Meg Griffin's Frantic Romantic - Volume 1: Can't Take My Ears Off These Silly Love Songs!

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

 MEG GRIFFIN'S 

 FRANTIC ROMANTIC 

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

COLD OPEN:
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"My Boy Lollipop" - Aoife Leonard

(Feb. 2020)

Kicking off my first show, that was 17 year old Irish singer Aoife Leonard

with her cover of "My Boy Lollipop," a song written by Robert Spencer of

the doo-wop group The Cadillacs and originally titled "My Girl Lollypop."

In 2020, Shady introduced Barbie Gaye, the girl who first waxed the

song with the gender switched to "My Boy Lollypop." In late 1956,

Barbie's single was a hit in New York and a few other cities in the

Northeast. In that same post, you met Millie Small, the young

ska singer who gained an international hit with the song in

1964. Aoife Leonard, the Irish teen you just saw and

heard, is an avid fan of American country music.

Her influences include country legends Tammy

Wynette, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton.

Hi, everyone! I'm your

hostess with the mostest,

Meg Griffin...

the lonely, unlucky in

love teenage girl on the

TV show Family Guy.

Some people say my

voice reminds them

of Jackie Burkhart

on That '70s Show.

Ever since my boyfriend Rondo (above) broke up with me

(he told me I wasn't pretty enough to suit him) I've been

getting desperate. I guess you could call me frantic romantic.

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Well guess what? Frantic Romantic is the name of my brand new show

here on S-P-M-M. The songs on my play list are all about L-U-V love.

My 7-in-a-row commercial free block parties bring you the best songs

about romantic love lost & found.  Here's one now by Paul McCartney

And Wings... their number one hit from the spring of '76, a song

written by Paul and wife Linda-- "Silly Love Songs!"

"Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney & Wings

(Apr./May 1976, highest chart position 

#1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

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That's right - Paul's my all - 

and I've got another of his

classic love songs for you.

Here again is Paul and his

band Wings with their first

#1 charting U.S. hit--

"My Love!"

"My Love" - Paul McCartney And Wings

(May/June 1973, highest chart pos.

#1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

You just enjoyed a double dose of McCartney, two hit love songs

back-to-back, both recorded with his band Wings. "My Love,"

which topped the U.S. chart in the spring of '73, was penned

by Paul as a love song for wife Linda. Before that you heard

"Silly Love Songs," a #1 charting answer to critics, including

former writing partner and Beatles band mate John Lennon,

who said Paul wrote and sang too many sentimental songs.

If you're just tuning in, I'm Meg Griffin,

Chris and Brian's sister, unlucky in love,
but lucky that I found my calling as a DJ.
This is my first show as a member of
The Shady Bunch on S-P-M-M, the #1
station for love songs and information.

I hope by now you're starting to feel

Frantic Romantic. To give you a
nudge in that direction, I've got

another great snuggle song.

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This one's by pop/disco artist Andy Gibb,

youngest of the famous Brothers Gibb.
In the summer of '77, Andy's single
reached #1 in the U.S., Canada and
 Australia. Here's Andy Gibb and--

"I Just Want To Be Your Everything!"

"I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb

(July/Aug. 1977, highest chart position

#1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Flashing us back to the summer of 1977, that was The Bee Gees'

younger brother Andy Gibb doing the biggest hit of his brief career,

the chart-topping smash "I Just Want To Be Your Everything."

I'm Meg Griffin and I just wanna be your DJ,

playing love songs all day and night here on

S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio, the station that's

#1 for music and fun. My Frantic Romantic

love songs cover the entire spectrum of
relationships from break-ups to make-ups,

you're my everything songs to hey, won't

you play, another somebody done some-

body wrong songs. In fact, on my turn-

table right now is one of those sad songs

about losing at the game of love.  It's

Buffalo gal Joanie Sommers licking her

wounds in the wake of a busted fling. 

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Here's Joanie asking her old flame to

take her back and-- "Don't Pity Me." 

"Don't Pity Me" - Joanie Sommers

(May 1965, uncharted)

That was Joanie Sommers begging her ex to give their love another whirl singing

"Dont Pity Me." Once dubbed The Voice of the Sixties, Joanie mainly recorded

jazz and pop standards, but she's best known for her surprise 1962 top 10

pop hit "Johnny Get Angry." Released in May, 1965, "Don't Pity Me,"

another pop ditty in the same vein, failed to chart, didn't even

Bubble Under... but the original label single is coveted by

collectors and can fetch up to $1,000 at record auctions!

Love is in the air here on S-P-M-M...
and you've got me, Meg Griffin, in your
ear and working my way into your heart.
I'm feelin' Frantic Romantic, and I've
got another huggin' and smoochin'
song to fan the flames.

START THE VIDEO NOW!

This man needs no introduction, but
I'm gonna introduce him anyhow.
Sounding better than ever before
in Futuresonic Stereo Surround, it's

Four Seasons frontman Frankie Valli
doing one of his biggest solo hits.
 From the summer of '67, Frankie

sings- "Can't Take My Eyes Off You!"

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" - Frankie Valli

(June/July 1967, highest chart position

#1 Cash Box/#2 Hot 100)

You just listened to a classic love song of the 60s, Frankie Valli's solo single
"Can't Take My Eyes off You," enhanced and remixed in full spectrum
stereo for your listening pleasure on S-P-M-M. In the summer of '67,
Frankie's record made it all the way to #1 on the Cash Box chart
 but, on the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #2, blocked from
the top spot by The Association and their hit "Windy."

Oh darn! My first show's at an end!
I know because Shady's frantically romantically waving me off.

Stay tuned. Coming up on the flip side of Gary Owens' news...

my Korean friend Sun Baek from the new Shady's Place

series Sense8 Sensibility will be your guide as you

explore the exciting world of modern K-Pop...

and I'll be back soon with another set of

sweet and silly love songs  to put you

and your special honey-bun in a

Frantic Romantic mood.

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To play us off, here are The Spinners, the mighty Motown men of the 60s who

found their greatest success when they switched to the Atlantic label in the early

70s. From the spring of '73, this is their third chart-topping single on the R&B

chart - "One Of A Kind (Love Affair)." Now this is Meg Griffin giving a shout-

out to my lost love Rondo wherever he may be, and saying goodbye and thanks

to you, my wonderful listeners. Please remember...all you need is love. So long!

"One Of A Kind (Love Affair)" - The Spinners

(May/June 1973, highest chart position

#1 R&B/#8 Cash Box/#11 Hot 100)

My handsome ex, Rondo... the one that got away! 

Eureka! I Have Found the Coolest Covers in the History of the World! - Volume 2: Victory at Sina!

 WELCOME TO 

 VOL. 2 OF MY SERIES 

 EUREKA! 

 I HAVE FOUND THE 

 COOLEST COVERS IN THE 

 HISTORY OF THE WORLD! 

Each volume of  EUREKA!  brings you great original recordings

along with cover versions that are good, great or even better

than the originals. It's up to you to decide. I know what
you're thinking. You're thinking this series sounds
exactly like other series I have run over the years:
Battle of the Bands, Battle of the Banned,
Version Sacrifice, WWF Grudge Match
and Winning Hand. Well, you're wrong.
This isn't exactly the same. Those series
 didn't include a picture of Peter Griffin!

Listen now to these confirmed classics and cool covers
and let me know which ones (if any!) you prefer.

Remember, ladies and gentlemen...

This is only an exhibition...
This is not a competition...
Please... no wagering.

 BANANARAMA 

In 1976, "More, More, More," recorded by Andrea True, became one of the

best known disco hits of the decade. In 1993, those lovable banana girls,

the English dance-pop act Bananarama, once a trio, now a duo, covered

"More, More, More," and released it as a single from their album

Please Yourself. The ABBA-like, Europop single went top 25

at home in the UK and reached the top 10 in Portugal.

"More, More, More" - Bananarama

(Apr. 1993, highest chart pos. #8 Portugal/#24 UK)

 ANDREA TRUE 

 CONNECTION 

Nashville native Andrea True performed in dozens of adult films in Scandinavia

and New York before becoming a disco queen thanks to her international hit

"More, More, More" released under the stage name Andrea True Connection.

Initially the recording was released only to discos in the winter of 1975-76

but, when it exploded in popularity, Andrea's label, Buddah, released the

single to the public in the spring of '76. The record reached the top 3 in

the U.S. and in the UK. Here's Andrea performing her signature song

on the West German television music show Musikladen.

"More, More, More (pt. 1)" - Andrea True Connection

(June/July 1976, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box,

#4 Hot 100, #3 UK, perf. on 1976 ep. of Musikladen)

 TRAKS 

Trax, a band based in Rome, is credited with giving birth to a new musical

genre called Italo-Disco. They did so in 1982 with their disco funk cover of

"Long Train Runnin'," the 1973 country rock hit by The Doobie Brothers.

"Long Train Runnin'" - Traks

(January 1982)

 DOOBIE BROTHERS 

Now here's the original version of "Long Train Runnin'" recorded

by The Doobies, a top 10 hit for the band in the summer of '73.

"Long Train Runnin'" - The Doobie Brothers

(June/July 1973, highest chart position

#8 Hot 100/#9 Cash Box)

 SINA FEAT. 

 VICTORY 

 VIZHANSKA 

Indeep was a New York based electro funk dance group. Their claim to fame

is the 1983 club classic and top 10 R&B hit "Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life,"

a song that acknowledged the emerging New York DJ scene of the early 80s.

On the last day of 2019, German drummer girl Sina, along with our good

friend, Ukrainian singing sensation Victory Vizhanska,

released this cool cover of the song.

"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" - Indeep cover

by Sina feat. Victory Vizhanska (Dec. 2019)

 INDEEP 

Along with its success in the states, "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"

was a top 3 hit in The Netherlands and performed well in the UK and

France. Indeep consisted of songwriter/producer Michael Cleveland

and sassy singing ladies Reggie Megliore and Rose Marie Ramsey.

Here now is Indeep doing their original version of "Last Night

a D.J. Saved My Life!"

"Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" - Indeep

(Feb./Mar. 1983, highest chart pos.

#10 R&B, #101 Bubbling Under)

 STAY TUNED FOR MORE 

 TUNEFUL TAKEDOWNS, 

 MELODIOUS MAT MATCHES 

 AND BOFFO BEAT BOUTS 

 IN THE NEXT VOLUME OF 

 EUREKA! 

Have a Shady day!

The Ellen Show

No... not that Ellen!

This Ellen... a little girl with big talent!

COLD OPEN:

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"Tom Sawyer" - Rush bass cover by Ellen Alaverdyan

(Aug. 2021)

Kicking off the show, that was 9 year old Ellen Alaverdyan,

the bass playing child prodigy from Las Vegas, Nevada,

doing a killer bass cover of "Tom Sawyer," the 1981

hit by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush. 

Hi, I'm Chris Griffin,

and I bring you ROCK!

Welcome to a sneak preview

of my S-P-M-M radio show

PSYCHOTIC

BREAK!

  As you recall, I'm the crazy

mixed-up kid from Family Guy.

Today I'm back playing host

and DJ... preparing for my

full-time gig as a member

of The Shady Bunch.

Ellen Alaverdyan's story reads like the script of a Disney movie.

She didn't even start learning how to play bass until 2020. In no time,

Ellen developed extraordinary playing skill and became a sensation

on her YouTube  channel performing bass covers of classic rock hits,

original songs, bass tutorials and duets with her musician/mentor

dad and doing jam collaborations with other musicians.

 In today's show, I'm bringing

you a few of Ellen's greatest

performances. I guarantee

this gifted, bubbly and

charming girl will

rock your world!

Now here's Ellen jamming

with Jerrod J-rod Sullivan,

an Atlanta area drummer

who started his career

as a percussionist at

the age of two!

"Bass & Drums Jam" -

Ellen Alaverdyan & Jerrod J-rod Sullivan

(Oct. 2021)

A few months ago, Ellen

enrolled for music lessons at

the Las Vegas West location

 of the famed School of Rock

and started practicing with a

band of young musicians.

Watch and listen as Ellen

and her band perform a

cover of "The Ocean,"

a song from the 1973

Led Zeppelin album

Houses of the Holy.

"The Ocean" - Led Zeppelin cover by Ellen Alaverdyan,

Yoyoka, Eva and Mateo (Mar. 2022)

If you're just tuning in...
I'm Chris Griffin, the crazy
mixed-up kid on Family Guy,
currently honing my skills
as a Shady Bunch DJ and
giving you a sneak peek at
my new radio show coming
soon to S-P-M-M... the
station that ROCKS!
We're taking a

PSYCHOTIC

BREAK!

from boring elevator music

and listening to the little lady

with big talent playing bass,

9 year old Ellen Alaverdyan

of Lost Wages, Nevada.

Next, Ellen and her father

Hovak Alaverdyan perform a

dad-daughter duet, playing

their first original tune...

an instrumental entitled-

"Don't Stop The Music."

"Don't Stop The Music" - Ellen & Hovak Alaverdyan

(Father & Daughter Duet - Dec. 2021)

In addition to attending the

School of Rock, Ellen takes

interactive music lessons

from Yousician, a Finnish

online guitar training

academy. One of the

Yousician producers,

Markus, was so impressed

with Ellen's playing ability

that he wrote a song specially

for her, resulting in the cool

music video you are about to

watch. Here are Ellen on bass,

Markus on drums, percussion,

sax, keyboards and vocals and

Vellu on guitars, entertaining

us with-- "Ellen's Groove!"

"Ellen's Groove" - Ellen Alaverdyan

feat. Markus and Vellu (June 2021)

There's no question

 about it, folks. This

young lady is the

real deal... an ace

of bass! As the

talent scout for

Shady's Place

I'm shouting

it from the roof-

tops: 9 year old

Ellen Alaverdyan

ROCKS! RULES!

SLAYS! SHREDS!

KILLS! DESTROYS!

DARN! Seems like I'm just getting
started and boss man Shady Del Knight
is already giving me the wrap-up signal.
Thanks a lot for checking out this
sneak preview of my new show

PSYCHOTIC

BREAK!

coming soon to S-P-M-M...
the #1 station for
a rock & roll nation!

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To play us off, who else but Ellen? We're turning back the clock a year to June, 2021,

to watch the first video Ellen uploaded to her YouTube channel. The jazz jam is Ellen's

first collaboration with musician friends Murzo and Arman Jalalyan aka "Manch."

Now this is Shady's Place talent scout Chris Griffin saying goodbye and urging

you to remember - you've gotta fight for your right to party and to rock. See ya! 

"Ellen - Murzo - Manch" - Ellen Alaverdyan

feat. Murzo and Arman Jalalyan aka Manch

(June 2021)

2022 - Year of the Dell Rat, Part 1: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

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

 DOES 

 CHRIS GRIFFIN 

 REACT POORLY 

 TO BAD NEWS? 

 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 eight
new S-P-M-M radio shows hosted by
engaging TV and radio personalities.
You met them all last year in sneak
previews, and they're back in this
special two-part post to help me
kick-off 2022. Today, in part one,
you will meet the first four new
members of The Shady Bunch,
so let's get right to it.

Lo & behold, two of your favorite Shady's Place regulars,

Brian and Chris Griffin from Family Guy, are back,

along with my first special guest, their sister Meg.

Meg was overjoyed when I slipped her a note in class

and invited her to join The Shady Bunch DJ team.

Santa was good to Meg this year, and my job offer was the icing on the cake. 

Meg's social media accounts blew-up when word spread that she
had been chosen to become the latest celeb radio personality on SPMM.

Without further ado, please

join me in welcoming this

delightful young woman

back to Shady's Place.

Ladies and gentlemen -

Meg Griffin!

Thank you very much, Shady,
and happy new year, everyone!

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I am beyond excited that Shady picked

me to host my very own radio show.
I've decided to call it Meg Griffin's
Frantic Romantic. I'll be playing the
greatest love songs of your lifetime

including somebody done somebody
wrong songs and wistful ditties like
this one by ABBA. Goodbye '21,
hello '22 and-- "Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year" - ABBA

(from Nov. 1980 album Super Trouper)

That was the Swede sound of ABBA

and "Happy New Year," featuring

"Aggie" (Agnetha Fältskog) on

lead vocal. Penned & produced

by Benny and Björn, the song

was released in the fall of 1980

on ABBA's Super Trouper album.

It's time for me to hand over the mic

to another new Shady Bunch deejay.

Before I go, I'd like  to invite you to

join me later this year for my show

Meg Griffin's Frantic Romantic

 here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. 

Now welcome back America's sweetheart.

You know her as Adrian Monk's smart,

savvy and sometimes sassy assistant,

and she's also my great new friend--

Natalie Teeger!

Thank you so much, Meg, and happy new year

to one and all! My new show on S-P-M-M is

called Natalie Teeger's Array of Sunshine.

As the name suggests, I will be bringing

my sunny disposition to the airwaves and

brightening your day with the groovy sounds

of sunshine pop and light rock. For example,

did you know that The Critters derived their

name from The Animals? As the summer of

'66 was getting underway, these Jersey boys

landed their first single on the chart with a

version of a song written by John Sebastian.

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Here are The Critters with a record that brushed the top 20
on Cash Box and got them noticed-- "Younger Girl."

"Younger Girl" - The Critters

(June/July 1966, highest chart pos. #21 Cash Box/#42 Hot 100)

You just heard "Younger Girl," the first single by The Critters,
one that revealed their hit potential as sunshine poppers.
Oddly, while the platter performed well on Cash Box,
it failed to reach the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Later that year the group followed-up with "Mr. Dieingly Sad"
which cracked the top 20 on Billboard and top 15 on Cash Box.

"Mr. Dieingly Sad" - The Critters

(Sept./Oct. 1966, highest chart pos. #14 Cash Box/#17 Hot 100)

That's all I have for now. Please join me
this year for the official debut of my show

Natalie Teeger's Array of Sunshine
on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio!

Now here's one of the charismatic stars of the

Netflix science fiction drama Sense8. She's the

San Francisco-based trans woman hacktivist

and blogger you first met at Riley's Raves

on the old blog, SDMM, and she's back

this year with her own radio show.

Please welcome-- Nomi Marks!

Thank you, Natalie... and happy 2022 to all my
friends and followers out there in S-P-M-M land!
Just a friendly reminder -- whatever you do,
don't call me Michael. I am delighted that
Shady Del Knight has given me this
amazing opportunity to co-host a radio
show along with my BFF Nia Nal from
Supergirl. Our show, Transitive Verve,
celebrates diversity in music, a mix

of styles by artists old and new...
everything from 80s new wave
to modern pop and rock.

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On our show, you'll meet exciting young entertainers from around the

world, like up-and-coming Romanian stars Andrei Cerbu and Beatrice

Florea. Here they are with-- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love!"

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen cover

by Andrei Cerbu & Beatrice Florea (Sept. 2019)

Hi, I'm Nomi's radio co-host Nia Nal,
and that was the fabulous Romanian
duo of guitarist Andrei Cerbu and
 singer Beatrice Florea covering
Queen in fine fashion doing the
Freddy Mercury song "Crazy

Little Thing Called Love." As
that exciting performance
illustrates, people of all kinds
across America and around
the world share a bond. We
have something in common -
this thing called love, a love

of good music. With that in mind,
I invite you to join Nomi and me
for Transitive Verve, making its
official debut this year on S-P-M-M.

Now it gives me great pleasure to introduce Shady's last special guest of the day,
WMEX Boston top 40 radio legend Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg, back from
Beantown to start moonlighting as a Shady Bunch personality
this year on S-P-M-M. Take it away, Arnie!

Thank you, Nia Nal, and happy new year

to all my top 40 teens in the listening audience.

Your friend The Woo Woo is here for you-you,

Old Aching Adenoids, Arnie Ginsburg, back

on the air to bring you another sampling of

my famous Night Train Show coming to

you in '22 on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

I'll be spinning the great sounds of doo-

wop, pop and rock & roll, records that

were hot in New England and across

the USA in the pre-Beatles years,

the late 50s through early 60s.

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Here's one now, ripped from the Wimmex Tunedex. It's Beantown's
own Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon taking us along for a day
of fun and teen romance down at-- "Palisades Park!"

"Palisades Park" - Freddy Cannon

(June 1962, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Penned by Gong Show host Chuck Barris and

sung by Freddy Cannon, that was a rock & roll

tribute to New Jersey's Palisades Amusement

Park. Can you believe that great song was the

designated B side of a single? What were the

guys in suits thinking? When a deejay played

the song by mistake, it took off and went

top 3 in the spring of 1962, becoming

the biggest hit of Freddy's career.

Gee, that does it for Part 1 of our new year
spectacular. Stay tuned for Part 2 coming up

next Wednesday, the 5th of January, when
you'll meet four more new members of

The Shady Bunch deejay staff.

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And stick around for more great sounds from Meg Griffin, Nomi & Nia,
Natalie Teeger and me, Arnie Ginsburg, coming your way throughout
2022 on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. Remember - while the others
are talkin'...we're rockin'! As Ernie Fields plays us off with
his hit instrumental "In The Mood," this is your buddy
Old Aching Adenoids, Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg,
saying so long and, once again, happy new year!

"In The Mood" - Ernie Field's Orch. aka Ernie Fields Orchestra

(Nov./Dec. 1959, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box)

 MEET MORE NEW S-P-M-M DEEJAYS 

 IN PART 2 ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5!