Rose-Colored Glasses with Dr. Don Rose - Vol. 2: I Wanna Meet You, Alice Long!

60s Fashion Girl by JamesLopez @ DeviantArt

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!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"I Wanna Meet You" - The Cryan Shames
(Dec. 1966, highest chart pos. #65 Cash Box/#85 Hot 100)

Starting us off today, the Chicago pop - garage rock band

The Cryan Shames and "I Wanna Meet You," a record

that was hot in Chi-town at Christmas 1966, but got a 

chilly reception in other parts of the country, leaving

it stranded at #85 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #65 on

  Cash Box. It's a cryan shame the record didn't catch on,

and it's a cryan shame Shady isn't paying me for this gig.

(BA-DUM-BUMP)

A Dr. Donald D. Rosey good morning to you!

I'm Dr. Don Rose from Quixie in Dixie -

WQXI Atlanta - here with my pet canary

Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!) welcoming you

to my second fun-filled show here on

sister station S-P-M-M, bringing you

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

allow you to view the past thru

Rose-Colored Glasses.

Just remember, folks. Dr.Don's the real doctor

of The Shady Bunch. Those two mangy mutt

DJs, Brian Griffin and Toto Moto, think they're

doctors because they've learned how to heel. 

 (BA-DUM-BUMP)

Hey, don't be a stranger. Stick around because our

7-in-a-row commercial free cruise is just getting started.  

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Speaking of strangers, in 1966 Bobby Vee & The Strangers

gave us this feel good song-- "Look At Me Girl."

"Look At Me Girl" - Bobby Vee And The Strangers

(July/Aug. 1966, highest chart pos. #52 Hot 100/#67 Cash Box)

From the summer of '66, that was pop teen idol and rock & roller

Bobby Vee making the transition from heartthrob to more of an

adult oriented rock singer with "Look At Me Girl." It was the

first Bobby Vee single that also credited his studio band

The Strangers. The platter was pleasing, but petered out

before making it halfway up the chart. Maybe it coulda

climbed higher with a swig of Geritol. (MOOOOO!)

By the way, my doctor told me that jogging

could add years to my life. He was right...

I feel ten years older already.

(BA-DUM-BUMP)

If you're just tuning in, you're looking

directly into the past through Dr. Don's

Rose-Colored Goggles and listening to

my show in futuristic stereophonic sound.

I'm on assignment from Quixie in Dixie,

moonlighting as your host here on

S-P-M-M... where they put old DJs

like me out to pasture. (MOOOOO!)

We're right smack dab in the middle

of a 7-in-a-row block party... so

let's put the pedal to the metal.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

You've heard of the Motown Sound. Well here's the

Sound of Allentown-- Jay And The Techniques!

"Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" - Jay And The Techniques

(Sept./Oct. 1967, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100/#8 R&B,

dancers on ep. of Casey Kasem's Hollywood TV show Shebang) 

Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie and the Patridge Family in

a pear tree. (MOOOOO!) That was Jay Proctor and his

band The Techniques from Allentown, PA, doing their

signature song and biggest hit. Truth be told, record

producer Jerry Ross had studio musicians lay down

the instrumental backing track on that recording and

 added vocal sweetening by the soon-to-be famous

Ashford & Simpson. "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie"

made the top 10 on the R&B chart and the top 5 on

Cash Box in the fall of 1967. The song on the flip

side, "Stronger Than Dirt," makes reference to the

early 60s ad campaign for Ajax Cleanser and

Ajax Laundry Detergent that featured an

armed knight riding a white horse. 

I'm Dr. Don, your knight in shining armor -

the clown prince of morning radio here on

S-P-M-M... the station with personality. 

Hey folks, speaking of ad slogans, if you've

got the time, Miller's got the beer, and if

you've got the Question Mark, I've got the

answer. This next song "Can't Get Enough

Of You Baby" was first recorded by the

Four Seasons and released on their 1966
album Working My Way Back to You
and More Great New Hits.

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THE VIDEO NOW!

Here's a groovy version of the song released as a single

in the spring of '67 by the Michigan-based garage rock

band Question Mark and the Mysterians-- 

"Can't Get Enough Of You Baby!"

"Can't Get Enough Of You Baby" - ? And The Mysterians

(Apr. 1967, highest chart pos. #51 Cash Box/#56 Hot 100)

That was "Can't Get Enough Of You Baby (but I can sure

have fun tryin')" (kazoo sound) by those protopunk garage

rockers from Saginaw, Question Mark & The Mysterians.

The song was also covered by Smash Mouth and

by the soul trio The Toys.

Quixie in Dixie and S-P-M-M Retro-Radio.

You've got Dr. Don Rose in your ear and I'm

 loaded with wax-- the best sounds of 60s.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

Speaking of having a bug in your ear,

the minute I sign off my show each day,

my wife calls the studio and complains

about things I said on the air and things

I should have said. Here with a report

on the state of my marriage are--

The Grass Roots!

"Things I Should Have Said" - The Grass Roots

(Aug./Sept. 1967, highest chart pos. #23 Hot 100/#36 Cash Box)

From West Coast record exec Lou Adler and the fine songwriting

duo P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri, those were The Grass Roots,

a folk rock and psychedelic pop band founded by Sloan

and Barri, with "Things I Should Have Said," a single

that made a run at the top 20 at the tail end

of The Summer of Love - 1967. 

Dr. Donald D. Rose keeping you company

in the A-M on S-P-M-M... your prescription

 for music and fun, and folks, I've got a

problem. I wake up every day stiff in all

the wrong places. (BA-DUM-BUMP) 

It got so bad Mrs. Rose demanded I see 

a chiropractor. I was wrong to think he

couldn't help me.  I stand corrected.

(BA-DUM-BUMP). All it took was a

period of adjustment. (BA-DUM-BUMP) 

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THE VIDEO NOW!

In 1968 Al Wilson scored a top 30 hit with "The Snake,"

released on Johnny Rivers' Soul City Records. Two years

earlier, in '66, Johnny himself performed the song for a

TV audience at The Hollywood Palace!

"The Snake" - Johnny Rivers

(live perf. May 7, 1966, on The Hollywood Palace,

from 2004 album Reinvention Highway)

With go-go dancers wiggling and jiggling behind him, that was

Johnny Rivers in the spring of 1966 appearing on the TV show

The Hollywood Palace and performing his great rendition of

"The Snake." The song was written and first recorded by

civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963. By the way,

that episode of The Hollywood Palace was

hosted by Judy Garland.

Shucks, I'm all out of time, folks, 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 my

Rose-Colored Glasses and reliving

the salad days of your youth. I'm

a meat 'n' potatoes man myself.

(MOOOOO!) Hey, stick around.

Coming up on the flip side of

Gary Owens' news, my good

friend Dell Rat Tom will

be here to play another

stack of Shady Dell

Jukebox Giants.

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And I'll be back soon with another pile of platters for a Rosey

good morning. To play us off, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

with "you're still my favorite girlfriend, Alice... but not for long."

(BICYCLE HORN) Now this is Dr. Don Rose reminding you

 that one pill makes you larger. Go ask Alice. (KAZOO SOUND) 

Say goodbye, Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!) So long, folks!

"Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)"

Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart (Aug. 1968,
highest chart pos. #16 Cash Box/#27 Hot 100)

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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' man, a 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 100, B 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.

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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'."

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"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.

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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!