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THE
NIGHT TRAIN SHOW
WITH
ARNIE
"WOO WOO"
GINSBURG
on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!
COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!
"Tallahassee Lassie" - Freddy Cannon
(June/July 1959, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100 & Cash Box)
Brushing the top 5 in the summer of 1959, that was Boston's
own rock & roll legend Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon doing
his exciting debut single "Tallahassee Lassie," a song released
the following year on the album The Explosive! Freddy Cannon.
It's a frantic friendly Friday in Beantown
and I'm Arnie Ginsburg - The Woo Woo
(CHOO-CHOO WHISTLE) for you-you. Welcome aboard the The Night Train
Show on WMEX in Boston Mass.
For my first simulcast on YouTube
and on S-P-M-M Retro Radio, I'm
presenting a special Solid COLD
edition. Every record I play from
now on until the end of the show
has a cold open aka a cold intro.
Why? Because, in the late 50s
through mid 60s, when my
"Wimex" show was on the
air, many of the records
that made the top 40
had cold intros.
I'm all set to spin the tops in pops... so don't touch that dial.
The Night Train's next stop is the stage of the TV show Shindig!
That's where we find Jay And The Americans, the fine group
from Queens, New York, set to do one of their biggest hits.
From The Woo Woo to you-you, this is-- "Cara Mia!"
"Cara, Mia" - Jay And The Americans
(July 1965, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
perf. on July 28, 1965, ep. of Shindig!)
That was "Cara, Mia," this week's number four score on the
Wimex Tunedex, the latest from Jay And The Americans
featuring Jay Black, their second lead singer, a man
nicknamed "The Voice." After hearing him croon
that tune, you know why.
I'm Arnie Ginsburg, and they nicknamed
me "Old Leather Lungs" and "Old Achin' Adenoids." You're hearing things on
WMEX Boston - 1510 on your radio
dial - and simulcasting on our sister
station S-P-M-M. Let me remind
you that every platter on tonight's
program is served COLD, meaning
that it has a cold open, so bundle up
and get ready to hear more top 40
gems hand plucked by yours truly
from the Good Guy survey. Here
comes another great one, a biggie
by Bobby Vee. Now that you've
won her heart and taken her
away, Bobby pleads to you--
"Take Good Care Of My Baby!"
"Take Good Care Of My Baby" - Bobby Vee
(Aug./Sept. 1961, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)
From 1961, that was "Take Good Care Of My Baby," a number one smash
by Bobby Vee who was fabulous no matter if he was singing rock & roll,
rockabilly or pop. Bobby's career was born The Day The Music Died
when rock & roll legend Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash
on the way to a gig, and Bobby and his band filled-in at the last
minute. In a fateful decision, Dion DiMucci, one of the show's
headliners, decided not to take that doomed flight.
In case you forgot, I'm Arnie Ginsburg,
WOO WOO-ing you (TOOT TOOT!)
with the best sounds in Beantown.
I'm your man in the night, here to
satisfy your musical appetite.
We're smack dab in the middle
of a 7-in-a-row commercial free
cruise on The Night Train Show
coming to you from "The Big X"
in Boston and simulcasting on
S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
Now here's the Wimex Pick-to-Click
by a group called The Demilles, also
known as The Camerons. If they
sound like Dion & The Belmonts
it's because, singing bass on this
record, is Carlo Mastrangelo, an
original member of The Belmonts
with and without Dion DiMucci.
Listen to The Demilles and their
song about-- "Donna Lee!"
"Donna Lee" - The Demilles
(Feb. 1964, uncharted)
The Woo Woo here for you you on
S-P-M-M. While the others are
blabbin', I'm slabbin' - playing
the greatest records you ever
heard, plus the greatest records
you never heard. I just spun a
platter by The Demilles doing
their darndest to battle back
against the British Invasion
with a great homegrown sound,
a jumpin' retro-style doo-wop
ditty called "Donna Lee."
More music in a minute, but first,
check out the hit record I made
with the guys down at Adventure
Car Hop on Route 1 in Saugus!
LISTEN TO ARNIE'S "GINSBURGER" SPOT
FOR ADVENTURE CAR HOP!
It's The Ginsburg Go on Color Radio,
and the Wimex Tunedex don't be
late for your date on a Friday nite
(CUCKOO!) cuckoo time is 8:15.
I'm the Woo-Woo, Arnie Ginsburg, your
host up and down the New England coast,
and this is The Night Train Show on
WMEX Boston and S-P-M-M... where
we go huntin' for the great sounds of
yesteryear and bring 'em back alive.
Our Million Dollar Weekend is just
getting started, and here's another
Solid COLD blast from the past.
From three years ago on the
Ginsburg Show, a rebound sound
from 1959. R&B man Lloyd Price
has an important announcement--
"I'm Gonna Get Married!"
"I'm Gonna Get Married" - Lloyd Price
(Sept. 1959, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#2 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100)
You're tuned to 15-10 WMEX in Boston
town and beamed into your home on
S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. We're
riding the Night Train and I'm your
conductor, Arnie Ginsburg, The Woo-
Woo. You just heard Looziana R&B
great Lloyd Price break the news
that he's gonna get married, a
chart-topper in the fall of '59.
Wedding bells were ringing
that same year for a guy
named Johnny Maestro.
Heeeer's Johnny with
his group The Crests
and-- "I Do!"
"I Do" - The Crests
(May/June 1959, B side of "Six Nights A Week")
From the Good Guys survey, that was Johnny Maestro and his group
The Crests with the B side of their 1959 record "Six Nights A Week,"
walking down the aisle of love and singing their vows on-- "I Do."
When I get hitched I'm gonna say "I Woo!" (BICYCLE HORN)
Golly, that's all the time I have for this Solid COLD edition of my
Night Train Show. I hope you had a good time because I sure did.
START VIDEO NOW!
Stay tuned, coming up after Gary Owens
and the news, my good buddy Hy Lit
will be along with a special Solid Cold
edition of his show Natural Hy, and
I'll be back soon with more of my
Good Guy gold here on S-P-M-M...
the #1 station for a rock & roll nation.
To play us off, Rock & Roll Hall of
Famer Duane Eddy and his twangy
guitar going top 3 on the chart in the
summer of '60 with the instrumental
theme from the Dick Clark movie
Because They're Young. Till next
time this is your pal on the radio,
Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg,
saying so long and take care!
"Because They're Young" - Duane Eddy
(June/July 1960, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100,
theme from Apr. 1960 film Because They're Young)
