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Showing posts with label Nancy Sinatra. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Alan, Denny, Cisco, Chris, Allie, Wolfman, Nina, Kate and Thea Join The Shady Bunch - 2023 New Year Gala, Pt. 2


COLD SHOW OPEN
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"Love You Inside Out" - Bee Gees
(dance performed by Legs & Co on
Apr. 26, 1979, ep. of Top Of The Pops

For your listening and especially your viewing pleasure, the dancing damsels
of Legs & Co on the long-running UK music program Top Of The Pops,
doing their artistic interpretation of "Love You Inside Out," a chart-
topping hit in the U.S. and Canada in the spring of 1979
for the British brother act the Bee Gees. 



Hello and Happy New Year!
I'm Alan Shore, the lecherous loose
cannon lawyer on not one, but two
hit television series - The Practice
and Boston Legal.

Welcome to Part 2 of Shady's
gala New Year extravaganza...
kicking-off 2023 in grand
style with music selections
from the newest members
of The Shady Bunch
deejay staff. 


My new show on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio is called
Letch Dance
With Alan Shore.
It will feature dazzling performances by Legs & Co, Pan's People and
Ruby Flipper, the female terpsichore troupes on Top Of The Pops.


Occasionally I will treat you to rare glimpses of the dancing Go-Go girls
on Germany's Musikladen and other European music programs of the 70s. 


 So join me and my sidekick Denny Crane this year on what promises to be
the most exciting and entertaining show ever presented at Shady's Place -
Letch Dance
With Alan Shore.



Pan's People...
Ruby Flipper...
Legs & Co...
I dated 'em all,
 and married 5 of
'em...or was it 6?
Denny Crane!





Hola mis amigos
y amigas!

As you recall from my previous
appearances, I'm Cisco Ramon...
mechanical engineering whiz kid
and youngest member of the team
of scientists at S.T.A.R. Labs on
the superhero TV series The Flash.
When I developed the metahuman
ability to see into the future, I took
the codename "Vibe." This year,
I am joining The Shady Bunch
DJ squad as host of a new show
on S-P-M-M Retro Radio called



Cisco's
VintaGe Vibes.
Just now, I peered into the future and saw good times ahead for you and me
on S-P-M-M. Here's a sample of what you'll see and hear on my show.

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From late 1970, the pop-jazz band Blood, Sweat & Tears led by
David Clayton-Thomas with their top 20 hit-- "Lucretia Mac Evil!"


"Lucretia Mac Evil" - Blood, Sweat & Tears
(Nov. 1970, highest chart pos. #17 Cash Box/#29 Hot 100)



Hi, Everybody! It's me again,
Chris Griffin, the crazy mixed-up kid
on Family Guy. As you know from my
previous stints on Shady's blogs, I am
also a world class talent scout. Today
I'm excited to announce that Shady
has promoted me to a full time DJ
on S-P-M-M radio. Starting this
year, I will host my new show

Chris Griffin's
Psychotic Break

...a musical interlude that will
put you in touch with your
inner wild child. 


To give you a hint of what's to come on my show, I present a song by Ratt,
the San Diego-based glam metal band of the 80s fronted by Stephen Pearcy.
Ratt is associated with comedy legend Milton Berle because he appeared in
two of the band's videos, and because "Uncle Miltie," as he was known by
millions of TV viewers, was the real life uncle of Ratt manager Marshall
Berle. Here now is Ratt on stage doing their top 40 Rock chart hit
from the fall of 1985-- "You're In Love!"


"You're In Love" - Ratt
(Oct./Nov. 1985, highest chart pos. #34 U.S. Rock,
#67 Canada/#82 UK/#89 Hot 100)


Hi, I'm Allie Pressman. Shady introduced
me last year.  As you recall, I'm the main
character on the mystery drama web TV
series The Society. The show is about
a group of high school classmates who
return from a field trip to discover that
everyone in their town has vanished.
The teens need to figure out how to
survive on their own, govern and
police themselves and forge a
brave new world. My new show
here on S-P-M-M will be called

Society's Child.

It is only fitting that the records
I play flash back to the late 60s
when gentle people with flowers
in their hair created a new society
and tried to make a better world.

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Here's the kind of song you'll hear on Society's Child...
Scottish troubadour Donovan's 1968 hit-- "Jennifer Juniper!" 


"Jennifer Juniper" - Donovan
(Apr. 1968, highest chart pos. # #18 Cash Box/#26 Hot 100)

AHHHOOOOOOO!

Happy New Year, bay-bay, from your old pal on the radio The Wolfman!
Yes, gracious, I'm back full time on S-P-M-M... the number one station for
a rock & roll nation.  Starting this year, I'll be hosting a new show called

 Wolfman Jack'
 AmericaHot Wa

...and here's a sample of the kind of sounds you'll hear.  It's the merry
Mr. Chuck Berry with a blast from the past... a chart topper
in the early months of 1958-- "Sweet Little Sixteen!" 


"Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry
(Mar. 1958, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#2 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
perf. on Feb. 22, 1958, ep. of The Dick Clark Show
aka Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show


Hello. I am Nina Sergeevna Krilova.
Do not believe what you read in
the newspaper. I come to you

 From Russia 
 With Love! 

I am a clerical worker turned KGB agent
on the FX network period spy thriller TV
show The Americans. I work at Soviet
Embassy in Washington, but much of
my time is spent...how you Americans
say?... making whoopee in safe house
with my secret lover, FBI agent Stan
Beeman. I serve him as an informant,
a "double agent." Yes, it is true. I am
Stan Beeman's...how you Americans
say?... under the covers angel.

Recently I received good news. Shady Del Knight has picked me to host
my own show starting soon here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

My show is called
 Nina Krilova's Glasnost 
...and I have a sample of what you might hear. It's Nancy Sinatra
with the B side of her 1966 hit "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?"
Here is-- "The Last Of The Secret Agents!" 


"The Last Of The Secret Agents?" - Nancy Sinatra
(May/June 1966, B side of "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?") 




Alrigh’ mates? I'm D.I. Kate Bishop on the British comedy-drama police procedural
Vexed. I'm the better half of a detective duo with my partner, Jack Armstrong,
a relationship that's every bit as dysfunctional as my marriage. 

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I was chuffed to bits when I got word that Shady Del Knight has
selected me and six other celebrity Brit birds to host our own
radio show on S-P-M-M. Our new show is called
BRITISH BRITISH SWAG 
..and here's a sample. From early 1967, it's The Spencer Davis Group
featuring singer-songwriter Steve Winwood doing their Hammond
organ-driven blues rock hit-- "I'm A Man!" 


"I'm A Man" - Spencer Davis Group
(Apr./May 1967, highest chart pos. #10 Hot 100 & Cash Box)



Hi, again!  I'm Thea Queen. You might remember me from my previous
appearances and hosting stints at Shady's rave parties. Just in case your
memory needs refreshing, I'm Oliver's kid sister and the vigilante
avenger codename "Speedy" on the DC Comics superhero TV
series Arrow. I also am the owner of Verdant, Star City's
hottest nightclub. With credentials like those, it's no
surprise that Shady picked me to go full time and
host my own show on S-P-M-M. I'll be back
later this year with the cool sounds of
the Disco 70s and clubbin' 80s on
Thea Queen of Clubs
... a show that'll keep you out on the floor and begging for more. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

I hope you enjoyed this 2-part music fest to start the new year. To play us off,
here's The Queen of Disco, Donna Summer, with "Last Dance," her top 5 hit
from the summer of '78. Donna performs the song in a scene from the film
Thank God It's Friday. Now for Kate Bishop, Nina Krilova, Wolfman Jack,
Allie Pressman, Chris Griffin, Cisco Ramon, Alan Shore and Denny
Crane, I'm Thea Queen saying goodbye and have a super year!


"Last Dance" - Donna Summer
(July/Aug. 1978, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100/#4 Cash Box,
#5 R&B, scene from May 1978 film Thank God It's Friday

Wolfman Jack's American Hot Wax
Another Shady's Place exclusive!

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Remembering John


January 16, 1993...
27 years ago today...


John Ettline died.

John spent the last nine years of his life without his wife Helen.
Imagine the strength and courage it took for John, a man in his 80s,
to go it alone, enduring the hardships of winter and keeping the Dell
in operation even as the teenage patrons became increasingly
rough, rowdy and disrespectful. How many of us
could have stood up to that challenge?

This year as we remember John, I selected three
songs that I believe John would have enjoyed.

 GENE CHANDLER 

John Ettline had style, class and swag. He reminded me
of The Duke of Earl as he walked through his dukedom,
The Shady Dell, a paradise he and his Duchess Helen
shared with thousands of grateful teenagers.

"Duke Of Earl" - Gene Chandler
(perf. on Apr. 3, 1965, ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go)




 NANCY SINATRA
 & FRANK SINATRA 

"Somethin' Stupid" was written by C. Carson Parks, brother of composer
Van Dyke Parks. The song was originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and
his wife Gaile Foote, the duo known as Carson and Gaile. The following
year a cover by “Ol ' Blue Eyes," Frank Sinatra, a duet with his daughter
Nancy, shot to #1 on the chart. I think this is John's kind of song.

"Somethin' Stupid" - Nancy Sinatra And Frank Sinatra
(Apr./May 1967, highest chart pos. #1)




 FRANK SINATRA 

"It Was A Very Good Year" was written in 1961 by Bob Shane, the only surviving
founding member of The Kingston Trio. and introduced on the group's album
Goin' Places. The song was famously recorded by Frank Sinatra and earned
The Chairman of the Board the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Vocal
Performance, Male. 1966 was my first full year at the Dell, my
first year of knowing, loving and respecting John Ettline.
I was 16. It was a very good year.

"It Was A Very Good Year" - Frank Sinatra
(Jan./Feb. 1966, highest chart position
#28 Hot 100/#1 Adult Contemporary)




John, you were the King of all Dell Rats.
If we have anything to say about it, you
and Helen will always be remembered.


We love you and miss you, John!