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"The Kids Are Alright" - The Who cover
by The Bloomfields (December 2021)
Kicking-off my first show, those were The Bloomfields, a rock band
in The Philippines, putting down a groovy sound on their cover of
the jangle pop classic "The Kids Are Alright," a Pete Townshend
song originally recorded by The Who, an early career minor hit
stateside for the Brit band in the summer of 1966.
Hi again everyone! It's Almost Wordless
Wednesday and, as you might recall from
my preview last year, I'm Wordless Wendi,
Wendi Falkenberry, Eddie Cleary's perky,
levelheaded girlfriend on The Kids Are
Alright... the TV sitcom set in the year
1972. I'm back today with my first full
show as a member of The Shady Bunch
DJ team on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
Wordless Wendi means more music with
less talk, allowing me to squeeze in a
bonus song - eight in all - in the same
time it takes other DJs to play seven.
It's 1972 and disco has not yet taken
over the music scene, so get up and
It's 1972 and disco has not yet taken
over the music scene, so get up and
boogie with me to the great rock and
sunshine pop sounds of the 60s and
early 70s. I promised more music with
less talk, so let's get to the next song!
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As a California girl it's only natural that I love America's Beach Boys.
This song, a reworking of a Crystals hit, has Al Jardine on lead.
From 1965 The Beach Boys-- "Then I Kissed Her!"
"Then I Kissed Her" - The Beach Boys
from July 1965 album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Wordless Wendi loves her
Beach Boys, and that was
their cover of the Crystals
hit "Then He Kissed Me,"
switching genders and
renaming the song
"Then I Kissed Her."
In the late 60s, the Pacific NW
band Paul Revere & The Raiders
underwent personnel changes
underwent personnel changes
and adopted a psychedelic
pop-rock style. You are about
to hear a top 20 hit from that
phase of their career, the lead
song on the band's 1969
album Hard 'N' Heavy
(With Marshmallow).
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Here are the reimagined, reinvented Raiders featuring
Mark Lindsay doing their top 20 single--
"Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon!"
"Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon" (enhanced)
- Paul Revere And The Raiders Feat. Mark Lindsay
(Mar. 1969, highest chart pos. #15 Cash Box/#18 Hot 100)
That was a groovy enhanced remix of "Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon"
by Mark Lindsay and The Raiders, a single that left
the launch pad at the start of 1969 and landed
in the top 20 the first week of spring.
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Wordless Wendi Falkenberry
keeping you company with my
first show on S-P-M-M Retro
Radio. Up next, we're gonna
play a guessing game and here
play a guessing game and here
are the clues. I can tell you
that members of this popular
Canadian rock band included
Burton Cummings and Randy
Bachman. I will also tell
you there's no sugar tonight
you there's no sugar tonight
in my coffee, but I'm not gonna
tell you the name of the band.
You'll have to-- Guess Who!
tell you the name of the band.
You'll have to-- Guess Who!
"No Sugar Tonight" - The Guess Who
(Apr./May 1970, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100
as B (double-A) side of "American Woman."
"No Sugar" charted separately on Cash Box @ #39)
That was the sweet sound of success,
"No Sugar Tonight" part of a medley
with "New Mother Nature" by the
Canadian band The Guess Who
and released on their 1970 album
American Woman. Issued as the
B side of the chart-topping single
"American Woman," "No Sugar
Tonight" was also ranked #1
on Billboard. Listed separately
by Cash Box, "No Sugar" barely
reached the top 40. Go figure!
If you're just tuning in, I'm Eddie's
girl Wendi from The Kids Are Alright
and you're listening to my new show
Wordless Wendi exclusively here
on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio...
where all the cool oldies come
to play. Brief intros are ideal
for a Wordless Wendi and
here's one now.
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It's Jim Sohns and his Chicago-based Shadows of Knight with
their top 10 cover of Van Morrison's garage rock gem-- "Gloria!"
"Gloria" (enhanced) - Shadows Of Knight
(Apr./May 1966, highest chart pos. #7 Cash Box/#10 Hot 100)
Wordless Wendi means more rockin'
and less talkin', and we're right in the
middle of an 8-in-a-row sonic boom
on S-P-M-M.... Retrosonic Radio
in Futuresonic Stereo Surround.
Let's get back to the music!
Last summer you saw John Sebastian
appearing with Austria's singing sibs
the MonaLisa Twins. The inspired
trio performed the biggest hit from
Do You Believe in Magic, the 1965
debut album by Sebastian's band
The Lovin' Spoonful. Let's flash
back to my era and when John
and his famous group did the
original version of the song.
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Here are The Spoonful asking the musical question:
"Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind"?
"Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?" - The Lovin' Spoonful
(May/June 1966, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100/#4 Cash Box)
Did you ever have to make up your mind?
Pick up on one and leave the other behind?
That was the question asked by Sebastian
and The Spoonful, and if my boyfriend
Eddie doesn't soon get his act together,
I might need to make up my mind
and leave him behind.
and leave him behind.
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Up next, a name and a sound you should
know. He's Neil Young, the Toronto rocker
who founded Buffalo Springfield. A few
months before Neil joined another great
band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, he waxed
this relic along with his backing band
Crazy Horse. Yepper... I can see it all
now. When I kick Eddie to the curb,
Neil is gonna make me his--
"Cinnamon Girl!"
know. He's Neil Young, the Toronto rocker
who founded Buffalo Springfield. A few
months before Neil joined another great
band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, he waxed
this relic along with his backing band
Crazy Horse. Yepper... I can see it all
now. When I kick Eddie to the curb,
Neil is gonna make me his--
"Cinnamon Girl!"
"Cinnamon Girl" - Neil Young With Crazy Horse
(July 1970, highest chart pos. #55 Hot 100/#56 Cash Box,
from May 1969 album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere)
That was The Godfather of Grunge,
Neil Young, serenading you and me
with "Cinnamon Girl," a single that
approached the top 50 on the pop
charts in the summer of 1970.
The song was recorded in March
of 1969 and originally released
on Neil's album Everybody
on Neil's album Everybody
Knows This Is Nowhere.
By the time the single was
released, Neil had already
been a member of Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young
more than a year.
That wraps up my first show. I hope
you enjoyed my lineup of pop and
rock nuggets on Wordless Wendi.
Stick around. Coming up on the
flip side of news, it's time to
you enjoyed my lineup of pop and
rock nuggets on Wordless Wendi.
Stick around. Coming up on the
flip side of news, it's time to
hop in your jalop and go
Cruisin' back to 1962...
and I'll be back soon with
more music and less talk
in the next edition of
Wordless Wendi.
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To play us off, here's another song by
The Beach Boys. It's my theme song,
"Wendy," with Mike Love on lead vocals
and Brian Wilson on falsetto lead. Now
this is Wendi Falkenberry reminding you
to follow that dream wherever that dream
may lead. I'll see you next time. Bye-bye!
"Wendy" - The Beach Boys
(Oct./Nov. 1964, highest chart pos. #44 Hot 100,
from July 1964 album All Summer Long and
Sept. 1964 EP Four by the Beach Boys)
