Playlist for Tuesday, September 17, 2019 (4:45-7am)
Filling in for RR - After 6 AM: Remembering Jimmy Johnson, guitarist in the "Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section" at FAME Studios - passed away Sept 5th at 76. He backed Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, Etta James and many others ... . … BIRTHDAYS: 1923 - HANK WILLIAMS - Country music Legend of Legends ; 1926 - Bill BLACK (ELVIS PRESLEY/ Bill Black Combo) - bass player in Elvis' first band, later led his own band; 1926 - "Brother" Jack McDuff - organist, singer; 1929 - Sil Austin - sax player … … … … RECENT DEATHS: Bill Vitt (Sons Of Champlin/ Brewer & Shipley)/ drums, keyboards - age not known; July 18th - Bob Frank/ singer-songwriter - age 75; August 1st - Ian Gibbons (Love affair/ Nashville Teens/ Kinks/ Kursaal Flyers)/keyboards - age 67; August 19th - Larry TAYLOR (Gamblers/{session work}/ CANNED HEAT, 1967 - early 1970/ John MAYALL {1969-72: 5 LPs}/ Tom Waits/ 1980s LPs; Sept 5th - Jimmy Johnson/ (part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section @ FAME Studios)/ guitarist, backed up, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge and MANY others - age 76; Sept 10th - Daniel Johnston/ age 58 - cult 'outsider'/ 'lo-fi' artist… … … …
Time
Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
[ ]:Highest chart position - US BB Pop, unless noted
B'DAY:Artist was born the day of that show
DEATH:Recent death of that artist/musical figure
BED:Instrumental bed that I talk over
REQ:Requests from listeners
BUB:45 peaked only in BB 'Bubbling Under', not Top-100
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
FAVORITE of RICK: his #10th most-played artist {The artist Rick has played the most, that I HAVE _N O T_ PLAYED since I started play listing on T-B, April 2014}
… Remembering JIMMY JOHNSON, guitarist in the "Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section" at FAME Studios - passed away Sept 5th at 76. He backed Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, Etta James and many others
... Recent Death - Sept 5th: Jimmy Johnson/ (part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section @ FAME Studios)/ guitarist, backed up Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Conley, Percy Sledge and SOOOOOOOO MANY others - age 76 // "Elias McDaniel" is Bo Diddley's given name // This was the Gants only national chart single, though they put out quite a few more (6) singles
... Recent Death - Sept 5th: Jimmy Johnson/ (part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section @ FAME Studios)/ guitarist, backed up Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Conley, Percy Sledge and SOOOOOOOO MANY others - age 76
... Recent Death - Sept 5th: Jimmy Johnson/ (part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section @ FAME Studios)/ guitarist, backed up Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Conley, Percy Sledge and SOOOOOOOO MANY others - age 76
... Recent Death - Sept 5th: Jimmy Johnson/ (part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section @ FAME Studios)/ guitarist, backed up Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Conley, Percy Sledge and SOOOOOOOO MANY others - age 76 // This is the eight Days' 'He's Not Just Another Man' with a gender change
... Recent Death - Sept 5th: Jimmy Johnson/ (part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section @ FAME Studios)/ guitarist, backed up Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Conley, Percy Sledge and SOOOOOOOO MANY others - age 76 // FAVORITE of RICK: his #262nd most-played artist
"LOST & FOUND Left-Overs" -material I pre-play listed for my Lost & Found show yesterday, but ran out of time top lay:
Time:
6:30
Artist:
Georgie Fame [Rodgers Grant, Pat Patrick & JON HENDRICKS]
Song:
Yeh, Yeh [originally recorded by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross]
Album:
Format:
single- Imperial/ Classic
[single- Imperial/ Classic]
Misc:
[UK #1!, US #21/ 12-64] • B'DAY
Comment:
… Born 1921 - Jon Lambert, jazz singer in "Lambert, Hendricks & Ross"; one of the originators of "vocalese", which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments with vocalists.
... Died Aug 1st - Ian Gibbons (Love Affair/ Nashville Teens/ Moonstone/ Ian Gibbons Band / The KINKS (1979 - 1989) / Dr Feelgood) keyboards - age 67 // FAVORITE of RICK: his #40th (tied) most-played artist
1967 - EVENT (leftover from Aug 19th): "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" album first hit the UK LP charts // This was the the first of two US Pink Floyd singles released on Tower that were not released on a single in the UK. The other US single that was not released in the UK was "Let There Be More Light" b/w "Remember a Day" // FAVORITE of RICK: his #210th most-played artist
