2 Feb 2011: it's... 1973!

[Tinka Cat]

VHM the late Norman "Hurricane" Smith.

someone on FB heard this song and posted "what the hell is this?" 

I'm surprised someone didn't post "KFOG is playing classical music? we don't need another classical station!"

[Wayback]

VHM the late Norman "Hurricane" Smith.

someone on FB heard this song and posted "what the hell is this?" 

*THAT* (for that poster's music history education) was one of my requests!

[Tinka Cat]

VHM the late Norman "Hurricane" Smith.

someone on FB heard this song and posted "what the hell is this?" 

*THAT* (for that poster's music history education) was one of my requests!

here's Hurricane doing Oh Babe, What Would You Say? on The Tonight show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJdkCs5RdQg

[Wayback]

here's Hurricane doing Oh Babe, What Would You Say? on The Tonight show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJdkCs5RdQg

Thanks for posting, I had never seen him perform the song. 

[RGMike]

so will we get AL's Chinese Zodiac set tomorrow? Or shray's "XLV" set Friday? Or both?

[Wayback]

Three versions of Midnight Train for your viewing pleasure.  The original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v78-ftcqpNw

A more recent version with Jack Black, Ben Stiller & Robert Downey Jr.substituted for the Pips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_BbsOp7wY

And a clever one with just the Pips doing their part without Gladys
(wow, I remember this, haven't seen it in some 35 yrs!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN27HzoyO4

[Wayback]

2/2/11- Wednesday!! Taking The Highway to...1973!!
 1.  Marshall Tucker Band - Take The Highway
(Ad: Johnny Cash/Amoco gasoline)
 2.  Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
 3.  Elton John - Elderberry Wine
(TV: Columbo- wine tasting)
 4.  Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
(Movie: Enter The Dragon- the art of fighting without fighting)
 5.  Hall and Oates - She's Gone (BOS-Tie!)
 6.  Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
 7.  Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go (BOS-Tie!)
(News: "Battle of the Sexes" Tennis Match: Billie Jean King & Bobby Riggs)
 8.  Hurricane Smith - Oh Babe, What Would You Say?
 9.  Raspberries - Let's Pretend
(Movie: Cleopatra Jones trailer)
10. Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin'

[ggould]

2/2/11- Wednesday!! Taking The Highway to...1973!!

 6.  Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia

My BOS

[mshray]

And a clever one with just the Pips doing their part without Gladys
(wow, I remember this, haven't seen it in some 35 yrs!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN27HzoyO4

Didn't Pryor host SNL & have them as his guest musicians (still sans GK) around this time?  I seem to recall a full length LOTMTTG, not the medley in this clip.