(COLD SHOW OPEN)
"Go, Jimmy, Go" - Jimmy Clanton
(Jan./Feb. 1960, highest chart pos.
#5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box/#1 Canada)
#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."
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!"
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.
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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THE VIDEO NOW!
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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!"
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.
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."
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)
