Get Morganized with Robert W. Morgan, Vol. 2: Two Pizzas of Advice, Don't Talk To Strangers and Just Treat Her Right!

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  GET MORGANIZED  
 WITH  

 Robert W. Morgan 

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

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"409" - Beach Boys

(Oct. 1962, highest chart position

#76 Hot 100, B side of "Surfin' Safari")

 ZAP! YOU'RE  MORGANIZED!  

Smoking the tires and peeling off the

starting line, The Beach Boys getting

your motor running with "409," the

charting B side of their first big

hit-- "Surfin' Safari."

Good Morgan, Boss Angeles...

and good Morgan to you wherever you are!

I'm Robert W. Morgan, one of the boss jocks

at 93 KHJ, the much more music station in

Los Angeles, moonlighting as a member of

The Shady Bunch here on sister station

S-P-M-M. I'm on a mission to get you

Morganized by playing the greatest

sounds of the sensational 60s.

Speaking of surfin'... this next duo rose to fame alongside the Beach Boys.

Like Brian Wilson's group, they had a string of hits in the surf rock and

hot rod categories and you're about to hear one of those exciting sounds.

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It's the title song from the film that starred Fabian, Tab Hunter, Shelley

Fabares and Barbara Eden. Jan And Dean-- "Ride The Wild Surf!"

"Ride The Wild Surf" - Jane And Dean

(Oct. 1964, highest chart pos. #16 Hot 100/#23 Cash Box,

from Aug. 1964 film Ride The Wild Surf)

Robert W. in the Morgan, and that was "Ride The Wild Surf," the title song from

the beachy keen surfing film released in the summer of 1964. The song was written

by Jan Berry, Brian Wilson and Roger Christian and performed by Jan and Dean.

Wild Surf has been called the best Hollywood surf movie of the 1960s. Unlike

typical beach movies that have goofy characters and are played for laughs...

Ride The Wild Surf takes an honest, sincere approach to the sport of surfing.

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Some say The Beau Brummels were America's first folk-rock band.

In 1965 the Frisco group went on Hullabaloo and performed their

latest single, and here it is now-- "Don't Talk To Strangers!" 

"Don't Talk To Strangers" - The Beau Brummels

(Nov. 1965, highest chart pos. #52 Hot 100/#53 Cash Box,

perf. on Sept. 27, 1965, ep. of Hullabaloo) 

Those were The Beau Brummels doing one of their classic songs

"Don't Talk To Strangers," a great sound that never even made

the top 50, because the band's label, Autumn Records, was

going belly up at the time of the single's release. 

If you're just tuning in, you're getting

Morganized with me, Robert W. Morgan

of KHJ Boss Angels, on loan to S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio here at Shady's Place.

While you're fightin' the freeway, I'm ridin' the

radio, and we're in the middle of a 7-in a row

commercial free cruise. If you're following

my simulcast on YouTube, check this out.

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From the Boss 30, here are Phil Spector's

Crystals appearing on Dick Clark's

Where The Action Is doing their

chart-topping crossover hit--

"He's A Rebel!"

"He's A Rebel" - The Crystals

(Oct./Nov. 1962, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100, #2 Cash Box,

#2 R&B, perf. on Aug. 6, 1965 ep. of Where The Action Is)

From a 1965 episode of Where The Action Is, that was Phil Spector's
girl group The Crystals joined by The Action Kids dance troupe
as they performed "He's A Rebel," a record that shot to
number one on the pop chart in the summer of 1962.

Robert W. Morgan here on KHJ LA

with simulcasts on YouTube and

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio,

home of The Shady Bunch.

Burnin' up the Boss lines at KHJ

Bossangeles and wherever you

happen to be, the next sound

you will hear is a genuine

monster unleashed during

the endless summer of '65. 

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Here they are, America's coolest couple,

Sonny and Cher, doing their signature

song-- "I Got You Babe." 

"I Got You Babe" - Sonny And Cher

(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

performance on Top Of The Pops) 

You just witnessed Chastity's mom and pop on Top Of The Pops -

Sonny And Cher doing their chart-topping signature song

"I Got You Babe" on a Bandstand in a Foreign Land. 

Let's keep the needle in that same groove. Robert W's got a

double dose of dynamite from that exciting summer of 1965. 

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It's McGuinn and the guys, The Byrds, on Hollywood A Go-Go...

with the sound that launched them into the stratosphere--

"Mr. Tambourine Man!"

"Mr Tambourine Man" - The Byrds

(June/July 1965, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

perf. on July 17, 1965 ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go)

Burnin' up the boss lines on KHJ Boss Angeles and coast-to-coast on

our sister station S-P-M-M, The Byrds with their chart topper from

the summer of '65... "Mr. Tambourine Man," the Bob Dylan song

released earlier that year on the album Bringing It All Back Home.

 ZAP! YOU'RE MORGANIZED!  

Well gang, I need to take my marbles and go home because

Shady says time's up. I hope you enjoyed this second edition

of Get Morganized with yours truly, Robert W. Morgan.

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Stay tuned Coming up on the flip side of

Gary Owens' news, it's Nancy Wheeler,

that spunky little lady from Stranger

Things, with the debut of her new

show No More Mr. Nice Girl...

 and I'll be back before you know it

with another batch of boss goldens to

get you Morganized, so keep it here

on S-P-M-M, your #1 station for a

rock 'n' roll nation. To play us off,

here's blue-eyed soul man Roy Head

with his top 3 charting hit from the fall

 of 1965-- "Treat Her Right." Now

this is Robert W. Morgan saying

goodbye and stay cool!

"Treat Her Right" - Roy Head And The Traits

(Oct. 1965, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100 and R&B,

#3 Cash Box, perf. on Oct. 9, 1965, ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go)

Libbin' It Up With The Good Girls (Cindy, Patti & Jane) - Volume 2: The Good Girls Rise Up Eight Miles High!

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 Cindy, Patti & Jane 

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"Nobody But Me" - The Human Beinz

(Jan./Feb. 1968, highest chart position

 #5 Cash Box/#8 Hot 100, scene from TV show

 Teen Time on WSTV Channel 9 in Steubenville, OH)

Kicking-off our second show on S-P-M-M, The Human Beinz,

the one-hit-wonder rock band from Youngstown, Ohio, and

"Nobody But Me," their top 5 charting single from the early

weeks of 1968. It's a cool cover of an R&B song recorded

 in 1962 by The Isley Brothers. If you're watching our

simulcast on YouTube, you saw the kids dancing on

Teen Time, the Tri-State area's (OH-PA-WV) answer

to American Bandstand, a show that originated from

the studios of WSTV-TV channel 9 (now WTOV) in

Steubenville, Ohio, with youthful host Del Curtis.

In his Book of Rock Lists, music historian Dave

Marsh named the version of "Nobody But Me"

by The Human Beinz "The most negative song

to hit the Top 40" since the word "no" is sung

over 100 times and "nobody" is sung 46 times. 

Cindy           Patti               Jane

Nobody but we can keep you dancing to the coolest

sounds around, like the groovy tune you just heard.

Hello again! We're The Good Girls - Cindy, Patti

and Jane - stars of the TV show Good Girls Revolt,

back with you for our second stint moonlighting

as Shady Bunch deejays here on S-P-M-M.

I'm Jane Hollander. My friends and I are delighted to be back

 libbin' it up with you - singing and dancing to the greatest

recordings of the 1960s and early 70s. Songs you'll hear

on today's show are pulled from some of the most 

significant albums of the period, and my first

spin is an example. It's Carlos Santana who,

along with his Latin style psychedelic

blues rock band, rose to fame

following his appearance

at Woodstock.

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Hitting the street less than two weeks after the music festival,

Santana's self-titled debut album peaked in the top 5,

and this song, released as the second single,

went top 10 in March of 1970. Listen

to the unmistakable sound of 

Santana and-- "Evil Ways!"

"Evil Ways" - Santana

(Feb./Mar. 1970, highest chart pos. #7 Cash Box,

#9 Hot 100, from Aug. 1969 album Santana)

From early 1970, the sound America came to know and love, Santana

there with their first hit single, "Evil Ways," followed soon after

by an even bigger hit, "Black Magic Woman."

It starts with a great song, and

"Baby, It's You" is a great song.

Composed by Burt Bacharach,

Luther Dixon and Mack David,

"Baby It's You" was first waxed

by The Shirelles who gained a

top 10 hit with the song early

in 1962. In March of 1963,

The Beatles covered the

song on their debut album

  Please Please Me. The

most successful version

reached the top 5 on the

chart in the fall of 1969.

It was recorded by

a St. Louis pop rock

band called Smith. 

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As you are about to hear, lead singer Gayle McCormick

belted the vocals in a bluesy, soulful style. Here's A Group

Called Smith on The Ed Sullivan Show doing-- "Baby, It's You!"

"Baby It's You" - Smith

(Oct./Nov. 1969, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#5 Hot 100,

from July 1969 album A Group Called Smith, perf. on

Oct. 19, 1969, episode of The Ed Sullivan Show)

From their debut album, A Group Called Smith with their hit cover

of the Shirelles' original, "Baby, It's You." A sad footnote - Smith

lead singer Gayle McCormick died in 2019 at the age of 67.

Hi, I'm Cindy Reston. My first spin is one of the

most memorable and poignant songs of the 60s,

a grim tale about urban decay and generations

trapped in the cycle of poverty. Released in

the spring of '69, this record went top 3 on

the Billboard chart and all the way to

number one on Cash Box.

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Here now is The King - Elvis Presley -
performing his big comeback hit, a song
written by Mac Davis-- "In The Ghetto."

"In The Ghetto" - Elvis Presley

(May/June 1969, highest chart pos.
#1 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100)

Heavy stuff, Elvis singing "In The Ghetto," a song originally

titled "The Vicious Circle," a record that put The King

back on his throne in 1969 after years of struggling

on the chart. Elvis Presley's "In The Ghetto" along

with the Woodstock Rock Festival, that debut

album by Santana and the single and album by

Smith were some of the musical milestones

of 1969. Another major event that year was

the release of The Age of Aquarius, the 4th

studio album by The 5th Dimension. Four

hit singles were released from the album

including the chart-topping smash

I am about to play next.

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It's a medley of two songs from the off-Broadway musical Hair,

a manifestation of the hippie counterculture and the sexual

revolution. This single spent an incredible six weeks at #1.

The 5th Dimension-- "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In!"

"Medley: Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"

The Fifth Dimension (Apr./May 1969, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100,

#1 Cash Box, from May 1969 album The Age of Aquarius)

You just listened to one of the most iconic songs of the Baby Boom
generation, "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"
a song assimilated by pop culture and ranked #66 on Billboard's list of
The Greatest Songs of All Time, sung by the fabulous 5th Dimension
with backing by The Wrecking Crew, the great Los Angeles based
session musicians who played on many major hits of the 60s.

I'm "Patti" Robinson. One of the most
important singing and songwriting acts
of the 60s counterculture music scene,
The Mamas and the Papas, gave us a
string of groovy folk-rock recordings.

Their 1966 debut album on Dunhill
made Rolling Stone's list of The 500
Greatest Albums of All Time and
climbed 15 notches to #112 in the

magazine's most recent revision.

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If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, here are the Mamas

and the Papas with a song from that album that was released

on the B side of "Monday, Monday"-- "Got A Feelin'."

"Got A Feelin'" - The Mama's And The Papa's

(from Feb. 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears,

Apr./May 1966, B side of "Monday, Monday")

McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher

in LA you know where that's at, and no one's

gettin' fat except Mama Cass.

Those were The Mamas And The Papas doing

"Got A Feelin'," one of the songs from their debut

album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.

If you can believe what I say, you might be shocked to learn

that the original album with a cover photo showing the group

in a bathroom sitting in a tub with a toilet visible was pulled

from stores because, in 1966, the sight of a toilet was

declared indecent. We've come a long way, baby!

Oh damn! They're waving us off. Our second show has come

to an end and we need to go. I hope you got your kicks

Libbin It Up With The Good Girls.

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Coming up on the flip side of news, meet Bud's Budding Blossoms,

the teen queens at another popular York area venue, and we'll be

back soon with more sensational sounds from the dawning of

the Age of Aquarius on Libbin' It Up, so keep your dial set to

S-P-M-M, the grooviest spot in the universe. To play us off,

German drummer Sina with a cover of "Eight Miles High"
by The Byrds. Now this is Patti along with Cindy and

Jane - The Good Girls - saying see you next time!

"Eight Miles High" - The Byrds  (Apr. 2019 drum cover by Sina,

orig. May 1966, highest chart pos. #12 Cash Box/#14 Hot 100,

from July 1966 Byrds album Fifth Dimension)

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - Vol. 3: Walk On By... Don't Stop, Sniff and Yank on the Doggone Leash!

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 T I M E  T U N N E L 

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

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"Just Like Me" - Paul Revere And The Raiders

(Jan./Feb. 1966, highest chart pos. #11 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box)

"THE DITTIES ARE COMING!"

"THE DITTIES ARE COMING!"

That there was Paul Revere and his band of Raiders featuring
Mark Lindsay on lead vocal, kicking off our midnight ride with
"Just Like Me," a single that brushed the top 10 in the
early weeks of 1966 and began a string of classic
garage rock hits by the group.

Hi there! I'm your host, Toto Moto,
Shady's dog, the Shady's Place
blog mascot, Chief Petting Officer
and Shady Bunch deejay. They call
me the All Night Satellite, the Hound
of Sound and the Hi-Fi Fido. Shucks,
I don't care what they call me as long
as they don't call me late for chow.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)
Welcome to another 7-in-a-row
midnight block party here on
S-P-M-M, the station that's
number one for music and fun.
I'm starting from scratch...
and I aim to fleas.

Here's a riddle: What has four legs and chases cats?
Mrs. Katz and her lawyer! (BA-DUM-BUMP)

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I know I'm a corn dog, but it's alright, and that just happens to be the
title of my next song. In 1966 this one reached the top 30 on the pop
chart and the top 5 R&B. J.J. Jackson zings-- "But It's Alright!"

"But It's Alright" - J.J. Jackson

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos.

#4 R&B/#22 Hot 100/#26 Cash Box)

You done me wrong, girl... left me
all alone with my achy breaky heart,
"But It's Alright," sings Brooklyn soul
man J.J. Jackson, a record that was
hot on the charts in the fall of 1966.

This is everybody's favorite mutt, your rover

of the radio - Toto Moto - and I want you to

lend me your ears. Lend me your eyes, too,
because my show is simulcast on YouTube.
We're traveling thru my Top Tunes Time
Tunnel back to the swingin' 60s here on
S-P-M-M, the number one station for
a rock and roll nation. This 7-song
non-stop commercial free cruise
is just getting started!  

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From 60s R&B soul we switch to country pop and the smooth
sound of Billy Joe Royal's sig song "Down In The Boondocks."
In this vintage clip, Billy Joe is flanked by The Gazzarri
Dancers on Hollywood A Go-Go!

"Down In The Boondocks" - Billy Joe Royal

(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #6 Cash Box/#9 Hot 100)

From the archives of Hollywood A Go-Go, that was Billy Joe Royal

doing his biggest hit, "Down In The Boondocks," a top 10 record

in the summer of 1965. "Boonies" was written by Joe South and

samples the Gene Pitney hit "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa."

If you're just tuning in, I'm Toto Moto,

your Rocker Spaniel, keeping you

company on the radio all night

long here on the greatest little

station in the nation, S-P-M-M. 

Folks, this next one has me scratching
my head (and other body parts). Dionne
Warwick emerged as one of the biggest
stars of the 60s waxing the songs of
Burt Bacharach and Hal David. You
are about to hear one of their greatest.
It's among Dionne's best known hits,
ranked #70 on Rolling Stone's list of
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,
yet, at the time of its release, the
single failed to reach the top 5
on the pop and R&B charts.

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Check out this vintage clip in which Dionne decides to
casually "Walk On By" rows of mysterious men in suits.

"Walk On By' - Dionne Warwick

(May/June 1964, highest chart pos.

#6 Hot 100 & Cash Box & R&B)

That was sultry soul siren Dionne Warwick brushing the top 5
in the spring of 1964 with "Walk On By," and this is your
All Night Satellite Toto Moto digging up gold (and a
few old bones)  on S-P-M-M... Retrosonic Radio
in Futuresonic Stereo Surround.

I've got more great tunes in my Time Tunnel

than you can shake a stick at, enough to last

you through the dogs days of summer.

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Now let's hear the West Coast folk-rock
sound of The Byrds with a Bob Dylan
song that ignited the mid 60s folk-rock
boom. Spinning on my turntable even
as I bark is the band's first single,
number one in the summer of
'65-- "Mr. Tambourine Man."

""Mr. Tambourine Man" - the Byrds

(June/July 1965, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Those Byrds are the bees knees, and you're sweatin' to the oldies
with me, your K-9 compadre, Toto Moto, right here on

S-P-M-M, the station that's #1 for music and fun.

From Oklahoma they came - Five Americans,

count 'em - one, two, three, four five. In 1967

the band released their biggest hit. Inspiration

for the ditty came when the lead guitarist was

goofing around and produced a unique sound

that reminded the other guys of a telegraph key.

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By now I'm sure you know the famous
song I'm talking about - "Hot Diggity
(Dog Ziggity Boom)" - uh... no...
pardon me, folks, I accidentally
skipped ahead to my next show.
Here are The Five Americans
and-- "Western Union!"

"Western Union" - The Five Americans

(Mar./Apr. 1967, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box)

"Western Union" by the Five Americans, not to be confused with
"Hey, Western Union Man" by Jerry Butler or the traditional
Christmas hymn "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."
(BA-DUM-BUMP)

Hey, the sun's comin' up and I gotta run.
(I also need to find the nearest fire hydrant
pronto!) Thanks for staying awake with me

all night long. Stay tuned on the B side of
news for the debut of another brand new
show here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
It's called Libbin' It Up With The Good Girls
and stars those sweet thangs, my new best
bud-ettes Cindy, Patti & Jane, and I'll be
back soon to take you on another hip
musical trip to the Swingin' Sixties.

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Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - the paws that refreshes. Accept no substitutes.
Now this is your puppy pal, your Pooch with the Hooch, Toto Moto, saying
so long and leaving you in the capable hands of Every Mother's Son as
they sing their 1967 top 5 hit "Come On Down To My Boat." What's
my favorite part of a boat, you ask? The poop deck, of course.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)  Goodbye everybody!

"Come On Down To My Boat" - Every Mother's Son

(June/July 1967, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100)