Spin City Playlist For 4/29/07

1 pm hour

Give It To Me Baby- Rick James
Empty Pages- Traffic
Rock & Roll Soul- Grand Funk Railroad
Master Blaster (Jammin')- Stevie Wonder
This Is the Right Time- Lisa Stansfield
Make That Move- Shalamar
Strawberry Letter 23- Brothers Johnson

On the Flip Side segment:
17 Days- Prince (B-side to When Doves Cry)

Let's Go To Bed- The Cure
Get Up & Boogie- Silver Convention
Hold On- Ian Gomm
I Ain't No Joke- Eric B. & Rakim
Breakout- Swing Out Sister
Sunshine- The O'jays

2 pm hour

Rock & Roll Never Forgets- Bob Seger
I Do'wanna Know- REO Speedwagon
Dynamite- Jermaine Jackson
Pillow Talk- Sylvia
I'm A Greedy Man- James Brown
Johnny Hit & Run Paulene- X
Overkill- Men At Work
Stoned Love- The Supremes

Now & Then featured artist: John Mellencamp
Someday (from his latest CD "Freedom's Road")
R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A.

Endicott- Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Tired of Being Alone- Al Green
Funny Vibe- Living Colour
Destination Unknown- Missing Persons
I Just Want To Celebrate- Rare Earth

Spin City Playlist For 4/21/07

4pm hour

Freeway of Love- Aretha Franklin
Go To Hell- Alice Cooper
Hot Girls In Love- Loverboy
I Choose You- Willie Hutch
I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up & Dance (Oops, Upside Your Head)- Gap Band
Bad Boy/Havin' A Party- Luther Vandross

On the Flip Side:
Kid Dynamo- The Buggles (B-side to Video Killed the Radio Star)

Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)- The Flirts
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)- Sylvester
Float On- The Floaters
This Is the Day- The The
The Stand- The Alarm
Back & Forth- Cameo

5 pm hour

Tell It To My Heart- Taylor Dayne
Heavy Love- David Ruffin
Wildflower- New Birth
Dreams- Van Halen
Life During Wartime- Talking Heads
I'm On Fire- 5000 Volts

Common Thread segment- groups that include twins as members:
Rock Steady- The Whispers
A.D. 1928/Rockin' the Paradise- Styx
One- Bee Gees

Right On the Tip of My Tongue- Brenda & the Tabulations
Help Yourself- Undisputed Truth
Hyperactive- Robert Palmer

6 pm hour

Moving Out (Anthony's Song)- Billy Joel
One of the Living- Tina Turner
On the Radio- Donna Summer
She's A Beauty- The Tubes
Breakfast In America- Supertramp
Only So Much Oil In the Ground- Tower of Power
One Night In Bangkok- Murray Head
Little Red Book- Toni Basil
Funky Cold Medina- Tone Loc (from the album "Loc-ed After Dark", which was #1 on Billboard this week in 1989)
Telephone Bill- Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Back On My Feet Again- The Babys
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)- The Delfonics
Dark Lady- Cher
What Do All the People Know- The Monroes

Calvin Lockhart, R.I.P.

While reading the "Monitor" section in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, I was saddened to read about the death of actor/director Calvin Lockhart. Although he had many successes in the theater, he is probably best known for his roles in the 1st two films from the Sidney Poitier/Bill Cosby trilogy of the 1970s. As many of you may know, he played "Silky Slim" in the 1st film Uptown Saturday Night and appeared as "Biggie Smalls" in the follow-up, Let's Do It Again. I remember hearing a rumor that he was "cracked out" in Cali back in the 80s or 90s. However, by all accounts, it appears as if this wasn't the case. According to imdb.com, he returned to the Bahamas with his wife after his career took a downturn. If you would like to read more about him, here is the link to his page on imdb.com:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516865/

Spin City Playlist For 4/14/07

4 pm hour

Walking On Sunshine- Katrina & the Waves
Your Gold Teeth II- Steely Dan
Enjoy Yourself- The Jacksons
Wishing Well- Terence Trent D'Arby
Dead Man's Party- Oingo Boingo
Island of Lost Souls- Blondie
War- Edwin Starr

On the Flip Side segment:
Tell Me What You Want (B-side to Private Eyes)- Hall & Oates

Instant Replay- Dan Hartman
I'm Coming Home- Spinners
Typical Male- Tina Turner
Kitty (orig. version of "Mickey)- Racey
You Are the Girl- The Cars
You & I- Earth, Wind, & Fire

5 pm hour
Bang A Gong (Get It On)- T. Rex
C 30, C 60, C 90, Go!- Bow Wow Wow
Hard Times- Run DMC
Dirty Mind- Prince
The Wizard- Uriah Heep
Ain't No Half Steppin'- Heatwave
Luka- Suzanne Vega

The Guilty Pleasure of the Week:
Everything Is Beautiful- Ray Stevens

Are You Man Enough- Four Tops
Love Is the Key- Maze feat. Frankie Beverly
Will It Go 'Round In Circles- Billy Preston
Show Me- The Pretenders
Cold As Ice- Foreigner
Ego Tripping Out- Marvin Gaye

6 pm hour

Love Or Let Me Be Lonely- Friends of Distinction
The Show Must Go On- Three Dog Night
Antmusic- Adam & the Ants
Broken Wings- Mr. Mister
(I'm Just Thinking About) Cooling Out- Jerry Butler
Messing With My Mind- Labelle
Mississippi Queen- Mountain
Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)- Icicle Works
Rock Me Amadeus- Falco (song was #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart this week in 1986)
Me Myself & I- De La Soul
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life- Indeep
No Matter What- Badfinger
Hard Luck Woman- Kiss
I Didn't Mean To Turn You On- Cherelle

Spin City Playlist For 4/7/07

4 pm hour

Theme From Shaft- Isaac Hayes
Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)- Staple Singers
Pearl In the Shell- Howard Jones
How Long- Ace
Little Jackie Wants To Be A Star- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
I Go To Work- Kool Moe Dee
Photograph- Def Leppard

Common Thread segment (belated 62nd b-day tribute to Eric Clapton):
Bell Bottom Blues
Promises
Rock & Roll Heart
I Can't Stand It

I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love- The Emotions
I Got Ants In My Pants- James Brown
Summer Days- Partridge Family

5 pm hour

Da Butt- E.U.
My Heart Goes Bang Bang- Dead or Alive
Fascination- David Bowie
Car Wash- Rose Royce
She Don't Let Nobody (But Me)- Curtis Mayfield
Together In Electric Dreams- Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Hungry Heart- Bruce Springsteen
Stoney Ground- The Foundations
The Mirror- Spooky Tooth
Live & Let Die- Paul McCartney & Wings
And You Know That- Sequence
Here Comes Your Man- The Pixies
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da- The Police
(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You- Ronnie Dyson

6 pm hour

(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again- LTD
I've Got To Use My Imagination- Gladys Knight & the Pips
Changing Everyday- Culture Club
Young Turks- Rod Stewart
Contusion- Stevie Wonder
Special Care- Fanny
Beat's So Lonely- Charlie Sexton
In the Rain- The Dramatics (song was #1 on the R&B charts this week in 1972)
I Couldn't Believe It- David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks
Joystick- Dazz Band
Breakdown- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Make Believe- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
The Killing Moon- Echo & the Bunnymen