What was on the Blue Whale Jukebox when Barnabas came to town

[Sandor]

Found a fun website with Top 30/Top 40 music chart listings for various U.S. cities. For laughs, I typed in "Bangor" (closest big city to Collinsport, right?) and saw what was happening in popular music around the time Willie popped open that infamous coffin. Carolyn and Buzz were rocking out to these tunes... and what must have Barnabas thought of modern music when The Monkees and Herman's Hermits were blaring from the car radios. By the way, #30 is a surefire "Julia Hoffman" song. Enjoy:

WGUY - BANGOR, MAINE 
 GOOD GUYS TOP 30 CHARTBUSTERS
 APRIL 3, 1967   
    1. Happy Together - Turtles                               
    2. Dedicated To The One I Love - Mamas & Papas             
    3. Something Stupid - Nancy & Frank Sinatra               
    4. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You - Monkees             
    5. There's A Kind Of A Hush - Herman's Hermits             
    6. This Is My Song - Petula Clark                         
    7. Bernadette - 4 Tops                                     
    8. California Nights - Lesley Gore                         
    9. Western Union - Five Americans                         
   10. Jimmy Mack - Martha & The Vandellas                   
   11. I Never Loved A Man - Aretha Franklin                 
   12. 59th Street Bridge Song - Harpers Bizarre             
   13. Beggin' - 4 Seasons                                   
   14. Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley                       
   15. With This Ring - Platters                             
   16. Detroit City - Tom Jones                               
   17. Dry Your Eyes - Brenda & The Tabulations               
   18. At The Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel                         
   19. The Loser - Gary Lewis & Playboys                       
   20. On A Carousel - Hollies                               
   21. Tell Me To My Face - Keith                             
   22. I'm A Man - Spencer Davis                             
   23. Sunday For Tea - Peter & Gordon                       
   24. Don't You Care - Buckinghams                           
   25. I'll Try Anything - Dusty Springfield                 
   26. Love Eyes - Nancy Sinatra                             
   27. Sit Down I Think I Love You - Mojo Men                 
   28. Travelin' Man - Stevie Wonder                         
   29. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Buckinghams                       
   30. What A Woman In Love Won't Do - Sandy Posey               

[Gothick]

Golly, what an OUTASITE list of songs!  thanks, Sandor!

Among my personal fave raves on that list are "There's a kind of Hush" by Herman/Hermits, California Nights by fab Lesley Gore (she performed it on a Catwoman episode of Batman that year!), "Jimmy Mack" by Martha & the Vandellas, and "I'll try anything" by The Divine Dusty!

Would love to hear "Sunday for Tea" by Peter & Gordon, & that Hollies song... I've been thinking of buying a Hollies CD, basically, forever!  I am very curious about Brenda & the Tabulations, too!

Thanks again!

G.

[BuzzH]

Found a fun website with Top 30/Top 40 music chart listings for various U.S. cities. For laughs, I typed in "Bangor" (closest big city to Collinsport, right?) and saw what was happening in popular music around the time Willie popped open that infamous coffin. Carolyn and Buzz were rocking out to these tunes

When I first started watching DS again on VHS in the early 90's I often imagined in my head what was REALLY on that jukebox (rather than the typical Bob Cobert DS ballad).  I often picture in my head that more contemporary stuff was playing whenever Joe and Maggie were out on a date etc...so, I wrote a story about them, Buzz, Harry Johnson and the Jennings twin's at a Collinsport High Halloween dance and had some of those songs playing not only in the gym, but their car radios too. 

[Raineypark]

If this was a CD compilation I'd sure as hell buy it!!! 

[ClaudeNorth]

California Nights by fab Lesley Gore (she performed it on a Catwoman episode of Batman that year

Saw her last fall in concert here in Philly and she performed "California Nights."  It was at a tiny club and she sounded amazing.  I'm surprised she isn't a more prominent figure on the nightclub/cabaret circuit.

It is a great list, and pretty much reflective of my personal tastes.  I was born in 1967 and the music from that era resonates with me.

[petofi]

Sandor, I'd love the URL for that website - By the way, I grew up listening to the BIG GUY good guys on WGUY 1250 on your AM dial -  The call-in number in those days was 942-1250, and we had the request hotline hummin'! Mighty John Marshall was an up and coming DeeJay who would gain something of national prominence as a major AM guy in the 70s and 80s.  Type in Mighty John Marshall on the web, and you'll find this life-long resident of Maine has got a record appraisal company online and a novel that he's hawking!  He's an old friend of Stephen King's as well.  Ah, Memories of Bangor . . .

Petofi

[PennyDreadful]

IIRC,  in one of the early epsides (I think it was one of the Laura episodes), you could hear an instrumental version of the Beatles' "Michelle" in the background!

[Mark Rainey]

Francis Lai's "Theme From a Man and a Woman" made it onto the box one time. I've always loved that one.

[petofi]

Francis Lai's "Theme From a Man and a Woman" made it onto the box one time. I've always loved that one.

Laaaa ... Laaaa...Laa .. Wubadubadub, Wubadubadub .. . . . . 

Petofi

[Charles_Ellis]

Actually, it was on the radio in Collinwood when Adam kidnapped Carolyn!  BTW, I grew up in NYC with WABC and later WCBS-FM, and a lot of those songs bring memories, though there's some I've never heard before!  There are some songs I'll always associate with DS, though.  Whenever I hear Huey Lewis & The News' "The Power of Love", I instantly go back to August '85 and the heartbreak of reading Grayson's obituary.  On the other hand, I always associate "Music To Watch Girls By" by The Bob Crewe Generation with the Laura Collins storyline, since it was on the charts then.  When I started kindergarten in September '70, the big hit song was "Make It With You" by Bread, and that's when 1840 began.  Whenever somone mentions the summer of '71, I automatically think of Carole King and one of the best 45s ever: "It's Too Late" / "I Feel The Earth Move".

Here's a link to the ultimate top 40 station of the 60s and 70s- WABC!

http://musicradio.computer.net/

[BuzzH]

I grew up listening to the BIG GUY good guys on WGUY 1250 on your AM dial

God, NOW we're dating ourselves!    Who remembers AM!!?  Next we'll be talking about *transister* radios w/a single earplug.     Kids's today barely know what FM is what w/Sirius and XM Radio, LOL! 

[BuzzH]

BTW, I grew up in NYC

Charles, where you a "studio kid"? 

When I started kindergarten in September '70

Hey!  I started kindergarten in the fall of '70 too!  Small world!

[Mark Rainey]

Yes, I remember AM and transistor radios, and losing my earplug and putting my radio under my pillow at night so I could secretly listen to "Night Train" on the local AM station, which played the top 40 hits. And of course falling asleep with the radio playing and waking up the next morning to find its battery graveyard dead.

[Sandor]

Sandor, I'd love the URL for that website

Great memories of Bangor AM radio in the 60's, Petofi. I found the website by Google-ing "Airhead Radio Survey Archive."

While it would have been cool (and surreal) to have Julia humming Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" to the portrait of Barnabas, I remember Julia being partial to 40's Big Band music. That style was playing on the radio when Julia was down in the Old House basement, working on the infamous "experiment".... soon to meet Tom Jennings.

[petofi]

While it would have been cool (and surreal) to have Julia humming Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" to the portrait of Barnabas, I remember Julia being partial to 40's Big Band music. That style was playing on the radio when Julia was down in the Old House basement, working on the infamous "experiment".... soon to meet Tom Jennings.

If she had been more "up to date," maybe she would have been attacked by Tom JONES!  Thanks, Sandor!