Night Trivia next week (Monday April 10, 2023) will
start at 11:30 CT (delayed an hour and a half for Blackhawks hockey). But that will still give us
plenty of time for a new question and a handful of bumper stumpers, so join me live then and
please call. (But don't call tonight-- it's a replay of previous Monday Night Trivia Shows.)
It was a very abbreviated show last night after hockey, but we did manage to play one of Karen's
favorite Manhattans records (Follow Your Heart - 1965 Carnival).
THURSDAY APRIL 6, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Short show tonight, about a half hour. Talk to you around
12:30 AM. Last night we covered a wide range of topics, read some tabloids and generally had a
nice time. We also played several of your requests:
Coasters – Bad Detective – 1963 Atco
Meri Wilson – Peter The Meter Reader – 1981 WMOT
Rosemary Clooney – This Ole House – 1955 Columbia
Cadillacs – Gloria – 1954 Josie
Bob Heyward – Gloria – 1946 Exclusive
Alan Jackson – Good Time – 2008 Arista
Dion & The Belmonts – I Wonder Why – 1958 Laurie
Marvin Gaye – I’ll Be Doggone – 1965 Tamla
Whispers – Remember Me – 1969 Soul Clock
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On – 1971 Tamla
El Dorados – I’ll Be Forever Lovin You – 1955 VeeJay
WEDNESDAY APRIL 5, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight starting at 10 CT. 3 big hours with
hopefully YOUR calls. Happy Birthday to Good Guy Gary Stevens who turns 83 today. That
doesn’t seem possible (especially since I’m still 39, lol). Gary’s retired in Florida but still keeps his
hand in radio—for a while he was chairman of the board of Saga after the death of its founder a
couple years ago. Last night we talked about the 50th anniversary of the cell phone, the shocking
survey that shows over third of all parents in New York have adult kids living at home with them,
and McDonald’s lack of subtlty in their layoffs. As for bumpers:
Major Lance – Please Don’t Say No More – 1964 Okeh
Claudine Clark -The Telephone Game – 1962 Chancellor
Jimmy McGriff – The Worm – 1968 Solid State
Fatso Theus – Be Cool My Heart – 1955 Aladdin
Jerry Butler – Mr. Dream Merchant – 1967 Mercury
TUESDAY APRIL 4, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. We’ll be on right after the blackhawks, probably at 11:30 CT
tonight. We got about an hour of Monday Night Trivia in last night. I’ll put the replay up under
downloads. We dispensed with our straggler: This happens more in August than any other month.
What? Home burglaries. (According to the Washington Post 7/25/02.) It’s also the month most
murders happen.
Our Bumper Stumpers are all Canadian based artists, in honor of Red Robinson, the first disc
jockey in Canada to play a rock and roll record (and a confirmed lover of R&B). Sadly, Red passed
away this past weekend, but he got a lot of living into his 86 years.
Mighty Pope – Heaven on the 7th Floor – 1977 Private Stock
Ronnie Hawkins – Mary Lou – 1959 Roulette
Jackie Shane – Comin Down – 1963 Sue
Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers – Malinda – 1968 Gordy
MARCH 2023
FRIDAY MARCH 31, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Next live trivia show is Monday around 10:30 PM CT. We
have a straggler and if you don’t remember what it is, you can listen to tonight’s replay on WGN (but
don’t call, it isn’t live—but it will be on Monday so call then).
Conversation ran from the Paltrow lawsuit (she won, as I expected) to Johnnie Ray. As for bumpers:
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – Bustin’ Loose – 1978 Source
Meri Wilson – Telephone Man – 1977 GRT
Alan Jackson – Chattahoochie – 1993 Arista
Isley Brothers – Footsteps In The Dark – 1978 T-Neck
Johnnie Ray – Cry – 1951 Okeh
Sam Cooke – Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha – 1959 Keen
THURSDAY MARCH 30, 2023 3:31 AM CT We’ll start an hour late tonight. Talk to you at 11 CT!
Last night we covered everything from the history of Ampex reel to reel recorders (audio and video)
to the experts in the Gwyneth Paltrow trial, not to mention the usual discussions about radio and
music (including Afroman’s classic Lemon Pound Cake and the resulting lawsuits). As for bumpers:
Afroman – Lemon Pound Cake
Unit 4 plus 2 – Concrete & Clay – 1965 London
Miracles – That’s What Love Is Made Of – 1964 Tamla
Lou Rawls – Lady Love – 1977 Philadelphia Int’l
Dan Hartman – Instant Replay – 1978 Blue Sky
Greg Phillinganes – Countdown To Love – 1985 Planet
Bobo Mr. Soul –Hitch Hike To Heartbreak Road – 1972 Ovide
Diamonds – She Say – 1959 Mercury
Manhattans – It’s Gonna Take A Lot To Bring Me Back – 1969 DeLuxe
Rod Riguez – I’ll Slip Away – 1967 Impact
Bert Keyes – Lady In My Heart – 1965 Clock
WEDNESDAY MARCH 29. 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10 CT. I hope you’ll join
me and call! Last night after the game it was great hearing from so many of you. Conversations ran
the gamut from music (Jimmy Ricks, songs used in commercials, Redbone, Cryan Shames and
more) to what’s above us (Is the Ionosphere part of the Thermosphere, or is it a layer of its own
after the Mesosphere, and does outer space start after the Exosphere, or does the Karman Line
determine it early in the Thermosphere—spellbinding, I tell ya. Or not). Feel free to call and
change the subject tonight. Last night’s bumpers? Mostly related to your calls:
Moonglows – Twelve Months Of The Year – 1959 Chess
Lavern Baker & Jimmy Ricks – You’re The Boss – 1961 Atlantic
Redbone – Witch Queen Of New Orleans – 1971 E[ic
Cryan Shames – It Could Be We’re In Love – 1967 Columbia
Nina Simone – Feeling Good – 1994 Mercury
Hank Snow – I’m Moving On – 1958 RCA
Hank Snow – I’m Stlll Movin’ On – 1977 RCA
TUESDAY MARCH 28, 2023 3:31 AM CT... 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be on an hour late tonight, starting
at 11 after the Blackhawks. Had fun with a full Monday Night Trivia show last night. You got the
straggler quickly:
This post world war II advertisement was responsible for giving workers a daily benefit. That wasn’t
the intent. The commercials pushed a product, but in under a year, the benefit became the norm for
workers across America. What is the benefit called? The Coffee Break. (Defense plant workers
got a daily break during the war but it wasn’t until 1952 that the Pan American Coffee Bureau
advertised, “Give yourself a coffee break—and get what coffee gives to you.” It caught on like
wildfire and was the norm in workplaces by the close of 1952.)
We’re still working on the follow up, so I’ll leave that for next week. As for Bumper Stumpers, they
all began with “D” (and would have been in alphabetical order if I hadn’t forgotten to play the
Diplomats when they came up):
Deltairs – Who Would Have Thought It – 1958 Felsted
Derek Martin – You Better Go – 1964
Derrick Harriott – What Can I Do (The Wedding Song) – 1971 Crystal
Desires – Black Girl – 1968 Starville
Desires – Rendezvous With You – 1960 Hull
Destinations – Come On Let Me Love You – 1964 Fortune
Diadems – Why Don’t You Believe Me – 1962 Star
Dimas III – You’ve Succeeded – 1966 Clown
Dobie Gray – Out On The Floor – 1966 Charger
Doc Oliver – Going Thru’ A Change Of Love – Lucky Labels (instrumental)
Don & Dewey – Don’t Ever Leave Me – 1962 Highland
Diplomats – Here’s A Heart – 1964 Arock
FRIDAY MARCH 24, 2023 3:31 AM CT... 3 big hours of Monday Night Trivia, starting at 10PM CT
Monday Night. We’ve got a straggler, plenty of bumper stumpers, your choice of categories and
more. Last night was an abbreviated show thanks to the NCAA tourney and the only bumpers I
played was two versions of the same song (I’ll Make It Alright):
Valentinos –1973 SAR
Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church Choir – 1973 Myrrh
THURSDAY MARCH 23, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. We’ll be delayed by the NCAA tourney tonight, but
should be live before midnight so we’ll have over an hour to chat. I hope you’ll join me. Last night,
as usual, it was an AOR show—All Over the Road, from my haunted studios to songs used in
commercials, with bumpers exclusively dedicated to your requests:
Louis Prima – Banana Split for My Baby – 1956 Capitol
Manhattans – Call Somebody Please – 1969 Carnival
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing – 1982 Tamla
Raelettes – Bad Water – 1971 Tangerine
Sisters Love – Are You Lonely – 1971 A&M
Du-Ettes – Every Beat Of My Heart – 1964 Mar-V-Lus
Etta James – Security – 1968 Cadet
Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston – My Sugar Is So Refined – 1946 Capitol
Della Reese – A Clock That’s Got No Hands – 1964 RCA
WEDNESDAY MARCH 22, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show again tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call. We
covered everything last night from the history of Candida (the song not the medical malady though
we touched on that too) to the latest Slime From The Checkout Line—of course Harry & Meagan
took center stage. As for the bumpers:
Jackie Wilson – My Heart Is Calling – 1967 Brunswick (LP Cut: Whispers)
Kool Gents – This Is The Night – 1956 Vee Jay
Cicero Blake – Sad Feeling – 1964 Renee
Dawn – Candida – 1970 Vell
Carl Mann – Pretend – 1959 Sun
Jerry Martin – Janet – 1958 Fredlo
Richard Dimples Fields – If It Ain’t One Thing It’s Another – 1982 Boardwalk
Brenda Holloway – Every Little Bit Hurts – 1964 Tamla
Lenny Welch – Since I Don’t Have You – 1973 Mainstream
Lenny Welch – Please Help Me I’m Falling – 1966 Kapp
TUESDAY MARCH 21, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Reminder: New Moon at 12:23 PM CDT today. Write
what this is.) We’ve got a full show tonight, and tomorrow night. I hope you’ll join us at 10, and
even better, that you’ll call.
Playing an abbreviated version of Monday Night Trivia last night due to sports preemption was
fun. You got almost all the Bumper Stumpers (every one except The Whispers):
Whispers – I Was Born When You Kissed Me – 1966 Dore
Richard Dimples Fields – Sincerely – 1982 Boardwalk
Don Covay – It’s Better To Have (And Don’t Need) – 1973 Mercury
Billy Stewart – Reap What You Sow – 1962 Chess
Solomon Burke – He’ll Have To Go – 1964 Atlantic
And eventually you knocked off our straggler question from last week:
Rescuers have been called to the scene all over the world to save something that fell into the
sewer. Items range from the common to unthinkable. In 2004, 11 rescuers in England spent three
hours trying to rescue seven of these when a passerby noticed something lying by the sewer grate
that indicated the contents fell below it. Six were lost, but one was found. What was rescued? A
goldfish. The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals commended the arduous action saying,
‘Goldfish may not be as cute as dogs or cats, but they deserve our respect and the chance to live
out their lives.’ The rescuers named him William— the goldfish, not the SPCA spokesman. [Press
Association 4/16/04]
And we threw another question out, which has now become the straggler for next week. (You can
listen to the replay to find out what it is, if you missed it.)
FRIDAY ST PATRICK’S DAY 2023 3:31 AM CT.. We’ll next get together Monday night after the
game, figure around 11:30 PM CT, when we’ll engage in another round of Monday Night Trivia!
Looking forward to it. Last night we talked about all sorts of things and played a few bumper
requests too:
Del Vikings – Come Go With Me – 1957 (audition tape)
Shalamar – A Night To Remember – 1982 Solar
Irish Rovers – The Unicorn – 1968 Decca
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love – 1961 RCA
Lou Rawls – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy – 1970 Capitol
JD McPherson – Abagail Blue – 2012 Hi-Style
THURSDAY MARCH 16, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll get a late start again tonight, right after the
game—how late I’m not sure. Last night we started earlier than I expected, so when I say we’ll start
around 11, give or take a half hour either way. Whenever it is, I hope you’ll call. Last night we
talked to several of you about everything from more customer disservice horrors (yesterday was the
first time I ever got a recording saying my wait time was 243 minutes—and they weren’t kidding—by
the time someone answered the phone my battery died) to shopping malls and AM radio. As for the
bumpers:
Bobby Caldwell – Coming Down From Love – 1980 Clouds
Ides of March – You Wouldn’t Listen – 1966 Parrot
Lou Rawls – Your Good Thing Is About To End – 1969 Capitol
Capris – There’s A Moon Out Again – 1980 Collectables
Capris – There’s A Moon Out Tonight – 1959 Planet
Lefty Frizzell – If You’ve Got The Money, I’ve Got The Time – 1950 Columbia
Channels – My Love Will Never Die – 1959 Fury
WEDNESDAY THE IDES OF MARCH 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be about an hour late tonight, on
the air live after the NCAA playoffs. I hope you’ll hang in there and call! Last night, as usual we ran
the gamut, and included a smattering of Slime From The Checkout Line (we read The Globe). We
played some of your requests and we noted with sadness the passing of Jerry Samuels (Napoleon
XIV):
Napoleon XIV – Split Level Head – 1966 WB (LP Cut: They’re Coming To Take Me Away)
Percy Mayfield – River’s Invitation – 1963 Tangerine
Isley Brothers – My Love Is Your Love Forever – 1966 Tamla=
Patience Valentine – Ernestine – 1963 SAR
Lloyd Price – Misty – 1963 Double L
Poni-Tails – Born To Late – 1958 ABC Paramount
TUESDAY MARCH 14, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be starting about an hour late tonight (11 PM CT)
due to Blackhawks hockey. Talk to you then.
We had fun with a full three hours of Monday Night Trivia last night. You did a fine job with the
first question I threw out:
The average toilet has 50 bacteria per square inch. By comparison, the average BLANK has
21,000, more than four times that amount, and you probably never even think of it. Average what?
Office Desk (according to US News & World Report 4/22/02)
But we’re still working on the next one, so we’ll pick it up there next Monday. As for the Bumper
Stumpers:
Bobby Patterson – Everything Good To You – 1972 Paul (LP Cut: It’s Just A Matter Of Time)
Neil Sedaka – Amarillo – 1977 Elektra
Candi Staton – He Called Me Baby – 1970 Fame
Robins – Framed – 1955 Spark
Anthony & The Imperials – If I Remember To Forget – 1968 Veep
Platters – Maggie Doesn’t Work Here Anymore – 1954 Federal
Bob Luman – Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) – 1974 Epic
Walter Jackson – It’s All Over – 1964 Okeh
Contours – Just A Little Misunderstanding – 1966 Gorduy
Tams – It Happens Every Time – 1999 EMN (CD: Bad Boys of Beach Music)
Wilson Pickett – Sin Was The Blame – 1973 RCA
FRIDAY MARCH 11, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full Monday Night Trivia show next week at 10 CT. I’ll be
ready for you! Last night the topics ranged the gamut from Robert Blake to Antonio Carlos Jobim.
The bumpers were all over the place too, thanks to your requests:
Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66 – Triste – 1967 A&M (LP Cut: Equinox)
Antonio Carlos Jobim – Triste – 1968 A&M (LP Cut: Wave)
Sarah Vaughn – Triste – 1979 Pablo (LP Cut: I Love Brazil)
Joao Gilberto – Desifinado – 1959 Odeon (LP Cut: Chega de Saudade)
Howlin’ Wolf – Hoochie Coochie Man – 1954 Chess
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars – (I’m A) Road Runner – 1964 Soul
Linda Martell – A Bad Case Of The Blues – 1970 Plantation
Walter Wanderly & Astrud Gilberto – Tu Me Delirio – 1966 Verve (LP: A Certain Smile)
Rufus & Roots - Caught Up – 1979 T-Jaye
Theresa Lindsey – Gotta Find A Way - 1964 Correc-Tone
THURSDAY MARCH 10, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show again tonight so I hope you’ll call. I’ll have
plenty to say without you but I have a much better time when you join me. We did talk about
Murdaugh's murders last night, and a bunch of other things too numerous to mention. Bumpers?
(And yes there was a reason for most of them, including your requests):
J.J. Barnes – Real Humdinger – 1966 Ric-Tic
Pearl Bailey – Zing, Went The Strings Of My Heart – 1956 Sunset
O.C. Smith – Little Green Apples – 1968 Columbia
Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers (Originals) – The Bells I Hear – 1968 Unreleased
Chuck Berry – Too Much Monkey Business – 1956 Chess
Originals – Baby I’m For Real – 1969 Soul
Charlie Rich – That’s How Much I Love You – 1960 Sun
Charlie Rich – Graveyardville – 1959 Sun
Mario Lanza – Donkey Serenade – 1956 RCA
Alan Jones – Donkey Serenade – 1938 RCA
Isley Brothers – I’m Gonna Knock On Your Door – 1959 RCA
WEDNESDAY MARCH 8, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full 3 hour live show tonight at 10 CT. I hope you’ll
call. I expected we’d talk about the Murdaugh verdict last night, but that wasn’t what was on your
mind. We had a fine time talking about everything else though. And the bumpers were pretty much
all your requests. Here’s what you heard:
Kenny Nolan – My Eyes Get Blurry – 1977 20th Century
Left Bank – Walk Away Renee – 1966 Smash
Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come – 1968 Philly Groove
Alan Jackson – Remember When – 2003 Arista
Little Milton – We’re Gonna Make It – 1965 Checker
L.T.D. – Love Ballad – 1976 A&M
Marvin Gaye – Ain’t That Peculiar – 1965 Tamla
Beach Boys – 409 – 1962 Capitol
Patsy Cline – So Wrong – 1962 Decca
TUESDAY MARCH 7, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full shows tonight through Thursday. 10P to 1A Central
Time. I hope you’ll call. We’ve got a lot to discuss including the Murdaugh verdict.
We got an hour and a half of Monday Night Trivia in last night, and no one guessed the straggler:
There’s more than a 1 in 10 chance, you’re doing this boneheaded thing on your computer What?
Using “password” as your password. (According to the New York Times, it was 1 in 8 20 years
ago.)
As for Bumper Stumpers, we got in five, and you identified two:
Exciters – Do Wah Diddy – 1963 UA
Huey Piano Smith – Havin’ A Good Time – 1958 Ace
Laura Lee – Since I Don’t Have You – 1972 Hot Wax (LP cut: Women’s Love Rights)
Ruby Andrews – I’ve Got A Bone To Pick With You – 1984 Kent (LP cut: Moving On Up)
Andra Willis – Til I Can’t Take It Anymore – 1973 Capitol
FEBRUARY 2023
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2023 3:31 AM CT... It was a short show last night but fun to talk to
several of you. The good news is I’ve solved the temporary broadband problem. The apartment
that was not available until the end of March will be ours in the middle of the week. The bad news
(for me) is it gives me four days to arrange for a move that I won’t be here to facilitate. I’ve also got
to take a couple classes on how to best help Jon through his outpatient journey so exactly how I’ll
pull this off and be at the other end to meet the movers is still uncertain.
But on one thing I’m sure (though I shouldn’t jinx it with my hubris), I will be back live Monday March
6th with no plans to abscond again.
The best news of all is that Jon is improving every day. Your prayers and good wishes have been
a great help. Thank you!
As for last night’s bumpers, we had to start with Betty Swann, as news of her death is starting to
circulate. January 25th, 78 years old. Not only a great singer in her relatively short career, but a
fine writer too—she penned her charters. We played the first one:
Bettye Swann – Don’t Wait Too Long – 1965 Money
Johnnie & Joe – Over The Mountain, Across The Sea – 1957 Chess
Johnnie & Joe - Kingdom of Love - 1982 Ambien Sound
Miracles – If You’re Ever In The Neighborhood – 1973 Tamla
Talk to you after the game a week from Monday around 11:30 PM Central.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Short show tonight. Expect a Midnight (CT)
start. But that gives you an hour to call, and I hope you will. Talk to you then. Good to hear from
many of you last night. We played several of your requests:
Soul Stirrers – Last Mile Of The Way - Specialty
Dee Clark – Gloria – 1957 Falcon
Jackie Verdell – Why Not Give Me A Chance – 1963 Peacock
Carman – Some O Dat – 1982 Epic
Sheppards – Sherry – 1956 United
Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right – 1975 Private Stock
Ral Donner – Girl of My best Friend – 1961 Gone
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Yes, I’ll be live tonight, but the show will be an hour
delayed due to sports preemption. Join me at 11 CT, and please call.
Fun playing Monday Night Trivia last night, and that’s a good thing since prizes were out of the
question as the show was unscreened. It took a while but you got the first question I threw out:
Only 5% of Americans over 60 have one. But almost 50% of Americans under 40 have one. One
what? A tatoo.
The second question is a straggler and we’ll pick it up the next time we do Monday Night Trivia live.
I’m hoping that will be two weeks from tonight, but I honestly don’t know. Jon gets out of inpatient
rehab on March 1st, and I’ve got until then to find a temporary place with wired broadband for the
month. Good luck to me. I’ll be here for the next few nights, and I’ve got to tear the secondary
studio apart so I can move it and everything else I’ll need in the short term by the weekend. Right
now, my greatest fantasy is finding a time store where I could buy a few extra Wednesdays, but
seeing as how that’s not gonna happen, I’ll stop typing and start sleeping so I can wake up early
and start the search all over.
Oh, Bumper Stumpers? The timely theme was in conjunction with Presidents’ Day. All the artists
shared names with US Presidents. Here’s who they were:
Chuck Jackson – I Wake Up Crying – 1961 Wand [Andrew Jackson]
O. Harrison – When You’re Ugly Like Me – 1977 RCA [Benjamin Harrison]
Lee Washington – Little Girl – 1966 Fat Fish [George Washington]
Marie Adams with The Johnny Otis Show –Bye Bye Baby–1957 Capitol [John Quincy Adams]
Clarence Carter – The Court Room – 1971 Atlantic [Jimmy Carter]
McKinley Travis – Baby, Is There Something On Your Mind–1970 Soul Town [Wm. McKinley]
McKinley Mitchell – The Town I Live In – 1962 One-Derful [William McKinley]
Nick Nixon – San Francisco Is A Lonely Town – 1979 MCA [Richard Nixon]
Frankie Ford – Alimony – 1959 Ace [Gerald Ford]
Janet Jackson – Whoops Now – 1995 Virgin [Andrew Jackson]
Al Wilson – Who Could Be Lovin’ You – 1968 Soul City [Woodrow Wilson]
MONDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2023 8:55 PM CT... Live Monday Night Trivia show tonight--
unscreened, so no prizes (unless you want to give your address out to half of North America) but
we'll have fun anyway. I hope you'll call. I'll tell you all about the past two weeks.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2023 3:31 AM CT... There's no Monday Night Trivia tonight. No shows
at all this week, I'm sorry to say. Thanks to all of you for your concern. But it's not me. It's Jon and
the news is decidedly mixed.
First the shocking part: Late Thursday afternoon Jon had an intracranial hemorrhagic stroke, deep
in the brain. Now the good part: The bleed was small and did not get larger before we could life
flight him to help. At 5 AM Friday morning he was checked into the Mayo Clinic Hospital ICU in
Phoenix, and he's been stable. Heavn knows he's had enough CT scans to prove it. By
comparison to what some people face, the damage is minimal. As his nurses can attest, it didn't
affect his mind, sense of humor or facial muscles. (They give stroke victims tests every 2 hours to
make sure they aren't backsliding mentally or physically. One involves describing a cartoon
drawing. Jon's turned it into a soap opera. Another is identifying who is president. You can only
imagine those answers. They have him read various sentences one of which is "Last night I talked
on the radio." Jon adds, "No, I only answer the phone.")
Funny stuff but this is serious business, and he'll need inpatient rehab to work his way back to
where he was. Later today I'll tour some facilities in the valley to determine what is the best bet.
I'm going to need to be here all week. Not that there's ever a good time to have a stroke, but it
doesn't get worse than Super Bowl week in the hosting city. Those outrageous hotel prices I quoted
last week? I'll be paying them this coming week-- if I can actually find a room over the weekend. It
would probably be cheaper to check into the hospital myself.
At this point I have every reason to think that Jon will come back 100%, but it's not going to be easy.
And his sense of humor will wane. Depression is an expected part of the journey, though he's been
lucky so far (his admitting physician said he'd never seen a patient live through the stroke Jon had,
and he'd never seen any significant stroke patient with as little damage as Jon displays). I'm
confident he will be just as lucky on the rest of the road to recovery, but prayers and good thoughts
are greatly appreciated. Forgive me in advance, as I might not be great at acknowledging them
over the coming days, but I know they'll be effective.
As for me, I admit a couple EMTs and a PA did take me aside on a few occasions to seriously
enquire if I was alright. I guess I look as wobbly as I feel, but I'm stronger than anyone imagines
when it comes to crises and I do not intend to add to the drama. So no worries about me right now.
Once I have a better handle on the timeframe, I'll let you know when I'll be back on the air live.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10 for three big hours. I do
hope you’ll call! Another night of something close to nothing last night but fine discussions about
radio, music, and what state spends the most on entertainment. Who would have believed it’s
Utah?! But then again, you’ve got to consider what this large nationwide survey considered
entertaining. I have no idea what we’ll discuss tonight, which is why your participation is urged. As
for last night’s bumpers (all by request):
Freddy Cannon – The Dedication Song – 1966 Warner Bros
Johnnie & Joe – Over The Mountain – 1957 Chess
JD McPherson – Ain’t Got No Home (unreleased live performance)
Major Lance – Rhythm – 1964 Okeh
Otis Redding- These Arms of Mine – 1963 Volt 20 rb / 85 volt
Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine – 1971 Sussex
James Brown – Try Me – 1965 Smash
Otis Redding – These Arms of Mine – 1963 Volt
New York City – Quick, Fast, In A Hurry – 1973 Chelsea
Ike & Tina Turner – A Fool For A Fool – 1964 Warner Brothers
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight starting at 10. Call and talk
about anything you want. That’s pretty much what we did last night—with discussion running the
gamut from The Drifters to synchronous AM broadcasting. Here’s what we played:
Barrett Strong – Make Up Your Mind – 1964 Tollie
Drifters – Sweets For My Sweet – 1961 Atlantic
Drifters – When My Little Girl Is Smiling – 1962 Atlantic
Drifters – I’ll Take You Home – 1963 Atlantic
JD McPherson – Holly Carol Candy & Joy – 2019 New West
Versatiles – Just Pretending – 1962 Ramco
Diablos – Mind over Matter – 1962 Fortune
Hank Thompson – Where Is The Circus – 1966 Warner Brothers
Hank Thompson – I See The Everywhere – 1969 Dot
Deon Jackson – Love Makes The World Go Round – 1965 Carla
JANUARY 2023
TUESDAY JANUARY 31, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight, beginning at 10. I hope you’ll call.
Last night on Monday Night Trivia, the straggler question lasted until the end of the show when I
revealed the answer:
It’s probably not hard to find one in any medium or large size city in America today, but 100 years
ago it was rare. The longest lasting one was in Seattle. What is it? A Gay Bar.
(The Double Header opened in 1934 in Seattle as a more traditional venue but it wasn’t long before
the basement became The Casino, a gay dance club, which closed and became a diner in the
1950s. Beginning during World War II and continuing until the bar closed in 2015, The Double
Header served a principally gay clientele.) [Boston Herald 6/14/98, Seattle Times 10/3/00, AP
5/9/01]
You did much better with identifying Bumper Stumpers, though no one guessed the theme. The
artist on every song we played was #1 nationally on this day on the Billboard R&B Charts (different
years of course). Here’s what you heard (and what was #1 on this day for them):
Barbara George – Send For Me – 1962 Sue [1962 #1 I Know]
Big Jay McNeely – Sungi Mungi – 1958 Swingin’ [1949 #1 Deacon’s Hop]
Ohio Players – Pain – 1971 Westbound [1975 #1 Fire]
Aaron Neville – The Greatest Love – 1978 Palm Tree [1967 #1 Tell It Like It Is]
Moonglows – Lover Love Me – 1955 Chess (flip of In My Diary) [1955 #1 Sincerely]
Blue Notes – I Should Be Your Lover – 1980 Source [1976 #1 Wake Up Everybody]
El Dorados – A Fallen Tear – 1956 VeeJay [1956 #1 At My Front Door]
Mary Wells – Stop Taking Me For Granted – 1966 Movietone [1963 #1 Two Lovers]
Major Lance – You’ll Want Me Back – 1966 Okeh [1964 #1 Um Um Um Um Um Um]
Al Greene – Back Up Train – 1967 Hot Line [1974 #1 Livin’ For You]
FRIDAY JANUARY 27, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Replay of Monday Night Trivia tonight on WGN. Enjoy
the show but save your calls until Monday night when we’re live again playing trivia at 10. Full
shows all next week, by the way. Last night was another short one but we did manage to get three
bumpers in, and take a few of your requests for next week. Here’s what we played:
Antonio Carlos Jobim – Wave – 1967 A&M
Ray Stevens – Unwind – 1968 Monument
Kim Weston – Looking For The Right Guy – 1964 Tamla
THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be on tonight around 11:30 CT.. ballgame
before us. But I hope you’ll stay up and join me. Last night’s show ran the gamut from Montauk
Conspiracies to Ford dropping AM in F-150 electric trucks, yet we still managed to play many of
your requests:
Dynamics – Misery – 1963 Big Top
Olympics – Good Lovin’ – 1965 Loma
Nolan Strong & The Diablos - The Wind – 1954 Fortune
Brenda Holloway – You’ve Changed – 1965 Tamla (unreleased)
Flamingos – Nobody Loves Me Like You Do – 1960 End
Nolan Strong & The Diablos – Since You’re Gone – 1960 Fortune
Ray and Bob – Air Travel –
Etta James – Good Rockin’ Daddy – 1955 Modern
Vera Lynn – When I Grow Too Old To Be
Don & The Delighters – Native Girl – 1962 Cortland
Matt Lucas – I’m Movin’ On – 1963 Smash
The replay is combined with Tuesday night’s short show. No bumpers for that. Talk to you tonight.
Please call!
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full three hour show tonight. I hope you'll call. I'll
play several of your requests, talk about The Dynamics (with the passing of George and Sonny this
month, all the originals are now past tense, sorry to say), which will give me an excuse to play
Misery and maybe I'm The Man, their double-sided 45 in 1963 on Big Top (and still my favorite). I
hope you'll call! Last night we talked more about Jerry Blavat's passing but we also mentioned
something that's not getting enough attention. A day after Jerry died, Sonny Hopson "The Mighty
Burner" passed too. Fans will recall his tenure on WHAT (where Jerry also worked in the 1960s)
with fondness. Sonny was about to turn 86, when he died at home with dementia. Jerry's funeral,
by the way, will be streamed online. So if you can't make it in person, check it out Saturday starting
at 9 AM, here. [ If you're wondering about last night's replay, since it was only a 20 minute show, I'll
save it and add it to the beginning of the replay of tonight's show.]
TUESDAY JANUARY 24, 2023 3:31 AM CT... It’ll be a short show tonight. We’ll be on around half
past midnight after the game. We’ll have a full show tomorrow night (Wednesday) and then
Thursday, we’ll be on around 11 PM. After that, few sports interruptions for a while (as far as I
know) and plenty of time for you to call!
Many of you did call last night, which makes Monday Night Trivia a pleasure to do. Eventually
James knocked off the stragger. Stacy tried her best, and I think her guesses confirmed James’
choice. The question?
In 1997, a survey of Americans about avoiding germs came up with two things that 50% of all
respondents said they’d never touch! What were they? Last week, you got one of them—a public
telephone. And this week you got the other one: commercial airline headrests. (Alarmingly, it’s
been confirmed repeatedly, and recently that headrests are the germiest part of the plane.) The
New Republic reported the results on 11/10/97.
Then we threw out another question, which at the end of the show remained unanswered, so that’s
where we’ll pick it up next Monday.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, here’s what we played:
Tony Clarke – This Heart Of Mine – 1965 Chess
Darrell Banks – I’m The One Who Loves You – 1969 Volt
Orlons – Mr. Twenty-One – 1962 Cameo
McFadden & Whitehead – I Know What I’m Gonna Do – 1980 TSOP
Donnie Owens – Need You – 1958 Guyden
Olympics – Shimmy Like Kate – 1960 Arvee
Cornel Gunter – I’m So Used To You Now – 1956 Loma
O’Jays – I’ve Cried My Last Tear – 1965 Imperial
Bob Kuban & The In Men – Try Me Baby – 1965 Musicland
Dyke & The Blazers – Let A Woman Be A Woman – 1969 Original Sounds
The theme was that every one of them (the solo artists and at least one prominent member of the
groups) was shot to death. The saddest part, is I could have played a lot more of them. Far too
many of them. In case you want details:
Tony Clarke was shot to death by estranaged wife in Detroit in 1971 when he tried to break
into her home. He was 31.
Darrell Banks was shot to death in Detroit in 1970 by a policeman when he tried to intervene
in the affair between his girlfriend and the cop. He was 32
Orlons: Founding member Shirley Brickley shot to death at home answering her door in 1977
never solved. She was 32.
McFadden & Whitehead: John Whitehead shot to death outside his Philadelphia home by 3
men in a drive by in 2004 while he was working on his car with a friend. The friend who survived
was thought to be the target, but the murder has never been solved. He was 55.
Donnie Owens was shot to death by girlfriend at the Palms motel in Phoenix in 1994. She was
aiming at an intruder trying to scare him off, but she shot and killed Donnie, three days before his
62nd birthday.
Olympics: Member Charles Fizer shot to death in 1965 Watts riots. He was 24.
Cornel Gunter, an early member of the Coasters (He was also in the Flairs and Ermines
among others.) was shot to death in car in Las Vegas in 1990. He was 53. A thin black man was
seen standing by the car when an argument ensued, 2 shots were fired, the gunman ran away,
Cornel drove off, and crashed a couple blocks later, dead with two shots to the chest. Never
solved. (A latter day Coaster, Buster Wilson, was shot in the head in 1980. His dismembered body
was dumped in Hoover Dam, and a canyon near Modesto CA. Peter Cavanaugh was convicted,
he’s on death row in Nevada. The reason for the shooting is Wilson was going to tell the cops about
Cavanaugh’s fraud scheme.)
O’Jays: Frankie Little Jr, disappeared in 1979, skeletal remains were found in a bag in 1982.
It was considered to be a homicide, but it wasn’t until 2021 that the remains were identified as the
O’Jays guitarist and song writer. It was thought but not conclusively confirmed that he was shot.
Also, Arlester Christian was with the band earlier while they were briefly in Phoenix, and as you’ll
read in a moment, he was shot to death.
Bob Kuban & The In Men: Lead singer Walter Scott shot to death by second wife’s lover. He
disappeared right after Christmas in 1983. His remains were found in 1987 floating in a cistern
behind his widow’s house. He’d been shot in the chest and dumped in the cistern by the nextdoor
neighbor, Jim Williams, a plumber who was later convicted not only of that death but the death of
his first wife, whose death was previously ruled as vehicular. He set that up one up too. He did both
killings so he could marry Walter’s wife, JoAnn Calcaterra. She did 18 months of a five-year
sentence. Williams died in prison in 2011, 72 years old. Police were tipped off to the murder by
Williams’ son, who at the time was in prison and on the outs with his dad. JoAnn died in 2019, at
75.
Dyke & The Blazers “Dyke”, Arlester Christian, was shot on the street in Phoenix in 1971. It
was thought to be drug related.
FRIDAY JANUARY 20, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. I’ll be back live with Monday Night Trivia, Monday at
10. Tonight’s a replay of last Monday’s show so don’t call. But do make it a date to call next Monday.
The new moon is Saturday at 2:53 PM (CT). It’ll be the closest to earth new moon we’ve had since
the 11th century, almost a thousand years ago, and it won’t be the close again for another almost
350 years. Not that you’ll see anything. It’s a new moon, so it’s invisible. But a great time to write
your prosperity check, petitioning the universe for all manner of riches. Have no idea to what I
bumpers (mostly your requests):
Blue Magic – Side Show – 1974 Atco
Johnny Adams – Reconsider Me – 1969 SSS
James Brown – There Was A Time – 1968 King
Al Hibbler – He – 1955 Decca
The Four Buddies – I Want To Be The Boy You Love – 1964 Imperial
Howlin’ Wolf – Smoke Stack Lightning – 1956 Chess
Carman – Some-O-Dat – 1982 Priority
Marcos Valle – So Nice – 1968 Verve
Cab Calloway – Everybody Eats When They Come To My House – 1948 Columbia
Garland Green – Goin’ In Circles (beats me, I have it on a homemade 8-Track)
Jackie Wilson – Lonely Teardrops – 1958 Brunswick
Narvel Felts – Lonely Teardrops – 1976 ABC
THURSDAY JANUARY 19, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight at 10. No Mary Ann (she’s in the
middle of a move, but will be back next month) but I’ll be here and I’ll look forward to your calls.
Good to talk to several of you last night, and it gave me a chance to play some of your bumper
requests:
James Brown – Bewildered – 1961 King
James Brown – You’ve Got The Power – 1960 Federal
Dells – There Is – 1968 Cadet
Stan Freberg – Telephone Prefix Song – 1966 Capitol
Ricardo Bacelar – Vento de Maio – 2017 Bacelar
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son – 1969 Fantasy
Wade Flemons – Here I Stand – 1958 VeeJay
Earth Wind & Fire – Fantasy – 1978 Columbia
Bob Lind – Elusive Butterfly – 1966 World Pacific
Hank Locklin – The Country Hall of Fame – 1967 RCA
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 18, 2023 3:31 AM CT... There’s a full show tonight (Northwestern
Basketball is postponed), so attendance will be taken promptly after the 10 PM news. Thanks to
those of you who kept me company last night. The bumpers were 100% by your request:
Andrews Sisters – Rum And Coca Cola – 1945 Decca
Four King Sisters – Java Jive – 1940 Bluebird
Tavares – Heaven Must be Missing An Angel – 1976 Capitol
Alfie – Dionne Warwick – 1967 Scepter
Jimmy Forrest – Night Train – 1952 United
James Reed & J.F. Harrison – There’s A Long, Long Trail – 1915 – Victor
TUESDAY JANUARY 17, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll start an hour late tonight, 11 PM CT (The
Blackhawks play by play is on before me, and they usually wrap it up on time, so figure right after
the 11 PM News, you’ll hear me.) Had fun as usual with Monday Night Trivia.
We’ve still got a straggler as far as trivia questions go, so I’ll maintain radio silence until next
Monday, but if you heard the show, you’ve got a big clue at the end, so I suspect we’ll wrap it up
pretty quickly next week.
As for the Bumper Stumpers, everything I played last night, and everything I played the Monday
night before it, was written by Van McCoy. I could have dragged this out two more weeks, as his
output was that prolific. Sad to note he was taken from us at just 39 years old in 1979. He was
born in DC, and died in Englewood, NJ—but in his short life, he left a wealth of music behind.
Here’s what we played last night:
Jimmy Jones – Ready For Love – 1960 Cub
Van McCoy – Mr. D.J. – 1961 Rock’n
Chuck Jackson – Who’s Gonna Pick Up The Pieces – 1962 Wand
Walter Jackson – Suddenly I’m all Alone – 1965 Okeh
Fleetwoods – Before And After – 1964 Dolton
O’Jays – Let It All Out – 1965 Imperial
Jackie Wilson – I’ve Lost You – 1966 Brunswick
Faith Hope & Charity – So Much Love – 1970 Maxwell
Intrigues – Language Of Love – 1971 Yew
Presidents – Triangle Of Love – 1971 Sussex
FRIDAY THE 13th OF JANUARY 2023 3:31 AM CT... Don’t call tonight—it’s a replay of Monday
Night Trivia, but do call this coming Monday, Martin Luther King Day at 10 PM CT when we'll do it
live! We had a short show last night, following the Blackhawks, but managed to spend a couple
hours talking about the early career of The Whispers, and taking your calls. Here’s what we played:
Whispers – Never Again – 1965 Dore
Whispers – The Dip – 1965 Dore
Whispers – As I Sit Here – 1965 Dore
Whispers – Dr. Love – 1965 Dore
Whispers – Take A Lesson From The Teacher (Storybook of Love) – 1966 Dore
Whispers – I Was Born When You Kissed Me – 1966 Dore
Whispers – Needle In A Haystack – 1967 Dore
Whispers – Needle In A Haystack – 1972 Janus
Whispers – What Will I Do – 1969 Soul Clock
Whispers – The Time Will Come – 1969 Soul Clock
THURSDAY JANUARY 12, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be on after sports tonight, around 11 PM
Central. Sorry about last night’s confusion. I forgot about the game that pre-empted me in for the
first half hour, but we had plenty of time after that to go through The Manhattans’ early career
(Carnival and DeLuxe) and we did-- the first three Manhattans songs we played were from other
groups with the same name. And the song by the Dorsets was really the Dulcets, but the label got it
wrong. Here’s everything we played, and to find out why, you’ll have to listen to the replay.
Manhattans – How Do You Say I’m Sorry – 1958 Warner (Freddy Johnson’s group)
Manhattens – Why Should I Cry – 1961 Big Mack (Donald & Larry Calloway’s group)
Manhattans – Later For You – Avanti 1964 (Riley Mack’s group)
Dorsets – Pork Chops – 1961 Asnes (Sonny, Blue & Smitty’s group before the Manhattans)
Manhattans – There Goes A Fool – 1964 Carnival
Lovettes – I Need A Guy – 1967 Carnival
Lovettes – I’m Afraid – 1967 Carnival
Manhattans – I Wanna Be – 1965 Carnival
Barbara Brown – So In Love – 1965 Carnival
Manhattans – Follow Your Heart – 1965 Carnival
Manhattans – Searchin’ For My Baby – 1965 Carnival
Manhattans – I’m The One Love Forgot – 1965 Carnival
Manhattans – I Bet’cha (Couldn’t Love Me) – 1966 Carnival
Manhattans – Give Him Up – 1970 DeLuxe
Manhattans – One Life To Live – 1962 DeLuxe
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight starting at 10 CT.. I hope you’ll
call! We played a lot of Manhattans records last night, but didn’t get around to profiling the group’s
early years on Carnival. Hopefully we’ll do that tonight. We did talk a lot about radio though. As for
what we played:
Manhattans – Call Somebody Please – 1964 Carnival
Manhattans – There’s No Me Without You – 1973 Columbia
Manhattans – I Can’t Stand For You To Leave Me – 1971 DeLuxe
Manhattans – I Call It Love – 1967 Carnival
Manhattans – Kiss And Say Goodbye – 1976 Columbia
Manhattans – Shining Star – 1980 Columbia
Phil Terrell – Can I Come In – 1964 Carnival (unreleased)
Lee Williams & The Cymbals – Peppin’ Thru The Window – 1967 Carnival
TUESDAY JANUARY 10, 2023 3:31 AM CT... Live show tonight at 10. Please call! Last night we
had fun with Monday Night Trivia. The straggler question was guessed at the end of the show:
Many baldness cures have been tried over the millenia—but according to US News & World Report,
at one time this was the best preventative measure. What? Castration before puberty. (US News &
World Report 8/4/97)
We’ll keep the Bumper Stumpers theme next week (I think), which will give you time to think about
what the records we played last night have in common:
Majors – She’s A Troublemaker – 1962 Imperial
Drifters – Rat Race – 1963 Atlantic
Yvonne Carroll – Gee What A Guy – 1963 Domain
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Giving Up – 1964 Maxx
Ruby & The Romantics – When You’re Young And In Love – 1964 Kapp
Irma Thomas - Times Have Changed – 1964 Imperial
Shirelles – Maybe Tonight – Scepter
Bobby Vee – Keep On Trying – 1965 Liberty
Spellbinders – For You – 1965 Columbia
Blossoms – That’s When The Tears Start – 1966 Reprise
FRIDAY JANUARY 6, 2023 3:31 AM CT... It’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia tonight, so don’t call.
But do mark your calendar for this coming Monday evening at 10 when we’ll be at it again. Last
night we had a great time with Julie Ryan. If you haven’t been to AskJulieRyan.com, check it out.
We touched on the 12 Stages of Transition, and we’ll discuss it in more depth next time Julie joins
us. But it you want to know more, get an absolutely free copy of her book "Angelic Attendants:
What Really Happens As We Transition From This World Into The Next" in text and audio. No
catch. All you have to do is click here, fill out the online form and in the message section, write you
want a free copy of Angelic Attendants that Julie mentioned on The Rollye James Show, and you’ll
get an email with links to both files. It’s that simple!
Julie also mentioned Ben Bickman’s “Why We Get Sick”. Click here it for a good price from
Amazon. It’s the story of insulin resistance, and if you’ve got blood sugar problems, it’s something
you’ll want to read.
Other than that, we just prattled on and played some bumpers:
Johnny Adams – A Losing Battle – 1962 Ric
Kook & The Gang – Too Hot – 1980 Delite
Parliaments – Don’t Be Sore At Me – 1967 Revilot
Lou Rawls – Lady Love – 1977 Philadelphia Intl
Vibrations – Love Me Like You Should – 1960 Checker
Dorsey Burnette – The Greatest Love – 1969 Liberty
Big Dee Irwin & Dee Dee Sharp – Swinging On A Star – 1963 Dimension
Miracles – Shop Around – 1960 Tamla
Dells – Now I Pray – 1956 (unreleased VeeJay)
Skeeter Davis – Gonna Get Along Without You Now – 1964 RCA
Yvonne Elliman – Hello Stranger – 1977 RSO
THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 2023 3:31 AM CT.. Julie Ryan joins me tonight at 10. If you were
listening last month, you know she’s a medical intuitive. Her insight into what ails you may be the
missing link you’ve been trying to find (but bear in mind, all this woo woo stuff is for entertainment
only. If you’ve got health concerns contact a licensed physician-- they run the gamut from
naturopaths to allopathic specialists and can order diagnostic tests to help get to the bottom of your
issues). But for fun, and maybe a direction you haven’t investigated yet with your doctors, she’s a
resource. She’s also a psychic—and not a natural born one. She’s convinced that what she does,
you can do too, and we’ll talk about it tonight and maybe look at what’s coming up in 2023. Her
website is here, and her YouTube channel (where you can hear her past shows—she’s live on
Thursday evenings at 7 CT) is here.
Last night we talked with Charlie Gracie, Jr. about his dad’s Fabulous career. (We didn’t play
Fabulous, but just about everything else.) He was a good guy who lived a great life and entertained
us along the way. Have you read his book? It's here (where you can order some of his CDs, if you
like). Charlie's website is here. Here’s what we played (all Charlie Gracie):
Boogie Boogie Woogie – 1953 Cadillac
Butterfly – 1957 Cameo
Angel of Love – 1959 Coral
W-wow – 1961 Felsted
He’ll Never Love You – 1965 Diamond
Can’t Stop Rock’n – 2018 Generic
Sorry For You – 1961 Roulette
Cool Baby – 1957 Cameo
99 Ways – 1957 Cameo
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 4, 2023 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be talking with Charlie Gracie, Jr. tonight
after the game (around 10:30 PM CT). The reason is sad, as Charlie Gracie passed away last
month, but the topic is not. Charlie lived an amazing 86 years and entertained us for the last 70 or
so. He’s not as big stateside (and we’ll explain exactly why) as he is in Europe (we’ll give you
poignant examples of his popularity there) and play some of music too.
As for last night, we remembered Fred White of Earth Wind & Fire, and Anita Pointer, both of
whom left us recently, far too young. Here’s what we played:
Salty Peppers – La La Time – 1969 Capitol
Earth Wind & Fire – After The Love Has Gone – 1979 Columbia
Earth Wind & Fire – September – 1978 Columbia
Pointer Sisters – Fairy Tale – 1974 Blue Thumb
Pointer Sisters – Live Your Life Before You Die – 1975 Blue Thumb
Wild Cherry – 1-2-3 Kind Of Love – 1978 Epic
Phil Collins – For A Friend – 1994 Atlantic (CD: We Wait and We Wonder)
Billy Swan – I Can Help – 1974 Monument
TUESDAY JANUARY 3, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be delayed about an hour tonight, starting the
show at 11 CT. I hope you’ll join me then and call! Last night, we had three big hours of Monday
Night Trivia, and you knocked off two questions:
48 states ban doing this while fishing. Doing what? Shooting the fish. (Vermont and Virginia are the
exceptions. Using pistols, shotguns and even AK-47s, the strategy is to shoot just in front of the
fish, causing a concussion that brings the dead but intact fish to the surface. [New York Times
5/11/04])
Most people interviewed find this annoying, yet it’s regularly on television to this day, ever since its
first appearance in 1950. What is it? The laugh track (first used on the Hank McCune Show, a
comedy about a blunderer. Even shows recorded live, are sweetened with laugh tracks).
As for Bumper Stumpers, you didn’t get any of them, nor did anyone get the theme that’s been
running for the past three weeks. Every artist (or a group member, if it wasn’t a solo act) turned 80
last year (or would have if they were still with us). They all share 1942 as their birth year. Below is
what we played last night.
Lewis (Lou) Reed – Your Love 1962 (unreleased recorded for Time)
Carla Thomas - Lil Boy 1961(unreleased, recorded at Stax)
James Carr – Pouring Water On A Drowning Man – 1966 Goldwax
Main Ingredient – You Can Call Me Rover – 1973 RCA [Luther Simmons]
Gilberto Gil – Here & Now
JJ Jackson – Oo-Ma-Liddi – 1961 Storm
Jerry Jeff Walker – I Got Lucky Last Night – 1981 SouthCoast
Dee Dee Warwick – When Love Slips Away – 1967 Mercury
Beau Brummels – Good Time Music – 1965 Autumn [John Peterson ]
Barbara George – You Talk About Love
Billy Joe Royal – Your Other Love – 1967 Columbia
Here, in calendar order are the artists you heard over the last three weeks, their 1942 birthdays, the
group with which they sang if they weren’t solos, and their death year (if they’re no longer alive).
John Peterson – Beau Brummels 1/8 (2007)
Barbara Lynn 1/16
William Powell, Jr. – O’Jays 1/20 (1977)
Edwin Starr 1/21 (2003)
Otis Clay 2/11 (2016)
Leon Haywood 2/11 (2016)
Carla Thomas 2/21
Big Sonny Edwards – Intruders 2/22 (2016)
Paul Jones - Manfred Man 2/24
Lewis (Lou) Reed 3/2 (2013)
Jerry Jeff Walker 3/16 (2020)
Philip Margo - Tokens 4/1 (2021)
Billy Joe Royal 4/3 (2015)
Leon Huff 4/8
Bobby McClure 4/21 (1992)
Georgia Dobbins – Marvelettes 5/5 (2020)
Billy Swan 5/12
Calvin Simon – Parliaments 5/22 (2022)
Len Barry 6/12 (2020)
James Carr 6/13 (2001)
Curtis Mayfield 6/3 (1999)
Eddie Levert – O’Jays 6/16
Gilberto Gil 6/26
Barbara George 8/16 (2006)
Luther Simmons – Main Ingredient 9/9 (2016)
Billy Burkette – Vogues 9/17 (2008)
Freda Payne 9/19
Phyllis “Jiggs” Allbut – Angels 9/24
Dee Dee Warwick 9/25 (2008)
Herb Fame – Peaches & Herb 10/1
Elvin Bishop 10/21
JJ Jackson 11/8 (2004)
Stephen Caldwell – Orlons 11/22
And finally, Claudette Rogers Robinson (Miracles) was born on 6/20—but in 1942? Some sources
say yes, though others accurately state 1938 (Doncha love publicists?). And at 84, she’s still with
us!
I easily could have kept this theme going for another few weeks. Quite the milestone for rock and
roll, which Mitch Miller was positive couldn’t last. Happy birthday to those above who are still around
to celebrate—and to Scotty in East Chicago who became an octogenarian last year too!
DECEMBER 2022
FRIDAY DECEMBER 30, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be back next year. That means this coming
Monday. A full three hours of Monday Night Trivia live on Monday January 2nd. It will also be the
closing of The Rollye James’ I Hate The Holidays Club. Congratulations, you survived it! Last night
we had a lot of fun talking with Steve Bryant. (You can find links to his YouTube page and his blog
in the post below.) All the bumpers were Steve’s:
Not Leavin’ On A Jet Plane
The Old Inflation Blues
Older Wiser Kind of Guy
The Disinformation Governance Board
Call Me A Senior Citizen
Take Me Home Sweet Jesus
Just One
They Can’t Cancel The Truth
Only A Dollar A Day
THURSDAY DECEMBER 29, 2022 10:58 PM CT.. We're talking to Steve Bryant as I type this.
Check out some of his parodies here, and his blog here. Discussing the Poopin' Moose now
THURSDAY DECEMBER 29, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Last show of the year tonight and it starts right
after the Blackhawks (probably around 10:30 PM CT). Joining me is Steve Bryant, so you know it
will be a good time. For 15 years, Steve was the biggest seller on QVC, and for good reason too.
He’s hilarious. He’s also a talented song writer. We’ll play some of his stuff, reminisce about the
oddest things ever sold on home shopping networks, and hopefully hear from you. Had fun last
night—thanks for all the calls. The bumpers were mostly by request:
Eddie Holland – If It’s Love It’s Alright -1962 Motown
Jerry Reed – East Bound And Down – 1977 RCA
Major Lance – Phyllis – 1960 Mercury
Jesse Belvin – What Can I Do Without You – Unreleased
Kathy Mattea – Eighteen Wheels & A Dozen Roses – 1987 Mercury
Jim Croce – Speedball Tucker – 1973 ABC (LP: Life & Times)
Bo Diddley – Ooh Baby – 1967 Checker
Friendly Brothers – Operator – 1959 VeeJay
Ernest Tubb – Saturday Satan Sunday Saint – 1969 Decca
CW McCall – Classified – 1975 MGM
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 28, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live again tonight starting at 10. Please
call! We had a lot of fun last night, talking about radio and records to several of you and playing
excerpts of songs. Whatever’s on your mind, we’ll tackle tonight. As for the bumpers (almost all by
request):
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia – 1973 Buddah
Curtis Lee – Pretty Little Angel Eyes – 1961 Dunes
Miracles – All I Want Is You – 1960 Chess
Drew-Vels – Tell Him – 1964 Capitol
Major Lance Um Um Um Um Um Um – 1963 Okeh
Miracles – I Gotta Dance To Keep From Cryin’ – 1963 Tamla
Jimmie Rodgers – The World I Used To Know – 1964 Dot
Glenn Yarbrough – I’ve Been To Town – 1965 RCA
Lou Johnson - Magic Potion – 1963 Big Top
Rick Astley – Together Forever – 1988 RCA (a request of course)
Little Anthony & The Imperials – I’m Alright – 1959 End
TUESDAY DECEMBER 27, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We're live tonight and on time, starting at 10--
please call! Many of you did call last night, including an impressive amount of first time callers, all
of which made Monday Night Trivia a pleasure to do. To my utter amazement, no one got the
straggler question. I say that because I've had it on my desk for a few years and always thought,
'nah, too easy'. Boy was I wrong. I revealed it at the end of the show, along with the Bumper
Stumper songs, but not the theme, which will continue next week. As for that question:
By 2004 more than half of all newly built US homes had this. 30 years earlier in 1974, only 17%
had it. Had what? A second floor (according to the Washington Post 1/24/04). And as for those
Bumper Stumpers:
O’Jays – Stand In For Love – 1966 Imperial
Intruders – A Love That’s Real – 1967 Gamble
Manfred Mann – The One In The Middle
Tokens – Please Write – 1963 Laurie
Lavenders - Cool It Down – 1961 CR
Marvelettes – Don’t Make Hurting Me A Habit – 1968 Tamla
Parliaments – All Your Goodies Are Good – 1967 Revilot
Impressions – I Need You – 1965 ABC Paramount
Freda Payne – It’s Yours To Have – 1974 ABC/Dunhill
Miracles – If Your Mother Only Knew – 1962 Tamla
Vogues – Earth Angel – 1969 Reprise
FRIDAY DECEMBER 23, 2022 3:31 AM... It’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia tonight so sit back
and enjoy the show and mark your calendar for this coming Monday 10PM when we’ll do it live
again. The Rollye James I Hate The Holidays Club won’t be joining you Christmas eve or night
because they fall on weekends this year, but I’ll be with you in spirit and will be looking forward to
talking to you Monday.
Kenny & Tommy – Some Day (You’ll Be My Love) – Heritage
Marv Johnson – Unbreakable Love – 1963 UA
Jay Lee Webb – She’s Looking Better By The Minute – 1969 Decca
Kenny Vance – Doo Wop Christmas
Paul Anka – Eso Beso – 1962 RCA
Youngsters – Christmas In Jail – 1956 Empire
Echelons – A Christmas Long Ago – 1991 BAB
Emotions – What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas – 1973 Volt
Bill Mumy & Sarah Taylor – I’ve Got Some Presents For Santa – 1994 Rhino
THURSDAY DECEMBER 22, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight, starting at 10 Central. I hope
you’ll join me—and call! Last night’s post-Blackhawks show ran the gamut from the Yankee
Network to Bob and Earl (I still can’t believe I confused Harlem Shuffle with Harlem Nocturne. More
proof
Chipmunks with the music of David Seville – The Chipmunk Song – 1958 Liberty
Al Jarreau – The Christmas Song – 1982 Warner
Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz It’s Christmas – 1963 Atlantic
Classics IV – Spooky – 1967 Imperial
Buchanan & Goodman – Buchanan & Goodman On Trial – 1956 Luniverse
Johnny Otis – Harlem Nocturne – Bob & Earl Harlem Shuffle
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’ll likely start at 11 PM CT tonight right after
the Blackhawks. I hope you’ll call! Last night we talked about the dearth of Christmas shoppers in
evidence in big box store parking lots. We’ll probably have more about that tonight and whatever’s
on your mind. We also noted the sad passing of Charlie Gracie at 86. Covid took him out of the
game, but until last Spring he was still going strong. We’ll talk with his son, Charlie Gracie, Jr. soon
about his fabulous career! Bumpers last night—mostly your requests. I had to start off with the
Marcels to get you in the Christmas spirit. Nothing says holidays quite like going into debt:
Marcels – Friendly Loans – 1962 Colpix
Jimmy Barnes – No Regrets – 1959 Gibraltar
Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby – 1953 RCA
James Booker – Gonzo – 1960 Peacock
Charlie Gracie – Fabulous 1957 Cameo
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - 1963 Philles
Wally Lewis – Kathleen – 1963 Sims
Mel & Tim – Backfield In Motion – 1969 Bamboo
Donny Hathaway - This Christmas – 1972 Atco
Rupert Holmes – Who, What, When, Where, Why – 1976 Epic
TUESDAY DECEMBER 20, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Slightly delayed show tonight due to Northwestern
Basketball, but I suspect we'll be on by 10:15 or so (though basketball is unpredictable). I hope
you'll call! Had a lot of fun (and full lines all night) with Monday Night Trivia last night. You didn't
answer the question I posed, so we'll leave it as a straggler for next week. As for the Bumper
Stumpers, we had a theme but I'm probably going to stick with it next Monday night, so I won't
reveal it (yet). As for what we played, you got several of them:
Barbara Lynn – Until Then I’ll Suffer – 1971 Atlantic
Bobby McClure – Sitting In The Park - 1980 February 11 Records
Elvin Bishop – Sure Feels Good – 1975 Capricorn
Leon Haywood – It’s Got To be Mellow – 1967 Decca
Angels – Cry Baby Cry – 1962 Caprice Phyllis “Jiggs” Allbut
Otis Clay – She’s About A Mover – 1968 Cotillion
Peaches & Herb – Let’s Make A Promise – 1968 Date
Orlons – Heart Darling Angel – 1961 Cameo
Billy Swan – Don’t Be Cruel – 1975 Monument
Edwin Starr – I’m Still A Struggling Man – 1969 Gordy
Len Barry – Lip Sync – 1965 Decca
FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2022 3:31 AM.. Tonight it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia and then on
Monday Night we’re live doing it again at 10-- and I hope you’ll call. Last night was a lot of fun.
Talking to Johnny Goyen always is. We covered a lot of ground including classic country- the real
deal, not what commercial stations call it. If Spade Cooley, Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Wakely, Red Foley,
Webb Pierce and the like are what floats your boat, you’re gonna love CowPokeRadio.com.
They’re playing Hank Thompson as I type this. As for last night’s bumpers, they were mostly
requests:
Jo Stafford – You Belong To Me – 1952 Columbia
Duprees – You Belong To Me – 1962 Coed
Spade Cooley & His Orchestra – I’ve Taken All I’m Gonna Take From You – 1945 Okeh
Wally Lewis – Kathleen – 1958 Dot (and I played the version on Sims on the stream)
Four Tops – I Like Everything About You – 1966 Motown
Charlie Rich – Mohair Sam – 1965 Smash
THURSDAY DECEMBER 15, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be delayed by an hour tonight.
(Blackhawks) So join me at 11 CT and please call! Last night was the standard ‘something close to
nothing but different from the night before’ but I did play several of your requests:
Major Lance – The Monkey Time – 1963 Okeh
Grandmaster Flash – The Message – 1982 Sugar Hill
Moonglows – Sincerely – 1954 Chess
Jimmy Conwell – Second Hand Happiness – 1966 Mirwood
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie – When The Levee Breaks – 1929 Columbia
Formations – At The Top Of The Stairs – 1967 Bank
Linda Jones – Hypnotized – 1967 Loma
Eddie Kendricks – Intimiate Friends – 1978 Tamla
Richard Berry – Louie Louie – 1956 Flip
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10 CT. Do call.
Last night we covered J.J. Barnes death, and played some snippets of his two chart records, which
were far from the bulk of his career. Like many soul singers, he became an integral part of Great
Britain’s Northern Soul movement. We talked a bit about radio (of course) and wrapped it up with
my complete lack of understanding why anyone would invest in cybercurrencies. (If you think
differently, call me tonight, but from my natural distrust of everything, it sounds like a potential
disaster—as it’s turning out to be for FTX investors.) Bumpers?
Who Do You Love – Bo Diddley – 1956 Checker
Woolies – 1967 Dunhill
George Thorogood – 1978 Rounder
Louis Prima – Angelina – 1957 Capitol
Earl Grant – The End – 1958 Decca
Bobby Goldsboro – See The Funny Little Clown - 1964 UA
TUESDAY DECEMBER 13, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Short show tonight. I expect we’ll be on around
11:30 PM CT after the Blackhawks. I hope you’ll call. Fun as always playing Monday Night Trivia
with you last night. In addition to our straggler, I asked two more questions and you got them all:
In the latter 70s, 48 people were known to have made their living doing this. By 2000 over 35,000
did. Today world wide, over a quarter of a million people earn the bulk of their income doing it.
Doing what? Imitating Elvis. [Seattle Post Intelligencier]
In America, there are more of them per capita in Massachusetts than any other state, and fewer of
them in Mississippi than any other state. Most and least what? Psychiatrists.
You’ll find them in virtually every residential neighborhood. It’s hard to believe the first one didn’t
appear until the latter 1800s. What is it? A children’s playground. (The first one was in Boston in
1886 behind a children’s mission, comprised mostly of piles of sand.) [Parks & Recreation, May 1,
2001] (Our caller said neighborhood parks, but that was close enough for me, especially since it
was almost 1 AM.)
Below are our Bumper Stumpers and here’s the theme: Every one of these artists made it into the
top 5 nationally (either Pop or R&B or both, according to Billboard) and never even cracked the
national top 40 charts, Pop or R&B, again)
Fiestas – That Was Me – 1959 Old Town
Jimmy Charles – Age For Love – 1960 Promo
Pastels – So Far Away – 1958 Argo
Phil Phillips – Sweet Affection – 1961 Mercury
Danleers – Half A Block From An Angel – 1960 Epic
Rays – Magic Moon - 1960 XYZ
O’Kaysions – Little Miss Flirt – 1984 I-Katcher
Silhouettes – Bull Frog – 1961 20th Fox
Robert Parker – Twistin’ Out In Space – 1962 Imperial
Bobby Hendricks – A Thousand Dreams - 1958 Sue
Elegants – Goodnight – 1958 APT
FRIDAY DECEMBER 9, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. Tonight at 10, you’ll hear a replay of Monday Night
Trivia, so please don’t call. But if you didn’t catch it live, you might want to listen for the straggler
question. We’ll pick it up with that one, this coming Monday at 10. Call then! Thanks for your calls
last night. I couldn’t have made it through the show without you. I’m not sure what’s going on
physically, but you helped immeasurably. Hopefully by Monday I’ll be in fine shape, though I’ll be on
the Elemental Diet (basically not eating for two weeks) so we’ll see how it goes. As for last nights
bumpers:
Jerry Butler – Mr. Dream Merchant – 1967 Mercury
Edgar Winter Group – Easy Street – 1974 Epic
Dan Hartman – Instant Replay – 1978 Blue Sky
Donald Byrd – Cantalope Island – 1965 Verve
5 Royales – Crazy Crazy Crazy – 1953 Apollo
C&C Music Factory – Things That Make You Go Hmmm – 1991 Columbia
Ben E. King – Supernatural Thing – 1975 Atlantic
Concords- Should I Cry – 1964 Epic
Jerry Butler – Make It Easy On Yourself – 1962 VeeJay
Hawkshaw Hawkins – Lonesome 7-7203 – 1963 King
Lewis Lymon & The Teenchordds – I’m So Happy – 1956 Fury
THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight at 10. Please call! As usual last
night was an AOR show—All Over the Road. Everything from people (and authorities) behaving
badly to December 7th history that doesn’t include bombing. I also played several of your requests:
Four Buddies – My Summer’s Gone - 1951 Savoy
Larks – Rockin’ in The Rocket Room – 1954 Lloyds
Billy Harner – Homicide Dresser – 1967 Kama Sutra
Lynn White featuring J Blackburn – May The Best Man Win – 1990 SOH/Chelsea Avenue
Jacksonians – California Dreamin’ – 1973 MGM
Shirelles – Dedicated To The One I Love – 1958 Scepter
JJ Cale – Cocaine – 1976 Shelter
Frankie Beverly & The Butlers – I Want to Feel I’m Wanted – 1971 Rouser
Rhonda McDaniel & Rickey Godfrey – Stop Look Listen To Your Heart – 2007 Ripete
Freddy Cannon – Transistor Sister – 1961 Swan
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We've got a full show tonight starting at 10 PM
CT. I hope you’ll call. Julie Ryan will join us again on Thursday January 5th at 10 PM CT. I’m not
sure if we’ll take calls as I’ve got a lot of questions I’d like her to address, and I bet you’ll be
interested too. Her book,"Angelic Attendants: What Really Happens As We Transition From
This World Into The Next" is a wonderful read (or listen) and she’ll give you a digital copy in print
and an audio copy in .mp3 absolutely free. Click here, fill out the form, and in the message section
just write you want a free copy of Angelic Attendants that she mentioned on The Rollye James
Show. You’ll get both files. No catch. I promise. In addition to talking about various oddities and
outrages, I managed to play several of your requests too:
Emotions – So I Can Love You – 1969 Volt
Shorty Long – Devil With The Blue Dress – 1964 Soul
Billy Vera & The Beaters – At This Moment – 1987 Rhino
Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Lovin – 1964 Motown
Exciters – Tell Him – 1962 US
Gems – Love For Christmas – 1964 Chess
Steve Alaimo – Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ – 1963 Checker
Chi Coltrane – Thunder And Lightning – 1972 Columbia
Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - 1962 Liberty
Courtship – Oops It Just Slipped Out – 1973 Glades
TUESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight at 10. Please call. (Between now
and then I’ll try to think of a few reasons why you should. Feel free to come up with your own.)
You got a couple questions I raised last night on Monday Night Trivia, and one remains a straggler
for next week. Here’s what you knew:
Every one of us has used one of these consumable-related conveniences. They make life so much
easier. Some of us even seek them out, and virtually all of us are grateful to encounter them. They
weren’t invented until 1959, and didn’t become ubiquitous until the mid 1960s. What are they? Pull
top cans. Ernie Fraze forgot the can opener when went on a family picnic in 1949. Forced to use
his car bumper to open a beer, he sought a better way. It took a few years to receive the patent for
a ring that pulled off the entire top. Then he went further and in 1965 got a second patent for the
pop top can opener to puncture a hole in the top of canned beverages.
These have been in all of our lives forever. There’s nobody who isn’t thoroughly familiar with them,
some on a daily basis. You’d almost think these existed since recorded history began, but even
though commonplace now, the first one only dates back to the 1700s. First what? Restaurant. (The
first one, Casa Botin, opened in 1725 in Madrid.)
Bumper Stumpers:
5 Royales – Catch That Teardrop – 1962 Home of the Blues
Al Matthews – Fool – 1975 Columbia
Belita Woods – That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You – 1969 Moira
Beverly & The Del Capris – Mama, I Think I’m In Love – 1964 Columbia
Calendars – I’m Gonna Laugh At You – 1961 Coed
Cholli Maye – You Will Never Get Away – 1963 Gold Records Incorporated
Dean Randolph – How About That – 1962 Chancellor
Deon Jackson – Hard To Get A Thing Called Love – 1967 Carla
Eskew Reeder – Never Again – 1962 Minit
Frankie Karl & The Dreams – I’m So Glad – 1968 DC
Turbans – Golden Rings – 1961 Parkway
The theme? I played them alphabetically by group name or artist first name. (I count written
numerals ahead of letters, which explains the 5 Royales leading the pack.)
FRIDAY DECEMBER 2, 2022 3:31 AM CT... You’ll hear a replay of Monday Night Trivia tonight, sit
back, enjoy the show, and mark your calendar for Monday at 10 PM CT, when you can participate in
Monday Night Trivia. Next week, no sports interruptions.
Last night we spent the first hour and part of the second one with Julie Ryan. I had so many
questions, but I restrained myself from asking almost any of them so that you could call. Use the
links below, get a free copy of her book, check out her show (which by the way is also on terrestrial
radio stations— she’ll tell you more about that next time she’s on-- and there will be a next time, but
I can warn you in advance that I’ve got a lot of questions, and I know Julie has answers). If you
missed Julie, the show is up under downloads, and will remain there.
As for last night’s bumpers:
Bertha Tillman – Oh My Angel – 1962 Brent
Sapphires – Who Do You Love – 1964 Swan
Chris Montez – Time After Time – 1966 A&M
Five Satins – When Your Love Comes Along – 1959 Another First
Lou Rawls – Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing – 1966 Capitol
Moroccos – Somewhere Over The Rainbow – 1955 United
Connie Francis – Where The Boys Are – 1961 MGM
RB Greaves – (There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me – 1970 Atco
Toquinho & Vinicius – Tarde em Itapoa – 1977 Discos RGE
THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 2022 9:30 PM CT... We'll be talking with Julie Ryan in less than an
hour. Got any lingering health questions-- about you, or your pet... want to know about someone
who has already passed? All this and more are within Julie's abilities. (See the post directly below
for all sorts of links.) Call early-- I think the lines will fill up fast-- 888-876-5593.
Not only is Julie brilliant and talented, she's also generous. She'll give you free digital and
audiobook copy of "Angelic Attendants: What Really Happens As We Transition From This
World Into The Next" to anyone listening. Just click here fill out the form and say you heard Julie
on The Rollye James Show and want a free copy of Angelic Attendants!
THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight and you are in for a treat. At 10
CT, Julie Ryan is joining me! Julie is amazing—an accomplished businesswoman and inventor
(her surgical device inventions are sold globally and in widespread hospital use today). But more
than that, she’s a psychic and medical intuitive. And the best part is as an adult, she learned how to
perceive what you and I don’t see, and you can learn it too! If you listen to her Ask Julie podcasts
(as I do almost nightly, click on it for a link to her youtube page), then you know that literally within
seconds she can discern what has gone awry physically, and can energetically heal it. She’ll do
that tonight if you call at 10. (Call early because I suspect the lines will fill up quickly, so don’t wait
for the second half of the hour.) She’s also a published author, and if you’d like a copy of one of her
books, Angelic Attendants, we’ll be telling you how to get a free download copy. (I was riveted from
page one.)
and they’re great. I did one Wednesday afternoon and I’m convinced I’ll be feeling better in no time.
Click here for more info on medical scanning sessions. (And click on "services" on that page too--
medical scanning is far from all Julie can do.) I’ll probably hog Julie for a few minutes at first
tonight, but then I’ll turn it over to your calls. Be prepared to be amazed and call at 10 PM CT.
Last night, we were on at Midnight after the game, playing a couple of your requests, talking about
deaths (Irene Cara at 63—autopsy complete, but no report released as yet; Christine McVie at 79,
after a “brief illness”) and absurdities—like Tesla Semis that are being released today, December 1,
2022. The problem is that in short order, electric big rigs will overwhelm the power grid. It’s not how
much energy they require, it’s how big a drain the quick charging process is and predictions aren’t
good. And we haven’t even gotten to how much copper they require, while some of their biggest
supporters are lobbying to stop copper mining. Fortunately it was a brief conversation, but still
enough to make your head spin.
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love – 1961 RCA #2 pop
Marvin Gaye – Heard It Through The Grapevine – 1968 Tamla
NOVEMBER 2022
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be live tonight at Midnight Central Time.
Sports before then. I hope you’ll join me, and call. Last night we talked about ridiculous lawsuits
and missing people. A LOT of missing people. Like over 600,000 a year in the US? Amazing how
many are never found. And I managed to play several of your requests:
Little Anthony & The Imperials – Hurt So Bad – 1965 DCP
Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton – Walking Blues – 1954 Peacock
Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz It’s Christmas – 1963 Atlantic
Bruce Channel – Going Back To Louisiana – 1963 LeCam
Benny Mardones – Into The Night – 1980 Polydor
Fascinators – Oh Rose Marie – 1959 Capitol
Boys II Men – End Of The Road – 1992 Motown
Jimmy Bowen – My Kind of Woman – 1958 Roulette
Ray Parker Jr – The Other Woman – 1982 Arista
Street People – All Night Long – 1968 Musicor
Jackie Wilson – That’s Why (I Love You So) – 1959 Brunswick
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’ll start promptly after the 10 o’clock news
tonight (I think). I wasn’t expecting a sports interruption last night, but thanks to all of you, lines
were packed after we got underway with Monday Night Trivia. No one guessed the straggler
question:
Out of all the US states and residents’ buying habits therein, People in Connecticut spend the most
on this ever year and those in West Virginia spend the least on it. Most and least what? Household
Furnishings [according to the Chicago Tribune 4/19/03].
Scotty knocked off the first three Bumper Stumpers we played, and David got the last one. No
one came up with the theme (which was the same for last week as well). All the artists played were
featured in rock and roll movies. (Not the songs we played, but the artists themselves were on
camera.) Last night here’s what you heard, and one of the movies in which they appeared:
Moonglows – Unemployment – 1959 Chess – 1957 Mr. Rock and Roll
Flamingos – That’s My Baby (Chick-A-Boom) – 1955 Checker – 1956 Rock Rock Rock
Roscoe Gordon – No More Doggin’ – 1952 RPM – Rock Baby Rock It 1957
Teddy Randazzo – Kiddio – 1957 Vik – 1957 Mr. Rock and Roll
Carl Perkins – Monkeyshine- 1964 Decca – 1957 Jamboree
Treniers – Never Never – 1958 Dot – 1959 Jukebox Rhythm
Marcels – Friendly Loans – 1962 Colpix – 1961 Twist Around The clock (porky chedwick)
Dovells – Lockin’ Up My Heart – 1964 Parkway – 1962 Don’t Knock The Twist
Fats Domino – What’s That You Got – 1965 Mercury – 1957 Jamboree
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2022 3:31 AM.. We’ll be back live with three hours of Monday Night
Trivia, Monday at 10 PM. Tonight it’s a replay of trivia so sit back and listen but do call on Monday.
Last night we counted down The World’s Worst Hit Records 2022, as voted on by you, and
discussed some of your guilty pleasures—those songs you’re embarrassed to admit you love—you
know, the ones that someone else is voting for on the worst list.
In 2022, the oldest songs to make the list were from 1968, and the newest from 1998. There were
two from the 1960s, six from the 1970s, and one each from the ‘80s & ‘90s. Nine made the Top 10
nationally, six of which were #1*:
1 * Paul Anka – Havin’ My Baby
2 Captain & Tennille – Muskrat Love
3 Tiny Tim – Tiptoe Thru The Tulips
4* Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods – Billy Don’t Be A Hero
5 David Geddes – Run Joey Run
6* Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart
7* Bobby Goldsboro – Honey
8* Debby Boone – You Light Up My Life
9* Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
10 Charlene – I’ve Never Been To Me
Six more were would have tied for #11, if we counted that far:
Beatles – Yesterday
Chakachas – Jungle Fever
Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry Be Happy
Don McLean – American Pie IIII
Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
Five of the songs were also on last year’s list (Paul Anka, Captain & Tennille, Tiny Tim, Bo
Donaldson & Debby Boone) and six were on the 2020 list (Paul Anka wasn’t but in addition to the
other four from 2021, 2020 also included Bobby Goldsboro and David Geddes).
Other bumpers we played last night were theme related: Bloodrock-DOA; Dickie Lee-Laurie;
Whitney Houston-I Will Always Love You; Olivia Newton-John-I Honestly Love You; Psy-Gangham
Style; Linda Laurie-Ambrose Pt 5; Neil Sedaka-Alice In Wonderland; Everly Brothers-Ebony Eyes;
Melanie-Brand New Key; Mrs. Miller-Downtown.
And it's official. The Rollye James' I Hate The Holidays Club is in full swing. We'll meet every
weeknight from 10 to 1 (sports dependent) until January 2nd. If it's Ho Ho Hum to you, you're in!
THANKSGIVING 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight on Thanksgiving promptly at 10, counting
down The World’s Worst Hit Records as voted on by you since Halloween. When you’re done
eating turkeys, I’ll be playing them. I hope you’ll call. Last night we were an hour late due to sports,
but that still gave us two hours of final votes (by phone and email) and the playing of some of your
requests. Voting is now officially closed. Talk to you tonight!
Orlons – Don’t Hang Up – 1962 Cameo
Jive Bombers – Bad Boy – 1957 Savoy
Jay & The Techiques – Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie – 1967 Smash
Leaders – Stormy Weather – 1955 Glory
Jimmy Conwell – Cigarette Ashes – 1966 Mirwood
Louis Jordan – Beware – 1946 Decca
Walter Jackson – I’ve Never Been To Me – 1977 Chi-Sound
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2022 3:31 AM Fibonacci Day! If you don’t know why, listen tonight
and I’ll explain. But you’re probably well ahead of me. Meanwhile I’m behind sports tonight, so I
expect we’ll begin at 11 PM CT. It’s the final day this year to get your votes in on The World’s
Worst Hit Records annual poll. I’d prefer you call, but email if you must. After the show is over
tonight, I’ll tabulate all and be ready for our live Thanksgiving Night big reveal. Not only will we play
scant portions of the Top 10 as voted on by you (and we’ll review some of the past years’ winners
too), but it’s also the official opening of this year’s edition of The Rollye James, I Hate The
Holidays Club. If it’s ho ho hum to you and you don’t want to emerge until January 2nd, we’re your
safe haven. Support meetings will be held weeknights until then: 10 PM (or after sports) on WGN
Radio. As for last night’s bumpers (mostly by your requests)...
Bob Luman – Private Eye – 1961 WB
Olympics – Private Eye – 1959 Arvee
Channels – My Love For You Will Never Die – 1959 Fury
Sheppards – Island of Love – 1959 Apex
Sheppards – Feel Like Lovin – 1959 Apex
Chubby Checker – Lovely Lovely – 1964 Parkway
Mel Carter – Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me – 1965 Imperial
Theola Kilgore – This Is My Prayer – 1963 Serock
Bertha Tilman – Oh My Angel – 1962 Brent
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’re live tonight around 10. I say “around”
because we’re following basketball and end times are just a guess, but I expect it’ll be the usual
three hours. Only two more nights to vote on the annual poll of the World’s Worst Hit Records.
Since this is a cumulative total, if you heard one nominated that causes you to lunge for the radio
dial to change the station, please call and let me know what it is. And if you haven’t heard one
mentioned that you positively hate, call and nominate it. Any genre, any decade as long as it’s a hit.
You can vote as often as you like, but only once for the same song.
Had fun playing Monday Night Trivia last night. No one guessed the question I threw out, so it’ll be
a straggler for next week. So will the Bumper Stumper theme. We’ll stick with it next week. As far
as what the Bumper Stumpers were this week:
Bob Luman - Red Cadillac & Black Moustache – 1957 Imperial – 1957 Carnival Rock
Platters – Beer Barrel Boogie – 1954 Federal – 1957 Carnival Rock
Gene Chandler – Mr. Big Shot – 1966 Constellation – 1962 Don’t Kock the Twist
Bon Aires – Bye Bye – 1964 Rust – 1957 Rock Baby Rock It
David Houston – My Woman’s Good To Me – 1969 Epic – 1957 Carnival Rock
Johnny Otis – Baby, I Got News For You – 1961 King – 1959 Jukebox Rhythm
Vic Dana – A Lifetime Lovin’ You – 1967 Liberty – 1962 Don’t Knock The Twist
Five Stars – Ooh Shucks – 1957 Mark-X – 1957 Rock Baby Rock It
Earl Grant – Hide Nor Hair – 1967 Decca – 1959 Jukebox Rhythm
Jack Jones – Sweet Changes – 1970 RCA – 1959 Jukebox Rhythm
Chubby Checker – You Better Believe It – 1964 Parkway – 1962 Don’t Knock The Twist
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Live Monday Night Trivia at 10 CT... replay of trivia
tonight, so don’t call, but do call Monday. We talked about Customer disService last night (which
has gotten to the point that I prefer the communicating with the automated prompts than what
passes for breathing humans), continued to vote on the World’s Worst Hit Records (you can do that
through Wednesday, then we play back the top 10 turkeys live on a night for turkeys, Thanksgiving
2022. As for last night’s bumpers:
Contours – That Day When She Needed Me – 1965 Gordy
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You – 1956 Okeh
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Strange – 1964 Roulette
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – The Whammy – 1964 Roulette
Kenny Vance & The Planotones – Looking For An Echo – 1975 Atlantic
Cornel Gunter & The Ermines – Peek Peek-A-Boo – 1955 Loma
Stephen Bishop – Unfaithfully Yours – 1984 Warner Brothers
Baby Washington – Handful of Memories – 1962 Sue
Baby Washington – Can’t Get Over Losing You – 1975 Master
James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet – 1966 Bell
Four Seasons – Soon – 1963 VeeJay
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight, starting at 10 CT, and Mary
Ann Winkowski won’t be with us. She’s doing an overnight sleep study (and I bet she’ll have a lot to
say about it when she joins us next month—on Thursday December 15th). Voting on the World’s
Worst Hit Records continues until next Wednesday. We talked about the 2022 inductees into the
National Toy Hall of Fame, and the fact that there’s no stand out hot item for this Christmas. If
we’re wrong, call tonight and let us know what’s irresistible this year. Last night’s bumpers (mostly)
by your request:
Trammps – Hold Back The Night – 1975 Buddah
Mel Carter – Tar and Cement – 1966 Imperial
CW McCall – Classified – 1975 MGM
Rochell & The Candles – Once Upon A Time – 1961 Swingin
Arthur Alexander – Anna – 1962 Dot
Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody – 1965 Philles
Paradons – Diamonds & Pearls – 1960 Milestone
Murmaids – Popsicles And Icicles – 1963 Chattahoochee
Manhattans – You Send Me – 1985 Columbia
Jimmy Ruffin – I’ve Passed this Way Before – 1966 Soul
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2022 3:31 AM We’re live tonight at 10. There’s a game on before
me, but it should wrap up in time for the show to begin on time. Plan to call—it always gets better
when you do! Last night we covered a lot of ground (including several things from the ‘what were
they thinking’ category—like the Indiana police who locked a suspect in a patrol car parked on
railroad tracks, and... you got it. Train came. Or the idiot teacher near Austin who announced to his
class that he believed the white race was superior (of course one of the kids recorded it and it’s all
over the web). Or the mother, after the exorcism failed, who put her dead kid in a suitcase and
abandoned it. And that wasn’t the half of it. You also chimed in on your votes for The World’s
Worst Hit Records. (You’ve got one week—until next Wednesday night to nominate or second the
songs you hate—then I’ll play the top ten back live on Thanksgiving.) I also managed to play some
of your bumper requests:
Faron Young – Hello Walls – 1961 Capitol
Lena Horne – Stormy Weather – 1943 20th Century Fox (movie)
Little Willie John – Heartbreak (It’s Hurting Me) – 1960 King
Loudon Wainwright III – Dead Skunk – 1973 Columbia
Roberta Flack & Donnie Hathaway – You Are My Heaven – 1980 Atlantic
Clyde McPhatter - Rock and Cry - 1957 Atlantic
Dee Clark – Heartbreak – 1964 Constellation
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Since I Found My Baby - 1974 UA
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight. We’ll be on at 10 CT. Please
call. It was somewhat of an abbreviated Monday Night Trivia last night from about 11 to 1,
following the game. No one answered our straggler question:
Rather than loosening laws, Islamic courts in Saudi Arabia are increasing them. For instance, this
has been illegal in Saudi Arabia for at least the last 20 years. What? Music On Hold. (I wish it was
illegal here.)
No one got the Bumper Stumpers either—or the theme. And all of them were big hit artists. What
they had in common is we played the last song they had on the Billboard national charts. (In the
Jackie Wison-Lavern Baker duo, it was Lavern’s last chart entry. In the Jackie Wilson-Chi-Lites
collaboration, it was Jackie’s last chart entry.) Here’s the list:
Drifters – Kissin’ In The Back Row – 1974 Bell
Platters – Sweet Sweet Lovin’ – 1967 Musicor
Charms – United – 1957 Deluxe
Jackie Wilson & Lavern Baker – Think Twice – 1966 Brunswick
Major Lance – You’re Everthing I Need – 1975 Osins
Jackie Wilson & The Chi-Lites – Don’t Burn No Bridges – 1975 Brunswick
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. No show tonight (Hockey on the West Coast).
Tomorrow it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia—don’t call but be ready to call this coming Monday,
when Monday Night Trivia will start an hour late 11 PM Monday, right after the game. We talked
about Dorothy Kilgallen last night, continued to vote on the World’s Worst Hit Records, and entirely
ignored elections that matter. We also played some of your bumper requests:
Four Tops – Since You’ve Been Gone – 1966 Motown
Shirley & Lee - Feel So Good – 1955 Aladdin
Earls – Remember Then – 1963 Old Town
Dramatics – Door To Your Heart – 1974 Cadet
Lovers – Darling, It’s Wonderful – 1957 Lamp
John Denver – Please, Daddy – 1973 RCA
Sha Na Na – Top 40 of the Lord
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Please call.
Last night we survived the full moon, the eclipse, and election day (well everywhere but Arizona
where 20% or the voting machines in the county with 60% of the voters failed, not to mention the
woman in charge of elections, the secretary of state, is conveniently a candidate for governor). And
I survived the first hour talking to myself with nary a word from any of you. But I spent my time
wisely, delineating Jerry Lee Lewis’ family tree and chronicling his hits. I played some of them and
a few of your requests too:
Jerry Lee Lewis – Don’t Stay Away – 1952 J&M (unreleased)
Jerry Lee Lewis – End of the Road – 1956 Sun
Big Maybelle – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – 1955 Okeh
Jerry Lee Lewis – To Make Love Sweeter For You – 1968 Smash
Jerry Lee Lewis – Chantilly Lace – 1973 Smash
Jerry Lee Lewis – Thirty Nine and Holding 1981 Elektra #4 country -last top 40 country
Jerry Lee Lewis – Breathless – 1958 Sun 3 rb 4 country, 7 pop – Lia’s request
Mello-Kings – Tonite, Tonite – 1957 Herald
Jesters – I Laughed – 1958 Cyclone
Free Movement – I’ve Found Someone Of My Own – 1971 Decca
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Get out and vote today! Then call me tonight. We’re
live at 10 for three big hours. We won’t dwell on the elections (or the full Beaver Blood Moon today
and the eclipse in North America, which is visible right now). We’ll continue to have a good time
voting on the World’s Worst Hit Records, and talking about whatever’s on your mind.
It was good to have Monday Night Trivia back on Monday Night last night. The question I threw
out remained unanswered, so it’s next week’s straggler. As for the Bumper Stumpers, you got
several, but no one got the theme. All the solo artists, or lead singers of the group on the record we
played, had birthdays this week, which means they were probably all conceived on Valentine’s
Day—ranging form 1929 (Lavern Baker) to Gerald Alston (1951).
Lavern Baker – Substitute – 1958 Atlantic
Lavern would have turned 93 Friday
Tams – Disillusioned – 1962 Arlen
Joe Pope would have turned 89 yesterday
Jive Five – No Not Again – 1962 Beltone
Gene Pitt would have turned 85 yesterday
Dee Clark – Ride A Wild Horse – 1975 Chelsea
Dee would have turned 84 toda
Flamingos – Beside You – 1960 End
Terry Buzzy Johnson turns 84 Saturday
JJ Jackson – I Dig Girls - 1967 Calla
JJ turns 80 tomorrow
Hot Chocolate – Every 1’s A Winner – 1978 Infinity
Errol Brown would have turned 79 Saturday
Jim Gilstrap – Swing Your Daddy – 1975 Roxbury
Jim turns 76 Thursday
Ides of March – You Wouldn’t Listen – 1966 Parrot
Jim Peterik turns 72 this Friday
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – I Should Be Your Lover – 1980 Source
David Ebo would have turned 72 Wednesday (replaced Teddy Pendergras in ’76)
Manhattans – I Can’t Stand For You To Leave Me – 1971 DeLuxe
Gerald Alston turns 71 tomorrow (replaced George Smitty Smith in 1970)
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2022 3:31 AM.. It’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia (from Wednesday night
this week) tonight... but we’re at it again live on Monday. Assuming you survive the time change
weekend, join me Monday night at 10 for trivia. Last night we continued to take your votes on the
annual poll of the World’s Worst Hit Records. We’ll do that every night until we play your top ten
on Thanksgiving, regardless of what we’re discussing between now and then. Once again last
night, the bumpers were by your request:
King Curtis – Soul Serenade – 1964 Capitol
Jerry Lee Lewis – Sweet Little 16 – 1962 Sun
Salty Peppers- La La Time – 1969 Capitol
Trick Pony – It’s A Heartache – 2005 Asylum Curb
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – If You Can Want - 1968 Tamla
Carl Perkins - Boppin' The Blues - 1956 Sun
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2022 3:31 AM... We’re live tonight for two hours starting at 11 CT (right
after the Blackhawks). Keep those calls coming on the World’s Worst Hit Records annual poll.
Monday Night Trivia was fun last night, on Wednesday night. (It'll be back to Monday Night where it
belongs next week.) You got both of my questions:
When a waitress does this in a restaurant her tip increases on average by 18%. When a waiter
does it, his tip decreases by 3%. Does what? Draws a Happy Face on a check. (Hotel & Motel
Management 9/2/96)
These weren’t invented until the 1930s. And each one travels the equivalent of 30,000 miles on
average in its lifetime. What is it? Grocery carts.
But you didn’t do as well on the Bumper Stumpers. Jimmy P got Lloyd Price, and Frank got The
Stylistics. No guesses on the rest. The theme was flip sides. All the artists had big hits, and we
played the flip side of them (The chart numbers are from the Billboard R&B charts):
Darrell Banks – Our Love Is In The Pocket – 1966 Revilot (flip of #2 Open The Door To Your Heart)
Archie Bell & The Drells – Go For What You Know – 1969 Atlantic (flip of #6 Showdown)
Essex – What I Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Me – 1963 Roulette (flip of #11 A Walkin’ Miracle)
Lloyd Price – Have You Ever Had The Blues – 1959 ABC Paramount (flip of #1 Personality)
Esquires – Everybody’s Laughing – 1967 Bunky (flip of #9 And Get Away)
Shorty Long – Wind It Up – 1964 Soul (flip of #26 Devil With The Blue Dress)
Stylistics – If I Love You – 1971 Avco (flip of #6 Stop Look Listen To Your Heart)
Clovers – Stay Awhile – 1959 UA (flip of #23 Love Potion #9)
Ronnie Dyson – I Think I’ll Tell Her – 1973 Columbia (flip of #15 One Man Band)
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2022 3:31 AM.. Monday Night Trivia tonight on Wednesday night!!
Full show too. Call in at 10 and I’ll be waiting for you. Annual poll opened on the World’s Worst Hit
Records last night, you can vote anytime until the day before Thanksgiving. (Since they will all be
turkeys, we’ll play the top 10 back on Thanksgiving night, live.) The record has to be a US hit.
Doesn’t matter the year, or the genre—pop, rock, country, whatever— as long as it’s a hit it
qualifies. Nominate your stomach turners and by all means vote on songs that have already been
nominated. The poll is a cumulative total, so don’t hesitate to vote on songs you know others have
chosen. You can vote as often as you like, but you can only vote once on any given song.
Bumpers included the (now) late Geraldine Hunt and Jerry Lee Lewis along with some of your
requests:
Geraldine Hunt – Never Ever Leave Me – 1970 Roulette
Jerry Lee Lewis – Another Place Another Time – 1968 Smash
Raindrops – What A Guy 1963 Jubilee
Tymes – Ms. Grace – 1974 RCA
Jackie Wilson – Why Can’t You Be Mine – 1958 Brunswick
OCTOBER 2022
FRIDAY OCTOBER 28, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Tonight it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia which we
did on Wednesday this week (and will do on Wednesday next week, so mark your calendar now
and call). Tonight, sit back and enjoy the show—don’t call. Monday Night, it’s Carl Amari with WGN
Radio Theatre Spooktackular. We’ll return Tuesday after the Blackhawks and the voting will begin
on the annual poll of the World’s Worst Hit Records. We played several of your requests last night:
Jeannie & Jimmy Cheatham – Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On – 1985 Concord Jazz
Donald Jenkins & The Delighters – Elephant Walk – 1963 Cortland
Love Notes – United – 1957 Holiday
Four Knights – Oh, Happy Day – 1953 Capitol
Showmen – 39-21-46 – 1963 Minit
Loretta Lynn – You’re Lookin’ At Country – 1971 Decca
THURSDAY OCTOBER 27, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’ll be on the air at 11 Central tonight, right after
the Blackhawks.
Had fun playing Monday Night Trivia on Wednesday night (due to sports preemptions on Monday).
And we’ll do that again next Monday night (due to Halloween preemptions). Our straggler lasted
almost all night, untila first time caller from Milwaukee got it: This word was first used in a movie in
1934, when a character explained his clothing. What word? Gay. (In Bringing up Baby, Cary Grant
answered the door in a woman’s robe. When asked why, he replied, ‘Because I just went gay all of
a sudden.’
As for Bumper Stumpers, our theme was a tribute to Art Laboe—everything we played was a big
Art Laboe requester, and each appeared on at least on of his compilation albums over the years:
Sunglows – It’s Okay – 1966 White Whale
Jay Wiggins – Sad Girl – 1965 IPG
Originals – Baby I’m For Real – 1969 Soul
Tony Owens – Confessin’ A Feeling – 1969 Soulin’
Sapphires - Who Do You Love – 1964 Swan
Skyliners – This I Swear – 1959 Callico
Big Jay McNeely – There Is Something on Your Mind – 1959 Swingin’
Yvonne Carroll - Gee What A Guy – 1963 Domain
Whispers – As I Sit Here – 1965 Dore
Dyke & The Blazers – Funky Broadway – 1966 Artco
Rose Royce – Wishing On A Star – 1977 Whitfield
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26, 2022 3:31 AM CT... 3 big hours of WEDNESDAY Night Trivia
tonight... please call. (We’ll do Monday Night Trivia on Wednesday next week too as we’ll be
preempted with Halloween programming on Monday.) Last night we talked about losing small
things-- pens, paper, tv remotes, or in my case last night, the lid to my vat of sourdough pretzels.
It’s about the size of a 45 rpm record, it’s green and plastic. And it’s gone. I opened the jar (about
the size of a vat) right before the show, had three, and then, we’ll I’ve been sick. Let’s leave it at
that. Other than the bathroom, I haven’t left the studio—and it the lid is nowhere to be found. This
generally happens with smaller items and their track record of ever showing up again isn’t great.
According to some of your calls last night, I’m not alone. So where do these things go? Is this the
basis for parallel realities? The multiverse? OK, I’ll let you know if it materializes (and maybe
where I found it, if it does.) Bumpers?
Johnnie Taylor – Who’s Making Love – 1968 Stax
Deon Jackson – Love Makes The World Go Round - 1966 Carla
KoKo Taylor – Let The Juke Joint Jump – 1993 Alligator
Cordells – Dream Boy (unreleased)
Bettye Swann – Don’t Wait Too Long – 1965 Money
Lou Rawls – Lady Love – 1977 Philadelphia Int’l (Stacey’s favorite)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 20, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Tonight, it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia, so please
don’t call. As for Monday night, I think it’s mostly sports play by play but I should be on in the final
hour. If I unearth more info, I’ll print it here, but for now, plan on joining me Monday night at
Midnight.
Last night we talked with Mary Ann Winkowski in the first hour and as always, it was a delight.
Don’t forget Tuesday at 4:55 PM Central, it’s the new moon. So get your abundance checks written
by then. (If you don’t know to what I refer, click on Mary Ann’s name—it will take you to her website
where you can learn all about it. You can download a replay of the show by clicking on Downloads
on the above menu bar.
The remainder of the night, we mostly discussed the history of Johnny Rivers—the luckiest cover
act ever. But a lot of it was self-made luck and good for him. Here’s what we played:
Al Wilson – Who Could Be Lovin’ You – 1967 Soul City
Johnny Ramistella – Little Girl – 1957 Suede
Johnny Rivers – Baby Come Back – 1958 Gone
Johnny Rivers – You’re The One – 1958 Guyden
Johnny Rivers – Your First And Last Love – 1959 DeeDee
Johnny Rivers – Everyday – 1959 Cub
Johnny Rivers – Memphis – 1964 Imperial *
Johnny Rivers – Mountain of Love – 1964 Imperial *
Johnny Rivers – Seventh Son – 1965 Imperial *
Johnny Rivers – Secret Agent Man – 1965 Imperial *
Johnny Rivers – Poor Side Of Town – 1966 Imperial (Johnny wrote it & it was his only #1)
Johnny Rivers – Baby I Need Your Lovin’ – 1967 Imperial *
Johnny Rivers – Tracks of My Tears – 1967 Imperial *
Johnny Rivers – Rockin’ Pneumonia-Boogie Woogie Flu – 1972 UA *
Johnny Rivers – Positively 4th Street – 1968 Imperial (LP cut: Realization)
Johnny Rivers – Curious Mind (Um Um Um Um Um Um) – 1977 Big Tree *
* cover versions
We also played the Sensational Epics’ “Slightly Gray Shagger” for Joyce.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19, 2022 8:35 PM... No live show tonight, unfortunately. Jon convinced
me I'm not well enough, and as I'm too sick to fight him, he must be right. Apologies about this. I
fully intend to be on tomorrow night for two reasons: In the first hour (10 PM Central) Mary Ann
Winkowski joins us (definitely call if you think you're surrounded by ghosts), and in the second hour
we're profiling Johnny Rivers. Listener Dan requested we do that. If you think Johnny is way out of
my wheel house, you would be right-- except for one big thing (big to me anyway) which I'll share
tomorrow night at 11 PM CT. Apologies about tonight.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight, starting at 10 CT. Please call!
Last night we spent the bulk of the show talking about Art Laboe, who died on October 7th at home
in Palm Springs at 97 years old. What made him so special was his business sense. Because of it,
and his unlikely trajectory early in his career with East LA Chicano Soul, many of the truly great Low
Rider oldies got national attention. His Original Sounds records preserved musical history with
some of the best compilations ever, starting with Oldies But Goodies (a term he originated) Volume
1. He’s truly the last of the great champions of soft soul oldies germane to Hispanic culture, and he
will be missed. I wish I could think of someone who would pick up the gauntlet and run with it in the
future, but alas, there’s no one in the running. But thanks to him, we’re left with the music, and we
played quite a bit of it last night:
Rosie & The Originals – Angel Baby – 1960 Highland
Preston Epps – Bongo Rock – 1959 Original Sound
Brenton Wood – Me & You – 1968 Double Shot
War – Low Rider – 1975 UA
Don Julian & The Larks – Low Rider Girl – 1980 Jerk
Pentagons – To Be Loved – 1961 Donna
Thee Midniters – That’s All – 1965 Chattahoochee
Aalon – Rock ‘N’ Roll Gangster – 1977 Arista
Billy Stewart – I Do Love You – 1965 Chess
Don Julian & The Larks – I Want You Back – 1964 Jerk
Originals – Baby I’m For Real – 1969 Soul
TUESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10 CT (and tomorrow and
Thursday too—no sports interruptions this week). I hope you’ll call. Had fun, thanks to all your
calls, playing Monday Night Trivia. You got the straggler, and the follow up question:
Most, if not all, women do this today. Prior to the 1800s, no woman did this. It was thought it was
only for men. Did what? Wore underwear. [Considered masculine, the idea of women wearing
underwear was tantamount to depravity. When underwear first was made for women in 1800, it
was in two pieces, one for each leg held with garters and no crotch, hence pair of panties. It
remained that way until the 1880s. (Independent 1995)]
The average American uses 743 of these every year. 743 of what? Tissues.
As for the third question, that’s our straggler and we’ll pick it up there next Monday night.
The Bumper Stumpers theme was that every artist had previously (to the song we played) had hits
on Aladdin, Eddie & Leo Mesner’s great LA based R&B label. Here’s what you heard:
Peppermint Harris – Wait Until It Happens To You – 1965 Jewel
Calvin Boze – Shamrock – 1962 Imperial
Shirley & Lee – I’m Gone – 1952 Aladdin
Gene & Eunice – This Is My Story – 1955 Aladdin
Lovers – Someone – 1966 Phillips
Sonny Knight – Dedicated To You – 1957 Starla/Dot
Fatso Theus & The Flairs – Be Cool My Heart – 1956 Aladdin
Wynonie Harris – Good Morning, Judge – 1950 King
Harrold Burrage – What You Don’t Know – 1959 VeeJay
Blenders – Two Loves – 1959 Aladdin
FRIDAY OCTOBER 14, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Replay of Monday Night Trivia tonight at 10. Next live
trivia show is appropriately this coming Monday. We’ll start at 10 with the straggler and a new set of
Bumper Stumpers and I hope you’ll call. It was a very shot sho last night (under 20 minutes) due to
the Blackhawks game, so no need to post a replay. We managed to play one song-- King Cole’s
“Nature Boy” and we went into it history, but the most interesting part of the show (to me, anyway)
was the results of the Fat Bear contest at Katmai. Bear 747, “Bear Force One” won again. And
rightfully so. It’s an annual competition, around this time. Participate next year. Here were this
year’s contenders. Talk to you live on Monday!
THURSDAY OCTOBER 13, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We talked for an hour last night, managed to play
Wesley’s request [Dominoes – This Love Of Mine – 1959 Liberty (Gene Mumford lead)], and we
took a few calls too. Not sure how much of a show we’ll have tonight—it’ll start sometime after the
wee-bitching hour of Midnight, and I hope you’ll try to call!
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12, 2022 3:31 AM CT We’re live tonight at Midnight for an hour (right
after the Blackhawks game). Call if you can. Last night we had a fine time reviewing the history of
Billy Ward & The Dominoes, taking your calls and playing your requests:
Dominoes – Sixty Minute Man – 1951 Federal
Dominoes – Pedal Pushin’ Papa – 1952 Federal
Dominoes – Can’t Do Sixty No More – 1955 Federal
Dominoes – Stardust – 1957 Liberty
Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine – 1966 Tamla
Diamonds – She Say (Oom Dooby Doom) – 1959 Mercury
Gladiolas – Little Darlin’ – 1957 Excello
Jive Five – Rain – 1963 Beltone
Larks – My Reverie – 1951 Apollo (shellac)
O’Jays – Stairway To Heaven – 1976 Philadelphia Int’l
BeeGees – Boogie Child – 1978 RSO
TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2022 3:31 AM CT We’re live tonight at 10. Please call! Many of you did
last night, making Monday Night Trivia a joy. No one got our straggler (but admittedly it was an
uninspired question: In 1993 16,000 Americans did this. 10 years later in 2003, 103,000 did it.
These days over 150,000 Americans do it ever year. Do What? Have some form of stomach
stapling surgery. You didn’t get our follow up, which all things considered is a nice question, so
we’ll leave it as a straggler for next Monay. Bumper Stumpers—you knew several of the artists!
Good job. But you didn’t know either of the themes. On of them, in acknowledgment of the sad
news of the passing of Eddie Weiss (Charlie Brown, a fixture of Beach Music radio and records)
was that every artist had a song on the Beach Music Top 100—but not the song we played. The
other theme, was that every artists had a top 10 record on the Billboard Hot 100 (or R&B chart) but
not the song we played, and not their big beach music hit. Below are the artists and songs we
played along with the year of release and label, followed by the name of their biggest Beach Music
hit in brackets(several of them had more than one) followed by their biggest charter, and highest
rank it achieved. That’s probably clear as mud, but I think you’ll make it out with no problem
O.C. Smith – The Season – 1968 Columbia (LP: The Dynamic O.C. Smith) [BRENDA]
(Little Green Apples #2)
Tymes – Here She Comes – 1964 Parkway [MS. GRACE]
(So Much In Love #1)
Radiants – One Day I’ll Show You – 1962 Chess [IT AIN’T NO BIG THING]
(Voice Your Choice #10)
Platters – Maggie Doesn’t Work Here Anymore – 1954 Federal [WITH THIS RING]
(The Great Pretender #1)
Rosco Gordon – Just A Little Bit – 1959 VeeJay [SURELY I LOVE YOU]
(Booted #1)
Coasters – Satin Doll–1960 Atco (LP: One by One) [ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART]
(Searchin’ #1)
Drifters – Bip Bam – 1954 Atlantic [SAND IN MY SHOES]
(Money Honey #1)
Lamont Dozier – Dearest One – 1962 Melody [COOL ME OUT]
(Tryin’ To Hold On To My Woman #4)
Jerry Butler – Power Of Love - 1973 Mercury [COOLING OUT]
(He Will Break Your Heart #1)
Barbara Lewis – Love Makes The World Go Round – 1967 Atlantic [THINK A LITTLE SUGAR]
(Hello Stranger #1)
Hot Chocolate – Every 1’s A Winner - 1978 Infinity [IT STARTED WITH A KISS]
(You Sexy Thing #3)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 7, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Tonight’s show is a replay of Monday Night Trivia—sit
back, enjoy the show but don’t call. However do call, next Monday October 10th when we’ll once
again be live with Monday Night Trivia at 10.
We covered a number of topics last night, from the death of Motown songwriter Ivy Joe Hunter, to
KGO San Francisco’s unexpected sign off. They’ll be back with a new format Monday morning and
speculation as to what it will be is already growing. We also got an updatae from Stacey on Laura’s
plight. Her family took her to a rehab this morning. Please keep her in your prayers. She bravely
has taken the first step—admitting she’s powerless over alcohol. Hopefully it’s the start of a great
new life. The bumpers were 100% your requests:
Delfonics – Ready Or Not – 1968 Philly Grove
Four Tops – Ask the Lonely – 1965 Motown
Billy Stewart – Summertime – 1966 Chess
Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds – Love-Itis – 1967 Magic Touch
Willows – Church Bells May Ring – 1956 Melba
Orchids – Newly Wed – 1955 Parrot
Esquires – Get On Up – 1967 Bunky
Six Teens – A Casual Look – 1956 Flip
THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 2022 3:31 AM CT... The show will start about half an hour late
tonight—around 10:30 PM right after The Blackhawks. I hope you’ll call. That’s especially true if
you’ve got suggestions for Laura who has taken the biggest step of all, admitting she was
powerless over alcohol. She’s in Des Plaines, IL and if you know of a great AA group near her, let
me know. (I’ve directed her to ChicagoAA.org but first hand info may be helpful.)
From what I know, Archie Bell is back to dancing just as good as he walks, but last year he had a
minor stroke that laid him up for quite a while. He’s back in Houston, Texas (where else?), and last
year, his manager publicized his address for friends and fans who wanted to drop him a line of
encouragement. I’m pretty sure it’s still active: Archie Bell, PO Box 24334, Houston, TX 77229,
and I bet he’d love to hear from you.
Sgt. Pappy of Gary requested we talk about the Del Vikings. I suggested you have a score card
and pencil. But if you failed to take notes, you can listen to the replay on the stream right now, or
download the show anytime. Here’s what we played
Del Vikings – Come Go With Me (audition) 1956 (Single released in 1957 on Feebee & Dot)
Marlo (Lanier) – Understanding (unreleased)
Del Vikings – Whispering Bells – 1957 FeeBee & Dot
Del Vikings – When I Come Home – 1957 FeeBee (different version on Mercury)
Del Vikings – The VooDoo Man – 1958 Mercury
Crew Cuts – Angels In The Sky – 1955 Mercury
Versatiles – Speedillac – 1958 Checker
Buddy Carle – Tender Words – 1956 FeeBee (Please tell me who that bass voice is!)
Channels – All Alone – 1957 Gone
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call. The
show gets better when you do. Meanwhile, I’ve been moving some things around behind the
scenes on a couple servers, so if you couldn’t download Monday Night Trivia, you can now, along
with last night’s show. And if you couldn’t hear the stream after the live show ended, you can now. I
don’t promise this is the end of the glitches, but at the moment I don’t see anything that should be
causing a problem. (Famous Last Words)
Yesterday was National Truckers Appreciation Day (as it is every year on 10-4). There’s no way I
can properly express my appreciation. Remember, everything you buy, no matter where you buy it,
arrived on a truck. You’d be a world of hurt without these guys and gals.
Sadly, yesterday was also noteworthy for the passing of Loretta Lynn. At 90, it was a life
well-lived. We talked a lot about her unlikely and colorful time on the planet. And we played
several of her songs (along with one her brother, Jay Lee Webb, did):
Dick Curless – Drag ‘Em Off The Interstate Sock It To ‘Em J.P Blues” – 1970 Capitol
Loretta Lynn – One’s On The Way – 1971 Decca
Loretta Lynn – I’m A Honky Tonk Girl – 1960 Zero
Del Reeves – Girl On The Billboard – 1965 United Artists
Loretta Lynn – Fist City – 1966 Decca
Archie Bell & The Drells – Love Will Rain On You – 1968 Atlantic
Loretta Lynn – Hey Loretta- 1973 MCA
Sheppards – Elevator Operator – 1961 Abner
Jay Lee Webb – She’s Lookin’ Better By The Minute – 1969 Decca
TUESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10 and as usual, anything goes.
I hope you’ll call. Monday Night Trivia was interesting as usual. You got the straggler: You’re
more likely to do this in July than any other month. What? Have sex (according to researchers at
Indiana University’s Kinsey Sex Research Institute in 1981. (On the other hand, you’re more likely
to lose your virginity in June according to UPI also in 1981.) And you got this one: Over 23 billion
have been disbursed to the public in the last 100 years. 23 billion what? Cracker Jack prizes (since
1912 - Chicago Tribune 5/24/04).
We’ve still got a straggler, so give it some thought and call next Monday. (And if you don’t know
what it is, listen to the stream, or the download, or listen to WGN on Friday when Monday Night
Trivia replays.)
Now as for the Bumper Stumpers. The theme was that every song we played was released by an
independent Chicago record label. (Not all the artists were from Chicago.) We didn’t duplicate any
labels, and we stayed away from the big guns-- Chess and VeeJay (though for those two, we did
use their subsidiary labels, Argo and Abner, respectively). Here’s what you heard:
June Conquest – What’s This I See – 1968 Curtom
Lee Dorsey – Organ Grinder Swing – 1964 Constellation
Walter Jackson – What Would You Do – 1976 Chi-Sound
Five Du-Tones – Shake A Tail Feather – 1963 One-Derful
Sheppards – Elevator Operator – 1961 Abner
Esquires – Listen To Me – 1967 Bunky
Lorraine Ellison – I Dig You Baby – 1965 Mercury
Pastels – Been So Long – 1958 Argo
Creations – We’re In Love – 1962 Penny
Donald Jenkins – Fighting For My Baby – 1970 Thomas
Fantaisions – Unnecessary Tears – 1965 Satellite
SEPTEMBER 2022
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Enjoy tonight’s replay of Monday Night Trivia but
don’t call. Save that for next Monday night when we’ll be live playing trivia at 10. Thanks for all the
calls last night! We talked about everything but managed to steer clear of presidents asking if dead
legislators were on hand, senators who signed bills they didn’t know existed, and former officials
who asked foreign prime ministers to imagine their daughters raped by tatooed animals. It was
much more fun learning the history of Inferno Records. I should have realized Harry Balk was
behind that label! We played both sides of his first release on Inferno, and several more of your
requests as well:
Dee Dee Warwick – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – 1966 Mercury
Souveniers – It’s Too Bad – 1967 Inferno
Stevie Wonder – As – Tamla 1977 LP Cut: Songs In The Key Of Life
Lakeside – I Want To Hold Your Hand – 1982 Solar
Five Satins – I’ll Be Seeing You – 1960 Ember
Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle – 1966 Checker
Lyle Lovett – She’s No Lady – 1987 Curb/MCA
Souveniers – I Could Have Danced All Night – 1967 Inferno
Ben E King – I (Who Have Nothing) – 1963 Atco
Five Stairsteps – You Waited Too Long – 1966 Windy C
Sheppards – Island Of Love – 1959 Apex
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Full show tonight starting at 10. Call early. Last
night we ran out of time with five of you still on hold, so please call earlier and I’ll do my best not to
be so long winded. We covered a variety of topics ranging from musical gropus bearing the same
name, and the consequences of same— to Hurricane Ian and the shocking death of Detroit
newsman Jim Matthews. Tonight? I’ve got over 18 hours to think of something-- or better yet, listen
to what you have to say. Played several of your requests last night:
Birdwatchers – Girl I Got News For You – 1966 Scott
Gene Pitney – (I Wanna) Love My Life Away – 1961 Musicor
Bobbettes – I Shot Mr. Lee – 1957 Atlantic
Buster Brown – Fannie Mae – 1959 Fire
Della Reese – Don’t You Know – 1959 RCA
Chuck Berry – Maybellene – 1955 Chess
Dickie Lee – I Saw Linda Yesterday – 1962 Smash
Conway Twitty – It’s Driving Me Wild – 1961 MGM
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. Full show tonight. We’re live at 10. I hope you’ll
call! You came through last night and that was much appreciated. We talked about everything from
the first rock and roll record to the last days Trucker Rich will be driving, not to mention what are
those 11 spices in Kentucky Fried Chicken. As you can gather, no subject is off limits, unless, of
course, if it’s deadly serious, really important or political. Though the show was abbreviated thanks
to hockey play by play, we nevertheless managed to play a handful of your requests:
Dee Clark – Raindrops – 1961 VeeJay
Cathy Carroll – Poor Little Puppet – 1962 Warner Brothers
Diana Ross – Lady Sings The Blues – 1972 Motown (original soundtrack)
Crows – Gee – 1954 Rama
Jimmie Rodgers – The World I Used To Know – 1960 Dot
Tom T. Hall – (Old Dogs and Children and) Watermelon Wine – 1972 Mercury
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be on an hour late tonight, probaby around
11 CT, right after hockey. Please call! Last night’s Monday Night Trivia was fun as always. You
knocked out the first two questions in rapid succession:
In one year alone in the early 1960s, 45 million of this low-cost product from the Philippines was
sold in America. What product? Duncan Yo-Yos. (Yo-Yos— meaning ‘come back’ in Tagalog—had
been here for years, but they didn’t sell until Duncan widely advertised them on television in 1962.)
This apparel item supposedly dates back to the 1980s—but in fact it first debuted at the New York
World’s Fair in 1939. What apparel item? Thong underwear. (To combat Mayor LaGuardia’s
opposition to nudity, exotic dancers at the world’s fair created g-string like thong. Frederick’s of
Hollywood sold the first pair commercially in 1981. --Palm Beach Post 2003)
The third one is our straggler, which is where we’ll pick it up next Monday. The Bumper Stumpers
theme was quickly guessed—R&B songs with soliloquys. And some of the individual artists were
guessed too—especially by Scotty. Here’s what we played:
Cellos – Rang Tang Ding Dong – 1957 Apollo
Isaac Hayes – By The Time I Get To Phoenix – 1969 Enterprise
Jolly Jax – There Is Something On Your Mind Pt 2 - 1962 V-Tone (& 1965 Landis)
Betty Wright – Tonight’s The Night (Pts 1& 2) – 1978 Alston
Ronnie Love – Chills & Fever – 1961 Dot (& 1960 on Startime as Johnny Love)
Jimmy Norman – I Don’t Love You No More – 1962 Little Star
Shirley Brown – Woman to Woman – 1974 Truth
Medallions – The Letter – 1954 DooTone
Foolish Little Girl – The Cookies – 1963 recorded for Dimension, unreleased
Velvetones – Glory Of Love - 1957 Aladdin, (& 1962 Imperial )
Chi-Lites – A Letter To Myself – 1973 Brunswick
Millie Jackson – If Loving You Is Wrong – 1975 Spring
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 3:31 AM CT... replay of Monday Night Trivia tonight at 10. Please
don’t call, but do mark your calendars for this coming Monday night and do call when we’ll again be
live at 10 with the appropriately named Monday Night Trivia. The autumnal equinox occurred
yesterday. Welcome to Libra and fall. The new moon is Sunday at 4:55 PM Central Time. (Since
it’s a new moon, like the sun it is also in Libra. 2 degrees, if you’re counting.) I mention this in case
you’ll be writing your Law of Abundance check. (Here’s the deal, if you’re unaware, and here’s the
new moon tables for 2022.) We talked about a variety of things last night, and got it some of your
requests too:
Charts – Deserie – 1958 Everlast
Gil Scott-Heron – The Bottle – 1974 Strata-East
Timi Yuro – What’s A Matter Baby – 1962 Liberty
GC Cameron – It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye To Yesterday – 1975 Motown
Marlena Shaw – Looking Through The Eyes Of Love – 1968 Cadet
Bill Robinson & The Quails – The Cow – 1964 American Records
Bill Robinson & The Quails – Do I Need You – 1968 Date
Brook Benton – Two Tickets To Paradise – 1963 Mercury
Bill Medley – Brown Eyed Woman – 1968 MGM
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’re live tonight at 10. Please call! We talked
about something close to nothing again last night and had fun doing it, including a call from Jeff
who played on the Drew-vels “Tell Him”. We covered a story in the news—a cable company is
being held liable to the tune of over a million dollars for the murder of a customer by an off-duty
employee. Before you say, WTF?, which was my first reaction, there are a few things you should
know. And I pointed them out. I also managed to play some of your requests:
Sam Cooke – Cousin of Mine – 1964 RCA
Michael Franks – When The Cookie Jar Is Empty – 1978 Warner Brothers
Valentinos – It’s All Over Now – 1964 SAR
Carly Simon – You’re So Vain – 1972 Elektra
Freda Payne – Memories and Souvenirs – 2016 Royal Oak
Danderliers – Little Man – 1956 States
Billy Ward & His Dominoes – Pedal Pushing Papa – 1952 Federal
Ricochetts – Losing You – 1966 Quill
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 3:31 AM We’re live tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call. We
covered a lot of ground last night from old radio and music, to new job interviews and how Gen X
feels about it. And we got in some of your requests too:
Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong Time – 1973 Atco
B-52s – Private Idaho – 1980 Warner
Priscilla Wright – The Man In The Raincoat – 1955 Unique
Primettes – Tears of Sorrow – 1960 Lupine
Lonnie Russ – My Wife Can’t Cook – 1962 4-J
Michael Franks – The Lady Wants To Know – 1977 Warner Brothers
Four Tops – Just Seven Numbers – 1971 Motown
Al Hibbler – Unchained Melody – 1955 Decca
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10. Please call. Thanks to
those of you who did call for last night’s Monday Night Trivia. It took a while, but you got last week’s
straggler:
This was first seen on television on a show in the mid 1960s, but shortly thereafter censors
prohibited it on another show. What? A belly button. (Allowed in 1964 on Dr. Kildare, it was
prohibited a year later on I Dream of Jeannie. –-USA Today 9/24/99)
You dispensed with the next one a bit more quickly:
Normally costing less than a dollar each, over $65,000 was paid for one about 20 years ago. One
what? Piece of fruit from a tree. ($67,000 was paid for a lychee from a 400 year old tree whose
fruit had been eaten exclusively by emperors in the Qing Dynasty—1644–1911. --Houston
Chronicle 2002)
And the last one, you got almost instantly:
In the 1940s, a man saw this common mishap and created a toy based on it. Since then over 250
million have been sold, but so unconvinced was someone close to him that any would be sold at all,
a friend was asked to go to a department store to buy one of the first ones. What was the unlikely
hit toy? A slinky (created by Richard James after a spring fell off a table and bounced across the
floor. His wife’s friend bought one of the first at Gimbels --Washington Post 1/13/04).
Now as for those Bumper Stumpers. For the past three weeks I have played the first 45 rpm
release from various independent record companies. For most, it was their first release at all. For
some, they had previously issued 78s, but what you heard was the first 45. Most were A sides, a
few were B sides (the concept was relatively nebulous, as more than a few times, a B side would
trump an A side in popularity). Some of them were recognizable, many were obscure and a few
were truly surprising. When you think of Gone Records, for instance (one of George Goldner’s
labels), you don’t think of rockabilly, but how else would you categorize their first release (Jimmy
Stone’s “Found”)? Here’s this week’s list, the third of three weeks of first 45 releases:
Cornel Gunter & The Ermines – Peek, Peek-A-Boo – 1955 Loma
Safaris – Image Of A Girl – 1960 Eldo
Jimmy Stone – Found – 1957 Gone
Dicky Doo & The Don’ts – Click-Clack – 1957 Swan
Chancellors – There Goes My Girl – 1957 Port
Hitmakers – Chapel Of Love – 1958 Original Sounds
Temptations – Barbara – 1960 Goldisc
Harptones – Laughing On The Outside – 1959 Warwick
Triumphs – Burnt Biscuits – 1961 Volt
Matadors – Vengeance (Will Be Mine) - 1957 Sue
Shepherd Sisters – Gone With The Wind – 1956 Melba
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Tonight it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia so don’t
call. Sit back and enjoy the show, and mark your calendar for for the next live edition of Monday
Night Trivia this coming Monday at 10 PM CT. Last night we talked early Stevie Wonder history (as
you’ll see from the bumper list below), and we managed to play some of your requests too:
Stevie Wonder- I Call It Pretty Music, But The Old People Call It The Blues – 1962 Tamla
Stevie Wonder – La La La La 1962 Tamla
Stevie Wonder – Contract On Love – 1962 Tamla
Stevie Wonder – Castles In The Sand – 1964 Tamla
Stevie Wonder – Hey Harmonical Man – 1964 Tamla
Stevie Wonder – High Heel Sneakers – 1965 Tamla
Original Flip – Funny How Time Slips Away
Replaced by – Music Talk
Stevie Wonder - Fingertips – Tamla 1963
Stevie Wonder – As – Tamla 1977 LP Cut: Songs In The Key of life
Elvin Spencer – Lift This Hurt – 1970 Winner
Sergio Mendes – Oba La La – 1961 Philips LP cut: Dance Moderno
Bossa Rio – Zazueira – 1970 Blue Thumb
Marvelettes – Playboy – 1962 Tamla
James Brown – Try Me – 1958 Federal
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Shep & The Limelites – Daddy’s Home – 1961 Hull
Buster Brown – I’m Going—But I’ll Be Back – 1962 Fire
Louis Prima – Buona Sera – 1958 Capitol
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10 CT. I hope you’ll call!
We talked about a number of things last night from Cambodians holed up on a farm because some
nutso politician there convinced them that a black hole had formed in his spine foretelling the end of
the world due to massive flooding, except for his farm, of course; to how the royals are positioning
themselves after the Queen’s death. And we managed to throw in some radio talk and play several
of your requests, too:
Students- I’m So Young – 1961 Argo
Johnny Ace – Pledging My Love – 1955 Duke
Hank Ballard – Finger Poppin’ Time – 1960 King
Spaniels – Don’cha Go – 1955 VeeJay
Clovers – Lovey Dovey - 1954 Atlantic
Bill Deal & The Rhondells – May I – 1969 Heritage
The Zodiacs – May I – 1965 Dee-Su
Tower of Power – You’re Still A Young Man – 1972 Warner
Mongo Santamaria -Yeh-Yeh! – 1963 Battle
Georgie Fame – Yeh Yeh – 1964 Imperial
Chuck Jackson – If I Didn’t Love You – 1965 Wand
The Gladiolas – Little Darlin’ – 1957 Excello
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’re live tonight at 10. Please call. Last
night, we talked about Ramsey Lewis, Arthur Alexander, and Brenda Lee among other musical
luminaries and played a lot of your requests too:
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Something You Got – 1964 Argo
Howard Tate – Ain’t Nobody Home – 1966 Verve
Hamilton Bohannon – Thoughts and Wishes – 1975 Dakar LP cut: Inside Out
Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore) – 1966 Smash
Brook Benton – Thank You Pretty Baby - 1959 Mercury
B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone – 1970 Bluesway/ABC
Arthur Alexander – A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues – 1962 Dot
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Express Yourself
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Love Land
Brenda Lee – I Want To Be Wanted – 1960 Decca
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10 CT. I hope you’ll call. A lot
of you did last night for Monday Night Trivia. The first question I threw out took almost all night:
This was never seen nor was it part of any discussion on a television series prior to the mid 1980s.
(It was first seen on a sitcom.) What was it? A Condom. (It was first incorporated into the plot of
Valerie, when her 17 year old son was planning a tryst with a houseguest in the Spring of 1987.
–People May 11, 1987) We’re still working on the follow up question, so it becomes our straggler
and we’ll pick it up next week.
The Bumper Stumpers theme continues to be elusive. As for the artists, Scotty got The
Heartbeats—no one guessed on the others—which in the case of the first one was a surprise. The
theme will continue with next week’s Bumper Stumpers too. Take a look at last week’s under
Tuesday September 6th, and this week’s below and see if a common theme emerges for you yet:
Teenchords – Lydia – 1956 Fury
Heartbeats – Crazy For You – 1955 Hull
Human Beings – An Inside Look – 1965 Impact
Court Jesters – Roaches – 1961 Blast
Sugar Pie & Pee Wee – A Few Little Words – 1956 Rhythm
Five Discs – Never Let You Go – 1962 Cheer
Cozy Morley – I Love My Baby – 1957 Chancellor
Mulberry Fruit Band – Yes We Have No Bananas – 1967 Buddah
Frankie Ford – Ocean Full of Tears – 1963 Constellation
Smoothtones – Dear Diary – 1956 Ember
Tony Farrell – Stumpy Stump – 1958 Time
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Lots of calls last night—thank you! Tonight it’s a
replay of Monday Night Trivia. Make note of the Bumper Stumpers because the theme will continue
when we’re live with Monday Night Trivia, Monday at 10 PM CT. Before the replay, on the Dave
Plier show tonight on WGN Radio, Moody Blues lead singer and songwriter, Justin Hayward will
be on from 8 to 9 CT. You’ll hear the Moody Blues new single, which I hear is pretty good, and
Justin will tell all, and take your calls, too. As for last night’s bumpers:
James Darren – Her Royal Majesty – 1962 Colpix
Etta James – Something’s Got A Hold Of Me – 1962 Argo
Students – Every Day of The Week – 1958 Argo/Checker
Jewel & The Rubies – Kidnapper – 1963 La Louisianne/ABC Paramount
Joe Hinton – You Know It Ain’t Right – 1963 BackBeat
Rip-chords – I Love You The Most – 1956 Abco
Moody Blues – The Story In Your Eyes – 1971 Threshold
Leroy Anderson – The Typewriter – 1953 Decca
Corsairs – Smoky Places – 1961 Tuff
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Apologies for the abbreviated replay. I had to
restart the audio computer in the first hour and inadvertently forgot to restart the stream until Johnny
D wondered why he wasn’t hearing it. (Don’t forget, you can always go to WGNRadio.com and
here the official WGN stream—but mine is a homegrown effort and during the live show you get to
hear what we’re doing during the breaks—which is usually nothing, but as Lia pointed out,
occasionally I talk back to the news.) Not many callers last night, and I had little to say, so I actually
had to work. Save me tonight please. We’re live at 10 and attendance will bet taken. But all was
not lost. We played several of your requests last night:
Inez Foxx – (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count The Days – 1967 Dynamo (not on the stream, sorry)
Platters – I Love You 1000 Times – 1966 Musicor
Arthur Alexander – Soldier of Love – 1962 Dot
Bessie Banks – Go Now – 1964 Tiger
Moroccos – Pardon My Tears – 1955 United
Manhattans – Searchin’ For My Baby – 1965 Carnival
Patty & The Emblems – Mixed Up Shook Up Girl – 1964 Herald
Louis Prima, Keely Smith & Sam Butera – Jump Jive An’ Wail – 1956 LP: The Wildest
Channels – Now You Know – 1956 Whirlin’ Disc
Scarlets – Dear One – 1954 Red Robin
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 3:31 AM... We’re live tonight at 10. Please call. Last night we
reviewed the history of telephony focusing on telephone exchange names and the original 77 area
codes. We never did find out how they’re assigning new ones, which is particularly upsetting to
those of us craving order, so of course we started our musical interludes with Stan Freberg and
then went on to your requests and Johnny D’s contribution:
Stan Freberg’s Telephone Prefix song
Flirtations – Nothing But A Heartache – 1969 Deram
Arthur Alexander – You Better Move On – 1962 Dot
Johnny D- Rollye’s Streaming In – 2022
Jackie Wilson – That’s Why – 1959 Brunswick
Johnny Adams – Body & Fender Man – 1988 Rounder – LP: Room With A View Of The Blues
Manhattan Transfer – I Know Why (And so do you) – 1997 LP cut: Swing
Jive Five – Never Never – 1961 Beltone
Delfonics – La La Means I Love You – 1968 Philly Groove
Cleftones – You’re Driving Me Mad – 1956 Gee
Four Lads – Moments To Remember – 1955 Columbia
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 3:31 AM... Live show tonight at 10. Please call. It was fun
spending Labor Day with you playing Monday Night Trivia. You got all four of the questions I
threw out:
You’ll find 16 of these in the average house. 16 what? Windows.
Most of us have never done it- never even thought of doing it, but the oldest American to ever do it
was 91. Do what? Rob a bank. (August 2003 in Abilene, TX, Red Rountree handed a teller a
robbery note. The teller asked him twice if he was serious. He got $2,000. --Daily Record 1/28/04)
The FBI operated this facility in New York in an attempt to get foreign intelligence during WWII.
What? A male bordello staffed with gay agents charged with getting intelligence info from foreign
sailors. (New York Times May 22, 2003)
Most of us buy this. In fact, most of us have to buy it. But the first time anyone bought it was in the
1890s. Bought what? Car Insurance. (Gilbert Loomis bought the plan from Travelers in 1897 to
cover a car he built from scratch. It cost him $7.5 for $1,000 coverage. --Washington Post 7/10/96)
You didn’t do quite as well on the Bumper Stumpers. The first one was obvious, but the rest were
elusive, as was the theme—what do all these records have in common? I like the theme. In fact, I
like it enough that we’ll add to it next week and all the Bumper Stumpers will also have it in
common. That gives you a week to think about it, and more examples to hear next Monday.
Carole King – It Might As Well Rain Until September – 1962 Dimension
Al Collins – I Got The Blues For You – 1955 Ace
Malcolm Dodds – Beauty and The Beast – 1957 End
Buddy Carle – Tender Words – 1956 Feebee
O. Jay Oliver – Good Gravy – 1958 Coed
Satintones – Sugar Daddy – 1959 Motown
Charts – Zoop – 1957 Everlast
Barbara Stephens – I Don’t Worry – 1961 Stax
Velours – My Love Come Back – 1956 Onyx
Richie Adams – The Right Way – 1961 Beltone
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Tonight’s show is a replay of Monday Night Trivia, so
sit back and listen, but don’t call. Monday is Labor Day, but that won’t stop us. We’ll be live at 10
with trivia, and I hope you will call! That's Monday at 10. Please make a note of it, as they say. As
for last night, we were going to talk about it being Emma Nutt day, but your calls were so plentiful
(thank you!!), we never got around to it. We’ll get to it next week, I’m sure. We did play several of
your requests:
Earth Wind and Fire – September – 1978 ARC/Columbia
Five Discs – Never Let You Go – 1962 Cheer
Hearts – Lonely Nights – 1955 Baton
Gregory Howard – When In Love – 1963 Kapp
Dells – I’d Rather Be With You – 1972 Cadet
Supremes – Eight Days A Week – unreleased – heard on Shindig 1965
Phil McLean – Small Sad Sam – 1961 Versatile
Cadets – Stranded in the Jungle 1956 Modern
James & Bobby Purify – Help Yourself (To All My Lovin’) – 1968 Bell
Chris Young – You – 2011 RCA
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live again tonight at 10. Please call. Last
night we reviewed an offer to save Bed Bath and Beyond-- from an online adult service that wants
to use their beds as props during the overnight hours in exchange for enough cash to keep the
retailer solvent. They’ll pass, and it’s obviously a PR stunt, but it did make me laugh, and it
reminded me of many fine radio pranks—including the one perpetrated by Mortimer Matz, who at
97 years old is still alive. We also played a number of your requests, and we’ll do that again tonight.
Miracles- Bad Girl – 1959 Chess
Otis Redding – Direct Me – 1968 Atco
Stylistics – You Ought To Be With Me – 1976 H&L LP cut: Fabulous
Four J’s – Here Am I – 1963 Jamie
Dells – Oh What A Night – 1956 VeeJay
Timetones – In My Heart – 1961 Times Square
Clarence Henry – But I Do – 1959 Argo
Spaniels – Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight – 1954 VeeJay
Bobby Charles – Later Alligator – 1955 Chess
Bobby Parker – You Got What it Takes – 1957 VeeJay
Dells – Time Makes You Change – 1957 VeeJay
AUGUST 2022
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Hard to believe it’s the last day of August. But
nothing much happens in August (watch, all hell will break loose later today because I said that, but
historically, it’s a slow month—no holidays and all). Maybe we’ll talk about that tonight, or maybe
you’ll call and save me. As for last night, you did that very well and thank you for that. Bad night for
me made immeasurably better with all your calls. Thank you. All the bumpers were requests:
Exciters – Tell Him – 1962 UA
Unit 4 +2 – Concrete & Clay – 1965 London
Lou Christie – Lightning Strikes – 1965 MGM
Nino Tempo & April Stevens – Deep Purple – 1963 Atco
Lou Rawls – Dead End Street – 1967 Capitol
Manhattens – Why Should I Cry – 1961 Big Mack
Cardinals – The Door Is Still Open – 1955 Atlantic
Cues – Why – 1956 Capitol
Ronnie Love – Chills & Fever – 1960 Dot
Lou Rawls – Sophisticated Lady – 1972 MGM (LP: Silk & Soul)
TUESDAY AUGUST 30, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10, call with anything of
unimportance and we’ll have a good time. Had a fine time last night with Monday Night Trivia. The
straggler lasted all night, and I revealed it at the end of the show: The average American does this
twice a week. Does what? Eats breakfast cereal (overwhelmingly for breakfast, but lunch, dinner
and a snack is not unusual a few times a year, according to “Grocery Headquarters” publication
11/1/02).
The Bumper Stumpers all had something in common, and it wasn’t easy to decipher: This week at
the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre in 1956, it was Alan Freed’s Second Anniversary Rock ‘N Roll
Show. Every one of the songs by every artist we played was sung on stage, in continuous
performances between showings of “Raw Edge”, a Rory Calhoun and Yvonne deCarlo movie. Not
only that, but posters promoting the performances featured the artists prominently along with every
song you heard:
Fats Domino & His Orchestra – Don’t Blame It On Me – 1956 Imperial
Harptones – What Is Your Secret – 1956 Unreleased
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers – Who Can Explain – 1956 Rama
Joe Turner – Corinne Corinna – 1956 Atlantic
Harptones – Three Wishes – 1956 Rama
Cleftones – Can’t We Be Sweethearts – 1956 Gee
Mabel King – Second Hand Love – 1956 Rama
Cirino & The Bowties – Again – 1956 Royal Roost
Jimmy Cavallo & His House Rockers – That’s The Groovy Thing – 1956 Coral
FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Tonight it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia—please don’t
call. But mark your calendar for this coming Monday when we’ll be back at it live with trivia at 10.
Last night we discussed the history of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, and Lewis Lymon and
the Teenchords. Hard to believe that Lewis Lymon never charted, and Frankie & the Teenagers
were only together 18 months. Their impact has lasted 10 times longer than that. We talked about
a few other things too. Listen and find out what they were, since it’s a blur to me right now and I
just want to lie down. Talk to you Monday. Here’s what we played last night:
Franklie Lymon & The Teenagers – Why Do Fools Fall In Love – 1956 Gee
Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords – Your Last Chance - 1957 End
Kodoks (Pearl McKinnon) – Oh Gee, Oh Gosh – 1957 Fury
Big Maybelle – Candy – 1956 Candy
Danderliers – Shu Wop – 1955 States
Paul Williams – The Huckle-buck – 1949 Savoy
Slim Harpo – Rainin’ In My Heart – 1961 Excello
Jackie deShannon – Put A Little Love In Your Heart – 1969 Imperial
Chuck Jackson – I Don’t Want To Cry – 1961 Wand
Vic Dana – A Lifetime Lovin’ You – 1967 Liberty
THURSDAY AUGUST 25, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’re live tonight at 10 CT.. Please call. The show is
better when you do (well, better for me, anyway). We ran the gamut last night, from TV shows like
Shindig to what was really behind The Green Door. And something else too numerous to mention,
meaning the show’s been over less than five minutes and already I don’t remember what was on it.
So feel free to listen to the replay (stream or download). I did make not of what I played
however—mostly your requests, though the first three were in honor of Creed Taylor, who sadly is
no longer casting a shadow among us.
Antonio Carlos Jobim – One Note Samba – 1963 Verve LP: The Composer of Desifinado
Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd – One Note Samba – 1962 Verve LP: Samba Jazz
Deodato – Carly & Carole – 1973 CTI
Danderliers – Chop Chop Boom – 1955 States
Temptations – Just Another Lonely Night – 1965 Gordy LP: Temptin’ Temptations
Harptones – Foolish Me – 1961 Companion
Brenda & The Tabulations – Right On The Tip Of My Tongue
Archie Bleyer – Hernando’s Hideaway – 1954 Cadence
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10. Please call! Too many
deaths last night-- and one is too many if it’s someone you love. And I loved Jim Loupas. Not only
for his great engineering prowess (nobody was better at processing FM ever—but decades before
that, he was the guy behind the dials on the Chickenman series), but also for his entertaining
demeanor. Many an NAB convention was made better by his presence. I remember doing a skit
with him once for a Kent Burkhart presentation and it took everything in me not to laugh out loud,
when he complained about morning men warming their jelly danishes in cart machines, mimicking
the action as he proclaimed ‘They just shove ‘em all the way in’. I’m laughing as I type that. He will
be missed by many, and I’ll kick myself for not calling him back. He’s been on the infamous call
back list for awhile. I should have known something was awry when he didn’t answer my Happy
Birthday email this past June (when he turned 83). The last time we talked was about a year ago
when he was being transferred from a hospital to a rehab facility and he assured me he would be
fine.
Radio is also poorer with the loss of Ed Christian, who ran Saga Communications, Mark Driscoll
whose image voice was on more stations than I can count, and Ken Draper who, to bring it full
circle, was the PD when Chickenman was created at WCFL. In the words of Frank Oxarart, GM at
KFWB, ‘If I knew how hard it was to find a good PD, I wouldn’t have had Draper prosecuted.’ (If you
don’t know to what I’m referring, you’ll have to hear the show.) And then there was Cricket Jerry
Allison (dead at 82), whose creative drumming literally made hits. We started the bumpers with a
song that proves it:
Everly Brothers – (‘Til) I Kissed You – 1959 Cadence
Capris – Morse Code Of Love – 1982 Ambient Sound
Ricky Nelson – I Wanna Be Loved – 1959 Imperial
Edsels – What Brought Us Together – 1960 Tammy
Dells – If It Ain’t One Thing It’s Another – 1963 Argo
Dells – Jeepers Creepers – 1958 VeeJay
Charley Pride – Roll On Mississippi – 1981 RCA
Steve Alaimo – Lady Of The House – 1965 ABC Paramount
Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come – 1964 RCA
Nightcrawlers – The Little Black Egg – 1965 Lee
Glen Campbell – The World I Used To Know – 1967 Capitol (LP cut: Gentle On My Mind)
TUESDAY AUGUST 23, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Talk to you tonight at 10. Do call! Fun as always
playing Monday Night Trivia with you last night. Below are the Bumper Stumpers. What they had
in common was the artist of every one of ‘em was on national television this week: Dodie Stevens
was on The Dick Clark Saturday Night Show in 1959. A year earlier in 1958, Dale Hawkins, Rusty
Draper, and Little Anthony & The Imperials were all on that show. The Jive Five were on
American Bandstand in 1961. Gene Chandler was on that show in 1970. The Impressions were
on Where The Action Is, in 1965. In 1975 both Charlie Rich and The Amazing Rhythm Aces
were on Midnight Special. The following year in 1976, was Johnnie Taylor was on that show.
You dispensed with our straggler in the first hour: Since the turn of the century in 2000, this simple
low-cost item has more computing power than the world’s most powerful computer did in the 1950s.
What? A musical greeting card (according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer in 2003).
And handily revealed the answer to the follow up question: In 1880 there were 50,000 of these in
America. A hundred years later there were 66 million. 66 million what? Lawn mowers. The third
question remains unanswered and thus is our straggler for next week.
Dodie Stevens – No – 1960 Dot
Impressions – Never Could You Be – 1965 ABC
Dale Hawkins – La Do Dada – 1958 Checker
Little Anthony & The Imperials – If I Love You – 1970 UA
Amazing Rhythm Aces – Lipstick Traces – 1979 ABC
Johnnie Taylor – I Had A Dream – 1966 Stax
Rusty Draper – Held For Questioning – 1956 Mercury
Gene Chandler – I Can Take Care Of Myself – 1966 Constellation
Jive Five – If I Had A Chance To Love You – 1970 Decca
Charlie Rich – My Baby Done Left Me – 1958 Sun
FRIDAY AUGUST 19, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Great to talk with Mary Ann Winkowski last night. If you
missed the show, you can download it anytime, or hear it on the stream until the next live show. As
for tonight, it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia. Don’t call, but do mark your calendar for this
coming Monday when we’ll be live again with trivia at 10. Last night’s bumpers?
Jarmels – A Little Bit Of Soap – 1961 Laurie
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Reflections
Solomon Burke – Cry To Me – 1962 Atlantic
Wilmer & The Dukes – Give Me One More Chance
Marlo – Understanding - 2021
Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Strange Things Happening Every Day
THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 2022 3:31 PM CT... Don't forget, Mary Ann Winkowski joins me tonight at
10. She's my friend who sees ghosts the same way we see each other. (She doesn't see people
who have crossed over to the other side. Ghosts are earth-bound spirits who have died, but stay
here, creating quite a bit of mayhem ranging from good-natured to dangerous.) So if you think your
house is haunted (or anything else) call from the location in question, and Mary Ann will tell you if
you're not alone. But call early in the 10 PM hour! (888-87605593) Too often, we have several
people hanging on at the end of the hour, and there's no hold-over. Much as I'd like to see them, I
will not know who might be gracing you with their unseen presence.
THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We covered everything from more fast food (I ate
accordingly during the breaks and am feeling the effects as I type—this time it’s completely my own
fault that I don’t feel well, but I digress) to payola. Mike from Aventura called to tell us about his
chatroom for the blind. He’s got shows every Tuesday and Wednesday night at 8 PM ET, and
Saturdays a 3 PM ET. Dial 712-432-3642, select #1 (that’s the pound sign to the right of zero, and
1). That’s Room 20 for Don’s Den. Talk to you tonight at 10 CT on WGN. Please call!
Bobbie Smith – Walk On Into My Heart – 1964 American Arts
Royalettes – Only When You’re Lonely – 1966 MGM
Chris Montez – Time After Time – 1966 A&M
Futures – Silhouettes – 1980 Philadelphia International
Chips – Oh My Darlin’ – 1956 Josie
Billy Joe Royal – Love Has No Right – 1989 Atlantic America
Quin-Tones – Down The Aisle Of Love – 1958 Hunt
Soul Survivors – Expressway To Your Heart – 1967 Crimson
Kenny & Tommy – I’ll Get By – 1962 Heritage
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10, and if it’s on your mind
and you call, I’ll talk about it. Last night we discussed funerals- from the standpoint of unruly
survivors, a homicide over cold McDonald’s fries, and my good friend’s impending unfortunate
divorce. Her request for me was to find bumpers where the wronged party beat the livin’ daylights
out of the other half. Deaths were particularly attractive to her, but beatings, and all around
comeuppances were sufficient. Here’s what I played:
Tim McGraw – Do You Want Fries With That – 2004 Curb (LP: Live Like You Were Dying)
Jo Dee Messina – My Give A Damn’s Busted – 2005 Curb (LP: Delicious Surprise)
Ashton Shepherd – Look It Up – 2011 MCA (LP: Where Country Grows)
Tracy Byrd – Revenge Of A Middle Aged Woman – 2004 Promo Only
Richard Dimples Fields – She’s Got Papers On Me – (Betty Wright) – 1981 Boardwalk
Velvetones – Glory of Love – 1957 Aladdin
Persuaders – Thin Line Between Love Hate – 1971 Atco
Dixie Chicks – Goodbye Earl – 1999 Monument
Bobby Marchan – There’s Something On Your Mind, Pt 2 – 1960 Fire
Aaron Neville – Over You – 1967 Imperial
Sam Cooke – Frankie & Johnny – 1963 RCA
TUESDAY AUGUST 16, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10, I hope you’ll call and share
whatever’s on your mind. Monday Night Trivia was a rousing good time as usual. You fairly quickly
aced the first question: Astonishingly, in the American Heritage College Dictionary, among several
words to describe this human genetic trait, you’ll find “awkward” “of doubtful sincerity” and
“dubious”. What trait? Left-handed. (It’s really not that astonishing as the term has been used in a
derogatory manner in the past for eons, though not nearly as much lately.) The next question?
We’re still working on that, so that’s where we’ll pick it up next Monday. (If you missed it, remember
the replay streams until tonight’s show, the download is available for a long time, and you can hear
the show again on Friday on WGN Radio.) As for the Bumper Stumpers—all had the word “wrong”
in the title:
Dee Dee Sharp – Where Did I Go Wrong – 1964 Cameo
Invitations – What’s Wrong With Me Baby – 1965 Dyno Voice
Embers – Where Did I Go Wrong - 1969 Atlantic
Dr Feelgood & The Interns – Right String, But The Wrong YoYo – 1962 Okeh
Golden Tones – I’m Wrong – 1956 Samson
Taylor Manning – Mr. Wrong – 2006 KHP Music (Locals Only! CD)
Sam & Dave – When Something’s Wrong With My Baby – 1967 Stax
Fats Domino – You Done Wrong – 1954 Imperial
Helene Smith – A Woman Will Do Wrong – 1967 Deep City
Keith – I Can’t Go Wrong – 1967 Mercury
SUNDAY AUGUST 14, 2022 HALF PAST MIDNIGHT, CENTRAL TIME.... so what happened to the
recap and show upload. I got otherwise occupied. Let’s leave at that, but the replay is on the
stream, and available for download now. It was a lovely evening, thanks to your calls—Johnny D
wrote a fine show bumper too. We even played it twice!
As usual Friday’s replay of Monday Night Trivia brough an onslaught of calls. Let me say it again:
Don’t Call On Friday Nights, the show is a replay-- but DO call on Monday nights when were
live—like tomorrow night (Monday August 15th) at 10. Between now and then I’ll come up with lots
of way to stump you, but since you can have your own categories, its easy to win. Of course the
prices are virtually worthless and take forever to reach you, but you’re doing it for the fun of it, and
fun we will have tomorrow night!
Johnny D – Rollye’s Streaming In
Rivieras – Count Every Star
Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
Little Milton – We’re Gonna Make It
Bettye LaVette – Let Me Down Easy
Solitaires – Walking Along
Johnny D (again – Rollye’s Streaming In)
Barbara Mason – Oh How It Hurts
Patti Austin – All My Love
Ron Holden – Can You Talk
THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’re live tonight at 10. Please call! Last night we
talked about Scott English, as evidenced by the bumper list below. We also covered several other
topics of no consequence whatsoever. Let’s do it again tonight.
Scott English – Brandy – 1971 Horse
Scott English – 4,000 Miles Away – 1960 Dot
Scott English – Here Comes The Pain – 1964 Spokane (backed by The Accents)
Scott English – High On A Hill – 1964 Spokane (backed by The Accents)
Scott English & The Dedications – Ugly Pills – 1962 Joker
Skyliners – The Loser – 1965 Jubilee
Skyliners – This I Swear – 1959 Callico
Reflections – (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet – 1964 Golden World
Johnny Jack – Smack Madam
Reflections – Three Steps From True Love – 1975 Capitol
Tommy Edwards – It’s All In The Game – 1958 MGM
Three Chuckles – Runaround – 1954 “X”
Marlo – Understanding – 2021
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We talked about Sam Gooden (an Impression from
their founding to their last performance), Lamont Dozier (who has written or co-written over 100 top
ten songs—no one else can claim that), and Olivia Newton-John who fought valiantly against
cancer with a large stable of alternative therapies. The proof of living 30 years since diagnosis says
it all. We also played your requests (even two Whitney Houston songs, but for god’s sake don’t
request any more of those). I meant to explain why I played Scott English, so I’ll probably play High
On A Hill again to go over that. Here’s what you heard:
Impressions – Aware of Love – 1967 ABC
Lamont Dozier – Dearest One – 1962 Mel-O-Dy
Lamont Dozier – Cool Me Out – 1981 Columbia
Olivia Newton-John – Please Mr. Please – 1975 MCA
Scott English – High On A Hill – 1964 Spokane
Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You (Linda’s request)
Whitney Houston – I Go To The Rock (Jon’s request)
Dells – Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation – 1973 Cadet
Dells – I Can Sing A Rainbow (Love Is Blue) – 1969 Cadet
Mayer Hawthorne – The Walk
TUESDAY AUGUST 9, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’ll be live tonight at 10 and I hope you’ll call. We’ll
talk about a sad musical passing—not one you’re hearing about on the news every hour either—
and whatever else is on your mind. We’ll play some of your requests too.
Last night’s Monday Night Trivia had you acing all three questions I threw out including the straggler
from last week: On average per capita, one out of every thirty Argentinians has done this. Done
what? Breast enlargement surgery. (By 2001, over a million such surgeries were performed there,
making it per capita, the country with the highest ratio of them in the world.)
As for the other two: Before the end of the 30s, these came in every color. But then uniform
standards were initiated and today virtually every one of them is the same color. You probably see
them almost every day. What is it? School busses. (Yellow with black letters was chosen in 1939
as that would be easiest to see at dawn and dusk.)
And: More liars and cheats: 12% of Americans have admitted to this. What? Switching price tags
on an item.
As for Bumper Stumpers, the commonality was the word “gone” appeared in all the titles. You got
three of ‘em. Here’s a list of all of them:
Betty O’Brien – She’ll Be Gone – 1961 Liberty
Broadways – Goin’ Goin’ Gone – 1966 MGM
Ron Henderson & Choice of Color – Love Is Gone – 1976 Chelsea
Royalettes – He’s Gone – 1964 MGM
Billy Preston – How Long Has That Train Been Gone – 1973 A&M
General Johnson – Gone Fishin’ – 1989 Surfside
Bobbie Smith & The Dream Girls – Now He’s Gone – 1962 Big Top
Diablos – Since You’re Gone – 1960 Fortune
Tren-Teens – Your Yah Yah Is Gone – 1964 Carnival
Bobby Penn & The Pen Pals – Gone Forever – 1968 Up-Tight
Shirley & Lee – I’m Gone – 1952 Aladdin
FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2022 3:31 AM CT... There’s a replay tonight of Friday Night Trivia, sit back and
enjoy the show—but mark your calendars for Monday, when we’ll be live with the next edition of
Monday Night Trivia. Attention will be taken. Thank you for your calls. You made last night almost a
pleasure to do. I say almost as I can’t seem to overcome the results of eating like a nine year old
whose parents are away for the weekend. I was in pain all day so I decided to reward myself with
some Skyline Chili—a 3-way. (If you’re not familiar with Cincinnati this will make no sense, but if you
are you know all about the Greek concoction to which I refer.) Never mind the expiration date on
the can said 2016. It’s a can. As long as it isn’t bulging, what could go wrong?
Nothing actually, but my addiction to Skyline Chili far outdistances how sick I feel after eating it. So
an hour into the show, I decided to mitigate my queasiness with a Cinnabon. Probably not my best
choice. Two Mexican cokes later, I really started to feel off. And here I am. Lying down on the floor
and writhing while I type this. I fear I look like Little Egypt crawling on her belly like a reptile, another
reason to be thankful I don’t have a video component of this program. Do NOT feel sorry for me. I
did this entirely myself and I deserve the suffering. I think I’ll go out back now and die behind a tree.
But something tells me I’ll make enough of a recovery to stump you on trivia Monday night. I guess
we’ll both see how that goes. As for last night’s bumpers:
Two Tons of Love – Brown and Beautiful – 1970 Kapp
Bo Diddley – Oh Yea – 1959 Checker
Clovers – Good Lovin’ – 1953 Atlantic
Little Milton – Who’s Cheatin’ Who – 1965 Checker
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto – In The Basement – 1966 Cadet
Etta James – Pushover – 1963 Argo
Bill Haley – Crazy Man Crazy – 1953 Essex
Delfonics – Didn’t I – 1970 Philly Groove
Frank Stallone – Darlin’ – 1984 Polydor
Frankie Ford – Time After Time – 1960 Ace
THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’re live again tonight at 10. Please call! Many of
you did last night and that’s so much appreciated. We talked about everything from Alex Jones to
Greenberg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith and Jones. I also discovered a new oldie. I rarely run
into them anymore—songs I adore that I’ve never heard before, but I did yesterday. “Brown Baby”
by Little Willie G. (also done as “Brown and Beautiful” by Two Tons of Love). It’s an East LA oldie at
its finest, so of course Eddie Davis was involved. I’m listening to it again while I type, and looking
forward to hearing from you later tonight. Here’s what we played (and you’ll have to listen to the
replay to find out why):
Shadows of Knight – Gloria – 1966 Dunwich
Little Willie G – Brown Baby – 1970 Gordo
Tams – It Happens Every Time – 1999 Ripete
Jimmy Dorsey – So Rare – 1957 Fraternity
Jerry Butler – I Don’t Want To Hear Anymore – 1964 Vee-Jay
Jackie Wilson – That’s Why – 1959 Brunswick
Jackie Wilson – To Be Loved – 1958 Brunswick
Jackie Wilson – Am I The Man – 1960 Brunswick
Jackie Wilson – (You’re Love Is Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – 1967 Brunswick
Cryan’ Shames – Greenberg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith, and Jones – 1968 Columbia
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live at 10 CT tonight. Please call. Between
now and then I’ll try to think of a reason why. We talked about the history of The Strangeloves,
Illinois vanishing toll road oases, and a bit about radio and music as usual. Got some of your
requests in too—as well as playing stuff relating to this day in history, though I forgot to make the
connection most of the time. Here’s what you heard:
Strangeloves – I Want Candy – 1965 Bang
Brenton Wood – I Want Love – 1966 Brent
Joytones/Love Potion – This Love – 1965 Coed (Joytones), 1968 TCB (Love Potion)
Rene Touzet – Julie Is Her Name – 1958 GNP Crescendo
The Whispers – Never Again - 1964 Dore
Timi Yuro – Maybe You’ll Be There – 1964 Mercury LP
Spinners – It’s A Shame – 1970 V.I.P.
DeBarge – I Like It – 1982 Gordy
Maxine Brown – All In My Mind – 1961 Nomar
Martha & The Vandellas – Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things – 1966 Motown
Eddie Kendricks – Keep On Truckin’ – 1973 Tamla
TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’re live tonight at 10, and the topic is whatever you
want it to be, but between now and then I’ll come up with some starter thoughts. As for last night’s
Monday Night Trivia, it took you a while, but you knocked off the first question: In the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin banned this as being bourgeois and degenerate. What? Crossword Puzzles
(according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in 1995). The followup question is still up for grabs, so
that’s where we’ll pick it up next Monday night. (Don’t know what the followup question was?
There’s a reason to listen to the Friday night replay.)
As for the Bumper Stumpers, the title of each one contained the word “pretty”. Here’s what I played:
Cornell Gunter & The Ermines – (Pretty Baby) I’m So Used To You Now – 1956 Loma
Thurston Harris – Little Bitty Pretty One – 1957 Aladdin
Dreamlovers – Pretty Little Girl – 1963 Columbia
Eugene Church – Pretty Girls Everywhere – 1958 Class
Kenny Esquire & The Starlites – Pretty Brown Eyes – 1956 Ember
Monarchs – Pretty Little Girl – 1956 Neil
Emory & The Dynamics – Pretty Little School Girl – 1969 Peachtree
Curtis Lee – Pretty Little Angel Eyes – 1961 Dunes
Enchanters – There Goes A Petty Girl – 1957 Coral
Bobby Day – Little Bitty Pretty One – 1957 Class
Robert & Johnny – Try Me Pretty Baby – 1960 Old Town
JULY 2022
FRIDAY JULY 29, 2022 3:31 AM CT... It’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia tonight, so please don’t
call—but mark your calendar for Monday evenings at 10 when we’re live, and give us a call then.
We talked with Mary Ann Winkowski last night in the first hour. She’s always so much fun. If you
haven’t been to her YouTube channel, click here and find out all sorts of things about earthbound
spirits. I reminded you yesterday about the law of abundance, and of course, I forgot to write my
abundance check yesterday. So there goes my credibility. I’ll have another chance next month (and
so will you--- here’s all the info about it including the new moon calendar), and you’ll have another
chance to call in Mary Ann is back on August 18th.
After that we played some of your requests (one of Scotty’s—a great Dells song, and one of Johnny
D’s, no comment) and discussed the Banshee of Marrtown, among other spellbiding topics. Yes, I
exaggerate, but it was a fun night. Talk to you live on Monday.
Dobie Gray – Out On The Floor – 1966 Charger
Dells – God Bless The Child – 1962 Argo
Bobby Hebb – A Satisfied Mind – 1966 Philips
Brenton Wood – Catch You On The Rebound – 1967 Double Shot
James Taylor – Bartender’s Blues - 1977 Columbia
Johnny Blues – Bartender’s Blue – 1948 Columbia
Honey Cone – The Day I Found Myself – 1972 Hot Wax
Harvey - Any Way You Wanta – 1963 TriPhi
THURSDAY JULY 28, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Don’t forget, the Law of Abundance checks right before
the new moon today this afternoon at 12:55. (If you don’t know to what I’m referring, check out this
people who have crossed over to the other side, but people who remained earthbound after their
lives ended. And if you have one near you, she can see it and tell you all about it. She’s not a
psychic, so you’ve got to be near the ghost when you call. But call early. Every month, the hour
goes by quickly with no one calling at first, but by the time it ends, several people still on hold who
miss their opportunity.
Last night we reviewed insane warning labels (like the canine medicine—yes for dogs— with a
warning not to drive while taking it), advertising translations (the things we inadvertently tell
foreigners about our products range from laughable to insulting), and of course, lots of vocal group
harmony talk, as I played your requests:
Spaniels – Piece of Mind – 1957 VeeJay
Moonglows – Sincerely – 1954 Chess
Moonglows – 10 Commandments of Love – 1958 Chess
El Dorados – At My Front Door – 1955 Vee-Jay
Vibrations – Watusi – 1961 Chess
Turbans – I’m Nobody’s – 1956 Herald
Ravens – That’ll Be The Day – 1957 Argo
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Lovin’ – 1962 Fire
Sarah Vaughn – Snowbound – 1963 Roulette LP
Johnny Nash – A Very Special Love – 1957 ABC Paramount
WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We’re live again tonight at 10. Please call! As for last
night, we discussed idiots who put every facet of their lives on social media and the fall out from
that, as well as two children who followed TikTok’s advice and wound up dead, the latest in tabloid
trash with Slime from the Checkout Line and your requests:
Arthur Alexander – Soldier of Love 1962 Dot
Temptations – Lady Soul 1986 Gordy
Little Guy & The Giants – It’s You – 1960 Lawn
Marvelettes – Don’t Mess with Bill – 1966 Tamla
Vikki Carr – Laia Ladaia – 1967 Liberty
Sergio Mendes Trio – Reza – 1960 Tower
Darrell Banks – Our Love (Is In The Pocket) – 1966 Revilot
Roy Orbison – Dream Baby – 1963 Monument
Lou Rawls – Lady Love – 1977 Philadelphia Int’l
Willy & Ruth – Love Me – 1954 Spark
TUESDAY JULY 25, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We’re live tonight at 10. I hope you’ll call. Monday Night
Trivia last night was fun, as always. I didn’t realize we had a straggler until Carol reminded me (she
really does do the world’s best show prep). Not only did we have one, but it lasted until the end of
the show: Almost 11 million dollars was paid out to Americans in 2000 for doing this. Doing what?
Reporting tax cheats to the IRS. People get up to 15% of the money. All the Bumper Stumpers
began with “Baby” as Fran pointed out. Here’s what we played:
Olympics – Baby Hully Gully – 1962 Demon
Five Stairsteps – Baby Make Me Feel So Good – 1969 Curtom
Shells – Baby oh Baby – 1957 Johnson
Chuck Ray – Baby Please Don’t Let Go – 1970 Buddah
Ringleaders – Baby What Has Happened To Our Love – 1966 M-Pac
Five Stars – Baby Baby – 1958 End
Superbs – Baby Baby All The Time – 1964 Dore
Timothy Wilson – Baby Baby Please – 1967 Buddah
Donnie Elbert – Baby Cakes – 1962 Parkway
Little Milton – Baby I Love You – 1970 Checker
Brenton Wood – Baby You Got It – 1967 Double Shot
FRIDAY JULY 22, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Don’t call tonight—it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia, but as
the name implies, we’ll do it live on Monday night. Call then. At 10 (CT). McDonald’s dropping their
dollar drink menu (franchisee dependent)? Blasphemy. And Bruce Springsteen tickets at $5,000
each (not necessarily the good seats)? Insanity. I think Ticketmaster should review their dynamic
pricing algorithm. But is someone would pay that.... no one would. Would they? As for last night’s
bumpers:
Temptations – I Could Never Love Another – 1968 Gordy
Lloyd Price – Have You Ever Had The Blues – 1959 ABC Paramount
Chipmunks – Alvin For President – 1960 Liberty
Vikki Nelson – Like A Baby – 1957 Vik
Dion & The Belmonts – I Wonder Why – 1958 Laurie
Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer – 1968 Atlantic
Whispers – And The Beat Goes On - 1980 Solar
Whispers – Lady – 1980 Solar
Johnny Burnette - Dreamin’ – 1960 Liberty
THURSDAY JULY 21, 2022 3:31 AM CT... All over the road, as usual, speaking of roads—while
Chicago City Council is proposing a $5,000 to $10,000 fine for street racing, the Mayor has
unilaterally signed a deal with NASCAR to transform city streets into a drag strip next Fourth of July
weekend. Sometimes ya just can’t make this stuff up. We talked about that and several other
things of significantly less importance—and we played some of your requests:
Marvelettes – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead – 1965
Sonny Parker – What Can I Do (Without You) – 1967 Hitts
A Perfect Blend – I Could Never Love Another – 1996 Collectables
Velours – Can I Walk You Home – 1958 Onyx
Velours – Hands Across The Table – 1957 Onyx
Sue Thompson – James (Hold The Ladder Steady) – 1962 Hickory
Phil Upchurch & Tennyson Stephenson – You Got Style – 1975 Kudu
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Strange – 1964 Roulette
Whispers – The Dip - 1965 Dore
Dells – Why Do You Have to Go – 1957 VeeJay
Lloyd Price - Personality - 1959 ABC Paramount
Talk to you tonight at 10. Please call!
WEDNESDAY JULY 20, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. We covered The Marvelettes, The Delfonics (due to the
news of Poogie’s death), a waltz down Miami Radio Memory Lane, and we played a few of your
requests:
Delfonics – La La Means I Love You – 1968 Philly Groove 2
Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come – 1968 Philly Grove
Diablos – Since You’re Gone – 1960 Fortune
Marvelettes – Happy Days – 1961 Tamla
Marvelettes – Forever – 1963 Tamla
Marvelettes – Strange I Know – 1962 Tamla
Marvelettes – My Baby Must be A Magician – 1967 Tamla
Bleu Lights – Forever - 1968 Bay City
Bleu Lights – Yes I Do - 1968 Bay City
Bleu Lights – A Lonely Man’s Prayer - 1968 Bay City
Justine Washington – Who’s Gonna Take Care Of Me – 1964 Sue
I also found a large excerpt from the interview I did in 2008 with Vicki Noratuk, the blind woman who
saw during her NDEs. (I’ll look for the whole file, but in the meantime, a lot of it is in this YouTube
video.)
Anything goes tonight at 10. Hopefully you’ll call!
TUESDAY JULY 19, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. Monday Night Trivia is never boring (at least not for me).
You easily got the first question I threw out: In the 1940s and 50s, this competition was so big in
the Catskills Mountains, that one hotel offered $10,000 to anyone who could do it for more than 3
minutes. What is it? The game of Simon Says. [Hotels in the Borscht Belt employed tummlers
(defined as ‘the maker of noise and merriment’) ho prided themselves on the calling of Simon Says.
Fierce rivalries ensued between various venues.]
And you even more easily aced the second question: All of us have done this. Most of us do it
regularly. It takes the average person 47 minutes to do it. Do what? Shop for groceries (according
to the South Florida Sun Sentinel April 17, 2004). The third question took a little more thinking and
it wasn’t until I shared some obvious clues that suddenly everyone knew the answer:
This common word entered our vocabulary in 1994 when a Phoenix lawyer inadvertently created
big backlash. It had been used prior but with a very different meaning. What word? Spam. [The
lawyer sent unsolicited emails to thousands of users of online message boards. The response was
tumultuous, with one reader suggesting everyone send spam and coconuts to the law firm. Spam
resonated.]
I didn’t expect you to know what the Bumper Stumpers had in common, though I would have been
impressed if someone did. But you knew four of the artists (The Majors, Diana Ross, The
Manhattans, and Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters). Here’s what we played:
Kai Winding – Time Is On My Side – 1963 Verve
Susan Barrett – What’s It Gonna Be – 1967 RCA
Majors – A Wonderful Dream – 1962 Imperial
Diana Ross – You Got It – 1978 Motown
Madeline Bell – I Can’t Wait Until I see My Baby’s Face – 1965 Philips
Manhattans – Cloudy With A Chance of Tears – 1980 Columbia
Howard Tate – Look At Granny Run Run – 1966 Verve
Erma Franklin – Piece Of My Heart – 1967 Shout
Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters – A Quiet Place – 1964 UA
Howard Tate – Half A Man – 1966 Verve
Lorraine Ellison – Stay With Me – 1966 WB
As for what they have in common: All were written, or co-written, by Jerry Ragovoy. Tonight it’s
back to whatever’s on your mind, though I’m going to try to talk about The Marvelettes for Amanda.
Talk to you at 10. Please call!
FRIDAY JULY 15, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Tonight it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia, so don’t
call—but do call Monday Night at 10 when we’ll do it all over again. We covered a lot of ground last
night— from Christmas in July to the Pershing Hotel. And we played several of your requests too:
Heartbeats – A Thousand Miles Away – 1956 Hull
Heartbeats – Crazy For You – 1955 Hull
Bessie Banks – Go Now – 1964 Tiger
Orlons – South Street – 1963 Cameo
Gene Ammons – Canadian Sunset – 1960 Prestige
Roy Rogers – Built For Comfort – 1996 Pointblank
Bob & Earl – Gee Whiz – 1957 Class
Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Advice for Medics – 1957 El Saturn
Justine Washington – I Can’t Wait To See My Baby – 1964 Sue
Mello-Kings – Tonight Tonight 1957 Herald
THURSDAY JULY 14, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We coverded the landscape from the latest in the
Murdaugh Murders to AM Stereo last night. We didn’t get to Alligators roaming Wisconsin streets,
but we will tonight. Join me at 10. Better yet, call! Last night’s bumpers by your requests:
Ruth Brown – This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ – 1957 Atlantic
Odell Brown & The Organ-izers – Mellow Yellow – 1967 Cadet
Young Holt Trio – Mellow Yellow – 1967 Brunswick
Riveleers – A Thousand Stars – 1954 Baton
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Letter Full Of Tears – 1961 Fury
Spinners – I’ll Always Love You – 1965 Motown
Jimmy Charles – A Million To One – 1960 Promo
Ray Parker, Jr. – Jamie – 1984 Arista
Drifters – Drip Drop – 1958 Atlantic
Bobby Darin – Dream Lover – 1959 Atco
WEDNESDAY JULY 13, 2022 3:31 AM CT... We covered a lot of ground last night from the history
of Ouija Boards to Adam Wade. We also managed to play a lot of your requests:
Adam Wade – Tell Her For Me – 1960 Coed
Charlie Rich – July 12, 1939 – 1970 Epic
Johnny Taylor – Cheaper To Keep Her – 1973 Stax
Ketty Lester – Love Letters In The Sand – 1962 Era
Valentinos – It’s All Over Now – 1964 SAR
Valentinos – Lookin For A Love – 1962 SAR
Al Hibbler – Good For A Lifetime – 1966 Satin
Cadillacs – Gloria – 1954 Josie
Cadillacs – My Girl Friend – 1957 Josie
Gene Chandler – To Be A Lover – 1967 Chess
Talk to you tonight at 10!
TUESDAY JULY 12, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Plenty to talk about tonight, starting at 10. Leae call. As for
last night’s Monday Night Trivia, you never did knock off the straggler: The first popular one of
these came out in 1843 in Salem, Massashusetts. They still sell well throughout the world, today.
The first one was based on Christian virtue, as a church-themed antidote to social ills. But these
days they’re probably more about money than morality. What are they? Board Games (I said you
probably bought one and I bet I’m right. The first board came out in 1822 and was a dismal failure.
The follow up “Mansion of Happiness” in 1843 was a runaway hit. Dice were the instrument of the
devil, so they weren’t used. Laziness and “Drunkenness” would penalize players. Upstanding
morality would advance them. Less than 20 years later, in 1860, Milton Bradley brought out the
Game of Life, rewarding players for more worldly accomplishments. Christian Values were still
paramount, but in this context more for the worldly goods you’d get with god’s blessing.) You did
decidedly better on the Bumper Stumpers. Happy was the theme, and you got more than half of
them. Here’s all of them:
Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords – I’m So Happy – 1956 Fury
Cryan Shames – We Could Be Happy – 1966 Columbia
Arthur Lee Maye – Happy and In Love - 1985 Antrell
Tams – Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy – 1968 ABC
Ducanes – I’m So Happy – 1961 Goldisc
Dave Baby Cortez – The Happy Organ – 1959 Clock
Paul Evans – Happy Go Lucky Me – 1960 Guaranteed
Jerry Butler – Are You Happy – 1968 Mercury
Jive Five – I’m A Happy Man – 1965 UA
Jimmy Soul – If You Wanna Be Happy – 1963 S.P.Q.R.
Shades of Blue – Oh How Happy – 1966 Impact
FRIDAY JULY 8, 2022 3:31 AM CT... I had a fine time reviewing the history of The Flamingos and
taking your calls last night. Tonight it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia, so please don’t call. But
mark your calendars for Monday at 10, and I’ll be ready for you! Last night’s bumpers were all by
request:
Ruth Brown – This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ – 1958 Atlantic
Flamingos – Whispering Stars –1959 Checker
Flamingos – I Know Better – 1963 End
Flamingos – Mio Amore – 1959 End
Flamingos – Your Other Love – 1960 End
Court Jesters – Roaches – 1961 Blast
Flamingos – I’ll Be Home – 1956 Checker
Gloria Jones – Tainted Love – 1965 Champion
Jesters – The Plea – 1958 Winley
Martha & the Vandellas – Dancing In The Street – 1964 Gordy
Lesley Gore – You Don’t Own Me – 1963 Mercury
THURSDAY JULY 7, 2022 3:31 AM We tackled everything from the history of The Drifters to Instant
Interstate. We’ll do it again tonight at 10. Please call! You say it, I play it:
Tyrone Davis – Turn Back The Hands of Time - 1970 Dakar
Velvelettes – Needle In A Haystack – 1964 V.I.P
Flamingos – That Love Is You – 1958 End
Drifters – Only In America – 1963 unreleased
Drifters – Money Honey – 1953 Atlantic
Charlie Rich – Philadelphia Baby – 1958 Phillips Int’l
Sugar Pie DeSanto – I Want To Know – 1960 Veltone
Brenda Holloway – Every Little Bit Hurts – 1964 Tamla
Billy Stewart – Cross My Heart – 1968 Chess
WEDNESDAY JULY 6, 2022 A fine time last night discussing all things obscure music and a few
other items of absolutely no importance. We’ll do it again tonight. Please call! We’re live at 10 CT.
Talk to you then.
Last night’s bumpers tied into various discussions. Here’s what we played:
John Leslie – I’ll Be Laughing Tonight – 1956 ABC Paramount
Royals – Every Beat Of My Heart – 1952 Federal
Spaniels – So Deep Within – 1960 Vee Jay (Gerald Gregory lead)
Temptations – I Truly Truly Believe – 1967 Gordy (Melvin Franklin lead)
Ravens – Green Eyes – 1955 Jubilee (Jimmy Ricks lead)
Spiders – The Real Thing – 1954 Imperial
Johnny Otis – Harlem Nocturne – 1947 United Artists
Sheiks – So Fine – 1955 Federal
David Allen Coe – Tennessee Whiskey – 1981 Columbia
George Jones – Tennessee Whiskey – 1983 Epic
Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind – 1967 Chess
Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey – 2015 Mercury
Moonglows – Lover Love Me – 1955 Chess
Jackie Ross – Selfish One – 1964 Chess
Controllers – Crushed – 1984 MCA
Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns – Don’t You Just Know It – 1958 Ace
El Dorados – A Fallen Tear – 1956 Vee Jay
TUESDAY JULY 5, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Sad Independence Day in Chicago, but hopefully Monday
Night Trivia took your mind off the events of the day. I appreciate all the calls. You knocked off
our straggler: This common word found in real estate descriptions wasn’t seen in writing until the
mid 17th century. What word? Backyard. (First seen in 1659. Can be written as one word or two,
depending on how it is used.) I threw out another question and that has become our straggler.
We'll open with it next Monday night. Meanwhile, Wesley asked who I thought had the deepest
bass voice on lead for a vocal group harmony song-- again, not great bass singers like Ronnie
Bright or Chuck Barksdale, but bass singers who sang lead on a song. He threw out Jimmy Ricks,
Gerald Gregory or Melvin Franklin. Of the three I went with Jimmy Ricks. Scotty went with Gerald
Gregory. Where do you stand? Feel free to come up with other R&B bass leads. I’m working on
that too.
Given the timbre of the day, I went with Bumper Stumpers with “Blue” in the title:
Shirelles – Blue Holiday – 1961 Scepter
Keith Carradine – Mr. Blue – 1978 Asylum
Beverly Heckel – Bluer Than Blue – 1978 RCA
Shorty Long – Devil With The Blue Dress – 1964 Soul
Fleetwoods – Ten Times Blue – 1964 Dolton
Impressions – Little Boy Blue – 1964 ABC Paramount
Ray Charles Singers – Bluesette – 1964 Command
Kenny Rankin – When Sunny Gets Blue – 1977 Little David
Diane Renay - Navy Blue – 1964 20th Century
Fats Domino – My Blue Heaven – 1956 Imperial
Sammy Turner - Lavender Blue – 1959 Big Top
Talk to you tonight at 10. Please call.
FRIDAY JULY 1, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. Tonight it’s a replay of Monday Night Trivia, so please don’t
call. But mark your calendar for this coming Monday Night July the 4th! We’ll be live at 10 for
another round of trivia, and I’ve got a straggler waiting just for you.
We covered a lot of utterly useless ground last night, but thanks to your calls, it was all entertaining.
Particularly the sleep talking stories. I played your requests too. Here’s proof:
Louis Jordan – G.I. Jive – 1944 Decca
Roddie Joy – He’s So Easy To Love – 1965 Red Bird
Esther Phillips – Let Me Know When It’s Over – 1965 Atlantic
Lenny Welch – I Need Someone – 1959 Cadence
Eternals – Babalu’s Wedding Day – 1960 Hollywood
Mable John – Who Wouldn’t Love A Man Like That – 1960 Tamla
Buddy Holly – Midnight Shift – 1959 Brunswick
Gene Cotton – Damn It All – 1975 ABC
Dusty Springfield – What’s It Gonna Be – 1967 Phillips
Marlo – I Could Of Had A Good Thing – 2021
JUNE 2022
THURSDAY JUNE 30, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Well when I say we’ll talk about anything that’s on your
mind, I mean it. We went from Sherry’s toxic mother to the percent of Neanderthal blood Johnny D
has. (I suspect we all have some of that, but I also suspect that what the companies offering DNA
analysis conjure up is different on any given day for the same person. But I’m database phobic, so
whadda I know?) I also played several of your requests:
Rascals – I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore – 1965 Atlantic
Martha & The Vandellas – Come Get These Memories – 1963 Gordy
Etta James – All I Could Do Was Cry – 1960 Argo
Young Henry Ford & The Gifts – Treat Her Nice – 1964 Roulette -
Johnnie Taylor - I Found A Love – 1989 Malaco
Ink Spots – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – 1942 Decca
Marvelettes – The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game – 1967 Tamla
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters – Such A Night – 1954 Atlantic
Drifters – Fools Fall In Love – 1957 Atlantic
Jaynettes – Sally Go Round The Roses – 1963 Tuff
WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2022 3:31 AM CT.. Yesterday was primary day in Chicago. We were
voting too—on who did the best version of Talk to Me. I like them all, actually and have reasons for
each one—the original Little Willie John from 1958 is terrific, five years later when Sunny and the
Sunglows did it, they not only had the biggest pop hit of it, but also really put the San Antonio West
Side Sound on national radar. Crystal Mansion did a wonderful 1979 version. They were a South
Jersey group with a big Philly following who appeared along the Jersey shore for decades. And
Mickey Gilley had a marvelous #1 country version in 1982. According to you, Gilley’s was the best.
It came in at #4 for me, after a three way tie among the first three, but regardless it’s a good
rendition and I’d never reach to turn off the radio if it came on. I was unaware Johnny Taylor had
done it—Detective Chuck in South Carolina wondered about that. He did it on a 1973 Stax album,
and we played it too, along with other songs you requested:
O.C. Smith – Brenda – 1987 Rendezvous
Clovers – Stay Awhile – 1959 UA
Talk To Me – Little Willie John – 1958 King ,
Sunny & The Sunglows 1963 Teardrop
Crystal Mansion – 1979 20thCentury
Mickey Gilley – 1982 Epic
Johnnie Taylor – 1973 Stax
Arthur Alexander – Where Have You Been – 1962 Dot
Artie Shaw – Frenesi – 1940 Victor
Etta James – Stop the Wedding – 1962 Argo
Dells – There Is – 1968 Cadet
Sunny & The Sunliners – The One Who’s Hurtin’ Is You – Key-Loc
Dusty Springfield & Jimi Hendrix – Mockingbird – 1968 ITV live
Chantels – Whoever You Are – 1958 End
TUESDAY JUNE 28, 2022 3:31 AM CT... Fun playing Monday Night Trivia last night. You got our
first question almost immediately:
About 25 years ago, 70% of the residents in a town in Maine voted against a ban on doing this
topless. Doing what? Mowing the lawn. The controversy came up in the late 90s when a woman
complained that that the daughter of her neighbor was mowing the lawn topless. The town had no
law prohibiting it. The woman persisted and got an ordinance banning topless lawn mowing
included as a ballot issue in a 1998 election. 70% of the town rejected it.
Barry from New Hampshire knew the answer but wondered which town it was: Newport, ME. The
next question had you stumped, so we’ll pick it up there next Monday niight. Or if you like you can
check out the replay on Friday night to review what has already been guessed.
The new moon is tonight at 9:52 (7 degrees of Cancer). So write your prosperity check just before
it. If you have no idea about what I’m talking, go to Mary Ann Winkowski’