Salivating 74 Years of Service to the Blog World!

Hiya, I'm Brian Griffin!

As you recall, I'm a professional martooni taste tester.

(Lishen, I'm not as drunk as some thinkle peep I am.)

I am also the personable pooch from Family Guy

and a member of the DJ team on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio here at Shady's Place.

Sorry about the typo in the title

of the post.  It should read 174

14 YEARS.

That's right!  This week,

Shady is observing his 

14th blogiversary! 

That figure includes 10 years as emcee of the old blog,

Shady Dell Music & Memories, and 4 years as the so-

called brains behind Shady's Place Music & Memories.

I shay this calls for a shalivation... and the gang's all here.

Well, some of them are here, because we only have time

for the traditional seven song salute. Without further

delay, let's start from scratch and get to the music

because I'm itchin' to dance with your leg.

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If you're a fan of my show Eclectic Avenue, then you know I love variety

(and Jerky Treats).  The original by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles

is still the greatest, but wait till you hear what I found, a cool rerecorded

version of Smokey's "More Love" released in the summer of 2015!

"More Love" (rerecorded) - The Miracles

(July/Aug. 2015, from albums Disco Hits, Disco Gold,

Disco Dance, Disco Heaven & Class A Soul Songs)

"The Woo Woo" is here for you you!

Hi everyone, this is Old Leather

Lungs... Old Aching Adenoids...

Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg

from WMEX Boston, simulcasting

my famous Night Train Show

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Congrats to Shady Del Knight

on his fourteen years as a

member (in shady standing)

of the blogging community!

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To help Shady celebrate, here's

a song from my Wimex Tunedex.

It's the Brill Building Sound of Gene Pitney making a run

at the top 10 in the fall of 1964 with a song originally

intended for Neil Sedaka- "It Hurts To Be In Love!"

"It Hurts To Be In Love" - Gene Pitney

(Sept./Oct. 1964, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

A Doctor Donald D. Rosey good morning to you,

and happy 14 to Shady Del Knight! The Doctor's

in the house! I'm Dr. Don Rose, top 40 DJ at

"Quixie in Dixie," on loan to S-P-M-M here at

Shady's Place. I dropped by on this special day

to spin the kind of record you're likely to hear

on my Rose-Colored Glasses show, sounds

of the 60s that are good for what ails ya. In

1966, The Left Banke found fame thanks to

their top 5 hit "Walk Away Renee." In 1968

Motown's Four Tops covered the song and

scored a hit of their own, a record that

finished in the top 10 on Cash Box.

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Here they are, the mighty men of Motown, the Four Tops, with

one of the best covers of any song by anyone-- "Walk Away Renee!"

"Walk Away Renee" - Four Tops

(Feb./Mar. 1968, highest chart pos. #8 Cash Box,

#14 Hot 100/#15 R&B)

 HOWDY! 

 Hepcat Black's my name. 

 Hep music's my game. 

I'm a cool cool kitty, but let's get one thing straight
between us, Gus. I ain't from New York City!
On my S-P-M-M radio show Pink Cadillac
I play old school rock 'n' roll, R&R revival,
rockabilly, psychobilly, country, outlaw -
it's all good, understood

First off, happy 14 year blogiversary, Shady D! Now let's rock this

here roadhouse with a good old Texas boy named Moon Mullican,

a fella who earned the nickname King of the Hillbilly Piano Players.

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Here's Moon backed by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets with the original

recording of the classic rockabilly song "Seven Nights To Rock!"

"Seven Nights To Rock" - Moon Mullican

(Feb. 1956)

Hyski here - Hy Lit - The South Philadelphia Kid,

The Potentate of the Keystone State - veteran DJ

on Wibbage, WIBG, and the host of Natural Hy

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. Before I spin a

boss golden, I wanna give a shout out and props

aplenty to my good friend Shady Del Knight on

his 14 years of blogging. Way to go, man!

On Natural Hy, I play groovy greats of the 60s

and 70s with some 50s doo-wop occasionally

added to the mix. The epicenter of my show

is Philadelphia from the mid 60s through the

mid 70s, the sweet soul, psychedelic soul and

blue-eyed soul sounds that the kids danced to

in the studio on The Hy Lit Television Show.

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Here's a great example - Philly's very own Intruders with a

sound of the season-- "Love Is (just) Like a Baseball Game!"

"(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game" - The Intruders

(Aug. 1968, highest chart pos. #4 R&B,

#26 Hot 100/#41 Cash Box)

Hey, Vern! How's life been treatin' ya?

This here's yer old buddy, yer old pal

Ernest P. Worrell.

Ain't none of my beeswax, Vern, but looks like you got
somethin' caught in yer teeth there. Looks like Popeye
ain't the only one who's been eatin' his spinach!

Hey, Vern, guess what. Today Shady
Del Knight is celebrating the big 1-4.
No, he's not 14 years old, even tho

it sure seems like it sometimes.
I mean that he's been sharin' his
 music and memories with us for

14 years on two different blogs.

He deserves a great big attaboy.

Just a reminder, Vern. On my S-P-M-M show Rock-A-Billygoat, I spin

the best of rockabilly, early rock & roll, rock & roll revival, traditional

country & western and country-pop crossover. Now hold onto

yer hat, Vern, 'cause I got a dilly for you right cheer.

This boy and his band played everything from

rock & roll to R&B, folk, country, pop

and even psychedelic rock.

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In the late winter of 1969, the group scored a hit with this country

pop song. Here are Kenny Rogers And The First Edition

performing-- "But You Know I Love You!"

"But You Know I Love You" - Kenny Rogers And

The First Edition (Feb./Mar. 1969, highest chart pos.

#15 Cash Box, #18 U.S. Easy Listening/#19 Hot 100,

#9 Canada Easy Listening/#11 Canada, performance on

Dec. 8, 1968, ep. of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)

Flashing back to late '68 and early '69, that was the late great Kenny Rogers
and his group The First Edition appearing on The Smothers Brothers

Comedy Hour and doing "But You Know I Love You," a single

that made the top 10 in Canada and the top 20 in the U.S.

Well, I'll be ding, Vern. We're

plumb outta time. Me and my

best buds need to skedaddle.

Hope you enjoyed this

anniversary bash we

threw to celebrate

Shady's 14 years

as a blogger.

Don't worry your head none, 'cause I'll be back in two shakes of a jiffy

with more toe tappin' tunes for your bobby sock high school hop,

your hillbilly hayride and your heartland hoedown.

Hey, this one's too cool for school, Vern.

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To play us off, Johnny Rivers and his cover of Chuck Berry's

"Memphis, Tennessee." Now for Brian, Arnie, Don, Hepcat

and Hy, this is Errnest P. sayin' don't take any wooden

nickels and don't do anything I wouldn't do...

know what I mean Vern?

"Memphis" - Johnny Rivers

(June/July 1964, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Brian & Toto Ask, "Is Shady's Place Going to the Dogs?" SPMM's Deejay Dawgs Bark "3 Cheers for 13 Years!"

Hi, Folks!

I'm Brian Griffin.

As I'm sure you know,

I'm the personable pooch

from Family Guy and a

Shady Bunch deejay...

host of Eclectic Avenue

right here on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio.

And I'm Toto Moto.

I make no bones about the fact that I'm

Shady Del Knight's dog. I'm also the blog

mascot, Chief Petting Officer and a DJ -

The Hound of Sound on S-P-M-M, host

of Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel.

My motto: "I aim to fleas!"

Today Brian and I are gonna start from
scratch (BA-DUM-BUMP) and help
Shady salivate his 13th anniversary
as a blogger including three years
of bringing you music and fun

here at Shady's Place.

Toto and I will each play a favorite song,

and we will be introducing three exciting

radio personalities who will be joining

The Shady Bunch deejay staff full time

beginning next year. I'll start us off.

In 1990, rapper M.C. Hammer topped

the R&B chart with his signature song

"U Can't Touch This." Here to do a

parody of the song is Peter Griffin,

my human on Family Guy. Peter

sings-- "Can't Touch Me!"

"Can't Touch Me" - Peter Griffin

(sung to the tune of "U Can't Touch This" by M.C. Hammer,

orig. May/June 1990, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#4 Cash Box,
#8 Hot 100, scene from ep. of TV series Family Guy)

Hi everyone!

I'm Morgan Brody.

You might recognize me as the CSI level III on
the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
I'm happy to let you know that, beginning
next year, I'll be the host of a new radio
show here on S-P-M-M. It'll be called
CSI: Cool Song Investigation.

Now I might look like the typical

girl next door, your kid sister

or a fashionista mall rat,

but I assure you that I'm

a seasoned professional.

I'm meticulous in my work. I dot every
"i" and cross every genre to bring you the
best and coolest tunes in the music world.

As a preview of my show I dug up a great performance by an exciting young English

vocalist named Amelia Rendell. In 2016,

Amelia sang lead for the Stanley Dee

tribute band in a live show at a London

pub. Watch and listen as Amelia and the

band delight the crowd with their cover

of "Do It Again," the Steely Dan song

that brushed the top 5 in 1973.

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"Do It Again" - Steely Dan cover by Stanley Dee tribute band
feat. Amelia Rendell (Aug. 2016 perf. at Half Moon Pub
in Putney, SW London, UK)

Isn't Amelia great? Okay, I uncovered

another fantastic cover song for you.

It was recorded by Eden's Crush, a

Los Angeles based pop girl group

created in 2001 on the now defunct

WB Network's TV series Popstars.

The Eden's Crush lineup included

Nicole Scherzinger who found fame

a few years later as lead singer of the

Pussycat Dolls. In 2001 Eden's Crush

released an album that contains their

version of "The Glamorous Life," the

song written by Prince and first waxed

by singer and percussionist Sheila E.

In 1984 Sheila E.'s single reached the

top 10 on the pop chart and went all

the way to number one on the Dance

survey. The cover by Eden's Crush

is way cool. Let's investigate!

"Glamorous Life" - Sheila E. cover by Eden's Crush

(from May 2001 album Popstars)

Hi, I'm Evie Barret.

I'm the new sheriff in the tiny town

of Willard's Mill, New Hampshire,

on the comedy horror TV series
Stan Against Evil.

My new radio show, coming in 2022,
is called Good Verses Evie, get it?

On Good Verses Evie I'll play songs with
lyrics that inspire, stir your emotions and
make you think, and I've got a couple of

Beatlesque samples. The first is a famous

show tune performed by Emily Linge, a

gifted young singer & musician in Dubai.

Originally recorded in 1950 and used in

the 1957 musical The Music Man, the

song was made even more famous by

The Beatles who waxed it in 1963.

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Here are Emily Linge and her music teacher

Simon Tomkins doing-- "Till There Was You." 

"Till There Was You" - The Music Man

The Beatles Cover by Emily Linge & Simon Tomkins

(Sept. 2020)

Here's another one I'm sure you
remember. In the late summer
and early fall of 1971, ex-Beatle
Paul McCartney and his wife

Linda topped the U.S. chart
with a lyric rich song that

was the first in a string of
post-Beatle number one hit
singles for Paul in America.

Here are Paul & Linda with--

"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey!"

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"Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" - Paul And Linda McCartney

(Sept. 1971, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Well hello there, Shady. That's right,
it's me, your old buddy, you old pal,

The Guy

Under the Seats.

Bet you conveniently forgot all about me since

the last time I was here. Bet you wish I didn't

even exist so that you could continue your

reign as self-proclaimed leader of the free

blog world unopposed. Well I got news, pal.

You're gonna regret the day your were born,

Mr. Poopy Pants, because I'm back and I'm

here to stay, here to make your life a living

hell as a new member of your illustrious

Shady Bunch DJ squad starting in 2022.

My show, the one you sorely neglected for years, the one
I adopted as my own and made a lot better, will still
be known as Eighties Greaties.

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I'll keep playing songs and vids from what I think we

can all agree was the last great decade in music.

Here's a sample spinning on my turntable and

simulcasting on YouTube. The Steve Miller

Band with their biggest hit, #1 in the late

summer of '82-- "Abracadabra!"

"Abracadabra" - The Steve Miller Band

(Aug./Sept. 1982, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Hi again, folks. This is your old hi-fi fido,
Toto Moto. On Top Tunes Time Tunnel
I spin the super sounds of the Swingin' 60s.
Here's a hit single that bridged the gap
between two musical eras, the innocent
teen pop years of the 50s and early 60s,
and the rock band years of mid to late 60s
when pop music turned harder and heavier.

Believed to be dirty, the ditty was banned
by radio stations all across the country.

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S-P-M-M's got the slab and your Pooch with
the Hooch isn't afraid to play it. Here are

The Kingsmen with their garage rock

classic-- "Louie Louie!"

"Louie Louie" - The Kingsmen

(Dec. 1963, Jan. 1964, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box,
#2 Hot 100, perf. on Jan. 22, 1966, ep. of Hollywood a Go Go)

Louie Louie, oh no,

me gotta go,

yeah, yeah, yeah,

yeah, yeah, baby

Louie Louie, oh baby,

me gotta go

I said me gotta go now

Make that we gotta go now, Toto.

Ooops, I just splashed my drink on
Chris Elliott. That's gonna mean
50 years of bad luck. Hey lishen,
I'm not as drunk as some thinkle

peep I am, okay? Anyway, thanks
for coming to Shady Del Knight's
13th anniversary party featuring
some of the new faces, voices and

personalities coming to S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio next year. Now
for Toto Moto this is Brian Griffin
saying so long and see you soon!

Brian Griffin's Eclectic Avenue - Vol. 1: Five O'Clock World

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 BRIAN GRIFFIN'S  
 ECLECTIC AVENUE 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

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(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Bird Is The Word" - Peter Griffin

(cover of "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen

on episode of Family Guy, original single

Dec. 1963/Jan. 1964, highest chart pos.

#4 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

That was my human (and I use the word loosely) Peter Griffin, kicking off

my first official radio show with "Bird Is The Word," a mind-numbing cover
of  "Surfin' Bird," a top 5 hit by The Trashmen. The song is a combination

of two earlier hits, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's The Word,"

by the R&B group The Rivingtons. The Trashmen are remembered as

one of the leading landlocked Midwestern surf rock groups of the 60s.

Hello, everybody! I'm Brian Griffin from Family Guy, pleased as punch to

have landed a gig as a Shady Bunch DJ here on S-P-M-M Radio. I aim to fleas

with my new show Eclectic Avenue, a mongrel mix of tunes - something old,

something new, something borrowed (cool covers) and something blues.

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Let's keep the ball rolling (into my open jaws) with another sound
of the 60s, a song adopted as the theme of the hit television series

The Drew Carey Show. The Vogues sing-- "Five O'Cock World!"

"Five O'Clock World" - The Vogues

(Dec. 1965/Jan. 1966, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box,

#4 Hot 100, opening theme of The Drew Carey Show)

Arguably the greatest opening sequence in television history, that was

the fantastic music video created for The Drew Carey Show with the cast

doing a nifty choreographed dance production to "Five O'Clock World."

The song was a top 5 hit for The Vogues, a group from Turtle Creek,

PA, near Pittsburgh. (I once took a tinkle in Turtle Creek.) Hey it's

five o'clock somewhere and I think I'll have me another martini.

If you're just tuning in, I'm your

mangy musical mutt, Brian Griffin

- The Pooch with the Hooch -

and we're taking a stroll down

Eclectic Avenue here on S-P-M-M

where all the cool oldies come to play.

Here's a record that station manager

Shady hounded me to put on my playlist

because it's one of his favorites. Okay,

Shady, I'll throw you a bone (as long

as you return the favor).

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It's the smooth soul sound of The Friends of Distinction.
-- "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely!"

"Love Or Let Me Be Lonely" - The Friends Of Distinction

(Apr. 1970, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100/#8 Cash Box/#13 R&B)

They are very special friends indeed - Friends of Distinction - a sophisticated
soul group from la-la land, with "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely," a 1970 single
that performed even better on the pop chart than it did on the R&B survey.

Brian Griffin here on S-P-M-M...

the #1 station for a rock & roll nation,

and you're tuned to Eclectic Avenue,

a little bit of this, a little bit of that, 

and all of it certified K-9 cool.

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As we continue to bop down Eclectic Avenue, let's take

a detour and rock down to "Electric Avenue" with

Eddy Grant, founder of The Equals, one of the

UK's first mixed race bands of the 60s!

"Electric Avenue" - Eddy Grant

(May/June/July 1983, highest chart pos.

#1 Cash Box/#2 Hot 100/#18 R&B)

That was Guyanese-British zinger and musician Eddy Grant ripping off my

"Eclectic Avenue" idea with a song called "Electric Avenue." Eddy's single

was one of the biggest hits of 1983, yet failed to reach #1 on the Billboard

chart. It spent 5 weeks at #2 bumping its head on songs that leapfrogged

over it to the top. "Electric Avenue" was held back from the #1 spot by

"Flashdance...What A Feeling," Irene Cara's theme from the hit movie,

and by "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. "Electric Avenue"

got the job done on Cash Box, reaching #1 for a single week.

Your dial is set to S-P-M-M and this is

Eclectic Avenue with your lovable

lapdogBrian Griffin, playing an

exciting blend of tunes to keep your

fingers snappin' and your toes tappin'.

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THE VIDEO NOW!

Here's one that's never fails to get my tail waggin'.

It's English/Aussie goddess Olivia Newton-John

transforming her image from good girl to

Totally Hot with-- "A Little More Love!"

"A Little More Love" - Olivia Newton-John

(Jan./Feb. 1979, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100/#4 Cash Box)

Ahhh yes, folks... in my dreams I'm dancing with her leg.

That was dazzling damsel Libby Newton-John with her

worldwide hit "A Little More  Love," the lead single

from her 1978 album Totally Hot.

You're taking a musical trip down Eclectic Avenue

here on S-P-M-M, the station with personality,

and I'm your host Brian Griffin, the tyke

you can't help but like.

Ya know, folks, it would be a cryan shame if

I didn't include this great sound of the 60s on

my first blogcast. From Chicago they came...

The Cryan Shames their name. 

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In 1966 The Shames had a hot regional hit with this cool cover of
a song originally waxed by The Searchers-- "Sugar And Spice."

"Sugar And Spice" - The Cryan Shames

(Aug. 1966, highest chart pos. #49 Hot 100/#52 Cash Box)

From the summer of '66, "Sugar and Spice" by the Windy City
garage rock band The Cryan Shames, covering a 1964 hit by
the Liverpool band The Searchers, a song written and record
produced by Tony Hatch. The song makes reference to the
nursery rhyme What Are Little Girls Made Of? and also
borrows from the Pete Seeger - Lee Hays song "Kisses
Sweeter Than Wine," a hit for Jimmie Rodgers in 1957.

Well I'll be doggone, the show's over and it's time for me to chase my
tail out the door. Thanks for inviting me into your home and letting me
jump all over the furniture. Sorry I spilled my martini on your La-Z-Boy.
(Try a mixture of white vinegar and baking soda.) Stay tuned for my
good buddy Dr. Don Rose coming up on the flip side of news with
his Rose-Colored Glasses... and I'll be back in a jiffy with more
jarring juxtapositions on my really big shoe Eclectic Avenue.

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Till then this is Brian Griffin, Your Pooch with the Hooch, saying
goodbye. I leave you with The Star Sisters, a Dutch trio from the
pop cover band Stars on 45, taking you all the way back to the
WWII era with their Andrews Sisters medley. See ya!

"The Star Sisters Medley" (Andrews Sisters medley of:
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - "South American Way" -
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" - "In The Mood" -
"Rum And Coca Cola" - "Tico Tico" -
and "Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy)" -
Stars On 45 Proudly Presents The Star Sisters

(Aug. 1983, highest chart pos. #107 U.S. Bubbling Under,
perf. on German music television show ZDF Kultnacht)

The Dirty Dozen Meets the Shady Bunch Half Dozen!

I'm Maj. John Reisman,

leader of a ragtag band of misfits I call
The Dirty Dozen - the most twisted,

anti-social bunch of psychopathic
deformities you'll ever run into!
I've got one religious maniac,
one malignant dwarf, two

near-idiots... and the rest
I don't even wanna think
about! That being said,
I can't think of a better
way to fight a war.

I'm here to tell you

about a different dozen.

Today Shady Del Knight is celebrating
a "dirty dozen" years of blogging.

For the first 10 years Shady was host
of Shady Dell Music & Memories.

Believe it or not, his "new" blog, Shady’s Place,

is now two years old...and crying for its binky.

To mark this special occasion, I decided to treat my men to a
little party, and I invited a few members of The Shady Bunch
deejay battalion over to play some tunes. Just a minute.

Got something to say, Franko?

Speak up so the whole class can hear what's on your mind.

I said I don't have to dance.

I know the rules.

Condemned men

don't have to dance.

And there's nothing you can do about it, mister.

Easy, Franko, don't get your knickers in a

twist, and don't jump the gun. This isn't

a done deal. First we need to make sure

these Shady Bunch deejays are willing

to re-up for another stint here on SPMM.

If they agree to come back for another

year, they'll be worked to death, and

there's not a beating they won't take.
I see they've all raised their hands.
In that case, Sgt. Bowren, will you
do the honors and proceed with
the roll call and sentencing?

THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

WILL BE

CARRIED OUT

FORTHWITH!

BLUE, SHADY:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

30 years? I can do that time in my sleep! Hello everyone!
I’m happy to be returning for another year behind the microphone
hosting my S-P-M-M radio show Stuck Like Glue on Shady Blue.

As I have been doing since the summer of 2018, I'll be playing
great sounds of the pre-Beatles years, the 50s and early 60s,
and paying tribute to my favorite artist Elvis Presley. 

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Here's Elvis the Pelvis now along with Walter Matthau and
Carolyn (Morticia Addams) Jones in a nightclub scene
from the 1958 movie King Creole. The swagger
meter is pegged as Elvis sings-- "Trouble!"

"Trouble" - Elvis Presley (scene from July 1959 film King Creole)

Stick around, I'll be back
soon with more great
sounds of yesteryear
guaranteed to keep
you Stuck Like Glue
on me... Shady Blue!

BLACK, HEPCAT:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hi, ya'll! I’m Hepcat Black, a cool cool kitty who’s definitely
not from New York City. I’m glad to be back and that's a fact, Jack.
I just pulled up in my Pink Cadillac to spin a cool tune for ya.

The singing sweethearts I'm about to introduce are the cat's meow.
They look like the Butcher Babies and sound like Nancy Sinatra.
They're The Devil's Daughters, an Americana Rockabilly band
from Phoenix, Arizona - zingers Mysti Moon and Lisa Mortensen.

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Take a goosey gander at the gals and I think you'll agree they look more like
the daughters of vintage pin-up model Bettie Page than the spawn of Satan.
Here's an original song they wrote with their producer, veteran guitarist
Danny B. Harvey, the barn burner "Pass That Bottle." In the video the
Double Ds are backed by "three badass boys of Rockabilly" - Leeroy
Nelson, Shorty Kruetz and Tommy Collins. Swinging to the beat
are members of the Arizona Lindy Hop Society!

"Pass That Bottle" - The Devil's Daughters

(May 2012)

Well, it's time for this
Hepcat to scat. Stay

tuned for more episodes

of Hepcat Black & His
Pink Cadillac...
coming soon rat-cheer
on S-P-M-M Radio!

WORRELL, ERNEST P. :
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Thanks a bunch for signing me up for a 30 year DJ gig, sarge.
Beats pumpin' gas at the Esso station or baggin' groceries
down at the Piggly Wiggly. Hey sarge, ain't none of
my beeswax,  but you got a little somethin' stuck
between your two front teeth. Gotta look your
best for the ladyfolk, know what I mean, Vern?

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No doubt Hepcat Black's a cool kitty, and the tune I'm about to play was a

top 10 hit for the Stray Cats rockabilly band in '82. Fast forward to present

day and dig this super-duper cover by the Romanian duo of Beatrice Florea

and Andrei Cerbu. They're gonna-- "Rock This Town!"

"Rock This Town" - Stray Cats cover by

Beatrice Florea & Andrei Cerbu (June 2020)

I'm gonna scoot and skedaddle
on outta here, but I’ll be back
real soon with more spiffy songs
straight from the Heartland, so
keep checkin' your listings for
my show Ernest P. Worrell's
Rock-A-Billygoat exclusively
here on S-P-M-M Radio...
the station with personality,
know what I mean, Vern?

GREEN, SHADY:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hi, gang! It's your pal on the radio Shady Green, The Dean of Keen.

That's right, I've decided to hang around for another year so that I can

bring you the sounds of the rockin' psychedelic 60s on S-P-M-M Radio.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

My Wayback Machine is warmed up and waiting to blast
you to the past with memory makers like this one
from Paul Revere And The Raiders-- "Kicks!"

"Kicks" - Paul Revere And The Raiders

(Apr./May 1966, highest chart pos. #1 Canada,
#3 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100)

I'm Shady Green saying
goodbye for now and
inviting you to join me
on my next trip Way-back
to the Swinging Sixties
on S-P-M-M... where
we go hunting for the
great songs of the past
and bring 'em back alive!

GRIFFIN, BRIAN:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as SPMM radio DJ)

Hello, folks! Some people call me a "dawg" because I like all kinds

of women... Lois, in particular... but I also love all kinds of music.

That's why I am pleased as punch to return for another year

(or even 30) as host of Eclectic Avenue, the show that's like
a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Shucks, every once in a while, just for the fun of it, I might even
take the stage, strike up the band and sing a little song for you.

"Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley cover by Brian Griffin

scene from ep. of Family Guy)

Now that you've been

rick-rolled, it's time for me

to dash. This is your cool,

casual canine companion

Brian Griffin saying so long

for now. I'll be back soon

with the best mix of

music on the next edition

of Eclectic Avenue

right here on S-P-M-M.

DELLETTE, DEBBIE:
30 YEARS HARD LABOR

(as The Hostess with the Mostest
on Top Hit Club of America)

Hi, guys! Who would have thought that a frat rock
and Beach Music group from South Carolina would
be hot at the Shady Dell in soul mecca York, PA?
It happened, not once, but twice, in 1966 when
The Swingin' Medallions gained Dell immortality
first with "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)"
and then with the follow-up single I'm about to
play entitled "She Drives Me Out Of My Mind."
Both Medallions hits were released on the sound-
track of Mondo Daytona, a 1968 psychotronic
music documentary film shot on Daytona Beach
and first released in Bradenton, Florida. Singer
Billy Joe Royal narrated the film and music acts
Grand Funk Railroad and The Tams appeared
along with The Swingin' Medallions.

START VIDEO NOW!

Here are The Swingin' Medallions surrounded by a group of Spring Break
beach bunnies in a scene from Mondo Daytona aka Get Down Grand Funk
aka Weekend Rebellion, doing their follow-up to "Double Shot"--
"She Drives Me Out Of My Mind!"

"She Drives Me Out of My Mind" - The Swingin' Medallions
(Aug. 1966, highest chart pos. #68 Cash Box/#71 Hot 100)

Thanks so much for joining today's

celebration marking a dozen years

of blogging for Shady Del Knight

and the two year anniversary of

Shady’s Place! I'll see you in

2021 at the next meeting of

the Top Hits Club of America,

Shady Dell Chapter, right

here at Shady's Place!

Very pretty, Colonel, very pretty...

...but, can they fight?

Looks like you changed your tune, Franko...

I saw you swingin' with the Medallions.

So it's final. They’re all coming back for another year - The Shady Bunch -

DJ squad of Shady Blue, Hepcat Black, Ernest P. Worrell, Brian Griffin,
Shady Green, Jerry Blavat “The Geator with the Heater”, Hy Lit,
The Good Girls (Cindy, Patti and Jane), Dr. Donald D. Rose,
Robert W. Morgan, Toto Moto and Dell Rat Tom plus
Debbie the Dellette hosting her series, and joining
them here at Shady's Place will be ten more DJs -
not just a dirty dozen... but a double dozen -

24 different Shady Bunch radio personalities
plus Debbie and her special guests to keep
you entertained in the coming year!

I hope you enjoyed the 12 year anniversary party.
Stick around because year 13 gets underway
with Shady's next post six days from now.

Any more where Debbie the Dellette came from?

If so... then count me in, major!