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

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 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)

A+ Songs from B, C and D Movies. Part 1: Caution - Bikini Bunnies Are Bustin' Out All Over!

 Beaver, I just got a 

 disturbing call from 

 Miss Landers about 

 an essay you wrote. 

 Gee, dad... all I did was 
 prove that the earth isn't 

 flat. It's just the opposite! 

 When I saw this movie, 
 I found out the truth. 

 It's a bikini world! 

 THE 
 CASTAWAYS 

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Oh, Beaver... you never fail to

crack me up with those zingers

of yours! But, know something,
folks?... the little guy is right.
Skeptics might cry "Liar Liar,"
but The Castaways, the frat rock
garage band from the Twin Cities,
are here to prove Beav's theory.

Check out this performance by The Castaways, punctuated by that epic
primal scream on the original recording, in a scene from the 1967 beach flick
It's a Bikini World, winner of 50 Academy Awards including Best Picture! 😋

 "Liar Liar" - The Castaways 

 (Sept./Oct. '65, highest cht. pos. #12 Hot 100 & Cash Box, 
 scene from April 1967 movie It's a Bikini World) 

 THE TOYS 

It's a Bikini World also gave us a rare glimpse of the Jamaica, NY, trio
The Toys led by Barbara Harris. With a melody based on a Bach minuet,
"A Lover's Concerto" was the act's biggest hit, a #2 charting smash.
Their follow-up single, "Attack," featuring more of that angelic
girl group harmony, made the top 20 and is my Pick to Click!

 "Attack" - The Toys 

 (Jan. 1967, highest chart pos. #18, 

 from Apr. 1967 film It's a Bikini World) 

"Liar Liar" and "Attack" were
hit records, but bad beach
movies often relied on
throw-away songs and
nondescript instrumentals.
A good example is found
in this next scene from
Get Yourself a College Girl.
The rock & roll reel was
released around Christmas
in 1964, deep in the heart of
Beatlemania, yet the producers
would have us believe that
mid 60s teenagers preferred
jiggling to goofy, generic surf-
rock instrumentals. In the
following clip, look for stars
Mary Ann Mobley, Joan
O'Brien, Nancy Sinatra
and Chris Noel.

For me, what is particularly noteworthy about

this scene is one of the other dancers, the one

wearing a white blouse and black pants. It's

Roberta Tennes, the blonde beauty who

soon after became one of the Gazzarri

Dancers on the LA-based syndicated

television series Hollywood A Go-Go.
Shortly after that, Roberta wowed me

every weekday as a member of the

Action Kids, the dance troupe on

Dick Clark's Where The Action Is.
Sadly, Roberta died in 2015.

Let's relive happier days with

Roberta and the other women

as they take a dance lesson in

Get Yourself a College Girl!

 "Dance Lesson" (from Dec. 1964 

 movie Get Yourself a College Girl. 

 THE ANIMALS 

Recordings by Eric Burdon's Animals have been used in the soundtracks
of three dozen movies and television shows, and the Brit band made
live appearances in several of them, including the above featured
film Get Yourself a College Girl. Burdon and company are seen
here in brilliant HD performing a cover of the Chuck Berry

song "Around and Around," a track from The Animals'

1964 debut US album.

 "Around and Around" - The Animals 

 (from Aug. 1964 album The Animals, 

 scene from December 1964 movie 
 Get Yourself  a College Girl) 

 DICK AND DEE DEE 

In 1966 the popular duo Dick And Dee Dee joined Jay And The Americans,

The Astronauts, The Beau Brummels and Jackie & Gayle at Alpine Meadows

Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California, for the musical romp Wild Wild Winter

aka Snowball. Sadly Dick died in 2003 after falling from the roof of his house.

Let's turn back the clock and smile again as we watch this scene from the

film in which Dick And Dee Dee sing the soundtrack song "Heartbeats."

 "Heartbeats" - Dick and Dee Dee 

 (from Jan. 1966 film Wild Wild Winter) 

 DONNA LOREN 

Sixties "Dr Pepper Girl" Donna Loren appeared and performed in several
of the movies in American International Pictures' Beach Party series.
In 1965, in the 5th AIP release Beach Blanket Bingo, Donna sang
"It Only Hurts When I Cry" which, in some circles, is considered
her signature song (apart from the Dr Pepper jingle).

 "It Only Hurts When I Cry" - Donna Loren 
 (from April 1965 film Beach Blanket Bingo) 

 HERMAN'S HERMITS 

In 1966 Peter Noone and his British group Herman's Hermits starred

in the American musical comedy flick Hold On! aka Beat! Beat! Beat!

aka There's No Place Like Space. The cast included Shelley Fabares,

Sue Ane Langdon and Herb Anderson, the dad on Dennis the Menace.

In this scene, Herman's Hermits do one of their top 10 U.S.hits

and one of my favorites by the group-- "A Must To Avoid."

 "A Must To Avoid" - Herman's Hermits 

 (Jan. 1966, highest chart pos. #6 Cash Box/#8 Hot 100, 

 from June 1966 movie Hold On!) 

 Easy there, Gertrude. Maintain 

 your cool, Sam. Don't get your 

 panties in a wad, Mildred! In 

 Pt. 2, Shady's got more surfer 

 girls, beach honeys and even 

 ski bunnies boppin' to the 

 beat of super cool tuneage. 

 It's all comin' up after this 

 word from our sponsor. 

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R.I.P.

Ken Osmond

(Eddie Haskell)

(June 7, 1943 – May 18, 2020)