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ROOTS ROCK RADIO: Sept. 29th
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Dean
2024-09-29 22:56:23 UTC
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The latest ROOTS ROCK RADIO is archived until October 13th at the link
below. Here's the playlist:

1. HAND CLAPPIN’, Red Prysock

2. AT THE HOP, Danny & The Juniors
3. BIM BAM, Don & Dewey
4. DANCING DOLL, Art Adams

5. THAT IS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, The Coasters
6. LOU LOU, Darrell Rhodes
7. I NEED A MAN, Barbara Pittman

8. RUBBER BISCUIT, The Chips
9. HUSH YOUR MOUTH, Bo Diddley
10. THE HAPPY ORGAN, Dave “Baby” Cortez

11. LONELY NIGHTS, The Hearts
12. BLUEBERRY HILL, Fats Domino
13. YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME, The Miracles (Smokey Robinson)

14. OVER AND OVER, Bobby Day
15. KANSAS CITY, Wilbert Harrison
16. TROUBLE, Elvis Presley

17. ONE NIGHT OF SIN, Smiley Lewis
18. BUMBLE BEE, LaVern Baker
19. HELLO DOLLY, Vito & The Salutations

20. BE MY BABY, The Ronettes
21. AGAIN, The Four Epics
22. BIG BOY PETE, The Olympics

23. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, The Harptones
24. WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO, The Dells
25. WHO’S SORRY NOW, Connie Francis

26. MAMA LOOCIE, The Moonglows (with Marvin Gaye on lead)
27. ROSE OF TANGIER, The Four Kings
28. DOWN ON THE FARM, Big Al Downing

29. PEANUTS, Little Joe & The Thrillers
30. TRAVELING STRANGER, Little Anthony & The Imperials
31. BLACK CADILLAC, Joyce Green

32. LOOP DE LOOP MAMBO, The Robins
33. ACTION PACKED, Ronnie Dawson
34. PINK PEDAL PUSHERS, Carl Perkins

35. DEAR ONE, The Scarlets
36. OH WHAT A DREAM, Ruth Brown
37. SEND ME SOME LOVIN’, Little Richard

38. BOPPIN’ HIGH SCHOOL BABY, Don Willis
39. CASTIN’ MY SPELL, The Johnny Otis Show
40. SURF RIDER, The Lively Ones

41. I’M SO HAPPY, Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords
42. WAITIN’ IN SCHOOL, Ricky Nelson
43. LONG GONE DADDY, Pat Cupp & His Flying Saucers

44. WEE WEE HOURS, Chuck Berry
45. SO DEEP WITHIN, The Spaniels
46. SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME, The Drifters


http://wrtc.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/417606/rock-roots-rock-radio
Roger
2024-09-30 08:31:13 UTC
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The latest ROOTS ROCK RADIO is archived until October 13th at the link
1. HAND CLAPPIN’, Red Prysock
My favorite Prysock instrumental used several times as the opening theme
on Alan Freed's Saturday night Radio Luxembourg show

Here's how it sits in my all time fave instrumentals list

1. Green Onions Booker T. & The MG’s - 1962
2. Honky Tonk-Part 2 Bill Doggett - 1956
3. Raunchy Bill Justis - 1957
4. Hideaway Freddy King - 1961
5. Last Night Mar-Keys - 1961
6. Hand Clappin' Red Prysock - 1955
7. Juke Little Walter - 1952
8. Night Train Jimmy Forest – 1952
9. Peter Gunn Duane Eddy - 1959
10 Jam Up Tommy Ridgley - 1954
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2. AT THE HOP, Danny & The Juniors
Originally recorded as "Do The Bop" by Johnny Madara & The Juvenaires


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5. THAT IS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, The Coasters
MUCH the better side of the hit "Along Came Jones" single
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7. I NEED A MAN, Barbara Pittman
Best ever female performance on the Sun label
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8. RUBBER BISCUIT, The Chips
Used to great effect in one of my Scorcese faves "Mean Streets"
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10. THE HAPPY ORGAN, Dave “Baby” Cortez
Sadly a huge instrumental hit everywhere except in my house.

I never warmed to it tho I really liked his later "Rinky Dink"
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12. BLUEBERRY HILL, Fats Domino
Famous for the factory "glitch" on the UK London label single pressing
where everything slows down to near zero for that one split second
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15. KANSAS CITY, Wilbert Harrison
I recall on my one and only visit to Kansas City in the 70's discovering
that there is no real "Twelfth street and Vine" - just a sign
commemorating where said corner once was
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21. AGAIN, The Four Epics
An old standard (originally by our own Dame Vera Lynn) that has been a
fave with me ever since the Doris Day version and done best by a vocal
group IMO in the wonderful 1957 Universals version



Sorry but I don't care for the Four Epics reading
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25. WHO’S SORRY NOW, Connie Francis
Famously hurriedly cut in a spare few minutes at the end of what was
planned as the last MGM session for the then-hitless Concetta before the
label dropped her.

And then........
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28. DOWN ON THE FARM, Big Al Downing
One of my best ever finds--for pennies---on a Sunday morning London
market stall was a 45rpm mint White Rock label copy of this pounder
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31. BLACK CADILLAC, Joyce Green
Here's how Joycie sits in my 1959 Top Femmes list

1. Don't Mess With My Man Irma Thomas
2. Dedicated To The One I Love Shirelles
3. Broken Hearted Melody Sarah Vaughan
4. What A Diff'rence A Day Makes Dinah Washington
5. Let's Jump The Broomstick Brenda Lee
6. Black Cadillac Joyce Green
7. Sweet Nothins Brenda Lee
8. The Big Hurt Toni Fisher
9. Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me Billie Holiday
10. Unforgettable Dinah Washington
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34. PINK PEDAL PUSHERS, Carl Perkins
One side of his debut Columbia single in 1958 but Carl famously cut a
couple of demos of the song for Sam Phillips at Sun a year earlier
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38. BOPPIN’ HIGH SCHOOL BABY, Don Willis
This was the #1 want on the lists of countless rockabilly fans over here
before it was heavily booted in the early 70's. Amazingly it was white
rockabilly on the Satellite label in Memphis (that eventually became the
very black Stax label)
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39. CASTIN’ MY SPELL, The Johnny Otis Show
Here's the original version from 1959


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46. SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME, The Drifters
The Drifters first big hit on this side of the Atlantic spending no less
than SEVEN weeks at #2 in late 1960---kept off the #1 spot for the first
six weeks by Elvis and "It's Now Or Never" and then by Johnny Tillotson
and "Poetry In Motion"
Dean
2024-10-01 03:27:58 UTC
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10. THE HAPPY ORGAN, Dave “Baby” Cortez
Sadly a huge instrumental hit everywhere except in my house.
Ironically, my favorite part of "The Happy Organ" is the guitar break!
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I never warmed to it tho I really liked his later "Rinky Dink"
Seriously? "The Happy Organ" rocks quite a bit harder!
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21. AGAIN, The Four Epics
An old standard (originally by our own Dame Vera Lynn) that has been a
fave with me ever since the Doris Day version and done best by a vocal
group IMO in the wonderful 1957 Universals version
Oh, yeah! I had forgotten about the Universals. I'll have to dig that
one up and re-acquaint myself with it.
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25. WHO’S SORRY NOW, Connie Francis
Famously hurriedly cut in a spare few minutes at the end of what was
planned as the last MGM session for the then-hitless Concetta before
the label dropped her.
And then........
When you were raised Italian-American, as I was, Connie Francis was a
goddess-like presence in your house.
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34. PINK PEDAL PUSHERS, Carl Perkins
One side of his debut Columbia single in 1958 but Carl famously cut a
couple of demos of the song for Sam Phillips at Sun a year earlier
I recently found a great CD on Rhino: a Carl Perkins collection covering
1958-1978:

https://store.greennoiserecords.com/products/perkins-carl-used-cd
Bruce
2024-10-01 03:49:09 UTC
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10. THE HAPPY ORGAN, Dave “Baby” Cortez
Sadly a huge instrumental hit everywhere except in my house.
Ironically, my favorite part of "The Happy Organ" is the guitar break!
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I never warmed to it tho I really liked his later "Rinky Dink"
Seriously? "The Happy Organ" rocks quite a bit harder!
Not to me. "The Happy Organ" does not even sound like rock and roll to
me. It sounds more like the guy playing the organ at the roller rink.
Just because the tempo is faster does not mean that it "rocks harder."

I have "The Happy Organ" as a 5 (pretty good) and "Rinky Dink" as a 7
(very good).
Roger
2024-10-01 11:15:07 UTC
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10. THE HAPPY ORGAN, Dave “Baby” Cortez
Sadly a huge instrumental hit everywhere except in my house.
Ironically, my favorite part of "The Happy Organ" is the guitar break!
Post by Roger
I never warmed to it tho I really liked his later "Rinky Dink"
Seriously? "The Happy Organ" rocks quite a bit harder!
Not to me. "The Happy Organ" does not even sound like rock and roll to
me. It sounds more like the guy playing the organ at the roller rink.
Just because the tempo is faster does not mean that it "rocks harder."
I have "The Happy Organ" as a 5 (pretty good) and "Rinky Dink" as a 7
(very good).
I think we'd be about the same here

I don't list "The Happy Organ" on my 1959 list but if I did it'd be a 5
I guess. OTOH "Rinky Dink" rates a good 7 in 1962

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