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!

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(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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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)