Let's Go-Go to a Surf Party, a Ski Party and a PJ Party! (Part 2 of My Series A+ Songs from B, C and D Movies)

 Hi, I'm Clarence Rutherford. 

 The guys call me Lumpy uh, a real cool friend. 
 Welcome to Pt. 2 of Shady Del Knight's series 
 A+ Songs from B, C and D Movies. My father 
 says I'm grounded if he catches me hanging 
 out with Shady Del Knight.  He says Shady's 
 an even worse influence than Eddie. I'll take 
 my chances. Here's Shady now with more 

 cool tunes from low budget beach party, 
 ski party and PJ party flicks of the 60s. 

I did the math. 99% of low budget "teensploitation" movies are schlock.
I'm pretty sure the actors who played
teenage characters in them were older
than I am now. 😃 The plots of those
movies are preposterous, the acting
is terrible and so is most of the music.
Watch the trailer of the 1965 cheapy
The Beach Girls and the Monster!

I read somewhere that 60s beach movies were aimed, not at teenage audiences,
but instead at middle aged men (like Shady) who wanted to gaze at bikini clad
women and relive their youth. I loved Annette Funicello but didn't care for
her beach movies. They aren't funny, most of the characters are unlikable
jerks and the music is awful. Occasionally however a genre film delivers
on the music, and that's what this series is about, salivating the best
performances culled from those B (as in bad), C (as in camp)
and D (as in dumb and dumber) flicks.

 JAMES BROWN 

 AND THE FAMOUS FLAMES 

Holy Godfather of Soul, Batgirl! It's James Brown along with the
late, great Yvonne Craig, together in the 1965 flick Ski Party
starring heartthrob Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman
from TV's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis!

You wouldn't expect to find Mr. Dynamite on the slopes or hanging out
with a bunch of snow whites at a ski lodge, but anything goes in these
lowbrow teen romps. Brother James steals the show in this picture,
performing a brand new song that went on to become the biggest
hit of his career a few months later-- "I Got You ( I Feel Good)."

 "I Got You (I Feel Good)" - James Brown 

 (Dec. 1965/Jan. 1966, highest chart pos. 
 #1 R&B/#2 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100, scene 
 from June 1965 movie Ski Party) 

 LESLEY GORE 

Why beach movies are released in wintertime and movies set at ski lodges

are released in summertime is beyond me. Anyhoo, one of the shortest pop

hits on record was used in the Ski Party soundtrack. Here now is lovely

Lesley Gore singing her top 20 hit "Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows"

as she and her friends take the bus to fun and folic at a mountain retreat.

 "Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows"  - Lesley Gore 

 (July 1965, highest chart pos. #13 Hot 100/#19 Cash Box, 
 from June 1965 movie Ski Party) 

 JACKIE DeSHANNON 

 PATRICIA MORROW & LORY PATRICK 

Prolific singer/songwriter Jackie DeShannon appeared in two
rock & roll movies, C'mon, Let's Live a Little, a 1967 film
featuring Bobby Vee, and Surf Party, a beachy keen
1964 picture starring pop crooner Bobby Vinton.

In this scene from Surf Party, pajama partiers Jackie DeShannon,
Patricia Morrow and Lory Patrick stay up way past their bedtime
and feel a song coming on. Watch the fun as the girls cavort
their way through "Never Comin' Back."

 "Never Comin' Back" - Jackie DeShannon 

 with Patricia Morrow and Lory Patrick 

 (from Feb. 1964 movie Surf Party) 

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 STAN GETZ & 

 ASTRUD GILBERTO 

In Part 1 you saw and heard The Animals perform a song in the 1964 movie

Get Yourself a College Girl. Also appearing in the film are Astrud Gilberto,

the Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer who cracked the top 5 on

the U.S. chart that year with the single "The Girl From Ipanema,"

and legendary tenor sax player Stan Getz who backed Astrud.

Here are Astrud and Stan doing their hit in College Girl.

 "The Girl From Ipanema" - Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto 

 (June/July '64, highest cht. pos. #5 Hot 100 & Cash Box, 

 from Dec. 1964 film Get Yourself a College Girl) 

 DONNA LOREN 

As we gaze at Dr Pepper Girl Donna Loren above on the cover of the
September - October 1964 issue of the Dr Pepper Clock Dial Magazine,
a publication that was only available to Dr Pepper employees, and below
gracing a Dr Pepper calendar in the summer of 1966, the time has come to
wrap up my scholarly two-part salute to quick and dirty B, C and D movies.

Before we sail into the sunset, let's take one last spin around the dance floor,
groovin' to a hot number by that Pepper of a Girl, Donna Loren, as she sings
"Among The Young" in a scene from the 1964 teen romp Pajama Party
starring Disney regulars Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello!

 "Among the Young" - Donna Loren 

 (from Nov. 1964 film Pajama Party) 

 Beaver, I hope you 

 learned your lesson. 

 If you spend your 
 time watching B, 
 C and D movies, 
 you'll become 
 an F student.  

 Yeah, woll... here's the thing, 

 dad. I don't know much about 

 history. Don't know much 

 biology. Don't know much 

 about algebra. Don't know 

 what a slide rule is for.  

 But I do know 4 and is 8,  

 and if Donna Loren took me 

 on a date, what a wonderful 

 world this would be. 

Hey, got time for one more

drive-in ditty? Check out this

performance by an unknown

band in the 1965 film Go Go

Mania aka Pop Gear (UK title).

I never heard of these chaps...

but I think they've got potential.

Have a Shady day!

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"It's Summertime U.S.A." - The Pixies Three

(July 1964, highest chart pos. #116, scenes

from Nov. 1964 film Pajama Party)

Those were the girls next door to York, The Pixies Three of Hanover, PA,
kicking-off this edition of Jukebox Giants with "It's Summertime U.S.A."
 ...a warm weather anthem that ruled the airwaves across Pennsylvania
in the summer of '64. "Summertime U.S.A." was originally released
as the B side of the single with the dance song "The Hootch" as the
plug side, but "The Hootch" was banned by some radio stations
because it was suspected of being an endorsement of underage
drinking. (Gangsta rap was still light years away.) By the way,
if you're watching my simulcast on YouTube you saw scenes
from the 1964 beach party movie Pajama Party starring
Disney players Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello.

Hello again, I'm Dell Rat Tom of The Shady Bunch,
back on the air to spin the greatest sounds of the
Shady Dell here on S-P-M-M, where all the cool
oldies go to play. Today's lineup includes four

Michigan-based recording acts, so stay tuned.

You just heard from our hometown heroines,
The Pixies Three. Now let's bring back our
hometown heroes... our blue-eyed soul
brothers, The Magnificent Men, a York-
Harrisburg based band that drew much
of its soul and inspiration from Motown.

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The platter spinning on my turntable right now is one of my favorites by
this fine group. It's the B side of their 1968 single "Almost Persuaded,"
a song from their album The World Of Soul. This powerful ballad
is guaranteed to give you peace of mind in every way. Here they
are, The Mag Men, with-- "I Found What I Wanted In You!"

"I Found What I Wanted In You" - The Magnificent Men
(May/June 1968, B side of "Almost Persuaded)

That was the soaring sound of The Magnificent Men doing
one of their killer bees, "I Found What I Wanted In You,"
a song I like every bit as much as "Peace Of Mind."

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"Don't forget the Motor City," sang The Mamas

& The Papas, and I don't intend to. The Contours

of Motown are best known for their million selling

1962 chart-topper "Do You Love Me." At the Dell

in the mid 60s this was their biggie, a bona fide

dance floor filler- "Just A Little Misunderstanding!"

"Just A Little Misunderstanding" - The Contours
(June 1966, highest chart pos. #85 Hot 100/#18 R&B/#31 UK)

"Just A Little Misunderstanding" by The Contours, a dance hall sizzler during

that endless summer of 1966, and #33 on my exclusive Shady Dell survey.

It's no secret that Dell rats of the mid 60s loved sweet

soul music, but they also dug the sound of British bands.

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At the Dell, the Animals enjoyed greater popularity than
the Beatles and Stones. Stateside the R&B rockers scored
a top 10 hit with a cover of a blues song first recorded in
1924 by Ma Rainey. It's the band's first U.S. single issued
as Eric Burdon and The Animals-- "See See Rider!"

"See See Rider" - Eric Burdon & The Animals

(Sept./Oct. 1966, highest chart pos. #10)

Eric Burdon And The Animals there with a cool cover and a top 10 hit
for the band here in the U.S. -- "See See Rider." If you're just tuning in,
 I'm Dell Rat Tom and you're listening to Jukebox Giants, the greatest
hits of the Shady Dell, on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. 

Earlier we heard from the Motown R&B group The Contours.
Now here's another great Michigan act, this one based in
Flint, a garage band that called themselves Terry Knight
And The Pack. "TKP," as they are also called, were

responsible for one of the hottest records at the Dell
in the mid 60s. Like the Animals' "See See Rider,"
this one covers an earlier recording, the Italian
language single "Uno dei tanti," an international
hit for Joe Sentieri in 1961. In '63 the song was
translated to English and famously recorded
by former Drifters lead singer Ben E. King.

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Listen now to the spoken word masterpiece by TKP--

“I (Who Have Nothing).”

“I (Who Have Nothing)” - Terry Knight & the Pack

(Nov./Dec. 1966, highest chart pos. #46)

Way up there at #31 on my list of the Dell's 200 Greatest Songs of the
mid 60s, one hit wonders Terry Night And The Pack from Flint, Michigan,
with their 1966 version of "I (Who have Nothing), a record that was only
a minor national hit for the group, but hot in the Shady. Welsh crooner
Tom Jones also gained a hit with a recording of the song in 1970.
It's interesting to note that when the Pack broke-up, members
Don Brewer and Mark Farner went on to form Grand Funk
Railroad with Terry Knight serving as the famous
band's first manager and producer.

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Now here's another dramatic slow dance song that brought

Dell rat couples to the floor for two-and-a-half minutes of

sweaty snuggling. It's Erma Franklin, Aretha's older sister,

with her best known record-- "Piece Of My Heart."

"Piece Of My Heart" - Erma Franklin

(Nov./Dec. 1967, highest chart pos. # #10 R&B,
re-released in the UK in 1992 and peaked at #9)

Erma Franklin with the original recording of "Piece Of My Heart,"
the only version Dell rats really cared about. Erma, by the way,
was born in Mississippi and raised in Detroit, making her
the third Michigan based recording artist on today's show.

Time's up and I gotta leave for home to beat the curfew. I've had fun today
and I hope you did, too. Stay tuned for my good friend Shady Green
coming up on the other side of news to take you on a psychedelic
mind trip aboard his Wayback Machine, and I'll be back soon
with another stack of Jukebox Giants - the greatest hits of
the Shady Dell - here on S-P-M-M, the station that's #1
for music and fun. To wrap up the show, here's our 4th
act from Michigan, the temptin' Temptations of Motown.

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The Temps sing "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep," #67 on my Shady Dell
survey. Now this is Dell Rat Tom reminding you to make every
day a holiday... and every night a Shady Dell night!

"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" - The Temptations

(Sept./Oct. 1966, highest chart pos. #3)