Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - One-Hit Wonders of 1973 Encore

Episode Date: July 31, 2023

GGACP presents this ENCORE of a 2017 mini-episode celebrating the musicians, bands and artists that made a single appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 charts -- 50 years ago. In this episode: the legend of Norman “Hurricane” Smith, the many talents of Loudon Wainwright III, the "Southern Gothic" of Vicki Lawrence and the return of John Fred & His Playboy Band. PLUS: "Dueling Brandos"! "Winchester Cathedral"! Respecting Burt Reynolds! The musical genius of Dr John! And the strange origin of "Dancing in the Moonlight"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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and this is Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. I'm here with my co-host, Frank Santopadre. Once again, we're at Nutmeg with our engineer, Frank Ferdarosa, and someone whose job we're still trying to figure out, Paul Rayburn. We're grading him on a curve, on a very, very long curve. We love you, Paulie. What do you think about 1973?

Oh, I think about it a lot. What can you tell me about 1973? It was during the 70s. Yes. I think Watergate was going on in 1973. Nixon was during the 70s. Yes. I think Watergate was going on. Oh, wow. In 1973. Nixon resigned in August. Was it 73 he stepped down? No, 74.

74. It's funny how Watergate actually became part of the American language. Now everything is something gate. That's right. Yeah. Just because of the name of a hotel. Yeah. In doing these episodes, didn't we go through podcast gate?

Podcast gate. Yes. Yes. I think I know what you're alluding to. And I think Verterose is responsible for lost three episodes gate. I am not a crook. I am not a crook. From everything I see online, those three

episodes were probably the greatest episodes. You were there. You have to follow it online? I'm practicing my research. Christ showed up at one of them. That's how good it was. The word got around.

Although, a friend of mine did say that when you joke about me erasing them that I should speak up. But you guys have made it pretty clear that I wasn't even near that night. You weren't there. You weren't even on the premises. All right. Which shows how awful you are. Not even then.

I didn't even have to be there. Without even being there. I don't remember Christ showing up for karaoke that night. I must have had a couple of drinks. 1973. Yeah, Christ sang Which Way You Going, Billy. Did he? Yes.

Oh, boy, oh, boy. Let's start with number 27, January 13, 1973. A cover, I suppose, of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Blue Haze. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was a standard. But it charted, I guess, by this group Blue Haze that I've never heard of. Love Jones, the song Love Jones, was done by Brighter Side of Darkness. I love some of the names. You know what was fun was when we were doing the 60s groups?

Yeah. And we had all those crazy. Oh, yeah. Like the five-man electrical band. Strawberry Alarm Clock. Strawberry Alarm Clock and Carpet Fudge and all those crazy band names. And Gilbert would just start laughing. Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas went to number three in February.

February 10th. And this one that I always loved, I always thought this was a sweet song, and I loved singing this when it was on the charts when I was 12 years old. And it has a little bit of significance because we just had British Invasion rocker Billy J. Kramer on the show.

And he mentioned this person who was present when he was recording with the legendary George Martin. So, Frankie? Oh. If I could hope for half the chance, you would have to have this dance with me. Would you thank me and politely turn away? Would there suddenly be sunshine on a cold and rainy day. Oh, babe, what would you say? Da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

You sweet lollipop. Here I am with such a lot to say. He knows the whole thing. Ha-ha-ha-ha. Hey. Yep. Walk with you along the Milky Way. We'll do the chorus.

Go ahead. Nighttime. Bring you flowers every day. Oh, babe, what would you say? Here we go. Da-da-da-da-da-da. Oh, oh, Baby, I know. I know I could be so in love with you.

And I know that you could learn to love me too. Hurricane Smith. Yes. Norman, so he was... Norman, normal Norman. Who did he knock off the top of the charts with this song? Ooh, that's good trivia. I don't know what the song was.

The artist was an obscure English singer called Elton John. Oh, wow. He blasted him. And Hurricane Smith was 49 at the time that he was. Pretty old to chart. That's pretty old. Yeah. Well, he also did some distinguished things. He was the Beatles engineer up

until 1965. The last Beatle record he engineered was Rubber Soul. And I heard, like, when they were through, whoever he was recording, maybe the Beatles, he had time left over in the studio and he did it himself. Well, it was 73, so the Beatles would have been. Oh, yeah.

They would have been gone. Would have been over with. He was doing a recording session with some group. Possibly Pink Floyd, who he worked with. Oh, maybe, yes. Who he worked with after the Beatles. That song is like a throwback to the 40s. Absolutely.

You know, after all, where did the 60s go? Suddenly we're back in the 40s, you know? Yeah, it was like Rudy Valley. Yeah. Well, that's what's great about pop music

in the 60s and 70s because you could have a song like Winchester Cathedral, which was in the 60s but was also... Oh, do-do-do. Yeah, but it was

a Rudy Valley homage. Yes. You know, you could do these songs back then. They were kind of like borderline novelty songs. Yes. This one certainly qualifies.

Normal Norman. John Lennon gave him that nickname, Normal. And he wrote a memoir called John Lennon Called Me Normal. But Billy J. Kramer was on with us, and he talked about Norman Smith, who we lost or we would call him. Here's one we queued up, and Dara was enjoying this one outside. February 24th. This one went pretty high. Number two.

And it was associated with a famous movie. Oh. Our listeners have guessed by now. My ass is already hurting. Listeners have guessed by now. My ass is already hurting. You connected about 14 dots right there. Yes, yeah.

Can I sit on an inner tube, please? And the line is, squeal like a pig. Oh, yes, yes. And you got a pretty mouth, boy. That wasn't a line from the movie. He just said that to Bob. Now that's when I jerk off to that scene. It's from Deliverance, obviously.

Dueling Banjos. So I have a good story. Eric Weisberg and Steve Mandel. Not to be confused with Dueling Brandos from Saturday Night Live. Dueling Brandos. And I heard that someone went out there many years later and that kid. Oh, the kid from the porch. Is still alive. Oh, no, God.

Oh, no. He's still alive. Let's get him. And people ask him for his autograph, but he doesn't know how to alive. Oh no, God. Oh no. He's still alive. Let's get him. People ask him for his autograph, but he doesn't know how to write. Oh my God. That's too much information. Yeah. That's more than I required. So here's a

funny story about the movie. Funnier than that one? Yeah. Thanks, Frank. Billy Redden plays the banjo, but they couldn't get him to move his left hand in an appropriate way. Yeah, Billy Redden. So they couldn't get him to look like he was really playing. So a local musician, Mike Addis, was brought in to hide behind him

and put his hand through the kid's sleeve. Oh, wow. And they watched the shots so that they wouldn't see him. Isn't that great? That's wonderful. And that's one of the few films where, like, Burt Reynolds is actually respected. Yeah, it's a good movie. He's good in that.

John Borman. Yeah, he's great in it. Yep, yep. And, of course, you know, the great Jon Voight. Uh-huh. Who I'd love to have Jon Voight on. He's a little nutty. Yeah.

We could try for him. What, you don't want Ned Beatty? Oh, yes. Ned Beatty seems like such an easygoing guy. We are saying too much in this episode. Dueling Banjos went to number two in February. February 24th was its peak date. Eric Weisberg

and Steve Mandel. And the soundtrack to a terrific SNL skit, which we just mentioned. And, like, the end of Deliverance, it's a quiet shot of the river and then all of a sudden, you know,

a hand shoots up from the river. Yeah. And that is where Brian... Same guy's hand. Yes. Yes. And that's where Brian De Palma... Oh, really? Got that idea of the hand out of the

grave. For Carrie. Yeah. Fantastic. Yeah, not that Brian De Palma. Oh, really? Got that idea of the hand out of the grave. For Carrie. Yeah. Fantastic. Yeah, not that Brian De Palma ever borrows from any movie. Sarah crossed Brian De Palma off. So that was. I'm just going to ask him. The novel Deliverance was written by the poet James Dickey. James Dickey.

Who did what in the movie? He's in the movie? He's in the movie. Oh, damn. I don't think I knew that. That's good stuff. Well, I think Dickie's a giveaway. At the end, when the hand comes up, he's the sheriff. Very funny. Oh, very cool. Good trivia.

That's actually him. Good trivia. Ronnie Cox would be good for the podcast. Oh, he would. Now that we're on the subject. And Ronnie Cox I worked with. You did. Why aren't you calling him? He was the police chief in Beverly Hills Cop 2. Very nice. Let's move on quickly.

Dancing. If that's not a go fuck yourself, I don't know what is. The clock is ticking. Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest. Everybody's dancing in the moonlight. Yes.

I don't dance at day all night. It's supernatural delight. A song that may or may not be about werewolves, but there's a wild tale about that song. The keyboard player of King Harvest, a guy named Sherman Kelly, wrote that song after he was attacked by locals while vacationing on the island of St. Croix. He was beaten senseless and left for dead. This is nice. This is a fun little anecdote. Sweet addict.

Those St. Croixians. As Paul Schaefer would say, cute story. And while recovering, I don't know if he was hallucinating or what, but he started imagining an alternate reality where everybody was happy and joyful and dancing in the moonlight, and that's where this song came from. Boy, to have the shit kicked out of you, and that's what you come up with.

Right, you come up with a song that, yeah, that went to number 13 on the charts, Dancing in the Moonlight. How's that, Paul? Yeah. It's not bad, but I think if you're going to get the shit kicked out of you, you ought to at least get in the top 10. Right. If you're almost going to die. Yeah. Paul? Yeah. It's not bad, but I think if you're going to get the shit kicked out of you, you ought to at least get in the top ten.

Right. If you're almost going to die. Yeah. Yeah. At least right, let it be. It should be an American standard. Then there was Soul Song by Joe Stampley that went to number 37. Gilbert, as always, wave your arm if you know one of these.

1737, Gilbert, as always, wave your arm if you know one of these. Diodato, or Deodato, with, of course, the very famous instrumental, Also Sprak Zarathustra, which is known as the 2001 theme. Oh, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. That one, yes. See, a lot of these songs I would probably know, but I don't know from title. Well, I know you know that one just from... Yeah, yeah. The theme from 2001 kind of gives that one away.

And it's been played so many other times. Used well in the movie being there, actually. Yeah. Went to number two. Go figure. I mean, the movie came out, what, in 60... When did 2001 come out? 68?

Sounds about right. Something like that. And then now there's, for some reason, there's an instrumental version of the theme song charting in 73, which is odd. Dead Skunk by Loudon Wainwright III. Stinkin' to high heaven. Stinkin' to high heaven. Dead Skunk in the middle of the road.

Ooh. Yep. Loudon Wainwright, the father of Rufus Wainwright. That's correct. It is. And the whole Wainwright family. The Wainwright, the father of Rufus Wainwright. That's correct. And the whole Wainwright family. The Wainwright family. What was another Loudon Wainwright hit? I think this is the only time he was actually on the Billboard charts.

Oh, this is One Hit Wonders. Because I remember he used to pop up on TV a lot. Oh, he was on MASH. That's it. He recurred on MASH for a while. And I'm sure he popped up on like Merv Griffin and stuff like that. A crazy talent. I've had the pleasure of spending a little time with Loudon. He's one of Tom Leopold's friends.

Now, wasn't he the third? Loudon Wainwright III. Yeah, that's it. And a musical, insanely talented family. A couple of other songs just quickly of his. The Swimming Song, Dead Skunk, Motel Blues. Your Mother and I, I don't know any of these by title. Yeah, he's a terrific songwriter.

Versatile. And an actor. And turns up in some of the Judd Apatow movies, too. He's in Knocked Up. And one of the others. Maybe two of the others. We will return to Gilbert Gottfried's amazing, colossal podcast after this. FanDuel Casino's exclusive live dealer studio has your chance at the number one feeling,

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Please play responsibly. And now back to the show. Here's one. If you're going to do a song, if you can do a show about one-hit wonders, this is a place that you want to go. This really is right in the wheelhouse. Number one. I can't believe that this song went all the way to number one.

Its peak date was April 7th of 1973. Sung by, shall we say, an unlikely recording artist, Frank? Oh, yes, yes. I love this track. He was on his way home from Candletop. I certainly know this song, but I never knew the words except for the main. Right. Right. Some bad news, it's gonna hurt.

He said, I'm your best friend, and you know that's right. Her songwriter husband was Bobby Russell, and he wrote this song, and the story goes that he offered it to Cher. Oh, that sounds like it could have been a Cher. And Sonny Bono thought that it was going to offend their Southern fans. Here's the chorus. That was a night that the light went out in Georgia. That was a night that they hung an innocent man.

Nine minutes later. Yeah. Got bloodstains. So Vicki Lawrence decides to go into the studio with members of the Wrecking Crew and record it herself and knock it out herself. And number one. Amazing. It's really good.

There's a couple of lyrics just briefly. Yeah. You know, Andy got mad and he saw Red and the guy says, Boy, don't lose your head because to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself. That's great. It's like that Southern Gothic thing. It is. I think it's a subgenre.

Southern Gothic pop song. Now, Vicki Lawrence, not a Jew, obviously. I don't think so. But she lived next to a Jewish family when she was living in L.A. Why do you know this? Who was she living next to? Moshe Dayan? Maybe Stiller and Mira. Who was that?

Living next to a Jewish couple with children, and they even signed something that whoever died, the other couple would take care of their kids. I didn't know this. Yeah. Where did you find this out? I was actually reading this. I read Vicki Lawrence's autobiography. You did? Now, but meanwhile, I think Jack

Carter called her an anti-Semite. Oh, he did. That's my problem. That sounds right. I believe she's the only member, cast member of the Carabinette show to chart on the billboard. Oh, my God. Well, except for Tim Conway.

That's right. Joe to chart on the billboard charts. Oh, my God. Well, except for Tim Conway. Right. Harvey Korman's cover of One Talk Over the Line. Oh, yes. So, number one, an amazing story. Here's an artist, a very popular artist and a singer-songwriter who found his way onto the charts. At number 16, Lou Reed, Walk on the Wild Side. Oh, hey, babe. Yeah. Take a walk in the wild side.

That's one you know. See, I haven't queued up the ones you know. Daisy a Day. I'll Give You a Daisy a Day by Judd Strunk. Huh. Anything? No. Judd Strunk was a member of Laugh-Ind Strunk was a member of Laugh-In.

He was a cast member of Laugh-In in its final season. That's all I got. I'll give you a daisy a day. How about Wildflower by Skylark? Oh, is it Wildflower? No, that's Wildfire. That's Wildfire. Michael Murphy.

Okay. Close enough. That's pretty close. It has the word wild in enough. That's pretty close. Go for it. It has the word wild in it. That's it. And I say that should be a win. Can we ask the judges for a call?

No, wild, we'll get to that one. We'll get to that year. Wildfire was about the horse that breaks out of the, she ran calling wildfire. Oh, oh, oh, yes. It was a song David Letterman was obsessed with for a while. This is Wildflower by Skylark that I believe was a soul group. Okay. But maybe we'll play it later.

Armed and extremely dangerous by first choice. These mean anything to you? No, I mean, but I'm sure a lot these, if you played them, I would remember them. Superfly meets Shaft. John and Ernest went to 31. Hocus Pocus by Focus, a very famous instrumental. June of 1973 went to number nine. Leaving Me by the Independents.

Wait a minute. Anything? Wait, wait. How did, give me the first line. I don't know it. I just have the titles here. Went to 21. I didn't queue up the ones.

Leaving Me by whom? Leaving Me by the Independents. I didn't queue up the ones that I thought were so obscure you wouldn't know them. Perhaps I erred. Wait, what? Maybe he'll find the lyrics. The Teddy Bear Song by Barbara Fairchild? No.

Okay. I think we'd know. That sounds familiar to me. You knew the Gingerbread Song. I figured you knew the friggin' Teddy Bear Song. Back When My Hair Was Short, a song I like by a local band in Gun Hill Road. Now, I remember the title. Yeah, Gun Hill Road from Mount Vernon.

Right here, produced by Kenny Rogers. Pillow Talk by Sylvia, who was sort of an early Donna Summer. Oh, yes. Very sexy single. Here's one we actually do have. I think you're not a fan of this one, so I'm going to play it. Okay.

1973, June 16th. It went all the way up to number two. Frankie. I got a nickel. I got a nickel. I got a nickel. I'm going to do. I'm going to do. Pretty good.

When this whole world gets me down. Mean anything to you, Paul? I recognize it. Lynn Holmes. Oh, okay. The playground in my mind. Oh, okay. The Playground in My Mind. Oh, yes. We'll let Gilbert get to the chorus, because

he's really into it. This reminds me of the Dean Martin song with all the little kids in it. Hit it, Gil! My name is Bobby. I got a nickel. I got a nickel shiny.

Something, some kind of candy. That's what I'm gonna do. Clint Holmes was better known later as Joan Rivers' Sideman on the Joan Rivers Show, on our talk show. Wow. On our Fox talk show. So here's a piece of research you're going to love. Ready? Go. The independence leaving me.

The first few lines, oh, darling, after all this time, you seem to me, girl, to be changing your mind. Oh, that'll give it to him right away. We'll play that one. That doesn't right away. We'll play that one. It doesn't do much. We'll play that for you later. It doesn't do too much. I know you'll know Wildflower, and I know you'll know Hocus Pocus, so I'll play them for you when we're off.

Hocus Pocus by Focus. Hocus Pocus by Focus, which I enjoy saying. Playground in my mind, interesting in that it was Clint Holmes duetted with the producer's nine-year-old son, Philip Vance. Oh, geez. So it's an actual duet between Clint Holmes and a child. Oh, boy.

And there's no Bobby. I don't know what you got. My name is Bobby. My name is Michael. Oh, my name is Michael. Because I guess Michael and nickel are supposed to kind of. Oh, yeah. I got a Nykle. I don't know about Bobby.

They rhyme if you're half asleep. The kid on the porch in Deliverance. Yeah, yeah. Okay. I'm Doing Fine Now by New York City. Oh, wait. You can look that one up, Mr. Rayburn. Went to 17.

I don't even know some of these. You were still listening to the old AM transistor radio. I'm doing fine. Do you have the ball radio with the chain? I've asked you this before. Do you remember the ball that had the dials that were like eyes? Oh, I remember that. I don't think I ever had

one of those. I had one in the back yard. We used to listen to Harry Harrison. Oh, yeah. On WABC. Remember Harry Harrison? Harry Harrison. People around the country won't know what the hell I'm talking about. I remember the good guys.

Sure. Yeah. I used to listen to ABC in the backyard on my old house in Ozone Park, and we'd listen to Top 40. I knew all these songs. I'm doing fine. It was Murray the K, Frankie Crocker. Murray the K, sure.

Well, Cousin Brucie. Cousin Brucie, of course. Ron Lundy. Ron Lundy, yes. Yeah, yeah. There was another guy. Oh, fuck. Love to know which guy you're trying to think of.

What do you got, Paulie? I'm doing fine now. Bye, New York City.. By New York City. By New York City. I don't have much, but here's what you don't know. Go. In 1991, it was covered by the Pasadenas. Oh, that's big news.

The Pasadenas. That's right. And that cover version reached number four in the U.K., selling over 200,000 copies. I'm sorry I brought this up. So let's not take Albie. I'm doing fine now. I think there was a Dan Ingram. I'm sorry I brought this up. So let's not take out the... I'm doing fine now. I think there was a Dan Ingram. Dan Ingram.

Dan Ingram. Nice. Nice work. Very good. Okay, here's one we do have queued up, and this is by a legendary artist from New Orleans who charted once in his career, and this was it.

Ah. I love the shit out of this yes oh that 70s sound yeah fantastic number nine the great dr john gilbert's grooving. You got to move to this one. Oh, yeah. Right, please.

But it must have been the wrong time. Right, hey. But it must have been the wrong time. Right here. You know, there's a lot of similarity between Gilbert's voice and his. Get down with yourself, Gil. Get down with your bad self. Talking to this time. And Frankie, would you like to chime in on the connection to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer?

On this? The Lion Brain Salad Surgery? Well, it's like their best album. There you go. In my humble opinion. Yeah. So there you go. You know, when I'm singing that song, I felt myself slipping into Red Fox.

I was going to say. I thought you were doing Johnny Brown. He's got an edge on his voice that sounds like your voice. He's like halfway, he's like a half Gilbert kind of. I think you could have been like in the Staples Singers or something. You've got a little bit of, you've got some soul in your voice. I'm sure you'll know this. For a lot of his jazz career, Dr. John went under his real name.

Which was? Mac Rebenak. I didn't know that. I know he's into voodoo. Mac Re jazz career, Dr. John went under his real name. Which was? Mac Rebenak. I didn't know that. I know he's into voodoo. Dr. John. And he was in what recent, relatively recent TV series? I'll guess and say Treme. Treme is correct. Because I pick a show set in New Orleans.

They do several recording sessions with him, and they're great. You watch that show? I watch most of it. He's a fantastic talent, Dr. John. That was nice. Yeah. It was a little Red Fox, but I enjoyed it. You big dummy.

You're throwing a lot about Ann Esther and the Gorilla Cookies. If you just come in on the right place, just right place and wrong time, it's just the right emphasis. For Gilbert, every song is the wrong time. Yeah, well. All right, we'll pound these out. Maybe Dr. John wrote that as a tribute to Gilbert. He's still with us, Dr. John.

He's 76. Doing it to death. Doing it to death, Gil. The story of your sex life. Fred Wesley and the JBs. Anything, Paul Life, Fred Wesley and the JBs. Anything, Paul, on Fred Wesley and the JBs? How about Satin Sheets by Jean

Pruitt or Jean Pruitt? The title sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't think of it. These charted high. 22, 28, 22. They weren't major hits. They weren't household hits, if you will. Mr. Meaner by Foster Silvers.

Obviously, Foster Brooks and Phil Silvers formed a duo and recorded. This one I know you know because we've talked about this crazy song. Sol Macosa by Manu Dabango from Cameroon. Mamaku, mamasa, mamamaki, mama. Mamaku, mamasa, mamamaki. Mamaku, mamasa, mamamaki. Yes. That went to 35. I had that single, which is strange, because I was 11 or 12. This one, of course, I know you know, and everybody knows this one because this one's in the culture right now by stories.

And this went all the way to numero uno. Francis? Oh, yes. Sounds great. Doesn't it, Frank? Frank was remarking at how well these songs are produced and engineered. Love this.

Frank! I was right! Louis was whiter than white. Do this one. It's Flip Wilson. I got something. Oh, let's just go right to Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie. They're getting there. Louie, Louie.

Here it comes. Okay, Gil. Louie, Louie, Louie, Louie Louie. Here it comes. Okay, Gil. Louie Louie Louie Louie. Louie Louie Louie Louie. Louie Louie Louie Louie. Louie boy, you're gonna cry. Okay. Pretty good. Pretty good. Pretty good.

Pretty good. Pretty good. Now, people know it, of course, now as the theme song to Louis C.K.'s TV show. But it's a song about interracial love. There you go. So, I looked up Satin Sheets. Okay. By Gene Pruitt.

Now, I find this in two places. Go. The two versions of the lyrics and they both start like this i beg your pardon i never promised you a rose garden ah is that possible well that we've covered that song that was lynn anderson that's that's on this page i'm looking at here how strange sheets gene pruitt lyrics i beg your pardon i never promised you so she was obviously doing an homage to the previously charted Lynn Anderson. It must have been a cover, but they changed.

But isn't it called I Never Promised You a Rose Garden? It's called I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. So this is either like a weird Google fail or... How weird. Yeah. Now that'd be an interesting subcategory. Songs that referenced other songs. Right.

Oh, Mrs. Robinson with Cuckoo Cachoo. And that was like, I am the walrus. Oh, interesting. I've never even thought of that. That's a great one, Gilbert. That's so goddamn good. Yeah. All right, we're going to throw this one out as a fun little... Oh, and there was that one that John Lennon sang, you know, here come old flat top...

Come together. Yeah. That was, I think, Chuck Berry. Oh, interesting. Yeah. Interesting. Well, speaking of Chuck Berry, we talked in the previous episode about Bang-a-Gong Get It On.

Oh, wait. Wait. That references Chuck Berry. Judy in Disguise. Judy in Disguise. Judy in Disguise. I was going to go with that one. Judy in Disguise. Right, which doesn't actually mention the song,

but it's sort of almost a kind of a, we would even call it a parody. Who did that? John Fred and his Playboy band, of course. You were in the room. Judy in disguise. You wouldn't even call that a parody. It was kind of, again, an homage just in the title

because the song is nothing like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. But we'll throw that out to our listeners as a little fun game. What do they call those things where people have the wrong lyric? Oh, misheard lyrics. Right, you know, that Judy in Disguise is like that. Like Credence's There's a Bathroom on the Right. Yeah, exactly. Oh, well, Elton John with In Your Empty Garden or Something Garden.

Right. I think that was a reference to Octopus's Garden. Well, that's interesting. Maybe, because Octopus's Garden was written by John and Paul, but Ringo's vocal. Yeah. Interesting. I never thought of that.

If only there was a way to look something like that. Well, we don't have that kind of time. Frank, you wanted to say something about the pristine recordings. If only we could get someone off the street. Literally almost anyone. What did you want to say about those songs? No, I mean, I've said it before, but we pull up these old songs on Spotify. Yeah.

And they come punching through even at these low-res MP3s. It's just the production quality tape and analog gear versus what happens now. Really? For the most part. Fantastic. Yeah, it really holds up. Yeah. Pick, pull up Dancing in the Moonlight, would you, while we get through these last ones, because we'll go out on it.

Everybody's dancing in the moonlight. We'll pull it up by King Harvest. Okay, so there's just a couple more left in the moonlight. Don't pull it up. By King Harvest. Okay, so there's just a couple more left on the sheet. That was Brother Louie was first done by Hot Chocolate, who sang You Sexy Thing. Oh, I believe in miracles. That's it. Where you come from, you sexy thing. Yeah, from the Full Monty.

Sexy thing. But that charted in the UK, and then Stories did an American version of it and went to number one. Yesterday, I was one of the lonely people. I love that song. Now you're lying next to me, making love to me. Yeah, it's a great one. Oh, I believe in miracles. It's not on here because I believe they charted several times.

Oh, okay. So they would not qualify as a one-hit wonder. Do you also like the main ingredients, Everybody Plays the Fool? Everybody plays the fool. Yeah. Bop-a-doo-bop. Sometimes. Great fucking song.

And who was the lead vocal on that? Oh. Cuba Gooding Sr. Whoa. Wow. Great one. Wow. Or Cuba. Cuba Gooding Senior. Whoa! Great one. Wow. Or Cuba. Cuba Gooding's father. Wow!

That's a great one. The main ingredient. Little trivia that I happen to have at my fingertips because my life is severely lacking. Your misspent youth. How about My Maria by the late B.W. Stevenson? My Maria. That's it. Oh, yes. Yeah.

Yeah, it went to number nine in September of 73, and the last two on here are In the Midnight Hour. Wilson Pickett. Not Wilson Pickett. Not Wilson Pickett. It might have been a cover by Cross Country, October of 73, went to 30, and I Can't Stand the Rain. I Can't Stand the Rain. I Can't Stand the Rain.

By Ann Peebles. Outside my window. That's the one. How do you know that? I want to weigh my memories. I can't stand the rain. Ann Peebles. Yeah.

No relation to Mr. Peebles from McGilligarilla. But this is one little piece of trivia I want to throw in back to 1972. Beautiful Sunday by Daniel Boone. The lead singer was a guy named Leonard Davies who changed his name to Larry Page. I love this trivia. Because he was a fan of Larry Parks from the Jolson story. I love that. I didn't get to it.

But I just love that. It's so pointless. Larry Parks was ruined by the blacklist. That's correct. And he was married to, I forget her name. Fanny Flagg? No. Just throwing that out there. She was on

All in the Family. She played the Oh, he was married to Betty Garrett. Betty Garrett. From Lerone and Shirley. Yes. Right, very good. Yes, we've covered that

in a previous show with Lee Grant, I think. What do you say we go out on King Harvest from February? All right. Want to sign off first? Oh, this has been

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