Salivating 74 Years of Service to the Blog World!

Hiya, I'm Brian Griffin!

As you recall, I'm a professional martooni taste tester.

(Lishen, I'm not as drunk as some thinkle peep I am.)

I am also the personable pooch from Family Guy

and a member of the DJ team on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio here at Shady's Place.

Sorry about the typo in the title

of the post.  It should read 174

14 YEARS.

That's right!  This week,

Shady is observing his 

14th blogiversary! 

That figure includes 10 years as emcee of the old blog,

Shady Dell Music & Memories, and 4 years as the so-

called brains behind Shady's Place Music & Memories.

I shay this calls for a shalivation... and the gang's all here.

Well, some of them are here, because we only have time

for the traditional seven song salute. Without further

delay, let's start from scratch and get to the music

because I'm itchin' to dance with your leg.

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If you're a fan of my show Eclectic Avenue, then you know I love variety

(and Jerky Treats).  The original by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles

is still the greatest, but wait till you hear what I found, a cool rerecorded

version of Smokey's "More Love" released in the summer of 2015!

"More Love" (rerecorded) - The Miracles

(July/Aug. 2015, from albums Disco Hits, Disco Gold,

Disco Dance, Disco Heaven & Class A Soul Songs)

"The Woo Woo" is here for you you!

Hi everyone, this is Old Leather

Lungs... Old Aching Adenoids...

Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg

from WMEX Boston, simulcasting

my famous Night Train Show

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Congrats to Shady Del Knight

on his fourteen years as a

member (in shady standing)

of the blogging community!

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THE VIDEO NOW!

To help Shady celebrate, here's

a song from my Wimex Tunedex.

It's the Brill Building Sound of Gene Pitney making a run

at the top 10 in the fall of 1964 with a song originally

intended for Neil Sedaka- "It Hurts To Be In Love!"

"It Hurts To Be In Love" - Gene Pitney

(Sept./Oct. 1964, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

A Doctor Donald D. Rosey good morning to you,

and happy 14 to Shady Del Knight! The Doctor's

in the house! I'm Dr. Don Rose, top 40 DJ at

"Quixie in Dixie," on loan to S-P-M-M here at

Shady's Place. I dropped by on this special day

to spin the kind of record you're likely to hear

on my Rose-Colored Glasses show, sounds

of the 60s that are good for what ails ya. In

1966, The Left Banke found fame thanks to

their top 5 hit "Walk Away Renee." In 1968

Motown's Four Tops covered the song and

scored a hit of their own, a record that

finished in the top 10 on Cash Box.

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Here they are, the mighty men of Motown, the Four Tops, with

one of the best covers of any song by anyone-- "Walk Away Renee!"

"Walk Away Renee" - Four Tops

(Feb./Mar. 1968, highest chart pos. #8 Cash Box,

#14 Hot 100/#15 R&B)

 HOWDY! 

 Hepcat Black's my name. 

 Hep music's my game. 

I'm a cool cool kitty, but let's get one thing straight
between us, Gus. I ain't from New York City!
On my S-P-M-M radio show Pink Cadillac
I play old school rock 'n' roll, R&R revival,
rockabilly, psychobilly, country, outlaw -
it's all good, understood

First off, happy 14 year blogiversary, Shady D! Now let's rock this

here roadhouse with a good old Texas boy named Moon Mullican,

a fella who earned the nickname King of the Hillbilly Piano Players.

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Here's Moon backed by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets with the original

recording of the classic rockabilly song "Seven Nights To Rock!"

"Seven Nights To Rock" - Moon Mullican

(Feb. 1956)

Hyski here - Hy Lit - The South Philadelphia Kid,

The Potentate of the Keystone State - veteran DJ

on Wibbage, WIBG, and the host of Natural Hy

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. Before I spin a

boss golden, I wanna give a shout out and props

aplenty to my good friend Shady Del Knight on

his 14 years of blogging. Way to go, man!

On Natural Hy, I play groovy greats of the 60s

and 70s with some 50s doo-wop occasionally

added to the mix. The epicenter of my show

is Philadelphia from the mid 60s through the

mid 70s, the sweet soul, psychedelic soul and

blue-eyed soul sounds that the kids danced to

in the studio on The Hy Lit Television Show.

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Here's a great example - Philly's very own Intruders with a

sound of the season-- "Love Is (just) Like a Baseball Game!"

"(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game" - The Intruders

(Aug. 1968, highest chart pos. #4 R&B,

#26 Hot 100/#41 Cash Box)

Hey, Vern! How's life been treatin' ya?

This here's yer old buddy, yer old pal

Ernest P. Worrell.

Ain't none of my beeswax, Vern, but looks like you got
somethin' caught in yer teeth there. Looks like Popeye
ain't the only one who's been eatin' his spinach!

Hey, Vern, guess what. Today Shady
Del Knight is celebrating the big 1-4.
No, he's not 14 years old, even tho

it sure seems like it sometimes.
I mean that he's been sharin' his
 music and memories with us for

14 years on two different blogs.

He deserves a great big attaboy.

Just a reminder, Vern. On my S-P-M-M show Rock-A-Billygoat, I spin

the best of rockabilly, early rock & roll, rock & roll revival, traditional

country & western and country-pop crossover. Now hold onto

yer hat, Vern, 'cause I got a dilly for you right cheer.

This boy and his band played everything from

rock & roll to R&B, folk, country, pop

and even psychedelic rock.

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In the late winter of 1969, the group scored a hit with this country

pop song. Here are Kenny Rogers And The First Edition

performing-- "But You Know I Love You!"

"But You Know I Love You" - Kenny Rogers And

The First Edition (Feb./Mar. 1969, highest chart pos.

#15 Cash Box, #18 U.S. Easy Listening/#19 Hot 100,

#9 Canada Easy Listening/#11 Canada, performance on

Dec. 8, 1968, ep. of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)

Flashing back to late '68 and early '69, that was the late great Kenny Rogers
and his group The First Edition appearing on The Smothers Brothers

Comedy Hour and doing "But You Know I Love You," a single

that made the top 10 in Canada and the top 20 in the U.S.

Well, I'll be ding, Vern. We're

plumb outta time. Me and my

best buds need to skedaddle.

Hope you enjoyed this

anniversary bash we

threw to celebrate

Shady's 14 years

as a blogger.

Don't worry your head none, 'cause I'll be back in two shakes of a jiffy

with more toe tappin' tunes for your bobby sock high school hop,

your hillbilly hayride and your heartland hoedown.

Hey, this one's too cool for school, Vern.

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To play us off, Johnny Rivers and his cover of Chuck Berry's

"Memphis, Tennessee." Now for Brian, Arnie, Don, Hepcat

and Hy, this is Errnest P. sayin' don't take any wooden

nickels and don't do anything I wouldn't do...

know what I mean Vern?

"Memphis" - Johnny Rivers

(June/July 1964, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Natural Hy - Vol. 6: How Cool - Solid COLD!

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

 NATURAL HY  

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(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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 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)

Natural Hy - Volume 5: Pips Love Call

HEADPHONES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR SPMM RADIO BLOGCASTS.

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

 NATURAL HY 

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Back In My Arms Again" - The Supremes
(May/June 1965, highest chart pos.
#1 Hot 100/#1 Cash Box/#1 R&B)

The big sound... the bold sound... the Holland-Dozier-Holland sound...

the Motown sound of The Supremes blasting us off the launch pad

and sending us into orbit as we take to the sky on a Natural Hy.

Calling all my beats, beards, Buddhist cats,

big time spenders, money lenders, tee-

totalers, 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. Hey you

midnight movers and uptown

groovers, knock me your lobes

— are you ready for this?

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

If you dig it big. If you dig it bold, then dig this, another super slab

to keep you flyin' Hy... the grooviest record Cher never made.

Burnin' up the boss lines in April of 1965, it's April Young

and-- "Gonna Make Him My Baby!"

"Gonna Make Him My Baby" - April Young

(April./May 1965, uncharted nationally but reached
top 20 @ WIBG Philadelphia, #27 @ WARM Wilkes-Barre,
#36 @ WSBA Lancaster-York-Harrisburg

and #53 @ WMCA New York City)

Sounding so much like Cher, that was April Young, wife of famed record producer

 Jerry Ross, with "Gonna Make Him My Baby," a Spectorian Wall-of-Sound

 production that caught fire in Philly and up and down the East Coast in

April and May of '65. The record was so hot in the Delaware Valley

that April was dubbed The Daughter of Wibbage-land, and her

power platter rode high on the surveys of radio stations in

other mid-Atlantic burgs as well. Sadly, April Young

never grew old. She was only in her 40s when

she took ill and died in 1989.

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Slowing it down on Natural Hy

with one of the great groups to

come out of Philly. These guys

had a string of hits from the late

60s to early 70s and helped shape

"The Sound of Philadelphia."

Here now are The Delfonics

and - "Break Your Promise."

"Break Your Promise" - The Delfonics

(Sept./Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #12 R&B,

#35 Hot 100/#46 Cash Box)

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

That was the ice cool sound of Philly's Phinest,

The Delfonics, with a sweet and soulful ballad

that brushed the top 10 on the R&B chart in

the fall of '68, "Break Your Promise." If you're

just tuning in... you're on a Natural Hy with

me, Hy Lit, on the greatest little station in

the nation, S-P-M-M. Gentlemen... start

your engines. Keeping it mellow, from

the Motor City, the group best known

for the early 70s crossover hits "Whatcha

See Is Whatcha Get" and "In The Rain."

The Dramatics now with a groove

from '75-- "Tune Up!"

"Tune Up" - The Dramatics

(Feb. 1975, highest chart pos. #74 R&B)

The Dramatics of Detroit there with a smooth groove

from 1975, a little thing called "Tune Up."

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

You're listening to Natural Hy with yours truly

Hyski, on S-P-M-M... where all the cool oldies

come to play... and we're in the middle of a

7-in-a-row block party. It's a family affair...

Gladys Knight And The Pips, a group with

talent to spare and great records to burn.

This one, for instance - impossibly cool -

yet it went to waste, hidden away to die

on the vine as the B side of a poor selling

single. From '64, listen to the sweet sound,

the soulful sound, the groovy sound of

The Pips and their-- "Love Call!"

"Love Call" - Gladys Knight And The Pips

(July 1964, B side of "What Shall I Do")

Gladys Knight and the Pips and their "Love Call," a little known

and seldom heard B side that shoulda been, coulda been

and woulda been a hit... if only...

Hy Lit of The Shady Bunch

keeping you company here

on S-P-M-M... the station

with personality.

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THE VIDEO NOW!

Here's hot wax that knocks me out

cold...a sound that's guaranteed

 to keep you on a Natural Hy.

Quite rightly it's from Hi Records

and soul man Syl Johnson--

"Take Me To The River!"

"Take Me To The River" - Syl Johnson

(June/July 1975, highest chart pos. #7 R&B/#48 Hot 100/#59 Cash Box)

One of the fine artists on the roster of Hi Records, the Memphis-

based soul and rockabilly label... that was bluesy R&B great

Syl Johnson doing the biggest hit of his recording career,

"Take Me To The River."

Shady Del Knight will take me to task

if my show runs overtime. That being

the case, it's time for me to spin my

last record and hit the road, Jack.

It was a groove having you here

as together we took to the sky on

a Natural Hy. Hey, stick around.

Coming up on the flip side of

news it's everybody's favorite

K-9 companion, my pal Toto

Moto, to welcome you inside

his Top Tunes Time Tunnel,

and I'll be back soon with

another stack of boss goldens...

every spinner a certified winner.

I wanna see your face in the place

-- Shady's Place -- so keep your

ear here on S-P-M-M retro radio!

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To play us off, Big Al... Mr. Downing... a man who did it all and did it well.

He rocked. He rolled. He sang the blues, gospel, country, R&B and Disco,

and that brings us to this killer from the mid 70s at the height of the Disco

craze, "I'll Be Holding On," a song that spent 3 weeks atop the Dance chart.

Now this is Hy Lit reminding you to be good, be nice, be kind,

maintain your cool, don't be nobody's fool. Later!

"I'll Be Holding On" - Al Downing

(Feb./Mar. 1975, highest chart pos. #1 Disco/Dance,

#31 R&B, #85 Hot 100)

Natural Hy - Volume 4: "5-10-15-20-25-30"

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

 NATURAL HY 

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Sweet Inspiration" - The Sweet Inspirations

(Apr./May 1968, highest chart pos. #5 R&B/#18 Hot 100/#20 Cash Box)

Kicking-off today's show, you just saw and heard The Sweet Inspirations

singing in sweet harmony on their single "Sweet Inspiration," a top 5 hit

for the gospel-tinged soul quartet in the spring of 1968. The group was

led by Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston and the aunt of

Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick.

CLICK TO START VIDEO!

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.
Hey you midnight movers and uptown groovers,
knock me your lobes— are you ready for this?
More fantabulous Chi-town soul from
the guys this time-- The Dells!

"Wear It on Our Face - The Dells

(May/June 1968, highest chart pos. #27 R&B/#44 Hot 100)

Chicago soul at its finest - "Wear It On Our Face" - from the group
once called The El-Rays. Now they're known and loved as The Dells.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

You're listening to Natural Hy with yours truly
Hy Lit of The Shady Bunch on S-P-M-M...
the station with personality. Time to pop in
to Queens, New York, home of a trio called
The Toys. What a sound this is. Can you
dig it? If you can't, baby-- "May My
Heart Be Cast Into Stone!"

"May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone" - The Toys

(April 1966, highest chart pos. #85 Hot 100)

The Toys, the group that gave us the chart topper "A Lover's Concerto" in '65,

back with another great one in '66-- "May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone."

If you're just tuning in you're on a Natural Hy
with me, Hyski, on S-P-M-M Radio - where
all the cool oldies come to play.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

In '62, Motown diva Mary Wells hit big
with "The One Who Really Loves You."
That same year Mary's label mates,
the marvelous Marvelettes, waxed
their own version of the song, and its
a classic in its own right. Check this!

"The One Who Really Loves You" - The Marvelettes

(from 1961 album Smash Hits Of '62)

From a 1962 album that included killer covers like "Twistin' The Night Away,"
"Good Luck Charm" and "Dream Baby" plus their latest hit "Twistin' Postman,"

 those were The Marvelettes with another great sound from Motown, their

version of the Mary Wells hit "The One Who Really Loves You."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Slowing things down now with a smooth
groove guaranteed to put you on a
Natural Hy. Back to Chicago we
go with The Impressions and
an updated version of an old
favorite-- "I'm So Proud."

"I'm So Proud" (updated ver.) - The Impressions

(from 1970 album The Best Impressions: Curtis, Sam & Fred)

A group of guys who always made the best impression,

Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, with a rerecorded

1970 version of their 1964 hit "I'm So Proud."

Here's another sound from that same year, 1970,
as we switch from sweet Chi-town soul to rockin'
white soul from, of all places, Motown Records.

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This dynamic psychedelic blue-eyed soul band was the

first all-white act to score a hit for Motown. They even

had a subsidiary label named after them - Rare Earth.

The tune on my table right now is their breakthrough

hit, a cover of a song written by Smokey Robinson

and originally a hit for The Temps in 1966. Dig

Rare Earth shouting "Get Ready, here I come!"

"Get Ready" - Rare Earth

(May/June 1970, highest chart pos. #1 Canada,

#2 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100/#20 R&B)

You just listened to the husky voice of lead singer Gil Bridges
fronting his band Rare Earth on their 1970 million seller "Get Ready,"
a cover of a top 30 hit by The Temptations that charted four years
earlier. Rare Earth's version went top 3 on Cash Box, top 5 on
Billboard and zoomed all the way to #1 in Canada. 

That's all for now. You've been ridin' on a Natural Hy
with me, Hyski, here on S-P-M-M. Stay tuned for my
Shady Bunch pal Dr. Don Rose and his Rose-Colored
Glasses, coming up on the B side of news, and I'll be
back soon with another stack of boss goldens, every
spinner a certified winner. I wanna see your face
in the place...  so keep your ear right here.

CLICK TO START VIDEO!

To play us off the air, one of the coolest sounds ever.
They're The Presidents, a trio from, where do you think?
Washington, D.C. - with their crossover hit from 50 years
ago, "5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)." Now this is Hy

Lit reminding you to be good, be nice, be kind, maintain

your cool, don't be nobody's fool. Later, my friend!

"5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love)" - The Presidents

(Oct./Nov. 1970, highest chart pos. #5 R&B/#11 Hot 100)