Shady's Place: July 2020

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - Vol. 3: Walk On By...
Don't Stop, Sniff and Yank on the Doggone Leash!

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

TOTO'S TOP TUNES

T I M E T U N N E L

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

COLD SHOW OPEN:

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

"Just Like Me" - Paul Revere And The Raiders

(Jan./Feb. 1966, highest chart pos. #11 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box)

"THE DITTIES ARE COMING!"

That there was Paul Revere and his band of Raiders featuring
Mark Lindsay on lead vocal, kicking off our midnight ride with
"Just Like Me," a single that brushed the top 10 in the
early weeks of 1966 and began a string of classic
garage rock hits by the group.

Hi there! I'm your host, Toto Moto,
Shady's dog, the Shady's Place
blog mascot, Chief Petting Officer
and Shady Bunch deejay. They call
me the All Night Satellite, the Hound
of Sound and the Hi-Fi Fido. Shucks,
I don't care what they call me as long
as they don't call me late for chow.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)
Welcome to another 7-in-a-row
midnight block party here on
S-P-M-M, the station that's
number one for music and fun.
I'm starting from scratch...
and I aim to fleas.

Here's a riddle: What has four legs and chases cats?
Mrs. Katz and her lawyer! (BA-DUM-BUMP)

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

I know I'm a corn dog, but it's alright, and that just happens to be the
title of my next song. In 1966 this one reached the top 30 on the pop
chart and the top 5 R&B. J.J. Jackson zings-- "But It's Alright!"

"But It's Alright" - J.J. Jackson

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos.

#4 R&B/#22 Hot 100/#26 Cash Box)

You done me wrong, girl... left me
all alone with my achy breaky heart,
"But It's Alright," sings Brooklyn soul
man J.J. Jackson, a record that was
hot on the charts in the fall of 1966.

This is everybody's favorite mutt, your rover

of the radio - Toto Moto - and I want you to

lend me your ears. Lend me your eyes, too,
because my show is simulcast on YouTube.
We're traveling thru my Top Tunes Time
Tunnel back to the swingin' 60s here on
S-P-M-M, the number one station for
a rock and roll nation. This 7-song
non-stop commercial free cruise
is just getting started!

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

From 60s R&B soul we switch to country pop and the smooth
sound of Billy Joe Royal's sig song "Down In The Boondocks."
In this vintage clip, Billy Joe is flanked by The Gazzarri
Dancers on Hollywood A Go-Go!

"Down In The Boondocks" - Billy Joe Royal

(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #6 Cash Box/#9 Hot 100)

From the archives of Hollywood A Go-Go, that was Billy Joe Royal

doing his biggest hit, "Down In The Boondocks," a top 10 record

in the summer of 1965. "Boonies" was written by Joe South and

samples the Gene Pitney hit "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa."

If you're just tuning in, I'm Toto Moto,

your Rocker Spaniel, keeping you

company on the radio all night

long here on the greatest little

station in the nation, S-P-M-M.

Folks, this next one has me scratching
my head (and other body parts). Dionne
Warwick emerged as one of the biggest
stars of the 60s waxing the songs of
Burt Bacharach and Hal David. You
are about to hear one of their greatest.
It's among Dionne's best known hits,
ranked #70 on Rolling Stone's list of
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,
yet, at the time of its release, the
single failed to reach the top 5
on the pop and R&B charts.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Check out this vintage clip in which Dionne decides to
casually "Walk On By" rows of mysterious men in suits.

"Walk On By' - Dionne Warwick

(May/June 1964, highest chart pos.

#6 Hot 100 & Cash Box & R&B)

That was sultry soul siren Dionne Warwick brushing the top 5
in the spring of 1964 with "Walk On By," and this is your
All Night Satellite Toto Moto digging up gold (and a
few old bones) on S-P-M-M... Retrosonic Radio
in Futuresonic Stereo Surround.

I've got more great tunes in my Time Tunnel

than you can shake a stick at, enough to last

you through the dogs days of summer.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Now let's hear the West Coast folk-rock
sound of The Byrds with a Bob Dylan
song that ignited the mid 60s folk-rock
boom. Spinning on my turntable even
as I bark is the band's first single,
number one in the summer of
'65-- "Mr. Tambourine Man."

""Mr. Tambourine Man" - the Byrds

(June/July 1965, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Those Byrds are the bees knees, and you're sweatin' to the oldies
with me, your K-9 compadre, Toto Moto, right here on

S-P-M-M, the station that's #1 for music and fun.

From Oklahoma they came - Five Americans,

count 'em - one, two, three, four five. In 1967

the band released their biggest hit. Inspiration

for the ditty came when the lead guitarist was

goofing around and produced a unique sound

that reminded the other guys of a telegraph key.

START VIDEO NOW!

By now I'm sure you know the famous
song I'm talking about - "Hot Diggity
(Dog Ziggity Boom)" - uh... no...
pardon me, folks, I accidentally
skipped ahead to my next show.
Here are The Five Americans
and-- "Western Union!"

"Western Union" - The Five Americans

(Mar./Apr. 1967, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box)

"Western Union" by the Five Americans, not to be confused with
"Hey, Western Union Man" by Jerry Butler or the traditional
Christmas hymn "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."
(BA-DUM-BUMP)

Hey, the sun's comin' up and I gotta run.
(I also need to find the nearest fire hydrant
pronto!) Thanks for staying awake with me

all night long. Stay tuned on the B side of
news for the debut of another brand new
show here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
It's called Libbin' It Up With The Good Girls
and stars those sweet thangs, my new best
bud-ettes Cindy, Patti & Jane, and I'll be
back soon to take you on another hip
musical trip to the Swingin' Sixties.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - the paws that refreshes. Accept no substitutes.
Now this is your puppy pal, your Pooch with the Hooch, Toto Moto, saying
so long and leaving you in the capable hands of Every Mother's Son as
they sing their 1967 top 5 hit "Come On Down To My Boat." What's
my favorite part of a boat, you ask? The poop deck, of course.
(BA-DUM-BUMP) Goodbye everybody!

"Come On Down To My Boat" - Every Mother's Son

(June/July 1967, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100)

Monday, July 20, 2020

The Dirty Dozen Meets the Shady Bunch Half Dozen!

I'm Maj. John Reisman,

leader of a ragtag band of misfits I call
The Dirty Dozen - the most twisted,

anti-social bunch of psychopathic
deformities you'll ever run into!
I've got one religious maniac,
one malignant dwarf, two

near-idiots... and the rest
I don't even wanna think
about! That being said,
I can't think of a better
way to fight a war.

I'm here to tell you

about a different dozen.

Today Shady Del Knight is celebrating
a "dirty dozen" years of blogging.

For the first 10 years Shady was host
of Shady Dell Music & Memories.

Believe it or not, his "new" blog, Shady’s Place,

is now two years old...and crying for its binky.

To mark this special occasion, I decided to treat my men to a
little party, and I invited a few members of The Shady Bunch
deejay battalion over to play some tunes. Just a minute.

Got something to say, Franko?

Speak up so the whole class can hear what's on your mind.

I said I don't have to dance.

I know the rules.

Condemned men

don't have to dance.

And there's nothing you can do about it, mister.

Easy, Franko, don't get your knickers in a

twist, and don't jump the gun. This isn't

a done deal. First we need to make sure

these Shady Bunch deejays are willing

to re-up for another stint here on SPMM.

If they agree to come back for another

year, they'll be worked to death, and

there's not a beating they won't take.
I see they've all raised their hands.
In that case, Sgt. Bowren, will you
do the honors and proceed with
the roll call and sentencing?

THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

WILL BE

CARRIED OUT

FORTHWITH!

BLUE, SHADY:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

30 years? I can do that time in my sleep! Hello everyone!
I’m happy to be returning for another year behind the microphone
hosting my S-P-M-M radio show Stuck Like Glue on Shady Blue.

As I have been doing since the summer of 2018, I'll be playing
great sounds of the pre-Beatles years, the 50s and early 60s,
and paying tribute to my favorite artist Elvis Presley.

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Here's Elvis the Pelvis now along with Walter Matthau and
Carolyn (Morticia Addams) Jones in a nightclub scene
from the 1958 movie King Creole. The swagger
meter is pegged as Elvis sings-- "Trouble!"

"Trouble" - Elvis Presley (scene from July 1959 film King Creole)

Stick around, I'll be back
soon with more great
sounds of yesteryear
guaranteed to keep
you Stuck Like Glue
on me... Shady Blue!

BLACK, HEPCAT:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hi, ya'll! I’m Hepcat Black, a cool cool kitty who’s definitely
not from New York City. I’m glad to be back and that's a fact, Jack.
I just pulled up in my Pink Cadillac to spin a cool tune for ya.

The singing sweethearts I'm about to introduce are the cat's meow.
They look like the Butcher Babies and sound like Nancy Sinatra.
They're The Devil's Daughters, an Americana Rockabilly band
from Phoenix, Arizona - zingers Mysti Moon and Lisa Mortensen.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Take a goosey gander at the gals and I think you'll agree they look more like
the daughters of vintage pin-up model Bettie Page than the spawn of Satan.
Here's an original song they wrote with their producer, veteran guitarist
Danny B. Harvey, the barn burner "Pass That Bottle." In the video the
Double Ds are backed by "three badass boys of Rockabilly" - Leeroy
Nelson, Shorty Kruetz and Tommy Collins. Swinging to the beat
are members of the Arizona Lindy Hop Society!

"Pass That Bottle" - The Devil's Daughters

(May 2012)

Well, it's time for this
Hepcat to scat. Stay

tuned for more episodes

of Hepcat Black & His
Pink Cadillac...
coming soon rat-cheer
on S-P-M-M Radio!

WORRELL, ERNEST P. :
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Thanks a bunch for signing me up for a 30 year DJ gig, sarge.
Beats pumpin' gas at the Esso station or baggin' groceries
down at the Piggly Wiggly. Hey sarge, ain't none of
my beeswax, but you got a little somethin' stuck
between your two front teeth. Gotta look your
best for the ladyfolk, know what I mean, Vern?

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

No doubt Hepcat Black's a cool kitty, and the tune I'm about to play was a

top 10 hit for the Stray Cats rockabilly band in '82. Fast forward to present

day and dig this super-duper cover by the Romanian duo of Beatrice Florea

and Andrei Cerbu. They're gonna-- "Rock This Town!"

"Rock This Town" - Stray Cats cover by

Beatrice Florea & Andrei Cerbu (June 2020)

I'm gonna scoot and skedaddle
on outta here, but I’ll be back
real soon with more spiffy songs
straight from the Heartland, so
keep checkin' your listings for
my show Ernest P. Worrell's
Rock-A-Billygoat exclusively
here on S-P-M-M Radio...
the station with personality,
know what I mean, Vern?

GREEN, SHADY:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hi, gang! It's your pal on the radio Shady Green, The Dean of Keen.

That's right, I've decided to hang around for another year so that I can

bring you the sounds of the rockin' psychedelic 60s on S-P-M-M Radio.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

My Wayback Machine is warmed up and waiting to blast
you to the past with memory makers like this one
from Paul Revere And The Raiders-- "Kicks!"

"Kicks" - Paul Revere And The Raiders

(Apr./May 1966, highest chart pos. #1 Canada,
#3 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100)

I'm Shady Green saying
goodbye for now and
inviting you to join me
on my next trip Way-back
to the Swinging Sixties
on S-P-M-M... where
we go hunting for the
great songs of the past
and bring 'em back alive!

GRIFFIN, BRIAN:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hello, folks! Some people call me a "dawg" because I like all kinds

of women... Lois, in particular... but I also love all kinds of music.

That's why I am pleased as punch to return for another year

(or even 30) as host of Eclectic Avenue, the show that's like
a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

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Shucks, every once in a while, just for the fun of it, I might even
take the stage, strike up the band and sing a little song for you.

"Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley cover by Brian Griffin

scene from ep. of Family Guy)

Now that you've been

rick-rolled, it's time for me

to dash. This is your cool,

casual canine companion

Brian Griffin saying so long

for now. I'll be back soon

with the best mix of

music on the next edition

of Eclectic Avenue

right here on S-P-M-M.

DELLETTE, DEBBIE:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as The Hostess with the Mostest
on Top Hit Club of America)

Hi, guys! Who would have thought that a frat rock
and Beach Music group from South Carolina would
be hot at the Shady Dell in soul mecca York, PA?
It happened, not once, but twice, in 1966 when
The Swingin' Medallions gained Dell immortality
first with "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)"
and then with the follow-up single I'm about to
play entitled "She Drives Me Out Of My Mind."
Both Medallions hits were released on the sound-
track of Mondo Daytona, a 1968 psychotronic
music documentary film shot on Daytona Beach
and first released in Bradenton, Florida. Singer
Billy Joe Royal narrated the film and music acts
Grand Funk Railroad and The Tams appeared
along with The Swingin' Medallions.

START VIDEO NOW!

Here are The Swingin' Medallions surrounded by a group of Spring Break
beach bunnies in a scene from Mondo Daytona aka Get Down Grand Funk
aka Weekend Rebellion, doing their follow-up to "Double Shot"--
"She Drives Me Out Of My Mind!"

"She Drives Me Out of My Mind" - The Swingin' Medallions
(Aug. 1966, highest chart pos. #68 Cash Box/#71 Hot 100)

Thanks so much for joining today's

celebration marking a dozen years

of blogging for Shady Del Knight

and the two year anniversary of

Shady’s Place! I'll see you in

2021 at the next meeting of

the Top Hits Club of America,

Shady Dell Chapter, right

here at Shady's Place!

Very pretty, Colonel, very pretty...

...but, can they fight?

Looks like you changed your tune, Franko...

I saw you swingin' with the Medallions.

So it's final. They’re all coming back for another year - The Shady Bunch -

DJ squad of Shady Blue, Hepcat Black, Ernest P. Worrell, Brian Griffin,
Shady Green, Jerry Blavat “The Geator with the Heater”, Hy Lit,
The Good Girls (Cindy, Patti and Jane), Dr. Donald D. Rose,
Robert W. Morgan, Toto Moto and Dell Rat Tom plus
Debbie the Dellette hosting her series, and joining
them here at Shady's Place will be ten more DJs -
not just a dirty dozen... but a double dozen -

24 different Shady Bunch radio personalities
plus Debbie and her special guests to keep
you entertained in the coming year!

I hope you enjoyed the 12 year anniversary party.
Stick around because year 13 gets underway
with Shady's next post six days from now.

Any more where Debbie the Dellette came from?

If so... then count me in, major!

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Get Morganized with Robert W. Morgan - Vol. 1: Can I Get To Know You Better All Summer Long at Cherry Hill Park?

LISTEN TO THIS BRIEF SEGMENT TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH ROBERT W. MORGAN'S VOICE:

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 to

GET MORGANIZED

WITH

ROBERT W. MORGAN

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

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY FIRST VIDEO
AND IMMEDIATELY CLICK
TO PLAY SECOND VIDEO!

"All Summer Long" - The Beach Boys

(from July 1964 album All Summer Long)

ZAP! - YOU'RE MORGANIZED!

The Beach Boys in the lead-off spot with the title song from their album

All Summer Long released this week, July 13 to be exact, back in 1964.

As you might recall, the song was used nine years later on the
closing credits roll of the hit movie American Graffiti.

Good Morgan, Boss Angeles, and
good Morgan to you wherever you
are! I'm Robert W. Morgan, one of
the boss jocks at 93 KHJ, the much
more music station in Los Angeles.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

Beginning right now I'm moonlighting
as a new member of The Shady Bunch at
sister station S-P-M-M. I'm on a mission
to get you Morganized by playing the
greatest sounds of the 60s, like this
groovy song by The Turtles from
'66. The guys hit the beach on
Where The Action Is and ask
the musical question-- "Can
I Get To Know You Better?"

"Can I Get To Know You Better" - The Turtles

(Nov. 1966, highest chart pos. #89 Hot 100/#97 Cash Box)

From the fall of 1966, you just heard
a groovy tune by The Turtles, a record
that shoulda been a hit. Instead "Can
I Get To Know You Better" lingered
near the bottom of the Hot 100 ladder.

You're having summertime fun in the
Morgan with Robert W. on Boss Radio
KHJ simulcasting on S-P-M-M. We're
plowing thru a 7 in a row commercial

free cruise - more music with less talk!

Billy Joe Royal, the country popper from

Georgia, hit big in the summer of 1965
with "Down In The Boondocks," a
song written by Joe South, the man
responsible for "Games People Play."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Billy Joe's back on the chart in '69 with a song about a girl named Mary Hill
and the games she plays till way after dark in-- "Cherry Hill Park!"

"Cherry Hill Park" - Billy Joe Royal

(Nov./Dec. 1969, highest chart pos. #15 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

That was number 15 on the Boss 30,
Billy Joe Royal and "Cherry Hill Park"
hot on the chart near the end of 1969.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

If you're just tuning in, your getting
Morganized with me, Robert W. in
the Morgan, on KHJ, simulcasting
on YouTube and S-P-M-M Retro-
Sonic Radio... where all the cool
oldies come to play. Burning up
the boss lines, here's Barry McGuire,

with the number one sound this week
in Boss Angeles and coast-to-coast!

"Eve Of Destruction" - Barry McGuire

(Sept./Oct. 1965, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

The message is in the music. Can you
feel the heat coming up off the street?
Heavy sound there from Mister Barry
McGuire singing his 1965 chart-topper
"Eve Of Destruction," a protest song
written by P. F. Sloan.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Covering the changing sounds of the
60s like no other station - this is KHJ
Boss Angeles simulcasting on
S-P-M-M. From the Boss 30,

the Chi-town sound of The New
Colony Six-- "I Will Always
Think About You."

"I Will Always Think About You" - The New Colony Six

(Apr./May 1968, highest chart pos. #22 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

From Chicago, the silky smooth sound
of The New Colony Six and their first
hit from the spring of 1968, "I Will
Always Think About You."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Robert W. in the Morgan with you on
S-P-M-M... where the beat goes on.
Now here's the cool sound of a
San Francisco based folk-rock

band that has been compared to
the English bands The Beatles
and The Zombies. They call
themselves The Beau Brummels,
and this is their debut single and
first hit-- "Laugh Laugh!"

"Laugh Laugh" - The Beau Brummels

(Feb./Mar. 1965, highest chart pos. #15 Hot 100/#17 Cash Box)

Riding high on the chart in the early weeks of 1965, The Beau Brummels

with "Laugh Laugh," a record produced by Sly Stone, the first hit single

of the emerging San Francisco music scene in response to The British

Invasion. The song was featured in a 1965 episode of The Flintstones

and performed by a group called "The Beau Brummelstones."

ZAP!
YOU'RE
MORGANIZED!

That's a wrap. I hope you enjoyed this
first edition of Get Morganized with
me, Robert W. Morgan. Stick around.
Coming up on the B side of news it's
everybody's favorite pooch, Toto Moto,
The Hound of Sound, who will take
you on another exiting trip back to
your youth playing the groovy hits of
the past in his Top Tunes Time Tunnel,

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

And I'll be back soon to get you Morganized with another batch of boss goldens,
every spinner a winner, so keep it here on S-P-M-M... the number one station
for a rock 'n' roll nation. To play us off, The Phil Spector Wall of Sound and
vocals by his girl group The Ronettes. It's their top 20 hit from late 1964
"Walking In The Rain." Now this is Robert W. Morgan saying so long,
be good... and see you next time!

"Walking In The Rain" - The Ronettes

(Nov./Dec. 1964, highest chart pos.
#20 Cash Box/#23 Hot 100/#28 R&B)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Natalie Teeger's Gotcha Covered with Leonid & Friends!

Hi there, I'm

Natalie Teeger!

As you know, I'm
Adrian Monk's

personal assistant
on the hit TV series
~~My Mother the Car~~
Monk.

You might recall my appearance a few years ago on Shady Del Knight's

old blog Shady Dell Music & Memories. Shady was nice enough

to invite me back as a guest host here at Shady's Place.

I needed to beg, coax and twist Mr. Monk's arm, but he finally agreed
to give me some time off so that I could introduce you to what
just might be the greatest cover band in the world! They're
Leonid & Friends, a Russian tribute band that specializes in
covering the songs of the American supergroup Chicago.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Leonid & Friends have never seen Chicago in person. They learned Chicago's songs

by listening to recordings and watching videos. The Moscow based jazz-rock band

has the uncanny ability to replicate Chicago's complex arrangements note for note.

Listen as they perform "Beginnings," a top 10 hit for Chicago in 1971.

"Beginnings" - Leonid & Friends

(Chicago cover)

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

The song you just listened to, "Beginnings" was
originally released as a single at Halloween in
1969 but didn't become a hit until it was re-
released in 1971. Two years later, in the

summer of '73, Chicago scored another

top 10 hit with the song you're hearing
now, "Feelin' Stronger Every Day."
Check out this more than capable
cover by the talented band
Leonid & Friends!