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Next up is Diana Ross and the Supremes with “In An Out of Love”. The song hit #9 in the fall of 1967. It was the last song that founder Florence Ballard sang on. It was also the last Motown hit for the writers Hollander-Dozier-Holland. Carole Kaye of the Wrecking Crew played bass on this.

Following is a middle of the road song sung by Dionne Warwick, “Say A Little Prayer”. This song reached #4 on the Billboard chart in October of 1967. It was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The flip side was “(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls)

Next up is Devo with “Whip It”. This song reached #14 on the Billboard chart in 1980. The composer and lead singer of this song has written many song tracks for movies and TV, including “The Lego Movie “. The b side was “Turn Around”.

Next up is Dion with “Run Around Sue”. This song was #1 in September of 1961. In 2004 Rolling Stone ranked at 351 in the 500 greatest songs of all time. The b side was “Runaway Girl”.

Following is “Photograph” by Def Leppard. In 1982 it reached #12 on the Billboard chart. In 2008 the band performed this with Taylor Swift on CMT Crossroads. The B side was “Action! Not Words”

Next up is the #1 hit by Dawn featuring Tony Orlando: “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree”. The record was number 1 for 4 weeks in April of 1973. The band consisted of Orlando, Thelma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Williams. Hopkins was on several sitcoms in the 80s and 90s.

It’s a rainy Thursday afternoon and the White Sox moved on in the playoffs, so I thought I would play some scratchy 45s from my collection. First up is a promo release with 4 songs by David Bowie. The first song is “Space Oddity” which actually charted at #65.

We spend all sorts of money on cat toys and her favorite thing to play with is a plastic ring off something

Happy birthday to #linbrehmer. He was truly “our best friend in the world”. We were fortunate to spend eight days in Ireland with him and 38 other listeners on the 2018 WXRT Ireland trip. We ate well, drank well and laughed a lot. #93XRT.

Next up for the DC5 is “Glad All Over” it reached #6 on the charts in 1964. The b side was “I Know You”. This was written by Clark and Mike Smith.

Next up is the DC5’s “I Like It Like That”. This reached #7 on the charts in 1965. The b side was “Hurting Inside”

Next up is the Dave Clark Five’s “Bits and Pieces”. It reached #4 in 1964. The song was written by Clark and Mike Smith. The b side was”All Of The Time.”

Next up is the Dave Clark Five’s “Catch Us If you Can” which reached #4 in 1965. The song was written by Dave Clark and Lenny Davidson. The b side is “On The Move.”

Next up is Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Dave Clark Five with “Anyway You Want It”. This song hit the chats at #14 in 1965. The song was written by Dave Clark. The b side is “Crying Over You.”

Next up is Illinois singer songwriter Dan Fogelberg from Peoria. This Epic Record’s Hall of Fame release features two hits. The A side is “Same Old Lang Syne” which reached #9 in 1981. The B side is “Hard To say” which reached #7 in the fall of 1981. Glen Frey sings backing vocals.

Next up is the song “Making Our Dreams Come True” sung by Cyndi Grecco. This was the theme song from the LaVerne and Shirley tv show and reached #25 in 1976. This song is a true one hit wonder.

Next up is The Crystals with “Then He Kissed Me” which reach #6 in 1963. The sinks was produced by Phil Spector. Only one Crystal actually appears on the song, Dolores Brooks. Other singers were from The Blossoms and other back up singers including Cher. The Wrecking Crew was the band.

It’s a rainy Sunday afternoon so I thought would spin some 45rpm discs. First up is the Cyrkle with “Red Rubber Ball” This song was written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers. The song charted at #2. The band was managed by Brian Epstein. The spelling of the name was made by John Lennon.

It’s a nice afternoon in Chicago. Here is the view out the window of our friends’ condo.

Following is Crow again with “Cottage Cheese” which charted in summer of 1970 at number 56. It was written by the Wiegand brothers and drummer Denny Craswell. The b side was Busy Day.

Next up is the Minneapolis based group Crow with “Evil Woman Don’t Play Your Games With Me”. This song charted at number 17 in 1970. It was written by band members Dave Wagner and the Wiegard Brothers. The B side was “Gonna Leave A Mark” I saw them live at my HS in concert the summer of ‘70.

Now up is The Cryan’ Shames with “It Could Be We’re In Love. The song was written by band member Jim Fairs. The song was number 1 on both Chicago teen radio stations, WLS and WCFL, but only charted to #85 nationally in 1967. The b side was “I Was Lonely Then”.

Next up is “Younger Girl” by The Critters. The song maxed out in 1966 at #42 on the charts. The song was written by John Sebastian of the Lovin’Spoonful. The Critters had one more hit before Viet Nam war draft broke them up. The b side was “Gone For Awhile “.

Spinning some 45s on a Sunday afternoon. First up are The Crests with “16 Candles” The song hit #2 in 159 and sold over a million copies. The Crest were an interracial do wop group and were discovered singing in a NYC subway. The b side was “Beside You”.

Next up is CCR’s last single “Someday Never Comes”. It reached #25 on the charts. It was backed with “Tearin’ Up The Country”. Shortly after the release, the band broke up.

Next up is Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising” which reached #2 on the charts. The b side was “Lodi”. Both songs were from the Green River album. CCR, who played at Woodstock. Was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Next up is Cozy Powell with “Dance With the Devil” This was his only single and charted at #49. The b side is “And Then There Wa Skin”. Powell was a go to session drummer in the late 60s and early 70s. He was a member of one of Jeff Beck’s groups. Suzi Quattro plays base on this.

Next up a Canadian, Corey Hart with the 1984 #7 hit “Sunglasses at Night”. The b side is “At The Dance”. This was in a bunch of 45s given to me.

Next up is the girl group The Cookies with “Chains”. This song, written by Carole King and her ex-husband Jerry Goffin, The song hit #17 on the charts. The b side “Stranger In My Arms” was also written by Goffin and King. Old timers will remember that the Beatles had a hit with this in 1963.

Listening to some 45s on a cool afternoon. First up is Cliff Richard. He one of the all time great singer in the UK. Never did have much popularity in the US. This re-release hit #45 on the charts in 1980. The B side was dreaming

Next up is another one hit wonder, Claudine Clark. Clark hit number 3 with the song, “Party Lights”. Her song was actually the b side to “Disappointed” but that didn’t chart. She wrote “Party Lights” but soon faded into obscurity.

Next up is also from the yacht rock king, Christopher Cross. The song is “Sailing”. It hit number 1 in 1980. It also won a Grammy as record of the year. The b side was “Poor Shirley”.

Next up is from the yacht rock master Christopher Cross: “Arthur’s Theme (The Best You Can Do)”. It hit #1 on the charts in 1981. It was the main theme for the movie “Arthur” and won an Oscar. The b side was “Mister Gigolo”

Next up is the Canadian band Chilliwack with “My Girl (Gone, Gone,Gone). It charted at #22. It was from their 1981 album “Wanna Be A Star”. The b side was “Sign Here”.

Sitting through another tornado watch and decided to spin some scratchy 45s. First up is the one hit wonder Christie with “Yellow River”. This song was recorded by the Tremeloes but they decided not to release. So the producer erased the vocals and recorded Jeff Christie singing. It hit #23.

Last up for today is from the Chicago V album, “Dialogue (Part I & II)”. It was in October of 1972 and reached 24 on the charts. Part I was sung by Terry Kath and Part II by Peter Cetera. The b side was “Now That You’ve Gone”. Another single with the olive label rather than Columbia red.

The next song up is Chicago’s “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”. It was on the 1969 debut album CTA. But was not released as a single until November of 1970 after the success of two songs from the second album. It reached #7.

Next up is Chicago’s “Hard To Say I’m Sorry”. It hit #1 in 1982. It was written by Peter Cetera. There were several studio musicians on this song with the only other band member, Danny Seraphine, appearing on it. His song was the b side “Sonny Think Twice.”

Next up is Chi Coltrane’s “Thunder And Lightning”. The song reached #17 on the charts. I can’t call her a one hit wonder because she was popular in Europe and had hits there. The b side was Time To Come In”. Both songs were written by her. For some reason the label is olive green not red.

Next up is “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”. The song was written by her husband, Sonny Bono. It reached #2 on the charts in 1966. The b side was “Our Day Will Come”.

Spinning some 45s on a rainy Sunday afternoon. First up is Cheech and Chong’s “Born in East LA”. The song reached #48 on the charts. The song is credited to Bruce Springsteen and Cheech and Chong. Because Chong had nothing to do with is song, caused the duo to break up. It spawned a movie.

Next up is Cheech and Chong’s “Santa And His Old Lady. It charted at #4 in 1971 on the Xmas charts. The B side is the famous Dave routine from their first album. I got this as a freebie way back in 1971 when I bought some records at a record store.

Next up is “Basketball Jones” by Cheech and Chong. This song charted at #15 in 1973. It was a comedy song. Appearing on the song besides Cheech and Chong were George Harrison, Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner, Carole King, Nicky Hopkins, Tom Scott, Billy Preston, Darlene Love, Michelle Phillips.

Another one hit wonder were The Chartbusters with “She’s The One”. This song hit #33 on the charts back in August of 1964. This band was popular in clubs around Washington DC around that time. They never released an album. They were said to be the inspiration for Tom Hanks’ “That Thing You Do” film

Next up is a real one hit wonder, Charlene. Back in 1976, Motown was signing white artists including Charlene. She released an album and a single “I’ve Never Been To Me”. It went nowhere and a disappointed Charlene quit the business. In 1982, a Tampa DJ started playing it and it hit #3 in the US.

Staying in the instrumental mode, the next disc is the surf rocker “Pipeline” and hit #4 in 1964. The b side is “Move It”.

Next up is a re-release of 2 instrumental hits. Side A is “Tequila” from The Champs. This song hit #1 way back in 1958. It was written by saxophonist Don Rio whose real name was Daniel Flores. The B side is “Apache” which hit #2 in 1961. It was performed by Danish guitarist Jorgan Imgmann.