What a treat is was to play such great instrumental music for you on the Annual Instrumental Gems Wordless Wonders Special again this year. I managed to play a whopping 77 songs in 4 hours; fortunately instrumentals were relatively short in those days. An interesting aspect to all these instrumental hits is they were from all music styles including pop, orchestral, jazz, dixieland, etc. And that is one reason why Top 40 radio was so popular; it presented the best of all styles of music: pop, rock, folk, foreign language, etc., and from countries around the world including United States, Canada, England, Australia, South Africa, France, the Netherlands, and so many other places. You sure heard a great variety in those "good old days". And it is exactly that variety that I really enjoy bringing to you every week on Treasure Island Oldies. And thanks very much for your requests. They were both plentiful and great suggestions. And for those songs I was unable to get to, I will do my best to play them on next week`s show.
One of the neat aspects of the show are the regular weekly features, particularly those from listeners. Hits From Across The Pond with Fay Greenwood, Rick`s Rare Rock and Roll Relic from Rick Canode, and the Music Link from Paul Carter Jr. all generate lots of conversation in the Chat Room. This week was no exception. This week Fay spotlighted Right Said Fred by Bernard Cribbins, Rick had The Fireballs with Gunshot, and Paul linked Popcorn by Hot Butter with Saturday Night At The Movies by The Drifters. All these songs had the Nuts in the Hut chatting about these tunes. Well done! I invite you to become part of the interesting, informative, and at times very humourous threads of conversation. Click Chat on the Menu during the live show Sunday nights from 6 to 10 p.m. Pacific time and follow the instructions for logging on. As The Beatles sang, " a splendid time is guaranteed for all".
The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is continuing with our instrumental theme this week with a rare live performance of Sleep Walk by Santo and Johnny. It's our Song of the Week. Enjoy!
Voice Your Choice features the Los Angeles pop vocal group The Association with two of their many hits songs: Never My Love and Along Comes Mary. Cast your vote for the song you'd like to hear at the Voice Your Choice page. We'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.
Here is a reminder to the Alumni of Petaluma High School Class of 1974. The 36 Year Reunion of this Petaluma, California high school is taking place very soon, the weekend of August 20th. For information contact Diane at PetalumaHigh1974@gmail.com. If your Alma Mater is planning a Reunion, be sure to let me know and I'll pass the information on to you on the show and on the website too. Send the details to reunion@treasureislandoldies.com.
I am so pleased with the number of people who enjoy the Rock & Roll News Podcast every week. You can download it at the iTunes Store by searching for Treasure Island Oldies Rock & Roll News Podcast. There have been over 11,000 downloads of this popular Podcast in the past 30 days! Thank you. You can also enjoy the Top 5 Countdown. While not available for download, you can listen to it at any time on the Listen page.
The Listener Gallery has is ready to hang your photos. Send in your picture, name, city and province or state to michael@treasureislandoldies.com and our webmaster, Eddy Fisher, will post it on the Listener Gallery page.
I hope you have a great week and see you next Sunday for the live show.
Bye for now.
Michael
