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ROCKOLLECTIONS: OLD ODDS & ENDS FROM 2007 PT.1

THIS IS AN ENCORE- I AM ON VACATION
 
And so far, I have been through an earthquake and a hurricane.
What the hell awaits me this week…DEATH, LOL?
Everything you read and hear for this is 4 years old- hope it hasn’t staled!
 
As you probably know, August 16th was the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley.
That’s 3 decades, and it got me to thinking that Elvis recorded in 3 decades- the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s.
So I thought we might play a song by him from each of those decades.
Then, 3 songs ABOUT Elvis and his legacy.
Beginning with the late, great Steve Goodman; next a supposedly true story done by a group called Wall Of Voodoo; and lastly one from my “almost” friend, George Wurzbach.
I felt like playing a # 1 song in 1957, by a guy named Charlie Gracie that hardly anyone remembers.
But I do…!
We will have more to catch up with next episode.
 
Mike

Tags: # 1 song in 1957, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, Charlie Gracie, Elvis Presley, Engineer Ken Stanley, George Wurzbach, Steve Goodman, Wall Of Voodoo

RockRoll360 #163 - Scandalous (Part 1)

 

Another new compilation for you.
Part 1, of “Scandalous”.
Tunes include a new song by The Airborne Toxic Event
and Adele. Also an unreleased cuts by The Tea Set,
later to be known as Pink Floyd from 1964.
Also favorites of mine by Treat Her Right and
Private Lightning. I was surprise to hear that the tune by
Private Lightning was not recognized by a lot of my friends.
Let’s not forget a song that was more popular
by Terry Stafford, but for a interesting change from the
bigger hit, was done by the King himself Elvis Presley
from an earlier date.

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Music includes:::

LITTLE BOXES    /    ELVIS COSTELLO
I’M A KING BEE   
         /   The Tea Set  ( Later known as Pink Floyd )
GIRL I WANNA LAY YOU DOWN  
              /   AMERICAN LIBERATION ORCHESTRA
CHANGING    /   THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT
SONG OF THE KITE    /   PRIVATE LIGHTINING
TIMES OF TROUBLE    /   TEMPLE OF THE DOG
FOOTSTEPS    /   PEARL JAM
I THINKS SHE LIKES ME    /   TREAT HER RIGHT
RUMOUR HAS IT   
         /   ADELE   ( Radio intro & end Salty Brine WPRO-AM)
SUSPICION    /   ELVIS PRESLEY
TURN IT ON    /   DEFAULT

Sound bites include::::::

WNEW - The New Grove    /   Progressive FM Radio I.D.
WELH 88.1 Providence - Taking music to new heights 
                                     /   FM Radio I.D.
WIBG   - You always got a friend - Philadelphia 
                     /   Classic AM Radio Station I.D.
Hello - I’m Mister Ed    /   Classic TV Show Intro

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE 2010 CHRISTMAS PARTY PT.3

One of the things I have noticed over the years with these Christmas shows is that I am a great stater of the obvious.
I like to begin shows by telling you it’s Christmastime (and THERE…I’ve made a decision, but you’ll have to listen to understand what that means).
So I will do it again with the BEST NEW Christmas song I have heard in the last year!
And other non-informative alerts too…I am a piece of work, lol!
Even though we kept pace with the Beatles and their Christmas Messages from 1963 to 1969, it ain’t over with them.
I have a 1964 outtake, and the first thing that jumps out at you is how nervous they are.
Of course, they were very young, and when some engineer plucks you in front of a microphone and tells you to say some things about the past year and Christmas, it can be daunting.
And THAT is what Engineer Ken would occasionally surprise me with, tell me not enough time for a song so just wing it for 2 minutes, lol!
But it’s good training for you, and I can be gabby when needed.
From icons to icon next.
A very short, swooning song from the early days of Rock & Roll by Litlle Lambsie Penn (that is correct, lol), to Elvis Presley, about how she wants to spend Christmas with him, and using the titles of many of his songs to make her case.
She is Songdropping!
It is easy to see where I might go after that.
Simply put, an enjoyable chapter with some DIFFERENT Songs Of The Season that you ought to enjoy (hear that, commercial radio?).

Mike

Tags: 1963 to 1969, Beatles Christmas Messages, Beatles Christmas Outtake, Christmastime, Elvis Presley, Engineer Ken Stanley, Rock & Roll by Little Lambsie Penn, Songdropping, Songs Of The Season

ROCKOLLECTIONS: MUSIC FOR MONEY & THE FINANCIAL CRISIS PT.7

This is the next-to-last chapter, and opens with a song I am sure at least a few people have been wondering when I was going to play!
After that, one of the numbers I thought of during the layoff- another variation on that old Barrett Strong tune.
I won’t say who does it, but I will tell you that the group’s name sounds like something I would see during my worst hangovers, lol!
This is followed by one from the most influential group of the early days of Rock & Roll in my opinion, in fact it is R & B, and BEFORE Rock & Roll.
Then I attempted to go back in time even farther, but fortunately for you, that one CD was missing in a Bing Crosby Box Set I have.
But I found an alternative for this song that is historic, and actually dates back to the Great Depression- it came out in 1931 or 1932.
Turns out I had a vague memory of it being on Spanky & Our Gang’s 1967 debut album, and I was right.
So we’ll hear that version…maybe a better choice than Bing Crosby…maybe not.
This song has some very serious lyrics, and I ask you to listen to them- they were of their time, and may well become of our time if things do not improve.
After that, a song from a guy who was called the World’s Oldest Teenager before Dick Clark, and would have been old enough to remember the Depression firsthand.
Incidentally, this song was recorded at the legendary Sun Studios, before Elvis and the other white Rockabilly artists got there.
And after that, some much needed humor to close out this episode.
One contemporary and one that goes back to 1961 and contains some brilliant satire.
And they both have to do with Money!
One last chapter forthcoming, and then I go back to being sweet, innocuous me, lol!

Mike

Tags: Barrett Strong, bing crosby, Dick Clark, Elvis Presley, Rhthym and Blues, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Spanky & Our Gang, Sun Studios, The Great Depression, World's Oldest Teenager

RockRoll360 #075 - Bad Sneakers (Part 1)

RockRoll360 continues with this one I compiled back in 2006.
Enjoy the gems by Neil Young, Big Star and Susan Tedeschi.
Also a little trivia I did not know about Rush’s classic track *The Spirit Of Radio*. 
You learn something every day.

So again I stress to you :::: Enjoy by either playing straight from the site or downloading into your I-Pods. You can also burn each of this shows on to a disc. With each show averaging about 30 to 50 minutes you can fit about 8 to 10 shows on one disc in the MP3 format.
So enjoy and please share with your fellow E-mailers or FB friends.
Show me the numbers   !!!!        

Music includes ::::::: 

STAY - TRAGICALLY HIP
BAD SNEAKERS - STEELY DAN
HI-HEEL SNEAKERS - ELVIS PRESLEY
HE WAS THE KING - NEIL YOUNG
THE SPIRIT OF RADIO - RUSH
MR. JONES - THE COUNTING CROWS
IN THE STREET - BIG STAR
BETTER DAYS - GOO GOO DOLLS
FRIAR’S POINT - SUSAN TEDESCHI

Sound Bites includes ::::::::

The good bad thing - Sound Bite from Ghostbusters
We are go for launch - Sound Bite from Apollo 13
KQLZ-100.3 FM   ( Pirate Radio ) - Radio I.D.
Don’t go around getting their nipple twisted - Sound Bite from That 70’s Show
Carnation instant bitch - Sound Bite from That 70’s Show
Are you taking to me, are you taking to me - Sound Bite from Taxi Driver

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Tags: apollo 13, big star, counting rows, Elvis Presley, ghostbusters, http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/category/rockroll360, kqlz, Neil Young, rush, Steely Dan, susan tedeschi, taxi driver, that 70's show, the goo goo dolls, tragically hip

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BRENDA LEE PT.1

After my getting rejected again at the beginning of the show, lol, we’ll be taking a look at Little Miss Dynamite, Brenda Lee.
One of the very few women in early Rockabilly music, and toned down, I think, because it was a Boys Club.
If you want to hear a great current singer in that style, I suggest Rosie Flores, and particularly her album Rockabilly Filly.
At 4′ 9”, Brenda had a big voice, and I have always liked it when she would use that rough edge.
The GREATEST voice in Rock & Roll according to John Lennon!
In the 1960’s alone, she had 37 songs that charted on Billboard- surpassed only by a few, the likes of Elvis Presley and the Beatles.
An international star, she sold over 100 million records!
And New Musical Express, that old magazine over in England we heard so much about over here in the States, named her Best Female Vocalist 5 years in a row!
Brenda started early, winning a contest at 6 to appear on the radio.
Her break came after turning down $30 to perform somewhere, instead going to see Red Foley, who let her sing on his TV show that night.
The audience refused to let her leave until she sang 3 more songs.
Gotta love those success stories!
Some real good music here, with another half to follow.

Mike

Tags: Beatles, Best Female Vocalist, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Little Miss Dynamite, New Musical Express, Red Foley, Rockabilly, Rockabilly Filly, Rosie Flores

ROCKOLLECTIONS: 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EAGLE LANDING-SPACE:THE FINAL FRONTIER PT.6

Before moving on with this chapter of Space, I owed you some ID’s from the previous episode.
The debt will be paid.
And a Shoutout to my buddy Mike Hennessy, for sending me a clean CD copy of a song I only had on vinyl- thanks, pal.
Some more info about our astronauts you may not have known- they had some difficulty getting back in the module with 2 boxes of more than 48 pounds of lunar surface material.
Wait till you hear some of the equipment they tossed out, had to throw away, to make the module lighter for the trip home.
And Aldrin accidentally broke the circuit breaker switch to the MAIN engine for liftoff to get back home.
Nice going Buzz!
But the day was saved with a common item and some good old American ingenuity!
Back to our Proprietary Moon songs, I have a song Johnny Cash and Paul McCartney wrote together while on vacation in Jamaica.
We’ll hear them sing it together.
Now with the sorry state of today’s radio, where else can you hear stuff like that but here at Rockollections?
Then I’ll go Cajun with a great, underrated singer/songwriter, followed by a terrific live rocker by a long lasting band.
Now, I should point out that poetic license allows me to play Moon songs wherein the Moon mentioned could be the name of a bar or a whorehouse.
Where did I put that damned poetic license anyway, lol?
There was one I couldn’t resist playing, that would make my Mom proud. It was # 2 in 1956 amidst all the Elvis and others, as Rock & Roll was starting to really take over the charts.
Don’t get me wrong though. My Mom LOVED Elvis! AND Rock & Roll!
Our astronauts take off leaving behind monitoring devices, an American flag and a plaque.
And to end this one, I thought it might be interesting to play five pieces of music…all instrumentals…that should trigger a mental image in your mind of things relating to Space.
No lyrics, no spoken words!
Let’s see if it works.
More Space coming.

Mike

Tags: Buzz Aldrin, Cajun, Elvis Presley, Jamaica, Johnny Cash, Michael Collins, Mike Hennessy, Neil Armstrong, Paul McCartney

ROCKOLLECTIONS: TRUE OLDIES PT.4 FINISH

I will open this final episode in the Oldies series with my personal favorite Richie Valens song- you may or may not have heard it before, but it rocks.
For all its fearfulness to adults, early R&R did have some non-threatening figures.
I mean, how scary could Fats Domino be? He has always been just a nice man.
I have an author friend of mine, Lou Miano, who is writing a book on Louis Prima.
He is of the opinion, and there are many others who agree with him, that Prima belongs in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame under the Influences category.
He was apparently a wild man for his time, so a good case can be made.
I’ll play the original version of a song by him, one that was done recently on a Brian Setzer Orchestra album.
Also included in this chapter is a tune by one of the few female rockabilly artists (it was annoyingly almost strictly a boy’s club!), that has Elvis Presley song titles making up most of the lyrics.
We will go out with a set that includes an old radio commercial, dedicated to a couple of places a kid growing up in New York City could go to in the Summertime.
And one of the FEW places you could see R&R artists perform, frequently hosted by the same Cousin Bruce Morrow who took my place on the radio just for today!
I do hope you enjoyed the music and this series.
There is just something about the Summer that lends itself to those moldy oldies perfectly.
Next up, my 10 year anniversary at the station, prompting a Salute To Radio!

Mike

Tags: Brian Setzer Orchestra, Cousin Bruce Morrow, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Lou Miano, Louis Prima, Oldies, Richie Valens, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Summertime

ROCKOLLECTIONS: TRUE OLDIES PT.2

Moving along with our True Oldies, I am gonna open up this chapter with another interpretation of that old chestnut, Summertime- this one from 1960, by the group that did the original Barbara Ann- long before the Beach Boys.
Then a not so well known Summer song by a cat named Elvis Presley.
I hear he did some things before 1964, although you’d never know it by today’s Oldies radio.
Got a song from Frankie Lymon’s brother that only serves to remind me…oh, never mind, lol!
Then a set of songs that were known as “grind” songs- very little movement of the feet, but the rest of the body was definitely in action.
We also called them “songs that kept the cleaners in business”, if you know what I mean!
All the groups’ names begin with a C oddly enough, and I threw in a rocker just for the hell of it.
These shows all prompted By Bruce Morrow taking my place on Sept.2 with our station’s Les Marshak.
Takes 2 guys to replace me- even just for a week!
I ended with a song I said needed no introduction, didn’t give it one, and never identified it or the next one.
For the interested or curious, they were the Del Vikings and the Edsels (bad name for a bad car!).
We will continue with more.

Mike

Tags: Barbara Ann, Beach Boys, Bruce Morrow, Del Vikings, Edsels, Elvis Presley, Frankie Lymon, Les Marshak, Summer, Summertime