What I’m listening to.
Broadcast just three months after I arrived in Toronto, this is an example of what the discerning listeners were tuned into on a Saturday Night while more sensible people were sleeping …
Where It’s At … Top 30 R&B Chart 18 Nov 1967
John Donabie – 1am to 6am Saturday night on CKFM 1430 Toronto
[source: https://www.facebook.com/CanuckistanMusic]
From April ’64 through May ’65 the Kinks were the soundtrack to my romance with a girl named Sue … I’m fairly certain that Ray Davies was stalking me.
I have set up a playlist for this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRpXNRmOnO0F9lSZSaXwltNvjYm3FN9v
(B-side) “You Do Something to Me”, “You Really Got Me”, “All Day and All of the Night”, “Tired of Waiting for You”, “Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy”, “Set Me Free”.
A tip o’ the flat ‘at to Graeme Eldred for tripping a memory switch with his Sixties Single of The Day today.
Family Stone … Online jigsaw target time 6:17
… and yes, I was inspired to set up a Spotify playlist of the early (first 4 albums) Sly & the Family Stone … https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3L8snGO0CpGAWUCPg8dUhN
Another day, another playlist … Chet Baker’s singing voice was as mellow as his trumpet, albeit with a tendency toward flat as the drug use increased.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7JVF2Z55WPi8h1uNfDXpjh
Music executive Art Rupe, whose Specialty Records was a premier label during the formative years of rock’n’roll, has died. He was 104. Here’s a five-CD set that celebrates his contribution.
Heads up: you’ll have to wait for cd#4, track #2 for Little Richard – Tutti Frutti
