Aircheck Of The Week

 

All through the month of December, we'll pay tribute to what used to be an annual radio tradition: the year-end Top 100. We start with a portion of the Top 100 of 1968, as heard on New York's WOR-FM with Tony Taylor.

The Nitecap Lounge #14

 

With DJ Sween

The Bride Wore Black

 

by The Spookshow Serenade

1. "A beautiful woman with the soul of the devil!" – excerpt from the "Frankenstein Created Woman" trailer

2. Evil – The Interludes

3. I'd Rather Have the Blues (Blues from "Kiss Me Deadly") – Nat "King" Cole

4. Another Man Done Gone – Lorrie Collins

5. Jezebel – Gene Vincent

6. Whirlpool – Wanda Jackson

7. I Idolize You – Ike & Tina Turner

8. Stolen Love – Miss Lavell

9. Midnight Blues – Charlie Rich

10. Fiebre (Fever) – Los Johnny Jets

11. Voodoo Woman – Colin Cook & the Strangers

12. Phantom Rider – Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited

13. Red Headed Woman – Jimmy Dickinson and the Cramps

14. "The coat that covered paradise – uncovered hell!" – excerpt from the "Venus in Furs" trailer

15. The Beast – Milt Buckner

16. Blue Fire – Don Ellis and Royal Dukes

17. She's My Witch – Kip Tyler

18. Crawlin' (The Crawl) – Untouchables

19. Experiment in Terror – The Champs

20. Give Me a Kiss of Love – Yao Su Yong & The Telstar Combo

21. Cat Walk – The Playboys

22. Venus – Los Rockin Devils

23. Midnight Cryin' Time – Scotty McKay

24. "If you're not too afraid, make a date with the woman you'll never forget!" – excerpt from the "Astounding She-Monster" trailer

25. Insane Asylum – Koko Taylor (featuring Willie Dixon)

26. Swamp Girl – Kay Martin and Her Bodyguards

27. Wild Wild Lover – Benny Joy

28. The Mojo – Sax Mallard & Orchestra

29. Swinging Drums – Ronny Kae

30. Fenlights – The Fens

31. Careless Love – Our Gang

32. Phantom Surfer – The Avantis

33. "Of course, you can still escape from me – if you dare." – excerpt from the "Night of the Cobra Woman" trailer

1960

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Baby You Got What It Takes - Brook Benton and Dinah Washington

2. Cool Love - Wanda Jackson

3. MacDonald's Cave - The Piltdown Men

4. Twistin' U.S.A. - Danny and the Juniors

5. Teensville - Chet Atkins

6. Beatnik Fly - Johnny and the Hurricanes

7. Wild One - Bobby Rydell

8. Alabam - Cowboy Copas

9. Lucille - Everly Brothers

10. Please Please Please - James Brown

11. You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones

12. Because They're Young - Duane Eddy

13. Road Runner - Bo Diddley

14. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Freddie Cannon

15. Summertime - Ronnie Hawkins

16. Mr. Custer - Larry Verne

17. Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles

18. The Hucklebuck - Chubby Checker

19. Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

20. Honky Tonkin' George Jones

21. I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee

22. Sink The Bismarck - Johnny Horton

23. Finger Poppin' Time - Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

24. Mr. Lucky - Henry Mancini

25. Kissin' and Twistin' - Fabian

Kogar's Jungle Juice

 

With Kogar the Swinging Ape

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This week we bring you the deejay's deejay, the guy who was the one-man Beatles of Top 40 Radio. There was Dan Ingram, and then there was everybody else. Listen to Dan Ingram on WABC/New York in October of 1984, and you'll be in the honor group of the day.

Happy Hanksgiving!

 

TuneIn to WYEP in Pittsburgh all day today for the DJ Tom Hanks takeover!

Gonna Find A Cave

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Speaking Guitar - Gerhard Narholz

2. Gonna Find A Cave - Banana Splits

3. Hot Dog - Corky Jones

4. Luxury Liner - International Submarine Band

5. One More Time - Roy Head

6. Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen

7. Snow Girl - Ron Winters

8. Lost To A Geisha Girl - Skeeter Davis

9. Filipino Baby - Cowboy Copas

10. Don't Throw My Love Away - Rodd Keith

11. Girls On The Rocks - The Bob Crewe Generation

12. Hoy Hoy - The Collins Kids

13. Juicy Fruit - Rudy Greene

14. Shotgun - Wes Dakus' Rebels

15. Come On Baby - Ramsey Lewis Trio

16. Lady Bird - Virgil Warner and Suzi Jane Hokom

17. The Left Arm Of Buddha - Les Baxter

18. Ski Storm (Part One) - The Snowmen

19. Little Town Baby - Sonny Burgess

20. Rhum Boogie - Freddy Slack

21. Hot Blood - Shorty Rogers

22. In The Pocket - King Curtis & the King Pins

23. Enchanted Farm - Forbidden Five

24. Baby Let Me Take You Home - The Mustangs

Aircheck Of The Week

 

WABC-FM presents a special program in which Bob-A-Loo (Bob Lewis) deconstructs the clues about the supposed death of Paul McCartney.

2022 update: Bob-A-Loo died in 1987. Paul McCartney is allegedly still with us.

Holland Rocks!

 

With Wim Reckers

André Brasseur - The kid

Golden Earring - That Day

Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard

The Shoes - Na Na Na

Rob Hoeke - Margio

De Kliko's - De Biologische Boer

The Motions - Everything (That's Mine)

Brainbox - Down Man

George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag

BZN - Bad Bad Woman

The Black Marble Selection - The Great Escape

Karin Kent - Tired, Broke And Busted

Beans & Fatback - Beggin

Bintangs - Ridin' On The L&N

The Tibbs - Baby Call On Me

Hank The Knife & The Jets - Guitar King

Mozes and The Firstborn - Bloodsucker

MOOON - Surfin' With You

The Kryng - Don't Dig These Modern Tymes

The Heck - Shit On The Radio

The Sons - Ricochet

We Say Yeah Yeah Yeah #5

 

With Robin Braid

'50s, '60s, Rock, Soul, R&B, Blues...and More!

01 The Shadows - Stingray

02 Joe Clay - Sixteen Chicks

03 Howlin' Wolf - Baby How Long

04 Dee Clark - You're Looking Good

05 Diana Ross & The Supremes - In And Out Of Love

06 Marilyn Monroe - One Silver Dollar

07 The Plague - The Face Of Time

08 Ivor Cutler - Gravity Begins At Home

09 The Everly Brothers - Signs That Will Never Change

10 The Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

11 Roy Orbison - Southbound Jericho Parkway

12 Curtis Liggins Indications - What It Is

13 Dave Berry - Little Things

14 Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love

15 Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor (Extended Version)

16 The Sensational Nightingales - Will He Welcome Me There

17 James Brown & The Famous Flames - I Don't Mind

Something and Something

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Over and Over - The Dave Clark Five

2. Around and Around - The Animals

3. Thunder and Lightning - Chi Coltrane

4. Ugly and Slouchy - The Morells

5. Milk and Alcohol - Dr. Feelgood

6. Concrete and Clay - Unit Four Plus Two

7. Ups and Downs - Paul Revere and the Raiders

8. Cars and Girls - Prefab Sprout

9. Hate & War - The Clash

10. Handbags and Gladrags - Stereophonics

11. Pride and Joy - Marvin Gaye

12. Slippin' and Slidin' - Little Richard

13. Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield

14. Sugar and Spice - The Cryan Shames

15. Bangers and Mash - Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren

16. Shame and Scandal - Madness

17. Rock'n'Roll - Detroit

18. Cinnamon and Clove - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66

19. Love and Happiness - Al Green

20. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and the Shondells

21. Trouble and Me - Buck Owens

22. Willie and Lillie - Bo Diddley