the songs are good that you play, the third after the top of the hour. why can't we have them on the playlist as well?
I suggested Robyn request those that she likes, for Jacqui to play during her 10am to 3pm show. Then maybe over time, some of these 'Featured Songs' of mine might end up on the playlist. An example was The French Song by Lucille Starr, that I introduced a year or so back and got requested so often that the Programme Director eventually got around to adding to the playlist.
Larry Verne
Mr. CUSTER. US#1, 10 October 1960 (Poor seller. Monster hit here by the UK's Charlie Drake.)
Neil Diamond
*CRACKLIN’ ROSIE. US#1, 10 October 1970.
The Bee Gees
*MASSACHUSETTS (The Lights Went Out In), UK#1(4) from 11 October and NZ#1(3) from 23 November 1967 - Monster Hit in N.Z.
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
*JE T'AIME ... MOI NON PLUS, Fontana [Britain] UK#1(1), 11 October 1969 Not Released In NZ –
Neil Sedaka
Bad Blood, US#1(3) from 11 October 1975 and NZ#18, 2 weeks in Top 20 6 March 1975. I asked music collector Scott Hughes if he remembered the song being played much here in NZ and he responded ... Yes, I remember hearing Bad Blood a lot. I thought it might have even charted a bit higher here. Elton John sang back up on it, 1975 sparked Sedaka revival with Love Will Keep Us Together which he wrote being one of biggest hits that year.
Lieutenant Pigeon
*Mouldy Old Dough, UK#1(4) from 14 October 1972
Jimmy Young
THE MAN FROM LARAMIE, UK#1(4) from 14 October 1955. Only two of the ten different versions recorded made the British charts with Al Martino's version peaking out at #19. Not A Big Seller in N.Z.
Frankie Laine
A WOMAN IN LOVE. UK#1(4) from 19 October 1956. Written by Frank Loesser and produced by Mitch Miller. From the movie ‘Guys And Dolls’ and Not the same song as Barbra Streisand’s US#1 in 1980. This was Laine’s fourth and final UK No. 1. His total of 4 chart toppers established a record which was equaled, just over 6 months later, on 17 May 1957, by Guy Mitchell. Laine and Mitchell shared the lead until they were joined by Elvis Presly on 15 May 1959 and finally overtaken by him the following year with “It’s Now Or Never” making the top 3 November 1960.
Elvis Presley.
*JAILHOUSE ROCK backed with HUGE HIT
TREAT ME NICE Victor [USA]. Both songs came from Presley's film Jailhouse Rock to provide his 14th and 15th million-sellers. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote both songs. This disc sold well over two million and 'Jailhouse Rock' was US#1(7) from 21 October with 27 weeks in the bestsellers, and UK#1(3) from 24 January 1958. 'Treat Me Nice" US#18, with 10 weeks in from 14 October 1957 HUGE HIT in N.Z. and as Mark said Was actually the A side, not Jailhouse Rock
Johnny Mathis
CHANCES ARE, Written by Robert Allen (music) and lyrics by Al Stillman. US#1, 21 October 1957 (28 weeks in Top 100 from 16 September) and NZ#1 in February 1958 - HUGE HIT in N.Z. Born in San Francisco 30 September 1930, Johnny Mathis became an all-round athlete at George Washington High School. His father, a vaudeville artist began teaching him songs from the age of 10, then a local music teacher took him on for seven years without a fee. Heard singing with a group at this club in San Francisco he got referred to Columbia Records and his recording debut involved producing a whole album. This ended his plans of being a physical education teacher and he was sent on a nationwide tour, which included night clubs, concert halls and appearances on TV. The Johnny Mathis style was not of the teen beat variety and he became a big seller of albums (LPs). His LP ‘Johnny’s Greatest Hits’ was in the sellers charts consistently from 1958.
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