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NATURAL HY
on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!
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(COLD SHOW OPEN)
"Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)"
- The Temptations (June/July 1970, highest chart pos.
#1 Cash Box/#2 R&B/#3 Hot 100)
"And the band played on." Starting us off with a heavy dose of
reality, those were The Temptations and "Ball of Confusion,"
a chart-topping hit for the Motown men in the summer of '70.
Calling all my beats, beards, Buddhist
cats, big time spenders, money lenders,
teetotalers, elbow benders, hog callers,
home run hitters, finger poppin’ daddies
and cool babysitters. For all my carrot
tops, lollipops and extremely delicate
gum drops. It's your pal on the radio,
Hyski ‘O Roonie McVouti ‘O Zoot
- “The South Philadelphia Kid” -
- "The Potentate of The Keystone
State" - callin' uptown, downtown,
crosstown, here, there, everywhere.
Your man with the plan, on the scene
with the record machine, welcoming
you to a special edition of my show
Natural Hy here on S-P-M-M.
News flash: it's winter, and I'm following Arnie Ginsburg's lead and playing
Solid Cold. Every record in today's lineup has a cold open, a cold intro.
That means no voice-overs by yours truly until we get to the end of
the show. So hang out and chill as I spin these cool classics!
The ladies we're about to hear from next came from the world
of gospel music where they were known as The Heavenly Tones.
They found fame on the secular side of the street as Little Sister,
backing singers for Sly And The Family Stone. In 1970, a month
before "Ball Of Confusion" started up the chart, the trio scored
a major hit of their own. Hyski digs this sound to the max.
Solid Cold now from Little Sister and "You're The One!"
"You're The One" (Tom Moulton Mix) - Little Sister
(Mar./Apr. 1970, highest chart pos. #4 R&B,
#20 Cash Box/#22 Hot 100)
I'm the one..."You're The One." That was Little Sister,
the girl trio formed by Sly Stone, doing their
Hy-performance R&B hit from
the spring of 1970.
Hy Lit, your man in the tower with all the power, giving you all the boogie
you can handle in stereo. If the show's called Solid Cold, then it's apropos
that The Ice Man cometh! It's smooth soul man Jerry Butler, who took
his mama's advice about life and love and put it the words of a song.
Here's a fab slab from the spring of 1969... Mr. Jerry Butler
topping the R&B chart with-- "Only The Strong Survive!"
"Only The Strong Survive" - Jerry Butler
(Mar./Apr. 1969, highest chart pos. #1 R&B,
#4 Hot 100/#5 Cash Box, from Nov 1968
album The Ice Man Cometh)
Got to be strong, got to hold on, 'cause only the strong survive.
Mama's words of wisdom delivered in the form of a song
by an early member of The Impressions, Jerry Butler,
dubbed The Ice Man by my pal, Philly radio great
Georgie Woods - The Guy with the Goods.
If you're just tuning in, you're catching a
special Solid Cold edition of Natural Hy
here on S-P-M-M Retro Radio. We're in
the middle of a 7-in-a-row commercial-
free block party, and every record
but the last has a cold open.
Let's slow things down and go old school
with this next one, a dreamy sound from
1960. Released on Halloween that year,
it's scary to know that a great song like
this one never made the chart. It's a doo-
wop era remake of a ballad originally
penned and recorded in 1936. You've
got a date with The Fabulous Four,
and they wanna meet you "In The
Chapel In The Moonlight."
"In The Chapel In The Moonlight" - The Fabulous Four
(Oct. 1960, B side of "Mr. Twist")
Not to be confused with The Fab Four - The Beatles - or The Fantastic Four
from the Motor City, those were The Fabulous Four from right here in
Philly, a fine doo-wop group led by Junior Pirollo. They were also
known as The Four J's. That great version of "In The Chapel In
The Moonlight" went to waste as the B side of "Mr. Twist,"
an up tempo dancer that failed to make the chart.
Hyski ‘O Roonie McVouti ‘O Zoot with
you on the radio here at S-P-M-M...
where we go huntin' for the great songs
of the past and bring 'em back alive.
On my turntable right now... one
of the coolest of all Solid Cold
dance songs, a peppy platter
waxed by rockin' & rollin'
R&B, blue-eyed soul man
Mitch Ryder and his band
The Detroit Wheels. Time
to sing along with Mitch
as he gets the joint jumpin'
with- "Sock It To Me - Baby!"
"Sock It To Me - Baby!" - Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels
(Feb./Mar. 1967, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100)
That was Motor City wild man
Mitch Ryder and his Detroit
Wheels, cracking the top 5 in
'67 with "Sock It To Me - Baby!,"
a phrase Mitch used the previous
year in his hit single "Devil With
A Blue Dress On." In 1968,
"Sock it to me" became the
catchphrase of the TV series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
Hey you midnight movers and uptown
groovers, knock me your lobes— are
you ready for this? It's another hot
sound with a cold intro, this one
from the fall of '67. Get it on,
get into it, as my main man,
Mr. Brenton Wood, asks his
baby, pretty please, just
"Gimme Little Sign!"
"Gimme Little Sign" - Brenton Wood
(Sept./Oct. 1967, highest chart pos. #7 Cash Box/#9 Hot 100,
#19 R&B, perf. on Dec. 21, 1968, ep. of Top Of The Pops)
He was born Alfred Smith, but he found success as Brenton Wood,
and that was Brenton's contribution to our Solid Cold special, his 1968
appearance on Top Of The Pops in the UK doing "Gimme Little Sign."
Uh-oh, Shady D's giving me a little sign. He's waving me off,
so it's time for me to put away my platters, turn off
the table and head for the exit.
Thanks for joining me for this
special Solid Cold edition.
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THE VIDEO NOW!
I wanna thank my guests Little Sister,
The Ice Man - Mr. Jerry Butler, the
Temptations, Fabulous Four, Billy
And The Essentials, Brenton Wood
and this wailin' sax man - Jr. Walker
& his All Stars - playing us off with
"Hip City," a top 10 sound from '68.
Stay tuned. Coming up on the B side
of news, my buddy Ernest P. Worrell
drops by to rock your billygoat on
SPMM, the station with personality.
And I'll be back soon to take you up to the sky on a Natural Hy.
Till then, till we meet again, this is Hy Lit reminding you to
maintain your cool, don't be nobody's fool. Later, baby!
"Hip City - Pt. 1" - Jr. Walker And The All Stars
(Sept. 1968, highest chart pos. #7 R&B,
#28 Cash Box/#31 Hot 100)
