Podcast appearances and mentions of freddie cannon

In 1971 Carla Henson went to interview for a Summer job at the Tower Records headquarters in Sacramento. She got the job and she stayed with it for the better part of 30 years. Her original workplace was at a desk in between  Walter “Bud” Martin and Russ Solomon. Later, Carla worked for John Schier, Stan Goman and Chris Hopson. When she started with the company, there were only 5 people working at the Main Office. Carla Henson  had a hell of a ride and a front row seat to the genesis of Tower Records. Born in Oakland and struck by lightning when she heard the record “Tallahassee Lassie” by Freddie Cannon while in second grade, Carla's was a life of music both behind the scenes and on the scene. Hanging backstage with Russ Solomon, Roger McGuinn and Bob Dylan in Houston, TX, digging deep into the local music scene in both Austin, TX and New Orleans, LA  and flying to Tahiti to meet up with Russ were all a part of a day's work for Carla. “I got up every day for 30 years and loved…my…job! Not a lot of people can say that,” Carla tells us. Join us for a very special conversation this week with Carla Henson. 

In an episode first aired September 5, 2022: DJ Andrew Sandoval surveys the five summer editions of his show and selects his favorite tracks alongside a handful of more recent discoveries. Artists include: Bruce & Terry; The Ragamuffins; Mark Eric; The Stephen Crane Village; Freddie Cannon; Brian Hyland; Harmony Grass; The Higher Elevation; The Hot Dog Stand; Teddy & The Pandas; The Fresh Windows; The Gibsons; The Chocolate Watch Band (UK); The Bystanders; Los Iberos; The Pyramid; The Love Generation; Nancy Sinatra with Lee Hazlewood; Johnny Rivers; The Two Of Each; The Kinks; Love; The Monkees; Little Anthony & The Imperials; The 5th Dimension; The Six Pents; Jan & Dean; The Shangri-Las; Skeeter Davis; The Street Corner Society; Lesley Gore; The Beach Boys; The Dave Clark Five; David Kerr; The California Poppy Pickers; The Fortunes; The Imaginations; Floyd & Jerry with The Counterpoints; Toast; The Peppermint Trolley Company; The Seeds; The Bonzo Dog Band; Bill Fay; Ray Chafin; Sonny & Cher; Mournin' Do; Marianne Faithfull; Reparata & The Delrons; Saturday's Photograph; Tuesday's Children; Twice As Much; The Bee Gees; Del Shannon; Chad & Jeremy and Dusty Springfield

There are enough people out there who yearn for the arcane, the odd, the unsuccessful, the strange, and the historically overlooked to justify 200 podcast episodes of D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities.  This makes me happy, and the topics are inexhaustible. From the strange singles of Freddie Cannon and Lou Christie to the occasionally wonderful singles of Les Humphries Singers, Doris, Os Mutantes, to the strange paths to fame like The American Breed ("Bend Me Shape Me") evolving into Rufus, and then Chaka Kahn, and then "I Feel For You", her biggest hit, written by Prince, but the Kahn version was actually the 4th release and, had Patrice Rushen opted to try it (she turned it down), the 5th. A Prince song with Stevie Wonder playing harmonica over his own voice being sampled.  To me, pop music is styles and the biggest records tend to be styles smooshed together. People like dangerous white music and safe black music. People like rap, but with a melodic vocal hook. While the Bee Gees were not a disco group, the Saturday Night Fever movie was a perfect petri dish. Combine Travolta's white-hot star power with the zeitgeist of Disco and the very odd recordings the Bee Gees were doing at that time. It was the success and the playing it safe in the movie's wake that doomed them.  The Beatles were preternaturally gifted with a work ethic that would kill the musicians of today. But their fame was also born of withering luck. A producer and a manager (and record company) that didn't really know what they were supposed to do with these four tough guys. None of them tried to make The Beatles pick a lead singer, so, like their live act, all four would do it. Because they had the shocking temerity to say "Nope, we're not doing that song...", it was like saying to someone with a gun In your face, "Go ahead. We've come this far. You don't know WHAT we've seen. We see through you, over and over. In Germany. In Sweden. In Wales. We never said 'no' to a gig, no matter how much driving or begging or lack of sleep, and if the Reeperbahn couldn't stop us, what makes you think YOU will?" And their genuine love of Black music somehow broke the barriers for generations of singers, players, etc.  Imagine that moment. You're in The Beatles, you've struggled and burned the roads up and played innumerable gigs, and sat, nose to nose, creating songs in your room that people would be singing and playing for 60 years hence. But now, the sessions begin, and the man in the tie wants you to record a "ringer". And you try it, but it doesn't really do anything. It's ok. But you have to decide. Play the game? Or risk this dude's red pen. Or show up with something better. And the guy with the tie has been through some shit as well. And he's tired of being relegated to 2nd string and he resents being put in a place where these four punks dare question his choice. Do better. I'm tired of this shit.  And "Please Please Me" is as black a record as anything any band from England before them had tried. And that little phrase can be attributed to everything they tried after that. Because they proved it, in that ONE shot across the bow that would resonate for what will be eons, that your old choices for ringers, publishing company favors, Brill building production lines, plug-and-play Motown stuff, etc., were going to either fade or have to adapt.  I stop my show pretty much at 1980 because that's when drum machines and synths became songwriting devices. I never liked Joy Division. I just don't get it. At that point, and with exceptions, sure, drum programming and synth programming made songwriting easy. That didn't make the songs any better. Just easier to make. Someone else can do that show.  Anyhow, this is to say thank you to all the folks that have listened and downloaded.  THIS show is me delivering a preamble and then playing 4 hours of music from past shows that I really like. Let's call this "Part 1" because the show, as I originally tried to put it together, lasted 10+ hours. So consider this show when you're on a long drive, doing work, making love to your woman, or man, or both, or none.  So...... This is the setlist, but they're not all ‘good songs'. Some are meant to show you the arcane nature of what I find most enjoyable. Song-poems (“The Beatle Boys”), artists coping with the end of their heyday (Gary Glitter) and ill-prepared for life after that, or artists way before they found their niche (The Gap Band). And, of course, groups I love like Rose Tattoo, The Free Design, and SAHB.    Leo's Sunshipp - Give Me The Sunshine (1978) The Free Design - My Very Own Angel (1969) GLS United - Rapper's Deutsch (1980) Samples “Rapper's Delight”, which samples “Good Times” by Chic, “Here Comes That Sound Again” by Love De-Luxe with Hawkin's Discophonia (which i played on one of my previous shows), and a quote from the movie Five on the Black Hand Side, specifically, a scene in the barbershop that predated the advent of Rudy Ray Moore' Dolemite character by 2 years.  Louis Armstrong - The Creator Has a Master Plan (1970) w/ Leon Thomas Rick Wakeman - I'm So Straight, I'm a Weirdo (1980) I just like playing this awful oddity from the keyboard player from Yes. This record defies description. But if you see the video on Youtube, look for a young Boy George.  James Last - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (1971) From the album Voodoo-Party.  Billy Preston - My Sweet Lord (1970) One of two albums he released on Apple Records.  Rod Rogers (really, Rod Keith) and the Swinging Strings - The Beatle Boys (196?)  The Gap Band - Magician's Holiday (1974)  Gary Glitter - A Little Boogie Woogie in the Back of My Mind (1977)  The Free Design - There Is A Song (1972) I will never stop praising this wonderful group.  Stuart Damon - Eros (1970) Dr. Alan Quartermaine from General Hospital had a brief singing career.  The Millennium - There Is Nothing More To Say (1968) Lou Christie lifted this wonderful melody for his own “Canterbury Road" later that year.  From the film “Till [sic] Kingtom Comes”.  XTC- Across This Antheap (1987) I never tire of this amazing track. It's my show.  Aerosmith -Nobody's Fault (1976) I like Aerosmith's '70s albums very much. They were all loaded with hidden gems, and to me, “Nobody's Fault” was just the most succinct example of a band that made consistently good/great albums.  Frank Zappa - Andy (1980) A great, difficult tune (you try it with your band.) Recorded live in Buffalo.  Annette Peacock - The Succubus (1979)  The Red Shadow - Anything Good (1975) Carpenters - B'wana She No Home (1977) Bruford - Back To The Beginning (1978) Frank Sinatra - Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown (1974) Barry McGuire & The Doctor - South Of The Border (1970) I love this song. We are on the eve of destruction indeed. Might as well… Beach Boys - Rollin' Up To Heaven (1972?) This is so insane, and especially from a major artist, that it defies categorization.  Rose Tattoo - We Can't Be Beaten (1982) Ferocious.  Billy (Crash) Craddock - Knock Three Times (1971)  Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (1972) Unbelievable live version from “How The West Was Won”. Listen to those bass drum tricks. Especially during the coda. I wish Robert Plant never smoked. A normal drummer would go crazy with fills. Bonham put them where they belonged, no more. He showed amazing restraint at times. You wouldn't think so, but he was a grooving monster above all else.  Black Oak Arkansas - Hot And Nasty (1971) Michael (Mick) Jackson - Blame It On The Boogie (1978)  Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (1969) The Kids From The Brady Bunch - Candy (Sugar Shoppe) (1972) So inappropriate that I wonder what the record company/TV show producers were thinking. Good song and a nice performance by the studio band.  Bread - Everything I Own (1972)  Carla Bley - Rawalpindi Blues (1972)  Nick Mason - Do Ya? (1980)  Liberace - Say Ciao (1970) Liberace puts it into words and music..."Never Say Goodbye, Say Ciao"...capturing the mood of Ciao Liqueur...the imported new liqueur with the elusive new taste. I can't find another song that Liberace wrote himself.  Crack The Sky - Surf City (Here Come The Sharks) (1975) Les Humphries Singers - Dancing Queen (1976) You can still hear Jimmy Bilsbury's straining, smoky tenor in the choruses. “Having the time of your life…” Poor guy.  Eddie Kendricks - Me 'N Rock 'N Roll Are Here To Stay (1974) Denny Greene - The Great Escape (1981) Ex-Sha Na Na member trying to break type like J Jocko tried a few years before. I love this. This is a dance mix of the original he did in 1977.  Dennis Wilson - River Song (1977)  Doris - Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby? (1970) No one knows who Doris is. I'd rather listen to her and this crazy Swedish band for a year before I ever give any time to Janis Joplin.  Rotary Connection - Didn't Want To Have To Do It (1967) Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol (1972) This is a wonderful remix of the original fluke hit.  The Move - Do Ya (different version) (1971)  Jeff Lynne - Doin' That Crazy Thing (1977) Rick Nelson - Don't Blame It On Your Wife (1968)  Sha Na Na Anti-Drug PSA (197?) Doris - Beatmaker (1970)  Dschinghis Khan - Rocking Son Of Dschinghis Khan (1979) Edith Head Fashion Prescription  Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Trilogy (1973) Utopia - Eternal Love (1976)   Alix Dobkin - View Form Gay Head (1973)  Fats Domino - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey (1968)  John Farrar - Falling (1980)  Creedence Clearwater Revival - Feelin' Blue (1969)  Laverne and Shirley - Five Years On (1976) Written by Michael McKean. His story is too long for me to get into. For POACA he was "Lenny" of Lenny and Squiggy. Or he was David St. Hubbins in Spinal Tap. Or he was Saul Goodman's brother in Better Call Saul.  Genesis - Fly On A Windshield/Broadway Melody of 1974 (1974)  Fonzie Impressionist Track (Aaaaay, Cool, Nerd, Sit On It) (1976) One of the weirdest things in my collection. Why does it exist? And then it repeats in reverse!!              

Born in North Carolina, Ray Denson started to dance professionally in 1951, taking on the professional name of Billy Lamont. His singing career started in 1956. "(Zap! Pow!) Do the Batman" was recorded for Atlantic in January 1966 with Gate Wesley and his band, one of the first Batman records. "Communications Is Where It's At, Parts 1 & 2" was credited to Billy the Baron & His Smokin Challangers (sic), released in 1976.  Probably Lamont's final release was the 12-inch maxi-single "The Man With the Master Plan"/"The Cowboy" (credited to Billy Lamont & the Unn Band), issued in 1980.  Billy Lamont died on June 3, 2012, aged 82.  Billy The Baron & His Smokin Challengers - Communications Is Where It's At (1975) Billy Baron and the Umm Band - The Man With The Master Plan (1980)  Gate Wesley & Band - (Zap! Pow!) Do The Batman (1966) Billy LaMont on lead vocals Freddie Cannon - She's A Mean Rebel Rouser (1983) On Amherst Records! Notice the label reads, "From The LP 'Rock Attack'" which never came out. Oh, Lenny...I played this side because the credited writer Frederick A. Picariello is Freddie Cannon's real name. He wrote this. Old rocker to the bone. In his discography, his name is spelled "Freddy" AND "Freddie".  Side 2 of the 1966 Musicor Label All-Star (?) Album "The Gene Pitney Show"! Gene Pitney - There's No Living  The Critters - I'm Gonna Give The Bitter End Singers - I'm On The Run  Teddy and the Pandas - (Bye, Bye) Out The Window Steve Rossi - My Alphabet of Tears  Marie Knight - Cry Me A River    Selections from the 1973 album, "Carnival", by The Les Humphries Singers. Dixie  Something I Saw  Uniform  Carnival    Me - Scare Us (2012)   The first try was so successful, we need to do it again.  Percy Faith - A Summer Place '76 (Original release in 1959) In 1960, the original Percy Faith version (from the movie of the same name) reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks, a record at that time.  Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula '69 (1956) Produced by Kim Fowley, the remake eliminates the swing in favor of a straight 4/4. The original reached #7.  Charlie Daniels Band - Uneasy Rider 88' (1973) The original reached #9. Charlie Daniels had played on records by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and co-wrote the Elvis song, "It Hurts Me." And apparently, he felt the need to retro-fit his big hit to denounce gays instead of hippies. His biggest hit was "The Devil Went Down To Georgia." Bobby Hebb - Sunny '76 (1966)  The Residents - Santa Dog '78 (1972) The Moonglows - Sincerely '72 (1954)  Sœur Sourire (The Singing Nun) - Dominique '82 (1963) Belgian singer (born Jeannine Deckers) in 1933. Later she became a nun (Sister Luc-Gabrielle) and recorded 'Dominique' in 1963. The song was an international hit and even reached #1 on the Billboard chart after it was released in the USA with the artist name 'The Singing Nun'. The Singing Nun also achieved the remarkable feat — the first in American chart history — of a simultaneous No. 1 single and No. 1 album, both of which sold over a million copies. She committed suicide on March 31, 1985. Deckers and her companion Annie Berchet were found dead in a flat at Waure near Brussels. Both had taken an overdose of barbiturates. The tragedy happened after the Belgian authorities demanded the tax from the monies earned during her fleeting 15 minutes of fame. The convent took a large share of the royalties from her success, as did her record company. This apparently left the former nun in such a state of depression that she took her own life. In a joint suicide note, Deckers wrote: “We are going together to meet God our Father. He alone can save us from this financial disaster.” I told you. Religion ruins everything.  Michael Rabon & The Five Americans - I See The Light '69 (1965) John Durrill was the keyboardist and wrote "Dark Lady" for Cher.  Louis Jordan - Caledonia '56 (1945)  Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over '65 (1960) Legendary Stardust Cowboy - Paralyzed '80 (1968) Andre Williams - Bacon Fat '86 (1956)      

Discogs: Band formed by three members of the Alice Cooper Group after the group split in 1974. As the name Alice Cooper had been taken by the group's lead singer, they took their name from the group's Billboard #1 hit album. However, their 1977 album, Battle Axe was not a critical success and the band disintegrated. Billion Dollar Babies - Too Young (1977) Quoting (frankly, ripping off) the "I'm 18" idea, clumsily. Even the riff.  Billion Dollar Babies - Shine Your Love (1977) Billion Dollar Babies - Wasn’t The One (1977) Discogs: When recording with David Bowie the band was alternatively known as the Spiders or the Spiders from Mars. The members during this period were Mick Ronson, Mick ('Woody') Woodmansey, and Trevor Bolder. I was a fan of the German Trilogy, not so much the Spiders-era stuff.  I never knew these albums existed, frankly. I wonder if Bowie ever heard it.  The Spiders From Mars - Red Eyes (1976) The Spiders From Mars - White Man Black Man (1976) The Spiders From Mars - Shine a Light (1976) The Lovin' Spoonful had a string of inoffensive, catchy, and enduring hits. John Sebastian had only one hit after the sixties ended, "Welcome Back", yet so effortlessly merged jug band folk with Beatle-esque pop while he was with this band. This album was made after he and everyone else left except latecomer Jerry Yester* and...the drummer, Joe Butler (pictured...on the right).  *In 2017, Jerry Yester was arrested for 30 counts of possession of child pornography in Arkansas and was released on a $35,000 bond. As a result of his arrest, he was dismissed from The Lovin' Spoonful. He pleaded guilty to eight counts of distributing, possessing or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child on October 9, 2018.  In July 2019, he was handed a two-year prison sentence after his conviction for child pornography possession. The Lovin’ Spoonful Featuring Joe Butler - Amazing Air (1969) The Lovin’ Spoonful Featuring Joe Butler - Words (1969) The Lovin’ Spoonful Featuring Joe Butler - Revelation: Revolution ’69 (1969) I don't like The Doors. Never did, never will. So the fact that they released nothing but excrement after Jim Morrison died surprised me not. People just don't realize that they were a singles band above all, and everything else was just as shitty as it was after JM died.  The Doors - Treetrunk (1972) The Doors - Ships With Sails (1971) The Red Shadow - Anything Good (1977) Here's a Dangerous Minds essay about a band I've played a few times on my show. But what you might NOT know is that their underground 'hit' "Understanding Marx" was based on a Ray Charles song called "Understanding", which was more offensive in its own way, advocating violence against the women-folk in the enlightened love-fest of 1968, when everyone loved each other. Love.  Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 1969 (1969) Executive producers (the men with the money) were Kasenetz/Katz. "Sure, we'll finance your album. But we need a sure thing..." Cary Simon - Long Term Physical Effects (1971) Chubby Checker - Karate Monkey (1966) Cook County - Pinball Playboy (1979) David Bowie - What in the World (1976) Dennis Linde - Burnin’ Love (1972) Eddie Simpson - Big Black Funky Slave (1972) Eric Burdon and War - A Day in The Life (1968) "Just keep Eric in coke...we'll pay for it later..."  Recorded at various times between 1969 and 1971, released in 1976, forgotten by 1977.  Sdtk. to Russ Meyer's "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" - The Smell of Female (1966) Ladies and gentlemen welcome to violence, the word and the act. While violence cloaks itself in a plethora of disguises, its favorite mantle still remains ... sex. Violence devours all it touches, its voracious appetite rarely fulfilled. Yet violence doesn't only destroy, it creates and molds as well. Let's examine closely then this dangerously evil creation, this new breed encased and contained within the supple skin of woman. The softness is there, the unmistakable smell of female, the surface shiny and silken, the body yielding yet wanton. But a word of caution: handle with care and don't drop your guard. This rapacious new breed prowls both alone and in packs, operating at any level, any time, anywhere, and with anybody. Who are they? One might be your secretary, your doctor's receptionist ... or a dancer in a go-go club! Freddie Cannon - Sock it to the Judge (1968) I am working on my Lou Christie post-1971 discography. I should do the same with Freddie Cannon and 1966. This is another in a line of attempted get-rich-quick gambits by the record industry attendant to the hottest show on TV at the time, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, which POACA will recall as being touted as hip, subversive counter-culture. In reality, it was just the first of many attempts (this one a successful attempt) to take all the hippies, Yippees (short for Youth International Party), tie-dye, headbands, beads, buttons, face painting, etc., put it in a big blender of old show business bewilderment and fear, and end up with Jefferson Starship, Sammy Davis Jr. in Nehru, and ultimately, Ronald Reagan. This record went nowhere, of course, but I love mawkish trend-following by desperate people. Love. It.  Giles, Giles, and Fripp - One in a Million (1968) In 5 years, Robert Fripp and King Crimson would go from this to "The Talking Drum".  Herman’s Hermits - It’s Alright Now (1967) Howling’ Wolf - Pop It To Me (1969) Bo Diddley - I Don’t Like You (1969) Jack Palance - Hannah (1970)

Shel Silverstein - Boy Named Sue (1969)  Silverstein introduced it to Johnny Cash at what they used to call a "guitar pull," where musicians would pass a guitar around and play their songs. He was the main songwriter for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, and he wrote "The Giving Tree".  Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Ain't No Woman Like The One I Got (1972) From Discogs: Hallway Symphony was the second studio album of the band Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, released in 1972. It was their final album for the Dunhill label. That same year, Tommy Reynolds quit the group to form a band called Shango; different session musicians took his place in their touring and recording before Alan Dennison replaced him permanently a year later (but the band kept their original name of "Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds"). In 1973, the band was dropped from Dunhill due to lack of chart success, but they continued touring and performing live in Las Vegas and various colleges, thanks to the continuing radio play of their huge hit "Don't Pull Your Love." The guys who wrote this also smeared their scent on AM radio thusly: "One Tin Soldier" (1971) The Original Caste, (1973) Coven "Don't Pull Your Love" (1971), Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds "Two Divided by Love" (1971), The Grass Roots "Are You Man Enough" (1973), Four Tops (From Shaft in Africa) "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" (1975), Glen Campbell "It Only Takes a Minute" (1975), Tavares "Nightshift" (1985), Commodores "We Built This City" (1985), Starship Yes, do tell your friends that they recorded "Falling In Love" on Playboy Records, the only #1 for that label.  Peter, Paul, and Mary - And When I Die (1966)    Family Dogg - Arizona (1969) This would be a big solo hit for Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, who I like. The fellow who wrote this, Kenny Young, also wrote "Under The Boardwalk" by The Drifters.  Johnny Madara & the Juvenaires  - Do The Bop (1957) When Danny & the Juniors were still called The Juvenairs. Initially called "Do the Bop", the song was heard by Dick Clark, who suggested they change the band name to the Juniors and the chorus from "Let's all do the Bop" to "Let's go to the Hop". After performing the song on Clark's show American Bandstand, it gained popularity and went to the top of the US charts, remaining at number one for five weeks. Connie Stevens - Keep Growing Strong (Betcha By Golly Wow) (1970) You couldn't watch TV without seeing Connie Stevens in the '70s. It's strange that such a scattershot discography (she recorded mostly in the early '60s) should feature such a great song. In fact, I don't see mention of it at all on her website, which, I'm sure was last updated years ago. Her daughter Joely was on Ellen (the show, not the woman) and keeps plugging away. Like you and me.  Johnny Rivers - By The Time I Get to Phoenix (1965)  Petula Clark - Call Me (1965)  David Martin - Can't Smile Without You (1975) Gator Creek - Danny’s Song (1970) Anne Murray turned this into a hit a few years later. This song was written by the fella that sang "Footloose" and duetted with Stevie Nicks on "Whenever I Call You Friend". Gator Creek included Michael Omartian, who went on to produce Christopher Cross, Whitney Houston, and Michael Bolton. So...thanks?  PJ Proby - Delilah (1967)  Shorty Long - Devil With The Blue Dress On (1964) From that Wikipedia: Long's biggest hit was "Here Comes the Judge" which in July 1968 reached No. 4 on the R&B charts and No. 8 eight on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was inspired by a comic act on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In about a judge by Pigmeat Markham, whose own "Here Comes the Judge" – a similar song with different lyrics – charted three weeks after Long's, also in July 1968, and reached No. 19 on Billboard. Long was the only Motown artist besides Smokey Robinson who was allowed to produce his own recordings in the 1960s. Marvin Gaye, in David Ritz's biography Divided Soul: The Life & Times of Marvin Gaye, described Shorty Long as "this beautiful cat who had two hits, and then got ignored by Motown." Gaye claimed he "fought for guys like Shorty" while at Motown, since no one ever pushed for these artists. When Holland-Dozier-Holland came to Gaye with a tune, he stated, "Why are you going to produce me? Why don't you produce Shorty Long?" On June 29, 1969, Long and a friend drowned when their boat crashed on the Detroit River in Michigan. Stevie Wonder played the harmonica at his burial and placed it on his casket afterward.  Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In inspired many, many records. One by Freddie Cannon. It's shit. Most of them are.  The Greenbriar Boys - Different Drum (1966) Great song? Meh. Rhymes "knock it" with "market".  Larry Williams - Dizzy Miss Lizzy (1958) The Exciters - Doo Wah Diddy (1963) Best known for their hit single, "Tell Him" which reached #4 on the US charts in February 1963. Thelma Houston - Do You Know Where You're Going To (1973)  This was made into a monster hit as "Love Theme From 'Mahogany'" by Diana Ross in 1975. I guess anything can be a "love theme".    These are the lyrics to the version everyone knows:   Once we were standing still in time,Chasing the fantasies that filled our minds.And you knew how I loved you but my spirit was free,Laughing at the questions that you once asked of me..... Now looking back at all we planned,We let so many dreams just slip through our hands.Why must we wait so long before we seeHow sad the answers to those questions can be?   And here are the previous, somewhat inscrutable lyrics sung by Thelma Houston:    Sometimes, while standing still in time,You think you leave the thoughts that filled your minds.Now we've both been to Stoney Brook, just hanging out, We've had a look and seen what nothing's about..... Now, what am I to say to you?What kind of prayer am I to pray for you?I can only do my best and tell ya what I see,And if you see the rest, please send it to me...   The Moments  - We Don't Cry Out Loud (1976)  Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way (1975) This was made into a monster hit by Thelma Houston in 1976. No matter which version you listen to, if that chorus doesn't make you move and smile, I can't help you.  The Raindrops - Hanky Panky (1963) The Raindrops were an American pop studio group from New York, associated with the Brill Building style of 1960s pop. The group existed from 1963 to 1965 and consisted of Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry who were also both famous songwriters.  The Dells - Higher and Higher (1967)  Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - I Heard It Thru The Grapevine (1966)  The Captain and Tennille - I Write The Songs (1975) Helen Shapiro - It’s My Party (1963)  Richard Kerr - I’ll Never Love This Way Again (1978) Richard Kerr is an English composer, who co-wrote "Mandy", "Looks Like We Made It" and "Somewhere in the Night" (all of which became hit singles for Barry Manilow) and "I'll Never Love This Way Again", for Dionne Warwick. Paul Revere and the Raiders - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (1966) Fans consider this the apex of the Revere canon, but I prefer the crazy, desperate intensity of Collage. Still, good, beat-heavy set anchored by "Kicks" and this.    Gene Cotton - Let Your Love Flow (1975)  Neil Sedaka - Love Will Keep Us Together (1973) The original version is pretty good, with some of the electric and unique magic of the Captain and Tennile version that dominated the charts in 1975. I know POACA will not agree, but if you could disassociate the treacly image of these married session players and their TV show, it was an incredible song. And this version was recorded at Strawberry Studios in collaboration with Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, and Eric Stewart, who had formed the band 10cc since their first joint venture with Sedaka on Solitaire. "...in association with 10C.C." Roger Miller - Me and Bobby McGee (1969)  Racey - Kitty (1979)  The Ever-Green Blues - Midnight Confessions (1967) The Brothers Four - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)   

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Today's program is my 9th Annual Summer Music Special. Featured is music from the following artists The Sandals, Pyramids, Chantays, Surfaris, Rivieras, Hondells, Ronnie & The Daytonas, 4 Seasons, Alan Sherman, Stan Getz w Astrud Gilberto, Robin Ward, The Shangri-Las, Drifters, Del Shannon, Danleers, Ruby & The Romantics, Brian Hyland, Everly Brothers, Bobby Vee, Cleftones, Nat King Cole, Freddie Cannon, Bobby Rydell, Billy Stewart, The Jamies, Tymes, Ricky Nelson, Jay & The Americans, Dovells, War, The Rascals, Tommy James & The Shondells, Every Mothers Son, The Association, Buckinghams, Gerry Rafferty, Christopher Cross, Seals & Crofts, Leslie Gore, Los Bravos, Johnny Rivers, Kinks, Lovin' Spoonful, The Cyrkle, Critters, Parliaments, Hues Corporation, Andy Gibbs, Frankie Valli and Blue Cheer.

In the words of Kip Tyler ......"Ooh yeah baby...." It's been awhile, brothers & sisters since the DRR Show has laid down some tracks to assault yer lobes!! We're back with the usual suspect with some new offenders to beat the crap outa ya......Dig the vacumn and tell us what you think........

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night time PODCASTS. In the darkness I heard Freddie Cannon singing "Buzz buzz a diddle it" while Paul Butterfield drew down the moon singing "Come on in"....Joe South was beautifully "Snowed" while hanging out with the Yardbirds in the "Hot House of Omargarashid".....Expelled from the academies for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull, cowering in unshaven rooms in underwear, burning their money in wastebaskets and listening to the Terror through the wall, who got busted in their pubic beards returning through Laredo with a belt of marijuana for New York, who ate fire in paint hotels or drank turpentine in Paradise Alley, death, or purgatoried their torsos night after night with dreams, with drugs, with waking nightmares, alcohol and cock and endless balls......it was the Contours singing "Whole Lotta Woman" and the Blues Project who ate the fire with "No tome like the right time"........Four Sounds sang "Mama Ubangi Bangi" while junkies burned cigarette holes in their arms protesting the narcotic tobacco haze of Capitalism, who distributed Supercommunist pamphlets in Union Square weeping and undressing while the sirens of Los Alamos wailed them down, and wailed down Wall, and the Staten Island ferry also wailed....and Bob Seger told the tale of the "East Side Story".....The Spades, Carl Perkins & Black Keys all broke down crying in white gymnasiums naked and trembling before the machinery of other skeletons, biting detectives in the neck and shrieked with delight in policecars for committing no crime but their own wild cooking pederasty and intoxication, who howled on their knees in the subway and were dragged off the roof waving genitals and manuscripts? Medicine Ball, Trevor Burton and Can......

In the 50s and 60s, there was a thriving music business on both coasts. Major and independent record labels were constantly searching for new artists and new songwriters. It was during this, the most exciting time for the music industry that Bobby Hart came to Hollywood with dreams of being in the music business.His dreams, timing and his remarkable talent led to his being nominated for a Grammy, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. Along with his writing partner, Tommy Boyce, the duo produced over 100 million units sold around the world. The two writers vast list of hits includes songs for The Monkees, Little Anthony, Jay and The Americans, Freddie Cannon, Dean Martin and Paul Revere and The Raiders. They also wrote the "Days Of Our Lives" theme which has been running daily for over forty years.Tune in as John and Bobby discuss Bobby's career which turned out to be a wild ride and a virtual tour through the heyday of the American Record Industry.John Rhys/BluePower.comHere's the music:1)...."Theme From Days Of Our Lives"2)...."Come A Little Bit Closer"....Jay and The Americans3)...."Last Train To Clarksville"....The Monkees4)...."I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"....Boyce and Hart5)...."Pretty Little Angel Eyes"....Curtis Lee6)...."Theme From The Monkees"....The Monkees7)...."Theme From Where The Action Is"....Freddy Cannon8)...."Hurt So Bad"....Little AnthonyClick here to listen to interview with music.Click here to see video of interview sans music.Quicktime player required to view video.___________________________________________________________________If you are an aspiring guitarist....please be sure to check out BluePower's Company Store. We have our first basic guitar lesson now available with more lessons being added soon. Help yourself....and help BluePower as well.