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Favoriting August 20, 2022: Bob Brainen & Pete Tomlinson Present American Music Before The Beatles

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Artist Track Album Year Comments Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra  Image, Part One   Favoriting   1961  ABC-Paramount  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ray Bryant Combo  Madison Time Part One   Favoriting   1960  Columbia  0:02:33 (Pop-up)
Booker T. & The MGs  Green Onions   Favoriting   1962  Stax  0:05:26 (Pop-up)
Clarence "Frogman" Henry  (I Don't Know Why) But I Do   Favoriting   1960  Argo  0:08:18 (Pop-up)
Orlons  South Street   Favoriting   1963  Cameo  0:10:37 (Pop-up)
Riff & The Jets  Cool   Favoriting West Side Story (Film Soundtrack)  1961  Columbia  0:12:49 (Pop-up)
Falcons  You're So Fine   Favoriting   1959  Flick  0:17:07 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Soul  If You Wanna Be Happy   Favoriting   1963  S.P.Q.R.  0:19:34 (Pop-up)
Gary "U.S." Bonds  Quarter To Three   Favoriting   1961  Legrand  0:21:46 (Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon  Abigail Beecher   Favoriting   Jan. 1964  Warner Brothers  0:24:12 (Pop-up)
Del Shannon  Hats Off To Larry   Favoriting   1961  Big Top  0:26:34 (Pop-up)
Ronettes  Be My Baby   Favoriting   1963  Philles  0:28:29 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

 

 

 

 

0:31:04 (Pop-up)
 
It's Dancin' Time!
Chris Kenner  Land of 1000 Dances   Favoriting   1962  Instant  0:49:02 (Pop-up)
Chubby Checker  The Twist   Favoriting   1960  Parkway  0:51:26 (Pop-up)
Little Eva  The Locomotion   Favoriting   1962  Dimension  0:54:02 (Pop-up)
Dee Dee Sharp  Mashed Potato Time   Favoriting   1962  Cameo  0:56:17 (Pop-up)
Miracles  Mickey's Monkee   Favoriting   1963  Tamla  0:58:40 (Pop-up)
Dovells  Bristol Stomp   Favoriting   1961  Parkway  1:01:19 (Pop-up)
Joey Dee & The Starliters  The Peppermint Twist, Part One   Favoriting   1961  Roulette  1:03:31 (Pop-up)
Orlons  Wah-Watusi   Favoriting   1962  Cameo  1:05:30 (Pop-up)
Isley Brothers  Twist & Shout   Favoriting   1962  Wand  1:07:59 (Pop-up)
Rivingtons  Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow   Favoriting   1962  Liberty  1:10:25 (Pop-up)
Sherrys  Pop Pop Pop Pie   Favoriting   1962  Guyden  1:13:07 (Pop-up)
Sam Cooke  Twistin' The Night Away   Favoriting   1962  RCA Victor  1:14:42 (Pop-up)
Contours  Do You Love Me   Favoriting   1962  Gordy  1:17:17 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

 

 

 

 

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Beach Boys  Be True To Your School (single version)   Favoriting   1963  Capitol  1:30:37 (Pop-up)
Four Seasons  Walk Like A Man   Favoriting   1963  VeeJay  1:32:34 (Pop-up)
Dion  Ruby Baby   Favoriting   1962  Columbia  1:34:59 (Pop-up)
Impressions  It's Alright   Favoriting   1963  ABC-Paramount  1:37:18 (Pop-up)
Chantays  Pipeline   Favoriting   1962  Downey  1:40:03 (Pop-up)
Jan & Dean  Surf City   Favoriting   1963  Liberty  1:42:19 (Pop-up)
Cascades  Rhythm Of The Rain   Favoriting   1962  Valiant  1:44:52 (Pop-up)
Barry & The Tamerlanes  I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight   Favoriting   1963  Valiant  1:48:19 (Pop-up)
Bruce Channel  Hey Baby!   Favoriting   1962  Smash  1:49:10 (Pop-up)
Ventures  Walk Don't Run   Favoriting   1960  Dolton  1:51:27 (Pop-up)
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton  A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)   Favoriting   1960  Mercury  1:53:27 (Pop-up)
Marty Robbins  Don't Worry   Favoriting   1960  Columbia  1:55:42 (Pop-up)
Bobby Rydell  Wild One   Favoriting   1960  Cameo  1:58:57 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

 

 

 

 

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The Girl Group Sound
Crystals  Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)   Favoriting   1963  Philles  2:15:45 (Pop-up)
Exciters  Tell Him   Favoriting   1962  United Artists  2:17:54 (Pop-up)
Chiffons  One Fine Day   Favoriting   1963  Laurie  2:20:30 (Pop-up)
Skeeter Davis  I Can't Stay Mad At You   Favoriting   1963  RCA Victor  2:22:31 (Pop-up)
Shirelles  Foolish Little Girl   Favoriting   1963  Scepter  2:24:36 (Pop-up)
Cookies  Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)   Favoriting   1963  Dimension  2:26:53 (Pop-up)
Betty Everett  The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)   Favoriting   Feb. 1964  VeeJay  2:29:29 (Pop-up)
Girlfriends  My One & Only, Jimmy Boy   Favoriting   1963  Colpix  2:31:41 (Pop-up)
Essex  Easier Said Than Done   Favoriting   1963  Roulette  2:33:50 (Pop-up)
Ikettes  I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song)   Favoriting   1961  Atco  2:36:00 (Pop-up)
Angels  My Boyfriend's Back   Favoriting   1963  Smash  2:38:20 (Pop-up)
Murmaids  Popsicles & Icicles   Favoriting   1963  Chattahoochee  2:40:30 (Pop-up)
Jaynetts  Sally Go Round The Roses   Favoriting   1963  Tuff  2:42:55 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Jack Van Impe  An Importat Message   Favoriting   195?    2:55:07 (Pop-up)
Showmen  It Will Stand   Favoriting   1961    2:55:41 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 

 

 

 

 

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Listener comments!

  11:00am
dan:

Good morning
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Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning Bob, Pete and all other listeners!
  11:00am
Robbie White:

good morning Wally
  11:01am
Robbie White:

good morning Bob
  11:01am
Jeff:

Hey Bob + Pete, looking forward to looking backwards!
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Wendy S:

Good morning Bob ❤️, Pete and all! I’m really looking forward to today’s show!
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WR:

Hi Bob, Pete and drummer streamers.
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listener james from westwood:

Morning, Bob and Pete and all!
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doctorjazz:

Hi, Bob, Pete, Braniacs! What Wendy S said!
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wmfromD:

Hey Bob and Pete. Looking forward to today's excursion.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Good morning Bob, PT, and all!!!
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PT:

Good Morning, everyone! Bob's workin' the Webcors (show period-specific AND Beefheart reference!) hard this morning, so I'll be on the comments board in his place, but he'll chime in from time to time. And now, it's Madison Time!
  11:03am
CalZone!:

HIT IT!
  11:03am
adamdoesit:

Hi Bob, Pete, and everybody. Get in that Madison line!
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Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning, Bob, Pete, gang! What a way to kick-off my vaco!
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luka:

saturday people
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Bob Brainen:

Morning everyone!
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steveo:

Hey good morning. Glad to be listening.
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PT:

Hey dan, Andrew in Toronto, Robbie White, Jeff, Wendy S, WR, listener james from westwood, doctorjazz, wmfromD, Will thee Sound Guy, CalZone, adamdoesit, Pauly from Clifton, luka, and steveo...Good Morning ! (Whew!)
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(Mr) Bill:

Good morning, Pete, Bob, and other Brainiacal friends of distinction. Today is my 22nd wedding anniversary. My wife’s, too. Funny how that works.
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WR:

Have vested interest in today's subject. One of my father's co-workers back in the early 60s was Jimmy Gilmore's father. Heard him complaining to my dad about how the Beatles etc. destroyed his son's career.

Also there is an interesting book about pop music written by Elijah Wald: "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll".
  11:08am
dan:

Sounds like an album cut of Green Onions
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DonJuanTijuana:

Hiya Bob! Greetings to all fellow Brainiacs!
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PT:

(Mr) Bill, Good Morning and a very Happy Anniversary! I just passed #27, as did my wife. Bada-BOOM!
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spodiodi:

good morning, Bob and all!
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spodiodi:

good morning, Pete!
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PT:

@WR: Do you mean Jimmy Gilmer of Sugar Shack fame? I actually remember hearing that maybe a day before I first heard I Want To Hold Your Hand, and he's right...the Jimmy Gilmers et al were immediately yesterday's news.
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PT:

spodiodi!
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chresti:

Morning Bob and PT and braineniacs!
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PT:

DonJuanTijuana: Hola!
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coelacanth∅:

Orlons!
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coelacanth∅:

'morning Bob & Pete and all
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PT:

coelacanthø! Orlon is truly a wonder product.
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spodiodi:

good morning, chresti!\\//
gm, coelacanthØ!
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chresti:

good morning spodi!\\//
  11:15am
adamdoesit:

Easy, Action!
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coelacanth∅:

PT it's the fabric of the future!

'morning spodiodi!
  11:15am
gene sculatti:

You're off and running!
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spodiodi:

*snaps*
  11:16am
Robm:

Well fellow listeners since i see a few people bashing the Beatles, i too think they are overrated and overplayed and if I don’t hear another beatles song it will not bother me at all
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PT:

@adamdoesit: Think Alice Cooper got their album title from that? They did a West Side Story pastiche on one of their albums IIRC
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Gina Bacon:

Morning, Bob & Pete & all!
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doctorjazz:

So cool!
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PT:

Hey Gene! And it gets better (we hope)
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PT:

Hi Gina Bacon!
  11:17am
gene sculatti:

It will, I'm sure.
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chresti:

Falcons!
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PT:

@Robin! Why, I am shocked! Shocked, I tells ya!
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doctorjazz:

I went through a long "No Beatles" stage, decades actually, bit I can listen to and enjoy them again after the hiatus (had a similar Grateful Dead pause, couldn't listen for a long time, now back in the rotation).
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PT:

@Robm: So shocked I misspelled your name!
  11:19am
dan:

The man who did the cover of the West Side Story film soundtrack album is still alive and over 100 years old
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doctorjazz:

Hey, man...
  11:21am
Robm:

@PJ don’t worry about it:)
@Doctor jazz maybe in 10 years i will right now i can do without them
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(Mr) Bill:

Thanks, Bob. Three to the third power years of marriage. Not too shabby.
  11:22am
Robm:

Oh no mr bill:)
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doctorjazz:

Nice transition!
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(Mr) Bill:

From my personal point of view, I’m glad to have spurned Jimmy Soul’s advice.
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PT:

@(Mr) Bill: Me too, but I appreciate Jimmy Soul's interest.
  11:24am
CalZone!:

Who needs the Beatles!?!?!

We booked Gary US Bonds at my college in 1980 or 81 as he was coming off his revival via Bruce. He was a fantastic performer, and a super cool cat!
  11:25am
Robm:

@WR just put that book on hold at my local library, can’t wait to read it.
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doctorjazz:

We're getting into Beatles territory (time wise)
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(Mr) Bill:

I’ll remain neutral (for now) on the Beatles’ musical value. Does anyone question their influence on American music?
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Wendy S:

I was born in ‘61, so it’s cool to hear what was being played then.

One of the first songs I remember hearing on the radio was Yesterday. At 4 years old I dug it and still do :)
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PT:

@doctorjazz: We did throw that ringer in, I confess. But Freddie Boom Boom Cannon probably recorded Abigail Beecher in late 63, doncha think?
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wmfromD:

People like Del Shannon suffered greatly post Beatles. Too bad. A great talent.
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listener james from westwood:

Aw, was just thinking of this Ronnie one earlier today, in conjunction with Mean Streets.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

soo many amazing tunes
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(Mr) Bill:

I’ll stay neutral for now on the Beatles’ musical value. Does anyone question their influence on American music?
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Ronnie 💔🌠
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PT:

@wmfromD: Yet Del was the first US artist to cover a Beatles song (From Me To You, mid-63). It charted, too.
  11:30am
Robm:

@Mr bill i sure do, everyone thought they were such a wonderful group, it got to the point where other people could not get much airplay, they were the Donald Trump of that era.
  11:30am
CalZone!:

I would argue that the Beatles pressured Del to stretch and make more adventurous and interesting records in the mid-late 60s! Big fan of DS!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

🐸 🐸 🐸
  11:32am
dan:

Any Brian Hyland or Tommy Roe on the show? Both were recent guests on Mike Huckabee’s talk show and they still have the energy and stamina after all these years.
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doctorjazz:

The Beatles LISTENED TO all this music; they tried to play it early on.
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chresti:

The teen idol machine took over
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wmfromD:

Jann Wenner sucks.
  11:38am
Dean:

We had screamers and honkers. Big Jay McNeely!
  11:47am
Dean:

That Orlons tune was adapted as a radio jingle in the '80s or '90s by a local Southern California auto dealer in Cerritos, which also has a South Street.
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chresti:

I like this song at this speed!
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redkayak:

Happy Saturday all!
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PT:

Hey @redkayak!
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redkayak:

@PT - Howdy :)
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chresti:

@Land of a 1000 dances
  11:52am
Gerry from Miami:

"I think it's neat, I dig the beat, I'd give it a 98!" Often heard on American Bandstand with Dick Clark during the show's "Rate the Record" segment.
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wmfromD:

Chubby cut some good sides at this time. I love "Twenty Miles".
  11:55am
Gerry from Miami:

A Carole King classic! Go, Little Eva!
  12:00pm
Dean:

The image on the playlist reminds me of the long gone Wenzel's Music Town in Downey, CA, home of Downey Records. What a store, packed to the rafters with 45s!
  12:01pm
Gerry from Miami:

BOB & PETE, this period was all about dancing! And Clark led the trends that many DJs and show hosts followed. Lloyd Thaxton, the Real Don Steele, among others.
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doctorjazz:

I remember the scoring on American Bandstand being surprisingly tough, "it had a great beat, you can dance to it, I'll give it a 75". Maybe they were channeling their school grades...
  12:03pm
Gerry from Miami:

Met Len Barry during my college years in Philly. A legend!
  12:08pm
Gerry from Miami:

The Cameo-Parkway label really had a juggernaut going in the pre-Beatle era.
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coelacanth∅:

Isleys!
  12:08pm
dan:

Always preferred the Beatles version of Twist and Shout to the original
  12:08pm
Dean:

Uncle Michael played The Crystals, "Let's Dance (The Screw), pt. II," yesterday.
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doctorjazz:

As I said, the early Beatles wanted to BE these guys.
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doctorjazz:

And Little Richard
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coelacanth∅:

i'm hugely into the Isleys, but yeah the beatles version kicks serious ass! 1 take at the end of a long recording session, no overdubs.
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doctorjazz:

One of the masterpieces of Western Music (with Surfin Bird)!
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chresti:

I remember this song from when a babysitter brought her records over.
  12:14pm
Listener Robert:

Can we discern any pattern to the styles of American pop pre- vs. post-Beatles?
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neveract:

John Waters used Surfin Bird.. right?
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chresti:

* also a song where they sang "hum gully gully, etc.
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coelacanth∅:

the beatles brought sophistication into rock & roll. from the instrumental arrangements to the harmonies.
but they weren't alone in doing it.
it was about time teenagers (did that term exist then?) started thinking.
  12:17pm
Dean:

"Surfin' Bird," "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow," progenitors of The Cramps' "Human Fly," et al.
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coelacanth∅:

(and later, the lyrics)
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doctorjazz:

Had to sit still...
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coelacanth∅:

the Great Contours! another Berry Gordy casualty
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neveract:

cool chresti .. and hi! Maybe someone could do a show with all the music John Waters used in his films.
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adamdoesit:

This is pure pleasure.
  12:19pm
Gerry from Miami:

Wasn't Joe Jackson, father of the Jackson 5, a one-time member of the Contours?
  12:19pm
Dean:

OED shows "teenager" emerging around 1913, but: "In early use the word seems to have been used particularly in connection with churches."
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doctorjazz:

The Beatles were listening to Dylan ands how's their lyrical game accordingly.
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doctorjazz:

*Hard to sit still...
  12:20pm
dan:

Do You Love Me is one of the first songs to have a false ending
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coelacanth∅:

Dean, i don't doubt it. i was a little surprised when i read that credit for that term was taken in just the past few decades -i think by a dj?
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chresti:

hi neveract! Cha Cha Heels is inspired by John Waters films.
  12:26pm
Dean:

Ngram viewer suggests radio could have had something to do with growing use of the term:
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=teenager&year_start=1900&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3
  12:26pm
dan:

The chorus of Peppermint Twist makes it sound like they’re saying “Jew Boy, Motherfucking Jew Boy”
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coelacanth∅:

...1940s -when there was a fairly quick transition of people in that age group to be now treated as children; when prior to that they were expected to start pretending they were grown-ups. (which people don't start to pretend now until they're... 35?!)
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coelacanth∅:

hey, grand funk's alright!
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coelacanth∅:

(okay, maybe not their cover of locomotion)
  12:32pm
Gerry from Miami:

@dan. Not what I hear! Bop-shoo-bop, boppa boppa shoo bop is more like it.
  12:33pm
Dean:

And Rich in Washington played Divine covering "Walk Like a Man" yesterday.
  12:35pm
Gerry from Miami:

Any Brainiacs still have that double gatefold LP of the Beatles vs the Four Seasons on Vee-Jay? Worth quite a bit if in excellent condition, I hear.
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neveract:

@Dean .. Thanks for that Divine reminder!!
  12:38pm
Dean:

@coelacanth∅: Ain't that the truth?! Is it because our life expectancy has increased that we're compelled to treat full grown adults as kids? Unless, of course, an actual kid, 15 or 16, commits a heinous crime, in which case we're eager to treat him (usually) as an adult.
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coelacanth∅:

well, supposing for a second that peppermint twist even has a chorus, which it doesn't, there's nothing in the song that could be imagined to sound like that unless you already have that on your mind.
  12:43pm
Dean:

There's the Downey label! Wenzel's, RIP.
  12:44pm
Dean:

Did you hear the show yesterday, @neveract? Or had you heard the Divine track long ago?
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coelacanth∅:

i think i almost bought that beatles vs 4 seasons boot. i have a fairly low tolerance for the 4 seasons so i don't think i did. i have some interesting beatleboots, but i can't sell them on discogs and i wont sell on ebay or amazon or etsy... so you can toss 'em onto my decaying body one day.
  12:49pm
Gerry from Miami:

@coelacanth. The Beatles/Four Seasons double LP on Vee-Jay is NOT a bootleg!
  12:49pm
Noel:

A lot of this music is extremely popular around Myrtle Beach/Wilmington.
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spodiodi:

love the pink sand at myrtle beach (other things too)
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coelacanth∅:

oh i misunderstood! Gerry, and i can picture it... but still, i don't think i have it
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neveract:

Is this Brook Benton singing with Dinah?
  12:54pm
Gerry from Miami:

BOB and PETE, surely you have the Surfaris' "Wipe Out" in your stack!
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neveract:

@Dean .. I didn't hear the show yesterday. I'm still exploring the shows on WFMU. I have a friend from NYC who was friends with Divine. And since I loved Waters' films I've been "exposed" to a lot of stuff along the way thru that connection. I never got to meet Divine tho.
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WR:

@11:10 @PT: Sorry Pete, got pulled away. Yes, Jimmy Gilmer of Sugar Shack fame.
  12:57pm
Dean:

@neveract: Best keynote speech at an annual conference of an association to which I belong was delivered by Waters. He pissed off a number of the attendees, which is probably one reason I admired it.
  12:58pm
Gerry from Miami:

WFMU's Uncle Michael played Marty Robbins's ""El Paso" on his show yesterday. Both these Robbins records are classics.
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coelacanth∅:

i think he played "you win again" too, which is the same melody as don't worry, basically
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coelacanth∅:

i wouldn't mind hearing a program of songs the beatles covered, all versions from before they did
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neveract:

@Dean .. Divine made those "pissed off" people THINK .. something most people aren't very comfortable doing .. lol
  1:03pm
Dean:

Still her legacy.
  1:03pm
SecretSquirrel:

Walk Don’t Run – at the time, prob my fave pre-British Invasion tune!
  1:04pm
Dean:

I remember when gasoline (in Southern California) was $0.35/gal.
  1:05pm
Listener Robert:

Pack of cigs and a gallon of gas were about the same price. Still are.
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Wendy S:

I’m in the Bay Area but there used to be a local movie theater that played this John Waters’ thing about not smoking before the start of the movie. Was this just a Bay Area thing or nation wide I wonder.
  1:07pm
Dean:

Evidently nationwide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpofBtijF8
  1:08pm
Gerry from Miami:

I turned 12 in February of 1959 and my mom gave me my first record player(a Sears Silvertone, of course!). The store threw in 6 free 45s as a bonus. Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater" was one of them and I made a drawing of the "one-eyed, one-horned flying" monster for my mom's birthday 17 days later.
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Wendy S:

@Dean - 😂 Thanks for sharing. Brings back memories.
  1:10pm
Dean:

Earliest occurrence of "single" as a reference to "A gramophone record having only one item (typically, of popular music) on each side; an item of music on such a record" is from Billboard, 1949.
  1:13pm
Dean:

^in OED, I mean.

@Wendy S.: Waters is involved with a new bar in Oakland: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/04/11/thee-stork-club-oakland-new-bar-john-waters
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Wendy S:

@Dean - thanks for sharing this! I’ll definitely check it out!
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neveract:

@Dean .. forgot to ask .. what show yesterday were you talking about? I wanna listen next time. Thanks!
  1:15pm
Dean:

Are you sure about that backstory of Downey Records?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downey_Records
  1:16pm
dan:

Saw Darlene Love a few years ago in concert and she still sounds amazing
  1:16pm
Gerry from Miami:

I see that Barry and the Tamerlanes and the Cascades both recorded for Valiant. The Association's first album and single("Along Comes Mary) were on Valiant. Same label??
  1:16pm
Dean:

@neveract: Rich in Washington filled in for a show for two hours, then continued with his own show, Cratedigger's Lung, on the Sheena stream.
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/118857
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neveract:

Thanks Dean!
  1:17pm
Dean:

Dig it!
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(Mr) Bill:

“Tell Him” is one of the greatest post-Bach works of music.
  1:20pm
Pax:

We're the 'pattern people'
5th Dimension v Bystanders.
U pick. Why? Just because the song is on my brain, so what better place to bring it to than the Bob brainen show.
  1:20pm
Listener Robert:

Thanks, Dean. I would've thought more likely someone would've tried to connect it to Morton Downey SENIOR.
  1:21pm
Dean:

I dunno, @Listener Robert. Seems the history of Downey Records is complicated: http://mortondowneyjrshow.com/mortmusic.html
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PT:

@Pax: I'll take either the Bystanders or the 5th Dimension re: Pattern People. Both great!
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Michael 98145:

Enjoying the show. Thank you, Gents.
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Doug Schulkind:

Bob & Pete, you had better air another of these fabulous BTB specials PDQ.
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PT:

@Doug Schulkind: Our pleasure!
  1:27pm
Gerry from Miami:

"I Can't Stay Mad at You" i by Skeeter Davis is a record that Bunny, the artificial intelligence robot, can't play on the Rock 'n' Soul stream. I have requested it several times, but apparently Skeeter isn't in his library of artists. Thanks for playing it! An all-time fave.
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Bob Brainen:

Thanks Doug, Part 2 coming up in Sept.!
  1:32pm
Gerry from Miami:

Betty Everett shoop-shoopin' it in the same month that the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
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PT:

@Everyone: Hey, my apologies for messing up the Pipeline/Wipe Out/Morton Downey Jr tale so thoroughly! When I screw up, I really...
  1:33pm
?:

Any chance of playing "Freddie" by Connie Francis?
  1:34pm
Dean:

Billboard, March 2, 1963: "Dot Records President Randy Wood has concluded a release arrangement with Bill Wenzel of Downey Records whereby Dot will issue Downey's "Pipe Line," by the Chantays."

No mention of Morton Downey, neither Jr. nor Sr.
  1:35pm
Dean:

Oops, just saw correction above.
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(Mr) Bill:

“Shoop Shoop” another as-good-as-it-gets pop song. Cher was born to sing it. Betty Everett, too, I reckon. I see from Wikipedia that the original release was by Merry Clayton; it didn’t chart.
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chresti:

Love the Ikettes!
  1:40pm
Gerry from Miami:

Got any 45s from the pride of Tenafly, NJ, Miss Lesley Gore?
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Wendy S:

My Boyfriend’s Back - an “earworm” if there ever was.
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Michael 98145:

They won't tell your secret
  1:48pm
Jeff:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/abner-spector-obituary?id=32855842
  1:48pm
Gerry from Miami:

Brit folk group Pentangle did a great cover of "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" featuring Jackie McShea on vocals.
  1:49pm
SecretSquirrel:

Sally Go Round the Roses – regarding “keep your secrets,” there was a persistent rumor that the lyrics referenced a lesbian relationship. Or a teen pregnancy. Or an ancient nursery rhyme…
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Wendy S:

Love these special shows; l always learn a lot. Kitty cat DJ was an added bonus 🐱
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spodiodi:

thanks a lot, Bob and Pete!
loved today's show
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adamdoesit:

Bob and Pete, great show! you made your case joyously. I coulda listened all day.
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Andrew in Toronto:

Thanks for the great show!
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(Mr) Bill:

Many thanks for the anniversary gift, Bob and Pete.
  1:56pm
Dean:

1974, the Summer of Love
  1:56pm
Jeff:

Thanks Bob + Pete! This one went by too quickly.
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PT:

Thanks for listening, everyone! Part Deux coming up next month...
  1:56pm
Gerry from Miami:

I'm banking on you two putting "Wipe Out" and Lesley Gore in your stack for the next time you do a pre-Beatles show. Thanks for today's superb show. I can see your follow-up being even better!
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WR:

Thank you! Thank you!
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wmfromD:

Excellent show Bob and Pete!
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Michael 98145:

over too soon
  1:58pm
listener James from Westwood:

Thanks, you two!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Bob! Thanks Pete!
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Bob Brainen:

Thanks all!
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Gina Bacon:

Thanks, you guys!
  5:18pm
Robbie White:

Excellent show. I look forward to part 3.
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doctorjazz:

Had to run before the last set, ,but great show, thanks, Bob and Pete!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJs BB & PT ~
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