AHHHOOOOO!!!
Mercy mercy me! This here's
Wolfman Jack, baby, sittin' in
for my good friend Shady Del
Knight here at the greatest
little station in the nation,
the all new S-P-M-M Radio.
I'm your doctor of love, you understand, and I 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!
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie - that's amore - and these are The Capris, an Italian American doo-wop group from Queens, New York, getting us in the mood for love with their big hit and signature song - "There's A Moon Out Tonight!"
"There's A Moon Out Tonight" - The Capris
(Feb. 1961, highest chart pos. #3)
Those were The Capris starting off the show with their snugglin' song "There's A Moon Out Tonight." You're tuned to the Wolfman on S-P-M-M Radio. This is swingin' school and I'm gonna teach you a lesson. In 1964, soul singer Betty Everett reached the top of the Cash Box R&B chart with "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)." Now if you think Betty's version is the original you're wrong. A year earlier, another soul thrush, Merry Clayton, was the first to record the song. Merry's single didn't make the chart, but it earns the Wolfman's zeal of approval. Yes, gracious... Merry Clayton sings-- "It's In His Kiss!"
"It's In His Kiss" - Merry Clayton
(June/July 1963, uncharted)
Merry Clayton there with a great record thatshoulda been a hit-- "It's In His Kiss." Now
listen to this. Another version of that same
song was recorded in LA by Ramona King,
a fine R&B singer from San Francisco.
Ramona's "It's In His Kiss" single was
released in February 1964, one week
before the version by Betty Everett
hit the street, the one that was destined to become a hit.
Like Merry Clayton's record, Ramona's single was a swing
and a miss. A few months later, Ramona released a record
that sounds a lot like "When You Walk In The Room."
This one's called-- "Run Johnny Run!"
"Run Johnny Run" - Ramona King
(July/Aug. 1964, uncharted)
That was teen queen Ramona King and"Run Johnny Run." Now listen here.
This next little lady, Beverly Washburn,
is not only a great singer, she's an actress,
too. Around Halloween, 1959, Beverly
guest starred on the TV series Leave
It To Beaver as Jill Bartlett, a girl
who needs Wally Cleaver's help
finding a blind date for the dance. In the same vein,
Beverly released this record at Halloween, 1963,
called "Ev'rybody Loves Saturday Night (but me)."
The Wolfman thinks Beverly sounds a lot like
Shelley Fabares... and if I'm lyin'... I'm dyin'.
Here's Beverly!
"Ev'rybody Loves Saturday Night"
Beverly Washburn (Oct. 1963, uncharted)
a singer who also acted in more than two dozen
episodes of Loretta Young's TV show and had
a role in the Disney tear-jerker film Old Yeller.
Now I want all you Dell Vikings and Dellettes
to put your ears close to the radio and listen
to the Wolfman. In 1959 the Brooklyn based
Laurie label doo-wop quintet The Mystics had a hit with
"Hushabye." I'll bet you never heard the fab flip side.
It's all about "Adam And Eve!"
"Adam And Eve" - The Mystics
(July/Aug. 1959, uncharted B side of "Hushabye")
Oh Eve, you don't know me from Adam, but I'm your snake in the grass, and as long as you got the curves... baby I got the angles! The Mystics with the story of, and the glory of... "Adam And Eve." Now here's the prolific and terrific Neil Sedaka with a ditty that makes me shout and knock myself out, and that's a fact or my name ain't Wolfman Jack!-- Just in time for Halloween Neil sings-- "Little Devil!"
"Little Devil" - Neil Sedaka
(June 1961, highest chart pos. #11)
Oh my my, I see by the old clock on the wall
there's a dead fly. The sun's coming up
and the Wolfman gotta 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 friend Wolfman
Jack sayin' see you next time
here on the greatest little
station in the nation, the
all new S-P-M-M radio.
I guarantee we gonna
rock 'n' roll ourselves
to death, baby.
AHHHOOOOO!!!
