They're Coming To Get You

 

With Spookshow Serenade

1. "The book of Doomsday foretold their coming." – Excerpt from the radio spot for "They're Coming to Get You!"

2. Open Up the Back Door – The Midnighters

3. W-P-L-J – The Four Deuces

4. I Ain't Drunk – Jimmy Liggins and Band

5. Good Rockin' Daddy – Etta James (with Maxwell Davis and Orch.)

6. Love Bandit – The Cadets

7. Oooh, Little Girl – Floyd Dixon

8. Juicy Fruit – Rudy Green(e)

9. King Kong – Big "T" Tyler

10. Blue Lights – Little Walter

11. Shim Sham Shimmy – Champion Jack Dupree

12. Jack Rabbit – Icky Renrut (Ike Turner; vocals by Jimmy Thomas)

13. The Rock-A-Round – Paul Peek (with Esquerita)

14. Katanga – Little Willie John

15. Congo Mombo – Mando and the Chili Peppers

16. "They're coming to get you, Barbara." – Russell Streiner and Judith O'Dea (dialogue from "Night of the Living Dead')

17. I Want Some of That – Kai-Ray

18. Jungle Rock – Hank Mizell

19. Goatsville – Jay Hodge Ork featuring Lloyd Rowe on Guitar

20. Shaggy Dog – Mickey Lee Lane

21. Monkey Bite – Al Hendrix

22. The Greaser – Lord Dent and His Invaders

23. What's the Word – The Thunder Rocks

24. Blue Black Hair – The Jades

25. XL-3 – The Phantoms

26. Evil Witch Man – The N'Betweens (In-Be-Tweens)

27. Beware – The Warlocks

28. Cool One – Sounds Unlimited

29. Going All the Way – The Squires

30. Hate – The Stoics

31. Everything's There – Hysterics

32. I'm Not Like Everybody Else – The Chocolate Watchband

33. "You're next!" – Kevin McCarthy (dialogue from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers")

Kogar's Jungle Juice #20

 

Aircheck Of The Week

 

Our final classic year-ender this month comes from WABC. Chuck Leonard is filling in for Charlie Greer and playing 4 solid hours of the Top 100 of 1968. Brought to you once again by Dennison. I've remixed the entire aircheck in stereo.

1961

With Mark Ehmcke

1. The Roach - Gene & Wendell

2. Slow Down - Doug Sahm & the Dell Kings

3. I Just Don't Understand - Ann-Margret

4. Gypsy Woman - The Impressions

5. I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner

6. Tunnel Of Love - Wanda Jackson

7. Money - Jerry Lee Lewis

8. Quarter To Three - Gary US Bonds

9. Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton

10. Running Scared - Roy Orbison

11. Yellow Bird - Arthur Lyman Group

12. The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant

13. Matchbox - Ronnie Hawkins

14. Baby Sittin' Boogie - Buzz Clifford

15. Miss Nosey - Allen Orange

16. Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe

17. Let's Go trippin' - Dick Dale and his Del-Tones

18. Ping Pong - Bernie Green & his Orchestra

19. It Will Stand - The Showmen

20. Gee Whiz - Carla Thomas

21. You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell

22. Hello Walls - Faron Young

23. Castle Rock - Al Sears & his Orchestra

24. The Mess Around - Chubby Checker

Aircheck Of The Week

 

It's time for another classic radio year-ender: Charlie Greer ("Swing, Charlie, Swing!") on WABC with the Top 100 of 1967. I've remixed the entire aircheck in stereo. Brought to you this week by Dennison Men's Clothiers, Route 22, Union, NJ. Come fill our till that is nil where money talks and nobody walks. 

Blues

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf

2. That's Alright Mama - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

3. Dimples - John Lee Hooker

4. Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters

5. The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross

6. Hellhound On My Trail - Robert Johnson

7. I Gotta Try You Girl - Junior Kimbrough

8. Oh Baby - Little Walter

9. Death Letter Blues - Son House

10. Highway Man - Howlin' Wolf

11. Let's Move - Lightnin' Hopkins

12. I Walked All Night Long - Albert King

13. Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker

14. It's Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson

15. I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo

16. Boogie Children - John Lee Hooker

17. Dust My Blues - Elmore James

18. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters

19. Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames

20. Cut You Loose - T-Model Ford

21. Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed

22. Crossroads Blues - Robert Johnson

23. No Place To Go - Howlin' Wolf

24. Shake 'Em On Down - Bukka White

25. She's Dynamite - B.B. King

26. Easy - Jimmy & Walter

Aircheck Of The Week

 

Continuing with our month of year-enders, here's Los Angeles radio legend The Real Don Steele with a portion of the Big 93 of 1965 on 93/KHJ.

Jeezus Fuck, It's Christmas!!! (re-upload)

This is a re-upload from the old Ichiban page. The links were dead... 

Super giant thanks to Kristian Hoffman for sharing this on his Facebook Page. It's a picture of a tape Lux made with some amazing Christmas Music. A song or two from the Black Christmas tape, but much more swell tunes to sink your teeth in to.  Even an atheist would love it... Kristian said it was ok to share, so it here it is! Jeezus fuck, indeed!

 (note, this isn't a copy of the "actual" tape, just a compilation of MP3's sourced elsewhere and sequenced like the tape)

SIDE ONE

SIDE TWO

Link to other Christmas Lux Tape

CHRISTMAS BEAUTY AND SOUL

We Say Yeah Yeah Yeah...At Christmas

With Robin Braid

'50s, '60s, Rock, Soul, R&B, Blues...and a bellyful of Festive Cheer!

01 The Harmony Grits - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

02 The Cameos - Merry Christmas

03 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Christmas Everyday

04 Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas

05 Lowell Fulson - I Wanna Spend Christmas With You (Part 2)

06 Elvis Presley - I'll Be Home On Christmas Day (Country Rhythm Version)

07 Hank Snow - The Reindeer Boogie

08 Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - The Holly And The Ivy

09 Lightnin' Hopkins - Merry Christmas

10 The Elves - White/Hot Christmas

11 The Supremes - Children's Christmas Song

12 Dickie Valentine - Christmas Alphabet

13 Nat King Cole - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

14 BB King - Christmas Celebration

15 The Beach Boys - Merry Christmas, Baby

16 Brenda Lee - Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day

17 Titus Turner - Christmas Morning

18 The Voices - Santa Claus Baby

19 Bobby Darin - Go Tell It On The Mountain

20 The Temptations - Little Drummer Boy

21 Jimmy Charles - Santa Won't Be Blue This Christmas

22 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Santa Claus

23 The Everly Brothers & The Boys Town Choir - Deck The Halls

24 Billy Ward & The Dominoes - Christmas In Heaven

Slow Death

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Sabre Dance - Dave Edmunds

2. Shortnin' Bread - The Cramps

3. Communication Breakdown - The Fleshtones

4. Jailhouse Rock - Dean Carter

5. Yeah Yeah - The Revillos

6. (Let's All) Turn On - Hoodoo Gurus

7. Psycho - The Sonics

8. What A Girl Can't Do - The Lyres

9. Escalator 66 - Slickee Boys

10. Betty Wanna Wed A Goat - Chrome Reverse

11. Journey To The Center Of The Mind - The Amboy Dukes

12. Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin

13. Slow Death - Flamin' Groovies

14. You're Gonna Miss Me - Doug Sahm and Sons

15. Mystic Eyes - Them

16. Bad Liquor - American Music Club

17. Hot Smoke and Sasafrass - The Bubble Puppy

18. Sendin' My Love - The Strangeloves

19. Suzzanne - The Unknowns

20. Uptight Tonight - Flash and the Memphis Casuals

21. Make You Mine - The Stems

22. High School Confidential - Jerry Lee Lewis

23. One Way Street - The Saints

24. Beck's Bolero - Jeff Beck

Aircheck Of The Week

 

All through the month of December, we'll pay tribute to what used to be an annual radio tradition: the year-end Top 100. We start with a portion of the Top 100 of 1968, as heard on New York's WOR-FM with Tony Taylor.

The Nitecap Lounge #14

 

With DJ Sween

The Bride Wore Black

 

by The Spookshow Serenade

1. "A beautiful woman with the soul of the devil!" – excerpt from the "Frankenstein Created Woman" trailer

2. Evil – The Interludes

3. I'd Rather Have the Blues (Blues from "Kiss Me Deadly") – Nat "King" Cole

4. Another Man Done Gone – Lorrie Collins

5. Jezebel – Gene Vincent

6. Whirlpool – Wanda Jackson

7. I Idolize You – Ike & Tina Turner

8. Stolen Love – Miss Lavell

9. Midnight Blues – Charlie Rich

10. Fiebre (Fever) – Los Johnny Jets

11. Voodoo Woman – Colin Cook & the Strangers

12. Phantom Rider – Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited

13. Red Headed Woman – Jimmy Dickinson and the Cramps

14. "The coat that covered paradise – uncovered hell!" – excerpt from the "Venus in Furs" trailer

15. The Beast – Milt Buckner

16. Blue Fire – Don Ellis and Royal Dukes

17. She's My Witch – Kip Tyler

18. Crawlin' (The Crawl) – Untouchables

19. Experiment in Terror – The Champs

20. Give Me a Kiss of Love – Yao Su Yong & The Telstar Combo

21. Cat Walk – The Playboys

22. Venus – Los Rockin Devils

23. Midnight Cryin' Time – Scotty McKay

24. "If you're not too afraid, make a date with the woman you'll never forget!" – excerpt from the "Astounding She-Monster" trailer

25. Insane Asylum – Koko Taylor (featuring Willie Dixon)

26. Swamp Girl – Kay Martin and Her Bodyguards

27. Wild Wild Lover – Benny Joy

28. The Mojo – Sax Mallard & Orchestra

29. Swinging Drums – Ronny Kae

30. Fenlights – The Fens

31. Careless Love – Our Gang

32. Phantom Surfer – The Avantis

33. "Of course, you can still escape from me – if you dare." – excerpt from the "Night of the Cobra Woman" trailer

1960

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Baby You Got What It Takes - Brook Benton and Dinah Washington

2. Cool Love - Wanda Jackson

3. MacDonald's Cave - The Piltdown Men

4. Twistin' U.S.A. - Danny and the Juniors

5. Teensville - Chet Atkins

6. Beatnik Fly - Johnny and the Hurricanes

7. Wild One - Bobby Rydell

8. Alabam - Cowboy Copas

9. Lucille - Everly Brothers

10. Please Please Please - James Brown

11. You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones

12. Because They're Young - Duane Eddy

13. Road Runner - Bo Diddley

14. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Freddie Cannon

15. Summertime - Ronnie Hawkins

16. Mr. Custer - Larry Verne

17. Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles

18. The Hucklebuck - Chubby Checker

19. Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

20. Honky Tonkin' George Jones

21. I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee

22. Sink The Bismarck - Johnny Horton

23. Finger Poppin' Time - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

24. Mr. Lucky - Henry Mancini

25. Kissin' and Twistin' - Fabian

Kogar's Jungle Juice

 

With Kogar the Swinging Ape

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This week we bring you the deejay's deejay, the guy who was the one-man Beatles of Top 40 Radio. There was Dan Ingram, and then there was everybody else. Listen to Dan Ingram on WABC/New York in October of 1984, and you'll be in the honor group of the day.

Happy Hanksgiving!

 

TuneIn to WYEP in Pittsburgh all day today for the DJ Tom Hanks takeover!

Gonna Find A Cave

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Speaking Guitar - Gerhard Narholz

2. Gonna Find A Cave - Banana Splits

3. Hot Dog - Corky Jones

4. Luxury Liner - International Submarine Band

5. One More Time - Roy Head

6. Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen

7. Snow Girl - Ron Winters

8. Lost To A Geisha Girl - Skeeter Davis

9. Filipino Baby - Cowboy Copas

10. Don't Throw My Love Away - Rodd Keith

11. Girls On The Rocks - The Bob Crewe Generation

12. Hoy Hoy - The Collins Kids

13. Juicy Fruit - Rudy Greene

14. Shotgun - Wes Dakus' Rebels

15. Come On Baby - Ramsey Lewis Trio

16. Lady Bird - Virgil Warner and Suzi Jane Hokom

17. The Left Arm Of Buddha - Les Baxter

18. Ski Storm (Part One) - The Snowmen

19. Little Town Baby - Sonny Burgess

20. Rhum Boogie - Freddy Slack

21. Hot Blood - Shorty Rogers

22. In The Pocket - King Curtis & the King Pins

23. Enchanted Farm - Forbidden Five

24. Baby Let Me Take You Home - The Mustangs

Aircheck Of The Week

 

WABC-FM presents a special program in which Bob-A-Loo (Bob Lewis) deconstructs the clues about the supposed death of Paul McCartney.

2022 update: Bob-A-Loo died in 1987. Paul McCartney is allegedly still with us.

Holland Rocks!

 

With Wim Reckers

André Brasseur - The kid

Golden Earring - That Day

Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard

The Shoes - Na Na Na

Rob Hoeke - Margio

De Kliko's - De Biologische Boer

The Motions - Everything (That's Mine)

Brainbox - Down Man

George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag

BZN - Bad Bad Woman

The Black Marble Selection - The Great Escape

Karin Kent - Tired, Broke And Busted

Beans & Fatback - Beggin

Bintangs - Ridin' On The L&N

The Tibbs - Baby Call On Me

Hank The Knife & The Jets - Guitar King

Mozes and The Firstborn - Bloodsucker

MOOON - Surfin' With You

The Kryng - Don't Dig These Modern Tymes

The Heck - Shit On The Radio

The Sons - Ricochet

We Say Yeah Yeah Yeah #5

 

With Robin Braid

'50s, '60s, Rock, Soul, R&B, Blues...and More!

01 The Shadows - Stingray

02 Joe Clay - Sixteen Chicks

03 Howlin' Wolf - Baby How Long

04 Dee Clark - You're Looking Good

05 Diana Ross & The Supremes - In And Out Of Love

06 Marilyn Monroe - One Silver Dollar

07 The Plague - The Face Of Time

08 Ivor Cutler - Gravity Begins At Home

09 The Everly Brothers - Signs That Will Never Change

10 The Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

11 Roy Orbison - Southbound Jericho Parkway

12 Curtis Liggins Indications - What It Is

13 Dave Berry - Little Things

14 Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love

15 Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor (Extended Version)

16 The Sensational Nightingales - Will He Welcome Me There

17 James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Don't Mind

Something and Something

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Over and Over - The Dave Clark Five

2. Around and Around - The Animals

3. Thunder and Lightning - Chi Coltrane

4. Ugly and Slouchy - The Morells

5. Milk and Alcohol - Dr. Feelgood

6. Concrete and Clay - Unit Four Plus Two

7. Ups and Downs - Paul Revere and the Raiders

8. Cars and Girls - Prefab Sprout

9. Hate & War - The Clash

10. Handbags and Gladrags - Stereophonics

11. Pride and Joy - Marvin Gaye

12. Slippin' and Slidin' - Little Richard

13. Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield

14. Sugar and Spice - The Cryan Shames

15. Bangers and Mash - Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren

16. Shame and Scandal - Madness

17. Rock'n'Roll - Detroit

18. Cinnamon and Clove - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66

19. Love and Happiness - Al Green

20. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and the Shondells

21. Trouble and Me - Buck Owens

22. Willie and Lillie - Bo Diddley

Aircheck Of The Week

 

John R. (the "R" stood for Richbourg) is known as "The Daddy of Rhythm & Blues, or sometimes as "The Granddaddy of Soul". He held court on WLAC/Nashville for over 30 years. He was also a record producer for Joe Simon and others. On this 1970 aircheck, Percy Sledge is his in-studio guest.

Scratchy Singles

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Shame Shame - Magic Lanterns

2. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels

3. Rib Tips Pt. 1 - Andre Williams

4. Love Train - The O'Jays

5. Make Me Yours - Bettye Swann

6. John Lee Hooker - Johnny Rivers

7. Beg, Borrow and Steal - Ohio Express

8. Sunshine Games - The Music Explosion

9. Convoy - C.W. McCall

10. Yodeling Trucker - Airy Schaly

11. Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers

12. Motorcycle Mama - Sailcat

13. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers

14. Gotta Get Up - Nilsson

15. Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare

16. Next Plane To London - The Rose Garden

17. Get On Up - The Esquires

18. Get That Gasoline Blues - NRBQ

19. It Ain't Me Babe - Johnny Cash

20. Kicks - Paul Revere and the Raiders

21. Pop-Eye - Huey Smith

22. Rockin' Crickets - Rockin' Rebels

23. Ain't Gonna Move - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

24. The Glow-Worm - Mills Brothers

25. Leavin' Town Tonight - Kitty Wells

Aircheck Of The Week

 

Don Elliot was one of L.A.'s great air personalities and the ultimate audio production pro. And he is also the mentor who helped me jump-start my own radio career. Here's a sample of Don's work at Los Angeles rocker KBLA from this month in 1966.

Easy Listening

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Wives And Lovers - Jack Jones

2. The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro

3. Flowers On The Wall - Billy Strange

4. Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66

5. Wonderland By Night - Bert Kaempfert

6. Suite:Judy Blue Eyes - Liberace

7. Mornin' Glory - Glen Campbell and Bobbi Gentry

8. I've Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do - Peggy Lee

9. Games People Play - Jim Nabors

10. Love Of The Common People - Wayne Newton

11. Winchester Cathedral - The Doodletown Pipers

12. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Patti Page

13. Not Enough Indians - Dean Martin

14. Goin' Out Of My Head - Frank Sinatra

15. Fly Me To The Moon - The Sandpipers

16. Spanish Eyes - Al Martino

17. It's A Great Life - The 5th Dimension

18. Bill Bailey - Ann-Margret and Al Hirt

19. God Only Knows - Joey Heatherton

20. Hot Diggity - Perry Como

21. Zorba The Greek - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

22. Sentimental Journey - Lawrence Welk

23. Lazy River - Frank de Vol

24. Miserlou - Ferrante & Teicher

25. If You Must Leave My Life - Richard Harris

26. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby

Aircheck Of The Week

 

Pioneering Top 40 personality Dick Biondi presents his 1967 Halloween show on Chicago's WCFL.

A Night of Total Terror 2: Murder By Television

With The Spookshow Serenade

1. Control Voice – Introduction – Vic Perrin (from "The Outer Limits")

2. Fear – Main and End Title - Harry Lubin (from "One Step Beyond")

3. The Phantom of Hollywood – Main Title – Leonard Rosenman

4. Journey to the Unknown (Main Title) – Harry Robinson

5. Darkroom (Main Title) – David Shire (with James Coburn)

6. The Leeches: End Titles – Dominic Frontiere (from "The Invaders")

7. The Cemetery: Two cues – Billy Goldenberg (from "Night Gallery")

8. Apes Chase – Lalo Schifrin (from the "Planet of the Apes" TV series)

9. Leslie in the Coffin – Fred Karlin (from "Vampire")

10. It's Mr. Barlow Again – Harry Sukman (from "'Salem's Lot," 1979)

11. Night Gallery (Season 3 Title Theme) – Eddie Sauter

12. Pressman's Headshrinker's Witch Doctor Kit – TV Spot

13. Opening Themes: 1. Dark Shadows 2. Collinwood – Robert Cobert

14. Shadows of Fear (Short Version) – Roger Webb

15. Children of the Stones Theme – Sidney Sager with the Ambrosian Singers

16. Help Me, Peter (Closing Titles) – Desmond Briscoe and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (from "The Stone Tape")

17. UFO: End Titles – Barry Gray

18. Blue Veils and Golden Sands – Delia Derbyshire (from "The Worlds About Us")

19. Creep Phone TV Spot

20. "E.S.P" Theme for Shock Theater (KTLA-Los Angeles) – The Weirdos

21. Out of This World – Tony Hatch

22. Main Title (M1T2) – Kunio Miyauchi (from "Ultra Q")

23. Ultra Q Theme – Kunio Miyauchi

24. Thriller (1962) (End Titles) – Pete Rugolo

25. The Ghostbreaker – Main Title – John Williams

26. The Tomorrow People Theme – Dudley Simpson

27. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (Theme) – John Barry

28. Outside Atmosphere – Peter Thomas Sound Orchester (from "Raumpatrouille"/"Space Patrol")

29. The Reluctant Stowaway: Smith's Entrance – John Williams (from "Lost in Space")

30. Ripper 9 – Gil Melle (from "Kolchak: The Night Stalker")

31. Spine Chillers Main Theme – Unknown

32. Thriller (1973) Main and End Titles – Laurie Johnson Orchestra

33. Pigeons from Hell – Morton Stevens (from "Thriller," 1962)

34. Jekyll's Laboratory – Robert Cobert (from "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde")

35. The Solution – Jerry Goldsmith (from "The Brotherhood of the Bell")

36. Chasing Bubba – Glenn Paxton (from "Dark Night of the Scarecrow")

37. Truck Waiting #5 – Billy Goldenberg (from "Duel")

38. J&S Smoke Shop Halloween TV Spot

39. Main Title – H. Scott Salinas (from "Sasquatch")

40. Empty House – Gustavo Santaolalla (from "The House")

41. The Visser Ritual – Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow (from "Archive 81")

42. The Rope is Tied – Jung Jae il (from "Squid Game")

43. He Likes to Escape – Dominik Scherrer (from "The Serpent")

44. Shoggoth Attack (Sundown) – Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq (from "Lovecraft Country")

45. End Title (Season 1) – Bernard Herrmann (from "Twilight Zone")

46. "The show is definitely over." –The Wolfman (Billy Van) (from "The Hilarious House of Frightenstein")

"It’s the Halloween playlist of my dreams! Or nightmares! Both!!!" - Colin Hanks

Hallowe'en Spookshow

 

With Weird-O-Matic Wax

☠ Excerpt from “Doctor Druid’s Haunted Seance”

☠ Pete Drake - The Spook

☠ Gary Warren - Werewolf

☠ Brad Fiedel, “Fright Night” OST - Jerry Takes Off

☠ Miss L.L. Louise Lewis - Monster’s Bride

☠ Excerpt from “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”

☠ Putney Dandridge - Skeleton in the Closet

☠ Lou C. Furr - The Ghoul from Ipanema

☠ The Sharks - Spookareno

☠ Goblin, “Profondo Rosso” OST - Profondo Rosso

☠ Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians - Robbin’ Graves

☠ “The House on Haunted Hill” radio spot

☠ Frank De Vol & His Orchestra - House on Haunted Hill

☠ Aaron McNeil - Draculena

☠ “Frankenstein Created Woman and The Mummy’s Shroud” double feature trailer

☠ Bob McFadden & Dor - The Mummy

☠ The Robert Cobert Orchestra, “Dark Shadows” OST - Dark Shadows Theme/Collinwood

☠ The Fleshtones - Return to the Haunted House

☠ National Military Band - The Ghosts’ Dance

☠ The Daylighters - Mad House Jump

☠ Dickie Goodman - Monster Talk

☠ “Squirm” radio spot

☠ Jake LaPeire - The Pumpkin Waltz

☠ Billy DeMarco & Count Dracula - Drac’s Back

☠ Harry Manfredini, “Friday the 13th” OST - excerpt from Overlay of Evil/Main Title

☠ The Graveyard Five - Marble Orchard

☠ Spike Jones - Spooktacular Finale

Songs From The Back Of The Station Wagon

 

Image: Johnny Sampson and Bartlett

With DJ Tom Hanks  Preguntas?

Michael Lynch - Theme

The Zombies - Time of the Season 

Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You

Ray Stevens - Laughing Over My Grave

Eddie Bo - Check Your Bucket

Wayout - Word Association Game 

Booker T. & The M.G.’s - Working in the Coal Mine 

Young Jessie - Shuffle in the Gravel

Calvin Boze - Safronia B.

Don Varner - Mojo Mama

Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)

Dave Diamond - Cheetah Promo (KRFC)

Candi Staton - Stand by Your Man

Allen Toussaint - Tipitina And Me 

Morgus and The Ghouls - Morgus the Magnificent 

The Five Blobs - Beware Of The Blob

Gary Paxton - Spooky Movies

Tarantuala Ghoul and the Gravediggers - King Kong

Jeannie Larimore - Johnny Won’t Surf No More  

Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Everybody Loves A Clown

Aki Aleong - Haunted Sax 

“D” & The Sugar Cane Factory - Fade Sun Fade 

Chris Montez - Spooky

Terry Stafford - Suspicion

Skeeter Davis - End of the World

B. B. Brock & the Sultans - Fright 

The Ronettes - I Can Hear Music

Jungle Juice!

 

With Kogar the Swinging Ape

Early British Punk

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Part Time Punks - Television Personalities

2. This Is Pop - XTC

3. Destination Venus - The Rezillos

4. Totally Wired - The Fall

5. New Rose - The Damned

6. What Do I Get? - The Buzzcocks

7. Dot Dash - Wire

8. Where Were You - The Mekons

9. Wild Youth - Generation X

10. Action Time Vision - Alternative TV

11. Typical Girls - The Slits

12. Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart - Patrik Fitzgerald

13. Sweet Gene Vincent - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

14. Hong Kong Gardens - Souxie and the Banshees

15. Suffice To Say - The Yachts

16. Police Car - Larry Wallis

17. The Sound Of The Suburbs - The Members

18. London Girls - The Vibrators

19. Lambrettavespascoota - The Pop Rivets

20. Down In The Park - Gary Newman/Tubeway Army

21. Incendiary Device - Johnny Moped

22. Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants

23. Straighten Out - The Stranglers

24. Lovesick - Orange Juice

25. Maybe Tomorrow - The Chords

26. Look Back In Anger - Television Personalities

27. Bored Teenagers - The Adverts

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This week's aircheck comes from KHJ/Los Angeles, the most influential Top 40 station in America during the second half of the '60s. The morning man is L.A. radio legend Robert W. Morgan.

Holland Rocks!

 

With Wim Reckers

Krontjong Devils - Pow Wow

Outsiders - Touch

Sound of Imker - Train of Doomsday

4PK - Down and Out

Shocking Blue - Venus

Ro-d-ys - Tomorrow

Peter en zijn Rockets - Kom van dat Dak af

Competitors - Long Tall shorty

Earth & Fire - Ruby is the One

Q65 - The Life I Live

Cuby and the Blizzards - I'm So Restless

Golden Earring - Back Home

Bonnie St. Claire - Tame Me Tiger

Mothions - Love Won't Stop

Bintangs - Please Do Listen

After Tea - Joint House Blues

Peter & the Blizzards - Bye Bye Baby

The Tykes - Green Suzy

Entertainers - Searching

Counsellors - I'll Be Your Man

Mods - Don't Bring Me Down

Firebirds - What In The World

Ska and Early Reggae

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Double Barrel - Dave & Ansel Collins

2. Train To Skaville - The Ethiopians

3. Monkey Man - Toots & the Maytals

4. My Boy Lollipop - Millie

5. Christine Keeler - The Skatalites

6. Bonanza Ska - Carlos Malcolm & the Afro Caribs

7. Skinhead Moonstomp - Symarip

8. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker & the Aces

9. Whine & Grine - Prince Buster

10. Man in the Street - Don Drummond

11. Guns of Navarone - Roland Alphonso

12. Watermelon Man - The Baba Brooks Band

13. A Message to You Rudy - Dandy Livingstone

14. Pressure Drop - Toots & the Maytals

15. Oh Carolina - Byron Lee & the Dragonaires

16. Israelites - Desmond Dekker & the Aces

17. Green Banana - Laurel Aitken

18. Longshot Kick de Bucket - The Pioneers

19. Phoenix City - Roland Alphonso

20. Return of Django - Lee "Scratch" Perry

21. Tighten Up - Jimmy and Ranny:The Inspirations

22. Ride the Donkey - The Tennors

23. Ali Baba - John Holt

24. Liquidator - Harry J All Stars

25. You Can Get It If You Really Want - The Cimarons

26. Miss Jamaica - Jimmy Cliff

27. Come Back Darling - Johnny Osbourne

28. Don Cosmic - Don Drummond

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This may be the rarest of all WNEW-FM airchecks. On a Sunday night in October, 1968, I recorded Bob & Ray's Music Factory on 102.7. Comedians Bob & Ray hosted a weekly show that blended their comedy with obscure Rock and Folk-Rock music that was obviously not chosen by Bob & Ray.

Mojo 2

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Scorpio - Dennis Coffey

2. The Girl Can't Dance - Bunker Hill

3. Get Carter - Roy Budd

4. How Does It Feel To Feel - The Creation

5. Get Out Of My Life Woman - Lee Dorsey

6. Summertime - Santo & Johnny

7. I Surrender - Fontella Bass

8. Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker

9. Land Of 1000 Dances - Cannibal and the Headhunters

10. Hurricane Fighter Plane - The Red Crayola

11. Bonnie and Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot

12. When Will the Rains Come - The Troggs

13. In The Ghetto - Chris Clark

14. Tall Cool One - The Wailers

15. Bedazzled - Peter Cook and Dudley Moore

16. Apache Drop Out - Edgar Broughton Band

17. Light My Fire - Erma Franklin

18. Zero G - Barry Gray and his Spacemakers

19. Alligator Wine - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

20. Mojo Hannah - Little Esther Phillips

21. Walk Upon The Water - The Move

22. As Long As I Have You - Garnet Mimms

23. I Can't Believe What You Say - Ike and Yina Turner

24. Break Up - Charlie Rich

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This week, it's 1967 conceptual comedy and music with Firesign Theatre on Radio Free Oz from KRLA/Los Angeles.

We Say Yeah Yeah Yeah #04

 

With DJ Robin Braid

01 Lightnin' Hopkins - Hopkins' Sky Hop

02 Danny Goode - Let's Dance

03 Sandra Barry & The Boys - Really Gonna Shake

04 Chris Curtis - Aggravation

05 Sandi Sheldon - You're Gonna Make Me Love You

06 Petula Clark - Colour My World

07 Goldie & The Gingerbreads - Can't You Hear My Heartbeat

08 The Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

09 The Cookies - Chains

10 Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King

11 Billy Wright - Married Woman's Boogie

12 Ray Smith - Break Up

13 The Paragons - Abba

14 Amen Corner - When We Make Love

15 The Bonniwell Music Machine - Dark White

16 Billy Fury - In Thoughts Of You

17 Etta James - Only Time Will Tell

18 Elvis Presley - As Long As I Have You (Movie Version, Take 4)

19 The Sons Of The Pioneers - Shadows In The Dust (Rollin' Dust)

20 The Ad Libs - Giving Up

21 Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack

 

With The Spookshow Serenade

The Nitecap Lounge #13

With DJ Sween

1962

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones

2. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman

3. Dream Baby - Roy Orbison

4. Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle

5. The Stripper - David Rose

6. Baby It's You - The Shirelles

7. A Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn

8. Shout Shout Knock Yourself Out - Ernie Maresca

9. Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini

10. Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker

11. The Breeze and I - Juan Garcia Esquivel

12. Popeye Joe - Ernie K-Doe

13. Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon

14. I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) - The Ikettes

15. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett

16. Jelly Bread - Booker T and the MGs

20. Sheila - Tommy Roe

21. Walk On The Wild Side - Jimmy Smith

22. Make It Easy On Yourself - Jerry Butler

23. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King

24. Al Di La - Emilio Pericoli

Aircheck Of The Week

 

WOR-FM/New York was the first commercial FM station to play Rock. This was WOR-FM's first day on the air with live talent (the station had been running jockless since July '66 due to a labor dispute). Personalities included Scott Muni, Johnny Michaels, Murray The K, and Rosko.

This is part 1 of 3.

Part 2: https://www.mixcloud.com/rob-frankel/wor-fm-1966-10-08-first-day-live_part-2-of-3/

Part 3: https://www.mixcloud.com/rob-frankel/wor-fm-1966-10-08-first-day-live_part-3-of-3/

Ichiban Radio Productions

Last week, we had a visit from listener Wim Reckers from the Netherlands.  We were the last stop on his bicycle tour of the USA!!  Here's his take on NYC.

What an amazing city New York is. Nothing to compare with. Twenty-four hours a day you are stiff with stimuli, everywhere there is something to see and experience. This time (I've been here many times) I went a little more off the beaten track, through the Bronx, Harlem and Brooklyn. You lack eyes and ears.

Yesterday first – for the weekly radio broadcasts on Noord and OOG – to the radio studio of Boss Radio 66 (photo 1), an internet station in Brooklyn that broadcasts old rock & roll, blues and soul 24 hours a day. I listen to it very often, you spontaneously wash and vacuum faster. From there, yesterday, the contributions with the Netherlands.

Then strolled through Brooklyn. What a circus! Stalls, music, crowds, life everywhere (photos 2, 3 and 4). Just an afternoon lunch at the Chinese, cozy between the parked mopeds (photo 5), and then on to Harlem. Same sheet a suit (photos 6 and 7). Finally, across the High Bridge (New York's oldest bridge, photo 8) to the Bronx, to Yankee Stadium for the usual game of baseball.

The New York Yankees want to convey that they – and only they – are the epitome of baseball in America. They built a stadium in 2009 for the sweet sum of 2.3 billion dollars, in the middle of the Bronx working-class district. Everything should radiate that you don't just come here to watch a baseball game. No, it's a baseball experience. The idea is that you will be taken by the hand to the baseball mecca.

To begin with, the exterior view. I came walking through the dingy Bronx streets and suddenly there he is, as if a spaceship has crashed. I don't think it's beautiful; maybe a little ugly to say, but the thing could have been designed by Albert Speer, the notorious architect of the Third Reich (photo 8).

Inside, it's all Yankees splendor. A real Yankees museum, where the old heroes can be idolized. There is a solemn silence as we shuffle reverently from one Yankees greatness to the next (photos 9 and 10). Further on is a 'Monument Park', where they are once again immortalized in bronze. The match will be lost, by the way.

At night a stop along the East River. You probably recognize this image (photo 12). New York all the way. Now some museums and shopping (it's raining here!) and then slowly packing up luggage and bicycle for the return trip next Wednesday.

Finally, I would like to thank you again sincerely and sincerely for all your sweet and heartwarming responses, over and over again. Fantastic, it was a motivation every day, and sometimes also a heart under the belt. Glad you cycled with me a bit every day, on the back of the luggage carrier. It's helped me a lot to be able to do what I've done here.

Boss Radio Station Of The Year

 

Thanks to Peter Skiera for choosing Boss Radio 66 as the #1 recommended online radio station of 2022!

Check out his Patreon page for the other stations.  The runner up sounds pretty cool too!

Kogar's Jungle Juice 017

 

With Kogar the Swinging Ape

B-Sides

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Carry On Till Tomorrow - Badfinger

2. Help - The Damned

3. I Don't Want The Night To End - Nick Lowe

4. Tapioca Tundra - The Monkees

5. Voodoo 2 - The Revillos

6. Armagideon Time - The Clash

7. Tedesco and Pitman - The Ronettes

8. Bad Luck - Dale and Grace

9. Gotta Get Away - Blues Magoos

10. I Don't Know What To Say To You - Tom Petty

11. I Been Hoodood - Dr. John

12. Hold Me Closer - The Equals

13. La Bamba - Neil Diamond

14. Pay My Dues - Blues Image

15. Withered and Died - Elvis Costello

16. You Gotta Lose - Richard Hell

17. Gonzo - James Booker

18. Chimes Of Freedom - Dino, Desi & Billy

19. Country Slicker Joe - Young-Holt Unlimited

20. I Feel Good - Jean Wells

21. Lonely - The Bubble Puppy

22. Stretchin' Out - Duane Eddy

23. The Teeny Bopper Song - Keith

24. Lovin' In Vain - Patsy Cline

Aircheck Of The Week

 

WVON/Chicago was one of the most influential Black radio stations of the sixties and beyond. Here's E. Rodney Jones with the soul of Chicago in 1966.

Songs from junk albums

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Mrs. Robinson - Frank Sinatra

2. South Of The Border - Dean Martin

3. Dick Van Dyke Theme - Nelson Riddle

4. What'd I Say - Trini Lopez

5. So I Said Yes - Ray Anthony vcls. Diane Hall

6. Alley Cat - Laurindo Almeida

7. Light My Fire - Shirley Bassey

8. Four Strong Winds - Ian & Sylvia

9. One Note Samba/Spanish Flea - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66

10. Ballin' The Jack - Sammy Davis Jr.

11. Fools Rush In - Dean Martin

12. Runnin' Out Of Fools - Isaac Hayes

13. (Take Me To) Aruanda - Astrud Gilberto

14. Hang On Sloopy - Ramsey Lewis Trio

15. I'm Not Sayin' - Gordon Lightfoot

16. Farmer's Song - Murray McLaughlan

17. Caravan - David Carroll and his Orchestra

18. No Regrets - Shirley Bassey

19. Winchester Cathedral - Frank Sinatra

20. Yes I Can - Sammy Davis Jr.

21. Arrivederci, Roma - Dean Martin

22. Dirty Old Town - Roger Whittaker

23. If You Wanna Be Happy - Trini Lopez

24. Oddjob's Pressing Engagement - John Barry

25. Reputation - The Association

26. The Charge Of The Light Brigade - Manfred Mann

Aircheck Of The Week

 

In the Sixties, Miami's WQAM was the destination station for lovers of Top 40 radio, and Rick Shaw was its brightest star. Here's Rick Shaw on Tiger Radio WQAM from September, 1964.

Songs Of '63

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Jack the Ripper - Link Wray & the Wraymen

2. Bo Diddley - Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks

3. Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells

4. Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph

5. Drag City - Jan & Dean

6. Somebody Mentioned Your Name - William Bell

7. In Dreams - Roy Orbison

8. Prisoner of Love - James Brown

9. Sally Go Round The Roses - The Jaynetts

10. Wild Weekend - Rockin' Rebels

11. The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

12. Act Naturally - Buck Owens

13. Hitchhike - Marvin Gaye

14. The Bird's The Word - The Rivingtons

15. You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore

16. Wives and Lovers - Jack Jones

17. Popsicles and Icicles - The Murmaids

18. Days Of Wine And Roses - Henry Macini

19.It's All Right - The Impressions

20. These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding

21. From Me To You - The Beatles

22. Abilene - George Hamilton IV

23. Shut Down - The Beach Boys

24. Puff (The Magic Dragon) - Peter, Paul & Mary

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This week's subject is K.O. Bayley, sometimes known as K.O. Beachin or Bob Elliot. K.O. worked in many cities, but is best remembered in Detroit, San Diego, New York, and San Francisco. This week we'll listen to K.O. on KFRC/San Francisco. I understand that he was a favorite of Boss Radio 66's Tom Hanks. So Tom, this one's for you!

Hysteria!

 

With The Spookshow Serenade

1. "Hysteria!" – Narration (from "Hysteria" trailer)

2. Hawaiian Boogie – Elmore James and the Broom Dusters

3. Thirty Days – Chuck Berry

4. Tell Me Mama – Little Walter and His Jukes

5. Geronimo Rock & Roll – Jerry McCain and His Upstarts

6. Cherokee Dance – Bob "Froggy" Landers with Willie Joe Duncan and His Unitar

7. Elevator Operator – The Rays

8. The Bird's the Word – The Rivingtons

9. Du de Squat – Little Luther

10. Oh Mom (Teach Me How to Uncle Willie) – The Daylighters

11. The Chicken and the Bop – Lloyd Price and His Orchestra

12. Justine – Don & Dewey

13. Who Do You Love – Ronnie Hawkins

14. Mumblin' Guitar – Bo Diddley

15. Itchy – Sonny Burgess

16. Rockin' This Joint Tonite – Kid Thomas

17. "You mean I could go mad?" – Christopher Lee and Susan Strasberg (from "Scream of Fear")

18. Fun Fun – Lloyd Nolan

19. Early Times – Dennis Binder and His Orchestra

20. Flatfoot Sam – T.V. Slim and His Heartbreakers

21. Los Chucos Suaves – Lalo Guerrero y Sus Cinco Lobos

22. Esquerita and the Voola – Esquerita

23. Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) – Rufus Thomas

24. Juiced – Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (Billy "Red" Love)

25. The Coffee Grind – Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

26. The Rooster – Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm

27. "You've committed your last crime!" – Dialogue (from "The Awful Dr. Dr Orloff")

28. Chicken Hop – Leonard James and His Orchestra

29. Oh Yeah! – Rex Garvin and Band

30. Voodoo Voodoo – Lavern Baker

31. Spunky Onions – Billy Davis and The Legends

32. Heeby Jeebies – Larry Williams

33. The Girl Can't Dance – Bunker Hill and the Raymen

34. Bip Bop Bip – Pretty Boy (Don Covay and the Upsetters)

Thank you – Josh Mills, Dom Salemi/Beatsville, Doc Gillespie, David Landis, Michael Louis Albo, Fifties Blog, Doghouse and Bone, Moochin' About, Jazzman Records, Debbie Daughtry/Boss Radio 66

I'm Songs

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. I'm Coming Home - Dave Edmunds

2. I'm Getting Married - Jaime Coe

3. I'm Doubtful Of Your Love - Benny Joy

4. I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare

5. I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

6. I'm Not Talking - The Yardbirds

7. I'm Sorry - Joey Heatherton

8. I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - The Everly Brothers

9. I'm Movin' On - The Box Tops

10. I'm Nobody's Baby Now - Miriam

11. I'm In Love Again - The Animals

12. I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved - Martin Mull

13. I'm Down - The Beatles

14. I'm Just A Lonely Guy - Little Richard

15. I'm In The Mood For Ska - Lord Tanamo

16. I'm All For You - Andre Williams

17. I'm A Hog For You Baby - The Morells

18. I'm Coming Home - Johnny Horton

19. I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group

20. I'm 28 - Toni Basil

21. I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole and the Coconuts

22. I'm A Coward - Gino Washington

23. I'm Glad - Stud Cole

24. I'm Gonna Take You There - Dave Berry 

25. I'm Just Me - Charley Pride

26. (I'm In With) The Out Crowd - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

27. I'm Popeye the Sailor Man - Face To Face

28. I'm Confessin' - Ricky Nelson

29. I'm Lonely - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

30. I'm Alabama Bound - Louis Jordan

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This week, it's your main man Jake, booby. Jack Spector on WMCA/New York in September, 1965. This was originally a scoped studio-quality aircheck. I restored the music, and remixed the whole thing in stereo. You've never heard WMCA like this before! Listen and enjoy.

We Say Yeah Yeah Yeah #03

 

With Robin Braid

'50s, '60s, Rock, Soul, R&B, Blues...and More!

01 The Hunters - Teen Scene

02 Billy Nicholls - Girl From New York

03 The Artwoods - Can You Hear Me

04 Richie Barrett - Some Other Guy

05 Donnie Elbert - A Little Piece Of Leather

06 The Mickey Finn - Time to Start Loving You

07 Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache

08 Eddie Floyd - Big Bird (Mono)

09 Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up

10 Buck Griffin - Jessie Lee

11 Tampa Red - Denver Blues

12 Them - I'm Gonna Dress In Black (Version 2)

13 Gerry & The Pacemakers - You've Got What I Like

14 Twinkle - Tommy (German Version) 

15 Nita Rossi - Untrue Unfaithful (That Was You)

16 Reparata And The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship

17 Paul & Barry Ryan - There You Go

18 Little Richard with Johnny Otis' Orchestra - Directly From My Heart (Alternate Take)

19 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Neon City

20 The Fascinations - I Can't Stay Away From You

21 Eddie Fisher - They Call The Wind Maria

Fire

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

2. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

3. Ring of Fire - Blondie

4. One Fine Morning - Lighthouse

5. Psycho - The Sonics

6. I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus

7. Something's Burning - The First Edition

8. London's Burning - The Clash

9. Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie

10. Sunny Days - Lighthouse

11. The Witch - The Sonics

12. Leilani - Hoodoo Gurus

13. Fight Fire - Southern Culture on the Skids

14. Fire Engine - 13th Floor Elevators

15. Lake of Fire - Nirvana

16. Burning With Optimism's Flames - XTC

17.Pretty Lady - Lighthouse

18. High Time - The Sonics

19. Tojo - Hoodoo Gurus

20. Just Like Fire Would - The Saints

21. Burning Down - REM

22. Flame In My Heart - George Jones and Melba Montgomery

Aircheck Of The Week

Welcome to Aircheck Of The Week, a brand new Monday feature for Boss Radio 66. Our inaugural post is from Cleveland, where in 1967, WKYC was battling WIXY for Top 40 dominance. The legendary Jackson Armstrong (Guinness World Record holder as the world's fastest talking human) is holding down the evening timeslot. This was originally a telescoped aircheck, meaning that the music was edited out, however, it has been restored to enhance the listening experience.

Kogar's Jungle Juice

 

With Kogar the Swinging Ape

Favourite Songs

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. I Hate You - The Monks

2. Get Me To The World On Time - The Electric Prunes

3. Second Cousin - Flamin' Groovies

4. Run Dusty Run - The Long Ryders

5. The Fool - Lee Hazlewood

6. In Love - Fear Of Pop

7. Pet You And Hold You - Rockpile

8. Tighter - Paul Revere and the Raiders

9. What A Girl Can't Do - The Lyres

10. One More Time - Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns

11. I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos

12. How I Wrote Elastic Man - The Fall

13. Dot Dash - Wire

14. Bacon Fat - Andre Williams

15. Iron Cross - Untamed Youth

16. She's the One That's Got It - Allen Page

17. I Asked For Water - Howlin' Wolf

18. You Don't Love Me Yet - Roky Erickson

19. Ugly And Slouchy - The Morells

20. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus

21. Positive Vibrations

22. Rebel Woman - Dean Carter

23. The Roach - Gene and Wendell

24. My Rival - Alex Chilton

The Nitecap Lounge #12

 

With DJ Sween

This Week In '66 - Fin

 

With Lynn Peril

With 44 installments behind us, we’ve come to the last episode of This Week in ‘66! In addition to some news stories (JFK! HUAC!), I wrap up with some thoughts about the year and how far we have/haven’t come. 

I’d like to thank Boss Radio 66 impresario Debbie Daughtry for giving me the opportunity to dip my toe into podcasting, as well as for her skill as a sound engineer. Thanks also to Johnny Bartlett for creating the fab cover images. Thank you to everyone who took the time to click through and listen to an episode. My biggest, deepest appreciation goes to all of you who’ve told me how much you’ve enjoyed the show! Thank you for those kind words. 💓💗💕

SHOW NOTES

Cassidy, Claudia, “On the Aisle; Preview of Mark Lane’s Rush to Judgment, an Inquiry Into the Evidence’s Other Side,” Chicago Tribune, May 23, 1966, 47. 

Consadine, Paul, “Troubling Thoughts Raised by Critique of Warren Report,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 16, 1966, 13. 

“Lawyer Expulsion Brings HCUA Tumult; Taunts of ‘Throw Us All Out,’” Oakland Tribune, August 17, 1966, 1. 

Lewis, Ted, “Congress Has Its Dander Up; Challenges Vietnik Talk, LBJ Viet Policy,” New York Daily News, August 17, 1966, 4. 

Wood, Ann, and Charles Rabb, “Vietnik Quiz On, With Hoots & Boots,” New York Daily News, August 17, 1966, 3. 

Songs of 1964

 

By Mark Ehmcke

1. Keep Searchin' - Del Shannon

2. The Crusher - The Novas

3. Don't Bring Me Down - The Pretty Things

4. C'mon and Swim - Bobby Freeman

5. Boom Boom - The Animals

6. Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin

7. Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Searchers

8. Don't Give Me No Lip Child - Dave Berry

9. Loose Talk - Buck Owens and Rose Maddox

10. Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield

11. The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto

12. Gonna Get Along Without You Know - Skeeter Davis

13. Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels

14. You Really Got Me - The Kinks

15. Downtown - Petula Clark

16. Farmer John - The Premiers

17. Sittin' In An All Nite Cafe - Warner Mack

18. She's Not There - The Zombies

19. Can't You See That She's Mine - Dave Clark Five

20. Dang Me - Roger Miller

21. Mountain of Love - Johnny Rivers

22. The Cat - Jimmy Smith

23. Keep On Pushing - The Impressions

24. How Do You Do It - Gerry and the Pacemakers

25. Give Me 40 Acres - The Willis Brothers

26. Try It Baby - Marvin Gaye

Recommended Station #1, Boss Radio 66, August 2022

Thanks to Peter Skiera for recommending Boss Radio 66 as the #1 station for August in his Recommended Stations newsletter!  Here's an excerpt from our interview.

Two and a half years ago I recommended a fantastic oldies Internet station called Rock ‘n’ Soul Ichiban by New Jersey station WFMU. That stream was expertly programmed by Debbie Daughtry. After 18 years at WFMU she was let go by the station manager during the summer of 2020, so she took all her records and went home. She then did what any music and radio geek would have done- she started her own station! Boss Radio 66 is a new and improved version of Rock ‘n’ Soul Ichiban with a minty fresh taste. She also forced WFMU to drop the “Ichiban” name. You go girl.

Songs I’ve Never Heard

As with Daughtry’s previous station, most of the artists on Boss Radio 66 I’ve never heard of before. Examples? The Monks, The Vibrations, The Rhythm Rockers, The Exciters, Wanda Jackson, The Iguanas, and The Apostles. Even the names I was familiar with like Chuck Berry, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Zombies, The Ronettes, The Kinks, and The Guess Who, featured songs that weren’t monster hits but were nonetheless most enjoyable to listen to. There’s nothing particularly special about your average oldies station, but my Recommended Stations are never average. In the case of Boss Radio 66, it gives life to forgotten rock and soul gems from the 50’s and 60’s. If you think that drastically limits BR66’s playlist, your ears will be pleasantly surprised. Boss Radio 66’s music library exceeds 8,800 songs. The music libraries of most of my Recommended Stations don’t even come close to that figure. Of course, quality is more important than quantity, but I have no complaints in that department either.

Vintage Fluff

In between song sets, the retro vibe is further reinforced with nifty vintage sound bites and radio adverts like the “Pepsi generation” and “Diet Rite” spots, an extended segment from the US Army’s In Sound radio program, B movie trailers, a Dragnet-inspired public service announcement, and old radio station jingles performed by The Johnny Mann Singers. Some stations go overboard with this kind of fluff and it can border on annoying, but Boss Radio 66 strikes just the right balance between music and nostalgic clips.

Unlike most of the people I’ve interviewed for my Recommended Stations, Daughtry, like myself, actually has professional radio experience, having worked for NPR, WQXR, WNYC, Air America Radio, and her time with WFMU. That experience lends Boss Radio 66 a consistent, professional sound. It also has a clean sound since it streams in the AAC audio codec. I re-established contact with Daughtry to get the story behind her new station.

Peter: Why the name Boss Radio 66?

Debbie: It could mean 66 on the AM Dial or the year 1966, when so much great music was being released.

Peter: Assuming most of your listeners are from the US, what are the other leading countries?

Debbie: UK and France.

Peter: Tom Hanks created an hour-long Rockabilly/Surf/Hot Rod radio show exclusively for Boss Radio 66?

Debbie: Tom Hanks has been a DJ for the past year, with 9 shows to date. The name of his show is Songs From The Back Of The Station Wagon. All of our archived shows are uploaded to Mixcloud.

Peter: How did the Hanks show come about?

Debbie: Tom was a big fan of the Ichiban stream and he sent me a type-written letter @ 10 years ago. We became pen pals and when I told him I'd been fired from WFMU, he offered to do a guest DJ set for me. That was last July and he's done 8 more shows since then! He's a great DJ.

Peter: Do you have a favorite strange album or song?

Debbie: So many! I especially love weird advertising records.

Peter: How does Boss Radio 66 stay on the air?

Debbie: We are listener supported. Fans can donate via Ko-Fi or Patreon

Peter: Anything else to add, Debbie?

Debbie: We are always looking for new DJ's who spin obscure 60's music! Get in touch bossradio66@gmail.com

Boss Radio 66 is a fun, upbeat Internet station you won’t soon grow weary of listening to. It sounds so sweet you could practically spread it on a biscuit. It’s a great summer station, too, though I started tuning in long before the summer rolled around. Even though it’s technically an oldies station it maintains a fresh sound since every song isn’t burned into your cerebral cortex. It also helps that it’s programmed by someone who knows exactly what she’s doing and has major respect for the music. Hey- If it’s good enough for Tom Hanks…

Horror House on Highway 5

 

With The Spookshow Serenade

1. "So, you want to visit a haunted house?" – excerpt from "Sounds to Make You Shiver" LP

2. Dinner with Drac – The Cramps (live 10/31/99)

3. It – Johnny Fraser and the Regalaires

4. Haunted Sax – The Night Caps

5. House in the Alley – The Brassetts

6. The Weird One – The Graytones

7. Night of the Vampire – The Moontrekkers

8. Down in the Basement – The Munsters

9. The Haunted Pad – Ted Taylor Four

10. Graveyard – The Phantom Five

11. "I double dare you." – Ralph Bell (from "Scary Spooky Stories")

12. Haunted House – The Creed Taylor Orchestra

13. Carnival of Souls – Combustible Edison

14. House on Haunted Hill – Frank De Vol and His Orchestra

15. Faces in the Dark (Martenot Theme) – Janine De Waleyne and Her Martenot

16. Down in the Lab – Deadbolt

17. Séance on a Wet Afternoon – Sir Julian at the Organ with Orchestra and Chorus

18. "These are the creatures that are present with us." - from "Ghost Story and Sound Effects" (Ball Records)

19. Dead (alternate take) – The Poets

20. "E.S.P" Theme for Shock Theater – The Weirdos

21. The Chiller (A Very Short Story) – Googie Rene Combo

22. Haunted – The Madmen

23. The Friendly Undertaker – The Alleykatz

24. Haunted Castle – The Kingsmen

25. Night Creature – The Run-A-Ways

26. The Phantom Driver – Hal Blaine and the Young Cougars

27. The Purple Monster – Dean Hightower (George Barnes)

28. The Green Werewolf – The Pharaohs

29. Graveyard – The Blazers

30. Black Widow – The Bootmen

31. Monster Beat – The Beatniks

This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

The week of August 8 was pretty typical for the summer of 1966: Vietnam, the space race, the Beatles, cosmic retribution, the Pill . . . oh, and a “rainmaker” hard at work in drought-stricken San Diego. This week’s episode is also the penultimate for This Week in ‘66. Can you believe it’s been a year already? 

SHOW NOTES

“A Hero’s Medal Given to Widow,” San Francisco Examiner, June 15, 1967, 15. 

“A Near Sell-out for Beatles in Detroit,” The Oakland Tribune, August 14, 1966, 5. 

“Apology by Beatles Wins DJ’s Approval,” Lake Charles American-Press (Lake Charles, Louisiana), August 13, 1966, 7. 

“Ban Beatles Event to be in Marshall,” The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana), August 11, 1966, 8. 

“Beatle Burners,” Odessa American (Odessa, Texas), August 14, 1966, 

“Beatle Sorry About Remark, ‘But It’s Still True,’” The Oakland Tribune, August 12, 1966, 8. 

Brody, Jane E., “Birth Control Study Finds No Proof Pill is Unsafe; Panel F.D.A. Sponsored Asks More Research to Get at the Facts,” New York Times, August 15, 1966, 1. 

“Chicago Teen-agers Still Adore Beatles,” The Oakland Tribune, Saturday, August 13, 1966, 12-B. 

“Deluge of 1916 Recalled; Amateur Rainmaker Seeking to Fill Nearly Dry Reservoir,” The Los Angeles Times, August 10, 1966, 3. 

“‘Honest Error’ in Ship Attack; Widow of Skipper Bitter,” The Oakland Tribune, August 12, 1966, 1. 

Kirkman, Don, “Research Shows Birth Control Pill Not Causing Female Illness,” El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas), August 15, 1966, 1. 

“Lightning Hits KLUE,” August 14, 1966, The Longview News-Journal (Longview, Texas), 2. 

“‘Mistake’ Raid Hits U.S. Ship; Two Coast Guardsmen Die in Second Misdirected Air Strike in Two Days,” The Oakland Tribune, August 11, 1966, 1. 

“Rainmaker Gives Up on Production,” The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), August 18, 1966, 2.

“Roar of Jets; Sparse Turnout for Beatle Entry,” The Oakland Tribune, August 11, 1966, 16. 

West, Richard, “Spacecraft Starts 35-Day Trip to Photograph Areas on the Moon,” The Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1966. 1. 

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Scratchy Singles

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Sookie Sookie - Don Covay

2. The Joker Went Wild - Brian Hyland

3. There Was A Time - James Brown

4. Whole Lotta Love - C.C.S.

5. Last Night - Mar-Keys

6. I'm A Man Of Action - Jimmy Hughes

7. Band Of Gold - Freda Payne

8. Outa Space - Billy Preston

9. Telstar - Tornadoes

10. Ain't That Loving You Baby - Jerry Butler & Betty Everett

11. Blues In The Night - Doris Day

12. The Lady Wants To Twist - Steve Lawrence

13. Playgirl - Thee Prophets

14. He Ain't Give You None - Freddie Scott

15. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus

16. Bull Dog - Shangri-Las

17. The City Never Sleeps At Night - Nancy Sinatra

18. The Lonely Bull - The Tijuana Brass ft. Herb Alpert

19. Move On Up - Flying Lizards

20. Give Me One More Chance - Wilmer Alexander Jr & the Dukes

21. C.C. Rider - Bobby Powell

22. Come And Give Your Love To Me - New Colony Six

23. Dix-A-Billy - Lavern Baker

24. Kon-Tiki - The Islanders

This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

The first week of August 1966 was not only a microcosm of that whole tumultuous year, but also a harbinger of the twenty-first century. There was gun violence, racial unrest, calls for liberalized abortion laws, a celebrity wedding, and, of course, John Lennon versus the fundamentalists. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Barnes, Michael, “Finding No ‘Responsible’ Book on Shooting, He Wrote One,” Austin American-Statesman, July 31, 2016, D-9. 

“Beatle Boycott Widening in Dixie,” New York Daily News, August 4, 1966, 14. 

Bruckner, J.D.R., “King Hit By Rock as Whites Resist Civil Rights Marchers,” Los Angeles Times, August 6, 1966, 1. 

Cleave, Maureen, “The Beatles, Part III; John in His Gorilla Suit, Seeking What?” The Detroit Free Press, May 8,1966, 28.

“Epstein Arrives in U.S., Trying to Halt Beatle Ban Bandwagon,” The Los Angeles, Times, August 6, 1966, 27.

Haber, Joyce, “It Was Luci’s Day All the Way as She Became Mrs. Nugent,” The Los Angeles Times, August 7, 1966, 1. 

“John, the Beatle’s, Quote on Jesus ‘Out of Context,’” The Miami News, August 5, 1966, 20. 

“Knife Misses, King Stoned,” New York Daily News, August 6, 1966, 2. 

“Local Radio Station Joins Beatle Ban,” The Daily Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina), August 3, 1966, 1. 

McCabe, Charles, “We’re More Popular Than Jesus Now,” Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), April 22, 1966, 24. 

“Quote Angers Beatle Fans,” The Selma Times-Journal (Selma, Alabama), August 2, 1966, 10. 

“Sniper Buried Beside Mother He Murdered,” Los Angeles Times, August 6, 1966, 15. 

Thornhill, Barbara, “Sorry About That, But You Can Still Hear the Beatles in Macon,” The Macon News (Macon, Georgia), August 4, 1966, 8.

University of Texas tower shooting

“Weekend TV; 3 Networks to Cover Luci’s Wedding Today,” The Los Angeles, Times, August 6, 1966, 28. 

“With Tears of Joy; Luci, Pat Nugent Exchange Vows,” The Los Angeles Times, August 7, 1966, 1. 

Beatniks

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. The Beat Generation - Bob McFadden and Dor

2. Beat Girl - Adam Faith

3. Recitation - Fred Gwynne (Far Out Munsters)

4. Kookie's Mad Pad - Edd "Kookie" Burns

5. Teenage Beatnik - Louis Nye

6. Opp-Pop--A-Da - Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra

7. Like Young - Perry Como

8. Beatnik - The Royal Jokers

9. Basic Hip - Del Close & John Brent

10. Crazy Vibrations - The Bikinis

11. Bongo Beatin' Beatnik - Joe Hall & the Corvettes

12. Twisted - Lambert, Hendrick & Ross

13. Beatnik Daddy - Barbara Evans

14. Doin' the Beatnik Twist - Huey Smith and the Clowns

15. Sorta Blue - Henry Mancini

16.The Beat Generation - Paul Evans

17. High School Drag - Phillipa Fallon

18. Pad - Bobby Summers

19. Beatnik Bill - Richard Pine

20. The Image Pt. 1 - Hank Levine

21. Like I Love You - Edd "Kookie' Burns

22. Recitation - Kelton Garwood (Far Out Munsters)

23. Laughin' Beatnik - Johnny Beeman

24. Kerouazy - Don Morrow

25. Beat-nik - J.M. Van Eaton

26. Beatnik Baby - The Bee Hives

27. No Pictures, Please - Rod McKuen

28. Professor Bop - Three Bips, A Bop

29. Reaching Into In - Ken Nordine

30. Beat Guitar - The Wailers

31. Benny the Beatnik - Untouchables

We Say Yeah Yeah Yeah #02

 

With Robin Braid

01 The Flying Burrito Brothers - If You Gotta Go

02 Brian Auger with Julie Driscoll & The Trinity - A Kind Of Love In

03 Clifford Curry - I Can't Get A Hold Of Myself

04 Gino Parks - Same Thing

05 Yvonne Baker - You Didn't Say A Word

06 The Romeos - Precious Memories

07 Gordon Jackson - A Day At The Cottage

08 Duane Eddy - Mule Train

09 Theola Kilgore - The Sound Of My Man

10 Johnny Cash - Going To Memphis

11 The Selah Jubilee Singers - Downward Road

12 Betty Harris - There's A Break In The Road

13 Aaron Neville - Over You

14 Johnny Horton - I'm Coming Home

15 The Mersey Men - I Can Tell

16 The Troggs - You're Lyin'

17 Johnny Burnette - If You Want It Enough

18 John Lee Hooker - What Do You Say

19 Small Faces - Understanding

20 Dusty Springfield - Little By Little 

21 Guitar Ray - Ball And Chain

This Week In '66 - The Fishers Disappear

 

With Lynn Peril

Were there more kidnappings and disappearances than usual in 1966, or am I just attracted to those stories? If it’s the latter, what does that say about me? Perhaps it’s an easy answer: If I fall down a rabbit hole to find out what happened next, maybe listeners will be intrigued as well. The story of Max and Edith Fisher is a wild one, involving arson, a likely murder, and a faked suicide. Also in the news this week, a Merry Prankster gets married and a teen critic harshly reviews the Rolling Stones show at the Cow Palace–on Mick’s 23rd birthday, no less! 

SHOW NOTES: 

Interesting blog post with memories from Space Daisy's son. 

“303rd Golden Gate Suicide Feared,” San Francisco Examiner, June 27, 1966, 20. 

Bengelsdorf, Irving H., Ph.D., “Of Atoms and Men; Carbon Dioxide Enriched Air–A Lot of Contemporary Sun,” The Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1966, 33. 

“He’ll Stay, Despite Hostility; Cranks Harass Negro in Ritzy Detroit Area,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 1. 

Leggett, Jim, “Widow Remembers Husband Who Died in Crash 25 Years Ago,” The Town Talk (Alexandria, Virginia), July 29, 1991, 21. 

Looney, Gerri, “Stone Shook Up?” Oakland Tribune, July 30, 1966, 8.

Mealey, Mike, “Cabin in Mystery Razed in Clue Hunt,” The Oakland Tribune, July 15, 1966, 4. 

Mealey, Mike, “FBI Joins Hunt for SF Man–Wife’s Body at Cabin?” The Oakland Tribune, July 14, 1966, 5. 

O’Brien, William, “Cops Still Baffled by the Missing Fishers,” The San Francisco Examiner, July 2, 1967, 8. 

“Pope to OK Birth Pill, Italian Paper Claims; Fantasy, Vatican Says,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 4. 

Spears, Larry, “Groom Had the Second Longest Hair,” Oakland Tribune, July 25, 1966, 3. 

“Tragic Rampage; Elephant Tramples Trainer,” Oakland Tribune, July 30, 1966, 4. 

Weston, Mary Ann, “Jobs Run Out; 2 Negro Families Leaving Pointes,” The Detroit Press, November 24, 1966, 3. 

Trash!

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. She's A Fat Girl - Rock-a-Bouts

2. Camel Walk - Saxons

3. Bacon Fat - The Triads

4. Emulsified - Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers

5. Big Fat Mama - Roy Young

6. Chimpanzee Ride - Mike Lawing

7. The Beat Generation - Mamie Van Doren

8. One Potato - The Elite

9. Betty Lou's Got A New Tattoo - The Creep

10. Go Go Gorilla - The Shandells

11. The Gamma Goochee - The Gamma Goochee

12. We All Love Peanut Butter - The One Way Street

13. Tarzan - The Ape Quartet

14. Karate - Ray Sanders and Friend

15. New Dance In France - Bobby Lee Trammell

16. Duh - The Fantastic Emanons

17. Big Fat Baby - Sonny Hall

18. Beatnik's Wish - Patsy Raye and the Beatniks

19. Cave Man Hop - Jerry Coulston

20. Fire Water - The Premieres

21. Surfin' Monkey - The Spinners

22. The Trance - Gary Shelton

23. Man With The Golden Arm - Gemtones

24. Konga Joe - Arch Hall Jr.

25. Jugue - Johnny Amelio

26. Bip Bop Bip - Pretty Boy

27. Discombobulated - Rex Johnson

28. Cheese Blintzes - Don Thompson Quartet

This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

It was the week that Bobby Fuller died under mysterious circumstances and Mrs. America 1966 gave her opinions on fighting divorce and raising happy children. Other names in the news this week: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Jayne Mansfield, and Montgomery Clift, alas, not all in the same place at the same time. 

SHOW NOTES

“‘66 Mrs. America; Houston Housewife No. 1 Homemaker,” Evansville Courier and Press (Evansville, IN), May 9, 1966, 8.

“Autopsy Inconclusive,” Daily News-Post (Monrovia, CA), July 20, 1966, 22.

Brimmell, George, “San Diego corners market on off-beat beauty contests,” The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), December 19, 1967, 22. 

Gundersen, Edna, “Broken Melody,” El Paso Times, June 7, 1982, 13.

Hall, Claude, “Bobby Fuller Four Fills Nitery Air With Excitement,” Billboard, May 14, 1966, 48. 

“Houston TV Ratings War,” Texas Monthly, May 1974, 12. s

Klemesrud, Judy, “Woman’s Place in School Too, Says Mrs. America,” Corpus-Christi Caller-Times, July 1, 1966, 30. 

“Marital Inquiry Asked in House; Justice Douglas’ Character Under Attack,” The Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1966, 1. 

“Misadventures of Mrs. America,” Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA), October 9, 1966, 100. 

“Movie Manager Files Suit,” The Jackson Sun (Jackson, TN), July 20, 1966, 2. 

“Montgomery Clift, 45, dies of heart attack in New York,” The Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1966, 3. 

“Mrs. America Ired; Dispute Rises About Prizes,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 17, 1967, 18. 

“Mrs. America Tells How to Beat Divorce Scandal,” Oakland Tribune, July 24, 1966, 8. 

“Policeman Closes Show; He Wasn’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” The Memphis Press-Scimitar, July 18, 1966, 17. 

Silverman, Jan, “Luncheon with Mrs. America,” Oakland Tribune, October 7, 1966, 34. 

“Singer Found Dead in Automobile,” Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA), July 19, 1966, 25. 

Stanford, Nancy, “Mrs. America Tackles Her Homework,” Corpus Christi Times, January 9, 1969, 25. 

“Tests Slated in Death of Rock and Roll Singer,” Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA), July 20, 1966, 13. 

Thompson, Thomas, “Raw Dialogue Challenges All the Censors,” Life Magazine, June 10, 1966, 92. 

Wilson, Earl, “It Happened Last Night,” Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey), July 19, 1966, 19. 

“‘Whose Afraid’ Gets Cleared for Nashville,” Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1966, 53. 

Songs of 1966

 

By Mark Ehmcke

1. It's a Man's Man;s Man;s World - James Brown

2. Sha La La La Lee - Small Faces

3. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago - The Yardbirds

4. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond

5. Papa Was Too - Joe Tex

6. They're Coming To Take Me Away - Napoleon XIV

7. Seven & Seven Is - Love

8. Good Thing - Paul Revere and the Raiders

9. I Need Somebody - ? and the Mysterians

10. The Cheater - Bob Kuban and the In-Men

11. I'm Your Puppet - James and Bobby Purify

12. No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits

13. Hey Joe - The Leaves

14. Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group

15. Ninety-Nine and a Half - Wilson Pickett

16. Rain - The Beatles

17. The Rains Came - Sir Douglas Quintet

18. Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann

19. Nashville Cats - The Lovin' Spoonful

20. It Tears Me Up - Percy Sledge

21. Sugar Town - Nancy Sinatra

22. The Ballad of Irving - Frank Gallop

23. Green Grass - Gary Lewis and the Playboys

24. The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peter

25. Where Were You When I Needed You - The Grass Roots

Kogar's Jungle Juice 015

 

With Kogar the Swinging Ape

This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

This is the week in 1966 when eight young women, six student nurses and two visiting exchange nurses from the Philippines, were murdered by a madman in Chicago. You can read about him elsewhere; here we're going to talk about the victims. Also in the news this week: a pair of May-December marriages draw comparisons. 

SHOW NOTES

“Delmore Schwartz,” New York Daily News, July 14, 1966, 61. 

Freeman, Alex, “How Sinatra’s Kids Feel About His New Bride,” Detroit Free Press, July 31, 1966, 28. 

Getze, George, “Trainers Thump TV Slump; Young Adults Called Flabbiest Generation in Nation’s History,” Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1966, 31. 

Goodyear, Sara Jane, “Hunt for Clews in Killing of Eight Nurses on S.E. Side; Neighbors Tell of Awakening to Tragedy,” Chicago Tribune, July 15, 1966, 1. 

“‘Newlywed Game’ Pits Couples in Daytimer,” The Daily News Leader (Staunton, Virginia), July 8, 1966, 13. 

“The Murder Story Unfolds,” Detroit Free Press, July 16, 1966, 32. 

Wiedrich, Robert, “Detailed Report of Terrible Crime; The 8 Nurses: 5-Hour Killing,” Chicago Tribune Magazine, July 23, 1966, 9.