BEFORE WE BEGIN THE POST,
I PROUDLY PRESENT ANOTHER
EXHIBIT IN MY SERIES...
SHADY DELL
SHOW AND TELL!
“The Mystery of the Cup”
NEVER BEFORE SEEN ON EITHER
OF MY BLOGS...THIS ULTRA-RARE
SHADY DELL SOUVENIR PLASTIC
DRINKING CUP, GENEROUSLY
DONATED BY OUR GOOD
FRIEND JIM SIELING!
Cup measures 5.5 inches in height
and 3.5 inches at top lip.
Jim says he has five of these cups. Former Dell owner Toni Deroche
told me her son Brandon had one cup back in the 2000s when he
lived at the Dell with members of his band The Underwater.
However, Bran's collector cup vanished at some point.
WHAT'S THE STORY
BEHIND THESE CUPS?
WHO CREATED THEM?
WERE THEY PRINTED AND
SOLD AT THE DELL AUCTION?
EVER SEEN ONE BEFORE?
DO YOU OWN ONE OR MORE?
PLEASE LET US HEAR FROM YOU
IF YOU CAN HELP SOLVE...
“The Mystery of the Cup”
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NOW, ON WITH THE SHOW!
Hi! I'm
Shady Blue...
one of the founding fathers
of the Shady Bunch DJ team
on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
I host an oldies show called
STUCK LIKE GLUE
on SHADY BLUE
And I'm
Shady Green...
one of the other original
Shady Bunch DJs here
at Shady's Place and
your Host with the Most
on a magic carpet ride back
to the Swingin' Sixties called
SHADY GREEN
AND HIS
AND HIS
WAYBACK MACHINE
Starting today, Blue and Green collide.
We're joining forces to bring you a 5-part, 50-song series
dedicated to great records of the 1960s that shoulda been,
coulda been and woulda been major hits but, for some
reason, failed to get the attention they deserved
at the time of their release.
Along with the records we're playing, we've hung cool vintage
artwork and illustrations on the walls to enhance the mood.
Listen to the first 10 songs and let me know in your comment:
How many of these long lost relics do you remember or like?
Okay, start clicking and enjoy the tuneage in Part 1 of my series...
UNDERACHIEVERS!
The 50 Most Underrated
Records of the 1960s!
"Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" - Marvin Gaye
(Oct./Nov. 1962, highest chart pos. #36 Cash Box,
#46 Hot 100/#8 R&B)
"One of the very best records of Marvin's career, yet it fell short
of the Billboard Top 40. Outrageous!... a travesty!" - Shady Blue
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"Hey Sah-Lo-Ney" - Mickey Lee Lane
(July 1965, uncharted)
"Uncharted??? Unbelievable! Mickey Lee's record rocks big time!
Good to know the ditty was hot across the pond... a genuine
'Northern Soul stomper' played heavily in dance clubs
of northern England." - Shady Green
"The Boy From Crosstown" - The Angels
(Oct. 1964, uncharted)
"Uncharted??? You gotta be kidding! This song surpasses
'Boyfriend's Back' as the toughest, most streetwise sound
generated by this great pop girl group!" - Shady Blue
"That's Cool, That's Trash" - The Street Cleaners
(Nov. 1964, uncharted)
"Uncharted??? No way! This slab's too cool for school! Penned
by Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan and covered a few months later
by The Kingsmen, this frat rockin' party platter belongs
in the soundtrack of Animal House.
Ain't gonna be any dancin' on the kissin' floor!"
- Shady Green
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"You've Been Untrue" - The Delfonics
(Apr. 1967, uncharted)
"Uncharted??? Didn't even make a dent in the R&B survey?
I'm flabbergasted! One of greatest songs in the entire Delfonics
catalog, this exquisite sweet soul ballad is one of the essential
building blocks of The Sound of Philadelphia." - Shady Blue
"Mr. Dieingly Sad" - The Critters
(Sept./Oct. 1966, highest chart pos. #14 Cash Box,
#17 Hot 100/#17 Canada)
"Failed to reach the top 15 on Billboard? Makes no sense to me!
This groovy, beautifully written song deserved to wind up
in the top 5 winner's circle!" - Shady Green
"Uncharted??? I call bullcrap!!!
"Homicide Dresser" - Billy Harner
(Oct. 1967, uncharted)
This rowdy Northern Soul cult classic by
East Coast blue-eyed soul shouter Billy Harner
aka 'The Human Percolator' deserved to bust
into the top 40 at the very least!" - Shady Blue
"California Nights" - Lesley Gore
(Mar./Apr. 1967, highest chart pos. #11 Cash Box,
#16 Hot 100/#15 Canada)
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"14 weeks on the chart and still peaked outside the top 15 on
Billboard? I'm flummoxed! Co-written by Marvin Hamlisch
and produced by veteran hitmaker Bob Crewe, this great
single deserved to reach the top 3." - Shady Green
"Hold On" - The Radiants
(Apr./May 1968, highest chart pos.
#35 R&B/#68 Hot 100)
('Keep on rockin, baby... cause you only (WOO-HOOO!)
rock once!') "A soul essential that recalls the glory years of
The Geator (Jerry Blavat), Hy Lit, Georgie Woods, Porky
Chedwick and other great record spinners of the 60s.
Featuring Mitchell Bullock on lead, here are Chicago's Radiants
with the hottest sound around in the spring of '68, but a true
underachiever that missed the Top 30 on the R&B chart
and stopped well short of the Top 50 on the pop survey.
Shirley you jest!" - Shady Blue
"I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong To Me)"
- Rick Nelson (May 1964, uncharted)
"Uncharted??? Well 'I Wonder' what gives! Okay, I know
darned well why Rick's superb cover of a 1961 record by a black
doo-wop group called The Pentagons failed to register on the chart.
It's because the song went to waste issued as the B side of a single.
If only the Rickster's rendition had been released as an A side,
it coulda been and woulda been a hit!" - Shady Green
Okay, how many of these
underappreciated and
underachieving records
of the 1960s do you
remember? Do you
like any of them
so much that you're
STUCK
LIKE GLUE?
Did these moldy oldies
make you feel like you
just took a trip in my
WAYBACK
MACHINE?
Stick around!
There are 4 more parts of this series...
40 more songs that need your love and
a forever home on your record player.
See you soon on the next edition of
UNDERACHIEVERS!
The 50 Most Underrated
Records of the 1960s!
