CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 3/24/08

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Now yeah! boom! nitty gritty! Shirley Ellis with the orig version, before Gladys & Co.

and it's followed -- Nugget o' the Day, for sure -- by Vanity Fare's *other* hit, the pre- "Hitchin' a Ride" ditty "Early in the Morning".  Have not heard this in decades.

EITM is a major favorite of mine - I love those oh-so-Gypso-Russo-Euro melodies (see also: "Those Were the Days," "Little Man").

And I do believe Barry's backing babes were indeed Lady Flash at that point - didja know one of them was Reparata (as in, and the Delrons, of "I'm Nobody's Baby Now" semi-fame)?

Yes, I did know that -- and I wish Dave'd unearth their only hit, "Street Singin'".

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'LNG is poised to wow me again today: just tuned in and I get Dusty's "Brand New Me", followed by Cher's "Way of Love"! it's gay pop heaven!

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tell it, Bay-Bay!  the 4 Seasons, tellin' it to the precipitation.

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Holy Flaming Mother of King Kamehameha: Don Ho and "Tiny Bubbles"!

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'LNG's stream crapped out so I switched to country: the orig Don Williams version of "Tulsa Time", which beats Crapton all to hell. And now Donna Fargo's delightfully gospelly "You Can't Be a Beacon (If Your Light Don't Shine)", an almost-hit that's far better than her cutesy pop Top Tens.

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Sweeney saves the day with the Bangles' "Goin' Down to Liverpool".

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OMG -- it's Sweeney's last Drive Time show!

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OMG -- it's Sweeney's last Drive Time show!

I just tuned in - wha' happa'?

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OMG -- it's Sweeney's last Drive Time show!

I just tuned in - wha' happa'?

he'll still be doing the weekend show. He hasn't said who's replacing him in Drive Time. oo! it's Free's *other* hit, "Wishing Well", sounding just like BadCo.

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OMG -- it's Sweeney's last Drive Time show!

I just tuned in - wha' happa'?

I was wondering if something was up--the last couple times I've tuned in he's been absent for one reason or another. Bummer. Hopefully the Rock Show will continue!

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Ike's nuts + Tina's bush = Nutbush!  borrowing some synth from the Ohio Players' "Funky Worm". 

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as much as we bash Phil Collins here, I must say "Two Hearts" is a neat little pop single, one of his better efforts, IMHO (and one that Dave's never played -- it would be a welcome addition to '88/'89, methinks).

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OMG! R.Dean Taylor's "There's a Ghost in My House"  -- a hit in the UK, tho' it barely registered in the States. And I'll say it again : The 4 Tops shoulda covered it.  "there's a ghost in mah 7 rooms of gloom!"

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Sweeney's staying away from the mic here in the last hour, just playing some great tunes. We're getting Martha and the Vandellas' Dancin' In the Street right now. He says he's got a special song picked for his finale--wonder what it's going to be?

I shot him an e-mail wishing him well, and asked for a Kinks tune--not holding my breath if I'll get it or not.

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God, how I love Chris Farlowe's cover of "Out of Time".