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Joyfully releasing all of the week’s “Gil-board” chartbusters every Tuesday at 3PM. It’s hop-hop, doo-wop, skiffle and sixteen-beat shuffle – the very tunes today’s Young people demand, along with some sober advice they will probably have to be force-fed. It’s the top of the pops for you and yours:…

R. Hucek


    • Dec 31, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    A December to Remember

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023


      or direct download here.Two Toppers in one month? That's madness! Christmas madness? New Year's fever?? Hanukkah insanity??? And yet it is so. Features music by The Cyrkle, Heavenly Melody, Feebe N' the Ragweed Patche, Sam Cooke, Nichts, Leo Kottke, Charanjit Singh, Penny Saints, Tide Cartwright, Heavenly Melody (again), JJ Cale, Peter Peter Ivers Band, Dave Frishberg, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Sandals, The Soul Stirrers (with Sam Cooke), and Chrome off their Alien Soundtracks LP.

    Not Unlike 'Toppers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023


     or direct download here.  

    Fading

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023


    directly available here: TOOOOOOOOOOPERSFeatures fine music by Mike Hankinson, Percy Sledge,  Spanky & Our Gang, The Eden Electric Ensemble, Phil Niblock, LL Cool J, Gerry Mulligan, Reunion, Leonard Nimoy, Butthole Surfers, Devo, composer Raymond "Def" Leppard, and more.

    Melancholy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023


     direct download here: https://ia802703.us.archive.org/30/items/melancholy_202306/Melancholy.mp3Featuring music by People Under the Stairs, Angie Carroll, Washington Phillips and more.This show is dedicated to the late Bob Bittner, owner of WJIB and the other Memories Stations, who inspired this very series. 

    It's eBaum's World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023


     Featuring music by The Mamas and Papas, The Chordettes, The Cousins, Nina Simone, NNB, The Stonemans, The Artifacts, Heaven's Magic, Mark Dinning, Garnett Mimms, Focus, Al Hirt,  Elton John, The Poni-Tails, Pharoah Sanders and more top artists of todaye.Direct download here: https://ia801608.us.archive.org/9/items/its-e-baums-world/It%27s%20eBaum%27s%20World.mp3Check out toppers.show too! 

    Carefree

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023


      or directly download here: https://ia904703.us.archive.org/12/items/carefree-toppers/CarefreeToppers.mp3

    An Atmospheric River

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022


     Download here: https://ia601408.us.archive.org/24/items/atmospheric-river/Atmospheric%20River.mp3

    Letter to the Editor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022


     Download here: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/31/items/letter-to-the-editor/Letter%20to%20the%20Editor.mp3  

    Motley Dugan's Tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022


     Download directly at: https://ia902503.us.archive.org/11/items/motley-dugans-story/Motley%20Dugan%27s%20Story.mp3  

    Nuked

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022


    https://ia802501.us.archive.org/0/items/Toppers_nuked_202205/Nuked.mp3 It was worth it.

    Spotlight on Millie Small

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022


     Download directly here: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/5/items/toppers-millie-small/Toppers%20Hurdy%20Gurdy.mp3 Hear three delightful songs by the Jamaican chanteuse best-known for her hit "My Boy Lollipop," as well as tasteful filler music by Ronnie Aldrich, Lou Rawls, Charol, and more.

    Hammock

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021


     Open directly here: https://ia601506.us.archive.org/0/items/hammock_202112/Hammock.mp3

    My Pet Peeves

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021


     or open directly here: https://ia601500.us.archive.org/27/items/my-pet-peeves/My%20Pet%20Peeves.mp3Featuring the music of Else Anderson, Willie Hutch, The Beach Boys, ImpLOG, Joya Landis, Balsara and his Singing Sitars, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Maximum Joy, The Admirals, Shao Fong Fong, The Great Society, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Ethiopians, and more. 

    Open the Window to Your Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021


     or download here: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/23/items/windowto-your-mind/WindowtoYourMind.mp3  

    All Request

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021


     or download here: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/35/items/all-request/All%20Request.mp3

    Toppers by the Book

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021


     or download here: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/33/items/by-the-book/By%20the%20Book.mp3 

    Juice Bar

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021


     or download here:  https://ia801500.us.archive.org/29/items/vom_20210330/Vom.mp3

    Tree-Poppers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020


    Download directly here: https://ia601406.us.archive.org/16/items/tree-poppers/Tree-Poppers.mp3

    Saying the Quiet Part Loudermilk

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020


    A Cavalcade of Sound

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020


    Download directly here:  https://ia601506.us.archive.org/33/items/cavalcade-of-sound/Cavalcade%20of%20Sound.mp3  

    Virtual Music

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020


    or download directly here: https://ia801509.us.archive.org/12/items/virtual-music-TOOOOPERS/VirtualMusic.mp3

    Coronavirus Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020


    or download directly here: https://ia601501.us.archive.org/16/items/coronavirus-toppers/Coronavirus%20Toppers.mp3The Covid-19 pandemic has effected life everywhere, even in Good Music Land. Hear your host's harrowing story of his personal struggles to a soundtrack of fine oldies, plus a number of original tracks-- a power ballad, a synth number, a helpful public service announcement, and more-- debuting on this very broadcast. (Links will be available soon to hear these tracks individually, should anyone ever wish to subject themselves to them again.)Featuring Burl Ives, Steve Elliott,  Paul McCartney, Juan Bastos, The New Year with "My Bleeding Wound," The Police, Frank and His Sisters, Touch, Beck, and Colin Blunstone. Soundtrack work in the background is mainly the work of John Ottman from the 1995 neo-noir The Usual Suspects, as well as a single track from the original soundtrack to Capricorn One (1978).

    Express Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020


    or direct download here: https://ia801506.us.archive.org/28/items/expressyourself_202002/Express%20Yourself.mp3

    A Day at the Beach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020


    or direct download here: https://ia801502.us.archive.org/11/items/adayatthebeach_202001/A%20Day%20at%20the%20Beach.mp3Begins with a mega-remix of Roger Whittaker's "Durham Town" and features songs by the Lovin' Spoonful and Todd Rundgren from his visionary home-recorded album A Wizard, A True Star.

    Cold Outside

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019


     or download directly HEREToppers weighs in on one of the most contentious issues roiling the oldies airwaves in America today: is it OK to play a certain classic late fall/ early winter song?

    Biden 20 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019


    or directly download here: https://ia801503.us.archive.org/28/items/biden2020/Biden%2020%2020.mp3

    Toppers / Not Toppers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019


    Direct download here:https://ia801507.us.archive.org/22/items/toppersNOTtopperss/toppersNOTtopperss.mp3Guest host: Marshall ApplewhiteToppers production being at an all time low, we were forced to dredge up this show (designed by the Gilboard without the benefit of a host) in order to meet demand. Hear songs with helpful spiritual commentary by Marshall Applewhite, filling in for Gil from the Great Beyond, and marvel at the junction of supply and demand in today's busy online musical blogosphere-forum.

    Tips

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2019


    or download show directly here: https://ia601409.us.archive.org/3/items/tips_20190712/tips.mp3Who knows, you might learn something! Featuring music by Electronic Concept Orchestra, Baroque Jazz Trio, Ghetto Brothers, Oiling Boiling, Fred Waring, Johnny Largo, Velvet Hammer, Wendell Austin, Barbara Moore, Johnny Largo, Johnny McGee, Virgin Insanity, Synthesia, Led Zeppelin, Mark Dinning, Malauwi, Spitfire Debs, "Whoopee" John Wilfahrt and His Band, and Bing Crosby with Woody Herman's Band.

    Toppers Spotlight on The Zeet Band

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2019


    Dreamland

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019


    or download directly HEREP   L   A   Y   L   I   S   T John Fahey "Lewisdale Blues" The Voice of the Turtle (1968)Keope "Latin Luau" The King and I (1986)Lee Fields "Ladies" My World (2009)Leonard Kwan "SASE" The Old Way (1974)Burl Ives "Thirty Thousand Feet over Denver" A Little Bitty Tear: The Nashville Years, 1961-1965Peter Howell & John Ferdinando "Fishing" Tomorrow Come Someday (1969)Steve Fisk "Love Is (Version)" Kiss this Day Goodbye (1983)Maki Asakawa "Konna Fūni Sugite Iku No Nara" My Man (1982)Still Corners "The Message" Slow Air (2018)The 4 J's "Electronic Instrument 'Theremin' (Dad)" The '4J''s Singing for Jesus (?)Ted Weems and His Orchestra "Heartaches" (1947)Los Angeles Negros "El Rey Y Yo" Y volvere (1970)John Sase "Industrial Age" Aessence (1975)Steve Fisk "Love Is All Around" Kiss this Day Goodbye (1983)The 4 J's "Step by Step" The '4J''s Singing for Jesus (?)Burl Ives "Bow Down" In Memoriam (?)The Neighb'rhood Childr'n "Long Years In Space" S/T (1968)Keope "Selah" The King and I (1986)Sun City Girls "Dreamland" Horse Cock Phepner (1987)The 4 J's "Jesus" [Remix] The '4J''s Singing for Jesus (?)John Fahey "A Raga Called Pat, Part IV" The Voice of the Turtle (1968)

    Seasonal Depression

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019


    or download directly here: https://ia801505.us.archive.org/3/items/SeasonalDepression/Seasonal%20Depression.mp3

    Letting the Music Speak for Itself

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2019


    or download directly hereFeatures music from Peter Howell & John Ferdinando in a number of guises, from Friends to Agincourt, as well as other artists. 

    Toppers Presents Chanukah

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018


    or download directly here: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/17/items/Channukah/Channukah.mp3

    The Wrong Duration

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018


    or download here: https://ia601504.us.archive.org/30/items/WRONGDURATION/WRONG%20DURATION.mp3Features the music of Lew Childre (both father and son) as well as tunes by various Hit Artists of today such as Adam Green, Brute Force, Filipino classic disco band Hot Dog, Bathroom Renovations, Perry Como, Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra with "Tea for Two," DJ Quik, Emmett Rhodes, Dinosaurs with Horns, The Scrotum Poles, Jim Croce, Kraftwerk, Jo Stafford, Ben Selvin and His Orchestra and more.

    Help Us Keep Jazz Alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2018


    Takin' It Easy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2018


     Or download the file directly  ***HERE***Goodbye, summer! It's been fun hanging around the pool with you, takin' it easy. Let's the two of us hear Donovan with his "Divine Days of Deathless Delight," then some Dick Hyman electronic covers, The Chris Christianson Show with "Sweet Mental Revenge," The Knights with "Tipping Strings," Led Zeppelin crossing "The Ocean," The New Tweedy Bros. being lazy, folkman Jim Croce doing one of his best-known numbers, followed by a single commercial interruption, for which we apologize.After that it's solo tuba by Oystein Baadsvik with "Fnugg." Then we hear Lindsey Buckingham who purports to be in "Trouble," The Tape Beatles, more Dick Hyman, Korean guitarist Shin Jyun Hoong with "Moon Watching," Grace Chang tackling part of the opera Carmen, Will Gentry with the song-poem "You're Always An Outsider" with lyrics by Carol McMickle (sure to be a chart smash any day now), Sister Nancy, and "Imagination" as imagined by Smokey and His Sister. And that's that.

    Toppers Suicide (Don't Do It!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2018


    or download directly here: https://ia801502.us.archive.org/33/items/ToppersSuicide/Toppers%20Suicide.mp3

    No One

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2018


    or download directly here: https://ia801509.us.archive.org/32/items/Toppers_Radio_Podcast_NoOne_201805/no%20one.mp3

    Toppers Anti-Drug: Kratom

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2018


    or direct download: https://ia801508.us.archive.org/10/items/ToppersANtiDrug/Toppers%20ANti-Drug.mp3Drugs. Why not? Let's find out together. SONGS: Smokey and His Sister "Lonely Together" (1968)Donald Byrd "Fancy Free" (1970)Cream "NSU" (1966)L.A. Dream Team "Calling On the Dream Team (Original 12" Version)" (1985)Cliff Bruner and His Texas Wanderers "Little White Lies" (1939)Lazy Smoke "How Was Your Day Last Night?" (1969)Unsolved Mysteries Final Credits Theme Song (1988)Michael Boyd and Gary Remal Malkin Unsolved Mysteries Opening Theme書を捨てよ町へ出よう[Let's Go Out to the Town?] "スダダダ" (1971)Smokey and His Sister "Sausalito by the Bay" (1968)Renaldo and the Loaf "The Blowflies' Dilemma" (1983)Len Barry "1 2 3" (1965)Tom Recchion "The Jetsons" (1986)Unsolved Mysteries Update Theme (1990?)Glen Phillips "Dogs Lost at Sea" (1975) Speed, Glue and Shinki "Don't Say No" (1972)

    Easy Listening II: The Radio Show that Makes You Bored

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018


    or download here directly: https://ia601506.us.archive.org/25/items/topperseasylistening2/topperseasylistening2.mp3MUSIC AND MORE MUSIC!

    Easy Listening Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018


    or direct download: hereWant something easy to listen to? Whether it's Rotomagus, Girls of the Golden West, The Sound Symposium, Michael Hurley, Geto Boys, The Superfine Dandelion, Broadcast, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers, Tracey Dey, Gene Ross, The Pilgrim Travelers, Jeannie Hoffman and David Friesen, or Steely Dan-- you'll find exactly what you were looking for here.

    Falling Leaves

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017


    or download directly here: GRONKsGREATESTcatchLet's hear from Vietnam soul veteran James Armstrong, The Golden Gate Quartet with "Same Train," cocaine country combo Little Feat, Apple and Three Oranges, Fred Weinberg, Los Angelino commando Ariel Pink, Los Diplomaticos (twice), Perfurd Burtner and his Gong Gong Gong, The Amoebas, Ralph Lowe with poignant observational TV song-poem "The Crime Shows," Bob Snyder, The Kit-Kats, The Newbeats, Moses Josiah and His Musical Saw, Los Yetis, and more Fall artists this Torpors. It's going to be a foorn torme.

    Little Joselito

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2017


    or download direct here: CHIRIBIRIBand saw safety!

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