FORGOTTEN 45s OF THE '70s: Last night's radio playlist.

[NightTrain]

From 2-5 a.m., I filled in on my college radio station and did a special called FORGOTTEN 45s OF THE '70s. Check out this playlist, yo:

1. CHRISTINE SIXTEEN - Kiss
2. SATURDAY NIGHT - Bay City Rollers
3. RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME - Dr. John
4. (YOU MAKE ME FEEL) MIGHTY REAL - Sylvester

5. MIND GAMES - John Lennon
6. IT'S O.K. - Beach Boys
7. TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE - Denise LaSalle
8. ARIEL - Dean Friedman
9. THEME FROM "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS" - Meco

10. 1900 YESTERDAY - Liz Damon's Orient Express
11. JACKIE WILSON SAID - Van Morrison
12. HOT PANTS - James Brown
13. LIKE A SUNDAY IN SALEM (THE AMOS & ANDY SONG) - Gene Cotton
14. RENDEZVOUS - Hudson Brothers

15. 1984 - Spirit
16. THIRD-RATE ROMANCE - Amazing Rhythm Aces
17. GET DOWN - Gilbert O'Sullivan
18. NATIVE NEW YORKER - Odyssey
19. WELCOME BACK - John Sebastian

20. KINGS OF THE PARTY - Brownsville Station
21. THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY - John Denver
22. WHODUNIT - Tavares
23. ROLENE - Moon Martin

24. SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES - Blue Haze
25. THE NAME OF THE GAME - ABBA
26. PLAY SOMETHING SWEET (BRICKYARD BLUES) - Three Dog Night
27. BIG YELLOW TAXI - Neighborhood

28. GONE - Joey Heatherton
29. LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS) - Helen Reddy
30. HOW LONG (BETCHA GOT A CHICK ON THE SIDE) - Pointer Sisters
31. MR. JAWS - Dickie Goodman

32. INDIANA WANTS ME - R. Dean Taylor
33. I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING - Partridge Family
34. BLACK BETTY - Ram Jam
35. STAR WARS--MAIN TITLE - John Williams

36. CHEVY VAN - Sammy Johns
37. NEW YORK GROOVE - Ace Frehley
38. PALOMA BLANCA - George Baker Selection
39. HEARTBEAT--IT'S A LOVE BEAT - DeFranco Family
40. THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. - Donna Fargo

41. CA PLANE POUR MOI - Plastic Bertrand
42. OH WELL - The Rockets
43. SMALL BEGINNINGS - Flash
44. GIRLS TALK - Dave Edmunds

45. MISTER, CAN'T YOU SEE? - Buffy Sainte-Marie
46. JESUS IS JUST ALRIGHT - Doobie Brothers
47. SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Commodores
48. I WANT YOUR LOVE - Chic

49. RUBBER DUCKIE - Jim "Ernie" Henson
50. GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH - Wings
51. SPEAK TO THE SKY - Rick Springfield
52. BOOGIE-WOOGIE BUGLE BOY - Bette Midler
53. IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER - Clean Living

Ya gotta say this for the '70s: the music was diverse as hell!

[Left Is Write]

1. Diverse, certainly!

But a lot of fun songs in that list. Will I be flogged for admitting that I always liked New York Groove?

[CanuckAmok]

2. Oh, god...Dickie Goodman.

I was subjected to that guy ad nauseum in grade six. I think I was the only 11 year old who didn't find him even remotely funny.

I wonder if he licensed all those samplse...

[NightTrain]

6. Dickie Goodman NEVER licensed a sample.

As Casey Kasem put it, "He just lets the lawsuits come rolling in!"

[mr_hat]

3. That's an erudite mix. I booked the Amazing Rhythm Aces when I was >

"Student Activities Director" at college.

What was amazing about the Amazings was the gall that one Top 20 hit imparts. Their contract and rider was just flippin' outrageous (what they had to have in their dressing room; 3 Super Trooper spots, etc) and they acted like total jerks when I delivered their check, pre-performance, as specified.

Amazing Rhythm Asses.

[hfojvt]

4. John Sebastian forgotten?

not on DU
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2820265&mesg_id=2820337

[NightTrain]

9. When was the last time you heard "Welcome Back" on the radio?

That's what I mean by a "Forgotten 45."

[hfojvt]

11. when was the last time I listened to a radio?

2003? Maybe because there is no such thing as a 1970's station just all these tanj "mixes" - the best of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and today. Sure what a mix - like a pinch of flour and six cups of salt (too much 'today' in the mix).

[hfojvt]

5. and Helen Reddy is on the list?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2820091&mesg_id=2820287

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the 70s.

[NightTrain]

10. Great minds think alike!

:hi:

[hfojvt]

14. yes, I would have felt like a copycat

if that list had been up before my posts.
That's not a good thing to be for a dog person.

[DODI]

7. Maybe you can answer this for me -- I swear Moon Martin

did a version of Mercury Blues -- do you know of any such rendition. I can never find it. Also, do you know of any compilations that contain "Mindbender" by Stillwater? I can't find that song anywhere, although RTNRadio just played it for me, I missed it, but they played it.

[NightTrain]

8. Try these links.

http://www.geocities.com/runningwolfnaked/StillwaterHome.html

http://www.moonmartin.com/

[pintobean]

12. It was a mind bendin thing

Check your in box.

[Red State Rebel]

13. Wow the memories!

Thanks for a great list!

[pintobean]

16. The Cards are looking good.

Last Friday, I barbequed, drank a beer(n/a) and listened to the 1st preseason radio broadcast. It sure seemed like srping.

[Red State Rebel]

27. I'm ready!!! Cards are tan, rested and ready!!

It won't be long..

[RetroLounge]

15. I will admit to owning the following 45's

back then...

2. SATURDAY NIGHT - Bay City Rollers
3. RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME - Dr. John
5. MIND GAMES - John Lennon
14. RENDEZVOUS - Hudson Brothers
16. THIRD-RATE ROMANCE - Amazing Rhythm Aces
17. GET DOWN - Gilbert O'Sullivan
19. WELCOME BACK - John Sebastian
29. LEAVE ME ALONE (RUBY RED DRESS) - Helen Reddy
31. MR. JAWS - Dickie Goodman
32. INDIANA WANTS ME - R. Dean Taylor
33. I WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING - Partridge Family
34. BLACK BETTY - Ram Jam
36. CHEVY VAN - Sammy Johns
39. HEARTBEAT--IT'S A LOVE BEAT - DeFranco Family
40. THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. - Donna Fargo
42. OH WELL - The Rockets
52. BOOGIE-WOOGIE BUGLE BOY - Bette Midler

RL

[NightTrain]

19. That's OK; I own them now!

:eyes:

[RetroLounge]

24. not to mention the 8 or 10 K-Tel albums from the same time

22 smash hits!

RL

[GalleryGod]

17. MIND GAMES by Lennon

:yourock: SWEET!:headbang:

[ffm172]

18. what happened to your soulexpress?

I liked the music you played there. Any chance you get it online again?

[NightTrain]

20. Now that I'm out of work, I have to cut some corners.

One of the corners I cut was the $35 a month I was paying Live 365 to host Soul Express Radio. I hope to put my station back on the air at some point; I just don't know yet when that'll happen.

In the meantime, though, you can still listen to THE SOUL EXPRESS on WHUS Radio. It broadcasts on Saturday evenings from 9:00-miodnight EST. You may access the audio stream here:

http://whus.org/listen.htm

And thanks for asking! :hi:

[ffm172]

21. but to listen to that

it would mean that I only can listen to it between 3am and 6am German time. I think I rather sleep then :)

I hope you can put your other station on Life365 on air soon again.

How is the web master job getting along?

[Blue_Tires]

22. good selection

[YellowRubberDuckie]

23. A friend of mine's parents has a few hundred rock albums...

...from the 60s and 70s on vinyl from the original release. They're in pristine condition. Can you imagine being at their house for the weekend listening to that stuff? They were hippies, and cool as hell. Thanks for making me think of great memories!
Duckie

[mr_hat]

25. How could they be "pristine"? I was as anal as the next

vynilophile, yet all my albums ended up worthlessly snap, crackling and popping.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

30. They were pristine like 10 years ago...

I have no idea what they are like now. And I have no idea how they were that way.
Duckie

[Kat45]

26. IMHO, a lot of those songs are best forgotten.

Not all, but a lot. Some have apparently already been forgotten--by me.

But man, "Black Betty" -- I love that song. What year was that out? It's one of those songs that it seems like I've always known, but I honestly can't remember listening to it on the radio so I'm not sure how I know it. Maybe the year can help me place it.

[no name no slogan]

28. Mad props for putting #47 in there

That is my favorite Commodores song hands down. Heh, you even got Ace Frehley's solo hit "New York Groove" in there.

Great set!!!!

[Hardrada]

29. I've always hated that Chevy Van song

now I remember I hated Rubber Duckie too (though I do admire Sesame Street).

[Zomby Woof]

31. Nearly half of those...

Are played regularly on the local classic rock station, so "forgotten" is a bit off.

[NightTrain]

40. Not around here, they're not!

[latebloomer]

32. Gilbert O'Sullivan "got down"?!?

Ya learn somethin new every day!

[last_texas_dem]

33. Awesome list Night Train

You know, with my love of Seventies Top 40, this stuff is right up my alley! I have about three-fourths of these on 45 RPMs; many of them are very difficult to track down, despite being sizeable hits back in the '70's.

Having not been alive in the seventies, I've never heard a sizeable majority of these on the radio. Most oldies stations are so lacking in diversity. Sounds like a great show; I'm glad you're out there giving this music exposure.

[opiate69]

34. Damn.. kinda makes me wish I was still in Ct. so I could listen to your

show.

[ArnoldLayne]

35. Anybody remember the song Timothy by a group called The Buoys

in 1971 someone guess who wrote the song. Hint.. he went on to write and perform the final #1 song of the 1970's.

[last_texas_dem]

37. Rupert Holmes

The man behind "The Pina Colada Song"!

"Timothy" is an awesomely creepy song. Their other hit "Give up Your Guns" is a cool story song as well (about a guy who robs a bank and as the police arrive at his door is having to choose between killing himself or being executed later), and the album that those two are from is quite good- has one of my favorite songs of all time- "Tell Me Heaven Is Here."

[blondeatlast]

38. He's become quite an accomplished writer with a Broadway show and a novel

or two under his belt.

Books were well reviewed, too.

[ArnoldLayne]

43. Your right!! I couldn't believe it either until I looked on the record

several years ago that belonged to my older sister. To bad it got banned within a few weeks after it was released being that it was about cannibalism. I agree it would have gone up higher in the charts if it wasn't pulled from the radio because of its subject content. Maybe somebody ought to redo the song now that times are a little more liberal than they were in 1971.

[NightTrain]

39. Ahh, that wonderful pop song about cannibalism!

Imagine how much higher it would've gotten on the charts if Top 40 radio hadn't become squeamish and decided to yank it from the airwaves!

As for the writer, it was Rupert Holmes of "Pina Colada" fame. :eyes:

[khashka]

36. Great Selection

Rubber Duckie is on my eternal playlist.

Khash.

[markbowen]

41. "Convoy" by C.W. McCall

No 70's playlist is complete without it.

[NightTrain]

42. Yeah, that's one I never got around to spinning.

What can I tell ya? Three hours is a finite block of time!