Hey, Wolfman... Howl Are Fangs With You?

AHHHOOOOO!!!

Mercy mercy me! I'm so excited I can
hardly stand it, baby. This here's your
old pal Wolfman Jack sittin' in for my
good friend Shady Del Knight right
here at the greatest little station in
the nation, S-P-M-M... Shady's Place
Music & Memories. I'm your doctor

of love, baby, and I got the cure

you're looking for... the best

oldies you ever heard plus

the best oldies you

never heard!

Darkness falls across the land.

The midnight hour is close at hand.

Cuddle your cutie while I strike up the band.
You're tuned to S-P-M-M and the Wolfman!

Now, you pay close
attention to these songs,
baby, or the Wolfman's
gonna GETCHA!

Oh my my - I've got a trick or treat that's

hard to beat. Every other song on today's show

is a cherry by the merry Mr. Chuck Berry! 

We gonna rock & roll ourselves to death,

baby - hee-hee-heee!!!

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"Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry

(May 1958, highest chart pos. #2 R&B/#8 Hot 100,

#11 Cash Box, scenes from Aug. 1973 film American Graffiti) 

Yessiree, you listen to me, there's nothing like cruisin' the strip

with my friend Curt and the gang on American Graffiti. 

And the super sound coming thru their car radios was Chuck Berry's 

1958 crossover hit "Johnny B. Goode," named one of the most

recognizable songs in pop music history and the first

rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom.   

Awwwww land sakes, the Wolfman's takin' you back to old school

and teachin' you a lesson. In late 50s Nashville, Connie Sue Landers

and two of her high school classmates formed a trio calling them-

selves The Teen-Notes. The girls landed a recording contract

and became Connie & The Cones. In 1960 they waxed their

best side, the pretty teen pop ballad-- "Lonely Girl's Prayer!"

"Lonely Girl's Prayer" - Connie And The Cones

(Jan. 1960, uncharted)

AHHHOOOOO!!! Good golly, miss Molly,

that songbird sure has a sweet tweet!

That was Connie Sue Landers, lead voice of Connie And The Cones,

singing "Lonely Girl's Prayer." Using the stage names Connie Dee

and Connie Landers, Connie released solo records. She signed

with the Nashville label Hit Records and became known as

 "The 39 cent singer" releasing cover versions of hits by

other artists. "Hit Records" were sold in five & dimes

 and supermarkets for 39 cents, less than half

the price of the originals. 

The merry mister Berry is back in the spot-

light and on my turntable. Released in

the summer of 1955, this was Chuck's

first big hit and one of his greatest.

Inducted into the Grammy Hall of

Fame as one of the pioneering songs

that shaped rock & roll, Chuck's

record is ranked in the top 20 on

Rolling Stone's list of The 500

Greatest Songs of All Time.

Adapted in part from the

Western swing fiddle tune

"Ida Red," the song tells the

tale of a high speed hot rod

race and a busted romance

with a girl named--

"Maybellene." 

"Maybellene" - Chuck Berry

(Aug./Sept./Oct. 1955, highest chart pos.

#1 R&B/#5 Hot 100 & Cash Box) 

Oh "Maybellene," baby... why can't you be true?

That was Chuck Berry's pioneering rock & roll single,

a major crossover hit in the summer and fall of 1955. 

You've got The Wolfman your radio, and this is S-P-M-M...

the #1 station for a rock & roll nation! Earlier in the show,

you heard from Conne Landers who found success

waxing soundalike cover versions of major hits.

Speaking of covers and sound-alikes, here is

a Los Angeles based girl group quartet best
remembered for their answer song to the
Gene Chandler smash "Duke Of Earl."
Here they are, The Pearlettes, with--
"Duchess Of Earl!"

"Duchess Of Earl" - The Pearlettes

(Mar. 1962, highest chart pos. #96 Hot 100)

Yes, gracious, those were The Pearlettes with their only charting record,

"Duchess Of Earl," an answer to Gene Chandler's #1 hit "Duke Of Earl"

released in March 1962 while Gene's record was red hot on the radio.

Now you listen here to the Wolfman, because I'm gonna tell you

about another Chuck Berry biggie. It's "Little Queenie," the song

released in the spring of 1959 as a double-A side along with the

top 3 charting R&B hit "Almost Grown." "Little Queenie" has

the same melody as "Run Rudolph Run," a song Chuck

released on the B side of "Merry Christmas Baby"

during the holidays in 1958.  Here's Chuck in

the 1959 rock & roll movie Go, Johnny, Go!

performing a song that went on to become

a fan favorite recorded by many other

artists -- "Little Queenie!" 

"Little Queenie" - Chuck Berry

(Apr./May 1959, highest chart pos. #80 Hot 100/double-A side

of "Almost Grown," scene from June 1959 film Go, Johnny, Go!)

From the summer of '59, that was Chuck Berry doing

"Little Queenie" in the Alan Freed - Jimmy Clanton

 rock & roll feature Go, Johnny, Go!

Now, baby, I want you to get

real close to the radio and touch

the whiskers on the old Wolfman's

chin while I introduce the next

record. Everybody talkin' 'bout

the Wolfman's pompatus of love,

and this Carolina gospel singer-

turned secular soul siren likes

to sing about that subject. It's

the fabulous Maxine Brown

with one of her biggest hits--

"Oh No, Not My Baby!"

"Oh No, Not My Baby" - Maxine Brown
(Dec. 1964, Jan. 1965, highest chart pos.

#22 Cash Box/#24 Hot 100 & R&B)

From Christmas 1964 and the early weeks of '65, that was

Miss Maxine Brown making a determined run at the top 20

on the soul and the pop chart with "Oh, No, Not My Baby."

 

You're tuned to Wolfman Jack on S-P-M-M Retro Radio.

I'm your cool canine with fangs for the memories. 

Let's wrap up today's show with one more rock McNugget by

the one and only Chuck Berry. Seems like Chuck's had his

share of girl problems over the years and here's another

example. In this 1964 ditty, Chuck chases his future

bride all over town shouting "Nadine (Is It You?)." 

"Nadine (Is It You?)" - Chuck Berry
(Mar./Apr. 1964, highest chart pos.

#23 Hot 100 & R&B/#32 Cash Box)

Goodness gracious... sakes alive...

...we done rocked around the clock,
baby, and now it's time for the old

Wolfman to say goodbye.

Before I go I wanna give a special shout out

to all you rat packers up there on the hill
at the Shady Dell!

Now you listen to the Wolfman. Be kind

to your fine feathered friends. Obey

your ma and pa, love thy neighbor

and find out how good it feels

to help a stranger in need.

This is your good buddy Wolfman Jack
signing off and wishing you health, but
much more than wealth, I wish you love!

AHHHOOOOO!!!

"If Only The Whole World Could Hear Wolfman Jack" 

Stuck Like Glue On Shady Blue Vol. 4: Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, Dracula & Little Devils in The Twilight Zone!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
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 STUCK LIKE GLUE  
 on SHADY BLUE  

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

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"Little Devil" - Neil Sedaka

(May/June 1961, highest chart pos. #9 Cash Box/#11 Hot 100)

Yessum, he's the real deal, my friend Neil. That was Mr. Neil Sedaka

kicking-off my Halloween Spooktacular with "Little Devil," a top 10

hit in 1961 for the prolific, terrific singer and songwriter.

Good morn and howdy-do!

I'm Shady Blue hoping to

have you Stuck Like Glue

before I'm through. It's time

for you to wake up and smell

the coffee (along with my

stinky socks.) I've been

wearing the same pair

ever since Sedaka

waxed that song.

(BA-DUM-BUMP)

Today's play list is designed to get

you in the mood for trick-or-treat

fright night. It'll be here before you

know it, so let's keep the spooky

records (and stomachs) turning.

By special request, I've got another soundtrack song from Blue Velvet, one of

the featured films in my recent tribute to director David Lynch. In the fall of

1963, pop crooner Bobby Vinton gained a #1 charting hit with the tender

ditty that later became the title song of that neo-noir mystery thriller

movie. If you're watching my simulcast on YouTube, behold the

film's opening sequence and note how Lynch uses the sweet

song "Blue Velvet" to arouse fear and loathing.  

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As you will see, Bobby's ballad starts out in complete harmony with

the images of small town serenity on the screen, but soon the song

contradicts the action... letting the audience know that, beneath

its tranquil veneer, all is not well in Lumberton, North Carolina.

"Blue Velvet" - Bobby Vinton

(Sept./Oct. 1963, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

opening scene from Sept. 1986 film Blue Velvet)

I don't know about you, but Shady Blue's got goose bumps thinking about

tough guy Frank Booth and a candy-colored clown they call the Sandman.

You just heard the contrapuntal theme song from the David Lynch's

Blue Velvet on this special Halloween edition of Stuck Like Glue.

Our next number is by the Toronto group
The Diamonds. Along with The Crew-Cuts,
another group from that city, The Diamonds
rose to fame covering R&B songs. In 1956
The Diamonds approached the top 10 with
Frankie Lymon's "Why Do Fools Fall In
Love" and with "The Church Bells May
Ring," originally waxed by The Willows.
In 1957, The Diamonds' version of
The Gladiolas' single "Little Darlin'"
lasted half a year on the chart and
spent 8 weeks at #2 behind Elvis
Presley's smash "All Shook Up."
In '59, just in time for Halloween,
The Diamonds released the creepy
song you are about to hear.

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It was penned by lyricist Roy Alfred who wrote "The Hucklebuck,"

a hit for Chubby Checker, and "Let's Lock The Door," a hit
for Jay And The Americans. The Diamonds now with--
"Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula!"

"Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein Or Dracula" - The Diamonds

(Oct. 1959, uncharted B side of "Walkin' The Stroll")

BOOTH ANNOUNCER:

IT'S A

SHADY BLUE

(ECHO CHAMBER)

DOUBLE PLAY-AY-AY-AY-AY-AY-AY

That's right. Shady Blue's

turning a double play with

another song for you

by The Diamonds.

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The monster record I just played was not
a monster hit. In fact it missed the chart,
and so did the A side of that single
"Walkin' The Stroll," an attempt by

The Diamonds to milk the success
of this song, their original dance hit
"The Stroll." Watch as the kids in
Des Moines, Iowa, go strollin'
on the TV show Seventeen!

"The Stroll" - The Diamonds

(Jan./Feb. 1958, highest chart pos. #1 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100,

ep. of  TV dance program Seventeen on WOI-TV

channel 5 Ames/Des Moines, Iowa)

Old gold sound and images there as you watched couples performing the line dance
fad The Stroll on an early 1958 episode of Seventeen, a show that originated from
the studios of WOI-TV in Ames, Iowa. In the early 70s, The Stroll became a
regular feature on Soul Train with the hippest dancers on TV strutting
down The Soul Train Line. That single by The Diamonds topped the
Cash Box chart in the early weeks of 1958. It was later used in
the soundtrack of American Graffiti and, in counterpoint,
in the 1986 sci-fi/horror movie Night Of The Creeps.  

If you're just tuning in, I'm Shady Blue

doing my best to get you Stuck Like Glue

with a killer lineup of songs for Halloween

right here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio,

where the spooky sounds of the past

come back to haunt you. 

At the top of the show we heard from
Neil Sedaka who wants to make
a little devil his girl.

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Elvis Presley is going the other way.
Presley got wise to a-- "Devil In Disguise!"

"(You're The) Devil In Disguise" - Elvis Presley

(July/Aug. 1963, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

BOOTH ANNOUNCER:

IT'S ANOTHER

SHADY BLUE

(ECHO CHAMBER)

DOUBLE PLAY-AY-AY-AY-AY-AY-AY

Yes indeed, not one but two double plays in this edition of Stuck Like Glue!

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I'm hooked on a feeling with Elvis the Pelvis... a feeling
like my head is spinning 'round and 'round-- "Witchcraft!"

"Witchcraft" - Elvis Presley

(Oct./Nov. 1963, highest chart pos. #32 Hot 100,

#33 Cash Box, B side of "Bossa Nova Baby")

You just heard two Presley platters back-to-back: "Witchcraft," an Elvis

cover of a 1956 R&B record by The Spiders, made a run at the top 30

at Halloween 1963 on the B side of "Bossa Nova Baby." Before that,

you listened to "(You're The) Devil In Disguise," a top 3 charting

single for The King during the summer that same year.

Uh-oh, the boss man, Shady Del Knight,

is signalling me to put a pitchfork in it,
because I'm done. That does it for my
Halloween Spooktacular. Thanks a lot
for tuning in. Stick around. Coming up
on the flip side of Gary Owens' news,

it's the return of AIDA, that living doll

robotic bad girl from Marvel's Agents

of  S.H.I.E.L.D... who will hold your

brain hostage inside The Framework,

 so keep it right here on S-P-M-M...

the station that's number one for

music and Halloween fun.

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And I'll be back soon with more golden greats to get you Stuck Like Glue.

To play us off, here's the instrumental rock group The Ventures, whisking

us away to "The Twilight Zone," a track from their 1964 album

Ventures In Space. Now this is Shady Blue saying

so long and happy Halloween!

"The Twilight Zone" - The Ventures

(from 1964 album Ventures In Space)

Armageddon Ready for Doomsday... Are You? Alternate Title: Follow the Bloody Black Road!

"Due to my strong

personal convictions,

I wish to stress that
this film in no way
endorses a belief
in the occult."

- Michael Jackson's
intro to Thriller

"Due to my personal convictions
(for littering, loitering and jay-
walking), I wish to stress that
this post in no way endorses
Satan worship, evil-doing or
premarital hand holding."

-- Shady Del Knight

Old gold doo-wop is fine and dandy...

but I reserve the right to rock,

and a few times a year

I do just that.

With Halloween upon us, I am proud to prevent present

Black Road, a Chicago based female-fronted

Stoner Doom/Fuzz quartet. Along with

raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...
stoner rock, sludge and doom metal

are a few of my favorite things.

Black Road formed in 2015. Band members admit they were born too late.

Their style is influenced by metal, rock, heavy blues and psych sounds of yesteryear.

Black Road's lead zinger and songwriter is a witchy woman named Suzi Uzi.

Suzi reminds me an awful lot of Shirley Temple.

Okay, time has come for you to loosen your tie and take a walk on the dark side.

Step right this way and let the cool and fuzzy feeling of stoner doom engulf you.

Follow the bloody  Black Road! 

Follow the bloody  Black Road, 

 follow the bloody  Black Road, 

Follow, follow, follow, follow,

follow the bloody  Black Road! 

 "Bloody Mary" - Black Road 

 (June 2017, from their debut 

 self-titled EP Black Road) 

From their 2017 debut self-titled EP, that was Black Road
with "Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows" "Bloody Mary."

How about this uplifting ditty from beauty Suzi Uzi and her beasts?

From their 2019 album Witch Of The Future, here's "End Of Man."

 "End Of Man" - Black Road 

 (from 2019 album Witch Of The Future) 

Next another song from Back Road's latest album Lawrence Welk's Polka Favorites

Witch Of The Future. You'll feel mmm mmm good as Suzi sings "Blood On The Blade!"

 "Blood On The Blade" - Black Road 

 (from 2019 album Witch Of The Future) 

The guys and a gal from Black Road hash things out on the song "Hash King." 

 "Hash King" - Black Road 

 (from 2019 album Witch Of The Future) 

Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

I hope you enjoyed these easy listening

toe-tappers brought to you by SATAN 

 The Partridge Family the Windy City's

 finest-- Black Road.

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Here they are, Black Road, back for one last stab at it,

playing us off with their instrumental "Purgatory."

Now this is Shady Del Knight saying have a

Shady day and wishing you a

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 "Purgatory" - Black Road 

 (from 2019 album Witch Of The Future) 

Cool Moon Rising: The Wolfman Returns!

AHHHOOOOO!!!

Oh my my, baby,

this here's your old
friend, Wolfman Jack,

back on the air
at S-P-M-M...

the greatest little

station in the nation!

 I'm filling in as your host while Shady Del Knight

is outta town delivering the keynote address

before the U.N. General Assembly.
(He told me to say that.)

I got stax-o-wax, a ton of tuneage,

a platter party you won't ever forget.

While the rest are talkin'...

the Wolfman's rockin'...

and every time

I spin... you win!

Yes, yes... everybody's talkin' about

the Wolfman's pompatus of love.

I want you to remember what the
old Wolfman says.  It's all according

to how your boogaloo situation

stands, ya understand.

So take it from me

and my friend Curt.

Grab your honey

child and let the

Wolfman drive

you wild!

Now, you pay close

attention to these

songs, baby, or

the Wolfman's
gonna GETCHA!

Mercy me, this little girl breaks down and cries

right in the middle of her song. It's 12 year old

Philly singing sensation Maureen Gray with a

ballad written and produced by the team of

Madara and White. Maureen passed away a

few years ago, ya understand, and "I Don't

Want To Cry" but I do when I hear her voice!

 "I Don't Want To Cry" - Maureen Gray 

 (Nov. 1961, B side of "Come On and Dance") 

That was little Maureen Gray with her sob story
"I Don't Want To Cry," the flip side of her 1961

single "Come On And Dance." Now put your ear

on this one. It's a biggie from 1963 by one of

the best girl groups there ever was, the Jersey

girls who gave us "Will You Love Me Tomor-

row," "Dedicated To The One I Love,"

"Mama Said" and "Soldier Boy." Here are

The Shirelles with-- "Foolish Little Girl!"

 "Foolish Little Girl" - The Shirelles 

 (May 1963, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100/#6 Cash Box/#9 R&B) 

Mercy sakes alive, the old Wolfman's turning a double play! It's another one by The Shirelles. This song was covered by The Beatles and by former Beatles drummer Pete Best. It was released by The Shirelles at the end of 1960 on the B side of their smash hit "Will You Love Me Tomorrow." Here again are those fabulous girls, The Shirelles, this time talkin' about-- "Boys!"

 "Boys" - The Shirelles 

 (Jan./Feb. 1961, B side of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow") 

Awwwww baby, this is The Wofman, your doctor of love,

and that was the original version of "Boys" waxed

in 1960 by the sensational Shirelles.

When Joey Heatherton wasn't acting she was
dancing, and when she wasn't dancing she
was singing. In 1966, this multi-talented
cutie released the Northern Soul doublesider
"When You Call Me Baby" backed with "Live
and Learn," a collectible waxwork wonder
that's today regarded as a gem of the genre!

 "When You Call Me Baby" - Joey Heatherton 

 (May 1966, uncharted) 

Awww yes yes, you thought Joey was diggin' you... but she was
diggin' me (hehehe!) This is your pal on the radio, Wolfman Jack,
and I got another groovy tune on my turntable.

It's a song made popular by the Beatles. You've

heard the Fab Four sing "Devil in Your Heart."

Now you're gonna hear the American original,

"Devil in His Heart" by the Donays, a girl

group from Detroit led by Yvonne Symington

aka  Yvonne Vernee, who later joined the

Motown group The Elgins. You've got

the Wolfman on your radio and he's

got a devil in his heart! 

 "Devil in His Heart" - The Donays 

 (Aug./Sept. 1962, uncharted) 

Oh my gracious, those were the lovely ladies
from the Motor City, the R&B girl group called
The Donays, with the original of "Devil In His

Heart." Now here are those Mop Tops from

Liverpool who made the song famous with

their cover entitled "Devil in Her Heart."

Mercy sakes alive, they're-- The Beatles!

 "Devil In Her Heart" - The Beatles 

 (from Nov. 1963 album With The Beatles) 

Look up. Is that the moon I see? Can't be.
Looks like the sun to me. It's late...
past the Wolfman's bedtime...
and I gotta get on home.  

The good Lord willing
and the creek don't
rise, we'll do it
all over again
next time.

Now this is your old pal

Wolfman Jack reminding

you to obey your ma and pa,

and I'll be back soon at the

greatest little station in

the nation, S-P-M-M.

I guarantee we gonna rock 'n' roll ourselves

to death, baby. If I'm lyin'... I'm dyin'.

AHHHOOOOO!!!