Nothing to Lose...with The Gecko Brothers, Seth & Richie - Vol. 1: Gotta Get Some Action From Dusk Till Dawn!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

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

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and proud of it. Now stand by for

 NOTHING TO LOSE... 

 with the 

 GECKO BROTHERS 

 SETH & RICHIE 

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

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"(Gotta Get Some Action) Now!" - The Camtwisters
(from 2010 album Dancing On Your Graves -
Rockabilly Tribute to The Hellacopters)

Bad to the bone - that was the Swedish rockabilly band The Camtwisters

kicking off our first show with their 2010 cover of "(Gotta Get Some

Action) Now!," a song originally recorded and released in 1996

by the Swedish garage band The Hellacopters.

Hi again, we're the Gecko Brothers, Seth and Richie, stars of the

horror TV show From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. I'm Seth Gecko

(below left) - cool, suave, macho... the brains of the operation.

And I'm Richie Gecko (above right) - violent, psychotic,
unpredictable, a loose cannon and proud of it. Somebody
shot a hole in my soul... (and in my hand).

We've got nothing to lose and there's a good chance
I'll kill you, but don't worry, it's nothing personal,

just something a certain sexy vampire goddess
might tell me to do. Her wish is my command.

Richie and I got each other's back. It's how we roll.
I look out for him and he looks out for me. Got it?

We're the hunters and the hunted. The FBI and the
Texas Rangers are on our tails, and we're on a
mission to find and wipe out a colony of Mexican
vampires - good clean fun. We're jazzed to have
you with us for the first edition of our S-P-M-M
radio program Nothing to Lose. If you're ready,
and even if you're not, we're gonna take you
hostage on a musical journey to the dark and
dangerous world of bad boy rock 'n' roll, rockabilly,
retrobilly, psychobilly, sleazabilly, hillbilly, killbilly,
black hat psychedelic outlaw cowboy, bebop, blues,
boogie, hot rod, swing, jitterbug jive, roots rock,
jump blues, gnarly surf rock and old school punk.
Did I leave anything out? Best of the old and new!

My brother and I are gonna Butch and Sundance our way through this
seven song play list and come out the other side smellin' like roses.

By the time we're done, you won't even know what hit you.

Brace yourself... the Gecko brothers are back!

Are you ready,
Richie?

I was born ready.

Got your balls on?

Screwed on tight.

Okay, let's do this!

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Here's some rough stuff from the Swiss rockabilly band Hillbilly Moon Explosion.
Dig this down and dirty duet with HME's lead zinger Emanuela Hutter joined by
Mark "Sparky" Phillips from the UK psychobilly band Demented Are Go. It's
a cool cut from their 2019 album of The Sparky Sessions - Love Songs and
Murder Ballads. Emanuela and Sparky invade your ears, eyes and mind
with their bold 'n' brazen, rude 'n' crude cover of-- "Jackson!"

"Jackson" - The Hillbilly Moon Explosion

feat. Mark "Sparky" Phillips from Demented Are Go,

from Mar. 2019 album The Sparky Sessions)

That was "Jackson" sounding badder than ever thanks

to the Zurich-based band Hillbilly Moon Explosion

and featured guest artist Sparky Phillips from the

UK band Demented Are Go. "Jackson" was co-

written by West Virginia country and folk artist

Billy Edd Wheeler along with Brill building vet

Jerry Leiber and first recorded by Wheeler in 1965.

In '67 it was a pop and easy listening hit for Nancy

Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood and was a big hit on

the country chart for Johnny Cash & June Carter.

Up next, another bad hombre
by the name of Johnny Meeks.

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Meeks played guitar in the 50s rock & roll
group Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
and he was also one of The Champs.
In the 80s Meeks and his new band,
The Hypnotics, covered a song first
waxed in '58 by Gene Vincent's

group-- "Say Mama!"

"Say Mama" (aka "Say Momma") - Johnny Meeks And The Hypnotics

(from 1982 album Art Fein Presents The Best Of L.A. Rockabilly)

You just heard Johnny Meeks & The Hypnotics

doing an early 80s version of "Say Mama,"
a song Meeks co-wrote with "Country Earl" -
country song scribe Johnny Earl, a number
originally recorded by Meek's former band
Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps. Meeks
died in 2015, but his name and his music
live on in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame

SETH: The way I see it, you gotta find something

worth fighting for in this life, and I have - me.

I'd fight for a "Boogie Woogie Country Girl" if she

looked anything like Santanico Pandemonium or

Amber Heard. Up next, another foreign dude

who's doing his part to keep the sounds of

American rock & roll and rockabilly alive.

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He's Micke Muster, a Swedish singer and piano player who was heavily

influenced by Jerry Lee Lewis and imitates The Killer's style. Listen as

Micke covers a rollicking number first waxed by Kansas City blues
shouter Big Joe Turner-- "Boogie Woogie Country Girl!"

"Boogie Woogie Country Girl" - Micke Muster

(from 2007 album The Rock'n'roll Covers! Vol 3)

Originally recorded by Big Joe Turner and released in March 1956 on the B side

of his hit single "Corrine Corrina," that was a 2007 update of "Boogie Woogie"
Country Girl," by Swedish rock & roller Micke Muster.

If you just tuning in, you've got Nothing To Lose...

with The Gecko Brothers, Seth & Richie, and

we're right in the middle of a 7-in-a-row

commercial free block party here on

S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio, where

the killer tunes never die.

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Here's another. It's rockabilly great Ronnie Hawkins

and his band The Hawks with a song from their
1959 album Mr. Dynamo. This one's
called-- "Hey Boba Lou!"

"Hey Boba Lou" - Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks

(from 1959 album Mr. Dynamo)

Born two days after Elvis Presley, that was Arkansas-born rockabilly

pioneer Ronnie Hawkins and his band The Hawks with "Hey Boba Lou,"

a song co-credited to Canadian musician and songwriter Robbie

Robertson who joined The Hawks road crew and went on

to become the virtuoso lead guitarist for the band.

The Roy Orbison sound lives on in the 21st century,

but with a dark and dangerous twist, thanks to

Orville Peck, a psychedelic outlaw cowboy

who croons love and loss from the

badlands of North America.

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Peck takes you down dusty rose-colored desert

highways through a world where worn out

gamblers, road-dogs and lovesick hustlers

drift in and out of his masked gaze--

in the "Dead Of Night!"

"Dead Of Night" - Orville Peck

(Dec. 2017 single from 2019 album Pony)

That was lonesome cowboy

Orville Peck with "Dead Of Night,"
released as a single in December
2017, a hymn also found on the
troubled troubadour's 2019
album Pony.

As you can tell by now, our slabs are cooler
than the ones down at the morgue. When it
comes to laying down the outlaw sound,
We deliver like Fed-frickin-ex.

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Going back to the old school bone pile,
here's Dion with his testosterone-laced
tale of a two-fisted traveling man and
his many loves. They call him--
"The Wanderer!"

"The Wanderer" - Dion

(Dec. 1961 thru Feb. 1962, highest chart pos. 

#2 Hot 100/#3 Cash Box, scenes from

Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend

Car Show in Paradise, Nevada,)

You just listened to "The Wanderer," a top 3 hit for

Dion DiMucci from Christmas 1961 through the

early weeks of '62, and if you've been following

our simulcast on YouTube, you saw footage

gathered at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly

Weekend Car Show in Paradise, Nevada,

scenes that prove what Seth and I have

known all along - for some, for many,

retro is alive and kicking. It goes

beyond that. It's a way of life.

Hey, Richie. I hear sirens. We better run. Stick around. Coming up on

the flip side of news, legal eagles Jimmy, Patty and Kim will be here

with the debut of their new series Plan B (Soft) exclusively on

S-P-M-M Retro Radio, and we'll return soon with more

dark side ditties and swaggering sounds to die for

because, hey - we've got Nothing to Lose.

Till then, till we meet again, stay bad

and remember - he who dies with

the most toys wins.

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To play us off, here's "After Dark," the intro and theme of our series
From Dusk Till Dawn, performed by Robert Rodriguez and his
band Chingon. In parting, we'd like to propose a toast:

Here's to getting rich and fat.

And dying in the arms of a beautiful woman.

Remember our names. We're the Gecko Brothers - Seth and Richie -

and you can take this to the bank we just robbed-- We'll be back!

"After Dark" (Spanish ver.) - Robert Rodriguez and Chingon

(from 2014 OST of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series)

Brian & Toto Ask, "Is Shady's Place Going to the Dogs?" SPMM's Deejay Dawgs Bark "3 Cheers for 13 Years!"

Hi, Folks!

I'm Brian Griffin.

As I'm sure you know,

I'm the personable pooch

from Family Guy and a

Shady Bunch deejay...

host of Eclectic Avenue

right here on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio.

And I'm Toto Moto.

I make no bones about the fact that I'm

Shady Del Knight's dog. I'm also the blog

mascot, Chief Petting Officer and a DJ -

The Hound of Sound on S-P-M-M, host

of Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel.

My motto: "I aim to fleas!"

Today Brian and I are gonna start from
scratch (BA-DUM-BUMP) and help
Shady salivate his 13th anniversary
as a blogger including three years
of bringing you music and fun

here at Shady's Place.

Toto and I will each play a favorite song,

and we will be introducing three exciting

radio personalities who will be joining

The Shady Bunch deejay staff full time

beginning next year. I'll start us off.

In 1990, rapper M.C. Hammer topped

the R&B chart with his signature song

"U Can't Touch This." Here to do a

parody of the song is Peter Griffin,

my human on Family Guy. Peter

sings-- "Can't Touch Me!"

"Can't Touch Me" - Peter Griffin

(sung to the tune of "U Can't Touch This" by M.C. Hammer,

orig. May/June 1990, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#4 Cash Box,
#8 Hot 100, scene from ep. of TV series Family Guy)

Hi everyone!

I'm Morgan Brody.

You might recognize me as the CSI level III on
the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
I'm happy to let you know that, beginning
next year, I'll be the host of a new radio
show here on S-P-M-M. It'll be called
CSI: Cool Song Investigation.

Now I might look like the typical

girl next door, your kid sister

or a fashionista mall rat,

but I assure you that I'm

a seasoned professional.

I'm meticulous in my work. I dot every
"i" and cross every genre to bring you the
best and coolest tunes in the music world.

As a preview of my show I dug up a great performance by an exciting young English

vocalist named Amelia Rendell. In 2016,

Amelia sang lead for the Stanley Dee

tribute band in a live show at a London

pub. Watch and listen as Amelia and the

band delight the crowd with their cover

of "Do It Again," the Steely Dan song

that brushed the top 5 in 1973.

START PLAYING VIDEO AT 1 MIN MARK!

"Do It Again" - Steely Dan cover by Stanley Dee tribute band
feat. Amelia Rendell (Aug. 2016 perf. at Half Moon Pub
in Putney, SW London, UK)

Isn't Amelia great? Okay, I uncovered

another fantastic cover song for you.

It was recorded by Eden's Crush, a

Los Angeles based pop girl group

created in 2001 on the now defunct

WB Network's TV series Popstars.

The Eden's Crush lineup included

Nicole Scherzinger who found fame

a few years later as lead singer of the

Pussycat Dolls. In 2001 Eden's Crush

released an album that contains their

version of "The Glamorous Life," the

song written by Prince and first waxed

by singer and percussionist Sheila E.

In 1984 Sheila E.'s single reached the

top 10 on the pop chart and went all

the way to number one on the Dance

survey. The cover by Eden's Crush

is way cool. Let's investigate!

"Glamorous Life" - Sheila E. cover by Eden's Crush

(from May 2001 album Popstars)

Hi, I'm Evie Barret.

I'm the new sheriff in the tiny town

of Willard's Mill, New Hampshire,

on the comedy horror TV series
Stan Against Evil.

My new radio show, coming in 2022,
is called Good Verses Evie, get it?

On Good Verses Evie I'll play songs with
lyrics that inspire, stir your emotions and
make you think, and I've got a couple of

Beatlesque samples. The first is a famous

show tune performed by Emily Linge, a

gifted young singer & musician in Dubai.

Originally recorded in 1950 and used in

the 1957 musical The Music Man, the

song was made even more famous by

The Beatles who waxed it in 1963.

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Here are Emily Linge and her music teacher

Simon Tomkins doing-- "Till There Was You." 

"Till There Was You" - The Music Man

The Beatles Cover by Emily Linge & Simon Tomkins

(Sept. 2020)

Here's another one I'm sure you
remember. In the late summer
and early fall of 1971, ex-Beatle
Paul McCartney and his wife

Linda topped the U.S. chart
with a lyric rich song that

was the first in a string of
post-Beatle number one hit
singles for Paul in America.

Here are Paul & Linda with--

"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey!"

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"Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" - Paul And Linda McCartney

(Sept. 1971, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Well hello there, Shady. That's right,
it's me, your old buddy, you old pal,

The Guy

Under the Seats.

Bet you conveniently forgot all about me since

the last time I was here. Bet you wish I didn't

even exist so that you could continue your

reign as self-proclaimed leader of the free

blog world unopposed. Well I got news, pal.

You're gonna regret the day your were born,

Mr. Poopy Pants, because I'm back and I'm

here to stay, here to make your life a living

hell as a new member of your illustrious

Shady Bunch DJ squad starting in 2022.

My show, the one you sorely neglected for years, the one
I adopted as my own and made a lot better, will still
be known as Eighties Greaties.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

I'll keep playing songs and vids from what I think we

can all agree was the last great decade in music.

Here's a sample spinning on my turntable and

simulcasting on YouTube. The Steve Miller

Band with their biggest hit, #1 in the late

summer of '82-- "Abracadabra!"

"Abracadabra" - The Steve Miller Band

(Aug./Sept. 1982, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Hi again, folks. This is your old hi-fi fido,
Toto Moto. On Top Tunes Time Tunnel
I spin the super sounds of the Swingin' 60s.
Here's a hit single that bridged the gap
between two musical eras, the innocent
teen pop years of the 50s and early 60s,
and the rock band years of mid to late 60s
when pop music turned harder and heavier.

Believed to be dirty, the ditty was banned
by radio stations all across the country.

CLICK TO START VID!

S-P-M-M's got the slab and your Pooch with
the Hooch isn't afraid to play it. Here are

The Kingsmen with their garage rock

classic-- "Louie Louie!"

"Louie Louie" - The Kingsmen

(Dec. 1963, Jan. 1964, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box,
#2 Hot 100, perf. on Jan. 22, 1966, ep. of Hollywood a Go Go)

Louie Louie, oh no,

me gotta go,

yeah, yeah, yeah,

yeah, yeah, baby

Louie Louie, oh baby,

me gotta go

I said me gotta go now

Make that we gotta go now, Toto.

Ooops, I just splashed my drink on
Chris Elliott. That's gonna mean
50 years of bad luck. Hey lishen,
I'm not as drunk as some thinkle

peep I am, okay? Anyway, thanks
for coming to Shady Del Knight's
13th anniversary party featuring
some of the new faces, voices and

personalities coming to S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio next year. Now
for Toto Moto this is Brian Griffin
saying so long and see you soon!

Eureka! I Have Found the Coolest Covers in the History of the World! - Vol. 1: Rivers Makes Memories Flow

 WELCOME TO MY NEW SERIES 

 EUREKA! 

 I HAVE FOUND THE 

 COOLEST COVERS IN THE 

 HISTORY OF THE WORLD! 

Each volume of Eureka! brings you great original recordings

along with cover versions that are good, great or even better

than the originals. It's up to you to decide. I know what
 you're thinking. You're thinking this series sounds
exactly like other series I have run over the years:
Battle of the Bands, Battle of the Banned,
Version Sacrifice, WWF Grudge Match
and Winning Hand. Well, you're wrong.
This isn't exactly the same. Those series
 didn't include a picture of Peter Griffin!

Listen now to these confirmed classics and cool

covers and tell me which ones, if any, you prefer.

Remember, ladies and gentlemen...

This is only an exhibition...
This is not a competition...
Please... no wagering.

I could listen to Johnny Rivers sing all day every day

and never get tired of his rich, soulful, Baton Rouge

 influenced vocal style. In today's first edition of

Eureka!... Johnny performs three covers that

I believe are as good or better than the

originals. Listen and see if you agree. 

 THE BEACH BOYS 

Penned by Brian Wilson with additional lyrics by Mike Love,

"Help Me, Rhonda" was first released with the spelling

"Help Me Ronda" on the 1965 Beach Boys album

The Beach Boys Today!

"Help Me, Ronda" - The Beach Boys

(from Mar. 1965 album The Beach Boys Today!)

The better known version is the #1 charting single with a different

arrangement released as "Help Me, Rhonda" and included on the 

band's next album, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!).

Check out this cool hybrid created by adding the

"wah-wah" vocals from an alternate mix.

"Help Me, Rhonda" (ultimate mix) - The Beach Boys

{May/June 1965, highest chart position

#1 Hot 100 & Cash Box, from July 1965

album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)}

 JOHNNY RIVERS 

In the summer of 1975, a cover of "Help Me Rhonda"

waxed by Johnny Rivers and featuring Beach Boy

 Brian Wilson on backing vocals, reached the

top 30 on Cash Box and approached the

top 20 on Billboard's Hot 100)

"Help Me Rhonda" - Johnny Rivers

(Aug. 1975, highest chart pos.

#22 Hot 100/#30 Cash Box)

 CHARLIE RICH 

The song "Breakup" (aka "Break Up") was written and originally

recorded by country and rockabilly singer Charlie Rich and

released on his 1960 album Lonely Weekends.

"Breakup" - Charlie Rich (from 1960 album

Lonely Weekends With Charlie Rich) 

 JOHNNY RIVERS 

On his 1965 live album Meanwhile Back at the Whisky à Go Go,

Johnny Rivers pleased the nightclub crowd by performing

this rockin' cover of "Break Up." 

"Break Up" - Johnny Rivers

(from Aug. 1965 live album Meanwhile

Back at the Whisky à Go Go) 

It took until 1998 for Johnny Rivers to release a

studio version of "Break Up" as one of the songs

on his album The Memphis Sun Recordings.

"Break Up" (studio ver.) - Johnny Rivers

(from Jan. 1998 album The Memphis Sun Recordings) 

 DORSEY BURNETTE 

The Memphis-born Burnette brothers, Dorsey & Johnny, were successful

rockabilly singers, but their lives were both cut tragically short. Younger

brother Johnny drowned in a boating accident at age 30. Dorsey had a 

heart attack and died at age 46. Let's turn back the clock to a happier

time in 1960 when Dorsey gained his biggest hit with a single that

reached the top 20 on the pop chart, a bible-themed song he

wrote entitled-- "(There Was A) Tall Oak Tree." 

"(There Was A) Tall Oak Tree" - Dorsey Burnette

(Mar./Apr. 1960, highest chart pos.

#19 Cash Box/#23 Hot 100) 

 JOHNNY RIVERS 

In September, 1965, one month after the release of Meanwhile Back

at the Whisky à Go Go, Johnny Rivers streeted the studio produced

folk rock album Johnny Rivers Rocks The Folk. One of the songs

on the LP is a fine cover of Dorsey Burnette's "Tall Oak Tree." 

"Tall Oak Tree" - Johnny Rivers

(from Sept. 1965 album Johnny Rivers

Rocks The Folk) 

I hope your memories are flowing like rivers...

...thanks to featured artist Johnny Rivers

along with The Beach Boys, Charlie Rich, Dorsey Burnette

and Argentine rock & roll/rockabilly cover artist Wow Rock. 

 STAY TUNED FOR MORE 

 TUNEFUL TAKEDOWNS, 

 MELODIOUS MAT MATCHES  

 AND BOFFO BEAT BOUTS 

 COMING UP IN THE 

 NEXT VOLUME OF 

 EUREKA! 

Have a Shady day!

Whodunit?... with Nick and Audrey Spitz Chapter 3: Just What I Needed!

We're back... and that's a fact, Jack!

Hi, everybody! Remember us?

We're those lovable Jennifer Aniston

and Adam Sandler look-alikes,

Nick and Audrey Spitz, stars

of the hit Netflix original

movie Murder Mystery.

As you can see, we're still playing detective, examining

clues and trying to figure out who did the dastardly deed -

Miss Scarlett, Colonel Mustard or Mrs. Peacock.

While we try to solve our case, let's play another round of Whodunit.
Remember the rules? We'll give you the titles of 7 hit records along
with some additional clues. See if you can tell us Whodunit - who
is the artist, group or band that recorded the song?

If you're ready to play, let's put the pedal to the metal and find out
if you're just a garden variety gumshoe... or a first class dick.

RECORD #1:

This soft rock band formed in Melbourne,
Australia, in the mid 70s. In the decade
that followed they placed ten singles in
the top 20 on the U.S. chart including
"Man On Your Mind" which reached
the top 15 in the spring of 1982.

WHODUNIT?

RECORD #2:

Also formed in the mid 70s, this Boston based new wave - power pop rock band
was led by Baltimore born singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Ric Ocasek.
In the spring of '78 their debut single "Just What I Needed" cracked the top 30.

WHODUNIT?

RECORD #3:

Born in New York's Greenwich Village, this female blues and folk singer
is best known for one of the biggest songs of 1974, "Midnight at the Oasis,"
a soft rock single that made a run at the top 5 and spent 24 weeks on the chart.

WHODUNIT?

RECORD #4:

This five member Tex-Mex rock band from San Antonio fronted by
Doug Sahm gained the biggest hit of their career in the spring
of 1965 with "She's About A Mover," a single that made a
run at the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

WHODUNIT?

RECORD #5:

In the fall of 1987 this Philadelphia based dance-pop group fronted
by zesty lead zinger Jade Starling topped the Dance Club chart
with "Catch Me (I'm Falling)," a song from the soundtrack
of the Jon Cryer movie Hiding Out.

WHODUNIT?

RECORD #6:

They are a brother and sister vocal duo from Trinidad. In the mid 60s
she made a name for herself in the UK releasing records as "Peanut."
In the fall of 1971 the singing sibs reached the top 20 in the U.S.
with a cover of "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep," a #1 hit in the
UK that year for the Scottish band Middle of the Road.

WHODUNIT?

RECORD #7:

Johann Hölzel, a singer and songwriter from Vienna, Austria, had an
international smash in 1986 with "Rock Me Amadeus," a tribute to
Austrian classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It became
the first German language song to peak at #1 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and topped the charts on both sides of the pond.

WHODUNIT?

SCROLL DOWN TO FIND OUT WHODUNIT!

RECORD #1:

In the spring of 1982 the song "Man On Your Mind" was a top 15
hit in America for the Aussie soft rock band known as

 LITTLE RIVER BAND 

"Man On Your Mind" - Little River Band

(May/June 1982, highest chart pos. #13 Cash Box/#14 Hot 100)

RECORD #2:

Big in Beantown and just about everywhere else, this new wave power pop band

was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. In 1978 their debut
single "Just What I Needed," with bass player Benjamin Orr on lead vocals
in place of Ric Ocasek, went top 30 in the U.S. and top 5 in France.
The opening riff was derived from the late 60s nursery rhyme
pop hit "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by the Ohio Express.
By now you should know that this groovy band was 

 THE CARS 

"Just What I Needed" - The Cars

(Aug./Sept. 1978, highest chart pos.

#24 Cash Box/#27 Hot 100/#4 France)

RECORD #3:

Her 1974 soft rock hit "Midnight At The Oasis," inspired by Rudolph Valentino

sheik movies, spent nearly half a year on the chart and was nominated for

Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammys. She is

 MARIA MULDAUR 

"Midnight At The Oasis" - Maria Muldaur

(Apr./May 1974, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100)

RECORD #4:

Doug Sahm was only 58 in 1999 when he died in his sleep of a heart attack.

In the spring of 1965, Doug and his five member Tex-Mex rock band

scored their biggest hit with "She's About A Mover," a song

penned by Doug. The guys called themselves

 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET 

"She's About A Mover" - Sir Douglas Quintet

(May 1965, highest chart pos. #13 Hot 100/#24 Cash Box)

RECORD #5:

In the fall of 1987, "Catch Me (I'm Falling)," a song from the movie

Hiding Out, shot to #1 on the Dance Club chart. It was recorded

by Jade Starling and her Philly dance-pop group called

 PRETTY POISON 

"Catch Me (I'm Falling)" - Pretty Poison

(Sept thru Dec. 1987, highest chart pos. #1 Dance Club,

#8 Hot 100 & Cash Box/#13 R&B)

RECORD #6:

In 1971 the song "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep," written by British

artist Lally Stott, became a #1 hit in the UK for the Scottish

band Middle of the Road. The version best known in the

U.S. is a catchy cover waxed by a brother and sister

singing act from Trinidad. The duo was known as

 MAC & KATIE KISSOON 

"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Mac And Katie Kissoon

(Sept/Oct. 1971, highest chart pos. #18 Cash Box/#20 Hot 100)

RECORD #7:

In 1998, while mounting a comeback, Austrian singer and songwriter Johann Hölzel

was killed in an auto accident days before he would have turned age 41. Let's turn

back the clock to a happier time in 1986 when he was topping the chart with his

German language international hit "Rock Me Amadeus" and calling himself

 FALCO 

"Rock Me Amadeus" - Falco

(Feb./Mar. 1986, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Okay let's find out how well you did on the quiz.

Use the scoring system below to determine

your music detective I.Q.

ALL 7 CORRECT

Holy moly, if you correctly named all 7 artists, you're a super sleuth!

You will be inducted into the Music Detective Hall of Fame

and the Whodunit Record Book.

6 CORRECT

BOOM! No shame whatsoever. I spy a budding private eye. You put the

Mike Hammer down. Charlie Chan - U Da Man. Way to go, Columbo!

5 CORRECT

Nice try, Sherlock! You're a middling, mediocre Magnum, P.I.

Looks like Popeye Doyle could use a little oil. You're no

Dick Tracy and you sure as hell aren't Cagney & Lacey!

3 OR 4 CORRECT

What the hay, at least you gave it your best shot (and failed).
Nancy Drew sure ain't you! Philip Trent got up and went.
Adrian Monk got no spunk. Inspector Clouseau's
got a long way to go!

1 OR 2 CORRECT

No! Not good! Bad! Face it. You're a defective detective!

Boston Blackie? Not exactly! Bulldog Drummond's got fleas!

Philip Marlowe set the bar low!

0 (GOOSE EGG, NONE) CORRECT

TIMBER! You flunked the course! Sam Spade fell asleep in the shade.

Holy dumbed-down Barney Fife, Batman! Peter Gunn ain't got none.

Nero Wolfe's been outfoxed. Kojak? NO, Jack!

Shhhhhh! We need you to keep this on the down low because we're still

working our Murder Mystery, but you'll be happy to know that we'll be

back soon to play another exciting game of Whodunit? Stick around!