Monday, April 29, 2013

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies - Week Of April 28th, 2013


April 28th, 2013 to May 4, 2013

I enjoy bringing you Treasure Island Oldies every week, yet some weeks seems to stand out over others. I feel this week's show was such an example. I received a great number of requests for this week's show and the requested songs were excellent, and some true Lost Treasures. I selected other songs for the playlist and our regular contributors all had really good songs. All in all, I had a blast and I hope you also enjoyed it. In case you missed the live show, be sure to listen to the Archive at the Listen page.

I'd like to wish my friends and very long time listeners Rick and Connie Canode in Madison, Wisconsin, a very Happy Anniversary this week. They're celebrating 27 years together and I want to wish them all the best and many more years together. Speaking of anniversaries, it's my pleasure to invite you to listen to next week's show when we will celebrate the 16th Anniversary of Treasure Island Oldies. We'll be Live starting at 6 pm Pacific and if you can't be around, be sure to listen to the Archive at theListen page.

Happy Birthday wishes go you to Marjorie Corbo in Benmidji, Minnesota; Marc Baillergeon in Edmonton, Alberta; and to my partner and Webmaster here at Treasure Island Oldies, Eddy Fisher. And If you are about to celebrate your birthday, be sure to let me know so I can wish you Happy Birthday on the show and I'll play Birthday by The Beatles for you! Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com.

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

Voice Your Choice presents the Fab Four with two fantastic Beatles songs. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Yes It Is or I'll Be Back,two great ballads. I wonder how close the votes will be. We'll find out when I play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show, our 16th Anniversary Special.

Here's the Rock And Roll News for the week of April 28th.




 
It's also on YouTube

  Listen to the Top 5 Countdown from 1966






See you next week for the 16th Anniversary of Treasure Island Oldies.

Bye for now.

Michael

The Beatles - Voice Your Choice

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice features The Fab Four. What can I possibly tell you about The Beatles that you don't already know? Suffice it to say, they continue to make their mark on popular music and they've influenced a number of generations.

We spotlight two great ballads by John, Paul, George and Ringo this week.

Which song would you like to hear? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Yes It Is or I'll Be Back. I think it will be quite the contest to determine the winner, but whichever song wins, I'll play it in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Dusty Springfield - Song Of The Week

We've got the legendary Dusty Springfield this for you here at the Treasure Island Oldies Blog with Son Of A Preacher Man.

it's our Song of the Week.

Enjoy!

Michael



Monday, April 22, 2013

The Beatles - Song Of The Week

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is continuing with the theme for this week's special on Treasure Island Oldies, The Name Game. Here's the Fab Four with George Harrison on lead vocals. It's The Beatles with the Chuck Berry classic, Roll Over Beethoven. It's our Song Of the Week.

Enjoy!

Michael



This Week on Treasure Island Oldies - Week of April 21st, 2013

April 21st, 2013 to April 27th, 2013

I'd say our annual Name Game Special was a great success, judging from both the number of requests I received and the comments from your emails, facebook comments and what was said in the Chat Room. It's interesting to note how many songs have the name of a person in the title; and we sure played a lot of them on this week's show. If you missed the live show, you'll want to Listen to the Archive at the Listen page. Our next special will be the 16th Anniversary of Treasure Island Oldies on May5th for the live show beginning at 6 pm Pacific. I sure hope you'll join me for that special occasion. I find it hard to believe that I've been bringing Treasure Island Oldies to you every week since 1997!!!

As I told you on the show this week, I attended a Celebration of Life for my good friend Jeremy Hepner, who passed away at the young age of 49. He was many things to many people, including beloved and highly respected teacher, father, brother to my other good friend Darcy, and an excellent jazz guitarist. Jeremy, Darcy and I used our close friendship to start a small boutique jazz label together, Water Street Music, and we released albums by both Jeremy and Darcy. I played Elwood, a great track from his 11West84 album, on the show in the first hour. I hope you'll Listen to the Archive to hear his playing. Jeremy you will be missed!

Just found out listener Marjorie Corbo in Benmidji, Minnesota, is having a birthday this week. Unfortunately I did not know in time to wish Marjorie Happy Birthday on the show. I'll make up for it on next week's show. And If you are about to celebrate your birthday, be sure to let me know so I can wish you Happy Birthday on the show and I'll play Birthday by The Beatles for you! Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing a song in keeping with this week's Name Game Special. here are The Beatles with Roll Over Beethoven their great cover of the Chuck Berry classic. It's our Song of the Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents Looking Glass with their only two songs that reached the Hot 100 chart, and they're both great. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne or Brandy (You're A Fine Girl). I'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Here's the Rock And Roll News for the week of April 21st.


It's also on YouTube     
Listen to the Top 5 Countdown from 1961




See you next week on Treasure Island Oldies.

 Bye for now.

 Michael

The Looking Glass - Voice Your Choice

The Looking Glass were a pop-rock group from New Jersey. The quartet consisted of Elliot Lurie on vocals and guitar, Larry Gronsky - keyboards, Piet Sewval on bass (he died in 1990 at age 51), and Jeff Grob on drums.

Interestingly, they only had two singles released, their debut went to Number One and became a Gold record. Their second single peaked at number 33. Then they vanished. They reappear this week on Treasure Island Oldies.

This week Voice Your Choice spotlights Looking Glass with their only two hits on the Hot 100 chart. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne or Brandy (You're A Fine Girl).

Woodstock Icon Richie Havens Has Died At Age 72




(CNN) -- Famed folk singer Richie Havens, the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock music festival, died Monday of a sudden heart attack, his publicist said. He was 72.

Havens, who retired three years ago, toured for more than 30 years and recorded 30 albums. Havens told Billboard that his breakthrough at Woodstock came after another artist's equipment got stuck in traffic. He was supposed to be the fifth act.

"It was 5 o'clock and nothing was happening yet," Havens told Billboard. "I had the least instruments (to set up on stage) and the least people (in his band)."

So Havens went on and performed for 40 minutes, as planned. Organizers asked him to do four more songs, he told Billboard. "I went back and did that, then it was, 'Four more songs...' and that kept happening 'til two hours and 45 minutes later, I had sung every song I know," he said.

Havens, a Brooklyn, New York, native, told CNN in 1999 that music enabled him to leave his rough neighborhood to head to Greenwich Village and the music scene there. 

Music was always a part of his life. "I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it," he recalls. "I came up in Brooklyn singing doo-wop music from the time I was 13 to the time I was 20. That music served a purpose of keeping a lot of people out of trouble, and also it was a passport from one neighborhood to another."

His inspiration for songs about social change and protest came when he heard artists like Fred Neil, Dino Valenti and Tom Paxton. That's when he knew what he wanted to do with his life. "It was the songs that actually changed my life," he says. "The songs that I heard were so much different than the doo-wop kind of thing. They were just so powerful. Finally I decided, 'I've got to do this.'" Before Woodstock, his nights were filled with playing as often as possible to make a few dollars. "We played three coffeehouses a night, 14 sets a night, 20-minute sets, pass the basket, stay alive," he told CNN. "I was there seven and a half years, every day. It was the most incredibly magic, magic time."

After Havens gained attention at Woodstock, he recorded a soulful-voiced cover of the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun," which rose on the pop charts in 1970.
 
Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills and Nash said Havens was an inspiration for the natural gravel in his singing voice. He called Havens a passionate performer. "He lit fire when he started playing within the first song and burned exactly the same way throughout his set. And it never stopped, it never changed," Stills said. He added that he thought Havens' style was probably a little too arcane to appeal to a mass audience. "But he sure knew what to do when they were begging for someone to go on first, when all those people showed up at Woodstock," Stills said. Havens returned to Woodstock for the 40th anniversary festival in 2009.

"While his family greatly appreciates that Richie's many fans are also mourning this loss, they do ask for privacy during this difficult time," a statement from his publicist, Carrie Lombardi, said. Billboard reported Havens died in New Jersey, leaving behind four daughters and five grandchildren.

Monday, April 15, 2013

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies - Week Of April 14th, 2013

April 14th, 2013 to April 20th, 2013

Boy have I got a great story for you! As you know, the Chat Room is a great companion piece to the live show every Sunday at 6 pm Pacific. And many listeners have become regular visitors to the Chat Room. And I affectionately refer to them as the "Nuts in the Hut". Just over eights years ago now two new visitors ended up as regulars. Not only were they regulars, but they were both ended up becoming very interested in each other. And I am so pleased to let you know that Jill and Tim just got married! My heartfelt congratulations to you both, Jill and Tim. I am so pleased for you both. And I can take full credit for introducing them to each other in the Treasure Island Oldies Chat Room. Don't know if there is any other show in the world that can make the same claim, especially an online-based radio show. Once again all the very best and congratulations Tim and Jill on your wedding. You're both good people and are a great fit together. So to find out for yourself why the chat room is so special, drop by next Sunday to TreasureIslandOldies.com and Click Chat. Just follow the easy instructions, and you too will become a Nut in the Hut.

Next week on the show it's the Annual Name Game Special. Every song played during the special will feature a person's name in the song title. So if your name is Billy or Bobby, Norman or Jimmy, or if it's Peggy Sue or Diana, or Angela or Betty, we'll be playing your song. Join me Sunday, April 21st beginning at 6 pm Pacific. We're gonna have fun!

If you are about to celebrate your birthday, be sure to let me know so I can wish you Happy Birthday on the show and I'll play Birthday by The Beatles for you! Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com.
The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing Annette in an odd but interesting clip with Dick Clark as her puppeteer. Our Song of the Week is Tall Paul. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents the skiffle group sound of Scottish-born Lonnie Donnegan. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour or Rock Island Line. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Here's the Rock And Roll News for the week of April 14th.


It's also on YouTube  
Listen to the Top 5 Countdown from 1967

 

See you next week on Treasure Island Oldies.

 Bye for now.

 Michael


Lonnie Donnegan - Voice Your Choice

Anthony James "Lonnie" Donnegan was born April 29, 2931 in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, into a family with a musical father. His dad was a professional violinist with the Scottish National Orchestra.

According to Wikipedia, "In 1952 he formed his first group, the Tony Donegan Jazzband, which found some work around London. On one occasion they opened for the blues musician Lonnie Johnson at the Royal Festival Hall.Donegan was a fan of Johnson, and took his first name as a tribute to him. The story goes that the host at the concert got the musicians' names confused, calling them "Tony Johnson" and "Lonnie Donegan", and Donegan was happy to keep the name."

He eventually teamed up with jazz musician Chris Barber and together they formed Chris Barber's Jazz Band and scored an international hit with the instrumental Petite Fleur.

In 1955 he released an uptempo version of Leadbelly's Rock Island Line, which became a huge hit and went to #8 on the UK chart. He later recorded a song which would become his signature hit, at least in North America. And this week we're going to feature them both for you.

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice presents Lonnie Donnegan with two of his biggest hits. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice Page for either Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight) or Rock Island Line. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Annette - Song Of The Week

In tribute to Annette Funicello, who passed away April 8th a few days ago, I wanted to play one of her hits records, which I also played on the show this week, along with another hit in the three remaining hours of the show.

This week the Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing Annette Funicello in a clip with Dick Clark, in a rather odd scenario, which she doesn't seemed concerned about or uncomfortable with. Here is Annette and Tall Paul. It's our Song of The Week.

Enjoy!
Michael


Monday, April 08, 2013

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies - Week Of April 7th, 2013



April 7th, 2013 to April 13th, 2013

The Chat Room was buzzing during this week's live show. The conversation was lively and topics varied, and it was great to welcome new friends and listeners, and as well, welcome back returning visitors. Some of the Nuts in the Hut have been getting together in the chat room ever Sunday night for years and years. I must say it does make for a different and enhanced listening experience. It's always very cool when there is almost a collective "aaahhh" when everyone hears a Lost Treasure, a song everyone remembers but haven't heard in years. Please consider stopping by the chat room for a visit during the live show next Sunday from 6 pm Pacific. Click Chat on any page of the website and then just follow the brief instructions. You too could become one of the famous Nuts in the Hut.

Be sure to mark your calendar for our Annual Name Game Special, Live Sunday, April 21st and on the Archive at the Listen page throughout the week. Every song during the special will have someone's name in the title. It's always a fun time. And if there's is a certain "someone" whose name you'd like to hear in the context of a song, be sure to let me know. Click the Requests button on any page of the website or call me on the Treasure Island Oldies Listener Line at 206-339-0709. I look forward to hearing from you.

If you are about to celebrate your birthday, be sure to let me know so I can wish you Happy Birthday on the show and I'll play Birthday by The Beatles for you! Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing The Young Rascals and Groovin'. It's our Song Of The Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents a former member of The Champs, and many other groups. You see, he was part of the Wrecking Crew, the collection of tremendously talented musicians who ended up playing on so many hit records, from Frank Sinatra to The Ronettes. I'm talking about the multi-talented Glen Campbell. Cast you vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either of these Glen Campbell hits: Honey Come Back or Galveston. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Here's the Rock And Roll News for the week of April 7th.


It's also on YouTube 


Listen to the Top 5 Countdown from 1964


See you next week on Treasure Island Oldies.

Bye for now.

Michael

Glen Campbell - Voice Your Choice

Glen Campbell was born April 22, 1936 in Delight, Arkansas. As a guitarist and member of the famous Wrecking Crew studio musicians, Glen Campbell recorded with The Champs (Tequila) in 1960, The Hondells (Little Honda) in 1964, The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds album) and Sagittarius (My World Fell Down) in 1967. He went on to host his own TV show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour from 1968 to 1972.

He charted a whopping 75 times on the country music charts and 42 times on the Adult Contemporary charts. He also appeared on the pop charts 38 times between 1961 and 1981.

On August 30th, 2011 he released his final album, Ghost On The Canvas and also performed in concert on his Goodbye Tour. He has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, and he was anxious to give his final performances while still able.

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice presents Glen Campbell with two of his many, many hits. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Honey Come Back or Galveston.  I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

The Young Rascals - Song Of The Week



It sounded so good when I played it on Treasure Island Oldies show this week, that I decided to play The Young Rascals for you this week here at the Treasure Island Oldies Blog.

These guys were managed by Sid Bernstein, the impresario who brought The Beatles to New York City to perform. Sid was a friend of DJ Murray The K who was quite influential on the radio with listeners. Initially their record company, Atlantic Records was not keen on releasing Groovin' as a single. They were, after all, a rock band. Murray had heard the song in the studio at the invitation of their manager, Sid. Murray then convinced Atlantic to release it as a single saying it was going to be a smash. They did and it was.

Here are The Young Rascals performing Groovin'. It's our Song Of The Week.

Enjoy!

Michael


Annette Funicello, The Pineapple Princess, Has Died At Age 70

By Dennis McLellan
11:05 AM PDT, April 8, 2013
Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the `60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of "beach" movies, died Monday. She was 70.
Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said.
Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved away from the Los Angeles area after a 2011 fire gutted their home in Encino.
Funicello was a 12-year-old dance-school student when Walt Disney saw her performing the lead role in "Swan Lake" at her dance school's year-end recital at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank in the spring of 1955.
She joined a group of other talented young performers hired to become Mousketeers on "The Mickey Mouse Club," the children's variety show that debuted on ABC in October 1955 and quickly became a daily late-afternoon ritual for millions of young Americans.
Like her fellow female Mousketeers, Annette wore a blue pleated skirt, a white, short-sleeved turtle-neck sweater with her name emblazoned in block letters across her chest and a mouse-eared beanie.
But there was something special about the Mouseketeer with the curly black hair that unexpectedly turned her into the ensemble cast's biggest star.
Funicello made her acting debut on "The Mickey Mouse Club" serial "Adventure in Dairyland." She also appeared in two of the popular "Spin and Marty" serials about a Western dude ranch for boys, with Tim Considine and David Stollery in the title roles. And in 1958, Disney showcased his prized Mousketeer in her own "Annette" serial.
Mr. Disney, as Funicello always called her boss, also licensed Annette lunch boxes, Colorforms dolls, coloring books, comic books and even mystery novels featuring her in fictionalized adventures.
After "The Mickey Mouse Club" ended production in 1958 and went into reruns, the 15-year-old Funicello was the only Mouseketeer to remain under exclusive contract to the Disney studio.
She made her feature-film debut in "The Shaggy Dog," a 1959 comedy starring Fred MacMurray. It was the first of four Disney feature films she appeared in over the next six years, including "Babes in Toyland," "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" and "The Monkey's Uncle."
Funicello launched her recording career in 1958 with a waltz-tempo ballad, "How Will I Know My Love?," which she originally sang on the "Annette" serial.
In early 1959, her single "Tall Paul" became a top-10 hit. It was followed by other singles such as "O Dio Mio" and "Pineapple Princess." She also recorded more than a dozen albums, including "Hawaiiannette," "Italiannette," and "Dance Annette."
Funicello, who was the first to concede she was not much of a singer, credited producer Salvador "Tutti" Camarata and the songwriting Sherman brothers, Richard and Robert, for coming up with the successful idea of double-tracking her voice and adding echo.
"I never liked singing," she told the Chicago Tribune years later. "I was always so frightened. But the echo chambers and double tracking gave me confidence and made my voice stronger. And it was time for a new sound. Soon, people started copying 'the Annette sound.'"
The fan magazines, meanwhile, chronicled her tooling around in her 1957 Thunderbird, customized by the legendary George Barris, with purple tuck-and-roll upholstery, three-inch deep purple shag carpet and 40 coats of glossy purple paint — a Christmas present from her parents.
There also were fan magazine "date layouts" with Fabian and stories on her "romance" with fellow teen idol Paul Anka who, Funicello later said, wrote "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" and other songs on the piano in the Funicello family's living room in Encino.
But for all the Hollywood glitz and glamour, Funicello remained the same reserved and relatively sheltered young woman her friends called Annie. Extremely close to her tight-knit family, she continued living at home until she was married.
"Nowadays when writers profile me for magazines, they write something to the effect that back in those days I 'represented' wholesomeness. In fact, though, I lived it, and it wasn't an act," she wrote in her 1994 autobiography, "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," on which a 1995 TV movie was based.
Born on Oct. 22, 1942, in Utica, N.Y., she was the first of three Funicello children. In 1946, her auto mechanic father sold his business and the family moved to California, where they settled in the San Fernando Valley.
Though painfully shy — she'd hide behind her mother's skirt every time the doorbell rang — Annette began taking dance lessons (tap, ballet, modern and even hula) when she was in kindergarten.
Concerned about her extreme shyness after she became a young star, she once asked Disney if she might see a psychologist.
"Annette," she recalled Disney firmly yet gently telling her, "you have a certain charisma that people respond to. I think your being a little bit shy is part of your appeal. Going to see a psychologist would change that. Why do you want to change that?"
Disney also offered his advice when Funicello proposed changing her name to Annette Turner. Disney, she recalled in a 1987 Los Angeles Times interview, told her, "You have a beautiful Italian name, and once people learn how to pronounce it they won't forget it."
Funicello received a big career boost when Disney agreed to loan her out to American International Pictures to make "Beach Party," the song-filled, low-budget 1963 comedy in which she was first teamed on the big screen with Avalon.
Though he deemed the script "good clean fun," Funicello recalled in her book, Disney took her aside one day to tell her he had "a special little request."
"I see in here that all the other girls are going to be running around in bikinis, which is fine," he said. "But Annette, I want you to be different. You are different. I would simply like to request that you not expose your navel in the film."
Funicello, who wore a bikini around her own pool at home but never in public, wrote that she replied that she'd be happy to comply with Disney's "no navel" request. Long after she left the Disney studio, she spurned efforts to change her wholesome image.
"I've been offered roles as a hooker, as a druggie, all kinds of sleazy things," she told the St. Petersburg Times in 1990. "No, thank you. I always had Walt Disney in the back of my mind, whatever I did. I really considered him a second father."
Guys adored Funicello, Avalon told the Los Angeles Times in 1995, because she was the "untouchable girl next door that every male wanted to touch but knew she was untouchable. Every girl related to her and wanted to be that kind of a girl she portrayed on the screen. She was very feminine, very sweet and very vulnerable."
In the wake of the success of "Beach Party," Funicello and Avalon co-starred in "Muscle Beach Party," "Bikini Beach," and "Beach Blanket Bingo."
But for all her success in Hollywood, Funicello later wrote in her book, "by my teens I had decided to quit show business as soon as I married. Even as early as sixteen, I was telling interviewers that I wanted to have nine children, and I meant it."
In January 1965, 22-year-old Funicello married her agent, Jack Gilardi, who was 12 years her senior.
On the morning of the wedding, Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" cartoon strip marked the occasion by showing Snoopy howling, "I can't stand it! This is terrible! How depressing ... ANNETTE FUNICELLO HAS GROWN UP!"
While making "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" with Dwayne Hickman a few months after the wedding, she was already in the early months of pregnancy with the first of her three children.
Choosing marriage and motherhood over her career, Funicello went on to make only occasional film and TV appearances over the next few decades, along with a memorable string of commercials for Skippy peanut butter.
Funicello and Gilardi's marriage ended in divorce in 1982. In 1986, she married Holt, an old Funicello family friend who bred racehorses.
The following year, she came out of semi-retirement to reunite with Avalon for "Back to the Beach," a comedy that poked fun at the "beach party" genre they had popularized. While shooting the movie, Funicello experienced the first inkling that something was physically wrong.
"We'd be shooting a scene on the sand," she later told People magazine, "and when I'd try to get up, I couldn't balance. Shortly after that, I noticed that my eyesight was getting worse."
A neurological exam in 1987 confirmed that she had multiple sclerosis, although she did not publicly announce that she had MS until 1992.
After disclosing her illness, Funicello formed a fund in her name to benefit research for neurological disease and became a national ambassador for the New York-based Multiple Sclerosis Society.
In 1993, she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. By then, she needed a walker to get around, but she reportedly still radiated the same childlike innocence as when she was America's mouse-eared sweetheart.
When she appeared at the Walk of Fame ceremony, she later told the Chicago Tribune, "I thought, 'I wish Mr. Disney was here.' I get real choked up when I think about it. Mickey Mouse was by my side, though. He's always there — he's a part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame."
Besides Holt, Funicello's survivors include three children from her first marriage, Gina, Jack Jr. and Jason, and three grandchildren.
McLellan is a former Times staff writer.



Monday, April 01, 2013

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies - Week of March 31st, 2013


March 31st, 2013 to April 6th, 2013


I must say that I really enjoyed digging up quite a few Lost Treasures for you on this week's show. It was great to hear these songs for the first time in a very long time: Honey Chile by Martha & The Vandellas, Walkin' My Baby Back Home by Johnnie Ray, the amazing Four Tops with I'm In A Different World, What Are Boys Made Of by The Percells, High On A Hill, a great 1964 memory by Scott English with The Accents, and more. The really cool thing is that from your feedback in the TIO Chat Room and emails, you really enjoy hearing these Lost Treasures again. If there's a song you've not heard for a long time, let me know and I'll do my best to play it for you on the show. Just Click the Requests button on any page of the website to get in touch.

Our next special will happen the week of April 21st with our Annual Name Game Special. All the songs will have somebody's name in the title. So be on the lookout for Carol, Barbara Ann, Peggy Sue, Johnny, Billy, and more on our Name Game Special.

Happy Birthday wishes go out this week to Ineyda Velasquez in Homestead, Florida. And if you are about to celebrate your birthday, be sure to let me know so I can wish you Happy Birthday on the show. Send the details tobirthdays@treasureislandoldies.com. I'll play Birthday by The Beatles for you too!

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing The Ikettes and Peaches And Cream. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents the multi-talented Karen and Richard Carpenter, The Carpenters. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Goodbye To Love or We've Only Just Begun. I'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Here's the Rock And Roll News for the week of March 31st.



And also on YouTube.



Here's the Top 5 Countdown for 1963.


Enjoy the rest of your week. See you next week on Treasure Island Oldies.

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. 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, Voice Your Choice presents The Carpenters. Vote now at the Voice Your Choice Page for either Goodbye To Love or We've Only Just Begun, both Top Five smash hits. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour on next week's show.


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Ikettes - Song Of The Week


This week on Treasure Island Oldies, I dug up some great Lost Treasures and played them throughout the show. And I decided to play one of them for you here at the Treasure Island Oldies Blog this week. By the way, if you missed the Live show, be sure to Listen to the Archive of this week's show.

The Ikettes were formed to be part of the Ike And Tina Turner Revue and in 1962 they scored a Top 20 hit. Here are The Ikettes with Peaches And Cream, in a clip from an Italian TV music show. It's our Song Of The Week.

Enjoy!
Michael