Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini-Ep #76: One-Hit Wonders, 1971

Episode Date: September 8, 2016

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I think we're getting punchy. We've been recording too long. So this last time we did another one hit wonder episode and we did 1970 and our trusty researcher, Paul Rayburn is in here with us to give us a little background on some of these songs. But Gilbert continues to amaze. Gilbert and his transistor radio memories from the, I was going to say from the 50s. And a man with a child on his shoulders and a wife on his arm is still the best dressed man in the country. I don't know what that is, but I like it.

Wow. So we're going to do some songs from 1971 and see how many Gilbert remembers. What the hell was that? I was like, Arthur Godfrey? On a bender? So here we go. January 2nd, 1971, For the Good Times by Ray Price.

Of course, that was a big hit. Oh, I should preface by saying these are songs that charted by artists who never charted again, thus making them one hit wonders. They're not necessarily charted at number one, but charted somewhere. Just charted, just got in the top 40. Right. And some of these people were big stars, like Richie Havens is on the list. And this is the only time he actually made the Billboard charts. Right.

And some of these people had very, very fast and short careers. Like the second band to chart, which was Red Eye, with a song called Games. And then We Gotta Get You a Woman by a performer, I guess it's a band called Runt. R-U-N-T. No wonder they have to get him a woman. That's a good name for a band. They had to change one of the letters to last second.

It's like that old Otto and George joke where the Pope's doing the crossword puzzle. For those of you that know Otto and George, you'll know that joke. But here's the first one I actually recognize. By Lynn Anderson, charted February 13th, 1971, peaked at number three. Gil, does this ring any bells? All right. I beg your pardon.

I never promised you a rose garden. That's the one. Sunshine, there's gotta be a little rain sometimes. If you've been trying to get to leave or let go, I beg your pardon. Stop sitting. I never promised you a rose garden. Correct. What do we know, Paul, about Ms. Lynn Anderson?

I think she passed away. There was a, no, much later. I thought there was, wasn't that from a book or a movie or something? It was a book. I never promised you, or was it a movie? I think it was a movie. Go to the next one. Precious, precious.

I don't want us to look silly. Runt is not the performer of We Gotta Get You a Woman. That's Todd Rundgren, and the album was Runt. Oh, it's a Todd Rundgren, and the album was Runt. Wow. Oh, it's a Todd Rundgren song. I know that song.

Yeah, of course. Well, it says here, well, Wikipedia, fuck me up. Wikipedia, fuck this up. Because this says, I was wondering why there would be a band called Runt. Yeah, I mean, there could be. Todd Rundgren, the great Todd Rundgren. I didn't watch it, so I didn't want to get people yelling at us. I knew I knew that song.

Okay, so we are corrected. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden was a novel written by Joanne Greenberg and published in 1964. There you go. Now, Greenberg. What nationality? Italian. Italian, I'm pretty sure. So it's a song based on a book.

Song based on a book. Right. Like Games People Play. Remember that one? That was another one. That was a book. Oh, the Games People Play now. Every night and every day

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Blue Apron, a better way to cook. Precious Precious came after that by Jackie Moore. I don't know if you know any of these people. 1900 Yesterday by Liz Damon's Orient Express. I think I ate there when I lived in L.A. I think I got takeout from there. Sweet Mary by Wadsworth Mansion. Anything?

Nothing. I think some of these are on the Rhino collections you know they have a nice day theme from Love Story Frances Lai oh here we go that's it and the lyrics were

tell me where do I begin to tell a story of how great a love can be? This would have gotten her out of the coma. This suggests a theme for a future show, which is cancer movies. Right. Which are always so grippy. Yes. Like Brian's song.

I think of Andy Williams singing that for some reason. No, it wasn't. He may have recorded it, but I don't think. And I think Perry Como sang it. I mean. That probably was picked up by a lot of people. Yeah. Back then they had one hit.

Todd Rundgren did one. Frank says Todd Rundgren did one. It's on the Runt album. Yeah. I think it was a Runt song. Got to get him a woman. It was a big, hairy Runt song. Now cut that out.

That was D.O.A. by Blood Rock, March 71, topped 36. Me and Bobby McGee, of course, Janis Joplin. I always get choked up over Janis Joplin. Do you really? Yeah. This is an example of what I was saying. Somebody who had a big career. But that's the only time she charted?

Is that a Mama Cass? Are you thinking of Mama Cass? Oh, did I screw up my references? And you went for a Janis Joplin joke? You tacky bastard. And then Help Me Make It Through the Night by Sammy Smith. We all know that one. Oh, yeah.

Help me make it through the night. That was covered a lot. That might be a Jimmy Webb song. I know I'm misspeaking here. But anyway, and then this classic went to number 10. April 10th, to be exact. You bet. You bet.

One toke over the line, sweet Jesus. One toke over the line. Now down in a railway station. One toke over the line. Hoping that the train Is on time I'm Yeah Down in a railway station One toke over the line

Who Do you love He does the bridge I hope it's me He does the bridge I've been changing As you can plainly see I met all the girls

And I love myself a few. And to my surprise, after all that I've been through, it's opened up my eyes. Everybody, one, two, over the line, sweet Jesus. Why can't we get you to sing at karaoke night at Joe McGinty's place? Because then there's a reason for it. That's right. Can I jump back to Help Me Make It Through the Night?

Yeah. I thought you were going back to Lynn Anderson and Rose Byrne. Let me give you one more shot at who wrote the song. Help Me Make It Through the Night. Not Jimmy Webb. Give me a first initial.

Okay. Chris Christopherson. Right. Yeah. That was buried in my head somewhere and I don't know why I said Jimmy Webb. Chris Christopherson, yeah. Shame on me. Did you have anything on Lynn Anderson? I why I said Jimmy Webb. Chris Christopherson, yeah. Shame on me.

Did you have anything on Lynn Anderson? I didn't. No, just that was, yeah, the novel. That was the thing. If Chris Christopherson wrote Help Me Make It Through the Night, that means two Chris Christopherson compositions charted consecutively because he wrote me and Bobby McGee. That's right. Hot damn. Yeah.

Okay. Moving on. And what's with all the Jesus songs, by the way? There's another one. One took over the line. Oh, yes. Here's another Jesus song by a band called Ocean. Francesco.

I used to play this on the guitar when I was a kid. I'm ashamed to say. Gil's having a flashback. Put your hand in the hand of the man. Still in the water. Put your hand in the hand of the man. You've got teeth. You've got yourself and you can look at others differently.

A hand in the hand of the man from Galilee. Gilbert's found religion. We're going to have a miracle right here in the studio. I can feel it. There was something going on in the late 60s, early 70s with these Christian pop songs. That's right. Yeah. Let's see.

Then there was— I should do an album of two-edged with Mel Gibson. I'd like to hear that. The Passion of the Gilbert. Yes. That was Put Your Hand in the Hand by Ocean. That went all the way to number two in May of 71. Followed by Stay a While by The Bells, a song I like.

Timothy by The Boys. B-U-O-Y-S. Not boys, but the boys. The buoys. The buoys. Buoys. Battle Hymn of Lieutenant Callie, which sounds disturbing. It does sound disturbing.

I don't know anything about that, but it's clearly a song about the melee massacre. Was that before or after the Ballad of the Green Berets? I believe after. I think that was the 60s. But it's easy to dance to. Yeah. They said on Bandstar. Frankie, where'd you go?

Are you with us? Take us to the song number nine, May 8th of 1971. Do we have the right one? This was Daddy Dew Drop. I love this song. It's so ridiculous. I had a crazy dream about a chick in a black bikini. I love this song. So ridiculous. In a black bikini.

See, I don't know the lyrics, but you'll know the chorus. Yes. Anything on this, Paul? Danny Deudra. You bet. Chicky boom, chicky boom. Don't you just love it? Chicky boom, chicky boom. Don't you just love it?

Chicky boom, chicky boom. Don't you just love it? Chicky boom, chicky boom, boom, boom. I found the bottom part. You're a funny man. Daddy doodrop. I think it's chick-a-boom, but I won't. Why split hairs? Pseudonym for the American songwriter Richard Dick Manda.

Yeah. Richard Dick Manda, who, among other things, his family relocated from Ohio to California. He appeared in the films The Glass Wall and Gopher Broke and was chosen to play at 13 Eddie Cantor in The Eddie Cantor Story. Wow! Daddy Dewdrop is in The Eddie Cantor Story. What? But...

Oh, he must have played him as a kid. As a kid. He was 13. Oh, my mind is blown by that. Yeah. Daddy Doudrop. What's his name? Brazell.

Keith Brazell. Keith Brazell. Yeah. How about that? Chickaboom. Don't You Just Love It by Daddy Doudrop. That went all the way to number nine. That would qualify as a novelty song.

He produced music for the Saturday morning cartoon series Sabrina and the Groovy Ghoulies. I remember the Groovy Ghoulies. You remember that, don't you? And Chickaboom was originally written for the show. Oh. For Chickaboom. Chickaboom was written for Sabrina. Right.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch, I guess it was a spinoff. Boy, I've watched too much TV. Yeah, I think it was originally a comic book. That's Carolyn Ray, right? Well, the live action version was Carolyn Ray. But there was a spinoff. Boy, I've watched too much TV. Yeah, I think it was originally a comic book. That's Carolyn Ray, right? Well, the live-action version was Carolyn Ray, but there was a Saturday morning. You're too young. There was a Saturday morning series. There was the Archies.

Then there was Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Then there was Sabrina and the Groovy Ghoulies. Yeah. Wow. That's a flashback. That was fun, Gil. I won't ask you why you're always seven beats behind. Oh, yeah.

The actual vocal. That's a vocalist's choice. That's an artistic choice. My autobiography is going to be called Seven Beats Behind. Oh, God. Okay. Then the aforementioned Richie Havens with his cover of Here Comes the Sun. I Love You for All Seasons by The Fuzz.

And Woodstock by Matt. And there was Fuzzy Runt. Fuzzy Runt. Yeah. I think it's a double on top. Woodstock by the Matthews Southern Comfort. I wonder if that's the same. You know, the cure for fuzzy runt, by the way, is lemon peels.

That apparently gets that. I didn't know that. Yeah. As opposed to the oranges, which is the, right. How about this one? May 29th, 1971, it peaked. It peaked at number 20 by a group called Tin Tin. Does this mean anything?

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Wow, somebody was into something there. Anticipated Breaking Bad right there. Funky Nassau, part one, by The Beginning of the End. Get It On by Chase. Love means you never have to say you're sorry. I think that's another love story reference. Yeah, that's right. That's exactly right. By the Sounds of Sunshine, if you're feeling groovy.

July 31st, 1971. Rings by Cimarron. Any of these mean anything, Paul? Not much. Double Barrel by Dave and Ansel Collins and the Resurrection Shuffle. And then what about this one? And I had this record, too. August 14th, 1971.

Oh, Mr. Fix-It. Mr. Big Shot. Mr. Fix-It. Mr. Big Shit. No, it's Mr. Big Shit. Mr. Hot Shit. Mr. Hot Shit. Who do you think you are, Mr. Hot Shit?

Mr. Big Stuff. Mr. Big Stuff. Mr. Big Stuff. By the mortal Gene Knight. You see, you do know them. Yes. Why don't you call that one? Mr. Hot Shit. Later covered by the Pointer Sisters.

Mr. Big Stuff. Oh, my God. Wow. This stuff is better than you think. That's pretty cool. That's a good song. Went all the way to number two for Miss Jean Knight. She never charted again.

Then What the World Needs Now is Love. Of course, Mr. Bacharach. And that was a, I guess there's a slash, What the World Needs Now slash Abraham, Martin, and John by Tom Clay. That had to be the 50th version of Abraham, Martin, and John because Dion charted with it. And then Mom's Mabley did it. Oh, that's right. Anybody here? Be my old same home. Can you tell me where he's gone?

We need a duet between moms and Herve. Abraham, Martin, and John. Where do I begin to tell the story of how great our love can be. Oh, God. The great love story. Inspector Clouseau. That's horrifying.

I think it's tattoo. Okay, and then smiling. And then you go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like, I love you. My chest hurts. That's a mashup that nobody else has come up with. No, no. That's a Gilbert original.

History of entertainment. I think an artery in my chest just burst. Then Smiling Faces Sometimes by The Undisputed Truth. We all know that one. KG by The Nightlighters. September 11th, 1971. I Ain't Got Time Anymore

by The Glass Bottle. I love these bands. And then this classic that Frankie Verderosa has queued up by Mac and Katie Kissoon. Where's your mama gone? For God's sake.

Where's your baby gone? Far, far away. Far, far away. Far, far away. Far, far away. Oh, God. Chirpy, chirpy, cheap, cheap. That's me. You know, all of these one-hit wonders here,

they've always got two or three other songs that never charted anywhere. What did Mac and Katie Kissoon? In 1975, they followed up with what should have been a sure shot, Sugar Candy Kisses. Sugar Candy Kisses? Sugar Candy Kisses. And in 2012, they had one called Dream of Me. How did we miss that? Don't know.

We've got to get them on the phone. Mac and Katie Kissoon. Right. The Wedding Song by Paul Stuckey. You know that one, There is Love. That very, very saccharine wedding song. It was in 10,000 Weddings. From Paul, of Peter, Paul, and Mary.

Trapped by a Thing Called Love by Denise LaSalle. Anything there, Paul? Women's Love Rights by Laura Lee. That sounds almost like a feminist thing. I Found Someone of My Own by the Free Movement. I had that single. Went to number five. Easy Loving by Freddie Hart.

Any of these mean anything, Gil? I'd Love to Change the World by 10 Years After. That was a big song. We all know that one. How does that go? It's a rock anthem. Sing us a few bars. I'm not going to sing it. It peaked at 40. It's sort of what they called an album cut in the old days.

And we'll wrap it up. Well, I'll jump here, but She's All I Got by Freddie North. Desiderata by Les Crane. I believe Les Crane was just mentioned on the podcast. Oh, my God. Because he married Tina Louise. Oh, is that that horrible poem?

Yes, it's the poem. Spoken over the saccharine background music. Yeah, it's the poem that every college student has on there. Yeah, they said that they found that in some weird church in some weird country. They found that in some weird church in some weird country. And then I heard it was complete. Years later, they found out total fucking bullshit. Did I even pronounce it right?

Desiderata? Desiderata. Desiderata. That was the name of the album. Yeah. Go placidly among the haste and the whatever, blah, blah, blah. I remember the National Lampoon parody of it. The music was written by Broadway composer Fred Werner.

I don't know that name at all. No, I don't know him either. Well, after that was the theme from The Summer of 42. I don't know why that was true. Oh, because the movie came out. Right, right. Peter... Yep. Peter Nero. He. Peter. Yep. Yeah. Da da da da.

Peter Nero. Yeah. He had a big career. And then Hallelujah by Sweathog. But going back five. Did Gorshak sing that? Yeah. Ron Polillo and Robert Hedges. But going back to November 27th, 1971 is our last clip.

And this is from a movie we've discussed on the pod. Oh. A movie you've told me never to sit through. Yes. Come on and listen to me in the story of a man who shot some people. And he was really short. And he may have been Indian Indian but we don't really know.

But if he was Indian all the more reason to feel bad for him because he's a minority group and we should call him Native American. That's not it. It's One Tin Soldier.

Gilbert has gone right to the human rights aspect of the song. He cuts through the chaff. That's right. Yeah. That, of course, was One Tin Soldier, also known as The Legend of Billy Jack. The Legend of Billy Jack. That's the name of the movie. The late, great Tom Laughlin.

Oh, yes. That was a brilliant... I tell you, I did enjoy the SNL parody with Paul Simon called Billy Paul, which is worth tracking down. That was by a group called Coven, C-O-V-E-N. So you want to tell us about Coven and we'll wrap it up? Find out about Coven. And then find out about Sweathog.

Frankie, that was fantastic. Don't we have to go out with our theme song? Do we have to go out with the theme song? And there was that group called A-Mistakata. A-Mistakata. Oh, we're going back again to the 60s. We're going back to 69.

Na na na na Hey hey Goodbye. Steam was the band. Thank you, Frank. Thank you, Paul. All right, Coven. Coven.

Okay, hit me quick. Before we wrap. Okay, there are other songs that we missed. Wicked Woman. Oh, Coven. Coven. Okay, hit me quick. Before we wrap. Okay, there are other songs that we missed. Wicked Woman. Oh, of course. And Black Sabbath. Not to be confused with the band Black Sabbath.

Right. This was a song called Black Sabbath. Coven. An American psychedelic rock group with occult lyrics. Sounds like they were into some freaky shit. Yeah. There are no Brewer and Shipley. They were big into runts.

They were into the runts. We apologize to Todd Rundgren, by the way, and all Todd Rundgren fans. Friend of Paul Schaefer. All right. All right. This has been Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsession with our guest, Paul Rayburn. I'm exhausted. Thank you, Frankie.

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