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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Alan, Denny, Cisco, Chris, Allie, Wolfman, Nina, Kate and Thea Join The Shady Bunch - 2023 New Year Gala, Pt. 2


COLD SHOW OPEN
CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 


"Love You Inside Out" - Bee Gees
(dance performed by Legs & Co on
Apr. 26, 1979, ep. of Top Of The Pops

For your listening and especially your viewing pleasure, the dancing damsels
of Legs & Co on the long-running UK music program Top Of The Pops,
doing their artistic interpretation of "Love You Inside Out," a chart-
topping hit in the U.S. and Canada in the spring of 1979
for the British brother act the Bee Gees. 



Hello and Happy New Year!
I'm Alan Shore, the lecherous loose
cannon lawyer on not one, but two
hit television series - The Practice
and Boston Legal.

Welcome to Part 2 of Shady's
gala New Year extravaganza...
kicking-off 2023 in grand
style with music selections
from the newest members
of The Shady Bunch
deejay staff. 


My new show on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio is called
Letch Dance
With Alan Shore.
It will feature dazzling performances by Legs & Co, Pan's People and
Ruby Flipper, the female terpsichore troupes on Top Of The Pops.


Occasionally I will treat you to rare glimpses of the dancing Go-Go girls
on Germany's Musikladen and other European music programs of the 70s. 


 So join me and my sidekick Denny Crane this year on what promises to be
the most exciting and entertaining show ever presented at Shady's Place -
Letch Dance
With Alan Shore.



Pan's People...
Ruby Flipper...
Legs & Co...
I dated 'em all,
 and married 5 of
'em...or was it 6?
Denny Crane!





Hola mis amigos
y amigas!

As you recall from my previous
appearances, I'm Cisco Ramon...
mechanical engineering whiz kid
and youngest member of the team
of scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs on
the superhero TV series The Flash.
When I developed the metahuman
ability to see into the future, I took
the codename "Vibe." This year,
I am joining The Shady Bunch
DJ squad as host of a new show
on S-P-M-M Retro Radio called



Cisco's
VintaGe Vibes.
Just now, I peered into the future and saw good times ahead for you and me
on S-P-M-M. Here's a sample of what you'll see and hear on my show.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 

From late 1970, the pop-jazz band Blood, Sweat & Tears led by
David Clayton-Thomas with their top 20 hit-- "Lucretia Mac Evil!"


"Lucretia Mac Evil" - Blood, Sweat & Tears
(Nov. 1970, highest chart pos. #17 Cash Box/#29 Hot 100)



Hi, Everybody! It's me again,
Chris Griffin, the crazy mixed-up kid
on Family Guy. As you know from my
previous stints on Shady's blogs, I am
also a world class talent scout. Today
I'm excited to announce that Shady
has promoted me to a full time DJ
on S-P-M-M radio. Starting this
year, I will host my new show

Chris Griffin's
Psychotic Break

...a musical interlude that will
put you in touch with your
inner wild child. 


To give you a hint of what's to come on my show, I present a song by Ratt,
the San Diego-based glam metal band of the 80s fronted by Stephen Pearcy.
Ratt is associated with comedy legend Milton Berle because he appeared in
two of the band's videos, and because "Uncle Miltie," as he was known by
millions of TV viewers, was the real life uncle of Ratt manager Marshall
Berle. Here now is Ratt on stage doing their top 40 Rock chart hit
from the fall of 1985-- "You're In Love!"


"You're In Love" - Ratt
(Oct./Nov. 1985, highest chart pos. #34 U.S. Rock,
#67 Canada/#82 UK/#89 Hot 100)


Hi, I'm Allie Pressman. Shady introduced
me last year.  As you recall, I'm the main
character on the mystery drama web TV
series The Society. The show is about
a group of high school classmates who
return from a field trip to discover that
everyone in their town has vanished.
The teens need to figure out how to
survive on their own, govern and
police themselves and forge a
brave new world. My new show
here on S-P-M-M will be called

Society's Child.

It is only fitting that the records
I play flash back to the late 60s
when gentle people with flowers
in their hair created a new society
and tried to make a better world.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Here's the kind of song you'll hear on Society's Child...
Scottish troubadour Donovan's 1968 hit-- "Jennifer Juniper!" 


"Jennifer Juniper" - Donovan
(Apr. 1968, highest chart pos. # #18 Cash Box/#26 Hot 100)

AHHHOOOOOOO!

Happy New Year, bay-bay, from your old pal on the radio The Wolfman!
Yes, gracious, I'm back full time on S-P-M-M... the number one station for
a rock & roll nation.  Starting this year, I'll be hosting a new show called

 Wolfman Jack'
 AmericaHot Wa

...and here's a sample of the kind of sounds you'll hear.  It's the merry
Mr. Chuck Berry with a blast from the past... a chart topper
in the early months of 1958-- "Sweet Little Sixteen!" 


"Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry
(Mar. 1958, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#2 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
perf. on Feb. 22, 1958, ep. of The Dick Clark Show
aka Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show


Hello. I am Nina Sergeevna Krilova.
Do not believe what you read in
the newspaper. I come to you

 From Russia 
 With Love! 

I am a clerical worker turned KGB agent
on the FX network period spy thriller TV
show The Americans. I work at Soviet
Embassy in Washington, but much of
my time is spent...how you Americans
say?... making whoopee in safe house
with my secret lover, FBI agent Stan
Beeman. I serve him as an informant,
a "double agent." Yes, it is true. I am
Stan Beeman's...how you Americans
say?... under the covers angel.

Recently I received good news. Shady Del Knight has picked me to host
my own show starting soon here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

My show is called
 Nina Krilova's Glasnost 
...and I have a sample of what you might hear. It's Nancy Sinatra
with the B side of her 1966 hit "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?"
Here is-- "The Last Of The Secret Agents!" 


"The Last Of The Secret Agents?" - Nancy Sinatra
(May/June 1966, B side of "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?") 




Alrigh’ mates? I'm D.I. Kate Bishop on the British comedy-drama police procedural
Vexed. I'm the better half of a detective duo with my partner, Jack Armstrong,
a relationship that's every bit as dysfunctional as my marriage. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

I was chuffed to bits when I got word that Shady Del Knight has
selected me and six other celebrity Brit birds to host our own
radio show on S-P-M-M. Our new show is called
BRITISH BRITISH SWAG 
..and here's a sample. From early 1967, it's The Spencer Davis Group
featuring singer-songwriter Steve Winwood doing their Hammond
organ-driven blues rock hit-- "I'm A Man!" 


"I'm A Man" - Spencer Davis Group
(Apr./May 1967, highest chart pos. #10 Hot 100 & Cash Box)



Hi, again!  I'm Thea Queen. You might remember me from my previous
appearances and hosting stints at Shady's rave parties. Just in case your
memory needs refreshing, I'm Oliver's kid sister and the vigilante
avenger codename "Speedy" on the DC Comics superhero TV
series Arrow. I also am the owner of Verdant, Star City's
hottest nightclub. With credentials like those, it's no
surprise that Shady picked me to go full time and
host my own show on S-P-M-M. I'll be back
later this year with the cool sounds of
the Disco 70s and clubbin' 80s on
Thea Queen of Clubs
... a show that'll keep you out on the floor and begging for more. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

I hope you enjoyed this 2-part music fest to start the new year. To play us off,
here's The Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, with "Last Dance," her top 5 hit
from the summer of '78. Donna performs the song in a scene from the film
Thank God It's Friday. Now for Kate Bishop, Nina Krilova, Wolfman Jack,
Allie Pressman, Chris Griffin, Cisco Ramon, Alan Shore and Denny
Crane, I'm Thea Queen saying goodbye and have a super year!


"Last Dance" - Donna Summer
(July/Aug. 1978, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100/#4 Cash Box,
#5 R&B, scene from May 1978 film Thank God It's Friday

Wolfman Jack's American Hot Wax
Another Shady's Place exclusive!

Saturday, April 23, 2022

Shady Train - Ep. 19: Freestyle Awhile!




BOOTH ANNOUNCER:
Shady Train...

the hippest trip in America!
60 nonstop minutes across the
tracks of your mind into the
exciting world of Soul!

And now the host of
Shady Train...
Don Cornelius!


Hi there! You're right on time for another super slick ride on
the big train. You know the drill. Only the cool kids get in
and every tune's a bad mamma jamma. 



And as the train leaves the station on another hip trip, we find ourselves in the mid 80s
when the electronic dance music subgenres of freestyle, Hi-NRG and synthpop
were exploding in popularity. First released as a single in 1986 and again in '87,
"Fascinated" was one of the first freestyle songs to become a mainstream hit.
We now switch live to New York where the talented ladies responsible for
fostering this exciting new sound are set to perform on Club MTV.

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW! 

As they join us courtesy of Atlantic Records, please welcome
the electrifying trio that call themselves-- Company B!


"Fascinated" - Company B
(March thru June 1987, highest chart pos. #1 Dance,
#21 Hot 100, perf. on Club MTV)





And we're gonna linger a little longer
in New York and freestyle awhile.
Like Company B, our next guests,
native New Yorkers, are credited
with pioneering the freestyle move-
ment. They are led by Lisa Velez
and produced by Full Force, the
Brooklyn based R&B/hip hop
production company.

START VIDEO! 

Currently the group has a chart-topping crossover hit on the Columbia
label entitled "Head To Toe." As they join us to perform their smash,
let's make some big noise, gang for-- Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam!


"Head To Toe" - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
(May/June 1987. highest chart pos.
#1 Hot 100/#1 Cash Box/#1 R&B)

You already met Company B and Lisa Velez of Cult Jam. Now
please welcome to the show three more extraordinary canaries. 


CLICK TO START VIDEO! 

They're the trio responsible for the
Shady Train theme song "TSOP
(The Sound Of Philadelphia)."
As they join us to do their latest
single on the Philadelphia Inter-
national label, another big hit
entitled "When Will I See You
Again," let's get some hands to-
gether for-- The Three Degrees!


"When Will I See You Again" - The Three Degrees
(Nov./Dec 1974, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box/#2 Hot 100/#4 R&B)


START VIDEO! 

And that's just
half the ride.
Stick around for
more super soul
sounds when
Shady Train
continues right
after this. 




And right now let's welcome aboard
those talented young men who are
responsible for that wonderful
sound that's been driving the
Shady Train gang out of
their minds of late and
making them shout'--
"Can't get enough
of that funky stuff." 

CLICK TO START
VIDEO NOW! 

Representing the De-Lite record label, the mighty-- Kool And The Gang!


"Funky Stuff" - Kool And The Gang
(Sept./Oct. 1973, highest chart pos. #5 R&B/#29 Hot 100)


And we're delighted to welcome
back for her second appearance
on the Train one of our favorite
ladies and a great talent as well. 

START VIDEO! 

She burst onto the scene with the
hit "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On,"
and since then she's been rackin'
'em back, and that ain't no fiction,
baby, it's a natural fact. As she
joins us do her latest single on
the Tabu label entitled "You
Look Good To Me," give it up,
gang, for the fabulous- Cherrelle!


"You Look Good To Me" - Cherrelle
(Oct./Nov.Dec. 1985, highest chart pos. #26 R&B)


And look out now, don't
hurt yourself. It's the world
famous Shady Train gang...
the Shady Train line, They're
out on the floor yellin' for more.

START VIDEO! 

Looks like they've got a bad
case of Saturday Night Fever
on a Saturday morning. It's the
disco sound of the Bee Gees
and-- "You Should Be Dancing!"


"You Should Be Dancing" - Bee Gees
(July/Aug. 1976, highest chart po. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
from OST of Dec. 1977 film Saturday Night Fever)



And if that don't do it for
you, nothing ever will.
We hope you'll get
into it with us again
next time when we
pop open another
six pack and toss in
an extra cool one
for good measure.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW! 
 
You can bet your last money, it's all gonna be a stone gas,
honey. I'm Don Cornelius, and as always in parting,
we wish you love... peace... and soul!


"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" - MFSB
(Theme from Soul Train feat. The Three Degrees)
(Mar./Apr. 1974, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box & R&B

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

2020 - Year of the Dell Rat, Part 1: Ernest P. Worrell
and Family Guy's Brian Griffin Join The Shady Bunch!


 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 


 KNOW WHAT I MEAN, VERN? 



 CAN SHADY DEL KNIGHT 
 KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED 
 IN THE COMING YEAR? 



 IS PETER GRIFFIN 
 QUAGMIRE'S NEW  
 WAZE APP? 





WELCOME BACK,
DEAR FRIEND!

I'm delighted to have you along for the ride as I begin another year of blogging
here at Shady's Place Music & Memories. I am excited to announce that two
familiar faces, Brian Griffin and Errnest P. Worrell, have been elevated to the
status of full time DJs on SPMM radio. Brian, Ernest and other members of
The Shady Bunch put together a special two-part show to kick-off 2020.
S-P-M-M means more music with less talk, so let's get right to it.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!
(COLD SHOW OPEN)


"Can You Do It" - The Contours
(Apr. /May 1964, highest chart pos. #16 R&B/#41 Hot 100,
#59 Cash Boxdancers on 1964 ep. of American Bandstand)

Greetings and salutations...
and happy new year, ya'll!


I am the Geator with the
Heater. I am the Boss
with the Big Hot Sauce!

As you can tell, the New Year's Eve Bandstand
bash that Shady Seaweed started last night is still
going strong. If you are watching our simulcast
on YouTube, you just heard the great Motown
group The Contours singing their 1964 hit
"Can You Do It," and you saw the style of
dancing that was popular in the 60s with
the teen kings and queens on South Street
in Philadelphia, on Dick Clark's TV show
 American Bandstand, and also on my
bombastic show Discophonic Scene.


S-P-M-M is the station that's #1 for music and fun, and our New Year's day party
is just getting started, and so, without further ado I'd like to welcome back for
another year of service down here at the mill, that silver tongued devil,
my new best bud... The Dean of Keen-- Mr. Shady Green!




Thank you very much, Jerry Blavat, and hi
to you out there! My time traveling Wayback
Machine just landed here on the first day of
2020, but now, with all you listeners aboard,
we're ready to blast off again to explore the
greatest years of our youth and listen to the
groovy tunes that formed the soundtrack of
our lives. This super sound by the brothers
Gibb should conjure up some memories.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!


Flashing back to the part of their career favored by many fans,
their early recordings of the 60s, here are The Bee Gees
in 1968-- "I've Gotta Get A Message To You!"


"I've Gotta Get A Message To You" - The Bee Gees
(Sept./Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box/ #8 Hot 100/#1 UK)

The Bee Gees there with "I've Gotta Get A Message To You," their first top 10 hit
in the states and their second #1 on the UK chart. You're tuned to Part 1 of our
 New Year's Spectacular here on S-P-M-M, where all the cool oldies come to play.



Now it gives me great pleasure to introduce one
of the new members of our Shady Bunch DJ staff.
You know him as America's Coolest Canine -
Peter's pup on the TV series Family Guy.
I'm sure you also recognize him from his
appearances in previous years as guest
host on the old blog Shady Dell Music
& Memories. He's the one and only
Brian Griffin. Brian, so glad to
have you with us, my friend!




Well, thank you very much, Mr. Green.
Golly, I never sat in a control room at a
microphone before. I guess I'm a little
nervous. A few martoonies oughta take
the edge off. (clears throat) Uh... hello,
everybody! I'm Brian Griffin, but you
already knew that, didn't you? (Damn,
I'm dying already.) Anyway, my show
here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio is
called Eclectic Avenue. As the name
implies I'll be playing a wide variety of
music, a mixed bag, something to suit
just about every taste. Okay, for my
first song as a Shady Bunch DJ, I've
got one I hope you like, "Cars," the 80s
new wave synthpop hit by Gary Numan!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!


"Brian Had Sex" - Stewie Griffin
sung to the tune of "Cars" by Gary Numan,
(orig. recording Apr. to June 1980, highest chart pos.
#9 Hot 100, #4 Cash Box, scenes from Family Guy)



CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Okay, obviously somebody pulled the old
switcheroo on me there. That, of course,
was my baby brother Stewie doing what
he does best... running his little mouth
when he should be sucking on his binky.
Stewie's been acting out ever since Lois
ran off with Ace Frehley. Anyhow, while
I sit here dying of embarrassment...
listen to "(I Just) Died In Your Arms,"
a cover of the Cutting Crew hit done
by Fil Henley aka Wings Of Pegasus.


"(I Just) Died In Your Arms" - Cutting Crew (Wings of Pegasus cover)
orig. recording Apr./May 1987, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box

Introduced by my human brother Chris last year, that was Brit rocker Fil Henley
and his band Wings of Pegasus covering "(I Just) Died In Your Arms,"
the original version a #1 smash in 1987 recorded by another
English group, Cutting Crew.




That does it for me. Now I'd like to introduce a guy
I'm sure you've seen over the years in television
commercials and movies. I met him for the first
time a few minutes ago in the green room.
Ladies and gents, meet another new member
of the Shady Bunch deejay team, and this
dog's new best friend - Ernest P. Worrell!




Hey Brian! How's it goin', dawg? Is it just my imagination, good buddy,
or do you have some kind of nasty rash on your groin?



Anyhoo... thank's a bunch and howdy to all you
folks out there in radio land! This here's your old
pal Ernest P. Worrell, back to sip eggnog and super-
vise while you shovel snow off your driveway and
scrape the windshield of your F-150. My new show
here on S-P-M-M is called Rock-a-Billygoat. I'll be
servin' up a slew of down home tunes from the
heartland including early rock & roll, R&R revival,
rockabilly and crossover country. Today I'll give
you a taste startin' with a couple of boys I'm
sure you know - Phil and Don - The Everlys.
They're gonna do a song written by Sonny
Curtis, a fella who was with Buddy Holly's
band as a teenager. This one started out
as the B side of "Ebony Eyes," but when
it took off like wildfire and shot to
number one in the UK, it was
switched to the A side.


CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Both sides of the platter cracked the top 10 here in the states.
From 1961 here they are, The Everly Brothers-- "Walk Right Back."


"Walk Right Back" - The Everly Brothers
(Mar./Apr. 1961, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100/#11 Cash Box)

Walkin' right back to the early 60s with The Everly Brothers
right here on S-P-M-M radio, home of The Shady Bunch.




Now this boy, Jack Scott, was the first white rock &
roll star to come out of Detroit. He was born across
the river in Windsor, Ontario, and has been called
the greatest Canadian rock & roller of all time.
In the summer of 1958, Jack had a double-
sided hit of his own. The B side, an up-
tempo number called "Leroy," based 
on "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis the
Pelvis, just missed the top 10.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

I want you to hear the A side, a rock & roll
ballad that made the top 3 on the national
chart, Jack Scott-- "My True Love."


"My True Love" - Jack Scott
(Aug./Sept. 1958, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box)






Ernest P. Worrell on the radio here at S-P-M-M,
and that was Mr. Jack Scott right there with
the biggest hit of his career, a dang pretty
little ditty called "My True Love."

Well I'll be ding if they ain't wavin' me off
already... so I'll be takin' my bow and sayin'
so long for now. This is your old pal Ernest
P. Worrell leaving you with two pieces of
advice. Don't take any wooden nickels,
and don't do anything I wouldn't do,
know what I mean, Vern? Now here's
a fella you all know from his show
Stuck Like Glue. Say howdy-do
to my good buddy Shady Blue!



Thank you, Ernest, and welcome aboard!
Hey, wouldn't you know it, just as Ernest tossed to me, we ran
out of time for this edition, but stay tuned on the flip side
of news for part 2 of our New Year's spectacular.


CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Coming up a few days from now, you'll meet
six more new members of The Shady Bunch
 DJ crew. You won't want to miss it, so keep
your dial set right here on S-P-M-M, the #1
station for a rock & roll nation. Now for
Jerry Blavat, The Geator with the Heater,
Shady Green, Brian Griffin, Errnest P.
Worrell and the entire Shady Bunch
gang, this is yours truly Shady Blue
hoping by now you're stuck like glue
and wishing you a safe, healthy
and happy 2020. See you soon!


"Last Night" - Mar-Keys
(July/Aug. 1961, highest chart pos.
#3 Hot 100 & Cash Box/#2 R&B)


 STAY TUNED FOR PT. 2 
 THIS SUNDAY!