Geator Gold - Vol. 5, Special Edition: 7 Songs... 17 Women... 81 Kisses!

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

 GEATOR  GOLD  

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"The 81" - Candy And The Kisses

(Dec, 1964/Jan. 1965, highest chart pos.

#39 Cash Box/#51 Hot 100 & R&B)

Kicking-off the show with a sizzling sound that was big up and down the East Coast

at Christmas, 1964... a record that reached it's peak in the top 40 on Cash Box the

first week of '65. It was a song about a new dance going around called "The 81,"

and it was recorded by Candy & The Kisses, a girl trio from Staten Island.

Greetings and sal-u-ta-tions! I am the Geator with the Heater.

I am the Boss with the Big Hot Sauce, welcoming you in for

a special all-girl edition of Geator Gold! Every record I'll

be playing was made by a female artist or girl group.

If you're ready, let's spin more Geator Gold!

"The 81" by Candy And The Kisses is

an example of the "cool" brand of soul

that came out of Philadelphia in the mid

to late 1960s. When fans of the genre

talk about cool Philly soul, this next

song and this next artist are most

certainly mentioned in the conver-

sation.You would be hard pressed

 to find a cooler sound that this

one by Dee Dee Sharp.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

 Dee Dee is best known for her up tempo dance ditties, but some say this mature

and mellow song is her greatest recording. Geator Gold proudly presents

one of Philly's Phinest, Miss Dee Dee Sharp and-- "I Really Love You!" 

"I Really Love You" - Dee Dee Sharp

(Jan. 1966, highest chart pos. #37 R&B/#78 Hot 100)

That was Philadelphia's own sultry soul siren Dee Dee Sharp singing

"I Really Love You," a sophisticated soul classic and a far cry from

"Mashed Potato Time," "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" and

other dance-pop songs she recorded at the start of her career. 

Up next, a girl group everybody

knows, Martha And The Vandellas.

In the spring of 1965, the Motown

trio appeared on the British TV

special Ready, Steady, Go!

The Sound of Motown.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW! 

The Vandellas were fantastic and

bombastic as they performed their

latest hit-- "Nowhere To Run!" 

"Nowhere To Run - Martha And The Vandellas

(Mar./Apr. 1965, highest chart pos. #5 R&B, #8 Hot 100,

#9 Cash Box, live perf. on Apr. 28, 1965, on British TV

special Ready, Steady, Go! The Sound of Motown) 

One of the hottest sounds ever to come out of Motown, that was

Martha Reeves and her group The Vandellas on TV in the UK

doing "Nowhere To Run" a single that went top 5 on the U.S.

R&B chart and top 10 pop. Believe it or not, the record was

produced using the clinking sound of snow chains as

percussion along with the tambourine and drums. 

If you're just tuning in, I'm Jerry Blavat -

The Geator with the Heater - and this

is Geator Gold on S-P-M-M...

the station with personality.

My parade of female artists continues now

with Sheila Ross and her Royalettes, a family

R&B group from Baltimore.  The Royalettes

are best known for the song "It's Gonna Take

A Miracle," a hit single penned and produced

by Teddy Randazzo, the man responsible for

a string of hits by Little Anthony And The

Imperials.  I'd like to play two other great

records by The Royalettes, starting with

a single from the fall of 1963.

START THE VIDEO NOW! 

Here's "Blue Summer," a song similar to "Our Day Will Come"

and "My Summer Love," back-to-back hits for Ruby And

The Romantics earlier that year.

"Blue Summer" - The Royalettes

(Sept. 1963, highest chart pos. #121 Bubbling Under)

On Geator Gold we program from the heart, not from the chart, and you just heard

one of the reasons why - "Blue Summer" by The Royalettes - a record that shoulda

been, coulda been and woulda been a hit, but instead, it merely Bubbled Under.

Many of my teen kings and teen queens

are familiar with Philadelphia pop-soul

songstress Barbara Mason's 1965 hit

"Yes, I'm Ready." But you might not

know that The Royalettes covered

the song on their 1965 album

It's Gonna Take A Miracle. 

START THE VIDEO NOW! 

Had it been released as a single, this cover

might have been a hit for The Royalettes

because it rivals and, in the ears of

some, surpasses the original.

What do your ears say? 

"Yes, I'm Ready" - Barbara Mason cover by The Royalettes

(from 1965 album It's Gonna Take A Miracle)

You just heard two smooth grooves in a

row by The Royalettes, a girl group from

Baltimore. Now here's yet another fine but

underrated female group... this one a trio

from down the road in Washington, D.C. 

START THE VIDEO NOW! 

They're The Fuzz... and in the spring of '71, this

became their biggest hit, a record that made the

top 10 on the R&B chart and crossed over to

crack the top 20 on the pop survey. This cool

sound knocks me out cold... The Fuzz and

"I Love You For All Seasons." 

"I Love You For All Seasons" - The Fuzz (Apr./May 1971,

highest chart pos. #10 R&B/#20 Cash Box/#21 Hot 100) 

You just experienced the ice cool sound of The Fuzz doing their biggie,

"I Love You For All Seasons," a slow jam that has truly stood the test of time.

And, speaking of time, as all good things

must come to an end... so too must this

special all-girl edition of my show.

Don't touch that dial. Keep it here on

S-P-M-M... the station with personality.

Coming up on the B side of Gary Owens'

 news, it's the debut of the long awaited,

much anticipated Shady's Place series

Joyce Martin's a Gold Digger.

I hope she digs the Geator's Gold.

Shady says I have time for one last record,

so here it is, a song waxed by the reinvented

Supremes with Jean Terrell as the Motown

super-group's new lead singer. This platter

started up the chart in the spring of '71 as

the one by The Fuzz was reaching its peak.   

It's the lead single from the Supremes' 23rd studio album Touch. The Geator

wants you to put your ear close to the radio and listen carefully, because this

is an unusual and innovative recording for The Supremes. All three members,

Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, and Cindy Birdsong, sing the song's lead vocal

in unison, and they are joined by veteran session singer Clydie King.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 

In addition, as you will hear, the sound is sculpted with a phase shifting effect

applied to The Funk Brothers' backing track. "Winter's past, spring, and fall,"

and "Nathan Jones," the former lover who ghosted our heroine, is still in

the wind. Now this is The Geator with the Heater saying so long and

reminding you to keep on rockin'... 'cause you only rock once!

"Nathan Jones" - The Supremes (May/June 1971,

highest chart pos. #8 R&B/#10 Cash Box, #16 Hot 100) 

Geator Gold - Vol. 4: Trickle Trickle Tear Drops!

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

 GEATOR GOLD 

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"He's Got The Power" - The Exciters

(Mar./Apr. 1963, highest chart pos. #57 Hot 100,

#64 Cash Box, Scopitone film release)

Greetings and salutations! I am The Geator

with The Heater. I am The Boss with the

Big Hot Sauce, welcoming you to another

fantastic, bombastic edition of Geator Gold

here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. I've got

a parade of platters from the past and our

7-in-a-row block party has just begun.

You just saw and heard Brenda Reid,

the little lady with the powerful pipes,

singing lead for her mixed gender group
The Exciters on "He's Got The Power,"

a record that climbed halfway up the

pop chart in the spring of 1963 and

oddly failed to register at all on

the R&B chart. Now let's jump

back in time to the early 50s. 

Fiction and Fact from the Geator's Almanac: In 1952 a man by the name

of Ronald Cuffey was lead singer of The Five Sharps, the now legendary

doo-wop group from Queens, NY. The Five Sharps recorded the song

"Stormy Weather" on the Jubilee label. That 78 rpm single is so rare

that it is known as the Holy Grail of doo-wop 78's, coveted by

collectors as one of the most valuable records in the world.

In 2003, a used copy of "Stormy Weather" sold for
$19,000. The value of that Five Sharps platter shot

to $25,000 a few years later. It is not even known

if an original exists on 45 rpm. If one is ever

found it would be worth many times more.

Fast forward to the summer of 1958 when Ronald Cuffey was
singing lead with a new group called The Videos. Their first
record  got plenty of radio exposure in New York but did not
reach the national chart. The Videos now with-- "Trickle, Trickle!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

"Trickle, Trickle" - The Videos (July 1958)

You're jumpin' and jitterbuggin' with

The Geator With The Heater, charter

member of The Shady Bunch, and

this is Geator Gold on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio, where all the

cool oldies come to play. 

You just heard a Geator golden gasser
by The Videos, their 1958 regional hit
"Trickle, Trickle." In January, 1959,
The Videos released a follow-up to
that jump tempo debut single. It's
a lot different, a dreamy ballad
entitled-- "Love Or Infatuation."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

"Love Or Infatuation" - The Videos (Jan. 1959)

The Videos of Queens, New York, with their second single, "Love Or Infatuation."

Sadly, before the guys could put out another record, Ronald Cuffey died along
with another member of the group, bass man Ron Woodhall. Their deaths
put an end to this great doo-wop act, The Videos.

Don't touch that dial, because The Geator's
spinning another dreamy romantic ballad
for lovers only. This record was waxed in
1958 by one of Philly's Phinest groups,
Lee Andrews & The Hearts. I want you

to take your teen queen or teen king by
the hand, lead them to the dance floor
and sway to this snuggle song... a
doo-wop treasure-- "Teardrops."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

"Teardrops" aka "Tear Drops" - Lee Andrews And The Hearts

(Jan. 1958, highest chart pos. #4 R&B/#20 Hot 100/#25 Cash Box)

A mellow sound from the early weeks of 1958, Lee Andrews
and the Hearts with "Teardrops," a record that reached
the top 5 on the R&B chart and top 20 pop.

If you're just tuning in, I'm The Geator,

Jerry Blavat, and we're right smack dab

in the middle of a 7 in a row commercial

 free cruise on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

The name of the show is Geator Gold...

 and I've got another classic nugget for

you right here and now. A one track

mind is the gist of a song that was

the second biggest hit of Motown

soul legend Marvin Gaye's 60s career.

Released in 1969, the single cracked

the top 5 on the Hot 100 and was

perched at #1 on the R&B chart

for six consecutive weeks. Here's

 Marvin joined in the recording studio

by The Andantes, Motown's in-house

group of female session singers, with 

one of the greatest Motown sounds--

 "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby!"

 "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" - Marvin Gaye 

 (June 1969, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#4 Hot 100/#5 Cash Box) 

You got The Geator in your ear, and I'm
spinning Geator Gold on S-P-M-M..,
where we go hunting for the great songs
of the past and bring 'em back alive.

The Geator's on a roll with one

old gold nugget after another. 

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Here now is the very first single
released by the Motown group
best known for their major hit
"Do You Love Me." Dig the
throaty sax and raw vocals
as The Contours sing--

"Whole Lotta Woman!"

"Whole Lotta Woman" - The Contours

(Feb./Mar. 1961, uncharted)

The first version of that catchy tune was

released regionally, and you just heard the

second version which was released nationally.

The Contours there with their first, and some

say their best single, "Whole Lotta Woman,"

an uncharted relic from early 1961 that

reminds me of the late 50s R&B hits

"Short Fat Fannie" and "Itchy

Twitchy Feeling." 

And as all good things

must come to an end,

so too must my show.

Thanks for tuning in.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Stay tuned. Coming up on the B side of news, it's Shady Seaweed with another

hip trip to Bandstands in Foreign Lands, and I'll be back soon with another

batch of boss beats and ballads on Geator Gold. Now this is Jerry Blavat,

The Geator with the Heater, reminding you to keep on rockin' 'cause

you only rock once! Hey, gimme a big strong line and let's do it

one last time as I play us off with Martha And The Vandellas

doing their first big hit. Baby, it's cold outside, but inside

 we're havin' a "Heatwave." Bye ya-ll!

"Heatwave" - Martha And The Vandellas

(Aug./Sept. 1963, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#4 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

2020 - Year of the Dell Rat, Part 1: Ernest P. Worrell and Family Guy's Brian Griffin Join The Shady Bunch!

 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

 KNOW WHAT I MEAN, VERN? 

 CAN SHADY DEL KNIGHT 

 KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED 

 IN THE COMING YEAR? 

 IS PETER GRIFFIN 

 QUAGMIRE'S NEW  
 WAZE APP? 

WELCOME BACK,

DEAR FRIEND!

I'm delighted to have you along for the ride as I begin another year of blogging
here at Shady's Place Music & Memories. I am excited to announce that two
familiar faces, Brian Griffin and Errnest P. Worrell, have been elevated to the
status of full time DJs on SPMM radio. Brian, Ernest and other members of
The Shady Bunch put together a special two-part show to kick-off 2020.
S-P-M-M means more music with less talk, so let's get right to it.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Can You Do It" - The Contours

(Apr. /May 1964, highest chart pos. #16 R&B/#41 Hot 100,
#59 Cash Box) dancers on 1964 ep. of American Bandstand)

Greetings and salutations...

and happy new year, ya'll!

I am the Geator with the

Heater. I am the Boss

with the Big Hot Sauce!

As you can tell, the New Year's Eve Bandstand
bash that Shady Seaweed started last night is still
going strong. If you are watching our simulcast
on YouTube, you just heard the great Motown
group The Contours singing their 1964 hit
"Can You Do It," and you saw the style of
dancing that was popular in the 60s with
the teen kings and queens on South Street
in Philadelphia, on Dick Clark's TV show
 American Bandstand, and also on my
bombastic show Discophonic Scene.

S-P-M-M is the station that's #1 for music and fun, and our New Year's day party
is just getting started, and so, without further ado I'd like to welcome back for
another year of service down here at the mill, that silver tongued devil,

my new best bud... The Dean of Keen-- Mr. Shady Green!

Thank you very much, Jerry Blavat, and hi

to you out there! My time traveling Wayback

Machine just landed here on the first day of

2020, but now, with all you listeners aboard,

we're ready to blast off again to explore the

greatest years of our youth and listen to the

groovy tunes that formed the soundtrack of

our lives. This super sound by the brothers
Gibb should conjure up some memories.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Flashing back to the part of their career favored by many fans,

their early recordings of the 60s, here are The Bee Gees
in 1968-- "I've Gotta Get A Message To You!"

"I've Gotta Get A Message To You" - The Bee Gees

(Sept./Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box/ #8 Hot 100/#1 UK)

The Bee Gees there with "I've Gotta Get A Message To You," their first top 10 hit

in the states and their second #1 on the UK chart. You're tuned to Part 1 of our

 New Year's Spectacular here on S-P-M-M, where all the cool oldies come to play.

Now it gives me great pleasure to introduce one
of the new members of our Shady Bunch DJ staff.
You know him as America's Coolest Canine -
Peter's pup on the TV series Family Guy.
I'm sure you also recognize him from his
appearances in previous years as guest
host on the old blog Shady Dell Music
& Memories. He's the one and only
Brian Griffin. Brian, so glad to

have you with us, my friend!

Well, thank you very much, Mr. Green.
Golly, I never sat in a control room at a
microphone before. I guess I'm a little
nervous. A few martoonies oughta take
the edge off. (clears throat) Uh... hello,
everybody! I'm Brian Griffin, but you
already knew that, didn't you? (Damn,
I'm dying already.) Anyway, my show
here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio is
called Eclectic Avenue. As the name
implies I'll be playing a wide variety of
music, a mixed bag, something to suit
just about every taste. Okay, for my
first song as a Shady Bunch DJ, I've
got one I hope you like, "Cars," the 80s
new wave synthpop hit by Gary Numan!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

"Brian Had Sex" - Stewie Griffin

sung to the tune of "Cars" by Gary Numan,

(orig. recording Apr. to June 1980, highest chart pos.

#9 Hot 100, #4 Cash Box, scenes from Family Guy)

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Okay, obviously somebody pulled the old
switcheroo on me there. That, of course,
was my baby brother Stewie doing what
he does best... running his little mouth
when he should be sucking on his binky.
Stewie's been acting out ever since Lois
ran off with Ace Frehley. Anyhow, while
I sit here dying of embarrassment...
listen to "(I Just) Died In Your Arms,"
a cover of the Cutting Crew hit done
by Fil Henley aka Wings Of Pegasus.

"(I Just) Died In Your Arms" - Cutting Crew (Wings of Pegasus cover)

orig. recording Apr./May 1987, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box) 

Introduced by my human brother Chris last year, that was Brit rocker Fil Henley
and his band Wings of Pegasus covering "(I Just) Died In Your Arms,"
the original version a #1 smash in 1987 recorded by another
English group, Cutting Crew.

That does it for me. Now I'd like to introduce a guy
I'm sure you've seen over the years in television
commercials and movies. I met him for the first
time a few minutes ago in the green room.
Ladies and gents, meet another new member
of the Shady Bunch deejay team, and this
dog's new best friend - Ernest P. Worrell!

Hey Brian! How's it goin', dawg? Is it just my imagination, good buddy,
or do you have some kind of nasty rash on your groin?

Anyhoo... thank's a bunch and howdy to all you

folks out there in radio land! This here's your old

pal Ernest P. Worrell, back to sip eggnog and super-

vise while you shovel snow off your driveway and

scrape the windshield of your F-150. My new show

here on S-P-M-M is called Rock-a-Billygoat. I'll be

servin' up a slew of down home tunes from the

heartland including early rock & roll, R&R revival,

rockabilly and crossover country. Today I'll give

you a taste startin' with a couple of boys I'm

sure you know - Phil and Don - The Everlys.

They're gonna do a song written by Sonny

Curtis, a fella who was with Buddy Holly's

band as a teenager. This one started out

as the B side of "Ebony Eyes," but when

it took off like wildfire and shot to

number one in the UK, it was

switched to the A side.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Both sides of the platter cracked the top 10 here in the states.

From 1961 here they are, The Everly Brothers-- "Walk Right Back."

"Walk Right Back" - The Everly Brothers

(Mar./Apr. 1961, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100/#11 Cash Box)

Walkin' right back to the early 60s with The Everly Brothers
right here on S-P-M-M radio, home of The Shady Bunch.

Now this boy, Jack Scott, was the first white rock &

roll star to come out of Detroit. He was born across

the river in Windsor, Ontario, and has been called

the greatest Canadian rock & roller of all time.

In the summer of 1958, Jack had a double-

sided hit of his own. The B side, an up-

tempo number called "Leroy," based 

on "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis the

Pelvis, just missed the top 10.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

I want you to hear the A side, a rock & roll

ballad that made the top 3 on the national

chart, Jack Scott-- "My True Love."

"My True Love" - Jack Scott

(Aug./Sept. 1958, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box)

Ernest P. Worrell on the radio here at S-P-M-M,

and that was Mr. Jack Scott right there with

the biggest hit of his career, a dang pretty

little ditty called "My True Love."

Well I'll be ding if they ain't wavin' me off

already... so I'll be takin' my bow and sayin'

so long for now. This is your old pal Ernest

P. Worrell leaving you with two pieces of

advice. Don't take any wooden nickels,

and don't do anything I wouldn't do,

know what I mean, Vern? Now here's

a fella you all know from his show

Stuck Like Glue. Say howdy-do

to my good buddy Shady Blue!

Thank you, Ernest, and welcome aboard!
Hey, wouldn't you know it, just as Ernest tossed to me, we ran
out of time for this edition, but stay tuned on the flip side
of news for part 2 of our New Year's spectacular.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Coming up a few days from now, you'll meet
six more new members of The Shady Bunch
 DJ crew. You won't want to miss it, so keep
your dial set right here on S-P-M-M, the #1
station for a rock & roll nation. Now for
Jerry Blavat, The Geator with the Heater,
Shady Green, Brian Griffin, Errnest P.
Worrell and the entire Shady Bunch
gang, this is yours truly Shady Blue
hoping by now you're stuck like glue
and wishing you a safe, healthy
and happy 2020. See you soon!

"Last Night" - Mar-Keys

(July/Aug. 1961, highest chart pos.
#3 Hot 100 & Cash Box/#2 R&B)

 STAY TUNED FOR PT. 2 

 THIS SUNDAY! 

Geator Gold - Vol. 3: Christmas Special... Meet The Supremes and The Temptations!

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

 GEATOR GOLD 

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

MEET THE SUPREMES!

 "Tonight" - The Supremes 

 (June 1956) 

That's right, you just met The Supremes! Fiction and Fact
from the Geator's Almanac: If you're confused by what you
just heard, those were indeed The Supremes, but not the

Motown girl group you were expecting. This Supremes
group was an all male doo-wop act from the Bronx, and
that was their 1956 single, the sweet ballad "Tonight."

Greetings and

sal-u-ta-tions!

I am The Geator with the Heater.

I am The Boss with the Big Hot

Sauce, welcoming all my yon

teenagers to another fantastic

bombastic edition of my show

Geator Gold here on S-P-M-M,

the station that's number-1 for

music and fun. In this special

2019 yearender, you'll meet the

Supremes and you'll also meet

the Temptations but, as you

might have guessed by now,

there are surprises in store.

 Here's another one. Recorded in 1955 or 1956 and previously

unreleased, the song "Zip Boom" aka "Zip-Boom" has been

released on singles, albums and CDs as by those Bronx-

based Supremes,  but music historians insist the record

was made, not by The Supremes, but by a mystery
group. Whoever made the record, it's
New York doo-wop at its best!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

 "Zip-Boom" - The Supremes {misidentified "mystery group"} 

 (1955 or 1956, unreleased) 

That was "Zip-Boom," a monumental

up tempo doo-wop sound credited to
The Supremes but more likely waxed
by a mystery group. Haphazard filing
and labeling practices at Old Town
Records is blamed for the mix-up.

Now there was another little known
Supremes group, this one formed in
Columbus, Ohio, in 1954 and some-
times referred to as The Columbus
Supremes. This all male doo-wop
act released only one record with
"Just For You And I" on the A side

and "Don't Leave Me Here To Cry"
as the killer B. Meet The Supremes!

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

 "Don't Leave Me Here To Cry" - The Supremes 

 (Sept. 1957, B side of "Just For You And I") 

From the fall of 1957, that was another obscure boy group named
The Supremes singing "Don't Leave Me Here To Cry, the fab
flip side of their single "Just For You And I."

If you're just tuning in, this is the one
and only Jerry Blavat, The Geator with
the Heater, and you're listening to a
special edition of Geator Gold - Meet
The Supremes and The Temptations
here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

On Geator Gold, we play 'em from
the heart, not the chart. You already
met The Supremes doo-wop group
from the Bronx, New York, and you

listened to a rusty relic by a mystery

group incorrectly identified as those

New York Supremes. You also met

another doo-wop group of the 50s,

The Supremes from Columbus, Ohio.

Now meet the Motown girl group that

made the name famous, Diana Ross

and The Supremes, but the song they
are going to sing is not one of their own.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

The gals don't even sound like themselves as they cover the first single by

Liverpool's Merseybeat band Gerry And The Pacemakers-- "How Do You Do It!"

 "How Do You Do It" - The Supremes 

 (from Oct. 1964, album A Bit Of Liverpool) 

That was an unusual sound from Diana Ross And The Supremes
as they covered "How Do You Do It," the debut single released
by the English group Gerry And The Pacemakers, a track on
The Supremes' third studio album A Bit Of Liverpool.

MEET THE TEMPTATIONS!

You met The Supremes. Now it's time

for you to meet The Temptations,

in this case a white doo-wop act

based in Flushing, New York.

In the spring of 1960, this

Temptations group made

the top 30 with a cool

song called "Barbara."

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 "Barbara" - The Temptations 

 (Apr./May 1960, highest chart pos. #29 Hot 100/#38 Cash Box) 

Jerry Blavat of The Shady Bunch

manning the mic here on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio. You're listening
to Geator Gold and those were the
doo-wop Temptations with their
claim to fame, the 1960 hit single
"Barbara," not to be confused
with "Barbara-Ann."

The Geator's sending this one out
to all my teen kings and queens in
radio land - the equally bombastic
B side of "Barbara," another
tempting Temptations tune
called-- "Someday."

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 "Someday" - The Temptations 

 (Apr./May 1960, B side of "Barbara") 

From the borough of Queens, New York, The Temptations turning a nifty
double play with dreamy doo-wop classics back-to-back on that 1960 single.

And as all good things must come to an end, so too must today's special

Meet The Supremes and Meet The Temptations edition of Geator Gold.
Thanks a lot for tuning in.

Don't touch that dial, because my pal

Shady Seaweed's up next with his annual

New Year's Rockin' Eve in the Shady show,
and I'll be back in 2020 with more nostalgic
nifties of the 60s and 50s on S-P-M-M...
where all the cool oldies come to play...

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...like this one by The Temptations group
you know best. It's another seldom heard
gem, but one that'll knock your socks
off the mantle. From the 1970 album Psychedelic Shack, The Temps play
us off and ask the musical question:
"You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)"?
Now this is The Geator with the Heater,
the Boss With the Hot Sauce, saying
keep on rockin', baby... 'cause you
only (woo-HOO) rock once!

 MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

 "You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)" - The Temptations 

 (from Mar. 1970 album Psychedelic Shack)