Howl Are Fangs With You, Wolfman?

AHHHOOOOO!!!

Mercy mercy me! This here's
your old buddy Wolfman Jack,

baby, "sittin' in the balcony"
and sittin' in for your regular

host Shady Del Knight at the

greatest little station in the

nation, S-P-M-M Retrosonic

Radio. I'm your doctor of

love, you understand. I've

got the cure you're looking

for-- the best oldies you

ever heard and the best

oldies you never heard! 

While the moon is full and stars do shine

Cuddle and dance to these tunes of mine.

Grab that special someone, start squeezin'

and let the Wolfman's music do the pleasin'.

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

Oh my my, baby, you're gonna rock

around the clock when you hear the

platters the Wolfman's gonna play.

To start off my howlin' hootenanny,

I've got a nostalgic surf-rock sound
by the revival lineup of The Human
Beinz, a 60s band from Youngstown,

Ohio. In 2018 the H-Bs released this

groovy cover of a song first waxed

in 1965 by The Tradewinds. Here

now are The Human Beinz with

their so-called "Malibu Version"

of "New York's A Lonely Town!"

"New York's A Lonely Town (Malibu Version)"

- The Human Beinz (released in 2018)

You just heard a modern remake of a surf-
rock classic, a Beach Boys sound-alike
song by The Human Beinz, "New York's
A Lonely Town (Malibu Version)." Now
here's a Motown girl group that had a
string of soulful R&B hits in the 60s.
They're The Marvelettes, and these
ladies were hot at Christmas 1964
and in early '65 thanks to a song
that gives sound dating advice.
Don't sell yourself short, little girl.
There's "Too Many Fish In The Sea!"

"Too Many Fish in the Sea" - The Marvelettes
(Dec. 1965/Jan. 1965, highest chart pos.
#15 R&B/#21 Cash Box/#25 Hot 100)

Yes, gracious, everybody's talking about

the Wolfman's "pompatous of love."

You just listened to the marvelous Marvelettes of Motown reminding us

that there are too many fish in the sea. The Marvelettes are the gals who

topped the chart in 1961 with "Please, Mr. Postman." Well I got another

ditty from '61 about the mailman and his daily delivery, this one by

 The Videls, a Providence, Rhode Island, quintet featuring the

vocals of Pete Anders and Vinnie Pincia. Here now are

The Videls and-- "A Letter From Ann."

"A Letter From Ann" - The Videls

(Sept. 1961, uncharted)

Awww, you thought your baby Ann was diggin' you...

but she was diggin' me... the cat on the radio.

Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!

Yes, baby, those were The Videls with the vintage doo-wop sound

of "A Letter From Ann." That record didn't make the chart, but it

went straight to the old Wolfman's heart. I'm givin' it my ZEAL

of approval. In 1960, The Videls did reach the chart with

another sad song that goes, "I don't have a girl to call

my own, and I don't have a lover whose mine alone."

Here they are again, the fabulous Videls, with

the teenage lament-- "Mister Lonely."

"Mister Lonely" - The Videls

(June 1960, highest chart pos. #66 Cash Box/#73 Hot 100)

Oh baby... it's all according to how your

boogaloo situation stands, you understand?

That was "Mister Lonely," completing my

double play, two Videls sobbin' songs in a

row about lost love and love never found.

Now listen to this. Pete and Vinnie from

The Videls went on to form a New York

based pop duo called The Trade Winds.

They're the guys I mentioned at the top

of the show when I played The Human

Beinz updated "Malibu Version" of

"New York's A Lonely Town." Now

let's hear the original hit from 1965

waxed by The Trade Winds. You're

gonna swear it's Brian Wilson and

his Beach Boys. AHHOOOOOO!

"New York's A Lonely Town" - The Trade Winds

(Feb./Mar. 1965, highest chart pos. #32 Hot 100/#38 Cash Box)

Those were The Trade Winds with "New York's A Lonely Town," a Beach Boys

sound-alike about a SoCal surfer boy stranded in the Big Apple in winter.

That fab slab went top 40 on Cash Box and brushed the top 30 on Billboard.

If you're just tuning in, you've got the old Wolfman in your ear

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio... where we go huntin' for

the great songs of the past and bring 'em back alive!

This is swingin' school, baby...

and the Wolfman's gonna teach

you a lesson. In 1962, singer

Buddy Greco fell short of the

top 50 with his release of

"Mr. Lonely" - same title -

but a different song from

the one you heard earlier

by The Videls. In 1964,

crooner Bobby Vinton

used the same backing

track from Buddy's

record and took

his version of

"Mr. Lonely"

all the way

to the top

of the chart!

"Mr. Lonely" - Bobby Vinton

(Dec. 1964/Jan. 1965, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100/#2 Cash Box)

Awww, you listen to The Wolfman.

 As long as you got the curves, baby...

I got the angles!

Now as you recall, I started

the show with a band from

Youngstown, Ohio, called

The Human Beinz. To close,

here's a terrific R&B group

from Akron. They're Ruby

And The Romantics, and

I've got their #1 charting

crossover smash from

the spring of '63. Baby,

you just wait and see--

"Our Day Will Come!" 

"Our Day Will Come" -

Ruby And The Romantics

(Feb./Mar. '63, highest cht. pos.

#1 Hot 100, Cash Box & R&B,

scenes from Apr. 1989 film

Under The Boardwalk)

Mercy sakes alive, I see by the old clock

on the wall... there's a dead fly.

The sun's coming up and the

Wolfman gotta grab his fangs and go.

If you've been listening to the show at the

diner on the outskirts of town, be sure

to tip your waitress when you leave.

She works hard for the money, honey.

This is your old pal Wolfman Jack

reminding you to obey your ma

and pa. I'll see you next time

right here on the greatest little

station in the nation, S-P-M-M.

I guarantee we gonna rock &

roll ourselves to death, baby.

AHHHOOOOO!!!

Libbin' It Up With The Good Girls (Cindy, Patti & Jane) - Volume 2: The Good Girls Rise Up Eight Miles High!

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 Cindy, Patti & Jane 

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"Nobody But Me" - The Human Beinz

(Jan./Feb. 1968, highest chart position

 #5 Cash Box/#8 Hot 100, scene from TV show

 Teen Time on WSTV Channel 9 in Steubenville, OH)

Kicking-off our second show on S-P-M-M, The Human Beinz,

the one-hit-wonder rock band from Youngstown, Ohio, and

"Nobody But Me," their top 5 charting single from the early

weeks of 1968. It's a cool cover of an R&B song recorded

 in 1962 by The Isley Brothers. If you're watching our

simulcast on YouTube, you saw the kids dancing on

Teen Time, the Tri-State area's (OH-PA-WV) answer

to American Bandstand, a show that originated from

the studios of WSTV-TV channel 9 (now WTOV) in

Steubenville, Ohio, with youthful host Del Curtis.

In his Book of Rock Lists, music historian Dave

Marsh named the version of "Nobody But Me"

by The Human Beinz "The most negative song

to hit the Top 40" since the word "no" is sung

over 100 times and "nobody" is sung 46 times. 

Cindy           Patti               Jane

Nobody but we can keep you dancing to the coolest

sounds around, like the groovy tune you just heard.

Hello again! We're The Good Girls - Cindy, Patti

and Jane - stars of the TV show Good Girls Revolt,

back with you for our second stint moonlighting

as Shady Bunch deejays here on S-P-M-M.

I'm Jane Hollander. My friends and I are delighted to be back

 libbin' it up with you - singing and dancing to the greatest

recordings of the 1960s and early 70s. Songs you'll hear

on today's show are pulled from some of the most 

significant albums of the period, and my first

spin is an example. It's Carlos Santana who,

along with his Latin style psychedelic

blues rock band, rose to fame

following his appearance

at Woodstock.

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Hitting the street less than two weeks after the music festival,

Santana's self-titled debut album peaked in the top 5,

and this song, released as the second single,

went top 10 in March of 1970. Listen

to the unmistakable sound of 

Santana and-- "Evil Ways!"

"Evil Ways" - Santana

(Feb./Mar. 1970, highest chart pos. #7 Cash Box,

#9 Hot 100, from Aug. 1969 album Santana)

From early 1970, the sound America came to know and love, Santana

there with their first hit single, "Evil Ways," followed soon after

by an even bigger hit, "Black Magic Woman."

It starts with a great song, and

"Baby, It's You" is a great song.

Composed by Burt Bacharach,

Luther Dixon and Mack David,

"Baby It's You" was first waxed

by The Shirelles who gained a

top 10 hit with the song early

in 1962. In March of 1963,

The Beatles covered the

song on their debut album

  Please Please Me. The

most successful version

reached the top 5 on the

chart in the fall of 1969.

It was recorded by

a St. Louis pop rock

band called Smith. 

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As you are about to hear, lead singer Gayle McCormick

belted the vocals in a bluesy, soulful style. Here's A Group

Called Smith on The Ed Sullivan Show doing-- "Baby, It's You!"

"Baby It's You" - Smith

(Oct./Nov. 1969, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#5 Hot 100,

from July 1969 album A Group Called Smith, perf. on

Oct. 19, 1969, episode of The Ed Sullivan Show)

From their debut album, A Group Called Smith with their hit cover

of the Shirelles' original, "Baby, It's You." A sad footnote - Smith

lead singer Gayle McCormick died in 2019 at the age of 67.

Hi, I'm Cindy Reston. My first spin is one of the

most memorable and poignant songs of the 60s,

a grim tale about urban decay and generations

trapped in the cycle of poverty. Released in

the spring of '69, this record went top 3 on

the Billboard chart and all the way to

number one on Cash Box.

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Here now is The King - Elvis Presley -
performing his big comeback hit, a song
written by Mac Davis-- "In The Ghetto."

"In The Ghetto" - Elvis Presley

(May/June 1969, highest chart pos.
#1 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100)

Heavy stuff, Elvis singing "In The Ghetto," a song originally

titled "The Vicious Circle," a record that put The King

back on his throne in 1969 after years of struggling

on the chart. Elvis Presley's "In The Ghetto" along

with the Woodstock Rock Festival, that debut

album by Santana and the single and album by

Smith were some of the musical milestones

of 1969. Another major event that year was

the release of The Age of Aquarius, the 4th

studio album by The 5th Dimension. Four

hit singles were released from the album

including the chart-topping smash

I am about to play next.

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It's a medley of two songs from the off-Broadway musical Hair,

a manifestation of the hippie counterculture and the sexual

revolution. This single spent an incredible six weeks at #1.

The 5th Dimension-- "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In!"

"Medley: Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"

The Fifth Dimension (Apr./May 1969, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100,

#1 Cash Box, from May 1969 album The Age of Aquarius)

You just listened to one of the most iconic songs of the Baby Boom
generation, "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"
a song assimilated by pop culture and ranked #66 on Billboard's list of
The Greatest Songs of All Time, sung by the fabulous 5th Dimension
with backing by The Wrecking Crew, the great Los Angeles based
session musicians who played on many major hits of the 60s.

I'm "Patti" Robinson. One of the most
important singing and songwriting acts
of the 60s counterculture music scene,
The Mamas and the Papas, gave us a
string of groovy folk-rock recordings.

Their 1966 debut album on Dunhill
made Rolling Stone's list of The 500
Greatest Albums of All Time and
climbed 15 notches to #112 in the

magazine's most recent revision.

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If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, here are the Mamas

and the Papas with a song from that album that was released

on the B side of "Monday, Monday"-- "Got A Feelin'."

"Got A Feelin'" - The Mama's And The Papa's

(from Feb. 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears,

Apr./May 1966, B side of "Monday, Monday")

McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher

in LA you know where that's at, and no one's

gettin' fat except Mama Cass.

Those were The Mamas And The Papas doing

"Got A Feelin'," one of the songs from their debut

album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears.

If you can believe what I say, you might be shocked to learn

that the original album with a cover photo showing the group

in a bathroom sitting in a tub with a toilet visible was pulled

from stores because, in 1966, the sight of a toilet was

declared indecent. We've come a long way, baby!

Oh damn! They're waving us off. Our second show has come

to an end and we need to go. I hope you got your kicks

Libbin It Up With The Good Girls.

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Coming up on the flip side of news, meet Bud's Budding Blossoms,

the teen queens at another popular York area venue, and we'll be

back soon with more sensational sounds from the dawning of

the Age of Aquarius on Libbin' It Up, so keep your dial set to

S-P-M-M, the grooviest spot in the universe. To play us off,

German drummer Sina with a cover of "Eight Miles High"
by The Byrds. Now this is Patti along with Cindy and

Jane - The Good Girls - saying see you next time!

"Eight Miles High" - The Byrds  (Apr. 2019 drum cover by Sina,

orig. May 1966, highest chart pos. #12 Cash Box/#14 Hot 100,

from July 1966 Byrds album Fifth Dimension)