Rose-Colored Glasses with Dr. Don Rose - Volume 1: 2020 Hindsight: A Perfect View of the Past Thru Song!

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 ROSE-COLORED GLASSES 

 with DR. DON ROSE 

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

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(COLD SHOW OPEN)

"Ju Ju Hand" - Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs

(Aug./Sept. 1965, highest chart pos. #26 Hot 100/#28 Cash Box) 

I've got a yoka mata huba bakwa Juju Hand

This yoka mata huba bakwa sure is grand

Makes your eyes look red and your tongue turn green

The yoka mata huba bakwa makes you scream 

Shucks, if I were in a restaurant and heard Sam at the next

table yammering that mumbo jumbo... I'd grab the waiter

and say "I'll have what he's having!" (BA-DUM-BUMP) 

In the lead-off spot, boasting about the magical power of his "Ju Ju Hand,"

that was Dallas rock & roller Sam The Sham along with his band of Pharaohs.

They're the wild and crazy guys who scored a top 3 hit with "Wooly Bully."

"Ju Ju Hand," their follow-up single that same year, 1965, didn't do as

well on the chart, just making it into the top 30. 

A Dr. Donald D. Rosey good morning to you! I'm

Dr. Don Rose from Quixie in Dixie, WQXI Atlanta,
along with my pet canary Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!)
welcoming you to my first official radio show on 
sister station S-P-M-M, the authentic sound of
top 40 radio in the 60s. The songs I play will

make your ears smile, and the videos you'll

watch on my YouTube simulcast will let

you view the past thru Rose-Colored

Glasses and relive the halcyon days

of your youth. By the way, if anybody

knows what the devil a halcyon is,

give me a call. I'm pretty sure a halcyon

is the doodad doohickey gismo that

fits on the end of a whatchamacallit
thingamajig. (BA-DUM-BUMP)

Now let's peer through our Rose-Colored glasses at the fall of 1966.

For nearly three years The Beatles and other Brit bands had been

dominating the chart in the states, but some American artists

survived the onslaught and successfully competed with the

long hairs from across the pond.  Among them were these

cool cats from Boise, Idaho, and later Portland, Oregon.

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As the story goes, patriot Paul Revere shouted "The British are coming!

The British are coming!... but my band  of Raiders can and will fight back

against the Invasion." That they did. 1966 was The Raiders breakthrough

year - 5 hit singles in a row - and I've got one of them on my turntable.

Here they are, the clown princes of pop rock, singing the red, white

and blues about another problem-- "The Great Airplane Strike!"

"The Great Airplane Strike" - Paul Revere And The Raiders

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos. #17 Cash Box/#20 Hot 100)

Just what the doctor ordered - a feel good

ditty from Paul Revere & The Raiders, a

terminal tirade about "The Great Airplane

Strike," a top 20 hit for the band in 1966.

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This fella's full name is Billy Joe Thomas

and he keeps nagging me to pay back the

$50 I borrowed. Bobbie Gentry wrote a

song about it --- "Owed To Billy Joe."

(MOOOOO!) Here's B.J. Thomas and his 

chandelier song - "Hooked On A Ceiling!"

"Hooked On A Feeling" - B.J. Thomas

(Dec. 1968/Jan. 1969, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

The sound of the electric sitar allows Boomers to name that tune in 2 seconds flat.
A top 5 hit across the land at Christmas 1968 and on into the winter of '69, that

was B.J. Thomas and "Hooked On A Feeling," a song covered five years later

by the Swedish rock band Blue Swede, the guys who added the creepy chant
 "Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" to the song. "Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" is the
sound I make in the bathroom after eating my wife's pot roast.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)

Dr. Donald D. Rose reminding you that

an apple a day keeps the doctor away -

if your aim is good enough.

(BA-DUM-BUMP)

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Up next, countrified crooner Roger Miller

sings about a place where you can see

bobbies on bicycles, Westminster Abbey,

the tower of Big Ben and The Snows

of Kilimanjaro. (MOOOOO!) Here's

Roger now with-- "England Swings!"

"England Swings" - Roger Miller

(Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #8 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

A top 10 hit from late fall 1965, that was

Roger Miller singing "Inga Lynn swings

like a pendulum do." Shucks, that's why

I'm eager to meet her! (BA-DUM-BUMP)

Dr. Don Rose in the morning on Quixie

in Dixie and S-P-M-M, Retro Radio in Futuresonic Stereo Surround. I don't

have a clue what any of that means!

(KAZOO SOUND)

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These guys are a little bit country, a little bit

rock 'n' roll and a whole lotta fun. They're
The Newbeats, and they had a string of
Nashville style pop hits like this
one-- "Run, Baby Run!"

"Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" - The Newbeats

(Oct./Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #12 Hot 100/#14 Cash Box)

You just heard the falsetto of the late great
Larry Henley singing "Run, Baby Run" with
The Newbeats. The record stopped at #12 on

the U.S. chart in the fall of 1965 but reached

the 10 spot in the UK six years later when it

was re-released as a B side and became

a dance favorite in Northern Soul clubs.

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Now a taste of Nashville soul from

Joe Simon. Joe feels like a puppet

on a string because his sweetie

keeps him-- "Hangin' On."

"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" - Joe Simon
(May/June 1968, highest chart position

#11 R&B/#25 Hot 100/#42 Cash Box)

Not to be confused with the hit by

the Motown Supremes, that was

"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On,"

a different song and different

kind of soul - Nashville soul,

a crossover hit in 1968 for

R&B soul man Joe Simon.

Shucks, I'm all out of time and

Gary Owens is waving me off.

Thanks for tuning in and letting

me put some corn in your morn.
I hope you had fun peering into

the past through Rose-Colored

Glasses and reliving the salad

days of your youth. I'm a meat

and potatoes man myself.

(MOOOOO!)

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Stay tuned for Geator Gold with Jerry Blavat coming up on the B side of news,

and I'll be back soon with another pile of platters for a Rosey good morning.

That's my pledge, and here's Joe Jeffrey with his "Pledge of Love." Now

this is Dr. Don Rose along with Lulu-Belle (MOOOOO!)... So long!

"My Pledge Of Love" - The Joe Jeffrey Group

(June/July 1969, highest chart pos. #13 Cash Box/#14 Hot 100)

Plan B (Soft) - The Case of Evil Eva!

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"Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" - Neil Diamond

(Apr./May 1967, highest chart pos. #9 Cash Box/#10 Hot 100)

That was Neil Diamond kicking-off this special blogcast with
his top 10 hit from 1967, "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon."

Hi, I'm Jimmy Berluti, an associate
at the Boston law firm of Donnell,
Young, Dole & Frutt on the hit
television series The Practice.

They call me Jimmy the Grunt
because I'm strictly a working class
stiff - no pretense, just a regular

guy practicing law, and I'm gonna

keep on practicing till I get it right.

I'm Patty Solis-Papagian,

a DUI lawyer and

real estate agent who

works with Santa Monica

attorney Billy McBride

(who bears a striking

resemblance to

Billy Bob Thornton)

on the hit television

series Goliath.

And I'm Kim Wexler, a lawyer
who previously worked at HHM,
a successful law firm based in
Albuquerque, NM. Currently I
am sharing office space with

"Slippin' Jimmy" McGill aka
Saul Goodman, a small-time
lawyer on the hit TV series
Better Call Saul, a spin-off
of Breaking Bad.

Patty and Kim are good kids, nice girls.

Patty was my mother's name. So was Kim.

The three of us are here today to bring you

the exciting news that, starting next year,

we will be joining Shady Del Knight's

entertainment company The Shady Bunch

and hosting our own radio show here on

S-P-M-M.  It's called Plan B (Soft)

and today we have a preview.

As experienced lawyers, Patty, Kim and I make a formidable dream team.

We lay down the law, mount a rigorous defense. Remember our slogan:

"Your problems will be little 'cause we always win acquittal." Now I can

hear some of you asking, "What exactly do you mean by Plan B (Soft)?"

"Plan B" is where we create reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors

that our client is guilty. We do that by pointing the finger at somebody

else and suggesting they did the crime. In today's test case Kim, Patty

and I intend to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, in fact, beyond a

shadow of a doubt, that there is no better radio show anywhere
than the one we will be hosting on S-P-M-M. As you will see

and hear... the evidence is overwhelming and irrefutable.

Now meet our client, Eva (below)... a 1950s teenager.

Eva's a good kid, a nice girl. Eva was my mother's name.
Eva came to us for help, informing us that she got
tangled up with a bad crowd and was arrested
for stealing hubcaps. We will argue that it is
her boyfriend Johnny's fault, not hers.

The defense will show that Johnny is a sketchy character in the truest sense,
a juvenile delinquent with a rap sheet a mile long, a bad apple, rotten to the core,
and that he was a bad influence on our client. We intend to prove that Johnny,
for the purpose of his own self gain, deliberately, wantonly, and with
malice aforethought, initiated our client into the seedy
gangland world of criminal mischief.

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Submitted for your approval, exhibit A,
evidence that Eva is an innocent victim,
a mixed-up, shook-up girl who
got in over her head.

"Mixed-Up, Shook-Up, Girl" - Patty And The Emblems
(July/Aug. 1964, highest chart pos. #28 Cash Box/#37 Hot 100)





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Move to strike, your honor!
We zealously object to the
prosecution's use of the name
"Evil Eva" when referring
to our client. Clearly it is
meant to inflame the jury!

"Evil Eva" - The Newbeats
(Aug. 1966, B side of "Bird Dog)

Objection! - Prejudicial!

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We denounce opposing counsel's
description of our client as a
"Little Town Flirt," ask that it be
stricken from the record and the
jury be instructed to disregard!

"Little Town Flirt" - Del Shannon
(Jan./Feb. 1963, highest chart pos. #11 Cash Box/#12 Hot 100)

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We also object to the prosecution's
suggestion that our client is
"The Devil In Disguise!"

"(You're The) Devil In Disguise" - Elvis Presley
(July/Aug. 1963, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100 & Cash Box) 

Objection!
Assumes facts

not in evidence.

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We contest opposing counsel's assertion
that our client is a fool because she has
his love but treats him cruel. Everyone
in this room knows she's a fool
for loving Johnny!

"She's A Fool" - Lesley Gore
(Oct. thru Dec. 1963, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#6 Cash Box)

Our closing argument is this, ladies and gentlemen
of the jury. Our client, Eva, is a nice girl from a
good family who fell under the spell of a dope
peddling, hubcap stealing gangster, a Svengali
who controlled her, manipulated her, made her
do his bidding and ran her afoul of the law.
It wasn't our client's fault, plain and simple,
and therefore you must find her "not guilty."

The defense rests. It is our contention
that this is an open and shut case but,
ultimately, it is you who must decide.
You the people are the judge and jury.

Regardless of the verdict, we hope you'll
join us in 2021 when we return with the
official debut of our new show, Plan B (Soft),
right here on S-P-M-M, the station that's
number one for music and fun.

 

Till then remember this.

If you're in an accident,

Better Call Saul or

Billy McBride...

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But if you need a music fix

and need it real bad, call us

and ask for Plan B (Soft).

Remember, suspicion equals

reasonable doubt, and that's

what Plan B (Soft) is all about.

For my partners Kim & Patty

this is Jimmy Berluti saying

thanks and so long!

"Suspicion" - Terry Stafford
(Mar./Apr. 1964, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Hey, Hey Paula!

Today is a very special day.

It's my cousin Paula's

70th birthday

and I'm taking her (and you)
on a trip down memory lane!

Tommy and Paula at the beach in Wildwood, NJ

Among my happiest childhood memories are those made with Paula in the

early 50s when our families vacationed at the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey.

Here, just for you, Paula, is one of Philly's Phinest, Bobby Rydell, singing

about "Wildwood days, party lights and wild, wild Wildwood nights!"

"Wildwood Days" - Bobby Rydell

(May/June 1963, highest chart pos. #17)

As I display a few more pictures taken by my dad,
the shutterbug, at fun-filled family gatherings of the 50s...

sweet girl Paula on right

...there are a few more things I'd like you
to know about my cousin Paula.

Paula, more than anyone, was responsible for getting me interested in

pop music and pop culture. In the late 50s Paula got me started watching

Dick Clark's American Bandstand. She introduced me to the music of teenage
idols like Ricky Nelson and the boys from Philly which included the singer you

just heard, Bobby Rydell, along with another young Philadelphia dreamboat
and heartthrob - Fabian. In this scene from Bandstand, you will catch
glimpses of Fabian signing autographs (at 52 sec. and 1:20) as the

kids in the studio dance to the Newbeats' hit "Bread And Butter."

"Bread And Butter" - The Newbeats

(Sept. 1964, highest chart pos. #2, ep. of American Bandstand

with Fabian signing autographs at :52/1:20 mark)

Speaking of Philly teenage idols, let's not forget the very popular Frankie Avalon.

In recent years, Frankie toured with Bobby Rydell and Fabian as a trio called

Dick Fox's Golden Boys. (Dick Fox is a Manhattan producer and promoter.)

Now let's turn back the clock to 1959 as cute and cuddly Frankie Avalon

performs his signature song-- "Venus."

"Venus" - Frankie Avalon

(Mar./Apr. 1959, highest chart pos. #1)

Cousin Paula and I lived in York, PA. Down the road a hop, skip and a jump is

the city of Hanover, hometown of the much loved girl group The Pixies Three.

To honor Paula on her special day, The Pixies sing their hit "Birthday Party."

"Birthday Party" - The Pixies Three

(Aug./Sept. 1963, highest chart pos. #40)

Cousin Paula was named after her dad, Paul, (above right) and that brings

to mind the Texas duo of Paul & Paula and their chart-topper "Hey Paula."

"Hey Paula" - Paul And Paula

(Jan./Feb. 1963, highest chart pos. #1)

"Hey Paula" by Paul and Paula reminds me of "Tall Paul," a top 10 hit

for Mouseketeer Annette Funicello in 1959. Here's a wonderful hybrid
video combining two vintage clips of Annette performing the ditty,
including the time she shrank to puppet size on Bandstand.

"Tall Paul" - Annette

(Jan./Feb. 1959, highest chart pos. #7,

perf. on American Bandstand)

Paula, my dear cousin...

Feb. 1951 - posing before we went to Sunday school

... you were close to me from the
very start - a wonderful companion.

Thank you very much, Paula...

for being my childhood chum.

Thank you for igniting my passion for
 pop music and for helping to make
my childhood years so much fun.

In closing, here's Neil Sedaka with a
musical message just for you, Paula:

"Happy birthday, sweet sixteen!" (+ 54)

"Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" - Neil Sedaka

(Dec, 1961, highest chart pos. #6, perf. on American Bandstand)

Hey, hey, Paula... I love you!

Stuck Like Glue On Shady Blue - Vol. 1: Stuck On You!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

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

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
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 STUCK LIKE GLUE 
 on SHADY BLUE 

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

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"New Orleans" - Eddie Hodges

(July 1965, highest chart pos. #44)

Eddie Hodges starting us off right with a rockin' trip down the mighty
Mississip to "New Orleans," a cover of the 1960 hit by Gary "U.S." Bonds.

Morning morning glory. My name is Shady Blue, how-do-you-do?

Hey, our commercial free cruise has just begun on the all new
S-P-M-M radio, home of "The Shady Bunch," the station
where the boss jocks always play seven in a row.

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Retrosonic Radio in Futuresonic Stereo Surround, that's S-P-M-M!
You're stuck like glue on Shady Blue and-- ELVIS!

"I Gotta Know" - Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
(Dec. 1960/Jan. 1961, highest chart pos. #20,
B side of "Are You Lonesome To-night?")

From Christmas 1960 and the early weeks of 1961,

Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires - "I Gotta Know" -

the fab flipside of "Are You Lonesome To-Night."

You're stuck like glue on Elvis and Shady Blue

here on the all new S-P-M-M radio.

Up next, one of the Greatest Songs of All Time according to Rolling Stone, and I'm not about to argue. If you're catching the simulcast of my show on YouTube, check out Mr. Del Shannon performing on a 1965 episode of Hollywood A Go Go.

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Listen in super stereo as Del serenades the Gazzarri Dancers with
his signature song, a #1 charting monster hit from 1961-- "Runaway!"

"Runaway" - Del Shannon (Apr. 1961,
highest chart pos. #1, live appearance on
Aug. 28, 1965 ep. of Hollywood A Go Go)

Del Shannon with "Runaway," a song that was later used

as the theme of the 1980s television series Crime Story.

S-P-M-M means good music, good memories and good

times and you're Stuck Like Glue On Shady Blue.

Here's another entry on Rolling Stone's list of

The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. At #70,

it's the second highest ranked song by a

solo female artist, right behind "Respect"

by Aretha Franklin. Burt Bacharach and

Hal David composed several songs for

this gifted diva and this is one of the best.

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It's a smooth sound from a great year in music - 1964.
Miss Dionne Warwick-- "Walk On By!"

"Walk On By" - Dionne Warwick

(May/June 1964, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100 & R&B,
from Aug. 1964 album Make Way For Dionne Warwick)

If you're just tuning in, good morning and howdy-do.

You're Stuck Like Glue On Shady Blue and you've

got your radio dial set on S-P-M-M... home of

"The Shady Bunch"... not to be confused with

The Brady Bunch or The Breakfast Club. Hey,

if you happen to be eating breakfast while

listening to the show, I've got a question.

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Remember the old advertising jingle of the 70s and 80s -

the one that went "I like bread and butter, I like toast and jam,

I like Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread, It's my favorite brand"?

Well here's the record that inspired the campaign -

The Newbeats-- "Bread And Butter!"

"Bread And Butter" - The Newbeats

(Sept. 1964, highest chart pos. #2, live perf.
on Oct 3, 1964 ep. of American Bandstand)

You're tuned to S-P-M-M, The Shady Bunch,

and yours truly Shady Blue. One of Bobby

Darin's biggest hits, a multi-million seller,

shoulda, coulda and woulda gone all the

way to the top of the chart. Instead it was

stopped in its tracks at #2 by the wildly

popular patriotic anthem that clung to

the number one spot - "The Battle of

 New Orleans" by Johnny Horton.

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Coming to you in super stereo on S-P-M-M Radio,

here's Bobby's biggie from 1959-- "Dream Lover!"

"Dream Lover" - Bobby Darin (May/June 1959,

highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100/#4 R&B)

Hey, time's up and I gotta scoot.

Thanks for joining me for my first show. Stay tuned, because there's
much more music coming up on the flipside of news on Natural Hy
with your host, the man with the plan, on the scene with the
record machine, the one and only Hyski - Hy Lit!

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I hope by now you're Stuck Like Glue on yours truly Shady Blue and that you'll
keep it right here on S-P-M-M... the station that's #1 for music and fun!
To play us off, here again is The King...Elvis the Pelvis, with my
theme song-- "Stuck On You." See you next time!

"Stuck On You' - Elvis Presley

(May, June, July 1960, highest chart pos. #1,
May 12, 1960, live perf. on Frank Sinatra's
Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley)