HERE'S TO 17 YEARS...

 ...DOWN THE DRAIN! 

COLD OPEN:

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"Beach Boy Gold" - Gidea Park

(July 23, 1981 perf. on Top Of The Pops)

 Kicking-off our star-studded anniversary special with 

"Good Good Good Vibrations" and their hit Beach Boys medley,

that was Gidea Park, the creation of English singer/songwriter

and record producer Adrian Baker. That clip showed the group

in the summer of 1981 performing live on Top of The Pops.

Hi, everyone!  To borrow from the hit song by The Beach Boys and

The Regents before them, my name is Mar-Mar-Mar Mar-Marvel Ann.

  I'm one of the stars of the slasher comedy flick Psycho Beach Party (2000)

and one of the memorable characters in the Shady's Place series

  A.A. MEETING 

...a tribute to the beautiful and talented actress Amy Adams.

Set in 1962, Psycho Beach Party is a spoof of 1960s Beach Party

and Gidget movies along with the slasher genre of horror films.

The story follows Florence "Chicklet" Forrest, a Gidget-like character...

  as she flirts and surfs in a small beach town. Cowabunga!

 When Chicklet starts experiencing blackouts, severed body parts start

turning up on the beach.  EEW!!!  Could the incidents be connected?

Ya think???  SPOILER ALERT: This is not a boat accident!

 The plot might surround Florence...

 but the boys surround me...

because this beach bunny's got what it takes and knows how to use it. 

They call Florence "Chicklet." Well, I kinda look like "Cricket" -

Cricket Blake - the character played by Connie Stevens

on the TV series 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye.

I also have a Marcia Brady thing going on.  Oops - wardrobe malfunction!

Marcia!  Marcia!  Marcia!

 

So, here I am, pretty in pink, beachy keen and the center of attention.

I always bring my two plain Jane girlfriends along to

make sure guys look at me and only me.

I've got radar for buff beach boys.

Incoming, girls!

Studly surfer at 12 o'clock!

Oops - another wardrobe malfunction, and I didn't even get in the water yet!

My top will probably come off in the waves, too.

Would you please join me in case I need help again?

Now that I've teased you about Psycho Beach Party, it's time to get back to

the music. Here he is, our master of ceremonies, a legend in his own mind -

Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (and Music History)! 

Cheers, Marvel Ann, and ta muchly for giving us a sneak peek

at your shagadelic movie Psycho Beach Potty. If I told you

 you've got a classy chassis... would you hold it against me?

Fancy a bit of how’s your father? The old slap and tickle?

What say you and I get starkers and make some motion

in the ocean taking the skin boat to tuna town? 

That's a gag, dove! Oh come on now. I saw you

crack a smile just then. Admit it, baby -- YEAH!

Austin Powers

I was just pulling your leg, pussycat - taking a piss and all that rot.

 Shady's Place CEO Shady Del Knight is pleased as punch and

proud as a peacock to be celebrating his 17 year blogiversary.

So, come join the party and go ape. Put a lampshade on your head,

jump up on the table and boogie to the beat as Shady Bunch DJs

spin records for your listening, dancing and romancing pleasure!

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My song pick is a toe-tapper by Petula Clark...

a #1 hit around the world. Pet sings-- "My Love!"

"My Love" - Petula Clark

(Jan./Feb. 1966, highest chart pos.

#1 Hot 100/#2 Cash Box)

Donna the Prima Donna

Hello! I'm Donna the Prima Donna, one of

Shady's Angels

...the Shady Bunch DJ team made up entirely of vintage pin-up women.

Shady's Angels don't battle bad guys.  We play

the greatest songs of the 1950s and early 60s.

If you're a doo-wop fan, the Angel song I am about to play will bowl you over.

Recorded by The Belmonts, this ditty was a top 30 hit at the end

of summer in 1962. A year later, Dion took the melody, changed the

lyrics and turned it into my theme song "Donna The Prima Donna."

Here now are the Belmonts singing-- "Come On Little Angel!"

"Come On Little Angel" - The Belmonts

(Aug./Sept. 1962, highest chart pos.

#26 Cash Box/#28 Hot 100)

Hey Vern -- how's it hangin'? This is your old buddy

Ernest P. Worrell comin' around again like a bad penny.

 Taint none of my beeswax, Vern... but you look a little rough

around the edges, like somethin' the Hepcat dragged in.

 What happened, Vern? 'Fess up. Out all night and runnin' wild?

Get grabby with one of the gals down at the Peek-a-Boo

and the bouncer slapped you silly? 

 Anyhoo, happy 17th blogiversary to Shady D, and don't forget

to catch the next edition of my hoedown showdown

Ernest P. Worrell's

Rock-a-Billygoat 

here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. 

Say Vern, the tune I'm fixin' to play in Shady's honor is bound to tickle

his tin ear. Well I'll be ding if it ain't that purty little English muffin

Amy Slattery along with her pappy. They're here to remind us of

another great duo, The Everly Brothers, as they cover a spiffer

of a song that was lost and almost forgotten, hidden away

on the B side of The Everlys' low charting 1964

single "The Ferris Wheel."

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Here now are The Slatterys - Amy and Gerry -

remembering Phil & Don, with-- "Don't Forget To Cry."

"Don't Forget To Cry" - The Everly Brothers

cover by Amy & Gerry Slattery (Mar. 2021)

Stephanie Smothers

I'm Anna Kendrick look-alike and amateur sleuth Stephanie Smothers,

star of the 2018 black comedy crime thriller movie A Simple Favor

and Hostess With the Mostest of the Shady's Place series

 Stephanie

Knows Who

 (What, When, Where, Why & How)

In my movie, I ask a lot of questions and solve a murder.

 On my S-P-M-M radio show, every song I play asks

a question or has questions in the lyrics.

She's been a hot name on the pop scene since the early 80s, and today,

millions of fans are still going Wilde for English singer Kim (Wilde).

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Kim's here for the anniversary party and asking

Shady point blank: "Who Do You Think You Are?"

"Who Do You Think You Are?" - Kim Wilde

(Aug./Sept. 1992, highest chart pos. #10 Netherlands

Dutch Top 40/#49 UK, Aug. 22, 1992, performance

on Dutch TV show "Hollymund")

Hello. As you might

recall from my previous

appearances here at

Shady's Place, I am

Kala

Dandekar 

...a member of the

"August 8th Cluster" -

  one of the sensates on

the sci-fi drama series

Sense8. I am also one

 of your hosts on the

S-P-M-M radio show 

Sense 8

Sensi-

bility.

 

I and the other sensates urge you to do your part to make this a

better world. Our series is based on the belief that people every-

where share a connection, and it is our love of good music.

With that in mind, the sensates are proud to bring you great songs

and outstanding performances by talented artists around the globe.  

 The song I am contributing to Shady's 17th anniversary extravaganza

is indeed a great one, and so is the performance you are about to see.

It's by the Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician known as Laufey.

 Influenced by jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, Laufey

rose to international fame and widespread critical acclaim in the

early 2020s and is credited with bringing back jazz to Gen Z.

Upon its release in 2023, the original song Laufey is about

to perform reached 1 million streams in less than 24 hours.

The bossa nova/jazz pop song was released as a single

from Laufey's second studio album Bewitched which

broke the all-time record on Spotify as the biggest

debut for a jazz album in the platform's history.

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Listen now to the velvet voice of lovely Laufey as she sings-- "From The Start!"

!

"From The Start" - Laufey
May/June/July 2023, highest chart pos.

#8 New Zealand/#19 Iceland/#1 US Bubbling Under,

from September 2023 album Bewitched)

   

If you're just tuning in, Shady Dell Knight is celebrating 17 years

of blood, sweat & tears as a blogger and you're attending a

rip-roaring, 10-in-a-row, all-night kegger in his honor.

Olivia Lytton

Some of your favorite Shady Bunch DJs are here playing

samples of the songs you'll hear on their shows.

I'm Olivia Lytton, a parliamentary researcher and rape accuser on

the 2022 David E. Kelley thriller miniseries Anatomy of A Scandal.

I am also the lone Brit girl in the Shady's Place music series

The I-Team

Plays the I-Tunes

As you recall, every song played by me and other

members of the I-Team begins with the letter "I."

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 The super cool track playing on my turntable right now was written and sung

by George Harrison and released on The Beatles' 1966 album Revolver.

Here now are George Harrison and The Beatles with--

"I Want To Tell You (I've Got Time)!"

"I Want To Tell You" - The Beatles

(from Aug. 1966 album Revolver)

Hi again. As you recall, I'm

Dot Everest 

... superhero vigilante with the

power to manipulate time on

the comedy sci-fi TV series

The Tick. I'm also a member

of the Shady Bunch DJ squad 

and host of a time sensitive

 S-P-M-M radio show called
7 on

the Dot

 TICK TICK TICK...
Every song I play makes reference

to time in the title and/or lyrics.

Here's a "dated" song that makes reference to night time and to

the time period "late December back in '63." The ditty is also a

Tick Tick Tick

Pick to Click because "Clock" is the name of

the group that recorded this catchy cover.

 

Based in the UK, Clock is a Euro-dance act that features

rapper Marcus Thomas and singer Lorna Saunders. 

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I hope you'll agree that this Clock can't be beat as they do their 1997

update of The Four Seasons' time-tested 1976 hit-- "Oh What A Night!"

"Oh What A Night (December 1963)" - Four Seasons

cover by Clock, 1997 single, highest chart pos. #13 UK,

#13 Ireland, from March 1997 album About Time 2)

Joe Goldberg 

Hey, You!  I'm Joe Goldberg, star of the Netflix psycho thriller series You.  

Here at Shady's Place, I join my hot co-star in hosting the S-P-M-M show

Guinevere Beck's

Mad About You!

The gimmick is that every song we play has the word "You" in the title. 

 The "You" song I'm  about to play is by Bonnie Pointer, former member

of the famous Pointer Sisters. After leaving the sister group in 1977,

Bonnie had moderate success as a solo artist, this being her biggest hit. 

Penned by the Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland writing

and composing team, the song was originally recorded by

The Elgins who scored a top 10 R&B hit with it in late 1966. 

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 Fast forward to the fall of 1979 when Bonnie Pointer's disco-styled cover

made the top 10 on the dance chart and crossed over to the top 10 on

the pop chart.  Listen to the distinctive sound of tubular bells along

with that funky bass line as Bonnie sings her discofied

version of-- "Heaven Must Have Sent You!"

"Heaven Must Have Sent You" - Bonnie Pointer

(Sept./Oct. 1979, highest chart pos. #10 Cash Box,

#11 Hot 100/#8 Dance)

Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell: Do make haste, my supple countess. 

The last flight to Shangri-la leaves within the hour.

Up...up and pray hasten, gentle dove, ere

the portcullis bars your entrance to Elsinore.

 Kelly MacNamara: In a scene like this you get a contact high!

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"Pull Shapes" - The Pipettes {English indie pop girl group} 

(July 2006, highest chart position #26 UK, video parody

of 1970 Russ Meyer film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls)

Masters and mistresses, I'm so excited by what I've just heard

that I predict these three, much like one of their illustrious

sisters before them, Carrie Nation, will crush the

musical barrier and rise like angels.

Hail, hail Pipettes. You'll be superstars!

Donna the Prima Donna

Thanks for being here to help Shady salivate 17 years of blogging.

We'll be sailing into year 18 next month, so please stick around!

Oh boy... can't wait!