Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg's Night Train Show, Volume 2: Solid COLD Woo Woo for You You - Morse Code of Love!

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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:

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"Little Bitty Girl" - Bobby Rydell

(Mar./Apr. 1960, highest chart pos. #19 Hot 100/#43 Cash Box)

From Philly, PA - that was teen idol Bobby Rydell kicking-off the show with

"Little Bitty Girl," the B side of his 1960 top 3 charting hit single "Wild One."

The record was a doublesider because "Little Bitty Girl" cracked the top 20.

It's a frantic friendly Friday in Beantown

and I'm Arnie Ginsburg - The Woo Woo

(CHOO-CHOO WHISTLE) for you-you.

Welcome to The Night Train Show

on WMEX in Boston Mass, with simul-

casts on YouTube and on sister station

S-P-M-M -- Retrosonic Radio. This is

another special SOLID COLD edition.

Every record on tonight's program has a

cold open aka a cold intro. In the late 50s

to mid 60s when my "Wimex" show was

big in Beantown, many if not most 45s

had cold intros. I'm all set to bring you

the tops in pops, so don't touch that dial.

Up next, The Duprees. In the fall of 1962 their debut single "You Belong To Me"

brushed the top 5. From the Wim-ex Tune-dex, here's the group's follow-up.

It's another great sound and another hit that peaked in the top 15 at the

end of the year. The Duprees-- "My Own True Love!" 

"My Own True Love" - The Duprees

(Dec. 1962, highest chart pos. #13 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box) 

You just heard the fabulous Duprees, the Italian-American vocal quintet

from Jersey City, performing their second hit single "My Own True Love."

If the tune sounds familiar, it's because the melody is "Tara's Theme"

from the soundtrack of the epic 1939 film Gone With The Wind. 

Checkin' the Wimex "Don't be late for

your date on a Friday night (CUCKOO)

cuckoo time," it's 8:05. You're listening

to Old Leather Lungs, Arnie Ginsburg,

on Boston's Big X and S-P-M-M... the

station with personality. Here now are

The Capris, the doo-wop vocal group

from Queens, New York, that scored

a top 3 hit in 1961 with "There's A

Moon Out Tonight." I think you'll

get the message that these guys

are terrific when you hear them

sing "Morse Code Of Love." 

"Morse Code Of Love" - The Capris (Jan. 1982 single) 

A keen sound in Beantown...

those are The Capris with

"Morse Code Of Love."

Believe it or nuts...

that record was made

in the early 80s, but it

brings back the authentic

doo-wop sound of the late 50s

and early 60's. "Morse Code

Of Love" is a popular play

on Oldies radio channels.

To this day, audiences and

DJs alike assume that it's

an unreleased gem of the

genre waxed by the original

Capris group decades earlier. 

Hey, wanna look your best for less? Make it over to your pal Mal's.

You'll love to shop where savings are tops... and Mal's tops them all. Remember,

Mal's clothes are the people's choice. Be sure to tell him Arnie Ginsburg sent you.

 I was at the hop at Surf Nantasket last Friday night with the Three D's

and I had a mess of requests for our hit commercial, all about

your pal Mal's at 1016 Great Plain Ave. in Needham. 

 So if you're all set, let's listen to yours truly, Old Achin' Adenoids, Arnie Ginsburg,

trying my best to sing along with Mal and The Three D's doing the "Pal Mal Rock!" 

"Pal Mal Rock" - The Three D's feat. Arnie Ginsburg 

COLD OPEN:

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"Splish Splash" - Bobby Darin (June/July 1958, highest

chart pos. #2 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100, perf. on May 2, 1959,

episode of The Dick Clark Show aka Dick Clark's

Saturday Night Beechnut Show)

How can you lose with the platters I choose? Starting the second half

of the show, that was Bobby Darin in 1959 making a "Splish Splash"

with an exciting live performance on The Dick Clark Show.

If you noticed the teenagers in the studio audience chewing their cud,

you were reminded that the pop music program was also known

as Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show.

A top 3 hit in 1958, "Splish Splash"

 is the song responsible for giving

Bobby Darin's recording career

a major boost. As you heard,

the lyrics mention characters

from other hit songs of the

50s including "Lollipop,"

"Peggy Sue" and "Good

Golly Miss Molly."

If you're just now

tuning in, this is

The Ginsburg-Go 

on Color Radio...

and here's one of the longest

lasting and most successful

R&B vocal groups of all time,

The Drifters. They've got the

 #12 sound in Good Guys town.

It's "Some Kind Of Wonderful!"

"Some Kind Of Wonderful" - The Drifters

(Apr./May 1961, highest chart pos. #6 R&B/#11 Cash Box/#32 Hot 100) 

Not to be confused with the 1967 hit

by the Soul Brothers Six, that was a

different song with the same title -

"Some Kind Of Wonderful" - this

one written by Gerry Goffin and

Carole King and first recorded by

The Drifters in 1961. That Drifters

single brushed the top 5 on the R&B

chart and made a run at the top 10 on

Cash Box. For some reason, it didn't

do as well on the Billboard Hot 100

chart, stopping short of the top 30. 

Arnie Ginsburg on WMEX and

S-P-M-M, your host up and down

the New England coast 7 nights

a week.  I'm gonna play this next

record just because - just because

I like it, just because it was a big

hit... and "Just Because" it's by

R&B great Lloyd Price!  

 

"Just Because" - Lloyd Price

(Mar.Apr. 1957, highest chart pos. #3 R&B,

#22 Cash Box/#29 Hot 100)

That was another SOLID COLD blast

from the past on the Ginsburg Show,

a rebound sound from the spring of

1957, Louisiana-born R&B singer

Lloyd Price with "Just Because."

Golly, that's all the time I have

for this second SOLID COLD

edition of my world famous

  NIGHT TRAIN  

  SHOW  

I hope you had fun.

I know I did.

Stick around. Coming up on the flip side of Gary Owens' news,

your rowdy rodent of the radio, Denny the Dell Rat, will be

here to bust your brain with another Mom & Pop Quiz

in his exclusive Shady's Place series

 DENNY THE DELL RAT 

 WANTS TO KNOW..... 

and I'll be back soon to spin more Wimex Winners here on

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

To sing us off, Neil Sedaka with "Oh! Carol," a song he wrote for Carole King,

and a big hit it was - reaching its zenith at number 5 around Christmas 1959.

Now this is Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg saying so long and take care!

"Oh! Carol" - Neil Sedaka

(Nov./Dec. 1959, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#9 Hot 100,

perf. on December 05, 1959, ep. of The Dick Clark Show

aka Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show)

Oh! Carol

Blood Curse Revenge of The Wolfman!

AHHHOOOOO!!!

Mercy mercy me! This here's

Wolfman Jack, baby, sittin' in

for my good friend Shady Del

Knight here at the greatest

little station in the nation,

the all new S-P-M-M Radio.

I'm your doctor of love, you understand, and I got

the cure you're looking for - the best oldies you

ever heard and the best oldies you never heard!

While the moon is full and stars do shine

Cuddle and dance to these tunes of mine.

Grab that special someone, start squeezin'

and let the Wolfman's music do the pleasin'.

Now, you pay close

attention to these songs,

baby, or the Wolfman's

gonna GETCHA!

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie - that's amore - and these are The Capris, an Italian American doo-wop group from Queens, New York, getting us in the mood for love with their big hit and signature song - "There's A Moon Out Tonight!"

 "There's A Moon Out Tonight" - The Capris 

 (Feb. 1961, highest chart pos. #3) 

Those were The Capris starting off the show with their snugglin' song "There's A Moon Out Tonight." You're tuned to the Wolfman on S-P-M-M Radio. This is swingin' school and I'm gonna teach you a lesson. In 1964, soul singer Betty Everett reached the top of the Cash Box R&B chart with "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)." Now if you think Betty's version is the original you're wrong. A year earlier, another soul thrush, Merry Clayton, was the first to record the song. Merry's single didn't make the chart, but it earns the Wolfman's zeal of approval. Yes, gracious... Merry Clayton sings-- "It's In His Kiss!"

 "It's In His Kiss" - Merry Clayton 

 (June/July 1963, uncharted) 

Merry Clayton there with a great record that

shoulda been a hit-- "It's In His Kiss." Now

listen to this. Another version of that same

song was recorded in LA by Ramona King,

a fine R&B singer from San Francisco.

Ramona's "It's In His Kiss" single was

released in February 1964, one week

before the version by Betty Everett

hit the street, the one that was destined to become a hit.

Like Merry Clayton's record, Ramona's single was a swing

and a miss. A few months later, Ramona released a record

that sounds a lot like "When You Walk In The Room."

This one's called-- "Run Johnny Run!"

 "Run Johnny Run" - Ramona King 

 (July/Aug. 1964, uncharted) 

That was teen queen Ramona King and

"Run Johnny Run." Now listen here.

This next little lady, Beverly Washburn,

is not only a great singer, she's an actress,

too. Around Halloween, 1959, Beverly

guest starred on the TV series Leave

It To Beaver as Jill Bartlett, a girl

who needs Wally Cleaver's help

finding a blind date for the dance. In the same vein,

Beverly released this record at Halloween, 1963,

called "Ev'rybody Loves Saturday Night (but me)."

The Wolfman thinks Beverly sounds a lot like

Shelley Fabares... and if I'm lyin'... I'm dyin'.

Here's Beverly!

 "Ev'rybody Loves Saturday Night" 

 Beverly Washburn (Oct. 1963, uncharted) 

Mercy me, that was sweet little Beverly Washburn,

a singer who also acted in more than two dozen

episodes of Loretta Young's TV show and had

a role in the Disney tear-jerker film Old Yeller.

Now I want all you Dell Vikings and Dellettes

to put your ears close to the radio and listen

to the Wolfman. In 1959 the Brooklyn based

Laurie label doo-wop quintet The Mystics had a hit with

"Hushabye." I'll bet you never heard the fab flip side.

It's all about "Adam And Eve!"

 "Adam And Eve" - The Mystics 

 (July/Aug. 1959, uncharted B side of "Hushabye") 

Oh Eve, you don't know me from Adam, but I'm your snake in the grass, and as long as you got the curves... baby I got the angles! The Mystics with the story of, and the glory of... "Adam And Eve." Now here's the prolific and terrific Neil Sedaka with a ditty that makes me shout and knock myself out, and that's a fact or my name ain't Wolfman Jack!-- Just in time for Halloween Neil sings-- "Little Devil!"

 "Little Devil" - Neil Sedaka 

 (June 1961, highest chart pos. #11) 

Oh my my, I see by the old clock on the wall

there's a dead fly. The sun's coming up

and the Wolfman gotta go.

If you've been listening to the show at the

diner on the outskirts of town, be sure

to tip your waitress when you leave.

She works hard for the money, honey.

This is your old friend Wolfman

Jack sayin' see you next time

here on the greatest little

station in the nation, the

all new S-P-M-M radio.

I guarantee we gonna

rock 'n' roll ourselves

to death, baby.

AHHHOOOOO!!!