Salivating 74 Years of Service to the Blog World!

Hiya, I'm Brian Griffin!

As you recall, I'm a professional martooni taste tester.

(Lishen, I'm not as drunk as some thinkle peep I am.)

I am also the personable pooch from Family Guy

and a member of the DJ team on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio here at Shady's Place.

Sorry about the typo in the title

of the post.  It should read 174

14 YEARS.

That's right!  This week,

Shady is observing his 

14th blogiversary! 

That figure includes 10 years as emcee of the old blog,

Shady Dell Music & Memories, and 4 years as the so-

called brains behind Shady's Place Music & Memories.

I shay this calls for a shalivation... and the gang's all here.

Well, some of them are here, because we only have time

for the traditional seven song salute. Without further

delay, let's start from scratch and get to the music

because I'm itchin' to dance with your leg.

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If you're a fan of my show Eclectic Avenue, then you know I love variety

(and Jerky Treats).  The original by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles

is still the greatest, but wait till you hear what I found, a cool rerecorded

version of Smokey's "More Love" released in the summer of 2015!

"More Love" (rerecorded) - The Miracles

(July/Aug. 2015, from albums Disco Hits, Disco Gold,

Disco Dance, Disco Heaven & Class A Soul Songs)

"The Woo Woo" is here for you you!

Hi everyone, this is Old Leather

Lungs... Old Aching Adenoids...

Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg

from WMEX Boston, simulcasting

my famous Night Train Show

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Congrats to Shady Del Knight

on his fourteen years as a

member (in shady standing)

of the blogging community!

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To help Shady celebrate, here's

a song from my Wimex Tunedex.

It's the Brill Building Sound of Gene Pitney making a run

at the top 10 in the fall of 1964 with a song originally

intended for Neil Sedaka- "It Hurts To Be In Love!"

"It Hurts To Be In Love" - Gene Pitney

(Sept./Oct. 1964, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

A Doctor Donald D. Rosey good morning to you,

and happy 14 to Shady Del Knight! The Doctor's

in the house! I'm Dr. Don Rose, top 40 DJ at

"Quixie in Dixie," on loan to S-P-M-M here at

Shady's Place. I dropped by on this special day

to spin the kind of record you're likely to hear

on my Rose-Colored Glasses show, sounds

of the 60s that are good for what ails ya. In

1966, The Left Banke found fame thanks to

their top 5 hit "Walk Away Renee." In 1968

Motown's Four Tops covered the song and

scored a hit of their own, a record that

finished in the top 10 on Cash Box.

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Here they are, the mighty men of Motown, the Four Tops, with

one of the best covers of any song by anyone-- "Walk Away Renee!"

"Walk Away Renee" - Four Tops

(Feb./Mar. 1968, highest chart pos. #8 Cash Box,

#14 Hot 100/#15 R&B)

 HOWDY! 

 Hepcat Black's my name. 

 Hep music's my game. 

I'm a cool cool kitty, but let's get one thing straight
between us, Gus. I ain't from New York City!
On my S-P-M-M radio show Pink Cadillac
I play old school rock 'n' roll, R&R revival,
rockabilly, psychobilly, country, outlaw -
it's all good, understood

First off, happy 14 year blogiversary, Shady D! Now let's rock this

here roadhouse with a good old Texas boy named Moon Mullican,

a fella who earned the nickname King of the Hillbilly Piano Players.

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Here's Moon backed by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets with the original

recording of the classic rockabilly song "Seven Nights To Rock!"

"Seven Nights To Rock" - Moon Mullican

(Feb. 1956)

Hyski here - Hy Lit - The South Philadelphia Kid,

The Potentate of the Keystone State - veteran DJ

on Wibbage, WIBG, and the host of Natural Hy

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. Before I spin a

boss golden, I wanna give a shout out and props

aplenty to my good friend Shady Del Knight on

his 14 years of blogging. Way to go, man!

On Natural Hy, I play groovy greats of the 60s

and 70s with some 50s doo-wop occasionally

added to the mix. The epicenter of my show

is Philadelphia from the mid 60s through the

mid 70s, the sweet soul, psychedelic soul and

blue-eyed soul sounds that the kids danced to

in the studio on The Hy Lit Television Show.

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Here's a great example - Philly's very own Intruders with a

sound of the season-- "Love Is (just) Like a Baseball Game!"

"(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game" - The Intruders

(Aug. 1968, highest chart pos. #4 R&B,

#26 Hot 100/#41 Cash Box)

Hey, Vern! How's life been treatin' ya?

This here's yer old buddy, yer old pal

Ernest P. Worrell.

Ain't none of my beeswax, Vern, but looks like you got
somethin' caught in yer teeth there. Looks like Popeye
ain't the only one who's been eatin' his spinach!

Hey, Vern, guess what. Today Shady
Del Knight is celebrating the big 1-4.
No, he's not 14 years old, even tho

it sure seems like it sometimes.
I mean that he's been sharin' his
 music and memories with us for

14 years on two different blogs.

He deserves a great big attaboy.

Just a reminder, Vern. On my S-P-M-M show Rock-A-Billygoat, I spin

the best of rockabilly, early rock & roll, rock & roll revival, traditional

country & western and country-pop crossover. Now hold onto

yer hat, Vern, 'cause I got a dilly for you right cheer.

This boy and his band played everything from

rock & roll to R&B, folk, country, pop

and even psychedelic rock.

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In the late winter of 1969, the group scored a hit with this country

pop song. Here are Kenny Rogers And The First Edition

performing-- "But You Know I Love You!"

"But You Know I Love You" - Kenny Rogers And

The First Edition (Feb./Mar. 1969, highest chart pos.

#15 Cash Box, #18 U.S. Easy Listening/#19 Hot 100,

#9 Canada Easy Listening/#11 Canada, performance on

Dec. 8, 1968, ep. of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)

Flashing back to late '68 and early '69, that was the late great Kenny Rogers
and his group The First Edition appearing on The Smothers Brothers

Comedy Hour and doing "But You Know I Love You," a single

that made the top 10 in Canada and the top 20 in the U.S.

Well, I'll be ding, Vern. We're

plumb outta time. Me and my

best buds need to skedaddle.

Hope you enjoyed this

anniversary bash we

threw to celebrate

Shady's 14 years

as a blogger.

Don't worry your head none, 'cause I'll be back in two shakes of a jiffy

with more toe tappin' tunes for your bobby sock high school hop,

your hillbilly hayride and your heartland hoedown.

Hey, this one's too cool for school, Vern.

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To play us off, Johnny Rivers and his cover of Chuck Berry's

"Memphis, Tennessee." Now for Brian, Arnie, Don, Hepcat

and Hy, this is Errnest P. sayin' don't take any wooden

nickels and don't do anything I wouldn't do...

know what I mean Vern?

"Memphis" - Johnny Rivers

(June/July 1964, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Rose-Colored Glasses with Dr. Don Rose - Volume 1: 2020 Hindsight: A Perfect View of the Past Thru Song!

LISTEN TO THIS BRIEF SEGMENT TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH DON ROSE'S VOICE:

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 ROSE-COLORED GLASSES 

 with DR. DON ROSE 

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

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(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Ju Ju Hand" - Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs

(Aug./Sept. 1965, highest chart pos. #26 Hot 100/#28 Cash Box) 

I've got a yoka mata huba bakwa Juju Hand

This yoka mata huba bakwa sure is grand

Makes your eyes look red and your tongue turn green

The yoka mata huba bakwa makes you scream 

Shucks, if I were in a restaurant and heard Sam at the next

table yammering that mumbo jumbo... I'd grab the waiter

and say "I'll have what he's having!" (BA-DUM-BUMP) 

In the lead-off spot, boasting about the magical power of his "Ju Ju Hand,"

that was Dallas rock & roller Sam The Sham along with his band of Pharaohs.

They're the wild and crazy guys who scored a top 3 hit with "Wooly Bully."

"Ju Ju Hand," their follow-up single that same year, 1965, didn't do as

well on the chart, just making it into the top 30. 

A Dr. Donald D. Rosey good morning to you! I'm

Dr. Don Rose from Quixie in Dixie, WQXI Atlanta,
along with my pet canary Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!)
welcoming you to my first official radio show on 
sister station S-P-M-M, the authentic sound of
top 40 radio in the 60s. The songs I play will

make your ears smile, and the videos you'll

watch on my YouTube simulcast will let

you view the past thru Rose-Colored

Glasses and relive the halcyon days

of your youth. By the way, if anybody

knows what the devil a halcyon is,

give me a call. I'm pretty sure a halcyon

is the doodad doohickey gismo that

fits on the end of a whatchamacallit
thingamajig. (BA-DUM-BUMP)

Now let's peer through our Rose-Colored glasses at the fall of 1966.

For nearly three years The Beatles and other Brit bands had been

dominating the chart in the states, but some American artists

survived the onslaught and successfully competed with the

long hairs from across the pond.  Among them were these

cool cats from Boise, Idaho, and later Portland, Oregon.

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As the story goes, patriot Paul Revere shouted "The British are coming!

The British are coming!... but my band  of Raiders can and will fight back

against the Invasion." That they did. 1966 was The Raiders breakthrough

year - 5 hit singles in a row - and I've got one of them on my turntable.

Here they are, the clown princes of pop rock, singing the red, white

and blues about another problem-- "The Great Airplane Strike!"

"The Great Airplane Strike" - Paul Revere And The Raiders

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos. #17 Cash Box/#20 Hot 100)

Just what the doctor ordered - a feel good

ditty from Paul Revere & The Raiders, a

terminal tirade about "The Great Airplane

Strike," a top 20 hit for the band in 1966.

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This fella's full name is Billy Joe Thomas

and he keeps nagging me to pay back the

$50 I borrowed. Bobbie Gentry wrote a

song about it --- "Owed To Billy Joe."

(MOOOOO!) Here's B.J. Thomas and his 

chandelier song - "Hooked On A Ceiling!"

"Hooked On A Feeling" - B.J. Thomas

(Dec. 1968/Jan. 1969, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

The sound of the electric sitar allows Boomers to name that tune in 2 seconds flat.
A top 5 hit across the land at Christmas 1968 and on into the winter of '69, that

was B.J. Thomas and "Hooked On A Feeling," a song covered five years later

by the Swedish rock band Blue Swede, the guys who added the creepy chant
 "Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" to the song. "Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" is the
sound I make in the bathroom after eating my wife's pot roast.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)

Dr. Donald D. Rose reminding you that

an apple a day keeps the doctor away -

if your aim is good enough.

(BA-DUM-BUMP)

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Up next, countrified crooner Roger Miller

sings about a place where you can see

bobbies on bicycles, Westminster Abbey,

the tower of Big Ben and The Snows

of Kilimanjaro. (MOOOOO!) Here's

Roger now with-- "England Swings!"

"England Swings" - Roger Miller

(Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #8 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

A top 10 hit from late fall 1965, that was

Roger Miller singing "Inga Lynn swings

like a pendulum do." Shucks, that's why

I'm eager to meet her! (BA-DUM-BUMP)

Dr. Don Rose in the morning on Quixie

in Dixie and S-P-M-M, Retro Radio in Futuresonic Stereo Surround. I don't

have a clue what any of that means!

(KAZOO SOUND)

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These guys are a little bit country, a little bit

rock 'n' roll and a whole lotta fun. They're
The Newbeats, and they had a string of
Nashville style pop hits like this
one-- "Run, Baby Run!"

"Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" - The Newbeats

(Oct./Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #12 Hot 100/#14 Cash Box)

You just heard the falsetto of the late great
Larry Henley singing "Run, Baby Run" with
The Newbeats. The record stopped at #12 on

the U.S. chart in the fall of 1965 but reached

the 10 spot in the UK six years later when it

was re-released as a B side and became

a dance favorite in Northern Soul clubs.

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Now a taste of Nashville soul from

Joe Simon. Joe feels like a puppet

on a string because his sweetie

keeps him-- "Hangin' On."

"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" - Joe Simon
(May/June 1968, highest chart position

#11 R&B/#25 Hot 100/#42 Cash Box)

Not to be confused with the hit by

the Motown Supremes, that was

"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On,"

a different song and different

kind of soul - Nashville soul,

a crossover hit in 1968 for

R&B soul man Joe Simon.

Shucks, I'm all out of time and

Gary Owens is waving me off.

Thanks for tuning in and letting

me put some corn in your morn.
I hope you had fun peering into

the past through Rose-Colored

Glasses and reliving the salad

days of your youth. I'm a meat

and potatoes man myself.

(MOOOOO!)

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Stay tuned for Geator Gold with Jerry Blavat coming up on the B side of news,

and I'll be back soon with another pile of platters for a Rosey good morning.

That's my pledge, and here's Joe Jeffrey with his "Pledge of Love." Now

this is Dr. Don Rose along with Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!)... So long!

"My Pledge Of Love" - The Joe Jeffrey Group

(June/July 1969, highest chart pos. #13 Cash Box/#14 Hot 100)