Monday, April 30, 2012

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies


April 29th, 2012 to May 5th, 2012

The Chat Room was hopping again this week and we even welcomed first time visitors. If you've never stopped by the chat room, I invite you to do so. Just come to the Chat Page. It's active during the Live show every Sunday from 6 to 10 pm Pacific time. It completely enhances the Treasure Island Oldies show listening experience and the regular "Nuts in the Hut" are so friendly and welcoming. Join us next week, May 6th, when we celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Treasure Island Oldies. There will be a lot of fun, sharing memories, and lots of great music to celebrate this special occasion.

Happy Birthday wishes go out to Eddy Fisher, my partner and Webmaster here at Treasure Island Oldies. Best wishes also to Marc Baillergeon in Edmonton, Alberta. If you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know. Send the details to birthdays@reasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday, our official birthday song by The Beatles, for you.

I'd also like to wish long time listeners and good friends, Rick and Connie Canode, in Madison, Wisconsin, a very Happy 26th Anniversary. As you know, Rick is a regular weekly contributor to the show since 2007 with his Rock & Roll Relic. All the very best to you both for many more years of good health and much happiness together.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Beach Boys by playing their brand new single, That's Why God Made The Radio. It's our Song Of The Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents The New Christy Minstrels with two of their hits songs for your votes this week: Green, Green and Saturday Night. Which song would you like me to play? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice Page. I'll play the winner on next week's 15th Anniversary Special of Treasure Island Oldies.

Here is this week's Rock & Roll News for the Week of April 29, 2012.


Did you know that you can listen to the show while you're on the go via your smartphone by using the Tune In Radio app. You can listen to the Latest Show, the Rock & Roll News Podcasts, and the Live Show as well. Just be sure that to do a search for the live show, it will have to have started in order for it to appear in the live stations results. Get more out of your iPhone or other smartphone with the Tune In Radio app, available at the iTunes Store.

Hope you have a great week. See you on next week's show.

Bye for now.

Michael

New Christy Minstrels - Voice Your Choice

The New Christy Minstrels were a folk-balladeer troupe  named after the Christy Minstrels. That original group was formed in 1842 by Edwin "Pop" Christy.

The new version of the group was founded and led by Randy Sparks and featured future solo stars Barry McGuire (Eve Of Destruction), Kenny Rogers (later with The First Edition and then as a solo artist), and Kim Carnes (Betty Davis Eyes).

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice presents the New Christy Minstrels with two of their hits: Green, Green and Saturday Night.

Cast your vote for the song you'd like to hear at the Voice Your Choice Page. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.


The Beach Boys - Song Of The Week

This year is the 50th Anniversary of The Beach Boys and to mark the occasion they have reunited with Brian Wilson, recorded a new album and will embark on a summer tour.

The new album will be released in June but there is a brand new advance single, and we've got it for you.

This week the Treasure Island Oldies Blog is pleased to play The Beach Boys with That's Why God Made The Radio. It's our Song Of the Week. I'd very much enjoy hearing from you with your comments on this brand new Beach Boys song. Please either leave your comment here on the Blog or send an email to michael@treasureislandoldies.com

Enjoy!
Michael

P.S. Here is a link for their tour dates.


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies


Week of April 22nd, 2012 to April 28th, 2012

I had a great time on the show with you again this week. It's always nice to hear from new listeners, either by an email request or with a phone call to the Treasure Island Oldies Listener Line at 206-339-0709. It's also great to connect via Facebook and this week I've become friends with Tami Hill, Gerry Young, Steve Blair, Vic Holdroyd, Robert McGonigal and John Rowlands. Great to connect with you. Let's connect too. Follow me on Facebook.

We're just two weeks away from the Treasure Island Oldies 15th Anniversary Special and I invite you to join me for this great celebration. The show will be Live Sunday, May 6th from 6 to 10 Pacific time and later available at the Listen Page Archives.

If you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday, our official birthday song by The Beatles, for you.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is paying tribute to the late Levon Helm of The Band with a live performance from The Last Waltz. The Band, along with The Staple Singers, perform The Weight. It's our Song Of The Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents the darlings of the early 70s, The Carpenters, with two of their many hits. Vote now at the Voice Your Choice Page for either Only Yesterday or Top Of The World. I'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

I must say how surprised and pleased I am with how popular the weekly Rock & Roll News Podcast has become around the world. Of all Oldies Podcast in the world, the Rock & Roll News Podcast is #3. Thank You! In case you missed it in this week's show, here is the Rock & Roll News for the week of April 22nd.


Thanks for letting me know how pleased you are to be able to listen to the show while you're on the go via your smartphone by using the Tune In Radio app. You can listen to the Latest Show, the Rock & Roll News Podcasts, and the Live Show as well. Just be sure that to do a search for the live show, it will have to have started in order for it to appear in the live stations results. Get more out of your iPhone or other smartphone with the Tune In Radio app, available at the iTunes Store.

Hope you have a great week. See you on next week's show.

Bye for now.

Michael

The Carpenters - Voice Your Choice

The Carpenters, A&M Records recording artists, were a brother-sister duo who were originally from New Haven, Connecticut. Richard was born October 15, 1946 and Karen was born March 2, 1950.  Sadly Karen died on February 4, 1983 age the very young age of 32. I was Vice-President Artist & Repertoire with A&M Records at the time of Karen's passing. It was a very sad day for everyone at the company and our hearts went out to Richard and his family. I fondly recall receiving Christmas cards from Karen and Richard, yeah and from Rita Coolidge too. That was great.

They moved to Downey, California in 1963 and were a very musical brother-sister duo. Richard played piano and Karen played drums with bass player Wes Jacobs in 1965. They recorded for RCA Records in 1966 without success. The year following their signing with A&M Records in 1969 as a duo, they won the 1970 Best New Artist Grammy Award.

During their twelve year run on the charts, they had 4 Number Ones, 13 Top Ten Hits, and received 10 Gold Records. Quite a run!

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, The Carpenters are in the spotlight. Vote now at the Voice Your Choice Page for either Only Yesterday or Top Of The World, both Top Five smash hits. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's edition of Treasure Island Oldies.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Band - Song Of The Week

In tribute to Levon Helm, who died this past week, the Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing The Band in a clip from the film documentary The Last Waltz.

Here The Band performs The Weight, along with the Staple Singers. It's our Song Of The Week.

Enjoy!

Michael

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Levon Helm of The Band Has Died At Age 71

Levon Helm came to fame in a rootsy rock group that featured three extraordinary voices. But you could always tell which was his: It was the sound of the lusty wildcat, the stern Southern preacher, the depleted Confederate soldier, the dirt farmer at the end of his day.

Helm, 71, who as a drummer backed a pair of legendary musicians and then became a star himself with The Band and as a solo artist, died today from throat cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
"Thank you, fans and music lovers, who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration," said his daughter, Amy, and wife, Sandy, in a statement released Tuesday before he died. "He has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the backbeat and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage."

As a young man out of Elaine, Ark., in the early 1960s, Helm hooked up with fellow Arkansan and rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins (Who Do You Love?), moved to Toronto and recruited four Canadians to join the backing group: guitarist Robbie Robertson, bassist/vocalist Rick Danko, pianist/vocalist Richard Manuel and organist Garth Hudson.

Known as The Hawks, they toured with Hawkins, then split and eventually became Bob Dylan's backing band just as the folk king was embracing electric rock. Though Helm left the group to work on an oil rig for two years, he rejoined his mates, and they and Dylan settled near West Saugerties, N.Y., in the latter half of the '60s. Countering the psychedelic trend that dominated the fractured music scene, they wrote and recorded songs steeped in old-time country, soul, R&B, '50s rock, gospel, blues and folk ballads — with lyrics that spoke of an older America.

Helm and the four Canadians got a recording contract of their own, and as The Band they released 10 studio albums from 1968 to 1998. In its heyday, the group appealed more to the rock intelligentsia than the masses, but on the strength of two highly influential albums, Music From Big Pink and The Band, and timeless songs such as The Weight, Up On Cripple Creek and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Helm sang lead and drummed on all three), they earned enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys in 2008.

Singer Rosanne Cash, herself the daughter of another Arkansas icon, Johnny Cash, recalls singing The Weight with Helm at an Americana Music Association event a year or so ago: "My whole body was tingling throughout the song. I didn't want it to end. It was like going back in time to revisit some of the searing musical moments that made me want to become a musician. Levon was so sweet, so full of light. … I'm heartbroken he has moved on to 'find a place where he can lay his head.' But I hope he found it."
Guitarist Warren Haynes, whose band will substitute for Helm's at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 5, says his longtime friend's voice "just always connected with me heavily. I think it personifies Americana — one of the great voices, and not just in rock 'n' roll.''

Haynes played with Helm numerous times and described the multi-instrumentalist "as maybe the easiest drummer to play with I've ever (encountered). His backbeat and his pocket were so easy and comfortable. They just made you feel good. Every drummer who listened to that kind of music was borrowing something from Levon. When someone would say 'play that Levon Helm feel,' people would know exactly what that meant.''

The Band broke up in 1976 — Helm had become estranged from Robertson. partly because of disputed songwriting credits — and filmmaker Martin Scorsese chronicled the group's all-star farewell concert in The Last Waltz film and soundtrack, with Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Hawkins, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton and others participating.

At Saturday's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland, Robertson told the audience that "We all need to send out love and prayers to my Band mate Levon Helm."
The members regrouped without Robertson in 1983 but called it quits for good in 1999 after the deaths of Manuel and Danko.
Helm used the first break to launch a side career: From 1980 to 2008, he acted in more than a dozen films, most notably as Loretta Lynn's father in Coal Miner's Daughter opposite Sissy Spacek.
But he never strayed from music, even while he was battling throat cancer beginning in the late 1990s. His sturdy tenor voice had become raspy from radiation treatments, but he continued to record and during the past decade staged a series of popular Midnight Ramble concerts involving a variety of guest musicians at his barn-like studio next to his home in Woodstock, N.Y. Helm said at the time that the concerts raised money to pay his medical bills.
Of the more than a dozen solo and informal group albums that Helms recorded, the final three, 2007's Dirt Farmer, 2009's Electric Dirt and 2011's live Ramble at the Ryman, each won Grammys. The award for Electric Dirt was the first to be given in the newly created Americana category — wholly appropriate, since Helm was first and foremost a man who swore by the mud below his feet.


Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Legendary Dick Clark Has Died

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," and later produced and hosted a vast range of programming from game shows to the year-end countdown from Times Square on "New Year's Rockin' Eve," has died. He was 82.

Spokesman Paul Shefrin said Clark had a heart attack Wednesday morning at Saint John's hospital in Santa Monica, a day after he was admitted for an outpatient procedure.

Clark had continued performing even after he suffered a stroke in 2004 that affected his ability to speak and walk.

Long dubbed "the world's oldest teenager" because of his boyish appearance, Clark bridged the rebellious new music scene and traditional show business, and equally comfortable whether chatting about music with Sam Cooke or bantering with Ed McMahon about TV bloopers. He thrived as the founder of Dick Clark Productions, supplying mov ies, game and music shows, beauty contests and more to TV. Among his credits: "The $25,000 Pyramid," ''TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes" and the American Music Awards.

For a time in the 1980s, he had shows on all three networks and was listed among the Forbes 400 of wealthiest Americans. Clark also was part of radio as partner in the United Stations Radio Network, which provided programs - including Clark's - to thousands of stations.

"There's hardly any segment of the population that doesn't see what I do," Clark told The Associated Press in a 1985 interview. "It can be embarrassing. People come up to me and say, 'I love your show,' and I have no idea which one they're talking about."

The original "American Bandstand" was one of network TV's longest-running series as part of ABC's daytime lineup from 1957 to 1987. It later aired for a year in syndication and briefly on the USA Network. Over the years, it introduced stars ranging from Buddy Holly to Madonna . The show's status as an American cultural institution was solidified when Clark donated Bandstand's original podium and backdrop to the Smithsonian Institution.

Clark joined "Bandstand" in 1956 after Bob Horn, who'd been the host since its 1952 debut, was fired. Under Clark's guidance, it went from a local Philadelphia show to a national phenomenon.

"I played records, the kids danced, and America watched," was how Clark once described the series' simplicity. In his 1958 hit "Sweet Little Sixteen," Chuck Berry sang that "they'll be rocking on Bandstand, Philadelphia, P-A."

As a host, he had the smooth delivery of a seasoned radio announcer. As a producer, he had an ear for a hit record. He also knew how to make wary adults welcome this odd new breed of music in their homes.

Clark endured accusations that he was in with the squares, with critic Lester Bangs defining Bandstand as "a leggily acceptable euphemism of the teenage experience." In a 1985 inte rview, Clark acknowledged the complaints. "But I knew at the time that if we didn't make the presentation to the older generation palatable, it could kill it."

"So along with Little Richard and Chuck Berry and the Platters and the Crows and the Jayhawks ... the boys wore coats and ties and the girls combed their hair and they all looked like sweet little kids into a high school dance," he said.

But Clark defended pop artists and artistic freedom, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said in an online biography of the 1993 inductee. He helped give black artists their due by playing original R&B recordings instead of cover versions by white performers, and he condemned censorship.

His stroke in December 2004 forced him to miss his annual appearance on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve." He returned the following year and, although his speech at times was difficult to understand, many praised his bravery, including other stroke victims.

Still speaking wi th difficulty, he continued taking part in his New Year's shows, though in a diminished role. Ryan Seacrest became the main host.

"I'm just thankful I'm still able to enjoy this once-a-year treat," he told The Associated Press by e-mail in December 2008 as another New Year's Eve approached.

He was honored at the Emmy Awards in 2006, telling the crowd: "I have accomplished my childhood dream, to be in show business. Everybody should be so lucky to have their dreams come true. I've been truly blessed."

He was born Richard Wagstaff Clark in Mount Vernon, N.Y., in 1929. His father, Richard Augustus Clark, was a sales manager who worked in radio.

Clark idolized his athletic older brother, Bradley, who was killed in World War II. In his 1976 autobiography, "Rock, Roll & Remember," Clark recalled how radio helped ease his loneliness and turned him into a fan of Steve Allen, Arthur Godfrey and other popular hosts.

From Godfrey, he said, he learned th at "a radio announcer does not talk to 'those of you out there in radio land'; a radio announcer talks to me as an individual."

Clark began his career in the mailroom of a Utica, N.Y., radio station in 1945. By age 26, he was a broadcasting veteran, with nine years' experience on radio and TV stations in Syracuse and Utica, N.Y., and Philadelphia. He held a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University. While in Philadelphia, Clark befriended McMahon, who later credited Clark for introducing him to his future "Tonight Show" boss, Johnny Carson.

In the 1960s, "American Bandstand" moved from black-and-white to color, from weekday broadcasts to once-a-week Saturday shows and from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. Although its influence started to ebb, it still featured some of the biggest stars of each decade, whether Janis Joplin, the Jackson 5, Talking Heads or Prince. But Clark never did book two of rock's iconic groups, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Elvis Presley a lso never performed, although Clark managed an on-air telephone interview while Presley was in the Army.

When Michael Jackson died in June 2009, Clark recalled working with him since he was a child, adding, "of all the thousands of entertainers I have worked with, Michael was THE most outstanding. Many have tried and will try to copy him, but his talent will never be matched."

Clark kept more than records spinning with his Dick Clark Productions. Its credits included the Academy of Country Music and Golden Globe awards; TV movies including the Emmy-winning "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" (1984), the "$25,000 Pyramid" game show and the 1985 film "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins." Clark himself made a cameo on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and a dramatic appearance as a witness on the original "Perry Mason." He was an involuntary part of Michael Moore's Academy Award-winning "Bowling for Columbine," in which Clark is seen brushing off Moore as the filmmaker con fronts him about working conditions at a restaurant owned by Clark.

In 1974, at ABC's request, Clark created the American Music Awards after the network lost the broadcast rights to the Grammy Awards.

He was also an author, with "Dick Clark's American Bandstand" and such self-help books as "Dick Clark's Program for Success in Your Business and Personal Life" and "Looking Great, Staying Young." His unchanging looks inspired a joke in "Peggy Sue Gets Married," the 1986 comedy starring Kathleen Turner as an unhappy wife and mother transported back to 1960. Watching Clark on a black and white TV set, she shakes her head in amazement, "Look at that man, he never ages."

Clark's clean-cut image survived a music industry scandal. In 1960, during a congressional investigation of "payola" or bribery in the record and radio industry, Clark was called on to testify.

He was cleared of any suspicions but was required by ABC to divest himself of record-company intere sts to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest. The demand cost him $8 million, Clark once estimated. His holdings included partial ownership of Swan Records, which later released the first U.S. version of the Beatles' smash "She Loves You."

In 2004, Clark announced plans for a revamped version of "American Bandstand." The show, produced with "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller, was to feature a host other than Clark.

He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1994 and served as spokesman for the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Clark, twice divorced, had a son, Richard Augustus II, with first wife Barbara Mallery and two children, Duane and Cindy, with second wife Loretta Martin. He married Kari Wigton in 1977.

LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer


Monday, April 16, 2012

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies


April 15th, 2012 to April 21st, 2012

The weekly Rock & Roll News has been available as a podcast by itself for some time now. I'm thrilled to let you know that this weekly feature has really taken off in the past two months. The result is that it is now in the Top 5 of any Oldies Podcast in the world! And it's also in the Top 1000 of ALL podcasts. Thank you very much! And here is the Rock & Roll News for the week of April 15th.


It's been great hearing from some recent arrivals to the Island with requests coming in from these new listeners. I welcome your requests too. Call or Click. You can call and leave your voice message on the Treasure Island Oldies Listener Line 24/7 at 206-339-0709. You can also Click on the Requests button on any page of the website. I look forward to hearing from you and to playing your requests on the show.

I invite you to join me for a milestone celebration of Treasure Island Oldies. It's the 15th Anniversary of the show and we'll be having a party the week of May 6th. I look forward to celebrating with you with a very special edition of the show.

Happy Birthday wishes go out to Marjorie Conway Corbo in Bemidji, Minnesota. All the very best to you Marjorie. And if you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday, our official birthday song by The Beatles, for you.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing the great British Diva, Dusty Springfield in a live performance of Son Of A Preacher Man. It's our Song Of The Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents the great folk music trio, Peter, Paul & Mary with two of their signature songs for your votes this week: Leaving On A Jet Plane and If I Had A Hammer. Which song would you like me to play? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page. I'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Thanks for letting me know how pleased you are to be able to listen to the show while you're on the go via your smartphone by using the Tune In Radio app. You can listen to the Latest Show, the Rock & Roll News Podcasts, and the Live Show as well. Just be sure that to do a search for the live show, it will have to have started in order for it to appear in the live stations results. Get more out of your iPhone or other smartphone with the Tune In Radio app, available at the iTunes Store.

Hope you have a great week. See you on next week's show.

Bye for now.

Michael

Peter, Paul & Mary - Voice Your Choice

Peter, Paul & Mary, a hugely successful folk trio, formed in New York City in the early 1960s. Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers have performed for fans, heads of state, royalty and everyone in between, all over the planet.

They hit the charts an impressive twenty-three times between 1962 and 1972 and had 6 Top Ten hits, including a Number One and a Gold Record.

Sadly, Mary Travers died of leukemia in September 2009. However, their legacy of great music continues to live on with their fans everywhere.

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice presents Peter, Paul & Mary with two of their many hits for your votes. Would you like to hear Leaving On A Jet Plane or If I Had A Hammer? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Dusty Springfield - Song Of the Week

I'm pleased to play Dusty Springfield for you this week on the Treasure Island Oldies Blog. This clip is from a live performance at Royal Albert Hall in London.

Here she is the beloved British Diva, Dusty Springfield with Son Of A Preacher Man. It's Our Song Of The Week.

Enjoy!

Michael

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Week of April 8, 2012 On Treasure Island Oldies

April 8th, 2012 to April 14th, 2012

Wow, that was great hearing all those fantastic songs again on our annual One Hit Wonders Special on Treasure Island Oldies. I bet there is quite the story behind every artists who only scored one hit on the Top 100 charts. After all, with such great hit records under their belt, one would have thought that they could easily have had another. But it didn't turn out that way. And this week we've spotlighted some of the best One Hit Wonders for your listening enjoyment. Thanks for your requests; they always add to the show.

Be sure to mark you calendar for our next special, the Treasure Island Oldies 15th Anniversary Special the week of May 6th. It's surprising to me how so many years have already passed since the first show on May 4, 1997. And how the show has grown! You can listen on 28 FM, AM, and Online Radio Stations in New Zealand, Singapore, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, England, USA, and Canada, all part of the Broadcast Partners Network, as well as online here at the Treasure Island Oldies website plus the Mediaontap Network. I look forward to celebrating with you the week of May 6th.

If you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday, our official birthday song by The Beatles, for you

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is continuing with out One Hit Wonders theme this week by playing Motherlode and the classic When I Die. It's our Song of the Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents Harpers Bizarre with two of their fun hits for your votes this week. Would you like to hear 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) or Come To The Sunshine? Cast you vote at the Voice Your Choice page. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Here is this week's Rock & Roll News:


I continue to hear from many listeners who have let me know how pleased they are to be able to listen to the show while they are on the go via their smartphones by using the Tune In Radio app. You can listen to the latest show, the Rock & Roll News Podcasts, and the live show as well. Just be sure that to do a search for the live show, it will have to have started in order for it to appear in the live stations results. Get more out of your iPhone or other smartphone with the Tune In Radio app, available at iTunes.

Hope you have a great week. See you on next week's show.

Bye for now.

Michael

Harpers Bizarre - Voice Your Choice

As I am doing my weekly research when preparing the Voice Your Choice feature on Treasure Island Oldies, I occasionally come across information that completely surprises me. And that's the case this week when I was looking for background information on Harpers Bizarre.

I had assumed they were some background session singers, but no. One of the key members of the group was Ted Templeman. He went on to major success as a record producer, and is responsible for producing many artists including The Doobie Brothers and Van Halen.

The other members of the group from Santa Cruz, California were Eddie James, Dick Yount, John Petersen and Dick Scoppettone. John Petersen had been a member of The Beau Brummels before joining Harpers Bizarre.

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice presents Harpers Bizarre with two of their charted hits for your votes. Cast you vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) or Come To The Sunshine.

I'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Motherlode - Song Of The Week

When I Die by Motherlode was such a great song; it was hard to imagine that they would not be able to repeat their success with another record.

Unfortunately, that's what happened to Toronto's Motherlode. However, we should all be so lucky to have such a hit record.

They had a stellar line-up of very talented musicians: William "Smitty" Smith on lead vocals and keyboards, Steve Kennedy on sax, Kenny Marco on guitars, and Wayne Stone on drums.

In keeping with our One Hit Wonders Special this week on Treasure Island Oldies (listen here for the Archive of the show), here is Motherlode and their classic hit song: When I Die.

It's our Song Of The Week.

Enjoy!

Michael

Monday, April 02, 2012

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies

April 1st, 2012 to April 7th, 2012

Thanks for another great time together this week on Treasure Island Oldies. It's always a highlight of my week and I so much enjoy playing some of the greatest music ever recorded on the show. And I always enjoy hearing from you. I'd like to say hi to Damian in New Jersey, a new listener to the show. He's already hooked on the "Island" and has called into the show with several requests. Happy to play them for you. Anytime you'd like to hear a song, Call or Click. The Listener Line at 206-339-0709 is available 24/7 for your calls. Just record your voicemail message indicating your request. You can also Click on any page of the website for the Requests button. I'll be waiting.

This week's Top 5 Countdown is a milestone in history. Never before and never since this week in 1964 has the Top 5 been dominated by the same artist in every position. The Beatles completely invaded North America with the Top 5 songs this week ion 1964. Be sure to Listen to the Top 5 Countdown at the Listen Page and click Top 5 Countdown. Yeah Yeah Yeah!

If you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday, our official birthday song by The Beatles, for you

Next week on the show it's our Annual One Hit Wonders Special. We'll pack the four hours with great hit songs that all have one thing in common. They were hits by artists who appeared on the charts one time only. And many were Top Ten smashes. Nonetheless, they were never able to follow-up that initial success with another hit. I look forward to bringing this special to you every year, and especially next week.

The show continues to grow, and in more than one way. The Rock & Roll News, as you know, is a regular weekly feature. It's also available as a
Podcast, available from many sites, including Podomatic.com and iTunes. The volume of downloads has increased so much in the past couple of months, that I have had to upgrade to a new level. This allows more downloads and it has already made a huge difference. The Rock & Roll News Podcast is now regularly downloaded in such diverse places as Turkey, Spain, Paraguay, Taiwan, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, India, Mexico, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Brasil, New Zealand, Singapore, and so many other countries. This Podcast is now among the Top 1000 Podcasts in the World. Thank you very much! You can listen to the Rock & Roll News Podcast here.


The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing Edison Lighthouse with lead vocalist Tony Burrows, who was our featured artist on Voice Your Choice this week. Here they are with Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), our Song Of The Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice is spotlighting TWO One Hit Wonders, in conjunction with our One Hit Wonders Special next week on the show. Would you like to hear Liar, Liar by The Castaways or The Count Five with Psychotic Reaction? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page. We'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

I've now had many listeners let me know how pleased they are to be able to listen to the show while they are on the go via their smartphones by using the Tune In Radio app. You can listen to the latest show, the Rock & Roll News Podcasts, and the live show as well. Just be sure that to do a search for the live show, it will have to have started in order for it to appear in the live stations results. Get more out of your iPhone or other smartphone with the Tune In Radio app, available at iTunes.

Hope you have a great week. See you on next week's show.

Bye for now.

Michael

The Castaways or The Count Five - Voice Your Choice



Next week on Treasure Island Oldies, it's our Annual One Ht Wonders Special, and Voice Your Choice is spotlighting two One Hit Wonders. The Castaways were a teen band from St. Paul, Minnesota and they appeared on the charts in 1965 and peaked at #12. Meanwhile, The Count Five were a psychedelic group from San Jose, California. Psychotic Reaction went to #5 in 1966.

Would you prefer to hear Liar, Liar by The Castaways or Psychotic Reaction by The Castaways? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page. We'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's One Hit Wonders Special on Treasure Island Oldies.



Edison Lighthouse - Song Of The Week

Edison Lighthouse was not really a group. They were British studio musicians who played on many recording sessions and with lead vocals fronted by another great recording studio session singer, Tony Burrows.

Nonetheless, they scored a huge hit worldwide in 1970 with Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) and it's our Song Of The Week. Incidentally, the lead vocalist on the video is apparently NOT Tony Burrows. Amazing: a replacement lead singer miming to the original vocalist of a group that didn't even exist. Gotta love it.

Enjoy!
Michael