New Year's Rockin' Eve in the Shady 2019: Rock, Roll and Remember Dick Clark & the Teen Dancers on Bandstand!

 I'm Shady Seaweed 

 "America's Oldest Living Toddler" 

 Welcome to the 57th annual 

 New Year's Rockin' Eve 

 in the Shady! 

The wrecking ball in Shady Square is about to drop, signalling the end of
the year 2019. As we look ahead to the coming year, let's view the past
with 2020 hindsight, specifically Dick Clark's long running music program
American Bandstand. Tonight the spotlight is not on the songs or artists
who performed on the show, not even on Dick Clark. Instead I ask that
you focus your attention on the teenagers who danced on Bandstand
over the years. In case you can't spare the time to watch every
video from beginning to end, I provided in bold red letters,

the recommended start point for each video.

 RETURN WITH US NOW 

 TO THE GLORY YEARS OF BANDSTAND. 

Observe the studio dancers of the 60s and 70s,
their body language, clothing styles and hairdos.
Note their attitude, how they conducted
themselves on the program.

 THE SUPREMES 

...the sweetness, the innocence, the pure joy of young America.

I ask you, friend... where did it go?

"The Happening" - The Supremes

(1967 ep. of American Bandstand)

START PLAYING VIDEO

AT 1:41 MARK!

 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 

1967 and the times they are a changin'. There's something in the air,

the revolution's here, and the Bandstand gang is ready to rock!

"Somebody To Love" - Jefferson Airplane

(1967 ep. of American Bandstand)

START PLAYING VIDEO

AT 16 SEC. MARK!

 IRMA THOMAS 

...dreamy old school R&B ballad. In that warm embrace,

time was on their side. It stood still.

"Anyone Who Knows What Love Is" - Irma Thomas

(1964 ep. of American Bandstand)

START PLAYING VIDEO

AT 1:30 MARK!

 THE TURTLES 

...genuine enthusiasm... Back then, being on television, exposed to

a national audience, was a big deal. In today's hi-tech world,

fame is just a click away. It's just not the same.

"She'd Rather Be With Me" The Turtles

(1967 ep. of American Bandstand)

START PLAYING VIDEO

AT 25 SEC. MARK!

 JAN AND DEAN 

On this 1968 episode, the kids danced to an oldie

from five years earlier... and really got into it!

"Surf City" - Jan And Dean

(1968 ep. of American Bandstand)

START PLAYING VIDEO

AT 1:39 MARK!

 THE ASSOCIATION 

The date of this broadcast was October 7, 1967.
Changing times, to be sure, but sweet harmony
and blissful slow dancing were still in style.

"Never My Love" - The Association

(1967 ep. of American Bandstand)

START PLAYING VIDEO

AT 3:30 MARK!

 JOHNNY RIVERS 

1966 - a great year to be young. Please watch this video from 1:16 until at least

the 2 minute mark because the best part comes at 1:56 when a girl seated in

the audience realizes she's on camera and smiles sweetly. That moment

speaks volumes about the way we were. We had it all, my friend,

and somewhere along the line... we lost it.

"Poor Side Of Town" - Johnny Rivers

(1966 ep. of American Bandstand)

START PLAYING VIDEO

AT 1:16 MARK!

Submitted for your approval - exhibits A through G - seven scenes of teenagers
having good clean fun... unbridled joy... fresh faced exuberance. Simply put -
it was great to be young in the 60s! If you ever wondered why Boomers
say they wouldn't trade places with any other generation, the magic
moments on these videos are all the evidence you'll ever need.

 If I could turn back time 

  If I could find a way...  

 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Geator Gold - Vol. 3: Christmas Special... Meet The Supremes and The Temptations!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 GEATOR GOLD 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

MEET THE SUPREMES!

 "Tonight" - The Supremes 

 (June 1956) 

That's right, you just met The Supremes! Fiction and Fact
from the Geator's Almanac: If you're confused by what you
just heard, those were indeed The Supremes, but not the

Motown girl group you were expecting. This Supremes
group was an all male doo-wop act from the Bronx, and
that was their 1956 single, the sweet ballad "Tonight."

Greetings and

sal-u-ta-tions!

I am The Geator with the Heater.

I am The Boss with the Big Hot

Sauce, welcoming all my yon

teenagers to another fantastic

bombastic edition of my show

Geator Gold here on S-P-M-M,

the station that's number-1 for

music and fun. In this special

2019 yearender, you'll meet the

Supremes and you'll also meet

the Temptations but, as you

might have guessed by now,

there are surprises in store.

 Here's another one. Recorded in 1955 or 1956 and previously

unreleased, the song "Zip Boom" aka "Zip-Boom" has been

released on singles, albums and CDs as by those Bronx-

based Supremes,  but music historians insist the record

was made, not by The Supremes, but by a mystery
group. Whoever made the record, it's
New York doo-wop at its best!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

 "Zip-Boom" - The Supremes {misidentified "mystery group"} 

 (1955 or 1956, unreleased) 

That was "Zip-Boom," a monumental

up tempo doo-wop sound credited to
The Supremes but more likely waxed
by a mystery group. Haphazard filing
and labeling practices at Old Town
Records is blamed for the mix-up.

Now there was another little known
Supremes group, this one formed in
Columbus, Ohio, in 1954 and some-
times referred to as The Columbus
Supremes. This all male doo-wop
act released only one record with
"Just For You And I" on the A side

and "Don't Leave Me Here To Cry"
as the killer B. Meet The Supremes!

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

 "Don't Leave Me Here To Cry" - The Supremes 

 (Sept. 1957, B side of "Just For You And I") 

From the fall of 1957, that was another obscure boy group named
The Supremes singing "Don't Leave Me Here To Cry, the fab
flip side of their single "Just For You And I."

If you're just tuning in, this is the one
and only Jerry Blavat, The Geator with
the Heater, and you're listening to a
special edition of Geator Gold - Meet
The Supremes and The Temptations
here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

On Geator Gold, we play 'em from
the heart, not the chart. You already
met The Supremes doo-wop group
from the Bronx, New York, and you

listened to a rusty relic by a mystery

group incorrectly identified as those

New York Supremes. You also met

another doo-wop group of the 50s,

The Supremes from Columbus, Ohio.

Now meet the Motown girl group that

made the name famous, Diana Ross

and The Supremes, but the song they
are going to sing is not one of their own.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

The gals don't even sound like themselves as they cover the first single by

Liverpool's Merseybeat band Gerry And The Pacemakers-- "How Do You Do It!"

 "How Do You Do It" - The Supremes 

 (from Oct. 1964, album A Bit Of Liverpool) 

That was an unusual sound from Diana Ross And The Supremes
as they covered "How Do You Do It," the debut single released
by the English group Gerry And The Pacemakers, a track on
The Supremes' third studio album A Bit Of Liverpool.

MEET THE TEMPTATIONS!

You met The Supremes. Now it's time

for you to meet The Temptations,

in this case a white doo-wop act

based in Flushing, New York.

In the spring of 1960, this

Temptations group made

the top 30 with a cool

song called "Barbara."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

 "Barbara" - The Temptations 

 (Apr./May 1960, highest chart pos. #29 Hot 100/#38 Cash Box) 

Jerry Blavat of The Shady Bunch

manning the mic here on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio. You're listening
to Geator Gold and those were the
doo-wop Temptations with their
claim to fame, the 1960 hit single
"Barbara," not to be confused
with "Barbara-Ann."

The Geator's sending this one out
to all my teen kings and queens in
radio land - the equally bombastic
B side of "Barbara," another
tempting Temptations tune
called-- "Someday."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

 "Someday" - The Temptations 

 (Apr./May 1960, B side of "Barbara") 

From the borough of Queens, New York, The Temptations turning a nifty
double play with dreamy doo-wop classics back-to-back on that 1960 single.

And as all good things must come to an end, so too must today's special

Meet The Supremes and Meet The Temptations edition of Geator Gold.
Thanks a lot for tuning in.

Don't touch that dial, because my pal

Shady Seaweed's up next with his annual

New Year's Rockin' Eve in the Shady show,
and I'll be back in 2020 with more nostalgic
nifties of the 60s and 50s on S-P-M-M...
where all the cool oldies come to play...

START VIDEO NOW!

...like this one by The Temptations group
you know best. It's another seldom heard
gem, but one that'll knock your socks
off the mantle. From the 1970 album Psychedelic Shack, The Temps play
us off and ask the musical question:
"You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)"?
Now this is The Geator with the Heater,
the Boss With the Hot Sauce, saying
keep on rockin', baby... 'cause you
only (woo-HOO) rock once!

 MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

 "You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)" - The Temptations 

 (from Mar. 1970 album Psychedelic Shack) 

Shady Train - Episode 14: Your Pip Parade!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER:

Shady Train...

the hippest trip in America!

60 nonstop minutes across the

tracks of your mind into the

exciting world of Soul!

And now, here's your host...

Don Cornelius!

Hi there! You're right on

time. Welcome aboard

for another raucous ride

to Soulsville, U.S.A.

on the Shady Train.

As always, we've

got you covered

with our exclusive

all killer - no filler

guarantee, so let's roll.

And we are excited to have as our special guests on this edition a family act

from Atlanta, Georgia, four beautiful people who are recognized as one of

the greatest groups in all of Soul. As they join us to do their original

version of the hit song "I Heard It Through The Grapevine,"

let's welcome them warmly-- the very gifted and talented

Gladys Knight and the dancing, swinging, singing Pips!

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" 

- Gladys Knight And The Pips (Nov./Dec. 1967/Jan. 1968,

highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#1 Cash Box/#2 Hot 100)

And it's another family affair on the big

train. Fifteen years have gone by since

this magnificent band of brothers gained

their first hit single with "Shout." They

are still going strong as ever and getting

better with each passing day. As they

join us to do their latest single on the

T-Neck label entitled "That Lady,"

a remake of "Who's That Lady?,"

a song they first recorded nearly

ten years ago in 1964, let's put

some hands togther, gang, for

the mighty-- Isley Brothers!

"That Lady (Part 1)" - The Isley Brothers
(Sept./Oct. 1973, highest chart pos.
#2 R&B/#6 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

And right now let's welcome aboard what,

in my opinion, is fast becoming the most

exciting musical attraction in the business.

As they join us to do their latest single

on the ABC label entitled "Once You

Get Started," How 'bout it, gang,

for-- Chaka Khan and Rufus!

"Once You Get Started"
- Rufus Feat. Chaka Khan

(Mar./Apr. 1975, highest
chart pos. #4 R&B, #6
Cash Box/#10 Hot 100)

And let's welcome a dynamic young man

with a wealth of talent that has brought

him to super stardom in a short period

of time. He is the former lead singer of

The Time, a band that along with Prince, catapulted "The Minneapolis Sound" to mainstream popularity. This is his first

single as a solo artist, a song from the

Warner Bros. album Color of Success.

It's a biggin everybody's diggin'

entitled "The Oak Tree," and

his name is-- Morris Day!

"The Oak Tree" - Morris Day

(Oct. 1985, highest chart pos. #3 R&B,
#65 Hot 100, from 1985 album Color Of Success)

And once again here are our special
guests climbing a mighty mountain
of Soul with their latest single for
Motown entitled "Neither One
of Us (Wants to Be The First
To Say Goodbye)." Give it up

one more time, gang, for--
Gladys Knight & The Pips!

"Neither One Of Us" 

Gladys Knight And The Pips

(Mar./Apr. 1975, highest

chart pos. #1 R&B/#1

Cash Box/#2 Hot 100)

And look out now, don't hurt yourself.

It's the Shady Train gang, the Shady

Train line, comin' down the pike to
a sound you'll like. There's a right
way, a wrong way, your way, my
way and the highway, and this
is One Way with--  "I Didn't

Mean To Break Your Heart!"

"I Didn't Mean To Break
Your Heart" - One Way
(Mar. 1981, B side
of "My Lady")

And this funky soul man from Houston,
Texas, has been making records since
the early 60s. As he joins us to do his
latest single on 20th Century, a tough
tune that's catching fire in the UK as
well as the U.S. entitled "Don't Push It

Don't Force It"... let's make some big

noise, gang, for Mr.-- Leon Haywood!

"Don't Push It Don't Force It" -
Leon Haywood (Apr./May 1980,

highest chart position #2 R&B,

#12 UK/#49 Hot 100/#60 C-Box)

And if that didn't get it, it can't be

gotten. You come on back and jam
with us again next time, and you
can bet your last money it's all
gonna be a stone gas, honey.
I'm Don Cornelius, and as

always in parting, we wish

you love... peace... and soul!

That Was Then - This Is Now, Volume 4: The Jarring Juxtaposition of Female Vocalists Past and Present!

 You've come a long way, baby... 

 and these jarring juxtapositions 

 offer indisputable proof! 

Welcome to Vol. 4 of my series

Jarring Juxtapositions:

That Was Then -

This Is Now!

It is not my intention to pass judgement. (That's your job. :) This series
merely invites you to compare apples and oranges. Hard as it might
be for you to believe, I enjoy all of the female recording artists
you are about to see and hear. Join me on this jarring journey
back and forth through time as we compare the look,
the sound and the attitude of female singers

then... and now!

THAT WAS THEN

JANET LENNON

No one represents the innocence of the

1950s more than Janet Lennon of the

singing Lennon Sisters, regulars for

many years on The Lawrence Welk

Show. In June, 1958, on the eve of

her 12th birthday, Janet appeared

solo on the program and sang a

song that's wholesome as mother's

milk. Watch and listen as America's

sweet -"tart"... "Lil' Janet"... treats

us to a slice of-- "Huckleberry Pie."
Take me back!

"Huckleberry Pie" - Janet Lennon

(perf. on June, 1958, ep. of

The Lawrence Welk Show)

PLEASE ADJUST LOUDNESS

THIS IS NOW

 JORDYN JONES 

I promised jarring juxtapositions, and this has to be

one of the most shocking of the series as we switch

from young Janet Lennon to young Jordyn Jones.

The pint size hip hop rapper will twerk her way

into your heart with a cover of "BANJI," a 2013

single by Sharaya J executive produced by rap

star Missy Elliott. "BANJI" is an acronym for

“Be Authentic Never Jeopardize Individuality.”

Call me an old fuddy-duddy, but seems to me

Jordyn and her posse jeopardize the principles

of decency and decorum for girls their age.

It's a different world, my friend!

"BANJI" - Sharaya J cover by Jordyn Jones
(April/May 2014)

THAT WAS THEN

PATSY CLINE

From the late 50s until her untimely

death in a plane crash in 1963,

country singer Patsy Cline was

one of the most popular artists

of The Nashville Sound. My

mother loved Patsy Cline.

"Walkin' After Midnight,"

Patsy's first major hit, was

mom's favorite. In this vintage

clip Patsy, accompanied by her

producer Owen Bradley on piano,

performs on Top of the Morning,

a TV show that originated from
the studios of WSM in Nashville.
Take me back!

"Walkin' After Midnight" - Patsy Cline

(Mar. thru May 1957, highest chart pos. #2 Country/#12 Hot 100,

live perf. on Top of the Morning, WSM-TV studio, Nashville)

THIS IS NOW

 BUTCHER BABIES 

Mama said nothing good ever happens after midnight and, in this day and
age,  it's risky to go walkin' after midnight unless you happen to be Mr. T.
After all, you don't want to encounter "Mr. Slowdeath." You'll be happy
to know that our good friends Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey, the
dynamic duo better known as Butcher Babies, are back with an
uplifting song about sticking a needle in your arm to kill the
pain and winding up face down in a street paved with gold.
Steel toes crush dreams, and Butcher Babies crush
this song from their 2011 self-released EP.

"Mr. Slowdeath" - Butcher Babies

(Jan. 2012 single from 2011 EP Butcher Babies)

SONG BEGINS AT 1:18

THAT WAS THEN

MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Now let's shift gears again and enjoy English singer, songwriter
and actress Marianne Faithfull performing a song written by
U.S. folk and blues singer/songwriter and political activist

Malvina Reynolds. Reynolds' most famous song, "Little
Boxes," was a 1962 hit for Pete Seeger and in the new
millennium was used as the theme song for the TV
series Weeds. My featured Reynolds composition,
"What Have They Done To the Rain," was
written as part of a campaign to halt

nuclear testing in the atmosphere,
a practice that was producing

fall-out.
Take me back!

"What Have They Done To the Rain" - Marianne Faithfull
(from May 1965 album Marianne Faithfull)

THIS IS NOW

 IN THIS MOMENT 

The rain keeps falling and the blood keeps spilling. Here, in startling contrast

to the purity of Marianne Faithfull's vocal performance, is metal scream queen

Maria Brink and her band of beasts, In This Moment, to clobber you with their

usual assortment of disturbing sounds and images. It's the official video
for "Blood," the lead single from their 4th album of the same name. 

Electronica elements introduced on
the single and album ushered in a
fresh new sound for the band. Co-
written by bandmates Maria Brink
and Chris Howorth along with
producer Kevin Churko, "Blood"
was the first ITM single to chart on Billboard, reaching #9 on
both the Mainstream Rock and
  Active Rock charts. Hold onto
your hat. When this valley girl
cranks it up and explodes, the
utter fury of her heavy metal
assault will rock your world!

"Blood" - In This Moment 

(June thru Aug. 2012, highest chart pos. # 9 Mainstream Rock,
#9 Active Rock, from June 2012 album Blood)

Can you take me back
 where I came from

Can you take me back
Brother can you take me back?

Have a Shady day!

Stuck Like Glue On Shady Blue - Vol. 3 The $64,000 Question: Who Put the Bomp?

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 STUCK LIKE GLUE 

 on SHADY BLUE 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY SECOND VIDEO

AT 9 SEC. MARK OF FIRST VIDEO!

"Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" - Barry Mann

(Sept. 1961, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Hey, old school's the rule...
and you're stuck like glue on Shady Blue!

How are ya doing, this morning?
You're tuned to the greatest little
station in the nation, S-P-M-M,
home of The Shady Bunch.
Kicking off the show you heard
songwriter Barry Mann singing
his one and only top 10 hit as a

solo recording artist, "Who Put
The Bomp," a ditty he co-wrote
with Gerry Goffin. Background
vocals on that record were done
by the Bronx doo-wop group
The Halos.

The El Dorados, a doo-wop group from Chicago, are best known
for their chart-topping R&B hit "At My Front Door" released in
August 1955. Wouldn't you know it, mild-mannered pop crooner
Pat Boone waxed a cover of the song and had his vanilla version
on the radio and in record shops a couple of weeks later!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Shady Blue always gives credit where its due. The Patster's
whitewashed, sanitized cover is so bad... it's great. Go Pat, go!

"At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)" - Pat Boone

(Nov./Dec. 1955, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100/#8 Cash Box)

That was Mr. Clean, Pat Boone, doing a decent job of covering

"At My Front Door," originally recorded by the El Dorados.

Shady Blue keeping you company on
S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio, and now
 here's a song written by Bert Berns,
the influential songwriter and producer

who founded two of the coolest record

labels of the 1960s - Bang and Shout.

"Tell Her" was first recorded in the
spring of '62 by Johnny Thunder.
His platter failed to chart. By
the end of the year the song
was famous thanks to a
cover with a slightly

different title waxed
by the R&B group
The Exciters.

START VIDEO NOW!

Check it out... a record that made Billboard's list of The 100
Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. The Exciters-- "Tell Him!"

"Tell Him" - The Exciters

(Dec. 1962/Jan. 1963, highest chart pos.

#4 Hot 100/#5 Cash Box/#5 R&B)

"Tell Him," a top 5 hit by The Exciters, featuring Brenda Reid, a little lady

with powerful pipes, a "girl group" that included her husband Herb Rooney.

If you're just tuning in, you're Stuck Like

Glue on Shady Blue and this is S-P-M-M,

where we go hunting for great sounds of

the past and bring 'em back alive. In the

early to mid 60s, this next young lady's

voice was heard singing soda pop

jingles as "The Pepsi Girl." Billed

as "The Voice of the Sixties" she

made records with Edd "Kookie"

Byrnes of 77 Sunset Strip, waxed

solo singles and albums and

acted on TV and in movies.

START VIDEO NOW!

As a recording artist she worked with some of the best songwriters,

arrangers and producers in the business. Nevertheless, she is remembered

as a one-hit-wonder for the girl pop single now spinning on my turntable.

Her name is Joanie Sommers and this her claim to fame-- "Johnny Get Angry!"

"Johnny Get Angry" - Joanie Sommers

(June/July 1962, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100/#11 Cash Box)

That was Joanie Sommers with her signature song "Johnnie Get Angry,"
a top 10 memory maker from the summer of '62. Joanie got angry
because that teen romance ditty was her only hit.

Here's an actress & singer who made a much

bigger name for herself. Debbie Reynolds was

a popular leading lady of the 50s in musicals

and comedies, the one time wife of singer

Eddie Fisher and the mother of Carrie

Fisher - "Princess Leia" in Star Wars.

START VIDEO NOW!

In 1957 Debbie starred in the movie
Tammy and the Bachelor and waxed
the theme song. The sweet ballad
rode the pop chart for more than
half a year and spent seven weeks
at #1. Here now is the late, great

Debbie Reynolds and-- "Tammy!"

"Tammy" - Debbie Reynolds

(Aug./Sept. 1957, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

from June 1957 film Tammy and the Bachelor)

Debbie Reynolds with the theme from Tammy
and the Bachelor, the first of four Tammy movies.

In the 1950s our next featured artist

was one of the most eligible bachelors

in Hollywood, a regular teenage idol.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

It's Ricky Nelson with one of his

biggest and best, a song penned by

Gene Pitney. Ricky sings-- "Hello

Mary Lou (goodbye heart)."

"Hello Mary Lou" - Ricky Nelson

(May/June 1961, highest chart pos. #9 Hot 100
& Cash Box, B side of "Travelin' Man")

Ricky Nelson there with "Hello Mary Lou," the fab
flip side of his #1 smash hit "Travelin' Man."

Hey, I'm all outta time. Thank you
very much for joining me. I hope
by now you're stuck like glue on
me - Shady Blue. Stick around
for my good buddy Jerry Blavat,

"The Geator with The Heater,"
coming up on the flipside of
news right here on S-P-M-M,
the station that's #1 for
music and fun.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

To play us off, here's Elvis singing a great ballad, his top 3

charting hit "Can't Help Falling In Love," in a scene

from the film Blue Hawaii. Aloha!

"Can't Help Falling In Love" - Elvis Presley

(Dec. 1961/Jan. 1962, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100,
#4 Cash Box, from Nov. 1961 film Blue Hawaii)