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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)
of the show, that was Bobby Darin in 1959 making a "Splish Splash"
with an exciting live performance on The Dick Clark Show.
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
