Natural Hy - Vol. 6: How Cool - Solid COLD!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

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

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 NATURAL HY  

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)"

- The Temptations (June/July 1970, highest chart pos.

#1 Cash Box/#2 R&B/#3 Hot 100) 

"And the band played on." Starting us off with a heavy dose of

reality, those were The Temptations and "Ball of Confusion,"

a chart-topping hit for the Motown men in the summer of '70.

Calling all my beats, beards, Buddhist

cats, big time spenders, money lenders,

teetotalers, elbow benders, hog callers,

home run hitters, finger poppin’ daddies

and cool babysitters. For all my carrot

tops, lollipops and extremely delicate

gum drops. It's your pal on the radio,

Hyski ‘O Roonie McVouti ‘O Zoot

- “The South Philadelphia Kid” -

- "The Potentate of The Keystone

State" - callin' uptown, downtown,

crosstown, here, there, everywhere.

Your man with the plan, on the scene

with the record machine, welcoming

you to a special edition of my show

Natural Hy here on S-P-M-M.

News flash: it's winter, and I'm following Arnie Ginsburg's lead and playing

Solid Cold. Every record in today's lineup has a cold open, a cold intro.

That means no voice-overs by yours truly until we get to the end of 

the show. So hang out and chill as I spin these cool classics!

The ladies we're about to hear from next came from the world

of gospel music where they were known as The Heavenly Tones. 

They found fame on the secular side of the street as Little Sister,

backing singers for Sly And The Family Stone. In 1970, a month

before "Ball Of Confusion" started up the chart, the trio scored

a major hit of their own. Hyski digs this sound to the max.

Solid Cold now from Little Sister and "You're The One!"

 

"You're The One" (Tom Moulton Mix) - Little Sister

(Mar./Apr. 1970, highest chart pos. #4 R&B,

#20 Cash Box/#22 Hot 100)

I'm the one..."You're The One."  That was Little Sister,

the girl trio formed by Sly Stone, doing their

Hy-performance R&B hit from

the spring of 1970.

Hy Lit, your man in the tower with all the power, giving you all the boogie

you can handle in stereo. If the show's called Solid Cold, then it's apropos

that The Ice Man cometh! It's smooth soul man Jerry Butler, who took

his mama's advice about life and love and put it the words of a song.

Here's a fab slab from the spring of 1969... Mr. Jerry Butler

topping the R&B chart with-- "Only The Strong Survive!"

"Only The Strong Survive" - Jerry Butler

(Mar./Apr. 1969, highest chart pos. #1 R&B,

#4 Hot 100/#5 Cash Box, from Nov 1968

album The Ice Man Cometh)

Got to be strong, got to hold on, 'cause only the strong survive.

Mama's words of wisdom delivered in the form of a song

by an early member of The Impressions, Jerry Butler,

dubbed The Ice Man by my pal, Philly radio great

Georgie Woods - The Guy with the Goods.

If you're just tuning in, you're catching a

special Solid Cold edition of Natural Hy

here on S-P-M-M Retro Radio. We're in

the middle of a 7-in-a-row commercial-

free block party, and every record

but the last has a cold open.

Let's slow things down and go old school

with this next one, a dreamy sound from

1960. Released on Halloween that year,

it's scary to know that a great song like

this one never made the chart. It's a doo-

wop era remake of a ballad originally

penned and recorded in 1936. You've

got a date with The Fabulous Four,

and they wanna meet you "In The

Chapel In The Moonlight."

"In The Chapel In The Moonlight" - The Fabulous Four

(Oct. 1960, B side of "Mr. Twist")

Not to be confused with The Fab Four - The Beatles - or The Fantastic Four

from the Motor City, those were The Fabulous Four from right here in

Philly, a fine doo-wop group led by Junior Pirollo. They were also

known as The Four J's. That great version of "In The Chapel In

The Moonlight" went to waste as the B side of "Mr. Twist,"

an up tempo dancer that failed to make the chart.

Hyski ‘O Roonie McVouti ‘O Zoot with

you on the radio here at S-P-M-M...

where we go huntin' for the great songs

of the past and bring 'em back alive.

On my turntable right now... one

of the coolest of all Solid Cold

dance songs, a peppy platter

waxed by rockin' & rollin'

R&B, blue-eyed soul man

Mitch Ryder and his band

The Detroit Wheels. Time

to sing along with Mitch

 as he gets the joint jumpin'

with- "Sock It To Me - Baby!"

 

"Sock It To Me - Baby!" - Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels

(Feb./Mar. 1967, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100)

That was Motor City wild man

Mitch Ryder and his Detroit

Wheels, cracking the top 5 in

'67 with "Sock It To Me - Baby!,"

a phrase Mitch used the previous

year in his hit single "Devil With

A Blue Dress On." In 1968,

"Sock it to me" became the

catchphrase of the TV series

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. 

Hey you midnight movers and uptown

groovers, knock me your lobes— are

you ready for this? It's another hot

sound with a cold intro, this one

from the fall of '67. Get it on,

get into it, as my main man,

Mr. Brenton Wood, asks his

baby, pretty please, just

"Gimme Little Sign!"

"Gimme Little Sign" - Brenton Wood

(Sept./Oct. 1967, highest chart pos. #7 Cash Box/#9 Hot 100,

#19 R&B, perf. on Dec. 21, 1968, ep. of Top Of The Pops)

He was born Alfred Smith, but he found success as Brenton Wood,

and that was Brenton's contribution to our Solid Cold special, his 1968

appearance on Top Of The Pops in the UK doing "Gimme Little Sign."

Uh-oh, Shady D's giving me a little sign.  He's waving me off,

so it's time for me to put away my platters, turn off

the table and head for the exit.

Thanks for joining me for this

special Solid Cold edition.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

 I wanna thank my guests Little Sister,

The Ice Man - Mr. Jerry Butler, the

Temptations, Fabulous Four, Billy

And The Essentials, Brenton Wood

and this wailin' sax man - Jr. Walker

& his All Stars - playing us off with

"Hip City," a top 10 sound from '68.

Stay tuned. Coming up on the B side

of news, my buddy Ernest P. Worrell

drops by to rock your billygoat on

SPMM, the station with personality.

And I'll be back soon to take you up to the sky on a Natural Hy.

Till then, till we meet again, this is Hy Lit reminding you to

maintain your cool, don't be nobody's fool. Later, baby!

"Hip City - Pt. 1" - Jr. Walker And The All Stars

(Sept. 1968, highest chart pos. #7 R&B,

#28 Cash Box/#31 Hot 100)

Natural Hy - Volume 5: Pips Love Call

HEADPHONES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR SPMM RADIO BLOGCASTS.

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

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

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 NATURAL HY 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Back In My Arms Again" - The Supremes
(May/June 1965, highest chart pos.
#1 Hot 100/#1 Cash Box/#1 R&B)

The big sound... the bold sound... the Holland-Dozier-Holland sound...

the Motown sound of The Supremes blasting us off the launch pad

and sending us into orbit as we take to the sky on a Natural Hy.

Calling all my beats, beards, Buddhist cats,

big time spenders, money lenders, tee-

totalers, elbow benders, hog callers,

home run hitters, finger poppin’

daddies and cool babysitters.

For all my carrot tops, lollipops

and extremely delicate gum drops.

It's your pal on the radio, Hyski

‘O Roonie McVouti ‘O Zoot -
“The South Philadelphia Kid” -

"The Potentate of The Keystone

State." Callin' uptown, downtown,
crosstown - here, there, everywhere.

Your man with the plan, on the scene

with the record machine. Hey you

midnight movers and uptown

groovers, knock me your lobes

— are you ready for this?

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

If you dig it big. If you dig it bold, then dig this, another super slab

to keep you flyin' Hy... the grooviest record Cher never made.

Burnin' up the boss lines in April of 1965, it's April Young

and-- "Gonna Make Him My Baby!"

"Gonna Make Him My Baby" - April Young

(April./May 1965, uncharted nationally but reached
top 20 @ WIBG Philadelphia, #27 @ WARM Wilkes-Barre,
#36 @ WSBA Lancaster-York-Harrisburg

and #53 @ WMCA New York City)

Sounding so much like Cher, that was April Young, wife of famed record producer

 Jerry Ross, with "Gonna Make Him My Baby," a Spectorian Wall-of-Sound

 production that caught fire in Philly and up and down the East Coast in

April and May of '65. The record was so hot in the Delaware Valley

that April was dubbed The Daughter of Wibbage-land, and her

power platter rode high on the surveys of radio stations in

other mid-Atlantic burgs as well. Sadly, April Young

never grew old. She was only in her 40s when

she took ill and died in 1989.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

Slowing it down on Natural Hy

with one of the great groups to

come out of Philly. These guys

had a string of hits from the late

60s to early 70s and helped shape

"The Sound of Philadelphia."

Here now are The Delfonics

and - "Break Your Promise."

"Break Your Promise" - The Delfonics

(Sept./Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #12 R&B,

#35 Hot 100/#46 Cash Box)

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

That was the ice cool sound of Philly's Phinest,

The Delfonics, with a sweet and soulful ballad

that brushed the top 10 on the R&B chart in

the fall of '68, "Break Your Promise." If you're

just tuning in... you're on a Natural Hy with

me, Hy Lit, on the greatest little station in

the nation, S-P-M-M. Gentlemen... start

your engines. Keeping it mellow, from

the Motor City, the group best known

for the early 70s crossover hits "Whatcha

See Is Whatcha Get" and "In The Rain."

The Dramatics now with a groove

from '75-- "Tune Up!"

"Tune Up" - The Dramatics

(Feb. 1975, highest chart pos. #74 R&B)

The Dramatics of Detroit there with a smooth groove

from 1975, a little thing called "Tune Up."

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

You're listening to Natural Hy with yours truly

Hyski, on S-P-M-M... where all the cool oldies

come to play... and we're in the middle of a

7-in-a-row block party. It's a family affair...

Gladys Knight And The Pips, a group with

talent to spare and great records to burn.

This one, for instance - impossibly cool -

yet it went to waste, hidden away to die

on the vine as the B side of a poor selling

single. From '64, listen to the sweet sound,

the soulful sound, the groovy sound of

The Pips and their-- "Love Call!"

"Love Call" - Gladys Knight And The Pips

(July 1964, B side of "What Shall I Do")

Gladys Knight and the Pips and their "Love Call," a little known

and seldom heard B side that shoulda been, coulda been

and woulda been a hit... if only...

Hy Lit of The Shady Bunch

keeping you company here

on S-P-M-M... the station

with personality.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

Here's hot wax that knocks me out

cold...a sound that's guaranteed

 to keep you on a Natural Hy.

Quite rightly it's from Hi Records

and soul man Syl Johnson--

"Take Me To The River!"

"Take Me To The River" - Syl Johnson

(June/July 1975, highest chart pos. #7 R&B/#48 Hot 100/#59 Cash Box)

One of the fine artists on the roster of Hi Records, the Memphis-

based soul and rockabilly label... that was bluesy R&B great

Syl Johnson doing the biggest hit of his recording career,

"Take Me To The River."

Shady Del Knight will take me to task

if my show runs overtime. That being

the case, it's time for me to spin my

last record and hit the road, Jack.

It was a groove having you here

as together we took to the sky on

a Natural Hy. Hey, stick around.

Coming up on the flip side of

news it's everybody's favorite

K-9 companion, my pal Toto

Moto, to welcome you inside

his Top Tunes Time Tunnel,

and I'll be back soon with

another stack of boss goldens...

every spinner a certified winner.

I wanna see your face in the place

-- Shady's Place -- so keep your

ear here on S-P-M-M retro radio!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

To play us off, Big Al... Mr. Downing... a man who did it all and did it well.

He rocked. He rolled. He sang the blues, gospel, country, R&B and Disco,

and that brings us to this killer from the mid 70s at the height of the Disco

craze, "I'll Be Holding On," a song that spent 3 weeks atop the Dance chart.

Now this is Hy Lit reminding you to be good, be nice, be kind,

maintain your cool, don't be nobody's fool. Later!

"I'll Be Holding On" - Al Downing

(Feb./Mar. 1975, highest chart pos. #1 Disco/Dance,

#31 R&B, #85 Hot 100)

Natural Hy - Volume 4: "5-10-15-20-25-30"

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

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

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 NATURAL HY 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Sweet Inspiration" - The Sweet Inspirations

(Apr./May 1968, highest chart pos. #5 R&B/#18 Hot 100/#20 Cash Box)

Kicking-off today's show, you just saw and heard The Sweet Inspirations

singing in sweet harmony on their single "Sweet Inspiration," a top 5 hit

for the gospel-tinged soul quartet in the spring of 1968. The group was

led by Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston and the aunt of

Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick.

CLICK TO START VIDEO!

Calling all my beats, beards, Buddhist cats, big time
spenders, money lenders, teetotalers, elbow benders,
hog callers, home run hitters, finger poppin’ daddies

and cool babysitters. For all my carrot tops, lollipops
and extremely delicate gum drops. It's your pal
on the radio, Hyski ‘O Roonie McVouti ‘O Zoot -
“The South Philadelphia Kid” - "The Potentate
of The Keystone State." Callin' uptown, downtown,
crosstown - here, there, everywhere. Your man with
the plan, on the scene with the record machine.
Hey you midnight movers and uptown groovers,
knock me your lobes— are you ready for this?
More fantabulous Chi-town soul from
the guys this time-- The Dells!

"Wear It on Our Face - The Dells

(May/June 1968, highest chart pos. #27 R&B/#44 Hot 100)

Chicago soul at its finest - "Wear It On Our Face" - from the group
once called The El-Rays. Now they're known and loved as The Dells.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

You're listening to Natural Hy with yours truly
Hy Lit of The Shady Bunch on S-P-M-M...
the station with personality. Time to pop in
to Queens, New York, home of a trio called
The Toys. What a sound this is. Can you
dig it? If you can't, baby-- "May My
Heart Be Cast Into Stone!"

"May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone" - The Toys

(April 1966, highest chart pos. #85 Hot 100)

The Toys, the group that gave us the chart topper "A Lover's Concerto" in '65,

back with another great one in '66-- "May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone."

If you're just tuning in you're on a Natural Hy
with me, Hyski, on S-P-M-M Radio - where
all the cool oldies come to play.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

In '62, Motown diva Mary Wells hit big
with "The One Who Really Loves You."
That same year Mary's label mates,
the marvelous Marvelettes, waxed
their own version of the song, and its
a classic in its own right. Check this!

"The One Who Really Loves You" - The Marvelettes

(from 1961 album Smash Hits Of '62)

From a 1962 album that included killer covers like "Twistin' The Night Away,"
"Good Luck Charm" and "Dream Baby" plus their latest hit "Twistin' Postman,"

 those were The Marvelettes with another great sound from Motown, their

version of the Mary Wells hit "The One Who Really Loves You."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Slowing things down now with a smooth
groove guaranteed to put you on a
Natural Hy. Back to Chicago we
go with The Impressions and
an updated version of an old
favorite-- "I'm So Proud."

"I'm So Proud" (updated ver.) - The Impressions

(from 1970 album The Best Impressions: Curtis, Sam & Fred)

A group of guys who always made the best impression,

Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, with a rerecorded

1970 version of their 1964 hit "I'm So Proud."

Here's another sound from that same year, 1970,
as we switch from sweet Chi-town soul to rockin'
white soul from, of all places, Motown Records.

CLICK TO START VIDEO!

This dynamic psychedelic blue-eyed soul band was the

first all-white act to score a hit for Motown. They even

had a subsidiary label named after them - Rare Earth.

The tune on my table right now is their breakthrough

hit, a cover of a song written by Smokey Robinson

and originally a hit for The Temps in 1966. Dig

Rare Earth shouting "Get Ready, here I come!"

"Get Ready" - Rare Earth

(May/June 1970, highest chart pos. #1 Canada,

#2 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100/#20 R&B)

You just listened to the husky voice of lead singer Gil Bridges
fronting his band Rare Earth on their 1970 million seller "Get Ready,"
a cover of a top 30 hit by The Temptations that charted four years
earlier. Rare Earth's version went top 3 on Cash Box, top 5 on
Billboard and zoomed all the way to #1 in Canada. 

That's all for now. You've been ridin' on a Natural Hy
with me, Hyski, here on S-P-M-M. Stay tuned for my
Shady Bunch pal Dr. Don Rose and his Rose-Colored
Glasses, coming up on the B side of news, and I'll be
back soon with another stack of boss goldens, every
spinner a certified winner. I wanna see your face
in the place...  so keep your ear right here.

CLICK TO START VIDEO!

To play us off the air, one of the coolest sounds ever.
They're The Presidents, a trio from, where do you think?
Washington, D.C. - with their crossover hit from 50 years
ago, "5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)." Now this is Hy

Lit reminding you to be good, be nice, be kind, maintain

your cool, don't be nobody's fool. Later, my friend!

"5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years Of Love)" - The Presidents

(Oct./Nov. 1970, highest chart pos. #5 R&B/#11 Hot 100)

Natural Hy - Vol. 3: I Just Can’t Stop Dancing!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

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

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 Natural Hy 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Expressway To You Heart" - Soul Survivors
(Oct./Nov. 1967, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100/#3 R&B)

Crosstown traffic-- New York born, Philly bred, our blue-eyed
Soul Survivors in the lead-off position, the first of seven
heavy hitters in a row, with their top 5 charter
"Expressway To Your Heart."

Calling all my beats, beards, Buddhist cats,
big time spenders, money lenders, teetotalers,
elbow benders, hog callers, home run hitters,
finger poppin’ daddies and cool babysitters.
For all my carrot tops, lollipops and extremely
delicate gum drops. It's your pal on the radio,
Hyski ‘O Roonie McVouti ‘O Zoot. You and
I are takin' to the sky on a Natural Hy!

START THE VIDEO NOW!

Callin' uptown, downtown, crosstown - here, there,
everywhere. Your man with the plan, on the scene
with the record machine. If you're watching my
simulcast on YouTube, check 'em out, my sweet
 home girls Sheri & Susie on the Hy Lit TV Show!

"More, More, More, of Your Love" - Bob Brady And The Con Chords

(Apr./May 1967, scene from The Hy Lit Show)

"More, More, More, of Your Love," a classic Northern Soul dancer, the original
released in 1966 by the fabulous Smokey Robinson and The Miracles on their
album Away We a Go-Go, but, dig this, the sound you just heard was not
Smokey. It was incredible Smokey sound-alike Bob Brady along with
his Baltimore group The Con Chords, a cover released in April 1967.
Plus, as a bonus, that rare video featuring Sheri and Susie,
my regular dancers on the Hy Lit Show.

Hey you uptown groovers, knock me your lobes.
Are you ready for this?  Hy Lit, your man in
the tower with all the power giving you all
the boogie you can handle... in stereo here
on the greatest little station in the nation,
S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio!

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

These long tall Texans had us dancing nonstop
from the late 60s through the 70s. Archie Bell
and the Drells now with the follow-up to their

smash hit "Tighten Up." This one's called--
"I Can't Stop Dancing!"

“I Can’t Stop Dancing” – Archie Bell & the Drells

(August 1968, highest chart position #9 Hot 100/#5 R&B)

The funky sound of Archie Bell and The Drells, from Houston, Texas,
hitting the top 10 Pop - top 5 R&B - with "I Can't Stop Dancing."
You're on a Natural Hy with Hy Lit, card carrying member
of The Shady Bunch deejay team on S-P-M-M.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Time to slow it down and sway a while to
one of the sweetest sounds ever to come out
of the Motor City. These cool cats are known
as Motown's best-kept secret. They call
themselves The Originals and here's
their first and biggest hit, a song
penned by Marvin Gaye and his
wife Anna Gordy, Berry's sister,
a stone smash in '69-- "Baby,
baby, baby, I'm For Real!"

"Baby, I'm For Real" - The Originals

(Oct./Nov. 1969, highest chart pos. #14 Hot 100/1 R&B)

S-P-M-M... where all the cool oldies come to play,
and that was the smooth soul sound of Motown
from The Originals doing their sig song, the
chart-topping single "Baby, I'm For Real."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Hey, don't break away from your sweetie just yet.
Keep cuddling because I've got another slow drag
for you. From the Tri-state area, here's another
fine soul group,  The Continental 4, the guys
best known for "Day By Day," a top 20 hit
in 1971. Check out this slick sound from
the summer of '73-- "(You're Living
In A) Dream World!"

"(You're Living In A) Dream World"

The Continental 4 (Aug. 1973)

Too cool for school... The Continental 4
with the title song from their debut album
Dream World produced by Bobby Martin.

If you're just tuning in I'm Hyski, Hy Lit,

The South Philadelphia Kid, the Potentate

of The Keystone State, coming to you from
 the hippest spot on your dial, S-P-M-M.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

And speaking of dream world, The Temptations
are here to get inside your head and blow your
mind. Dig this heavy stuff-- "You Make Your
Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth!"

"You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth"

The Temptations (from 1970 album Psychedelic Shack)

Psychedelic Shack, that's where it's at, and those were The Temps

with a song from that 1970 album, schoolin' you on the facts of life
with "You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth."

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

That's a wrap. You've been ridin' on a Natural Hy
with me, Hyski, on S-P-M-M. To play us off the air,
"Time Is Tight," a groovy late 60s instrumental by the
Stax house band Booker T. & the MG's. Time is tight
and I gotta scram outta here. Stay tuned. Coming up
on the flip side of news, it's my buddy Shady Green,
The Dean of Keen, and his Wayback Machine, and
I'll be back before you know it with another stack
of boss goldens, every spinner a certified winner.
Till then, till we meet again, this is Hy Lit,
your pal on the radio, reminding you to
maintain your cool. Don't be nobody's
fool. Later, baby. over and out!

"Time Is Tight" - Booker T. And The M.G.'S

(Apr./May 1969, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100/#7 R&B,

from OST of Dec. 1968 Ruby Dee film Up Tight!)

Natural Hy, Vol. 2: Girls On Film - The Flirtations!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

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

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 Natural Hy 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Nothing But A Heartache" - The Flirtations

(Mar./Apr. 1969, highest chart pos. #34 Hot 100,

#3 on WRKO-AM in Boston)

Ultra hot and ultra cool at the same time, the surreal sight and sound
of mod soul, a record made in England. The South Carolina Gypsies,
The Flirtations, and their 1969 biggie "Nothing But A Heartache,"
a slick sound that went top 3 on sister station WRKO in Beantown.

Hi there, and welcome! This is your pal on the radio,
Hyski - Hy Lit - and you and I are taking to the sky on
a Natural Hy, kicking off a seven-in-a-row block party here on S-P-M-M, home of The Shady Bunch.

Calling all my beats, beards, Buddhist cats, big time

spenders, money lenders, teetotalers, elbow benders,

hog callers, home run hitters, finger poppin’ daddies

and cool babysitters. For all my carrot tops, lollipops

and extremely delicate gum drops. It's your pal on

the radio, Hyski ‘O Roonie McVouti ‘O Zoot.

Callin' uptown, downtown, crosstown - here, there,

everywhere. Your man with the plan, on the scene

with the record machine, Yours truly Hy Lit -

The South Philadelphia Kid, The Potentate

of the Keystone State!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

This one's a monster, The Sound Of Philadelphia in the making,
the ice cool sound of The Delfonics before they made it big. Recorded
in '66 at Cameo-Parkway, released on Moon Shot, reissued by popular
demand in '68, The Delfonics-- "He Don't Really Love You."

"He Don't Really Love You" - The Delfonics

(Aug. 1966, reissued Apr. 1968)

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

You just heard The Delfonics do "He Don't Really

Love You." Now, The Philly Ambassadors answer

with "I Really Love You," a song originally waxed

by Miss Dee Dee Sharp in 1965, a top 40 R&B
hit for Dee Dee. This sound from '69, see if
you dig it the way I do, You've seen them
on the Hy Lit TV Show. Now hear them
on Natural Hy. The Ambassadors
sing-- "I Really Love You."

"I Really Love You" - The Ambassadors

(Mar./Apr. 1969, highest chart pos.

#123 Bubbling Under/#43 R&B)

"I Really Love You" by another great Philadelphia soul group, The Ambassadors.
If you're just tuning in, you're on a Natural Hy with yours truly Hyski - Hy Lit -
on S-P-M-M, where all the great songs of the past go to live on and on.

Jesse James, a name to remember, is the songwriter

and producer who gave us "Boogaloo Down Broad-

way," the hit recorded by The Fantastic Johnny C,

along with the doublesider single "The Horse"

backed with "Love Is All Right" by Cliff Nobles

& Company. The James Boys, Jesse's band of

session musicians, played on Nobles' single.

A few months after Cliff rode "The Horse"

up and down the chart, The James Boys

took it out of the stable for another run.

They kept the original instrumental track

and changed the words of Nobles' vocal

side "Love Is All Right" into a song about

the latest dance craze. Get into it - check

it out - the vocal version of "The Horse,"

B side of "The Mule," by-- The James Boys!

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

"The Horse" - The James Boys

(Sept. 1968, B side of "The Mule")

That one beats me up. The James Boys and the Cliff Nobles vocal version
of "The Horse." FYI, some of The James Boys went on to form MFSB -
"Mother Father Sister Brother" - the band responsible for the
Soul Train theme "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)."

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

You're listening to Hy Lit... your man in the tower

with all the power, giving you all the boogie you

can handle... in stereo... right here on S-P-M-M,
where all the cool oldies come to play!

These cats were responsible for tearing the roof

off the sucker. The Show Stoppers with their
 biggie-- (Ain't nothin' but a) "House Party!"

“Ain’t Nothin’ But a House Party” - The Show Stoppers

(Bubbled Under @ #118 in May 1967, reached

highest chart pos. #87 in June 1968)

The Show Stoppers, two sets of brothers from The City of Brotherly Love,

and their big song, their sig-song, “Ain’t Nothin’ But a House Party.”

It remains one of life's great unsolved mysteries why that sizzler

failed to make the soul chart.

Now here's one of the unsung sirens
of Motown, Miss Barbara Randolph.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

In 1967 Barbara covered a song issued
a few months earlier by the Four Tops
on the B side of "Bernadette." Dig
Barbara doing-- "I Got a Feeling!"

"I Got A Feeling" - Barbara Randolph

(Oct. 1967, Bubbled Under @ #116)

And that wraps up this edition of Natural Hy.
Glad you could be here. Stay tuned for my good
buddy The Geator with the Heater, The Boss
with the Sauce, Jerry Blavat, coming up
next on the flip side of news.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

I'll be back soon with another stack of boss goldens,
solid senders...every spinner a winner.... and I wanna
see your face... in the place, right here at the station
that's #1 for music and fun, S-P-M-M. Now this is
your pal on the radio Hyski ‘O Roonie McVouti
‘O Zoot saying over and out - later, my friend!

"I Can't Turn You Loose" - The Chambers Brothers

(Dec. 1968, highest chart pos. #37)