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BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:
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ROSE-COLORED GLASSES
with DR. DON ROSE
on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!
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(COLD SHOW OPEN)
"Ju Ju Hand" - Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs
(Aug./Sept. 1965, highest chart pos. #26 Hot 100/#28 Cash Box)
I've got a yoka mata huba bakwa Juju Hand
This yoka mata huba bakwa sure is grand
Makes your eyes look red and your tongue turn green
The yoka mata huba bakwa makes you scream
Shucks, if I were in a restaurant and heard Sam at the next
table yammering that mumbo jumbo... I'd grab the waiter
and say "I'll have what he's having!" (BA-DUM-BUMP)
In the lead-off spot, boasting about the magical power of his "Ju Ju Hand,"
that was Dallas rock & roller Sam The Sham along with his band of Pharaohs.
They're the wild and crazy guys who scored a top 3 hit with "Wooly Bully."
"Ju Ju Hand," their follow-up single that same year, 1965, didn't do as
well on the chart, just making it into the top 30.
A Dr. Donald D. Rosey good morning to you! I'm
Dr. Don Rose from Quixie in Dixie, WQXI Atlanta,
along with my pet canary Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!)
welcoming you to my first official radio show on
sister station S-P-M-M, the authentic sound of
top 40 radio in the 60s. The songs I play will
along with my pet canary Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!)
welcoming you to my first official radio show on
sister station S-P-M-M, the authentic sound of
top 40 radio in the 60s. The songs I play will
make your ears smile, and the videos you'll
watch on my YouTube simulcast will let
you view the past thru Rose-Colored
Glasses and relive the halcyon days
of your youth. By the way, if anybody
knows what the devil a halcyon is,
give me a call. I'm pretty sure a halcyon
is the doodad doohickey gismo that
fits on the end of a whatchamacallit
thingamajig. (BA-DUM-BUMP)
thingamajig. (BA-DUM-BUMP)
Now let's peer through our Rose-Colored glasses at the fall of 1966.
For nearly three years The Beatles and other Brit bands had been
dominating the chart in the states, but some American artists
survived the onslaught and successfully competed with the
long hairs from across the pond. Among them were these
cool cats from Boise, Idaho, and later Portland, Oregon.
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As the story goes, patriot Paul Revere shouted "The British are coming!
The British are coming!... but my band of Raiders can and will fight back
against the Invasion." That they did. 1966 was The Raiders breakthrough
year - 5 hit singles in a row - and I've got one of them on my turntable.
Here they are, the clown princes of pop rock, singing the red, white
and blues about another problem-- "The Great Airplane Strike!"
"The Great Airplane Strike" - Paul Revere And The Raiders
(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos. #17 Cash Box/#20 Hot 100)
Just what the doctor ordered - a feel good
ditty from Paul Revere & The Raiders, a
terminal tirade about "The Great Airplane
Strike," a top 20 hit for the band in 1966.
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This fella's full name is Billy Joe Thomas
and he keeps nagging me to pay back the
$50 I borrowed. Bobbie Gentry wrote a
song about it --- "Owed To Billy Joe."
(MOOOOO!) Here's B.J. Thomas and his
chandelier song - "Hooked On A Ceiling!"
"Hooked On A Feeling" - B.J. Thomas
(Dec. 1968/Jan. 1969, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100 & Cash Box)
The sound of the electric sitar allows Boomers to name that tune in 2 seconds flat.
A top 5 hit across the land at Christmas 1968 and on into the winter of '69, that
A top 5 hit across the land at Christmas 1968 and on into the winter of '69, that
was B.J. Thomas and "Hooked On A Feeling," a song covered five years later
by the Swedish rock band Blue Swede, the guys who added the creepy chant
"Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" to the song. "Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" is the
sound I make in the bathroom after eating my wife's pot roast.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)
"Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" to the song. "Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" is the
sound I make in the bathroom after eating my wife's pot roast.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)
Dr. Donald D. Rose reminding you that
an apple a day keeps the doctor away -
if your aim is good enough.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)
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Up next, countrified crooner Roger Miller
sings about a place where you can see
bobbies on bicycles, Westminster Abbey,
the tower of Big Ben and The Snows
of Kilimanjaro. (MOOOOO!) Here's
Roger now with-- "England Swings!"
"England Swings" - Roger Miller
(Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #8 Hot 100 & Cash Box)
A top 10 hit from late fall 1965, that was
Roger Miller singing "Inga Lynn swings
like a pendulum do." Shucks, that's why
I'm eager to meet her! (BA-DUM-BUMP)
Dr. Don Rose in the morning on Quixie
in Dixie and S-P-M-M, Retro Radio in Futuresonic Stereo Surround. I don't
have a clue what any of that means!
(KAZOO SOUND)
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These guys are a little bit country, a little bit
rock 'n' roll and a whole lotta fun. They're
The Newbeats, and they had a string of
Nashville style pop hits like this
one-- "Run, Baby Run!"
The Newbeats, and they had a string of
Nashville style pop hits like this
one-- "Run, Baby Run!"
"Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" - The Newbeats
(Oct./Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #12 Hot 100/#14 Cash Box)
You just heard the falsetto of the late great
Larry Henley singing "Run, Baby Run" with
The Newbeats. The record stopped at #12 on
Larry Henley singing "Run, Baby Run" with
The Newbeats. The record stopped at #12 on
the U.S. chart in the fall of 1965 but reached
the 10 spot in the UK six years later when it
was re-released as a B side and became
a dance favorite in Northern Soul clubs.
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Now a taste of Nashville soul from
Joe Simon. Joe feels like a puppet
on a string because his sweetie
keeps him-- "Hangin' On."
"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" - Joe Simon
(May/June 1968, highest chart position
(May/June 1968, highest chart position
#11 R&B/#25 Hot 100/#42 Cash Box)
Not to be confused with the hit by
the Motown Supremes, that was
"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On,"
a different song and different
kind of soul - Nashville soul,
a crossover hit in 1968 for
R&B soul man Joe Simon.
Shucks, I'm all out of time and
Gary Owens is waving me off.
Thanks for tuning in and letting
me put some corn in your morn.
I hope you had fun peering into
I hope you had fun peering into
the past through Rose-Colored
Glasses and reliving the salad
days of your youth. I'm a meat
and potatoes man myself.
(MOOOOO!)
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Stay tuned for Geator Gold with Jerry Blavat coming up on the B side of news,
and I'll be back soon with another pile of platters for a Rosey good morning.
That's my pledge, and here's Joe Jeffrey with his "Pledge of Love." Now
this is Dr. Don Rose along with Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!)... So long!
"My Pledge Of Love" - The Joe Jeffrey Group
(June/July 1969, highest chart pos. #13 Cash Box/#14 Hot 100)
