Retrosonic Radio Roulette, Vol. 2: So Good Together - Brown Sugar with a Dash of Spice!

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"Enter Sandman" Metallica cover by Broken Peach

October 2025, from The Halloween Special

10th anniversary album)  

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"Mission Bell" - Donnie Brooks

(Aug./Sept. 1960, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100/#13 Cash Box,

performance on Feb. 20, 1965, ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go)

Kicking-off the show, Dallas pop singer Donnie Brooks

performing "Mission Bell," his signature song and top 10 hit

from the summer of 1960. Donnie was flanked by the gyrating

Gazzarri Dancers in a 1965 appearance on Hollywood A Go-Go. 

  Incidentally, the backing vocals on Donnie's disc were laid down by

The Blossoms, the LA-based girl group that included Darlene Love.

As session singers for Phil Spector productions, The Blossoms

sang background on many of the biggest hits of the 60s. 

Before that, at the very top of the show, setting a dark mood and getting us

into the spirit of Halloween, Broken Peach, the sizzing Spanish sextet

that is attracting worldwide fame with sensational covers such as

that one, the heavy metal classic "Enter Sandman" by Metallica.

Hi again!  As you recall, I'm Loris Webb, an 80-year old granny

transformed overnight into a bloomin' college age hottie after

ingesting the fruit of a mysterious vine in my back yard.

The magic happens on the Australian sci-fi streamer

Bloom, hence the name of my SPMM series 

Loris in Bloom

a radio show that features great songs from my original

youth way back in the 1950s and early 60s.

Welcome to another exciting edition of

 RETROSONIC  RADIO 
 ROULETTE 

a series featuring a random group of Shady Bunch celebrities

offering a mixed bag - jarring juxtapositions galore - a variety

of musical styles with something to suit practically any taste.

To introduce the next song, here's another A-list presenter,

the one and only Geraldo Rivera!

Hi, everyone!  I am excited to play Show & Tell with you again

as I present a sample from my exclusive Shady's Place series

 It's My Vault... 

 and That's Vinyl! 

Moments ago, I returned to the earth's surface completing

another round trip to my secret vault deep underground. 

Brushing aside the cobwebs, I discovered some

long lost relics and brought them back up with me.

First, I recovered this vintage photo of the famous

Landers Sisters - Audrey and Judy.  

In the 1970s, the Landers sibs rose to fame as models and actresses.

Between them, they appeared in dozens of TV series and films

throughout the 80s. The sisters also posed together in the

January, 1983, issue of Playboy magazine.

Next, I unearthed two dazzling Audrey Landers poses.

Picture published in the Greek magazine Fantazio

Beginning in the early 1980s, Audrey had the supporting role

of Afton Cooper in 86 episodes of the hit TV series Dallas

and the 1996 TV movie Dallas: J.R. Returns.

These images of Audrey remind us of the subtle, understated

sex appeal that was typical of female celebs of yesteryear.

And here's another pic I found buried in the vault, a head shot of Audrey.

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Last but certainly not least, I found this ultra rare video of Audrey singing a song

released as a single from her 1990 album Love Me Tender. Here now is the

lovely and vivacious Audrey Landers with-- "Shadows Of Love!"

"Shadows Of Love" - Audrey Landers

(single from 1990 album Love Me Tender)

I'm Nia Nal, code name Dreamer, on the DC Comics TV series Supergirl.

As you recall, I'm the first transgender superhero on television.

Now a member of

The Shady Bunch

DJ team...  I'm

Nomi Marks'

Co-Hostess with

The Mostest on

the S-P-M-M

radio show

 TRANSITIVE  VERVE! 

... a celebration of diversity in people and in music.

You've met this amazing vocalist before,

and I am pleased to welcome her back

to Shady's Place to sing another cover.

 It's Annalise Mahanes and her group

IMY2 ("I Miss You, Too"). This time,

the trio tackles a true Dreamer ditty

that some call the perfect pop song,

a single that was an international

chart-topper for Katy Perry in 2010.

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Here are Annalise and IMY2 nailing their version of-- "Teenage Dream!"

"Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry cover by IMY2 (January 2024)

Hi everyone! I'm June Colburn, a wholesome, trusting girl from Indiana

who found herself in New York City desperately seeking a job.

I love the smell of bus fumes in the morning.

 I was also desperately seeking Susan a roommate, that is until I met

Chloe, the B---- in Apartment 23, and agreed to move in with her.

SPOILER ALERT: This wasn't my key to happiness. 

Long story short, Chloe's the roommate from hell, a very bad

influence, and we're the new Odd Couple as stars of the sitcom:

Tapped by Shady Del Knight to join the Shady Bunch deejay team,

Chloe and I host a show on SPMM Retro Radio called, quite rightly...

  Don't Trust Chloe... 

 the B---- in Apt. 23. 

On our radio show, bad girl Chloe plays sexy pop and hard rock,

while I play soft rock and easy listening hits like this one by Canadian

singer/songwriter Andy Kim.  Unlike Chloe and me, the guy and gal

in Andy's song are-- "So Good Together!"

"So Good Together" - Andy Kim

(Oct./Nov. 1969, highest chart pos. #20 Cash Box,

#36 Hot 100/#15 Canada)

I'm Annie Taylor, star of WPC 56 (WPC = Woman Police Constable),

a British police TV series set in the mid 1950s. I am also one of the

tough as nails copper women who host the Shady's Place series

 BRITISH BRITISH SWAG  

On our show, we play songs by UK acts that have a reputation for

packing a punch, like the rough and rowdy blokes I'm about to introduce. 

I've got a rare clip of The Rolling Stones appearing live on Top Of The Pops. 

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Here are Mick Jagger and his merry mates performing their

smash hit from the 1971 Sticky Fingers album-- "Brown Sugar!"

"Brown Sugar" - The Rolling Stones

(perf. on Apr. 15, 1971, ep. of Top Of The Pops)

Hola!  I'm Carmen Lopez, a member of the

 All American Girls 

deejay squad here at Shady's Place.

You know me as the daughter of the Lopez family

on the hit TV sitcom The George Lopez Show.

Earlier, Geraldo Rivera introduced Dallas star Audrey Landers.

Geraldo reminded us that Audrey, an actress and model...

also had a successful career as a singer and recording artist. 

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 She was especially popular in other countries, with single and album

releases across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Here again is the zesty Audrey Landers singing "Playa Blanca" -

English translation "White Beach" - a 1984 single from

her 1983 album Little River.

"Playa Blanca" ("White Beach") - Audrey Landers

(1984 live perf. of single from 1983 album Little River) 

I'm Michelle (no last name) from the 2020 horror film The Rental and one of the 

 SCREAM QUEENS... 

on SPMM Retrosonic Radio.

Think I look like Trudy Campbell from Mad Men?  I get that a lot.

Think I look like Annie Edison from Community?  I get that a lot.

So... me and my boo and another couple rent a vacation home in the boonies.

I waste no time getting wasted and letting it all hang out... 

puttin' on my my my my boogie shoes and shakin' a tail feather...

and making sure to lean way over whenever I'm near

the creepy handyman who lives on the property.

Anybody wanna take a tramp in the woods?

(BA-DUM-BUMP) 

Before long, we all become victims of a phantom slasher. How's that

for an innovative plot device?  One by one, the killer separates the

sheep from the herd and slaughters them. The musical question

he keeps asking is-- "How Do I Get You Alone?"

"Alone" - Heart cover by The Band Geeks

with Matt Beck Feat. Ann Marie Nacchio

(December 2022)

Hello to you!  I am Berry Lucky, a proud member of the Shady Bunch...

 and one of the Chinese-Korean cover girls from

YA romance novels that host the SPMM radio show

 Yum Yum Dynasty: 

 A Taste of 

 Bubblegum Pop  

On the 10th of September this year, the music world lost a great

singer and songwriter when Bobby Hart died at the age of 86. 

 Together with his partner Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart wrote some

of the biggest hits for The Monkees, including the theme from their

TV series The Monkees, "Last Train To Clarksville," "I'm Not

Your Steppin' Stone,""I Wanna Be Free," "She," "Words"

and the song I am about to play for you. 

In remembering Bobby Hart on Instagram, Micky Dolenz, the last

surviving member of The Monkees, pointed out that Hart "not only

made a vital contribution to the popular success of the Monkees,

but even more importantly to the essence, the very spirit of the

entire venture. His talent, charisma, good humor and calmness

in the face of what at times was nothing less than a maniacal

roller coaster ride often brought a sense of peace that

heartened everyone around him. He was the

stillness that is the eye of the hurricane." 

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Here's one of the Monkees' hits penned by Boyce & Hart, a catchy

song that topped the chart in the U.S. and Canada-- "Valleri."

"Valleri" - The Monkees

(Mar./Apr. 1968, highest chart pos.

#1 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100/#1 Canada)

Now, please give a warm welcome (before he snaps

and does something rash) to this jolly joker.

                                          

He's Twisty, the killer clown from American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Twisty is a dis-member of The Shady Bunch deejay team and host of

 TWISTY  THE  NIGHT  AWAY 

Men Are from Mars.

Women Are from Venus.

Twisty's from Jupiter. 

Freak Show is set in Jupiter, Florida, in 1952. For that reason, Twisty's

play list here on SPMM Retrosonic Radio contains favorites from the 50s

and early 60s. Twisty has earned the nickname "The Silent DJ" because

he doesn't speak. There are no intros to the songs he plays.

He simply stares, smiles, then goes ape and butchers you.

(Nothing personal... just killer clown business). 

Everybody loathes a clown... so why don't you?

Listen now as Twisty plays one of his favorites, a top 40 single

that chased Freddie & The Dreamers' dance craze record

"Do The Freddie" up the chart in the spring of 1965.

Chubby Checker sings "Let's Do The Freddie (Kruger)!" 

"Let's Do The Freddie (Kruger)" - Chubby Checker

(Apr./May 1965, highest chart pos. #40 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

I'm Penelope Guerrero from The Purge, the anthology action horror

TV series based on the fright flick franchise of the same name.

As you might remember, I team up with other stars of The Purge

for a DJ gig hosting our own Shady's Place radio series called 

Purge Party

We call ourselves the Purge Party Platter Patrol because we're on

a mission to stamp out (purge) boring elevator music in our lifetime. 

To close the show and sing us off, here's Miami born pop singer/songwriter

Maria Vidal on Top Of The Pops doing her biggest hit and claim to fame,

"Body Rock," a 1984 single that brushed the top 10 in the UK. 

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Now for all of us here at Retrosonic Radio Roulette, this is Penelope Guerrero

saying goodbye and reminding you to crank it up loud. It's the only way

to purge the dirge and bust the blues. ¡Adiós amigos y amigas!

"Body Rock" - Maria Vidal

(Sept./Oct 1984, highest chart pos. #43 Cash Box/#48 Hot 100,

#11 UK/#26 Australia, Sept. 12, 1985, perf. on Top Of The Pops)

Stick around. The next exciting edition of

 RETROSONIC  RADIO 
 ROULETTE 

is coming soon. Don't miss it!  

Berry Lucky