This Bud's For You - Volume 1: Shady's Beggin' Bud's Budding Blossoms ("The Budettes") to Play the Budbox!

After school, and often until late at night,

my friends and I satisfied our hunger for

good music in the Shady Dell dance hall.

We satisfied our hunger for good food and pleasant

conversation at Helen Ettline's snack counter.

Welcome to vol. 1
of my new series
that pays tribute

to another popular

York area hangout

for teenagers -

 BUD'S 

 DRIVE-IN. 

Bud's was located
on South George St.
extended, just across
the hill from the
Shady Dell.

Like the Dell, Bud's was a meeting place

for teens from various high schools.

Bud's offered good food
and a great selection of
tunes on the jukebox.

My new series is called This Bud's For You. In every edition my
assistants, Bud's Budding Blossoms aka The Budettes,
the cute girls seen hovering around Bud's jukebox, will play
records that were popular at Bud's Drive-in from the mid
60s to 1970, the years I spent hanging out there.

This trio of Shady's
helpers represents the
teenagers who hung out
at Bud's in the mid 60s
(1963 thru early 1967).
Meet Christine, the
ponytailed redhead
now selecting a song,
Denise, the brunette
behind her, and blonde
Sharon on the right.

And here, representing Bud's
teenagers of the late 60s,
(mid 1967 thru 1970),
meet Janice at the
keyboard and her
friend Melissa
behind the box.

Now, here they are,

Bud's Budding Blossoms

to give you a taste of
the musical menu at
Bud's Drive-in.

 THIS BUD'S 
 FOR YOU! 

CHRISTINE: I'm picking C-4

to play a record that was hot
at Bud's in winter, the early
weeks of 1966 to be exact.
It's the second number one
charting hit by Motown's
child prodigy Stevie Wonder, 

his first hit after dropping

the "Little" from his name.

This single crossed over 

and reached the top 3 on

Billboard and Cash Box.

Listen now to Stevie

Wonder and-- "Uptight

(Everything's Alright)"

""Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder

(Jan./Feb. 1966, highest chart pos. #1 R&B, #3 Hot 100,

#3 Cash Box, perf. in UK on Top Of The Pops)

JANICE: It's the spring of 1967
at Bud's, and I'm choosing F-19
to play one of the best records
released by Frankie Valli and
The 4 Seasons, a song written
by group member Bob Gaudio
along with Peggy Santiglia,
lead singer of The Angels.
This single only reached
the top 15 at the time of its

release, but it was destined
to become a fan favorite in
the decades that followed
and a popular spin in the
Northern Soul clubs of
England in the '70s. Listen

to The 4 Seasons-- "Beggin'."

"Beggin'" - The 4 Seasons

(Mar./Apr. 1967, highest cht. pos. #12 Cash Box/#16 Hot 100)

MELISSA: I spotted one I wanna hear,

Janice. Please punch in L-12 for me...

because I'm excited about this record

by Elvis Presley, a story about a man

searching for his missing love. Penned

by Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard and

recorded in February, 1969, it took a

year for the song to be released as a

single and start climbing the chart.

Here's Elvis riding high during

his comeback period, making

the top 10 winner's circle

on Cash Box with a cool

country song about the

cold "Kentucky Rain."

"Kentucky Rain" - Elvis Presley

(Feb./Mar. 1970, highest chart pos. #10 Cash Box/#16 Hot 100)

 TIME TO EAT! 

DENISE: I love records

inspired by dance crazes,

and I'm gonna play S-11,

"The Jerk" by The Larks,

an R&B vocal group led

by Don Julian that was

known in the 50s as
 The Meadowlarks.
In the early weeks

of '65, this ditty was

hot on the Bud Box

and, thru the magic of

this SPMM simulcast,

you'll see The Larks

 perform their hit on

Hollywood A Go-Go!

"The Jerk" - The Larks

(Jan. 1965, highest chart pos. #6 Cash Box/#7 Hot 100,

#9 R&B, perf. on April 17, 1965 ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go)

SHARON: Hey Deenie, do me

a favor and press in number
G-14. I love Johnny Rivers,
and I wanna hear his version
of a rhythm and blues song
written in the mid 50s by
blues great Willie Dixon.

It's the summer of '65

and Johnny Rivers is

climbing the chart and

nearing the top 5 with 

-- "Seventh Son!"

"Seventh Son" - Johnny Rivers"

(June/July 1965, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

That does it for vol. 1 of our series

This Bud's For You. Many thanks

to Bud's Budding Blossoms aka

 The Budettes: Melissa, Janice,
Denise, Sharon and Christine,

for feeding the old jukebox and

playing the top tunes from the

golden years at Bud's Drive-in.

I leave you with one last nugget

from the Bud Box, a song

written and recorded by

Houston born reggae

and pop singer

Johnny Nash. 

In the fall of 1968, "Hold Me Tight" went top 5 in the U.S.

and in the UK and topped the Canadian chart, making it

Johnny's second biggest hit after "I Can See Clearly Now."

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 I can see clearly now that my time's up, so for the whole

gang at Bud's, this is grandmaster emcee Shady saying

so long and remember our famous slogan--

This Bud's For You!

"Hold me Tight" - Johnny Nash

(Oct./Nov. 1968, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box,

#21 R&B, perf. on Oct. 12, 1968, ep. of American Bandstand)

Joyce Martin's a Gold Digger!

Hi again! I'm Joyce Martin.

I'm sure you

remember me

from last year's

post here at

Shady's Place.

As you recall, I'm a good girl breaking bad...

falling under the influence of the

mean girl gang known as the

I'm just trying

to fit in, but

ever since I

got mixed-

up with the

Hellcats, my

grades have

been slipping

and my folks

have been in

my face and

on my case.

Not knowing which way to turn for help, I found a friend
in Professor Shady Del Knight who offered to be my private
tutor and help me bring up my grades. To earn extra credit,
I am doing a special research project for Professor Knight

and hosting this new blog series at Shady's Place called

Joyce Martin's  a  Gold Digger!

In each volume I will display vintage top tunes surveys,

the hit parades distributed by radio stations in the 50s

and 60s. Next I'll go digging for gold - picking a

favorite song from each list and playing it for

your listening and dancing pleasure.

I'm lucky to have this

chance to make good,

so... if you're ready...

let's dig some gold!

WAEB - ALLENTOWN, PA

This edition of my series features radio station

play lists from across the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Let's begin with the survey

in green above, issued by WAEB 790 in

Allentown. It's the week of May 23, 1960,

and I'm poring over the station's list of the

"Top Tunes in the Lehigh Valley." I think

I'll play #23, "Young Emotions," a song

by Ricky Nelson, a cool guy I dated!

"Young Emotions" - Ricky Nelson

(May/June 1960, highest chart pos.

#11 Cash Box/#12 Hot 100, scene from

The Adventures of Ozzie And Harriet)

WFBG - ALTOONA, PA

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Our next stop is Altoona, PA, and radio station

WFBG 1290 - "The Voice of the Alleghenies."

It's the week of June 8, 1963, and I'm picking

#17 on the survey, Connie Francis, one of the

most popular female singers of the late 50s

and early 1960s, beginning to struggle a bit

on the chart by mid 1963 when this rock 'n'

roll style record, "If My Pillow Could Talk."

missed the top 20 on the Billboard chart.

"If My Pillow Could Talk"

Connie Francis (June 1963, highest

chart pos. #16 Cash Box/#23 Hot 100)

WLAN - LANCASTER, PA

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We now head southeast to Professor Shady's

old stomping ground and a visit to Lancaster,

home of AM station WLAN 1390. My choice

from the LAN Tunivac Top 60 for the week

of November 25, 1961, is #6, "Heartaches"

by The Marcels, a group from Pittsburgh.

"Heartaches" was recorded in 1933 by

bandleader Ted Weems, but his version

didn't catch on and become a hit until

a DJ revived it in 1947. It has since 

been waxed by many artists. This

version, by The Marcels, made

a run at the top 5 on Billboard.

"Heartaches" - The Marcels

(Nov./Dec. 1961, highest chart pos.

#7 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box/#19 R&B)

          WJET - ERIE, PA

I'm digging this gold and I hope you are,

too. We now travel all the way back up

to the far corner of the state, Erie, and

another station with a top 60 instead

of a top 40 format. It's "The Jet" -

WJET 1400. We're revisiting the

week of May 22, 1961, and the

tune I've selected from Erie’s

Original Top 60 Music Survey -

The Jet Sixty is #14, the neato

girl pop song "Triangle" by

one-hit wonder Janie Grant,

real name Rose Marie Cosili

of Paterson, New Jersey.

"Triangle" - Janie Grant

(May/June 1961, highest chart pos.

#23 Cash Box/#29 Hot 100)

           WSBA - YORK, PA

Next we travel all the way back across
the state to Shady's hometown, York,
and a top tunes list issued by WSBA
"The Nifty 910"... later known as
 "The Mighty 910." It's the week

of July 29, 1961, and I'm gonna
play #5 on the survey "I Like It
Like That," a major crossover

hit for New Orleans R&B
great Chris Kenner!

"I Like It Like That, Part 1"

Chris Kenner (July/Aug. 1961,

highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100

#2 Cash Box/#2 R&B)

KDKA - PITTSBURGH, PA

From station KDKA Pittsburgh, here above is a survey listing the top hits

of 1964. I'm spinning the #22 song that year, a Four Seasons record that
would have topped the chart if not for The Beatles and their two smash
hits "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" which held the
#1 and #2 spots and for three weeks in a row prevented the Seasons'
record from rising higher. Here now are The Four Seasons doing
their best to fend off Beatlemania with-- "Dawn (Go Away)."

"Dawn (Go Away)" - The 4 Seasons

(Feb./Mar. 1964, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

I hope you

dug this gold.

Please join me

for volume 2 of

Joyce Martin's
 a  Gold Digger.

coming soon!

Plan B (Soft) - Vol. 1: The Case of the Farmer's Daughter

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(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Batholomew" - The Silent Comedy

(from 2010 album Common Faults, theme
from season 1 of TV series Goliath

 THE CASE OF THE 

 FARMER'S DAUGHTER 

"Farmer John" - The Premiers

(July 1964, highest chart pos. #19 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Our client's name is Alice Brandt.
Alice is a simple farm girl, a farmer's daughter...
the one with the champagne eyes. Alice is

a good kid, a nice girl. She means well.

Alice was my mother's name.

I'm Jimmy Berluti...

an associate at the Boston

law firm of Donnell, Young,

Dole & Frutt on the hit

TV series The Practice.

They call me Jimmy the Grunt
because I'm strictly a working-class
stiff - no pretense, just a regular guy
practicing law, and I'm gonna keep
on practicing until I get it right.

I'm Patty

Solis-Papagian...

a DUI lawyer/real estate agent

who works with Santa Monica

attorney Billy McBride (who

bears a striking resemblance

to Billy Bob Thornton) on the

hit television series Goliath.

And I'm

Kim Wexler...

a lawyer who previously worked

at a successful law firm based

in Albuquerque. Currently,

I'm sharing office space with

"Slippin' Jimmy" McGill aka

Saul Goodman, a small-time

lawyer on the hit TV series

Better Call Saul, a spin-

off of Breaking Bad.

We welcome you to

Plan B (Soft)...
a very different kind of radio show
coming to you exclusively here on
S-P-M-M, the number one station
for crimes and investigation. On
every show I, along with my law
partners, bring you in on actual
court cases and reveal our secret
strategy as we defend clients
and help them beat the rap.

As experienced lawyers, Patty,

Kim and I make a formidable

dream team. We lay down the

law, mount a rigorous defense.

Remember our slogan: "Your

problems will be little 'cause

we always win acquittal."

Now,  I can hear some of

you asking, "What exactly do

you mean by Plan B (Soft)?"

"Plan B" is where we create

reasonable doubt in the minds

of the jurors that our client is
guilty. We do that by pointing

the finger at somebody else

and suggesting that they

did the crime. 

 

Kim, Patty and I intend to prove beyond a reasonable

doubt, in fact, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that there

is no better radio show anywhere than the one we

are hosting on S-P-M-M. As you will see & hear,

the evidence is overwhelming and irrefutable.

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Now back to our case.

Right off the bat... I ask

you not to hate our client

simply because she's beautiful.

Listen closely to her story

and give her a fair trial.

In a nutshell, (and a taxi cab),

Alice Brandt came to me,

charged with first degree

"HB&E" - heart-breaking &

entering (into promiscuity).

"Heartbreaker" - Dionne Warwick

(Nov./Dec. 1982, highest chart pos.

#10 Hot 100/#15 Cash Box/#14 R&B)

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At first blush, before you know all the facts of the case, Alice

might appear to be, not just a heart-breaker, but a heart killer.

"Heartkiller" - Kat Graham

(from May 2012 EP Against the Wall)

(SCENES FROM THE TRIAL)

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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, it

is important that you understand

our client's dirt poor beginnings.

You see, when she was just a kid,

 her clothes were hand-me-down.

To make matters worse, they

always laughed at her when

she came into town, called

her rag doll, little rag doll.

"Rag Doll" - The 4 Seasons

(June/July 1964, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

performance on Aug 12, 1966, ep. of Where The Action Is)

The defense will show

that Alice's problems

began when she left her

childhood sweetheart,

a young man named

Billie Joe McAllister,

pining away for her

in the hay loft, and

 hopped a bus to

the big city.

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Alice landed a job as an

administrative assistant at

a large company. In no time

she attracted the attention of

male co-workers, Dating offers

poured in. I guess you could

say that Alice became an

overnight sensation.

"Overnight Sensation" - Jerry Knight

(Apr. thru June 1980, highest chart pos.

#17 R&B/#103 Bubbling Under, perf. on Soul Train)

 Flattered by all the attention, Alice got caught up in the
excitement and, before long, earned a reputation as ...

the office hussy!
Dating 300 men at the same time brought Alice to...

the edge of doom.

It also brought her to us,

the legal dream team of

Berluti Solis-Papagian

and Wexler.

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By now it would be completely

understandable if you looked

at Alice and said to yourself,

"devil or angel... I can't

make up my mind

which one you are."

"Devil Or Angel" - Bobby Vee

(Oct. 1960, highest chart position

#4 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100/#22 R&B)

Be that as it may, we are confident that when you weigh all
the evidence, there is but one conclusion - our client is

innocent on all counts of heartbreaking and entering.

Alice, a good girl from a cabin in the cotton, came to the big city
in search of a better life. Inexperienced, dazzled by the bright lights,
she fell prey to men who took advantage of her. They are the ones

who should be standing trial, all 300 of them... not our client.

Alice's legal defense is one that

has withstood the test of time.

It's as old as Adam & Eve -

a plain and simple fact...

the girl can't help it!

"The Girl Can't Help It" - Little Richard

(Jan./Feb. 1957, highest chart pos. #7 R&B/#49 Hot 100,

scenes from Dec. 1956 film The Girl Can't Help It)

How're you gonna keep them down on the farm, after
they've had a taste of the good life in the big city?

ALICE BRANDT: VIXEN?... OR VICTIM?

Are there advantages to being beautiful in today's

society? Yes, most certainly, but there can be

just as many heartaches. Go ask Alice, I think

she'll know. The Defense rests, your honor.

Our closing argument is this,
ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
Our client, Alice, is a nice country
girl from a good family, a gullible
innocent who became putty in the
hands of city slickers attracted like
flies by her Elly May Clampett looks,
selfish cads who took advantage of
 her good-natured naivete and
 generosity. The wrongdoing
in this case was entirely
on their part, not hers.

The Case of the Farmer's Daughter

has been milked for all its worth.

Thanks for being here. Stay tuned

on the other side of news for the
debut of Daisy Skye's Power Surge.
Daisy's a good kid... a nice girl.
She means well. Daisy was
my mother's name.

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Stick around because we'll be back soon with another true crime story

ripped from our case files. Till then, remember this. If you're in an accident,

Better Call Saul or Billy McBride, but if you need a music fix and need it real
bad, call us and ask for Plan B (Soft). Remember too that suspicion equals
reasonable doubt, and that's what Plan B (Soft) is all about. Now for my
partners Kim Wexler and Patty Solis-Papagian, this is Jimmy Berluti
reminding you to treat your mama real nice. See you next time!