45 rpm: Recent Episodes
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60 minutes of music, memories and more...hosted by the top rated, award winning on air personality and host of "The Boomer Show".....scott edward phelps...
...the first in the series.....entertaining....eclectic....and eccentric....not just the same old same old oldies.....
...the first in the original series...hit songs by singers/songwriters I have known, interviewed, worked with and/or been babysat by.....
wait...what?
...hits and happenin's from the over 3000 songs programmed into that really cool SUV hard drive....
...the landmark first studio album by The Beatles...featuring all the songs in the proper sequence....performed by any and everyone except...The Beatles....
....from the concert stage right next to the steering wheel...Ray Charles, Roy Rogers, Seals and Crofts and Elvis and Lisa Marie....it's a plethora of pop.....
...the seminal seventh album by The Beatles....done in sequence...by pretty much everybody except The Beatles....well, then, of course, including The Beatles....
...catchy tunes....and terrific conversations....with the tunesmiths their own selves.....
...a fan favorite from last year....the Fab Four....as offered up by every one except the Fab Four....
...third in the series...hear one, get one free...from the original thirty minute episodes....
...two pop music icons....whose work has always been a part of your life....whom you've never heard of....
...second in the series...once in a generation hits that could easily begin 'once upon a time'....
...the hit Starr that's not Ringo....the Harpo that's not a Marx...the Sloop that's not John B....this episode spells it all out...literally...
...Ray unchains...Jim washes cars...Tammy tells secrets....and Elvis' star burns so bright it flames....just what you need to make the road trip righteous....
...pop meets piccolo....rock meets reeds...why just create hit songs, when you can orchestrate them?
...from Tull to Traveling Wilburys....Marvin to Marie...with a smattering of Billy, Bobby and Brook...a collection from the greatest dashboard device since airbags....
...a fan favorite from last summer.....we all have a past....some of us more than one....
a fan favorite from last year....inspired by the gang at Lost Pop Hits MIA on Facebook.....
....second in the series....eclectic and eccentric....delectable and collectable....and not nearly just the same old same old....
...another assortment of random rock and rhythm.....not to mention alluring alliteration.....
..fifth in the series of great versions of other singers' versions....Bobby Darin...Dave Clark Five....Olivia Newton John....and Hi ! He's Glen Campbell !!...
...Sam Cooke, Left Banke, Buddy Holly, Johnny Horton...talk about variety is the spice of life !....
...more of the lesser known by the unknown, somewhat known and very well known...as they are known...
...the better known of the lesser known that sometimes remained unknown...until now....as far as we know....
...from the fan favorite show segment...a whole show of the fan favorite show segment...who'da guessed ??
...from doo wop....to The Drifters....from Jay to Eric to Dolly....Barry and Cynthia wrote a major part of the soundtrack to our lives...
...not the lunar kind of moonlight....the "second job" kind of moonlight....singers who didn't sing professionally....or, at times, proficiently....
..groups and solos you know....songs maybe you did and maybe you didn't, but now you probably don't....not to worry....Fuggedaboutit....
...a fan favorite from the archives....from Harper's Bizarre to Mamas and Papas...from Lou Rawls to Little Richard....from Paul and Artie to Peaches and Herb...one good groove deserves another....
...from Jimmy Webb to Johnny Cash...from Richard, not Chuck....with some John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Dee Dee...another volume of those whats got em' covered....
...songs of the wedding, by the wedding and for the wedding....till death, or statistical probability, do us part....
a listener favorite from last year...not just a successful career...or two....how about three?...
from Fats to Freddy...Tex to Tony...both Everlys and both Turners....singing the body eclectic....
...tunes and treasures largely undiscovered....performed by recording artists of not just a little renown....
...classic songs about the years, of the years, with the years and without the years...and they're all very good years....
...Monkees sing...Monkees play...Monkees covered...shuh...and people say THEY monkey around...
...an eclectic collection of elegant compositions...by a most excellent eccentric...and a fairly major talent, as well...
...third in the series...from maligned McCartney to unwrapped Monkees...from Loretty doin' without Daddy to that very "special" gift in the box (uh-oh)....not just the same old, same old ho ho ho...
...the legendary 1965 Beatle album...every song...in sequence...sung by somebody and anybody else...
...the second in the series of "not just the same old, same old" holiday songs....this time around...Cee Lo and Amy...Carrie and Son...Garfunkel and...nope....not who you're thinkin...
...from the acclaimed Facebook page...not just the same old same old season's greetings...the first in a series...featuring...Davy Jones...Ray Charles...Brenda Lee...and Sherlock Holmes....say whaa?....hey....trust us....it's Christmas...
...revisiting the less than well received...from Starship to Stars on 45...from Aba Daba to Boogie Oogie...to three times Yummy....
...a pop music variety pack...Crosby does Joni...Ricky does Dylan....and those "Windy" guys riff on war....all of that...and Taylor, too...
...the third in a series of "preferred picks" from the Facebook list compiled by pop music historian Russ Lindway....Darryl and John...Albert and Ann...a Bird, A Bee and four Monkees...AND...not one, not two, but Three Dog Night....
...words and music....and from whence they came...from Moody Blues and Monkees.....Desmond and Drifters...Shannon...and Simon...and, well, Garfunkel, of course...
...from the "don't touch that dial" days....not a terrestrial radio show...but an incredible simulation....
...Nancy Sinatra to Mick and the lads...Ricky Nelson to Dickey Betts and the boys...all of them and more...cleverly tethered to....wait for it....me.....
...with a nod to the Facebook group, Lost Pop Hits, M.I.A....a collection of the sad songs that makes us happiest....and vice versa....sorta kinda....
...direct from the dash...Michael keeps forgettin'...Bob passes on thinkin' more than once...Petula warns you better...and Eli....well, as usual, he's comin'....
...great tunes by great artists made great by other great artists...from the always eclectic list of popular music archivist Russ Lindway....
...the success of pop music is largely a matter of "bass-ics"...and this guy is one of the greats...
...from Electric Prunes to legendary Everlys...from Randy to Dooley...something goody...rainy...and kookie...
...our favorite cover songs from our favorite Facebook musical archivist's list of favorite cover songs....and that about covers it...
...another in the series featuring the great weekly "hit surveys" from local radio stations....this episode...May 1, 1964 on KSO 1460AM in Des Moines, Iowa
...Freddy and Tommy...John and Joe...Sylvia...with Mickey...and more than one Motel....
...phantom trucks, teeny bikinis...two sinking ships...and a pigpen with a rubber duck...oh, we got stories, alright....
...from Cher to Shirley...Marcie to Mary...Betty to Brenda.....from sandman...to shoop shoop...it's all ladies choice....
...heavenly rock and roll...holy cows...royal boondocks...and a guy named Tex...you know...the usual...
...hit songs by hit artists but not necessary by the hit artists who had the hit songs...say....whaa?
...Ray messes around...Eddie loves the rain...Melissa sings the blues at twelve...and Mrs. Miller?...well, you gotta hear it...to believe it....all singin' from the dashboard of my car.....
...from yesterday's turntable to today's mp3 player....from Pitney to Presley....Tull to Crow...Marshall Crenshaw to....Mrs. Miller?......whole lotta ditties goin' on.....
...Shamma Lamma and Strawberry....Yeller and Terriers...Turtles and Kinks and King....it's a cornucopia of classics...hit play...and drive on..
...Bruce Hornsby, Jimmy Ruffin...Jagger and Bowie...and Louis and Keely....you know....not just the same old same old....
....from oogum boogum to dede dinah....from a major moustache to a minor hey jude....and the (not the same old) hits just keep on comin'...
...August 1967...the WSAM, Saginaw, Michigan Top Thirty....from Hombres' to Monkees....from Aretha to Bobbie....and he said "Luther"...not "Wilson"....
...from my media player to you...byrds, beatles, beach boys...and, not one but, two...genes !....