CG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the weeks of 3/9/09 & 3/16/09

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checking out that "Bob" station in Austin -- "we play anything" indeed!  here's a brief sample:

Alanis, "You Oughta Know"
ABBA, "Dancing Queen"
Enigma, "Sadeness"
Stones, "It's Only RnR"

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Barry Scott's doing an hour of songs that peaked at #41.  First up, Tony Tribe (?) with a reggae version of "Red Red Wine" from 1969 that I had no idea existed.

[Gazoo]

He's got the potion and the motion: First Choice's "Dr. Love" is NTM, and surely deserved better.  Fer crissakes, KISS's Dr. Love made the Top 40!

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There will never be another moment in radio history when Cat Stevens' "Banapple Gas" is followed by Jermaine Stewart's "The Word Is Out."

[Gazoo]

This was astonishing enough that I'll repost: Richard Cocciante, "When Love Has Gone Away."

[RGMike]

Barry Scott's doing an hour of songs that peaked at #41.  First up, Tony Tribe (?) with a reggae version of "Red Red Wine" from 1969 that I had no idea existed.

did he play "Tiny Dancer"?

Glad you finally got to hear the fabulous "Doctor Love".

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OMGWTFLOL-of the Month: Betty LaVette doing a Soul cover of "Just Dropped In To See What Condition..." from back in '68 -- NTM and a total gas.

I didn't know she got her big break from Kenny Rogers' brother, who signed her to his fledgling label in '68.

ETA: if you saw the pre-inaugural concert in Jan, Ms. LaVette sang "A Change is Gonna Come" with Jon Bon Jovi.

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another for the "I didn't Know that" file... Sam the Sham did the orig version of "Apple Peaches Pumpkin Pie" -- they called it "Ready or Not" and it flopped , then Jay & the Techniques came along.

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Teen-dreaminess on 'LNG: the Chiffons' "I Have a Boyfriend", a Little Steven fave that I've come to love.

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NTM: Keith, with one of his sound-alike follow-ups to "98.6", "Daylight Savings Time". (more time for love, per the lyrics)

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Bummer: suddenly the CG player (which I just used last week) is asking me for a username and password -- tried the email and password I use to log into the website itself, but nothing. I emailed them; we'll see what if any response I get.

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TANC: last week Gaz & I discussed MOR singers making '70s comebacks, and here's Perry Como on 'LNG with his lovely 1973 cover of Don MacLean's "And I Love You So", which actually benefits from the fact that Como was in his early '60s when he recorded it.  A fine chart swan-song.

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OMGWTF -- 'LNG plays Henry Gross' (unfairly maligned, IMHO) "Shannon", which I haven't heard since the last time Dave played it as an HFH.

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OMGWTF -- 'LNG plays Henry Gross' (unfairly maligned, IMHO) "Shannon", which I haven't heard since the last time Dave played it as an HFH.

is this the one that goes "Shannon is gone, I heard she's drifting out to sea..." in falsetto?

I loved that song.

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OMGWTF -- 'LNG plays Henry Gross' (unfairly maligned, IMHO) "Shannon", which I haven't heard since the last time Dave played it as an HFH.

is this the one that goes "Shannon is gone, I heard she's drifting out to sea..." in falsetto?

I loved that song.

Yup. Written about his dead dog. Lotsa people just seem to HATE it.  Mr Gross was a former member of Sha-Na-Na, amazingly, and his follow-up, the decidedly more upbeat "Springtime Mama" (which actually scratched the bottom of the Top 40) is a great lost hit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRd6KRfy274