The Retro Mix Playlist for 1/4/14

Show theme: Performers we lost in 2013. In parentheses after the group's name are the members who passed away last year. 

6 pm hour

Dirty Water- The Standells (Dick Dodd)
Crazy Man Crazy- Bill Haley & his Comets (Marshall Lytle)
Turn on Your Love Light- Bobby “Blue” Bland
Farther Up the Road- Bobby “Blue” Bland
(Fallin’ Like) Dominoes- Donald Byrd
The Tennessee Waltz- Patti Page
Steam Heat- Patti Page
Sh- Boom- The Chords (Floyd McRae)
There Is- The Dells (Marvin Junior)
Home to Emily (Theme to The Bob Newhart Show, in honor of actress Marcia Wallace)
I Touch Myself- Divinyls (Chrissy Amphlett)
I’ll Be Around- The Spinners (Bobby Smith)
I’ll Always Love You- The Spinners
There Goes My Everything- Jack Greene
The Birds and the Bees- Jewel Akens
Theme from S.W.A.T.- Rhythm Heritage (in honor of actor Steve Forrest)
Undercover Angel- Alan O’Day
Danger! She’s a Stranger- The Five Stairsteps (Clarence Burke Jr.)

7 pm hour

Papa Was a Rolling Stone- The Temptations (Richard Street and Damon Harris)
Heavenly- The Temptations
Whip It- Devo (Alan Myers)
Guys Do It All the Time- Mindy McCready
First Name Initial- Annette Funicello
Pineapple Princess- Annette Funicello
Skin Tight- The Ohio Players (Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner)
Fire- The Ohio Players
Secret Love- Slim Whitman
Blame It on the Bossa Nova- Eydie Gorme
Ironside- Quincy Jones (in honor of actor Don Mitchell)
Going Back to My Roots- Richie Havens
One Day at a Time- Polly Cutter (in honor of actress Bonnie Franklin)
Chevy Van- Sammy Johns
The Race Is On- George Jones
White Lightning- George Jones

8 pm hour

Jump- Kris Kross (Chris Kelly)
I Missed the Bus- Kris Kross
Wild Thing- The Troggs (Reg Presley)
Feel So Good- Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington)
Those Were the Days- Carroll O’Connor & Jean Stapleton (in honor of the latter)
Fallin’, Fallin’, Fallin’- Ray Price
Beer Barrel Polka- The Andrews Sisters (Patty Andrews)
Scuse Me Miss- George Duke
Walk on the Wild Side- Lou Reed
You’re So Fine and Sweet- The Miracles (Bobby Rogers)
Over and Over- The Dave Clark Five (Rick Huxley)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air- Will Smith (in honor of James Avery)
I’d Love to Change the World- Ten Years After (Alvin Lee)
Losing My Religion- Cory Monteith
Over and Over- Puff Johnson
Hello, I Love You- The Doors (Ray Manzarek)
Alabama Song- The Doors

The Retro Mix Video of the Week: I Missed the Bus by Kris Kross

The Retro Mix Playlist For 2/18/12: A Tribute to Whitney Houston

6 pm hour

You Give Good Love
Million Dollar Bill
How Will I Know
Fine
Saving All My Love for You
Love Is a Contact Sport
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Thinking About You
Love Will Save the Day
I Got You
Didn’t We Almost Have It All
Take Good Care of My Heart (w/ Jermaine Jackson)

7 pm hour

So Emotional
Call You Tonight
My Name Is Not Susan
I’m Every Woman
The Greatest Love of All
A Song for You
I’m Your Baby Tonight
For the Lovers
Whatchulookinat
Heartbreak Hotel (w/ Faith Evans and Kelly Price)
Hold Me (w/ Teddy Pendergrass)
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)

8 pm hour

I Will Always Love You
Someone for Me
Life’s A Party- The Michael Zager Band (featuring a 14 or 15 yr old Whitney Houston on vocals)
All at Once
Step by Step
If I Told You That (w/ George Michael)
Where Do Broken Hearts Go
I’m Knockin’
I Got You
Queen of the Night
I Look to You
The Star Spangled Banner

The Retro Mix Video of the Week: I'm Your Baby Tonight

The Retro Mix Playlist For 1/28/12: Tribute to Etta James

Show theme: Tribute to the late Etta James, along with other tunes from the 50s and 60s.

6 pm hour

Tell Mama- Etta James
How Many Tears- Bobby Vee
She’s Rather Be with Me- The Turtles
Good Rockin’ Daddy- Etta James
Personality- Lloyd Price
Randy Scouse Git- The Monkees
A Lover’s Concerto- The Toys
Crazy Feeling- Etta James
Since I Don’t Have You- The Skyliners
Five O’Clock World- The Vogues

Double Retro segment:
I Got You Babe- Sonny & Cher
I Got You Babe- Etta James

Too Much- Elvis Presley
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)- Jr. Walker & the All-Stars
Trust in Me- Etta James
Rock & Roll Music- Chuck Berry
Market Place- Etta James
Speedo- The Cadillacs
Hey Harmonica Man- Stevie Wonder
Hey Now- Lesley Gore

7 pm hour

At Last- Etta James
Behind a Painted Smile- The Isley Brothers
Chewy Chewy- The Ohio Express
Roll with Me Henry- Etta James
Blue Suede Shoes- Carl Perkins
Everything That Touches You- The Association
I’d Rather Go Blind- Etta James
Duke of Earl- Gene Chandler
One Two Three and I Fell- Tommy James & the Shondells
Boys- The Shirelles

On the Flip Side segment:
I Just Want to Make Love to You- Etta James (B-side to At Last)

Calendar Girl- Neil Sedaka
Kansas City- Wilbert Harrison
Hey Henry- Etta James
The Lion Sleeps Tonight- The Tokens
I Must Be the Devil- The Box Tops
Almost Persuaded- Etta James
Bo Diddley- Bo Diddley
Baby Please Don’t Go- The Amboy Dukes

8 pm hour

In the Basement- Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto
Quarter to Three- Gary “U.S.” Bonds
Lil’ Red Riding Hood- Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
That’s All- Etta James
Lucille- Little Richard
Cathy’s Clown- The Everly Brothers
All I Could Do Was Cry- Etta James
Wonderful! Wonderful!- Johnny Mathis
Easier Said Than Done- The Essex
Pushover- Etta James
Time Won’t Let Me- The Outsiders
Shake, Rattle, and Roll- Big Joe Turner
I’m a Fool- Etta James
Stormy- The Classics IV
It Takes Two- Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
Tears of Joy-Etta James
The Israelites- Desmond Dekker & the Aces
Let’s the Spend the Night Together- The Rolling Stones
Don’t Look Back- The Remains
The Pick-Up- Etta James

The Retro Mix Playlist For 1/14/12

Show theme: Performers we lost in 2011. For duos/groups, the name of the member who died in 2011 is in parentheses.

6 pm hour

96 Tears- ? & the Mysterians (Eddie Serrato)
Found a Cure- Ashford & Simpson (Nick Ashford)
Solid- Ashford & Simpson
Over the Hills and Far Away- Gary Moore
Poetry Man- Phoebe Snow
Lonely Boy- Andrew Gold
So Into You- Atlanta Rhythm Section (Ronnie Hammond)
Please Mr. Postman- The Marvelettes (Gladys Horton)
Twistin’ Postman- The Marvelettes
Claw- Motorhead (Wurzel)
You Can’t Kill Terror- Gwar (Cory Smoot)
Love Is Strange- Mickey & Sylvia (Sylvia)
Pillow Talk- Sylvia
I Gotta Travel On- Billy Grammer
Running Bear- Johnny Preston

7 pm hour

Rehab- Amy Winehouse
The “In” Crowd- Dobie Gray
Taxi- J. Blackfoot
Talk Talk- The Music Machine (Sean Bonniwell)
Them Bones- Alice in Chains (Mike Starr)
Blanket on the Ground- Billie Joe Spears
Now That We Found Love- Heavy D. & the Boyz
Nuttin’ but Love- Heavy D. & the Boyz
Midnight Confessions- The Grass Roots (Rob Grill and Rick Coonce)
Bella Linda- The Grass Roots
I’m Going Down- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Clarence Clemons)
You’re a Friend of Mine- Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne
Lonely People- America (Dan Peek)
There’s a Big Wheel- Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper (Wilma Lee Cooper)
Chip Chip- Gene McDaniels
Michael- The Highwaymen (Bob Burnett)
Fortune Teller- Benny Spellman
Drummorello- Joe Morello

8 pm hour

Good Vibrations- Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch feat. Loleatta Holloway (LH)
Once Bitten, Twice Shy- Vesta Williams
Stuck in the Middle with You- Stealers Wheel (Gerry Rafferty)
Baker Street- Gerry Rafferty
The Tracks of My Tears- The Miracles (Marv Tarplin)
Stop- Howard Tate
Wings of a Dove- Ferlin Husky
Down Boys- Warrant (Jani Lane)
Oh Bondage Up Yours- X Ray Spex (Poly Styrene)
More, More, More- Andrea True Connection
Regulate- Warren G & Nate Dogg (ND)
Angel Dust- Gil Scott- Heron
Charlie Brown- The Coasters (Carl Gardner)
Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On- Mel McDaniel
Pac-Man Fever- Buckner & Garcia (Gary Garcia)
We Go Together- Cast members from the movie Grease (Jeff Conaway and Annette Charles)

The Retro Mix Video of the Week: Nuttin' but Love by Heavy D. & the Boyz

Remembering Some of the Celebs We Lost in 2011

 

Along with preparing to bring in the new year, it's also time to pay tribute to those we lost in the world of entertainment this year. Below is a tribute assembled by Turner Classic Movies of film industry people who we said goodbye to in 2011. Set to the beautiful tune "Before You Go" by OK Sweetheart, the montage runs through a list of notables that includes Jane Russell, Peter Falk, Cliff Robertson, Jackie Cooper, and Anne Francis. I'll give you one guess as to who's the last person featured in the tribute. :-)