Libbin' It Up With The Good Girls (Cindy, Patti & Jane) Vol. 1: Things I'd Like to Say to Somebody Groovy!

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 LIBBIN' IT UP with 

 THE GOOD GIRLS 

 Cindy, Patti & Jane 

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

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"Things I'd Like To Say" - New Colony Six

(Feb./Mar. 1969, highest chart pos. #13 Cash Box/#16 Hot 100)

Kicking off the show and putting you in a mellow mood, that was

the soft rock sound of the Chicago band New Colony Six doing the

biggest hit of their career "Things I'd Like to Say." That single was

released in October 1968 and climbed the charts slowly, reaching

its peak in the top 15 in March of 1969.

Cindy               Patti                   Jane

Hi, I'm Patti Robinson, here with my friends and co-workers Cindy Reston

and Jane Hollander. We're The Good Girls. By day we work as researchers

at News of the Week magazine in New York City on the television series

Good Girls Revolt. By night we woman the microphone as the newest

members of The Shady Bunch deejay staff here on S-P-M-M Radio.

We're libbin it up with the grooviest sounds that came out of the

revolutionary period from the mid 60s through early 70s!

She's "living in shame." Diana Ross and the Supremes

are up next to tell the tale in this the sequel to their

chart-topping 1968 single "Love Child."

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One of several late 60s Motown hits with social consciousness themes,
"I'm Livin' In Shame" was penned by The Clan, the group of composers
that replaced the songwriting/producing team of Holland–Dozier–
Holland and gave us "Love Child." Now the story continues!

"I'm Livin' In Shame" - Diana Ross And The Supremes

(Feb./Mar. 1969, highest chart pos. #8 R&B & Cash Box/#10 Hot 100)

"I'm Livin' In Shame" a top 10 crossover hit

for Diana Ross and the Supremes in 1969.

By early the following year Diana Ross

was out on her own as a solo artist and

The Supremes had a new lead singer,

Jean Terrell, who revitalized the act

and led them to a string of hits in

the early 70s.

Now it's time for me to turn the mic

over to my friend Cindy who will

play the next two songs.

Thanks, Patti. You're Libbin It Up with
The Good Girls exclusively here on
S-P-M-M... Retrosonic Radio in
Futuresonic Stereo Surround.
Our 7-in-row commercial free
cruise is just getting started.

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My first spin is a super enhanced version
of a single recorded by a group of pop
rockers from right here in New York.
They call themselves Alive and Kicking

and this is their claim to fame, a top 5 hit
in the summer of '70-- "Tighter, Tighter!"

"Tighter, Tighter" - Alive And Kicking

(July/Aug. 1970, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#7 Hot 100)

Alive And Kicking with "Tighter, Tighter," a 1970 nugget

that was co-written and co-produced by Tommy James.

You're Libbin' It Up with The Good Girls on S-P-M-M...

the station that's #1 for music and fun, and I'm Cindy.

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The compositions of New York singer and song-
writer Laura Nyro gave The 5th Dimension
five of their hits including the song I'm
playing right now, a groovy tune
entitled "Stoned Soul Picnic."

"Stoned Soul Picnic" - The 5th Dimension

(June/July/Aug. 1968, highest chart pos.
#2 R&B/#3 Hot 100/#6 Cash Box)

A soulful sound to trigger sweet
memories of the summer of '68...
 that was "Stoned Soul Picnic,"
the first hit single released by
The 5th Dimension to cross
over to the R&B chart,
reaching the top 3
on both lists.

That does it for me. Now I'm
handing the mic to my friend
Jane who has the next two
songs on our playlist.

Thank you, Cindy, and hi everyone.
If you're just tuning in... we're
The Good Girls, Patti, Cindy and
me, Jane. We're friends and co-
workers, a new breed of women
asserting ourselves and breaking
through the glass ceiling at
News of the Week magazine in
the late 60s. We're having a blast
moonlighting as Shady Bunch DJs
 here on S-P-M-M. A moment ago,
Cindy played a great sound by
The 5th Dimension.

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I'm sure you recall the single that became the next major crossover hit
for that group, the 1969 smash "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In," a medley
of songs from the rock musical Hair. Well here's another one from
that Broadway show. Good morning, starshine, The Good Girls
say hello, and this is-- Oliver!

"Good Morning Starshine" - Oliver

(June/July 1969, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100,
#4 Cash Box, from 1967 musical Hair)

From the Broadway musical Hair that was

William Oliver Swofford, better known as Oliver,

with one of the great feel good songs of late 60s

sunshine pop rock - "Good Morning Starshine."

Here's another dose of classic 60s sunshine pop.

It's the Mama's and the Papa's with a song from

their #1 charting 1966 debut album If You
Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. 

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This hip ditty from John, Denny, Michy and

Mama Cass was also released on the B sides
of two singles, "Go Where You Wanna Go" and

"California Dreamin." Here's-- "Somebody Groovy!"

"Somebody Groovy" - The Mama's And The Papa's

(Jan./Feb./Mar. 1966, B side of "California Dreamin',"

from Mar. 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears)

So cool, The Mamas And The Papas with "Somebody Groovy"

from their debut album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.
Spelling errors aside (both the album and single were printed
with apostrophes in "Mamas" and "Papas") the LP ranks high
on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Cindy               Patti                   Jane

Gosh, they're waving us off and that means we gotta go.
Thanks a lot for joining us for our first radio blogcast.

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Coming up on the B side of news, Shawn & Gus, those crazy guys from Psych,
return to play another game of Rock Jeopardy, and we'll be back soon with
another sensational set of songs from the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
on Libbin' It Up. Until then we're The Good Girls, Cindy, Patti & Jane,

saying goodbye for now and reminding you to follow that dream
wherever that dream may lead. Just go for it. Never give up -
never give in. See you next time!

"Classical Gas" - Mason Williams

(July/Aug. 1968, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box/#2 Hot 100)

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - Vol. 1: Sound Dog!

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"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley (Aug./Sept./Oct. 1956,

highest chart pos. #1, original B side of "Don't Be Cruel")

Hey there, the clock is striking twelve and it's time for yours truly,
the midnight satellite, your rover of the radio, your hi-fi fido - Toto Moto!

You're tuned to Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel on
S-P-M-M, home of The Shady Bunch. I kicked off
my first official show with "Hound Dog," a doozie
of a ditty by Elvis the Pelvis. One of Presley's
biggest hits, "Hound Dog" is ranked #19 on
Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time. "Hound Dog" was first recorded
in 1952 by R&B zinger Willie Mae
"Big Mama" Thornton.

In 1967, when they recorded our next featured
song, Diana Ross and The Supremes were
on top of the heap - the most successful
American music group of all time with
10 chart-topping pop hits to their credit.

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This one, the last of the group's singles to feature the vocals of Flo Ballard,

cracked the top 10 around Christmas that year-- "In And Out Of Love!"

"In And Out Of Love" - The Supremes

(Dec. 1967, highest chart pos. #9)

Diana Ross and The Supremes with "In And Out Of Love,"
and Toto Moto with you in the Time Tunnel here on S-P-M-M,
Retrosonic Radio. You know, with a name like The Hollies,
I thought these guys were one of Buddy's groups. 'Taint so -
I looked it up! Instead they're one of the most popular
Merseybeat bands of the British Invasion. In 1964

The Hollies covered the Doris Troy hit "Just One Look."

It was the group's first single to land on the U.S. chart,

but only made it to #98. That's a doggone shame!

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I can see clearly now that things were looking up for the
Brit boys when their single, "Look Through Any Window,"
cracked, shattered and broke through the top 40!

"Look Through Any Window" - The Hollies

(Jan. 1966, highest chart pos. #32)

The Hollies there with "Look Through Any Window

(and you'll see that doggone stray cat)" on S-P-M-M,

home of The Shady Bunch and yours truly, Toto Moto.

In sports, a late game ending moments ago

out on the west coast, final score just in:

49ers 76 - 76ers 49.

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Their television series was more fun than a barrel of Monkees.

Here's a groovy great by Davy, Micky, Peter and Mike-- "Valleri!"

"Valleri" (1968 Remix) - The Monkees (Mar./Apr. 1968,

highest chart pos. #3, from Apr. 1968 album

The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees)

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

your K-9 compadre, your midnight mutt, the pup that

puts the WOW in bow-wow, and you're listening to

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel, the radio program

4 out of 5 insomniacs recommend. Earlier in the

blogcast you heard "Hound Dog" and you just

listened to the ape call of The Monkees. Don't

look now, but this place is turning into a zoo!

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Hey, me likey table scraps, and this one by Dee Dee Sharp

has me lickin' my chops. What time is it?-- "Mashed Potato Time!"

"Mashed Potato Time" - Dee Dee Sharp (Apr. 1962,

highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100/#1 Cash Box/#1 R&B,

from 1962 album It's Mashed Potato Time)

This is your corn dog, Toto Moto and that was one of

Philly town's most soulful sirens, Miss Dee Dee Sharp,

and "Mashed Potato Time," a single that topped the

R&B chart, finished second on the pop side and is

ranked the #3 song for the year 1962.

Winter, spring, summer and fall, I love The Four Seasons.

There's nothing false about Frankie Valli's falsetto. It's the

real deal. If you're watching my simulcast on YouTube,

check out this rare clip from Where The Action Is.

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Here they are, the original Jersey Boys, singing their hit "Bye, Bye, Baby"

on a Southern California ski slope. It's snow bound to give you a lift!

"Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye)" - The 4 Seasons

(Jan./Feb. 1965, highest chart pos. #12)

From the early weeks of 1965, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, singing

(and shivering) in the snow at Big Bear Ski Resort, one of the primary

shooting locations for Dick Clark's Where The Action Is, doing one

of their many great 60s hits "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye)."

Hey, it's also time for me to say "bye bye baby." Thanks a lot for
spending the wee hours of the morning with me digging up old gold
here in Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel. It's been a long night.
I don't know about you, folks... but I'm licked.

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I'm gonna hunt for a patch of early morning sunlight, curl up on the rug
and snooze till the cows come home. Later on, I think I'll head over
to the flea market. (BA-DUM-BUMP).  Now this is your midnight
satellite, your rover of the radio, your hound of sound, your
hi-fi fido - Toto Moto - bidding you farewell. I'll be back
soon with another fun-filled stax-o-wax all-nighter here
on S-P-M-M Radio, your place for good music,
good memories and good times.
Merry Christmas, folks!

"Snoopy's Christmas" - The Royal Guardsmen

(Christmas 1967, highest chart post #1 Billboard's

"Best Bets For Christmas" chart/#10- Cash Box)

Shady Green and his Wayback Machine - Vol. 1: In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

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 SHADY GREEN 
 AND HIS 
 WAYBACK MACHINE 

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"In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)" - Zager And Evans

(July 1969, highest chart pos. #1, from the album
2525 {Exordium & Terminus})

Zager and Evans kicking off the maiden voyage of the Wayback Machine
with a record that spent 6 weeks at number one in the "Summer of '69" -
"In the Year 2525." See what I did there? I named two hit songs
back-to-back, each one referring to a specific year.

Hi there! This is your retrosonic rocker, Shady Green, The Dean of Keen,
card carrying member of The Shady Bunch here on S-P-M-M, the station
that's #1 for music and fun. You're my DJ co-pilot so let's spin another
late 60s sizzler and keep this 7-in-a-row block party going strong!

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Our next stop on the good ship Psychedelic Lollipop is late summer/early fall of 1968.
That's when The Grass Roots were riding high on the strength of their biggest hit,
a record that reached the top 5 in the U.S. and Canada- "Midnight Confessions!"

"Midnight Confessions" - The Grass Roots

(Sept./Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #5)

"Midnight Confessions" from The Grassroots,

one of America's most successful bands with

an impressive 21 singles on the Billboard

chart. Your dial is set to S-P-M-M... the

place for good music, good memories

and good times, and you're traveling

through music history in the

Wayback Machine.

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You and me, Shady Green, and the The Shady Bunch here at S-P-M-M.

We're happy together, and now let's hear from the groovy guys who

recorded that chart topper along with this 1966 hit, "You Baby."

They call themselves-- The Turtles!

"You Baby" - The Turtles 
(Mar. 1966, highest chart pos. #20)

The Turtles and "You Baby" here on the all new S-P-M-M -

Retrosonic Radio... the station that's #1 for music and fun.

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If you're just joining me, you're riding the

Wayback Machine with Shady Green, your

Dean of Keen. Now let's take a stroll through

your mind with "Reflections," the first psych-

edelic pop record released by Motown's top

girl group, The Supremes, and their first single

using a new group name - the Cabbage Patch

Dolls... uh, I mean Diana Ross & The Supremes!

"Reflections" - Diana Ross And The Supremes

(Sept. 1967, highest chart pos. #2)

Diana Ross And The Supremes looking in the

mirror-mirror on the wall and reflecting on

the years when they were known simply as

The Supremes and we loved them just the

same. Shady Green here and, ya know,

it just occurred to me that people are

strange, especially when you're a

stranger. Right? Faces look ugly,

women seem wicked and streets

are un-e-vun when you're down.

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Well I'm here to tell ya, friends and neighbors... that strange days have

found us. They dun tracked us down! It's Morrison and The Doors

with the title track from their second album, one that made

Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest of all time--

Strange Days!

"Strange Days" - The Doors
(from Sept. 1967 album Strange Days)

"Strange Days" with The Doors on the all new S-P-M-M...

Futuresonic Radio. For those of you tuning in for the first

time, I'm Captain Shady Green and these are the voyages

of the starship Wayback. My five year mission (or until I

get canned, whichever comes first) is to boldly go to the

little boy's room whenever a long record is playing.

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It should come as no surprise, therefore, that I play lots of album tracks...

with "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" being my favorite. :) Now let's check the Status Quo,

a London based psychedelic group that had more chart hits in the UK than

any other rock band - more than 60 in all. This was their first one...

a biggie on both sides of the pond-- "Pictures Of Matchstick Men!"

"Pictures of Matchstick Men" - The Status Quo

(June/July 1968, highest chart pos. #12, from Sept. '68 album

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo)

Darkness falls across the land. The midnight hour is close at hand,

and you know what that means. Tonight's time travel trip has come

to an end and I need to scram outta here. Thanks for joining me.

Stay tuned for my good buddy, your all night satellite, Toto Moto,

coming up on the flipside of news to take you thru the wee hours.

I hope you'll join me next time for the ride of your life in my
big bright green Wayback Machine.

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Till then, till we meet again, this is Shady Green saying keep it

here on S-P-M-M, the #1 station..... for a rock 'n' roll nation!

"The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" - Simon And Garfunkel

(Aug. 1966, B side of "The Dangling Conversation," from

Oct. 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme)