Segment #1 – 1963 Revisited
Today is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963. If you lived through that time no matter how old or how young you were, you never forget it. (I'm rather surprised that there's been little media notice of the date this year...it being one of the most shocking events in modern history). Last year I had a show on that same date and I played some music from 1963. I'm going to revisit that year again musically this time as well.
On last year's show I mentioned that there was an aircheck on the internet of a Dallas radio station, KLIF to be exact, from the afternoon of November 22, 1963 around the time when the assassination was happening. It starts out as if it were a normal day, and then once the first reports of the shooting came in, the music started to change and become more somber. Eventually it went to all news and stayed that way throughout the weekend. I have a couple of the songs that were played that afternoon on KLIF. I'll start the set with those, the first one being a song conveying the innocence of the times…all of which was about to change later that afternoon...
Chiffons - I Have A Boyfriend
Tommy Roe – Everybody
Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs – Sugar Shack
Dale and Grace – I'm Leaving It Up To You
Little Peggy March – I Will Follow Him
Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki
Beach Boys – Surfin USA
Segment #2/3 – Picking Through the Record Box/Soul Stew
Last year I tried to play this song,If You Want To Be Happy by Jimmy Soul Clark, which I have on cassette, and it didn't work. If I recall, it would have helped to check to see if the power button was actually on, instead of assuming it was turned on, which it wasn't. Now that we have our cassette deck back in the studio, I tried it again. Not only didn't it work again, but the tape got stuck in the machine for a moment or two. Sheesh. Well, if something doesn't work you move on to the next thing. Just like you do in life.
Bobby Vee – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Caravelles – You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry
Bobby Vinton – Blue On Blue
Ricky Nelson – Fools Rush In
Four Seasons – Candy Girl
Brenda Lee - Losing You (Followed glitch #2 - meant to play Still by Bill Anderson but the wrong track came up--I think I might have had the wrong disc!)
Impressions – It's All Right
Brenda Lee - My Whole World Is Falling Down (Another unplanned track--so this set became an extended record box set with a little soul thrown in. At that point I wondered if my whole show was falling down! But it turned out to be a pretty good song. Can't do too wrong with Brenda Lee, after all...)
Barbara Lewis – Hello Stranger
Shirelles – Foolish Little Girl
Segment #4 – New/current/non-oldie
There's a new CD out by someone who would have hits a couple of years later. B.J. Thomas has a new Brazilian style CD out called "Once I Loved". I played a track from it. It is as its title says...So Nice.
B.J. Thomas – So Nice
Amy Holland – Miracle River
Frequency to the Heart:
This coming week is Thanksgiving. A lot of us are in hard times these days, but there's always something to be thankful for. How about the people in your life you are thankful for? Has it been a while since you've contacted them? Now would be an excellent time to encourage them and tell them how much they've meant to you. Tell them that you're thankful they are in your life.
Here's a link to a good list of songs that were hits in 1963: www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1963.htm
When I play this show back, I'll see how well I vamped through the glitches...
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