2023 - Year of the Dell Rat ???

...or is it the year of the

Belle Rat?

...or could it be the year of the

Platterpus?

 Ainsley, Zoe, Adalind, Twisty, 

 Jess, Stephanie and Dot 

 Join The Shady Bunch! 

 CAN SHADY DEL KNIGHT KEEP YOU 
 ENTERTAINED IN THE COMING YEAR? 

 DO YOU NEED A 

 WACKY, WAVING, 

 INFLATABLE, 

 ARM FLAILING 

 TUBE MAN? 

 WELCOME BACK, DEAR FRIEND! 

 AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

I'm delighted to have you along for the ride
as I begin another year of blogging here
at Shady's Place Music & Memories.
This year I am excited to launch more

new S-P-M-M radio shows hosted by

some of my favorite celebs from

TV and movies. You met some of

them last year in sneak previews,

and they're back in this special 2-

part post to help me kick-off 2023.

The first seven new members of

The Shady Bunch are ready to

play tunes ripped from their

SPMM radio play lists, so

let's meet them right now!

Hello, I'm Dot Everest on the Amazon

TV series The Tick. By day, I work for

The City as an EMT. By night, you'll

find me breaking badass, a crime-

fighting super-powered vigilante

heroine on Team Tick. My new

show on S-P-M-M will be called

7 on the Dot...

TICK TICK TICK.

That means every song I play will

make reference to time. You won't

find my show on TikTok... only

here at Shady's Place. Time is of

the essence, so let me give you

a sample song from my show,

a 1965 clip of The Rolling Stones

performing on Top Of The Pops. 

START VIDEO NOW!

This is the band's first UK single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards,

a record that hit #1 in the UK and made the top 10 in the U.S.

Here now are The Stones and-- "The Last Time!"

"The Last Time" - The Rolling Stones

(Apr. 1965, highest chart pos. #1 UK/#9 Hot 100,

#10 Cash Box, 1965 perf. on Top Of The Pops) 

Hi there, and Happy New Year!

My name is Stephanie Smothers.

Think I look like Anna Kendrick?

I get that a lot. I'm main character

of the 2018 black comedy crime

thriller A Simple Favor. In the

movie, I host a crafts and recipes

vlog that caters to moms. On the

sly, I'm an amateur sleuth who

does lots of digging, gets lots of

questions answered and solves

a murder mystery. This year,

I'll bring that skill set to my

new radio show on S-P-M-M. 

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW! 

My show is called Stephanie Knows Who (What, When, Where, Why and How).

Every song I play asks a question, and here's one now. It's Heart with their

1985 comeback single, the band's first top 40 hit in three years and the

first to make the top 10 in five years. Watch and listen as sisters Ann

and Nancy Wilson ask the musical question-- "What About Love?" 

"What About Love?" - Heart

(July/Aug. 1985, highest chart pos. #8 Canada/#10 Hot 100,

#17 Cash Box/#3 U.S. Mainstream Rock & Canada Adult Contemporary) 

Hello, mate! I'm Jess Parker on the British

science-fiction television series Primeval.

 I'm the field coordinator of a team that

battles prehistoric creatures when they

break through time/space portals and

attack humans. My new show on

S-P-M-M Retro Radio is called

Primeval

Platterpus. 

I will be resurrecting groovy

platters from the 60s, 70s and

80s, records that might sound

like dinosaurs to younger ears,

but to Boomers, they're the

latest and the greatest.

It's yesterday once more!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 

Here's a sample of what I'll be playing on Primeval Platterpus.

The blokes and birds of the Swedish pop supergroup ABBA punctuate

our plight as we battle the beasts to save the human race. This is the

flip side of their 1974 hit "Waterloo," the first single released by

the group using the name ABBA. What do you do when

those primeval monsters appear? "Watch Out!" 

"Watch Out" - ABBA

(June/July 1974, B side of "Waterloo")




Editor's note: Meet Twisty, the deranged killer clown on

American Horror Story: Freak Show. Twisty is proud to join

The Shady Bunch in 2023 as the "silent DJ" of SPMM radio.

That's right. Twisty doesn't speak.

He simply stares at you, smiles,

does a little magic trick for you,

and then proceeds to kill you.

Nothing personal, but yeah...

you really need to die.

Twisty's new show on

SPMM will be called

Twisty the

Night Away

...and Twisty wants you

to hear a sample from

his play list. It's Elvis

the Pelvis in a scene

from his hit 1957

film Loving You!

"Twisty's Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do

(and You've Got a Lot O' Dyin' To Do)"

- Elvis Presley (scene from July 1957

movie Loathing You) 

I'm Adalind Schade a witch-like Hexenbiest on the fantasy police drama Grimm.

I'll be here in April 2023 along with six other celebrity contestants to take

The A to Z Challenge, a new trivia game series at Shady's Place.

It's called the A to Z Challenge

because four of the players have

names that begin with the letter

"A" like me, and the other three

players have names that begin

with "Z." The game proceeds

through the alphabet with

players taking turns naming

a recording artist whose name

begins with the corresponding

letter. For example, if it's my

turn to name a "B" music act,

 I could pick rock 'n' roll star

Johnny Burnette and score

10 extra points for playing

a Johnny Burnette song that

has a number in the title. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

And here it is, from the soundtrack of American Graffiti

Johnny's top 10 hit-- "You're Sixteen!" 

"You're Sixteen" - Johnny Burnette

(Dec. 1960/Jan. 1961, highest chart pos. #7 Cash Box/#8 Hot 100)

Hi, I'm Zoe Baker, Beth Pearson's cousin

and Kevin's girlfriend on the hit family

TV drama This Is Us. I'm one of the "Z"

name players on the A to Z Challenge.

Let's suppose it's my turn to pick an

artist whose name begins with "M." 

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

I could score 10 bonus points by choosing a

song by Mandy Moore, because the artist's

 first and last name both begin with "M."

Then I could gain 10 additional points

by making a Six Degrees connection,

because Mandy and I are on the same

TV show This Is Us. Here's Mandy

with her 2001 hit-- "In My Pocket!"

"In My Pocket" - Mandy Moore

(June 2001, highest chart pos. #11 Australia/#26 New Zealand,

#21 U.S. Mainstream Top 40/#102 Bubbling Under)



Hi, I'm Ainsley Whitly, an ambitious television news reporter on the hit

TV series Prodigal Son. This year, I and my colleagues, who are also

investigative journalists, will host a new S-P-M-M radio show called

The I-Team.

In this case, "I" does not stand for investigation, as in investigative

reporting. The title of every song we play on I-Team will start

with the letter "I"... We'll be spinning some uber cool tunes,

so "I" hope you'll join us. I also hope you enjoyed Pt. 1

of Shady's annual New Year's Day celebration.

Stick around for Pt. 2 coming up on Thursday. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

To play us off, here again is This Is Us star Mandy Moore with

the "I" song "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of The Week."

Now for Zoe, Adalind, Twisty, Jess, Stephanie and Dot,

this is Ainsley saying goodbye and see you soon! 

"I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of The Week" - Mandy Moore

(Apr./May 2009, highest chart pos. #14 Ukraine/#90 Hot 100) 

Twisty the Night Away!

premiering this year at Shady's Place!

7 on the Dot - TICK TICK TICK...

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:

CLICK TO START FIRST VIDEO.

AT THE 5 SEC. MARK, CLICK
TO START SECOND VIDEO!

"(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley And His Comets

(June thru Aug. 1955, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Kicking off my show with a timely tune, the granddaddy of all

rock 'n' roll songs, "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock"

by Bill Haley And His Comets. The clock rocker was a

smash hit and best seller on both sides of the Atlantic.

Hard to believe that the now-famous song started

out in obscurity as the B side of Haley's single!

Hi everyone, I'm Dorothy
"Dot" Everest, one of the
stars of The Tick, the TV

series that has critics
raving, nominated for
a Saturn Award in the

category of "Best New

Media Superhero Series."

You've heard of the

Blue Man Group and

"The Little Blue Man."
The Tick is a big man

dressed in a bright blue

costume. (Don't ask.)

Nearly invincible,
The Tick is a super
hero who fights

underworld crime

to save the city.

Arthur Everest is the Tick's nervous, nerdy sidekick,

and I'm Arthur's sister, well, more like his mother

because I am always looking out for him.

I have my

brother's back

and an angel's

face, but don't

let my looks

fool you.

I'm no cream puff.
When the chips

are down... I'm

one tough cookie.

(See what I did there?)

By day I am an ordinary, hard working EMT.

By night I reveal my secret

identity as a crime fighting

vigilante heroine on Team

Tick. I am equipped with
a superpower, a unique
time management skill
they don't teach in Tony
Robbins seminars. Let's
just say I have mastered
the five second do-over.
I'm breaking way badass,
so evildoers beware.

I will not fail my brother.

I will not fail my city,

and I will not fail you

the listener. Beginning

now, this very second,

I'll turn back the clock

to bring you some of
the best sounds of the

20th and 21st centuries.

I am also proud to let you know that Shady Del Knight

has picked me to become the latest member of his

Shady Bunch DJ team on S-P-M-M Retro Radio.

Today I'm bringing you a sneak preview of

my new show which will be called

7 on the Dot - TICK TICK TICK...

- 7 songs in a row and every one of them about

marking time or the passing of time -
past, present and future.

You're in Dot's time zone

and the clock is ticking.

From this moment on it's more

music with less tock Get it? 😝

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

It might be a 5 o'clock world... but there's something

special about "Six O'Clock." Here to explain are

John Sebastian and The Lovin' Spoonful!

"Six O'Clock" - The Lovin' Spoonful

(May/June 1967, highest chart pos. #17 Cash Box/#18 Hot 100)

Flashing back to the spring of 1967,

that was John Sebastian along with

his jug-band pop and folk rock group

The Lovin' Spoonful and their top 20

hit "Six "O'clock," a record that

brushed the top 10 in Canada.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

There might be something special
'bout "Six O'clock" but wait a minute.

In fact... wait six hours, because...

"After Midnight" we're gonna let

it all hang out. So sings Eric

Clapton in his 1970 cover
of he J.J. Cale song!

"After Midnight" - Eric Clapton

(Nov./Dec. 1970, highest chart pos. #13 Cash Box/#18 Hot 100)

Hot on the chart at the end of 1970

and the start of '71, that was Eric

Clapton with one of his signature

songs, "After Midnight," a cover

of the J.J. Cale song originally

released in 1966.

If you're just tuning in, I'm Dot

Everest from The Tick and this

is a sneak preview of my new

S-P-M-M radio show coming

next year to Shady's Place.

It's a 7-in-a-row nonstop

blockbuster, so let's get

right back to the music.

START VIDEO NOW!

Listen! Can you hear the
TICK TICK TICK?

If you've got the time, I've got
the tune. It's the gospel-tinged
soul of The Mighty Clouds Of

Joy with our next pertinent
platter-- "Time!"

"Time" - The Mighty Clouds Of Joy

(Oct./Nov. 1974, highest chart pos. #32 R&B/#102 Bubbling Under)

All we need is just a little

more time. Ain't it the truth,

though? Those gentlemen

are The Mighty Clouds of

Joy, an L-A based gospel

group that crossed over

the bridge to the secular

side and achieved hits

on the soul and disco

charts in the mid 70s

with "Mighty High,"

"Mighty Cloud Of Joy"

and the song I just

played for you- "Time."

The Charleston was once the rage. History has turned a page.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

A sign of the times and a sound of the times from Sonny and

Cher who remind us that the show and the beat goes on.

"The Beat Goes On" - Sonny And Cher

(Feb./Mar. 1967, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box)

What a cool couple! That

was Sonny & Cher making

a convincing run at the

top 5 in 1967 with the

time referencing song

"The Beat Goes On."

START VIDEO NOW!

Released around Halloween

in 1982, "The Day Before

You Came" is one of ABBA's

last singles. At Christmas that

year, the Swedish super group

sang the song in Germany on

the TV series Show Express.

"The Day Before You Came" - ABBA

(Oct. thru Dec. 1982, highest chart pos. #32 UK/#2 Finland,

#3 Sweden, Belgium & Netherlands, live performance on

Show Express on West German PBS station ZDF, Dec. 1982)

That was "Aggie" - Agnetha Fältskog - singing lead for ABBA on

"The Day Before You Came" on German TV.  The record went
top 3 in four European countries, brushed the top 30 in the

UK and was released in the U.S. only as a DJ promo.

By the way, at nearly 6 minutes "TRT" - total run time, "The Day
Before You Came" it is ABBA's second longest single, after "Eagle."

Before I go, I wanna invite you to watch my

TV series The Tick on Amazon Prime Video.

If you haven't seen it yet, it's high time you did.

Oh darn... look at the clock.

Baby baby baby, we're out of time.

Dot's all folks - I gotta dash.

(See what I did there?)

I hope you enjoyed

this preview of my

new radio series

7 on the Dot -

TICK TICK TICK...

coming to Shady Place

next year, and I hope

when the time comes

you'll set aside a few

minutes to tune me in.

Heck, you might even

come back for seconds.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

Stick around. Coming up after the news, it's time to Flash Back

with Iris West, here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. To play

us off, here's Miu, the German retro blue-eyed soul band

fronted by singer/songwriter Nina Graf. Three months

have now passed (tick tick tick) since Christmas

and it seems Nina's "Chocolate Santa" has

overstayed his welcome. Now this is Dot

Everest saying bye-bye and see you in '23!

"Chocolate Santa" - Miu (Apr. 2020)