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"(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley And His Comets

(June thru Aug. 1955, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Kicking off my show with a timely tune, the granddaddy of all

rock 'n' roll songs, "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock"

by Bill Haley And His Comets. The clock rocker was a

smash hit and best seller on both sides of the Atlantic.

Hard to believe that the now-famous song started

out in obscurity as the B side of Haley's single!

Hi everyone, I'm Dorothy
"Dot" Everest, one of the
stars of The Tick, the TV

series that has critics
raving, nominated for
a Saturn Award in the

category of "Best New

Media Superhero Series."

You've heard of the

Blue Man Group and

"The Little Blue Man."
The Tick is a big man

dressed in a bright blue

costume. (Don't ask.)

Nearly invincible,
The Tick is a super
hero who fights

underworld crime

to save the city.

Arthur Everest is the Tick's nervous, nerdy sidekick,

and I'm Arthur's sister, well, more like his mother

because I am always looking out for him.

I have my

brother's back

and an angel's

face, but don't

let my looks

fool you.

I'm no cream puff.
When the chips

are down... I'm

one tough cookie.

(See what I did there?)

By day I am an ordinary, hard working EMT.

By night I reveal my secret

identity as a crime fighting

vigilante heroine on Team

Tick. I am equipped with
a superpower, a unique
time management skill
they don't teach in Tony
Robbins seminars. Let's
just say I have mastered
the five second do-over.
I'm breaking way badass,
so evildoers beware.

I will not fail my brother.

I will not fail my city,

and I will not fail you

the listener. Beginning

now, this very second,

I'll turn back the clock

to bring you some of
the best sounds of the

20th and 21st centuries.

I am also proud to let you know that Shady Del Knight

has picked me to become the latest member of his

Shady Bunch DJ team on S-P-M-M Retro Radio.

Today I'm bringing you a sneak preview of

my new show which will be called

7 on the Dot - TICK TICK TICK...

- 7 songs in a row and every one of them about

marking time or the passing of time -
past, present and future.

You're in Dot's time zone

and the clock is ticking.

From this moment on it's more

music with less tock Get it? 😝

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It might be a 5 o'clock world... but there's something

special about "Six O'Clock." Here to explain are

John Sebastian and The Lovin' Spoonful!

"Six O'Clock" - The Lovin' Spoonful

(May/June 1967, highest chart pos. #17 Cash Box/#18 Hot 100)

Flashing back to the spring of 1967,

that was John Sebastian along with

his jug-band pop and folk rock group

The Lovin' Spoonful and their top 20

hit "Six "O'clock," a record that

brushed the top 10 in Canada.

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There might be something special
'bout "Six O'clock" but wait a minute.

In fact... wait six hours, because...

"After Midnight" we're gonna let

it all hang out. So sings Eric

Clapton in his 1970 cover
of he J.J. Cale song!

"After Midnight" - Eric Clapton

(Nov./Dec. 1970, highest chart pos. #13 Cash Box/#18 Hot 100)

Hot on the chart at the end of 1970

and the start of '71, that was Eric

Clapton with one of his signature

songs, "After Midnight," a cover

of the J.J. Cale song originally

released in 1966.

If you're just tuning in, I'm Dot

Everest from The Tick and this

is a sneak preview of my new

S-P-M-M radio show coming

next year to Shady's Place.

It's a 7-in-a-row nonstop

blockbuster, so let's get

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Listen! Can you hear the
TICK TICK TICK?

If you've got the time, I've got
the tune. It's the gospel-tinged
soul of The Mighty Clouds Of

Joy with our next pertinent
platter-- "Time!"

"Time" - The Mighty Clouds Of Joy

(Oct./Nov. 1974, highest chart pos. #32 R&B/#102 Bubbling Under)

All we need is just a little

more time. Ain't it the truth,

though? Those gentlemen

are The Mighty Clouds of

Joy, an L-A based gospel

group that crossed over

the bridge to the secular

side and achieved hits

on the soul and disco

charts in the mid 70s

with "Mighty High,"

"Mighty Cloud Of Joy"

and the song I just

played for you- "Time."

The Charleston was once the rage. History has turned a page.

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A sign of the times and a sound of the times from Sonny and

Cher who remind us that the show and the beat goes on.

"The Beat Goes On" - Sonny And Cher

(Feb./Mar. 1967, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box)

What a cool couple! That

was Sonny & Cher making

a convincing run at the

top 5 in 1967 with the

time referencing song

"The Beat Goes On."

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Released around Halloween

in 1982, "The Day Before

You Came" is one of ABBA's

last singles. At Christmas that

year, the Swedish super group

sang the song in Germany on

the TV series Show Express.

"The Day Before You Came" - ABBA

(Oct. thru Dec. 1982, highest chart pos. #32 UK/#2 Finland,

#3 Sweden, Belgium & Netherlands, live performance on

Show Express on West German PBS station ZDF, Dec. 1982)

That was "Aggie" - Agnetha Fältskog - singing lead for ABBA on

"The Day Before You Came" on German TV.  The record went
top 3 in four European countries, brushed the top 30 in the

UK and was released in the U.S. only as a DJ promo.

By the way, at nearly 6 minutes "TRT" - total run time, "The Day
Before You Came" it is ABBA's second longest single, after "Eagle."

Before I go, I wanna invite you to watch my

TV series The Tick on Amazon Prime Video.

If you haven't seen it yet, it's high time you did.

Oh darn... look at the clock.

Baby baby baby, we're out of time.

Dot's all folks - I gotta dash.

(See what I did there?)

I hope you enjoyed

this preview of my

new radio series

7 on the Dot -

TICK TICK TICK...

coming to Shady Place

next year, and I hope

when the time comes

you'll set aside a few

minutes to tune me in.

Heck, you might even

come back for seconds.

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Stick around. Coming up after the news, it's time to Flash Back

with Iris West, here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. To play

us off, here's Miu, the German retro blue-eyed soul band

fronted by singer/songwriter Nina Graf. Three months

have now passed (tick tick tick) since Christmas

and it seems Nina's "Chocolate Santa" has

overstayed his welcome. Now this is Dot

Everest saying bye-bye and see you in '23!

"Chocolate Santa" - Miu (Apr. 2020)

Geator Gold - Vol. 2: The Duck Across the Pond!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

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"Can You Do It" - The Contours

(Apr. 1964, highest chart pos. #41 Hot 100 & R&B)

A fantastic sound coming out of Detroit, those were the mighty Contours

with "Can You Do It," a record that brushed the top 40 on both charts -
R&B and pop, in the spring of 1964. If you're watching my simulcast
on YouTube you saw the def dancing of the teen kings and queens
on my good friend Dick Clark's TV show American Bandstand.

Greetings and salutations! I am The Geator
with the Heater. I am The Boss with the
Big Hot Sauce, welcoming all my yon
teenagers to another bombastic edition
of Geator Gold here on S-P-M-M...
the station that's #1 for music and fun.

We're plowing through 7-in-a-row on
the Jerry Blavat show, doin' the bop
at the Geator's sock hop... and lawd
have mercy, we won't stop til we drop.

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Ready for a quack attack? Here's my man

Jackie Lee with his swan song-- "The Duck!"

"The Duck - Part 2" - Jackie Lee
(released Mar. 1973 in the UK)

That was Mr. Jackie Lee keeping us out

on the floor and beggin' for more. If you're
livin' in the U.S.A., I'm willing to bet that
was the first time you heard that particular
version of "The Duck." Quick story: Back
in the fall of 1963 the duo of Bob & Earl
wrote and recorded "Harlem Shuffle."

"Bob" was Bob Relf who made solo
singles using his own name and two
others - Bobby Valentino and Bobby
Garrett. "Earl" was Earl Nelson who
took the name Jackie Lee and had a
solo hit with the dance ditty "The Duck."

What you just listened to was Part 2 of "The Duck" which was not released
on a single in the U.S. It was issued in the UK in 1973 on the B side of
Part 1. If you are familiar with Part 1 you noticed that Part 2 contains
different lyrics and the female backing singers are featured more
prominently, making it even more of a groove than side one.

Back to Detroit we go now for a nifty number by one of Motown's top
girl groups and another version of a popular song that I'm betting is
new to your ears. It's the Marvelettes and their hit "When You're
Young And In Love," only this is an alternate version with
a spoken intro. This one's too cool for school!

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"When You're Young And In Love" (alternate mix) - The Marvelettes
(May/June 1967, highest chart pos. #9 R&B/#23 Hot 100)

From the vaults of Motown, those were the marvelous Marvelettes
with the seldom heard spoken intro version of their top 10 hit
from the spring of 1967, "When You're Young And In Love."

Up next on Geator Gold, more of the girl group

sound, this one by a group from New York. In

1957 the duo Johnnie & Joe had a top 10 hit

with "Over The Mountain Across The Sea."

"Johnnie" was Johnnie Louise Richardson,

daughter of "Zell" Sanders, founder of the

New York based R&B label J&S, one of

the few record companies ever owned by

a woman. Johnnie was also a member of

The Jaynettes, the Bronx girl group that

hit with "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses."

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In 1958 Zell signed a girl group called The Bouquets and changed their
name to The Click-Ettes. Featuring lead singer Barbara Jean English
here is one of their great ballads-- "Lover's Prayer."

"Lover's Prayer" - The Click-Ettes
(June 1959, uncharted)

On Geator Gold we play 'em from the heart... not the chart, and you just heard
the fabulous girl group The Click-ettes proving that old school is cool with
a great late 50s snuggle song for my yon teens, "Lover's Prayer."

If you're just tuning in, we're in the middle of

a 7-in-a-row block party on Geator Gold with

yours truly Jerry Blavat, The Geator with the
Heater, The Boss with the Sauce, right here
on S-P-M-M... home of The Shady Bunch.

Speaking of school, here are The Students,
a doo-wop group from Ohio that recorded
two classics of the genre, "I'm So Young"
and "Every Day Of The Week," both
songs penned by William H. "Prez"
Tyus, Jr., a high school pupil.

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The two monumental songs were released back-to-back on the same 45.

Here now are The Students with the B side, "Every Day Of The Week,"

a dance number that inspired The Dovells' "Bristol Stomp!"

"Every Day of the Week" - The Students

(B side of "I'm So Young" single orig. released in

July & Aug. 1958 and charted #26 in June 1961)

Waxed in the summer of 1958 and popular three years later in the summer of '61
as the fab flip of the top 30 hit "I'm So Young," that was the up tempo side
"Every Day Of The Week" by The Students of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fiction and Fact From the Geator's Almanac:
He is known as the singing barber of Pine Hill,
New Jersey, a town not far from Philadelphia.
I'm talking about Mr. Billy Harner. In the 60s
Billy's high voltage performances of R&B
material invited comparisons to Mitch
Ryder and earned Billy the nickname
“The Human Perk-u-lator.”

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In the 70s, Billy's records were hot in
Northern Soul clubs of the UK. Here's
Billy's biggest-- "Sally Sayin' Somethin'!"

"Sally Sayin' Somethin'" - Billy Harner

(Aug. 1967, highest chart pos. #118 Bubbling Under)

That was Billy Harner - “The Human Perk-u-lator” - and his signature song
"Sally Sayin' Something," a big hit on the East Coast in the summer of 1967.

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And as all good things must come to an end,
so too must this edition of Geator Gold.

Thanks for listening. Don't touch that dial,
because my puppy pal Toto Moto is coming
up on the other side of news with a special
show called Toto's Tutorial. You don't wanna
miss it. After that, my good buddy Dell Rat
Tom drops in to play stacks o' wax on Juke-
box Giants, and I'll be back soon with more
Geator Gold... so keep it here on S-P-M-M
where the cool oldies live on and on.

To play us off, gospel-tinged disco done right, just inches across the border
into secular territory. The song is "Mighty Cloud of Joy," and the group
is called the Mighty Clouds of Joy. Now this is Jerry Blavat, The Geator
With the Heator... The Boss With the Big Hot Sauce, reminding you to
keep on rockin', baby, 'cause you only (woo-HOO!) rock once! Bye y'all!

"Mighty Cloud of Joy" – Mighty Clouds of Joy
(Feb./Mar. 1975, highest chart pos. #47 R&B)