This Week on Treasure Island Oldies - Week of June 26th, 2016

June 26^th to July 2^nd, 2016

What a fun Summer Beach Party we had this week. Considering it was the 19th year for this annual special, everyone is still looking pretty good! LOL So many of our music memories have a tendency to have formed during our summers listening to the radio on a hot sunny day. And I was able to play lots of your great summer memories for you this week. Thanks for your requests; they always add to the show. Please be sure to join me next week for the Music of Canada Special. I'll play songs by Canadian songwriters, singers and groups that made an impression regionally, nationally and internationally. Having signed Canadian artists to A&M Records when I ran the A&R department from 1975 to 1986, Canadian music always holds a very special place in my heart. And I look forward to sharing some of that joy with you next week on the show.

My Generation Posters has launched a Summer Sale, and get this: until July 30th get 50% off the contents of your shopping cart. Just use the code: summer50 at checkout. Now this is a sale!  Be sure to visit their website to find more details, and sign up for their weekly newsletter. You'll be among the first to know about the upcoming weekly specials. And be sure to also let them know you heard their commercial on Treasure Island Oldies.

Happy Birthday wishes go out to my nephew Tony Gize in Airdrie, Alberta and to my brother-in-law Barry Fisher, in New Westminster. It's family birthday week here on the Island. LOL  If your birthday is coming up soon, please be sure to let me know so that I can celebrate your special day on the show. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com. I’ll wish you Happy Birthday during the show and also play Birthday by The Beatles for you.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing the Number One song on this week's Top 5 Countdown from 1964. It's a live performance of A World Without Love, written by Paul McCartney and a smash hit for Peter and Gordon. It's our Number One Song of the Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents Paul Anka with two of his many hit records. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings or It's Time To Cry. I’ll play the winner on next week’s show.

Here’s this week’s Rock and Roll News Podcast.

Listen to the Top 5 Countdown from 1964.

Take care. See you next week on The Island for our Music of Canada Special.

Bye for now, eh. :-)
Michael

Paul Anka - Voice Your Choice

Paul Anka was born in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, on July 30, 1941 and began performing at age 12. His first label was RPM Records, for which he recorded a song called I Confess. That recording session in 1956 was financed by his father. Sadly nothing happened. One year later he signed with ABC-Paramount and his career exploded.

His first single for ABC-Paramount, Diana, went all the way to Number One and became a Gold record. He has achieved an impressive 53 songs on the Billboard chart with eleven in the Top Ten and three Gold records.

With such a vast chart history, it was a difficult decision to select just two songs for Voice Your Choice. But I did...

Treasure Island Oldies is pleased to spotlight Paul Anka on Voice Your Choice, in conjunction with our Music of Canada Special next week. Cast your vote for either (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings or It's Time To Cry. I'll play the winner on next week's show.

Peter and Gordon - Number One Song of the Week

Peter and Gordon, the British pop duo, were Peter Asher and Gordon Waller. They stormed the charts during the British Invasion. Peter was from London, and Gordon hailed from Braemar, Scotland. Together they created hit songs filled with great harmonies and excellent production and arrangements. They recorded songs written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Del Shannon, Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, some of which were cover recordings, while others were written for them.

In the three years that they maintained chart prominence, they scored an impressive fourteen songs on the Billboard Top 100, eight of which were Top 20. Interestingly, their very first North American single, A World Without Love, reached No. 1.

After they split up, Peter Asher went on to continued success, this time as a producer and artist manager, and worked with James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and 10,000 Maniacs.

However this week in 1964, Peter and Gordon reached Number One with A Worlds Without Love. It's our Song of the Week.

Enjoy!

Michael

This Week on Treasure Island Oldies - Week of June 19, 2016

June 19^th to June 25^th, 2016

It was a real pleasure for me to bring this year's Father's Day Special to you. It's been 19 years and counting, hopefully for many years to come. It's also cool to be able to play songs that are Dad related in the song title. You can check out this week's playlist of all songs you heard on the show by going to the Listen page and scrolling down past the Archive section. The nest special takes place next week. Get out your sunscreen and seagull repellent; we're heading to the shore for this annual summer fun event. All summer songs all show long all next week on the Annual Summer Beach Party.


Congratulations to Raymond Yuhasz of Huber Heights, Ohio. He correctly identified the song I played on last week's show by Chuck Berry: You Never Can Tell. He sent an email to My Generation Posters with the correct title and he won a very cool Chuck Berry poster! It sure pays to listen to the show!  My thanks to My Generation Posters! Be sure to visit their website to find out details of this week's Specials, and sign up for their weekly newsletter. You'll be among the first to know about the upcoming weekly specials. And be sure to also let them know you heard their commercial on Treasure Island Oldies.

Happy Birthday wishes go out to Linda Guy in La Habra, California and to Mary Lee in Floresville, Texas. If your birthday is coming up soon, please be sure to let me know so that I can celebrate your special day on the show. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com. I’ll wish you Happy Birthday during the show and also play Birthday by The Beatles for you.



The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing the Number One song on this week's Top 5 Countdown from 1956. It's a live performance of The Wayward Wind from 2004 by Gogi Grant. It's our Number One Song of the Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice presents The Ronettes. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either The Best Part Of Breaking Up or Do I Love You. I’ll play the winner on next week’s show. 

Here’s this week’s Rock and Roll News Podcast. 

Listen to the Top 5 Countdown from 1956. 

Take care. See you next week on The Island for our Summer Beach Party, and don't forget your sunscreen.

Bye for now.
Michael

The Ronettes - Voice Your Choice

The Ronettes were one of the Girl Groups from the Rock and Roll Era of the early 1960s. These New Yorkers were Veronica Bennett (Ronnie Spector), her sister Estelle Bennett Vann, and cousin Nedra Tally Ross. These girls started singing together in high school as the Darling Sisters in 1958.

In 1962 they started doing background vocal session work for Phil Spector and in 1963 they went from background singers to the featured singers. Be My Baby was their first smash hit in 1963 and for the next six years, they had several hits songs on the Billboard charts. Veronica was married to Phil Spector from 1968 to 1974.

Treasure Island Oldies is pleased to present the Ronettes on Voice Your Choice. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either The Best part Of Breaking Up or Do I Love You. I'll play the winner on next week's show.

Gogi Grant - The Wayward Wind - Number One Song of the Week

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, the Top Five Countdown was from 1956. And here is the Number One song by Gogi Grant. The Wayward Wind live performance was recorded in 2004.

It's our Number One Song of the Week.

Enjoy!

Michael

This Week on Treasure Island Oldies - Week of June 12th, 2016

June 12^th to June 18^th, 2016

This year has been a difficult one for many music fans with so many of our recording artists passing. I was saddened to learn of the passing of Tim Ryan from the Canadian group Jackson Hawke. While not a household name outside Canada, in the mid-'70s they were signed to CBS and released on the Columbia label where they scored several hits on the radio. As I mentioned in my facebook post about Tim's passing, I was a big fan of his voice and when they became available after their time on with CBS, I tried to sign them to A&M Records. Unfortunately it did not happen but I have remained a big fan. Tim Ryan passed away June 2nd at age 67 following complications from heart surgery. I was pleased to play three of their songs on this week's show and I am also posting to the Treasure Island Oldies Blog one of my favourite records they cut. It was a great version of Van Morrison's Into The Mystic, and it's a solo live acoustic  performance of the song from December 8, 2007. R.I.P. Tim Ryan. 

My Generation Posters and More have a fun contest running this week. If you heard a Chuck Berry song on this week's show, go to their website and send an email with the song title. If you are correct, you will be entered to win aq great Chuck Berry poster! You have until this coming Saturday, June 18th to enter. Good luck and my thanks to My Generation Posters! While at the website, be sure to sign up for their weekly newsletter. You'll be among the first to know about the upcoming weekly specials. And be sure to also let them know you heard their commercial on Treasure Island Oldies. 

If your birthday is coming up soon, please be sure to let me know so that I can celebrate your special day on the show. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com. I’ll wish you Happy Birthday during the show and also play Birthday by The Beatles for you. 
 
Remember our Father's Day Special is coming up next week, Sunday, June 19th. Please join me for the Live show on Father's Day as we honour our dads with non-stop songs just for the occasion. Hope you'll listen from 6 to 10 PM Pacific.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing the Number One song on this week's Top 5 Countdown from 1970. It's a live performance by Paul McCartney of The Beatles The Long And Winding Road. It's our Number One Song of the Week. Enjoy! 

Voice Your Choice presents The Righteous Brothers, Bil Medley and Bobby Hatfield. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Ebb Tide or Rock And Roll Heaven. I’ll play the winner on next week’s show. 

Here’s this week’s Rock and Roll News Podcast. 

Listen to the Top 5 Countdown from 1970. 

Take care. See you next week on The Island for our Father's Day Special. 

Bye for now.
Michael

The Righteous Brothers - Voice Your Choice

The Righteous Brothers, known for their "Blue-Eyed Soul" records, were not, in fact, brothers. Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield formed as a duo in 1962 and first recorded as The Paramours but had no hits. It wasn't until they became knows as the Righteous Brothers that things started to turn around for them. Their fist single, Little Latin Lupe Lu hit the mid-way point on the Hot 100 chart in 1963, but things changed forever for them in 1964 when they teamed up with producer Phil Spector and released You've Lost That Loving Feeling. That song, released in December 1964 hit Number One in 1965 and went on to become one of the most played songs on radio, logging over 8 million plays!

Over the years they had many other hits but they split up in 1968 when Jimmy Walker from The Knickerbockers replaced Bill Medley. They reunited in 1974 and released Rock and Roll Heaven.

Treasure Island Oldies is pleased to spotlight The Righteous Brothers on Voice Your Choice. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Ebb Tide or Rock And Roll Heaven. I'll play the winner on next week's show.

Paul McCartney - Song of the Week

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, the Top Five Countdown was from 1970. Number One was The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles.

Here's Paul McCartney with a live concert performance of The Long And Winding Road.. It's our Number One SOng of the Week.

ENjoy!

Michael

Tribute to Tim Ryan R.I.P. - Lead Singer for Jackson Hawke

Tim Ryan, the lead singer from a great group from the mid '70s, Jackson Hawke, died after complications after heart surgery. Tim was 67. He and Bob Yeomans had been signed to CBS around 1976. I really liked them a lot. In fact, when they left CBS I tried to sign them in a split deal between A&M Records and with my friend Shelly Siegel's Mushroom Records. Sadly it didn't happen. But both Tim and Bob were great guys and very talented, and I LOVED Tim Ryan's voice!

Aside from the tribute I paid to him on this week;'s show, here is a live acoustic performance from December 8, 2007 of Tim performing a great version of Van Morrison's Into The Mystic.

Tim Ryan, R.I.P.

Michael

Bobby Curtola - Fortune Teller: His Biggest Hit

Continuing with the tribute I did to Bobby Curtola on this week's Treasure Island Oldies Show, here he is as guest singer with Robbie Lane and the Disciples at Club Seven 44 in Toronto, recorded May 2015.

I'm glad to have known Bobby and to have been a fan of his music since he started his hugely successful career in the early 1960s.

I know you will enjoy Fortune Teller.

R.I.P. Bobby

Michael

This Week on Treasure Island Oldies - Week of June 5th, 2016

June 5^th to June 11^th, 2016

I thought that I had everything taken care of for this week's playlist, including requests and the regular features. Then out of the blue on Sunday, my friend Al Mair tells me on Facebook that Canadian music pioneer and major teen star, Bobby Curtola had passed away. I said I didn't hear anything about it on any media. Al said they didn't know yet and that the family was going to be issuing a media release later in the day. I then did a post on my own Facebook page informing listeners that Bobby had passed. It was at least two hours before the media started getting the word out. I appreciated the opportunity to inform the Treasure Island Oldies listeners of this sad news before anyone else. And the response has been overwhelming with people posting comments and sharing the link to the news. I immediately went back to the playlist and "shuffled the deck" so that I could include a tribute to Bobby Curtola during the live show and play a slew of his many hits. If you missed hearing the live show, I invite you to listen to the Archive at the Listen page. Bobby Curtola was a true music pioneer in Canada. He will be missed. R.I.P. 

I need to remind you about the new Listener Line. It requires an extension after you call the number 641-715-3900. When the line answers, you must enter 716181# in order to hear the outgoing message followed by tone to record your voicemail message. It's a bit of an inconvenience having to do it this way, but it is the first (and seemingly only) voicemail service we could quickly find after the last provider pulled the plug on all their clients.

My Generation Posters and More have a great Father's Day 20% Off Sale on now and running until Father's Day, June 19th.  Please check out their website for more information. And be sure to sign up for their weekly newsletter. You'll be among the first to know about the upcoming weekly specials. And be sure to also let them know you heard their commercial on Treasure Island Oldies.

Quite a few listeners are celebrating their birthday this week. Happy Birthday wishes go out to Paul Carter, Jr. in Ellicott City, Maryland, Nancy Turnbull in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and to Michael Gee in Berkeley, California. If your birthday is coming up soon, please be sure to let me know so that I can celebrate your special day on the show. Send the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com. I’ll wish you Happy Birthday during the show and also play Birthday by The Beatles for you.

Remember our Father's Day Special is coming up very soon, Sunday, June 19th. Please join me for the Live show on Father's Day as we honour our dads with non-stop songs just for the occasion. Hope you'll listen from 6 to 10 PM Pacific. 

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing the Number One song on this week's Top 5 Countdown from 1967. It's Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin with Respect. It's our Number One Song of the Week. Enjoy! 

Voice Your Choice presents The Young Rascals. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either A Girl Like You or I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore. I’ll play the winner on next week’s show. 

Here’s this week’s Rock and Roll News Podcast. 

Listen to the Top 5 Countdown from 1967. 

Take care. See you next week on The Island.

Bye for now.
Michael

The Young Rascals - Voice Your Choice

The Young Rascals were a "Blue-eyed Soul" group from New York City and the original group consisted of Felix Cavaliere (vocals and organ), Gene Cornish (vocals and guitar) who was a Canadian from Toronto, Eddie Brigati (vocals, percussion) and Dino Danelli (drums). The famous impresario Sid Bernstein signed them to Atlantic Records and their debut single, I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore became a minor hit, peaking at #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But that was just the beginning.

Between 1966 and 1971, they had 18 singles on the charts including 5 Top Ten hits and 3 Gold Records. In 1968 they removed "Young" and re-named themselves The Rascals. They were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1997.

Treasure Island Oldies presents the Young Rascals in the spotlight for Voice Your Choice. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either A Girl Like You or I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore. I'll play the winner on next week's show.

Aretha Franklin - Respect - Song of the Week

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, the Top Five Countdown was from 1967.

And here is the Number One song this week in 1967. It's Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin, and Respect.

It's our Song of the Week.

Enjoy!

Michael