CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 9/29/08

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Judge unearths Gladys & the Pips' version of Bill Withers' "Who is (S)he and What is (S)he to You?" -- NTM and as wonderful as you'd expect it to be, dadgummit!

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another underheard gem from Judge: Stevie's "Love's in Need of Love Today".

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WTF? Judge plays SD''s "The Fez"!

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More Stevie -- is this the vision in his mind?

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OMFG! a forgotten disco nugget: The Raes, "A Little Lovin'", one that just missed being a crossover pop hit. Reminiscent of "Doctors Orders".

Followed by the Jacksons' fab shoulda-been-a-big-hit, "Walk Right Now". Judge is on fire today.

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WLNG Nugget of the Day: Debbie Gibson, "Out of the Blue", which i surely haven't heard since '88.

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This week's CG retro-chart show features Nov 1970 -- I've never heard the original Don Fardon version of "Indian Reservation"!  Other great stuff too, including the White Plains version of "Julie Do Ya Love Me?"

01.   Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
02.   Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile
03.   Don Fardon - Indian Reservation
04.   Matthew's Southern Comfort - Woodstock
05.   Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
06.   Edwin Starr - War
07.   T.Rex - Ride A White Swan
08.    Clarence Carter - Patches
09.    Elvis Presley - I've Lost You
10.    White Plains - Julie Do Ya Love Me?
11.    Christie - San Bernadino
12.    Jimmy Ruffin - It's Wonderful
13.   CCS - Whole Lotta Love
14.   Melanie - Ruby Tuesday
15.    Rattles - The Witch
16.    Chairmen Of The Board - You've Got Me Dangling On A String
17.    Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man
18.    Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe
19.    Mary Hopkin - Think About Your Children
20.   Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning

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So Christie went from the Yellow River to San Bernardino, eh?  Curiosity's piqued.

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So Christie went from the Yellow River to San Bernardino, eh?  Curiosity's piqued.

Nice stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZxwxv3UZ9M

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So Christie went from the Yellow River to San Bernardino, eh?  Curiosity's piqued.

Nice stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZxwxv3UZ9M

Ha! another for the Brits-writing-songs-about-Calif-cities-they've-(OBVIOUSLY)-never-been-to list

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So Christie went from the Yellow River to San Bernardino, eh?  Curiosity's piqued.

Nice stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZxwxv3UZ9M

Ha! another for the Brits-writing-songs-about-Calif-cities-they've-(OBVIOUSLY)-never-been-to list

My reaction precisely.  (See today's blog.)

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listening to the CG retro-chart referenced above. Starting with some "bubbling unders" from the J-5 and (she took 2 Tylenol and now she's) Freda Payne.  And OMFG! McGuinness Flint, "When I'm Dead & Gone"

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NTM at #22: the Tremeloes, "Me and My Life", sounding like an outtake from the first McCartney LP.

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more NTMs: Roger Whittaker's "New World in the Morning", sweet MOR pop, and Mary Hopkin's  "Think About Your Children", sounding like a page from the Kenny Rogers songbook of that year ("Tell it all Brother", in particular).

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more NTMs: Roger Whittaker's "New World in the Morning", sweet MOR pop, and Mary Hopkin's  "Think About Your Children", sounding like a page from the Kenny Rogers songbook of that year ("Tell it all Brother", in particular).

and now Andy Williams (!) getting more Roger Whittaker-y than Rog himself, with a song about ships and mizzen-masts. But we're rescued by my fave Chairmen of the Board tune (shamefully not a big US hit), "Dangling on a String".