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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Alan, Denny, Cisco, Chris, Allie, Wolfman, Nina, Kate and Thea Join The Shady Bunch - 2023 New Year Gala, Pt. 2


COLD SHOW OPEN
CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 


"Love You Inside Out" - Bee Gees
(dance performed by Legs & Co on
Apr. 26, 1979, ep. of Top Of The Pops

For your listening and especially your viewing pleasure, the dancing damsels
of Legs & Co on the long-running UK music program Top Of The Pops,
doing their artistic interpretation of "Love You Inside Out," a chart-
topping hit in the U.S. and Canada in the spring of 1979
for the British brother act the Bee Gees. 



Hello and Happy New Year!
I'm Alan Shore, the lecherous loose
cannon lawyer on not one, but two
hit television series - The Practice
and Boston Legal.

Welcome to Part 2 of Shady's
gala New Year extravaganza...
kicking-off 2023 in grand
style with music selections
from the newest members
of The Shady Bunch
deejay staff. 


My new show on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio is called
Letch Dance
With Alan Shore.
It will feature dazzling performances by Legs & Co, Pan's People and
Ruby Flipper, the female terpsichore troupes on Top Of The Pops.


Occasionally I will treat you to rare glimpses of the dancing Go-Go girls
on Germany's Musikladen and other European music programs of the 70s. 


 So join me and my sidekick Denny Crane this year on what promises to be
the most exciting and entertaining show ever presented at Shady's Place -
Letch Dance
With Alan Shore.



Pan's People...
Ruby Flipper...
Legs & Co...
I dated 'em all,
 and married 5 of
'em...or was it 6?
Denny Crane!





Hola mis amigos
y amigas!

As you recall from my previous
appearances, I'm Cisco Ramon...
mechanical engineering whiz kid
and youngest member of the team
of scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs on
the superhero TV series The Flash.
When I developed the metahuman
ability to see into the future, I took
the codename "Vibe." This year,
I am joining The Shady Bunch
DJ squad as host of a new show
on S-P-M-M Retro Radio called



Cisco's
VintaGe Vibes.
Just now, I peered into the future and saw good times ahead for you and me
on S-P-M-M. Here's a sample of what you'll see and hear on my show.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 

From late 1970, the pop-jazz band Blood, Sweat & Tears led by
David Clayton-Thomas with their top 20 hit-- "Lucretia Mac Evil!"


"Lucretia Mac Evil" - Blood, Sweat & Tears
(Nov. 1970, highest chart pos. #17 Cash Box/#29 Hot 100)



Hi, Everybody! It's me again,
Chris Griffin, the crazy mixed-up kid
on Family Guy. As you know from my
previous stints on Shady's blogs, I am
also a world class talent scout. Today
I'm excited to announce that Shady
has promoted me to a full time DJ
on S-P-M-M radio. Starting this
year, I will host my new show

Chris Griffin's
Psychotic Break

...a musical interlude that will
put you in touch with your
inner wild child. 


To give you a hint of what's to come on my show, I present a song by Ratt,
the San Diego-based glam metal band of the 80s fronted by Stephen Pearcy.
Ratt is associated with comedy legend Milton Berle because he appeared in
two of the band's videos, and because "Uncle Miltie," as he was known by
millions of TV viewers, was the real life uncle of Ratt manager Marshall
Berle. Here now is Ratt on stage doing their top 40 Rock chart hit
from the fall of 1985-- "You're In Love!"


"You're In Love" - Ratt
(Oct./Nov. 1985, highest chart pos. #34 U.S. Rock,
#67 Canada/#82 UK/#89 Hot 100)


Hi, I'm Allie Pressman. Shady introduced
me last year.  As you recall, I'm the main
character on the mystery drama web TV
series The Society. The show is about
a group of high school classmates who
return from a field trip to discover that
everyone in their town has vanished.
The teens need to figure out how to
survive on their own, govern and
police themselves and forge a
brave new world. My new show
here on S-P-M-M will be called

Society's Child.

It is only fitting that the records
I play flash back to the late 60s
when gentle people with flowers
in their hair created a new society
and tried to make a better world.

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Here's the kind of song you'll hear on Society's Child...
Scottish troubadour Donovan's 1968 hit-- "Jennifer Juniper!" 


"Jennifer Juniper" - Donovan
(Apr. 1968, highest chart pos. # #18 Cash Box/#26 Hot 100)

AHHHOOOOOOO!

Happy New Year, bay-bay, from your old pal on the radio The Wolfman!
Yes, gracious, I'm back full time on S-P-M-M... the number one station for
a rock & roll nation.  Starting this year, I'll be hosting a new show called

 Wolfman Jack'
 AmericaHot Wa

...and here's a sample of the kind of sounds you'll hear.  It's the merry
Mr. Chuck Berry with a blast from the past... a chart topper
in the early months of 1958-- "Sweet Little Sixteen!" 


"Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry
(Mar. 1958, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#2 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
perf. on Feb. 22, 1958, ep. of The Dick Clark Show
aka Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show


Hello. I am Nina Sergeevna Krilova.
Do not believe what you read in
the newspaper. I come to you

 From Russia 
 With Love! 

I am a clerical worker turned KGB agent
on the FX network period spy thriller TV
show The Americans. I work at Soviet
Embassy in Washington, but much of
my time is spent...how you Americans
say?... making whoopee in safe house
with my secret lover, FBI agent Stan
Beeman. I serve him as an informant,
a "double agent." Yes, it is true. I am
Stan Beeman's...how you Americans
say?... under the covers angel.

Recently I received good news. Shady Del Knight has picked me to host
my own show starting soon here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

My show is called
 Nina Krilova's Glasnost 
...and I have a sample of what you might hear. It's Nancy Sinatra
with the B side of her 1966 hit "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?"
Here is-- "The Last Of The Secret Agents!" 


"The Last Of The Secret Agents?" - Nancy Sinatra
(May/June 1966, B side of "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?") 




Alrigh’ mates? I'm D.I. Kate Bishop on the British comedy-drama police procedural
Vexed. I'm the better half of a detective duo with my partner, Jack Armstrong,
a relationship that's every bit as dysfunctional as my marriage. 

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I was chuffed to bits when I got word that Shady Del Knight has
selected me and six other celebrity Brit birds to host our own
radio show on S-P-M-M. Our new show is called
BRITISH BRITISH SWAG 
..and here's a sample. From early 1967, it's The Spencer Davis Group
featuring singer-songwriter Steve Winwood doing their Hammond
organ-driven blues rock hit-- "I'm A Man!" 


"I'm A Man" - Spencer Davis Group
(Apr./May 1967, highest chart pos. #10 Hot 100 & Cash Box)



Hi, again!  I'm Thea Queen. You might remember me from my previous
appearances and hosting stints at Shady's rave parties. Just in case your
memory needs refreshing, I'm Oliver's kid sister and the vigilante
avenger codename "Speedy" on the DC Comics superhero TV
series Arrow. I also am the owner of Verdant, Star City's
hottest nightclub. With credentials like those, it's no
surprise that Shady picked me to go full time and
host my own show on S-P-M-M. I'll be back
later this year with the cool sounds of
the Disco 70s and clubbin' 80s on
Thea Queen of Clubs
... a show that'll keep you out on the floor and begging for more. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

I hope you enjoyed this 2-part music fest to start the new year. To play us off,
here's The Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, with "Last Dance," her top 5 hit
from the summer of '78. Donna performs the song in a scene from the film
Thank God It's Friday. Now for Kate Bishop, Nina Krilova, Wolfman Jack,
Allie Pressman, Chris Griffin, Cisco Ramon, Alan Shore and Denny
Crane, I'm Thea Queen saying goodbye and have a super year!


"Last Dance" - Donna Summer
(July/Aug. 1978, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100/#4 Cash Box,
#5 R&B, scene from May 1978 film Thank God It's Friday

Wolfman Jack's American Hot Wax
Another Shady's Place exclusive!

Sunday, January 5, 2020

The Good Girls, Robert W. Morgan & Dr. Don Rose Join Hepcat Black as the Newest Members of "The Bunch"!


GOOD GIRLS
GO TO HEAVEN.
BAD GIRLS GO EVERYWHERE.


 THESE GOOD GIRLS 
 REVOLT! 


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 to meet
six more new members of

 THE SHADY BUNCH 

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!
(COLD SHOW OPEN)


"A Quiet Place" - Garnet Mimms And The Enchanters
(July/Aug. 1964, highest chart pos. #78 Hot 100 & R&B/#89 Cash Box)

"Lady lady lady... why do you holler? Ain't nobody seen your Johnny Dollar!"
From the summer of '64, that was a fab uptown soul classic by my main man,
the sensational Garnet Mimms along with The Enchanters-- "A Quiet Place."





Hello & happy new year! Yours truly Hyski, Hy Lit,
The South Philadelphia Kid... The Potentate of the
Keystone State... welcoming you to part 2 of our
New Year's Spectacular on S-P-M-M Retrosonic
Radio where all the cool oldies come to play.
We're kicking off 2020 in a big big way by
introducing a total of 8, count 'em - EIGHT
new boss jocks down here at the plant.
Time for you to meet one of them now.
He's a cool kitty and that's a fact, Jack.
Here's my buddy, my pal... my feral
feline friend-- Hepcat Black!




Hey hey, thank you, Hy Lit...
and happy 2020, everybody!


I'm Hepcat Black... I got the knack...
and my new show's called Pink Cadillac!

I'm here to prove that old school is cool. I'll be playing rockabilly, psychobilly,
outlaw country, 50s rock & roll and the best of the modern rock & roll revival.


Here's a smooth operator who needs no
introduction, but I'm gonna introduce him
anyway. He's a tavelin' mana teen age idol
from lonesome town. He's Ricky Nelson...
and this week in 1958 his latest single was
climbing the chart on its way to the top 20.
It's the song on the B side of his smash hit
"Stood Up." Ricky's record follows the
same story line as "School Day," a
Chuck Berry hit the previous year.

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Our boy Ricky's startin' to feel like a poor little fool,
'cause it's late and he's sick and tired of-- "Waitin' In School!"


"Waitin' In School" - Ricky Nelson
(Jan./Feb. 1958, highest chart pos. #6 Cash Box,
#18 Hot 100B side of "Stood Up")


From the early weeks of 1958, Ricky Nelson
is "Waitin' In School" for the dang bell to ring,
a song written by Johnny and Dorsey Burnette. 

Now here are three pretty little ladies recruited by
Shady as new members of his Shady Bunch deejay
crew. They're the stars of Good Girls Revolt, an
Amazon Video TV series that's been called the
female version of Mad Men. Let's give a warm
welcome to Patti Robinson, Cindy Reston and
Jane Hollander! Take it away Good Girls!

Thank you Hepcat Black, and hello everyone!



My name is Patti. I'm a go-getter. I believe in
free love, partying hard and shaking up the
establishment. Jane, Cindy and I welcome
this opportunity to take our rightful places
alongside The Shady Bunch men and prove
ourselves as radio announcers. Our show is
called Libbin' It Up With The Good Girls
featuring the great sounds of the mid to late
60s, the revolutionary period in music and
pop culture that produced the fabled
Summer of Love and Woodstock.

Scottish folk rocker Donovan is responsible for some of the grooviest
sounds of the era. Donovan wrote the song "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in India
where he was studying Transcendental Meditation with the Beatles.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Released as a single in the spring of 1968, "Hurdy Gurdy Man" reached
the top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic. Singing one of his greatest and most
memorable songs of love, here now is Donovan with-- "Hurdy Gurdy Man!"


"Hurdy Gurdy Man" - Donovan
(July/Aug. 1968, highest chart pos.
#3 Cash Box/#5 Hot 100)





Hi, I'm Cindy, pleased to meet you. I am polite,
soft-spoken and mild-mannered, but I am also
a newly empowered woman who has finally
gained confidence and found her voice at
 the microphone here on S-P-M-M Radio.
Sunshine pop, the feel good music of the
mid to late 60s, is one of the categories
you can expect us to play on our show
Libbin' It Up. One of the most popular bands of the genre started out as a
California surf-rock group
called The Crossfires.

START VIDEO NOW!

They found success when they changed their name to The Turtles and
switched to folk-rock and psychedelic pop. Here's their biggest hit,
a record that bumped the Beatles "Penny Lane" from the top
of the chart in 1967. The Turtles-- "Happy Together!"


"Happy Together" - The Turtles
(Mar./Apr. 1967, highest chart pos.
#1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)





I'm Jane, a society girl turned serious career woman
as a member of The Shady Bunch here at S-P-M-M
Radio. I'm sick & tired of being nothing more than
eye candy, a trophy on a man's arm. I know I've
got what it takes to be a great DJ. I promise I
won't let you (or myself) down. One of the
most distinctive sounds on the radio at the
end of 1969 was a song written and first
 recorded by Laura Nyro. The song became
a hit for the soulful LA-based rock trio
Three Dog Night. A favorite tune of high
school marching bands in the decades
that followed, here's 3-Dog's
top 10 single-- "Eli's Comin'."


CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!


"Eli's Coming" - Three Dog Night
(Nov/Dec. 1969, highest chart pos. #8 Cash Box/#10 Hot 100)

That's all from us for now.


Please joins us for Libbin' it Up with The Good Girls, our first full show
coming soon to S-P-M-M Radio. Now here's one of the boss jocks
at one of the most popular radio stations on the west coast or
anywhere else in the country for that matter. Here he is,
from Boss Radio 93 KHJ-- Robert W. Morgan!


Thank you Good Girls Patti, Cindy and Jane,
and good Morgan to you! I'm Robert W. Morgan
here on loan from KHJ Boss Angeles, moon-
lighting on S-P-M-M as a new member of
The Shady Bunch. I'm on a mission to
Morganize you by playing the greatest
AM radio hits of the 60s with a focus
on the laid back, fun-in-the-sun
sounds of Southern California.

START VIDEO NOW!

No one does it better than The Beach Boys.
This song reached the top 10 during the holiday
season in '64 and was still going strong at
the start of  '65-- "Dance, Dance, Dance!"


"Dance, Dance, Dance" - The Beach Boys
(Nov./Dec. 1964, highest chart pos. #8 Hot 100/#10 Cash Box)

From Christmas 1964, The Beach Boys there with "Dance, Dance, Dance,"
a single that needed to plow through a log jam of British invasion records
to crack the top 10 on the national chart. In early March of '65 the
song was released on the album The Beach Boys Today!

That does it for me. Now here's my good friend, a guy who does his
thing on the east coast while I am doing my thing on the west coast.
He's the pride of "Quixie in Dixie" - WQXI, Atlanta-- Dr. Don Rose!



Thank you, Robert W. Heavens to Betsy...
you got me Morganized after just one song!
Dr. Donald D. Rosey good morning to you,
folks! This Rose is tickled pink to be part
of The Shady Bunch here on S-P-M-M...
the station that's #1 for music and fun.
I'm sitting at the mic with my pet cow
Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!) Like my buddy
Robert W., I'll be bringing you the cream
of the crop, the best 60s music on your
AM dial. Try this one on for size. It's
lovely Lesley Gore with a song from
her late 1963 album Lesley Gore
Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts.


CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

As a single it climbed the chart during the Christmas season
of '63 and landed in the top 5. Give lovely Lesley's lilting
lament a listen-- "She's A Fool!"


"She's A Fool" - Lesley Gore
(Nov./Dec. 1963, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#6 Cash Box)

S-P-M-M Radio by way of "Quixie in Dixie" - that was Lesley Gore with
"She's A Fool." That'll do it for me, Dr. D, and Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!)
To wrap up our New Year spectacular, here's a guy who's nobody's fool.
He's that fugitive from the Shady Dell still searching for the one armed
man who stole his youth, the host of Jukebox Giants-- Dell Rat Tom!




Thank you very much, Dr. Don Rose! I remember you
on WFIL in Philadelphia and on TV as the host of
Speed Racer and other cartoon shows on WKBS
channel 44. It's great having you as a new member
of The Shady Bunch. I'm looking forward to your
first show here on S-P-M-M... the station with
personality.  My first spin of the new year is
too cool for school, a seldom heard alternate
version of the song ranked #68 on my list
of The 200 Greatest Hits of the Shady Dell.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Retrosonic Radio in Futuresonic Stereo Surround - Michigan
garage rockers Question Mark and the Mysterians with their
chart-topper, a number everybody knows-- "96 Tears!"


“96 Tears” (alternate stereo version)
(?) Question Mark & the Mysterians
(Sept./Oct. 1966, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)



A super cool alternative version of "96 Tears"
in stereo here on S-P-M-M... where all the cool
oldies come to play. That does it for our 2-part
New Year's Spectacular. Now for Hy Lit, Hepcat
Black, The Good Girls - Patti, Cindy and Jane -
Robert W. Morgan, Dr. Don Rose and the entire
Shady Bunch deejay staff, I'm Dell Rat Tom.
Thanks for being here, and once again...

 HAPPY 
 NEW YEAR!