Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - Vol. 4: Have I the Right (To Chew Your Slippers When You Leave the House)?

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"The Pied Piper" - Crispian St. Peters

(June/July 1966, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Based on the German folklore fairy tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin, that was

"The Pied Piper" by English pop singer Crispian St. Peters, a cover of a song

penned and originally recorded by the American songwriting and performing

duo The Changin' Times. St. Pete made the song famous in the summer of '66

with a single that went top 5 in the U.S. and UK and topped the chart in Canada.

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but a loyal Dell rat, and it's all that matters.

Just ask my master Shady Del Knight.

Yes, folks, it's me - Toto Moto - The Hound

of Sound, your Musical Mutt, your All Nite

Satellite, the barker who put the "WOW!"

in bow-wow, and you've just entered my

Top Tunes Time Tunnel for another fun-

filled trip back to the sounds of the 60s.

I'm an English Cocker, and today's

Time Tunnel show is an all star
salute to UK recording artists.

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All seven of these songs were hits in the U.S. but were waxed across the pond,
and I don't mean the one I just made on the floor in the hall. Let's lay the
foundation for this mini British Invasion by recalling  "The Bad Bad
Old Days" before Jerky Treats were invented-- The Foundations!

"In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)" - The Foundations
(Apr. 1969. highest chart pos. #26 Cash Box/#51 Hot 100)

Finishing in the Top 30 on Cash Box but missing the Top 50 on Billboard,

go figure, that was "In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me),"

a groovy sound from the spring of '69 by the mixed race, mixed

nationality UK soul band The Foundations.

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The Hollies, an English pop-rock band known for

their glorious three part harmony and long string

of hits at home and stateside. Seems The Hollies

had more good songs than they knew what to do

with. In May of 1967 two of their singles were

released at the same time and the records

competed against each other. "Carrie-Anne"

made the top 10, eclipsing the Hollies

single on a different label that had

been released three weeks earlier. 

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As a result, this song peaked near the bottom of the top 30 and shoulda gone

 higher. The Hollies now with a hit that missed-- "Pay You Back With Interest!"

"Pay You Back With Interest" - The Hollies

(June/July 1967, highest chart pos. #28 Hot 100/#29 Cash Box)

Those were the Hollies and their under-performing

single "Pay You Back With Interest," a record that

died on the vine when "Carrie-Anne" came long.

I thought I'd go out of my mind the fist time

I heard the guitar at the beginning of this

next British R&B Merseybeat record.

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The sound was new, different, bold, and oh
so cool. Riding the U.S. chart the last three
months of '64, The Kinks-- "You Really Got Me!"

"You Really Got Me" - The Kinks

(Oct. to Dec. 1964, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#7 Hot 100)

Ray Davies and his band of Kinks with "You Really Got Me,"

their first charting record in the U.S., a single that reached

the Top 10 on Billboard and the Top 5 on Cash Box.

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Here's another UK record that was popular
in the fall of 1964, the same weeks that
the Kinks' song "You Really Got Me"
was hot. This one finished even
higher on the chart.

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Meet The Honeycombs, a band with an unusual lineup that featured

Honey Lantree, one of the few female drummers in pop at the time.

The guys and a girl ask the musical question-- "Have I The Right?"

"Have I The Right?" - The Honeycombs

(Oct./Nov. 1964, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#5 Hot 100)

The Honeycombs there with their first single and

the biggest hit of their career, the top 5 charting
"Have I The Right?" As a sad footnote, the band's
original lead singer Dennis D’Ell died in 2005
at the age of 61 and drummer Honey Lantree
died just before Christmas 2018 at age 75.

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When a dog's gotta go, a dog's gotta go.
Shady forgot to put down a piddle pad
and-- "I Can't Control Myself!"

"I Can't Control Myself" - The Troggs

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos. #38 Cash Box/#43 Hot 100)

Hovering around the Top 40 mark on Cash Box and Billboard, Reg Presley

and his rowdy band of English garage rockers The Troggs aka

The Troglodytes with "I Can't Control Myself."

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run out of time. I hope you enjoyed zooming

back to the past with me in Toto's Top Tunes

Time Tunnel. Stick around. Coming up on the

flip side of news it's Debbie the Dellette

hosting another music packed meeting

of the Top Hit Club of America,

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And I'll be back before you can say cat scratch fever to spin another batch

of classic Sixties toe-tappers in my Top Tunes Time Tunnel. To play us off,

The Fortunes from late '65 and "Here It Comes Again." Now this is your

K-9 Kompadre, your Hi-Fi Fido, your Rover on the Radio, Toto Moto,

saying thanks for tuning in, be good and see you soon!

"Here It Comes Again" - The Fortunes

(Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #27 Hot 100/#37 Cash Box)

Hey, That Sounds Just Like... Vol. 4: Hide & Seek!

WELCOME TO VOL. 4 OF

"HEY, THAT SOUNDS JUST LIKE..."

This is the series that compares recordings that sound
similar or, in some cases, sound almost exactly alike.
Which do you prefer, the originals or the soundalikes?

Remember, ladies and gentlemen...

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

 THE DOORS 

In the summer of 1968 "Hello, I Love You
(Won't You Tell Me Your Name)" became
a chart topping hit for the L-A based

psychedelic rock band The Doors.

The song was developed from a poem
written by Jim Morrison after he and
keyboard player Ray Manzarek
spent an afternoon at the beach

watchin' all the girls go by.

 "Hello, I Love You" - The Doors 

 (Aug. 1968, highest chart pos. #1) 

 THE KINKS 

Doors guitarist Robby Krieger insisted
that "Hello, I Love You" was inspired by
the Cream hit "Sunshine of Your Love."

Krieger dismissed allegations that a riff
was stolen from The Kinks' hit "All Day
And All Of The Night," a single released
4 years earlier. UK courts ruled in favor

of Ray Davies and The Kinks and, ever
since, royalties for The Doors song are
paid to band leader/songwriter Davies.

 "All Day And All Of The Night" 
 The Kinks (February 1965, 
 highest chart pos. #7) 

 THE SHEEP 

Now here are The Sheep, a four man rock
group produced by Feldman, Goldstein and Gottehrer, the New York songwriting

and producing team that made records as

The Strangeloves, a bogus trio of singing Australian brothers who owned a sheep
ranch in The Outback. Early in 1966,

The Sheep released a cover of "Hide

And Go Seek," originally recorded by

R&B and gospel singer Bunker Hill,

a single that reached the top 40 in the
summer of 1962 and was featured in
the 1988 film Hairspray. On their
1966 remake, The Sheep sheared
the title down to "Hide & Seek."

 "Hide & Seek" - The Sheep 

 (Jan. 1966, uncharted) 

 U.S. BONDS 

Go back and listen to that Sheep record
from the 22 second mark. Shady's ears
think "Hide And Seek" by The Sheep
is shear bliss. It samples and sounds
like "Wooly Bully" "New Orleans,"
the song that was a top 5 crossover
hit for Gary "U.S." Bonds in late
1960 and early 1961.

 "New Orleans" - U.S. Bonds 

 (Nov./Dec. 1960, highest cht. pos. 

 #5 R&B/#5 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100) 

 MADONNA 

Soon to be dubbed The Queen of Pop,

Madonna scored her first U.S. hit with

"Holiday," a single that rode the chart

at the end of 1983 and the early weeks

of 1984. "Holiday" topped the Dance

 chart and brought The Material Girl

one step closer to reaching her goal

of conquering the music world.

 "Holiday" - Madonna 

 (Dec. 1983 thru Feb. 1984, 

 highest chart pos. #1 Hot Dance 

 Club/#12 Cash Box/#16 Hot 100) 

 M.C. MIKER "G" 

 & DEEJAY SVEN 

In 1986, M.C. Miker "G" And Deejay Sven,

a hip hop duo in The Netherlands,

sampled Madonna's hit and gained

an international smash of their own

with "Holiday Rap," a single that

reached #1 on the charts in 34

countries. I'd like to hear how they do

"Holiday" in Holland... wooden shoe?

 "Holiday Rap" - M.C. Miker "G" And Deejay Sven 
 (Sept. 1986, highest chart pos. #1 in 34 countries, 

 unreleased in U.S.) 

IS IT LIVE...

OR IS IT MEMOREX?

THE ORIGINAL, A COVER...

A FLATTERING IMITATION...

OR A BLATANT RIP-OFF?

Stick around. I've got more cool copycats
for your listening  pressure  pleasure
coming soon in Vol. 5.

Have a Shady day!