Nancy Wheeler's No More Mr. Nice Girl - Vol. 1: She's a Beauty... but Stone Cold!

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"Your Love" - The Outfield
(Apr./May 1986, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100/#10 Cash Box)

Kicking-off the show, that was the London based pop rock band
The Outfield with their first and biggest hit, "Your Love," a single
that brushed the top 5 here in the states in the spring of 1986.

Hi, I'm Nancy Wheeler, an Indiana teenager of the 80s on the hit
science fiction horror series Stranger Things. Mike's my little
brother and Karen is my bored, frustrated, oversexed mom.

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You'll see what I mean in this parody of the Fountains of Wayne

hit "Stacy's Mom." Here's The Magnus Thor Experience

with Mike And Nancy's Mom!" 

"Mike And Nancy's Mom" (based on Fountains of Wayne's

"Stacy's Mom") Sept. 2019 parody cover by the

Magnus Thor Experience, (scenes from

Netflix series Stranger Things)

That was a glimpse of my milf mother brought to you by The Magnus Thor
Experience in a parody of "Stacy's Mom," a Grammy nominated song
inspired by The Cars' "Just What I Needed" and a hit single in late
2003 for the New York power pop band Fountains of Wayne.

A little more about me now: I started out on the show as a
sweet, innocent, wholesome girl. That lasted five minutes.

I began to change when I slept with my boyfriend, the big man

on campus, then got involved in a messy love triangle

by falling for a social outcast.

Stranger things started to happen when our town was

threatened by creatures from an alternate dimension called

"the Upside Down." That's when I cried "foul" and started

breaking bad and gearing up for the battle ahead.

Pistols, rifles, bear traps - I learned how to use all kinds of weapons.

That supernatural monster picked on the wrong school girl!

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I'm taking a much needed break from fighting giant creepy-crawlies to work

as a Shady Bunch DJ here on S-P-M-M, bringing you the coolest sounds of

the 80s and original music videos from the glory years of MTV that you

can watch on my YouTube simulcast. Goody two-shoes turned badass,

I'm calling my radio show No More Mr. Nice Girl. I'm stone cold...

but hey, when you're fighting freaks... you need to be. Speaking

of "Stone Cold," here's the U.S. hit of that name by the

Brit band-- Blackmore's Rainbow!

"Stone Cold" - Rainbow
(May/June 1982, highest chart position

#39 Cash Box/#40 Hot 100/ #1 Hot Mainstream Rock,

from June 1982 album Straight Between the Eyes) 

That was Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ritchie Blackmore,

co-founder and former guitarist for Deep Purple, and his

British band Rainbow, performing "Stone Cold," a single

that topped the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart in spring 1982.

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By the time Rainbow released "Stone Cold" from the album Straight Between

the Eyes, Ritchie Blackmore and the band's other co-founder Ronnie James Dio

had split. Ronnie spent three years as lead singer of Black Sabbath replacing

Ozzy Osbourne before leaving in 1982 to form his own band - Dio.

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In the spring of 1983, Dio released

their debut studio album Holy Diver

which yielded the metal anthem

"Rainbow In The Dark." A hit

on the Album Tracks chart,

"Rainbow In The Dark" is

ranked #13 on VH1's list of

the Top 40 Greatest Metal

Songs. Here with a more

than capable cover is Liliac,

the SoCal sibling rock band

rooted in Transylvania!

"Rainbow In The Dark" - Ronnie James Dio

 Feb. 2019 cover by Liliac, original peaked

in Oct. 1983 at #12 Album Rock Tracks)

That was a killer cover

of Ronnie James Dio's

"Rainbow In The Dark"

by the cool kids of Liliac,

the LA based family rock

band. Before coming to

America, their mom and dad

actually lived in Transylvania

not far from Castle Dracula.

The Liliac children are on

their way to the big time...

doing original songs and

 excellent covers of rock

and metal classics like

that one by Dio.

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If you're just tuning in, I'm Nancy Wheeler, newest member of The Shady Bunch

DJ team, and this is my show No More Mr. Nice Girl on S-P-M-M, where we

go hunting for the great songs of the past and bring 'em back alive.

While the rest are talkin'... we're rockin'!

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Here's a glam metal band that sounds
like Led Zep. Originally from France,
they moved to LA and became the
unofficial house band at The Whisky
A Go Go on the Sunset Strip. The vid
you're about to watch played on MTV
and the album from which the song
was released peaked at #99 on the
Billboard 200. The band is XYZ

and this is-- "Inside Out!"

"Inside Out" - XYZ

(from Oct. 1989 album XYZ)

Image courtesy of LittleAlfard @ DeviantArt 

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That was XYZ, a band signed to Capitol Records and produced by pop metal

VIP Don Dokken.  Also on that label were these guys, The Tubes, a group

from Frisco that in the 70s waxed for A&M. In 1980, they performed

in Olivia Newton-John's film Xanadu, then signed with Capitol and

scored their biggest hit with this catchy song-- "She's A Beauty!"

"She's A Beauty" - The Tubes

(May/June 1983, highest chart pos. #9 Cash Box/#10 Hot 100,

#1 Album Rock Tracks, from Apr. 1983 album Outside Inside)

From the spring of '83 those were The Tubes from San Francisco

with the biggest hit of their career, "She's A Beauty," a single

that went top 10 on the pop charts and all the way to

number one on the Album Tracks survey.

Damn! Time has run out on my first show. Thanks for tuning in. 

Stick around. Coming up on the B side of news, Shady Blue will be here

 to play vintage tunes that'll have you Stuck Like Glue, and I'll be

back soon with more killers on No More Mr. Nice Girl.

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 To play us off, one of the leading bands on today's Swedish hard rock scene,

influenced by hair bands of the 70s & 80s like Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Kiss,

Whitesnake, Alice Cooper, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe. This is Crazy Lixx

 with their latest, the just released "Anthem For America," a song described

by the band as "a call to action for the youth of the US, who seem to have

lost touch with rock music." Now this is Nancy Wheeler reminding you to

be good, and if you can't be good... go ahead and be bad. So long!

"Anthem For America" - Crazy Lixx

(Aug. 2021, from Nov. 2021 album Street Lethal) 

From the West Coast waters to the

New York streets hear it calling me

For the sons and daughters of the wild and free

Can you feel the beat? Rock is all you need 

From the Texas border 'cross the USA

Hear it calling me. All the sons and daughters,

all you wild and free, can you still believe? 

Candy-Colored Clowns and Candy-Coated Songs : Meet "The Lynch Mob" and Explore the Jarring Juxtaposition of Beauty and Terror!

IT IS HAPPENING

...AGAIN.

One of my favorite directors, David Lynch...

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 ...has mastered the use of innocent love songs to create a sense of uneasiness

as you watch his twisted tales of mystery and horror. As Lynch's characters

sing their songs, you can't shake the feeling that something bad is about

to happen. This subject came up recently when my friend Cathy and

I were discussing a song that I posted - "Triangle" by Janie Grant.

We agreed that Janie's teen-pop ditty would work well in a Lynch

 project. In addition to building suspense and apprehension,

pop songs are used as a counterpoint or contrapuntal

device, meaning that the lyrics and mood of the

music deliberately contradict the images

appearing on the screen. 

Meet "The Lynch Mob..."

...some of my favorite characters from David Lynch movies and TV series.

They will introduce a few songs that were actually used by Lynch in his

productions, along with a few other songs that are well suited for

the quirky director's darkside stories.

I'm FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks. 

Here's the type of sweet, innocent, tender love song that is used by David Lynch

to lull you into a false sense of security before he lowers the boom. Watch the

following video. At some point in the song, an uneasy feeling will creep in

and creep you out. If this were a scene from a scary movie, you would

know that something terrible is about to happen, but you wouldn't

know exactly what or when. The tension leading up to the actual

terror on the screen can become unbearable, and deliciously so. 

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Imagine the lovely Paris Sisters, Priscilla, Albeth and Sherrell,

setting you up for the chainsaw massacre as they sweetly sing

their cover of Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover" on Bandstand. 

"Dream Lover" - The Paris Sisters

(June/July 1964, highest chart pos. #91 Hot 100/#94 Cash Box,

performance on June 27, 1964, ep. of American Bandstand) 

I'll have what they're havin'! Did you effen see that?

I'm Frank "Effen" Booth from the effen David Lynch film Blue Velvet,

and you just watched the effen Paris Sisters performing baby wants an

effen "Dream Lover" on a 1964 episode of American Bandstand. 

The sibling trio's biggest hit is another song that's effen Lynch perfect, and the

demented director used it in his 2017 Twin Peaks revival series. Imagine an

effen ax murder taking place as you listen to-- "I Love How You Love Me." 

"I Love How You Love Me" - The Paris Sisters

(Oct./Nov. 1961, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box) 

I'm Audrey Horne...

bad girl breaking badder

on Twin Peaks. That hit

single by The Paris Sisters,

"I Love How You Love Me,"

was produced by Phil Spector

...and so was this next one. 

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You'll swear you're watching a

deleted scene from a David Lynch

thriller as you experience the sibs

in the British film It's Trad, Dad!

released in the U.S. as Ring-A-

Ding Rhythm! The Paris Sisters

ask the musical question--

"What Am I To Do"? 

"What Am I To Do" - The Paris Sisters

(B side of "Let Me Be The One," scene from

Mar. 1962 film It's Trad, Dad! aka Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!) 

I'm an aspiring young actress named

Betty Elms... or is it Diane Selwyn?

I'm confused and I know you are too.

Twenty years ago, David Lynch gave

my clone, actress Naomi Watts, her big

break and brought mind bending mystery to

theaters in Mulholland Drive. In this scene

from the film, Lynch makes effective use of

Linda Scott's hit "I've Told Every Little Star." 

"I've Told Every Little Star" - Linda Scott

(Apr./May 1961, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100/#6 Cash Box,

scene from Oct. 2001 film Mulholland Drive) 

I'm Bob, the shapeshifting demon on Twin Peaks.

 

The pop/jazz standard "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" was first recorded

in 1931 by Ricky Nelson's dad Ozzie Nelson. A version by The Mamas

And The Papas with Cass Elliot on lead vocals was released as a

single in 1968 and brushed the top 10. 

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LA-based YouTube star Anne Reburn took the dreamy ballad,

made it her own and performed it in a video that looks

like it was produced by David Lynch himself!

"Dream A Little Dream Of Me"

cover by Anne Reburn (Sept. 2019)

Hey there, we're Lula and Sailor from Wild At Heart.

 Here's another sweet and innocent hit by another sister act, also from LA.

They're Patience & Prudence (McIntyre). Like the other songs in this feature,

the one this sister duo made famous practically begs to be used as a suspense

builder or counterpoint song. Turns out it was featured in four episodes of

American Horror Story season 1 - Murder House and also in the psycho

thriller TV series You. Imagine Rubber Man impaling an unsuspecting

victim as Patience & Prudence sing-- "Tonight You Belong To Me." 

"Tonight You Belong To Me" - Patience And Prudence

(Sept./Oct. 1956, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100)

I'm back, you effen effer! 

Thought you were effen rid of me? Effen think again!

In 1963, effen rock & roll legend Roy Orbison scored a top 10 hit with the

song "In Dreams." In 1986, David Lynch used a re-recorded version of

Orbison's operatic ballad of lost love in his neo-noir mystery thriller

film Blue Velvet, starring yours bluntly, Frank effen Booth! 

"In Dreams" - Roy Orbison

(1986 re-recorded ver., scenes from Aug. 1986 film Blue Velvet) 

I'm The Log Lady. My log does not judge. That's your job. 

My inquiring log wants to know. Did you find "Sixteen Reasons" to like these

sweet but oh-so-creepy pop hits? The Lynch Mob has logged a lot of time here

at Shady's Place. As we bid you farewell... remember that the answer is within

the question, and if you shut your eyes you'll burst into flames. Sweet dreams! 

"Sixteen Reasons" - Connie Stevens

(scene from Oct. 2001 film Mulholland Drive) 

Get Morganized with Robert W. Morgan, Vol. 2: Two Pizzas of Advice, Don't Talk To Strangers and Just Treat Her Right!

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"409" - Beach Boys

(Oct. 1962, highest chart position

#76 Hot 100, B side of "Surfin' Safari")

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Smoking the tires and peeling off the

starting line, The Beach Boys getting

your motor running with "409," the

charting B side of their first big

hit-- "Surfin' Safari."

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, moonlighting as a member of

The Shady Bunch here on sister station

S-P-M-M. I'm on a mission to get you

Morganized by playing the greatest

sounds of the sensational 60s.

Speaking of surfin'... this next duo rose to fame alongside the Beach Boys.

Like Brian Wilson's group, they had a string of hits in the surf rock and

hot rod categories and you're about to hear one of those exciting sounds.

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It's the title song from the film that starred Fabian, Tab Hunter, Shelley

Fabares and Barbara Eden. Jan And Dean-- "Ride The Wild Surf!"

"Ride The Wild Surf" - Jane And Dean

(Oct. 1964, highest chart pos. #16 Hot 100/#23 Cash Box,

from Aug. 1964 film Ride The Wild Surf)

Robert W. in the Morgan, and that was "Ride The Wild Surf," the title song from

the beachy keen surfing film released in the summer of 1964. The song was written

by Jan Berry, Brian Wilson and Roger Christian and performed by Jan and Dean.

Wild Surf has been called the best Hollywood surf movie of the 1960s. Unlike

typical beach movies that have goofy characters and are played for laughs...

Ride The Wild Surf takes an honest, sincere approach to the sport of surfing.

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Some say The Beau Brummels were America's first folk-rock band.

In 1965 the Frisco group went on Hullabaloo and performed their

latest single, and here it is now-- "Don't Talk To Strangers!" 

"Don't Talk To Strangers" - The Beau Brummels

(Nov. 1965, highest chart pos. #52 Hot 100/#53 Cash Box,

perf. on Sept. 27, 1965, ep. of Hullabaloo) 

Those were The Beau Brummels doing one of their classic songs

"Don't Talk To Strangers," a great sound that never even made

the top 50, because the band's label, Autumn Records, was

going belly up at the time of the single's release. 

If you're just tuning in, you're getting

Morganized with me, Robert W. Morgan

of KHJ Boss Angels, on loan to S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio here at Shady's Place.

While you're fightin' the freeway, I'm ridin' the

radio, and we're in the middle of a 7-in a row

commercial free cruise. If you're following

my simulcast on YouTube, check this out.

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From the Boss 30, here are Phil Spector's

Crystals appearing on Dick Clark's

Where The Action Is doing their

chart-topping crossover hit--

"He's A Rebel!"

"He's A Rebel" - The Crystals

(Oct./Nov. 1962, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100, #2 Cash Box,

#2 R&B, perf. on Aug. 6, 1965 ep. of Where The Action Is)

From a 1965 episode of Where The Action Is, that was Phil Spector's
girl group The Crystals joined by The Action Kids dance troupe
as they performed "He's A Rebel," a record that shot to
number one on the pop chart in the summer of 1962.

Robert W. Morgan here on KHJ LA

with simulcasts on YouTube and

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio,

home of The Shady Bunch.

Burnin' up the Boss lines at KHJ

Bossangeles and wherever you

happen to be, the next sound

you will hear is a genuine

monster unleashed during

the endless summer of '65. 

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Here they are, America's coolest couple,

Sonny and Cher, doing their signature

song-- "I Got You Babe." 

"I Got You Babe" - Sonny And Cher

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

performance on Top Of The Pops) 

You just witnessed Chastity's mom and pop on Top Of The Pops -

Sonny And Cher doing their chart-topping signature song

"I Got You Babe" on a Bandstand in a Foreign Land. 

Let's keep the needle in that same groove. Robert W's got a

double dose of dynamite from that exciting summer of 1965. 

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It's McGuinn and the guys, The Byrds, on Hollywood A Go-Go...

with the sound that launched them into the stratosphere--

"Mr. Tambourine Man!"

"Mr Tambourine Man" - The Byrds

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

perf. on July 17, 1965 ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go)

Burnin' up the boss lines on KHJ Boss Angeles and coast-to-coast on

our sister station S-P-M-M, The Byrds with their chart topper from

the summer of '65... "Mr. Tambourine Man," the Bob Dylan song

released earlier that year on the album Bringing It All Back Home.

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Well gang, I need to take my marbles and go home because

Shady says time's up. I hope you enjoyed this second edition

of Get Morganized with yours truly, Robert W. Morgan.

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Stay tuned Coming up on the flip side of

Gary Owens' news, it's Nancy Wheeler,

that spunky little lady from Stranger

Things, with the debut of her new

show No More Mr. Nice Girl...

 and I'll be back before you know it

with another batch of boss goldens to

get you Morganized, so keep it here

on S-P-M-M, your #1 station for a

rock 'n' roll nation. To play us off,

here's blue-eyed soul man Roy Head

with his top 3 charting hit from the fall

 of 1965-- "Treat Her Right." Now

this is Robert W. Morgan saying

goodbye and stay cool!

"Treat Her Right" - Roy Head And The Traits

(Oct. 1965, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100 and R&B,

#3 Cash Box, perf. on Oct. 9, 1965, ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go)

Something Old, Something New, Something Happy, Mona Wu: Sneak Preview - Beautiful Sunday!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Go, Jimmy, Go" - Jimmy Clanton

(Jan./Feb. 1960, highest chart pos.
#5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box/#1 Canada)

 

Getting things started on a happy note, that was Jimmy Clanton,

born on the bayou and nicknamed the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol,"

singing his top 5 hit from the early weeks of 1960 -- "Go, Jimmy, Go!"

 

Hey yu! I'm Mona Wu, the pert, purty, perky, pixieish

Pollyanna who worked for the Time Bureau on the

superhero TV series DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

If you watch my show you know that I am a former

food delivery girl who served as the Bureau's

Assistant Coordinator of Creature Upkeep,

that is until they gave me the ax.

You also know that

I am obsessed with

fantasy novels and

magical creatures of

all kinds. I actually

had a crush on

a wolf man.

I also believe music is magic. Good music has the power to

mend your achy breaky heart and make you happy again.

With that in mind, I am proud to announce that next

year I will be joining The Shady Bunch deejay legion.

I'm here today with a sneak preview of my show

Something Old, Something New,

Something Happy, Mona Wu.

 

The songs I'll be playing on

S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio

will spread sunshine into

your world. My tunes are

guaranteed to turn your

frown upside down.

Please listen to a few

samples from my show

and let me know if they

have that effect on you.

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Let's hear from the family pop group

The Cowsills.  They know a girl who

can make you happy - the flower girl

in their hit song-- "The Rain,

The Park and Other Things!"

"The Rain, The Park & Other Things" - The Cowsills

(Oct./Nov. 1967, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box/#2 Hot 100)

From the fall of 1967 those were The Cowsills with their first
big hit, "The Rain, The Park & Other Things," a record that
topped the Cash Box chart but stalled at #2 on Billboard,
held back by The Monkees monster "Daydream Believer."

Mona Wu here... putting some sunshine

in your day. How's your weekend going?

Here now is an English singer who was

born Peter Charles Green, made records

as Lee Stirling and Peter Lee Stirling,

and finally had a hit in the U.S. using

the stage name Daniel Boone. Catchy!

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This is another song that's guaranteed

to make you smile.  Sing along with

me: Hi hi hi, beautiful Sunday...

This is my my my beautiful day.

Here's-- Daniel Boone!

"Beautiful Sunday" - Daniel Boone

(Sept. 1972, highest chart pos. 15 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box)

That was Daniel Boone, a one-hit-wonder in the U.S., with his feel good

signature song "Beautiful Sunday," a record that cracked the top 20 and

made it halfway to the top 10 in the late summer and early fall of 1972.

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Yep, it's a beautiful Sunday... and it's 5 o'clock somewhere.
That's why my friends and I are having a little drinky-poo.
Firewater makes us silly and, as this song by
Blood, Sweat & Tears goes--  You've
Made Me So Very Happy!"

"You've Made Me So Very Happy" - Blood, Sweat & Tears

(Mar./Apr. 1969, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

"You've Made Me So Very Happy," a song penned by Motown's Berry Gordy,

Brenda & Patrice Holloway and Frank Wilson, and originally released by

Brenda in 1967. You just listened to the great cover by Blood, Sweat &

Tears, the popular jazz-rock band formed and first led by Al Kooper.

When Kooper left, he was replaced on lead vocals by the man you

just heard, Canadian singer David Clayton-Thomas. Released as

a single in 1969, that Blood, Sweat & Tears version spent three

weeks at #2, denied the #1 spot by The 5th Dimension's

mega-hit "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In."

If you're just tuning in, I'm Mona Wu,

how do you do? And you're listening
to a sneak preview of my new show
  Something Old, Something New,
Something Happy, Mona Wu,
coming in 2022 to Shady's Place
and S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

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Now here's a happy tune that ran
up the chart a few weeks after
that BS&T song reached its
peak. It's Atlanta pop-rock
artist Tommy Roe and--
oh "Heather Honey!"

"Heather Honey" - Tommy Roe

(May 1969, highest chart pos. #14 Cash Box/#29 Hot 100)

You just heard "Heather Honey,"

one of the many easy listening hits

waxed by Tommy Roe. That record

by Tommy barely made it into the

top 30 on the Billboard chart,

but closed in on the top 10

on the Cash Box survey.

Something Old, Something New,
Something Happy, and I'm your
host, Mona Wu, with yet another
great song to brighten your day.

From popular 1959 movie

A Hole In The Head... it's

the inspiring ditty about an

ant and a rubber tree plant

performed by Frank Sinatra

and a chorus of cute kids. 

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Here they are, Ol' Blue Eyes and the kids, singing their hit song "High Hopes!"

"High Hopes" - Frank Sinatra "And A Bunch Of Kids"

(July/Aug. 1959, highest chart pos. #22 Cash Box/#30 Hot 100,

from the July 1959 film A Hole In The Head)

Nominated for a Grammy and the winner of an Oscar for Best
Original Song, that was Frank Sinatra "And A Bunch Of Kids"
(that's what it says on the record label) doing "High Hopes."

Oh darn! Shady's giving me the sign to wrap things up.

Now I'd like you to be honest and ask yourself this.

Do you feel happier now that you've sampled my songs?

If so, then won't you

please join me in 2022

for the debut of my new

S-P-M-M radio show

Something Old,

Something New,

Something Happy,

Mona Wu?

Of course, you could

always go someplace

else to get your happy

song fix but, knowing

how much fun it is

spending time with

me... I need to ask:

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To play us off, here are those men from down under, the Little River Band,

the Aussie pop-rockers who placed ten singles on the U.S. chart between

1977 and 1983. This one took a 22 week ride on Billboard. That's longer

than any other record by the band. Hang on-- "Help Is On It's Way," and

I'm Mona Wu, always here for you, doing my best to make you happy.

I hope to see you next year!

"Help Is On It's Way" - Little River Band

(Oct./Nov. 1977, highest chart pos. #14 Hot 100 & Cash Box)