CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 2/2/09

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Judge plays Grandmaster Flash's "Freedom" which I haven't heard in many a moon.

"the bread to the butter
and the butter to the bread
Don't be misled
by what I said"

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It's Sefra and Sue! Every girl that ah knew!  Jacksons and "Heartbreak Hotel", later re-titled "ThisPlace Hotel" for reasons that make no sense to me (you can't copyright a song title).

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JJ gives us Joe Tex, "The Letter Song", which is NTM, and then the Parliaments "I wanna Testify" which I never tire of.

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Lawd!  the Tymes' fab upbeat-and-soulful cover of "People" beats Streisand all to heck.

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something of a Gaz twin-spin: Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Him or Me", a Byrds-y Terry Melcher composition (he went to work with PR&tRs after the Byrds ditched him), followed by the 5-D and "Aquarius".

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'LNG makes my day with "You Gotta Be Loved", truly one of my top ten shoulda-beens. Sunshine for everybody!  And it's followed by my fave forgotten TJ & the Shondells hit, "Mirage", and Gladys and the Pips comin' to the end of their road -- she gots to give you the lowdown!

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OMG! Little Peggy March's "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love", her soundalike follow-up to "I Will Follow Him".

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my fave forgotten TJ & the Shondells hit, "Mirage"

I like that one too - urban legend says he just played "I Think We're Alone Now" backwards to come up with the riff - but the one I like even better is "Get Out Now."  One thing I love about TJ is that most of his songs' BPM is roughly equal to my jogging speed, making him ideal for my running mixes.

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my fave forgotten TJ & the Shondells hit, "Mirage"

I like that one too - urban legend says he just played "I Think We're Alone Now" backwards to come up with the riff

It's also similar to Wind's TJ-meets-the-4 Seasons "Make Believe", which I though was the Shondells for many years, until Joan Jett's cover came along.

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OMFG! it's "Park" songs today on 'LNG: earlier, "Cherry Hill park", and here's Keith Barbour's "Echo Park", a NeilDiamond-y hit from late '69 that I've always loved.

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2 spectacular productions back-to-back: Neil Diamond's "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" (say hallelujah!) and the 4 Seasons' fabulous arrangement of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".

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I'm not a big Ronnie Milsap fan, but his "It Was Almost Like a Song" from '77 is one of the best imitation-Manilow records of that period, right up there with Rex Smith's "You Take My Breath Away".  (oddly, Barry M didn't do either of these on his covers albums) 

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I'm not a big Ronnie Milsap fan, but his "It Was Almost Like a Song" from '77 is one of the best imitation-Manilow records of that period, right up there with Rex Smith's "You Take My Breath Away".  (oddly, Barry M didn't do either of these on his covers albums) 

Ronnie would go on to collaborate with Barry on a song a few years later, one I'm sure only I remember: "Put a Quarter in the Jukebox."

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I'm not a big Ronnie Milsap fan, but his "It Was Almost Like a Song" from '77 is one of the best imitation-Manilow records of that period, right up there with Rex Smith's "You Take My Breath Away".  (oddly, Barry M didn't do either of these on his covers albums) 

Ronnie would go on to collaborate with Barry on a song a few years later, one I'm sure only I remember: "Put a Quarter in the Jukebox."

Can't say I know that one -- but in '78 he had a B-side called "Santa Barbara" that got quite a bit of country airplay in NYC, and which was also Manilow-esque, being a West Coast doppelganger for "Weekend in New England".

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TANC: 'LNG plays not one but 2 records Gaz has dissed recently (and deservedly): Elvis karaoke-covers Dusty; Neil Diamond loses his virginity to "Desiree"