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Friday, May 14, 2021

My Role as a Social Media Influencer -
I Take it Seriously..... So Should You.

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OMG! For a split second, you took me seriously,

dear friend. You shoulda seen the look on your face!

I hope you never make that mistake again. You should

know by now that the only thing I want to influence

you to buy is my brand of humor, and the only thing

I want to influence you to do is to sing, dance,

laugh and have fun. With that in mind, I'll

reveal the actual title of today's post:

Let's All Play -

Name That Sample!

I can't tell you how many times per day,

(maybe 10 or more, maybe even a hundred!)

people come up to me on the street and

ask the following question:

"WHAT IS SAMPLING?"

Actually the number of times is zero. It's never
happened... but I'm gonna tell you anyway.

Sampling is the process of taking a portion of one sound recording
and making it part of another sound recording. Hip hop was the
first pop music genre based on the art of sampling. The craze
started in the 70s with deejays playing vinyl records on twin
turntables and, using a mixer, creatively combining them
to make new dance sounds. In today's post I bring you
five 21st century recordings that sample five hits of
the 20th century. Please listen to all five songs and
see if you can Name That Sample - name the old
recording sampled in the more recent recording.

SONG #1:

THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS

ft. will.i.am

The Pussycat Dolls were a Los Angeles based girl group and dance troupe
that specialized in R&B, pop, hip hop and dance music. will.i.am is a

hip hop artist and producer also from LA. In 2006 the two acts
came together on the international hit single "Beep."

"Beep" - The Pussycat Dolls ft. will.i.am

(Feb. 2006, highest chart pos. #13 Hot 100/#2 UK,

#1 Australia & New Zealand, from Sept. 2005 album PCD)

SONG #2:

RIHANNA

Rihanna is a R&B and dance-pop singer from Barbados now

based in New York. In 2006 Rihanna topped the U.S. pop, dance

and top 40 charts with her international hit single "SOS."

"SOS" - Rihanna

(Feb. 2006, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100,
#1 U.S. Dance Club Songs, #1 U.S. Mainstream Top 40,

#2 UK/#1 Australia, from Apr. 2006 album A Girl like Me)

SONG #3:

JOJO

She hails from Foxborough, Mass. Her real name is Joanna Noëlle
Blagden Levesque. Wisely the young pop/R&B singer chose "JoJo"
as her stage name. In 2007 JoJo reached the top 40 on the U.S.
Pop Songs chart and brushed the UK top 20 with "Anything."

"Anything" - JoJo

(May 2007, highest chart pos. #38 U.S. Pop Songs,
#21 UK, #18 Ireland, from Oct. 2006 album The High Road)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 1:45 MARK!

SONG #4:

MISSY ELLIOT

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot is a hip hop/R&B singer

from Portsmouth, Virginia. In 2006 Missy went

top 50 U.S., top 40 UK, top 25 in Australia

with the funky number "We Run This."

"We Run This" - Missy Elliot

(Feb. 2006, highest chart pos. #48 Hot 100, #38 UK,
#23 Australia, from July 2005 album The Cookbook,
Sept. 2006 album Respect M.E. & OST of 2006 movie Stick It)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 1:10 MARK!

SONG #5:

MADONNA

In 2005/2006 Madonna, The Queen of Pop, topped charts

worldwide with the album Confessions on a Dance Floor,

a set of songs influenced by 1970s and 80s disco.

"Hung Up," the lead single from the album,

was also an international hit.

"Hung Up" - Madonna

("LaRCS" - "Live and Record Combined Stereo")

(Oct. 2005, highest chart pos. #1 U.S. Dance Club Songs,
#1 UK, #1 in 18 other countries, from Nov. 2005

album Confessions On a Dance Floor)

How many samples were

you able to name?

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ANSWERS

SONG #1:

"Beep" by The Pussycat Dolls ft. will.i.am samples "Evil Woman,"
the 1975 hit by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

START PLAYING VIDEO AT 2:40

MARK TO HEAR THE SAMPLE!

SONG #2:

"SOS" by Rihanna samples "Tainted Love," the

1981/82 hit by the English synthpop duo Soft Cell.

SONG #3

"Anything" by JoJo samples "Africa,"

the 1982 hit by the American rock band Toto.

SONG #4

"We Run This" by Missy Elliot samples "Apache,"
the 1982 hit by The Sugarhill Gang

SONG #5

"Hung Up" by Madonna samples "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

(A Man After Midnight)," the 1979 hit by the

Swedish pop supergroup ABBA.

How many sampled songs were you

able to name? Check below to

determine your sampling I.Q.:

ALL 5 RIGHT:

Samply sensational!

3 OR 4 RIGHT:

Samply sufficient!

1 OR 2 RIGHT:

Samply seek some support.

0 RIGHT:

Sample Simon says

put on the dunce cap

and start studying!

Have a samply Shady Day!

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - Vol. 4: Have I the Right
(To Chew Your Slippers When You Leave the House)?

HEADPHONES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR LISTENING TO SPMM RADIO SHOWS.

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

TOTO'S

TOP TUNES

T I M E T U N N E L

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

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:

CLICK TO PLAY FIRST VIDEO.

AT 9 SEC. MARK, CLICK TO

START SECOND VIDEO!

"The Pied Piper" - Crispian St. Peters

(June/July 1966, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Based on the German folklore fairy tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin, that was

"The Pied Piper" by English pop singer Crispian St. Peters, a cover of a song

penned and originally recorded by the American songwriting and performing

duo The Changin' Times. St. Pete made the song famous in the summer of '66

with a single that went top 5 in the U.S. and UK and topped the chart in Canada.

I'm a Cocker Spaniel, not the best of ratters,

but a loyal Dell rat, and it's all that matters.

Just ask my master Shady Del Knight.

Yes, folks, it's me - Toto Moto - The Hound

of Sound, your Musical Mutt, your All Nite

Satellite, the barker who put the "WOW!"

in bow-wow, and you've just entered my

Top Tunes Time Tunnel for another fun-

filled trip back to the sounds of the 60s.

I'm an English Cocker, and today's

Time Tunnel show is an all star
salute to UK recording artists.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

All seven of these songs were hits in the U.S. but were waxed across the pond,
and I don't mean the one I just made on the floor in the hall. Let's lay the
foundation for this mini British Invasion by recalling "The Bad Bad
Old Days" before Jerky Treats were invented-- The Foundations!

"In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)" - The Foundations
(Apr. 1969. highest chart pos. #26 Cash Box/#51 Hot 100)

Finishing in the Top 30 on Cash Box but missing the Top 50 on Billboard,

go figure, that was "In The Bad, Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me),"

a groovy sound from the spring of '69 by the mixed race, mixed

nationality UK soul band The Foundations.

Shady's dog Toto Moto keeping you company in the

wee small hours of the morning here on S-P-M-M...

the station that's #1 for music and fun, and up next

The Hollies, an English pop-rock band known for

their glorious three part harmony and long string

of hits at home and stateside. Seems The Hollies

had more good songs than they knew what to do

with. In May of 1967 two of their singles were

released at the same time and the records

competed against each other. "Carrie-Anne"

made the top 10, eclipsing the Hollies

single on a different label that had

been released three weeks earlier.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

As a result, this song peaked near the bottom of the top 30 and shoulda gone

higher. The Hollies now with a hit that missed-- "Pay You Back With Interest!"

"Pay You Back With Interest" - The Hollies

(June/July 1967, highest chart pos. #28 Hot 100/#29 Cash Box)

Those were the Hollies and their under-performing

single "Pay You Back With Interest," a record that

died on the vine when "Carrie-Anne" came long.

I thought I'd go out of my mind the fist time

I heard the guitar at the beginning of this

next British R&B Merseybeat record.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

The sound was new, different, bold, and oh
so cool. Riding the U.S. chart the last three
months of '64, The Kinks-- "You Really Got Me!"

"You Really Got Me" - The Kinks

(Oct. to Dec. 1964, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#7 Hot 100)

Ray Davies and his band of Kinks with "You Really Got Me,"

their first charting record in the U.S., a single that reached

the Top 10 on Billboard and the Top 5 on Cash Box.

If you're just tuning in, you're trapped inside

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel. I'm your hairy

host, blog mascot Toto Moto of The Shady

Bunch, the platter playin' pooch who starts

from scratch and aims to fleas, and we're

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

free cruise on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Here's another UK record that was popular
in the fall of 1964, the same weeks that
the Kinks' song "You Really Got Me"
was hot. This one finished even
higher on the chart.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Meet The Honeycombs, a band with an unusual lineup that featured

Honey Lantree, one of the few female drummers in pop at the time.

The guys and a girl ask the musical question-- "Have I The Right?"

"Have I The Right?" - The Honeycombs

(Oct./Nov. 1964, highest chart pos. #4 Cash Box/#5 Hot 100)

The Honeycombs there with their first single and

the biggest hit of their career, the top 5 charting
"Have I The Right?" As a sad footnote, the band's
original lead singer Dennis D’Ell died in 2005
at the age of 61 and drummer Honey Lantree
died just before Christmas 2018 at age 75.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

When a dog's gotta go, a dog's gotta go.
Shady forgot to put down a piddle pad
and-- "I Can't Control Myself!"

"I Can't Control Myself" - The Troggs

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos. #38 Cash Box/#43 Hot 100)

Hovering around the Top 40 mark on Cash Box and Billboard, Reg Presley

and his rowdy band of English garage rockers The Troggs aka

The Troglodytes with "I Can't Control Myself."

Here it comes again - that feeling like I've

run out of time. I hope you enjoyed zooming

back to the past with me in Toto's Top Tunes

Time Tunnel. Stick around. Coming up on the

flip side of news it's Debbie the Dellette

hosting another music packed meeting

of the Top Hit Club of America,

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

And I'll be back before you can say cat scratch fever to spin another batch

of classic Sixties toe-tappers in my Top Tunes Time Tunnel. To play us off,

The Fortunes from late '65 and "Here It Comes Again." Now this is your

K-9 Kompadre, your Hi-Fi Fido, your Rover on the Radio, Toto Moto,

saying thanks for tuning in, be good and see you soon!

"Here It Comes Again" - The Fortunes

(Nov./Dec. 1965, highest chart pos. #27 Hot 100/#37 Cash Box)

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - Vol. 3: Walk On By...
Don't Stop, Sniff and Yank on the Doggone Leash!

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

TOTO'S TOP TUNES

T I M E T U N N E L

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

COLD SHOW OPEN:

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

"Just Like Me" - Paul Revere And The Raiders

(Jan./Feb. 1966, highest chart pos. #11 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box)

"THE DITTIES ARE COMING!"

That there was Paul Revere and his band of Raiders featuring
Mark Lindsay on lead vocal, kicking off our midnight ride with
"Just Like Me," a single that brushed the top 10 in the
early weeks of 1966 and began a string of classic
garage rock hits by the group.

Hi there! I'm your host, Toto Moto,
Shady's dog, the Shady's Place
blog mascot, Chief Petting Officer
and Shady Bunch deejay. They call
me the All Night Satellite, the Hound
of Sound and the Hi-Fi Fido. Shucks,
I don't care what they call me as long
as they don't call me late for chow.
(BA-DUM-BUMP)
Welcome to another 7-in-a-row
midnight block party here on
S-P-M-M, the station that's
number one for music and fun.
I'm starting from scratch...
and I aim to fleas.

Here's a riddle: What has four legs and chases cats?
Mrs. Katz and her lawyer! (BA-DUM-BUMP)

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

I know I'm a corn dog, but it's alright, and that just happens to be the
title of my next song. In 1966 this one reached the top 30 on the pop
chart and the top 5 R&B. J.J. Jackson zings-- "But It's Alright!"

"But It's Alright" - J.J. Jackson

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos.

#4 R&B/#22 Hot 100/#26 Cash Box)

You done me wrong, girl... left me
all alone with my achy breaky heart,
"But It's Alright," sings Brooklyn soul
man J.J. Jackson, a record that was
hot on the charts in the fall of 1966.

This is everybody's favorite mutt, your rover

of the radio - Toto Moto - and I want you to

lend me your ears. Lend me your eyes, too,
because my show is simulcast on YouTube.
We're traveling thru my Top Tunes Time
Tunnel back to the swingin' 60s here on
S-P-M-M, the number one station for
a rock and roll nation. This 7-song
non-stop commercial free cruise
is just getting started!

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

From 60s R&B soul we switch to country pop and the smooth
sound of Billy Joe Royal's sig song "Down In The Boondocks."
In this vintage clip, Billy Joe is flanked by The Gazzarri
Dancers on Hollywood A Go-Go!

"Down In The Boondocks" - Billy Joe Royal

(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #6 Cash Box/#9 Hot 100)

From the archives of Hollywood A Go-Go, that was Billy Joe Royal

doing his biggest hit, "Down In The Boondocks," a top 10 record

in the summer of 1965. "Boonies" was written by Joe South and

samples the Gene Pitney hit "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa."

If you're just tuning in, I'm Toto Moto,

your Rocker Spaniel, keeping you

company on the radio all night

long here on the greatest little

station in the nation, S-P-M-M.

Folks, this next one has me scratching
my head (and other body parts). Dionne
Warwick emerged as one of the biggest
stars of the 60s waxing the songs of
Burt Bacharach and Hal David. You
are about to hear one of their greatest.
It's among Dionne's best known hits,
ranked #70 on Rolling Stone's list of
The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,
yet, at the time of its release, the
single failed to reach the top 5
on the pop and R&B charts.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Check out this vintage clip in which Dionne decides to
casually "Walk On By" rows of mysterious men in suits.

"Walk On By' - Dionne Warwick

(May/June 1964, highest chart pos.

#6 Hot 100 & Cash Box & R&B)

That was sultry soul siren Dionne Warwick brushing the top 5
in the spring of 1964 with "Walk On By," and this is your
All Night Satellite Toto Moto digging up gold (and a
few old bones) on S-P-M-M... Retrosonic Radio
in Futuresonic Stereo Surround.

I've got more great tunes in my Time Tunnel

than you can shake a stick at, enough to last

you through the dogs days of summer.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Now let's hear the West Coast folk-rock
sound of The Byrds with a Bob Dylan
song that ignited the mid 60s folk-rock
boom. Spinning on my turntable even
as I bark is the band's first single,
number one in the summer of
'65-- "Mr. Tambourine Man."

""Mr. Tambourine Man" - the Byrds

(June/July 1965, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Those Byrds are the bees knees, and you're sweatin' to the oldies
with me, your K-9 compadre, Toto Moto, right here on

S-P-M-M, the station that's #1 for music and fun.

From Oklahoma they came - Five Americans,

count 'em - one, two, three, four five. In 1967

the band released their biggest hit. Inspiration

for the ditty came when the lead guitarist was

goofing around and produced a unique sound

that reminded the other guys of a telegraph key.

START VIDEO NOW!

By now I'm sure you know the famous
song I'm talking about - "Hot Diggity
(Dog Ziggity Boom)" - uh... no...
pardon me, folks, I accidentally
skipped ahead to my next show.
Here are The Five Americans
and-- "Western Union!"

"Western Union" - The Five Americans

(Mar./Apr. 1967, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box)

"Western Union" by the Five Americans, not to be confused with
"Hey, Western Union Man" by Jerry Butler or the traditional
Christmas hymn "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."
(BA-DUM-BUMP)

Hey, the sun's comin' up and I gotta run.
(I also need to find the nearest fire hydrant
pronto!) Thanks for staying awake with me

all night long. Stay tuned on the B side of
news for the debut of another brand new
show here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
It's called Libbin' It Up With The Good Girls
and stars those sweet thangs, my new best
bud-ettes Cindy, Patti & Jane, and I'll be
back soon to take you on another hip
musical trip to the Swingin' Sixties.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - the paws that refreshes. Accept no substitutes.
Now this is your puppy pal, your Pooch with the Hooch, Toto Moto, saying
so long and leaving you in the capable hands of Every Mother's Son as
they sing their 1967 top 5 hit "Come On Down To My Boat." What's
my favorite part of a boat, you ask? The poop deck, of course.
(BA-DUM-BUMP) Goodbye everybody!

"Come On Down To My Boat" - Every Mother's Son

(June/July 1967, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100)

Monday, February 10, 2020

Toto Moto and Brian Griffin Bark in Perfect Harmony:
"I Don't Know Why I Love This Commercial... But I Do!"

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Hi, folks! It's me,

Chief Petting Officer
Toto Moto, the jolly
Shady's Place mascot

and your hound of

sound on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio!

And I'm

Brian Griffin

from Family Guy...

another member of

The Shady Bunch

deejay staff.

Toto and I are poking our snouts in to let

you know that Shady's move went well.

Starting today he is easing back into

blogging and will visit you soon.

And with Valentine's Day fast
approaching... me and my
bowwow buddy Brian are

gonna throw you a bone
and bark the praises of our
favorite television commercial.
It's number one with a bullet,
the hottest spot in the land, the
most popular and talked about
commercial of 2020. It's the
one produced for the travel tech
company Expedia to advertise
their Expedia App. The tagline
reads: “Everything Your Trip
Needs for Everyone You Love.”

The commercial's catchy
jingle introduces to a
brand new and much
younger audience of TV
viewers an oldie but goody
entitled (I don't know why)
"But I Do," a top 5 charting
single released in 1961 by
R&B singer Clarence

"Frogman" Henry.
Check it out!

I don't know about you, Toto, but I could almost

hear the oohs and aahs of viewers all over the

country when it showed a closeup of that cute

Whippet gazing at his human mommy as she

soaked in a bubble bath and used

the Expedia App on her phone

to browse pet friendly vacation rentals

for an upcoming family trip.

Just call me snoopy, Brian,

but I did some digging and

found lots of people on

social media reacting to

Expedia's "Pet Friendly"

commercial. Many of

them think the spot is

supercalifragilistic-

Expedialidocious.

Just look are some

of their comments!

"I ❤ this commercial!"

"Love the song."

"Who is the actress? Love that song too."

(TOTO MOTO: She's Toronto-based actress Erica Levene.)

"The Whippet has such a cute little mug-- sold me on Expedia!"

"Love this commerical, the actress, dog and song.
Short and to the point, well done Expedia!"

"I love your commercial, the clumsy husband, the dog just is the high point!"

"Such a cute commercial, love the dog the most!"

"Love the song, the lady in the bath, and the dog, just perfect."

"I love this commercial: the song, whole family and the dog. Also I love Expedia!"

"My most fav advert where the lady and dog look at each other with so much love."

"She rocks! This is quite literally the best commercial I have seen in a while."

"I love this commercial. It is the ONLY one I will stop and listen to.

The look on the Black ladies face, her boy in the car and the last

look between the lady and the dog is precious. What ever

ad firm produced this should get an award."

(BRIAN: Credit for the spot goes to Razorfish Digital Agency and 180LA,
a creative boutique under the Wunderman Advertising umbrella.)

"This ad just grows on you: the kids, the dad, the mom, the dog

and the frogman song. Stuck in my head for weeks now.

Don't know why I love it, but I do. :( "

"I lovvvvveeeee that dog!!!!!"

"More of this whippet please!!!"

Hey Brian, all that

puppy love reminds me

of another great old

song - "Whippet!"

Now Whippet

Into shape

Shape it up

Get straight

Go forward

Move ahead

Try to detect it

It's not too late

To Whippet

Whippet good

Whippet good and, we hope you folks agree,

that Expedia commercial is, as Tony the

Tiger would say..."Gr-r-reat!"

Now for my K-9 kuzzin

Toto Moto, this is your

pal Brian Griffin saying

so long and see you soon.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

To play us off, here again is

Clarence "Frogman" Henry,

who will be 83 next month.

I'm sure he's happy to be

making new fans thanks

to that warm and fuzzy commercial. Bye-bye!

"But I Do" aka "(I Don’t Know Why) But I Do"

- Clarence Henry aka Clarence "Frogman" Henry

(Apr./May 1961, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100,

#4 Cash Box/#9 R&B)

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Toto's Top Tunes Time Tunnel - Vol. 2: Yeh, Yeh!

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

TOTO'S TOP TUNES

T I M E T U N N E L

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

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

PIGGYBACK COLD OPEN:
CLICK TO PLAY SECOND VIDEO

AT 9 SEC. MARK OF FIRST VIDEO!

"Just One Look" - The Hollies

(May 1964, highest chart pos. #98 Hot 100/#2 UK)

Retrosonic Radio

in Futuresonic

Stereo Surround...

that's S-P-M-M!

Heidi-ho! It's me again, your puppy pal
Toto Moto. Hey, if my buddy Jerry Blavat
can call himself The Boss with the Sauce,
then I'm The Pooch with the Hootch...
your Hi-fi Fido, your Musical Mutt,
your All Nite Satellite, welcoming
you into my wormhole, the Top
Tunes Time Tunnel, for another
fun-filled trip back to the
best years of your life!

To open the show, we flashed back to the British Invasion in 1964 and listened

to a new enhanced version of "Just One Look," the fist single to reach the U.S.

chart by the English pop-rock band The Hollies, a cover of the top 10 hit the

previous year for American R&B singer Doris Troy who co-wrote the song.

Amazingly, the Hollies fabulous version lasted only one week on the U.S.

chart at #98 while soaring to #2 back home in the UK. When reissued

in the states in 1967 the single cracked the top 50 but should have

done better, doggone it!

In 1966 the British Invasion was followed by a Spanish Invasion
of sorts in the form of Los Bravos, a beat band from Madrid
that scored a top 5 hit in the UK and here in the states
with "Black Is Black."

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Two years later Los Bravos released another rousing single that brushed

the top 50 stateside, a song written by members of the Aussie band

The Easybeats. The excitement meter is pegged as Los Bravos

performs-- "Bring a Little Lovin'."