The Retro Mix Playlist For 5/21/10

For this show, I traveled even further back in time with Sherman and Mr. Peabody as I did a "real oldies" show featuring music from the 50s and 60s. More importantly than it being fun for me, the listeners were into the golden oldies I was spinning as well. Because the songs of that era were short by today's standards (a few of the tunes I featured were less than 2 minutes), it left little room for BS-ing around on my part. As a result, it was a little more frantic in the studio than normal, but it was a fun frantic. Due to it getting so damn hot in the studio during the warmer months and because I was bopping to the oldies throughout the show, I literally worked up a sweat. Since the show turned out so well and to shake things up a bit, I'm going to start doing a "real oldies" show once a month in the Retro Mix time slot.

7 pm hour

Johnny B. Goode- Chuck Berry
Hully Gully Baby- The Dovells
Honey Chile- Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
Why Do Fools Fall In Love- Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Running Bear- Johnny Preston
He- The Righteous Brothers
Maybe- The Chantels
Twistin' the Night Away- Sam Cooke
The Land of Milk & Honey- The Vogues

On the Flip Side segment:
On the Road Again- The Lovin' Spoonful (B-side to Do You Believe In Magic)

Laugh, Laugh- The Beau Brummels
Let Me In- The Sensations
Keep A Knockin'- Little Richard
Sixty-Minute Man-The Dominoes
Zoom- The Cadillacs
Expressway To Your Heart- The Soul Survivors
The Worst That Could Happen- The Brooklyn Bridge
What's It Gonna Be- Dusty Springfield
Charlie Brown- The Coasters
I Need Somebody- ? and the Mysterians

8 pm hour

This Old Heart of Mine- The Isley Brothers
Right Now and Not Later- The Shangri Las
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes- The Platters
Am I the Man- Jackie Wilson
Liar, Liar- The Castaways
The Loser (With A Broken Heart)- Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Jailhouse Rock- Elvis Presley
The Glory of Love- The Five Keys
Mack the Knife- Bobby Darin
Here I Sit- The Ronettes
Kicks- Paul Revere & the Raiders

Double Retro segment-
Louie, Louie- The Kingsmen (released in 1963)
Louie, Louie- Richard Berry (orig. version; released in 1957)

Cry- Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads
Mecca- Gene Pitney
Twistin' Postman- The Marvelettes
You're Gonna Miss Me- The Thirteenth Floor Elevators
Peaches and Cream- The Ikettes
That's Life (That's Tough)- Gabriel & the Angels
Psychotic Reaction- The Count Five

The Retro Mix Video of the Week: Why Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers