Tonight's show features bands and musicians based in the state of Pennsylvania in the 60's and 70's.Soul and pop will be featured along with highlighting the career of Todd Rundgren.
| We open with soul music out of Pennsylvania.MFSB pretty much was the backing band for most disco and soul that came out of PHiladelphia.The Gamble and Huff production team were responsible for much of the music recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in the 60's and 70's. |
| TSOP(The Sound of Philidelphia) MFSB featuring The Three Degrees - VA:Soul Hits Of The 70's(1991) |
| Cowboys To Girls The Intruders - VA:Soul Shots,A Collection of Sixties Soul Classics(1988) |
| Rockin' Roll Baby The Stylistics - The Best of The Stylistics(1975) |
| Look At Granny Run Run Howard Tate - Get It While You Can(1967) |
| I Wake Up Crying Chuck Jackson - VA:Soul Shots Vol 2(1988) |
| Won't You Give Him(One More Chance) Soloman Burke - Rock 'n Soul(1964) |
| American Bandstand broadcast out of Philadelphia in the late 50's/early 60's which led to the breaking out of a fair number of bands and singers from the Pennsylvania area. |
| (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley and his Comets - VA:American Graffiti Soundtrack(1973) |
| Come Go With Me The Del Vikings - VA:American Graffiti Soundtrack(1973) |
| Bristol Stomp The Dovells - VA:Murray The K's Golden Gassers for a Dance Party(1963) |
| 1-2-3 Len Barry - VA:60 Flash Back Greats of The Sixties(1970) |
| Lightnin' Strikes Lou Christie - VA:Sock Hoppin' Sixties(1986) |
| 98.6 Keith - 98.6/Ain't Gonna Lie(1966) |
| Five O'Clock World The Vogues - The Vogues' Greatest Hits(1968) |
| Philadelphia born Todd Rundgren led The Nazz through 3 unsuccessful lp's before going solo-resulting in the classic Something/Anything? lp in 1972.Along with his solo career Rundgren produced bands including Grand Funk(We're An American Band released in 1973)and Meatloaf(Bat Out of Hell) among many others.Analogous to his solo and production work Rundgren also led Utopia from 1975 to 1985 |
| Open My Eyes The Nazz - VA:Nuggets Volume One. The Hits(1984) |
| Under The Ice The Nazz - Nazz Nazz(1969) |
| We Gotta Get You A Woman Todd Rundgren - Runt(1970) |
| I Saw The Light Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?(1972) |
| Communion With The Sun Utopia - Ra(1977) |
| Next up: A grab bag of Pennsylvania musicians and bands.Eric Anderson walked in Dylan's shadow(didn't everybody),Jim Croce left the earth much too soon,The Jaggerz were led by Donnie Iris(Ah Leah) and Gulliver was led by Daryl Hall in the late 60's. |
| My Land Is A Good Land Eric Anderson - The Best of Eric Anderson(1970) |
| You Don't Mess Around With Jim Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim(1972) |
| The Conqueror Worm Glass Prism - Poe Through The Glass Prism(1968) |
| The Rapper The Jaggerz - VA:Super Hits of The 70's(1990) |
| Every Day's A Lovely Day Gulliver - Gulliver(1968) |
| Sara Smile Daryl Hall/John Oates - Greatest Hits:Rock'n Soul Part 1(1983) |
| We finish off tonight's show with more soul out of Pennsylvania.Chubby Checker's psych/soul comeback fell on deaf ears,The Delfonics career faded when producer Thom Bell moved on and we end with Billy Paul's black-consciousness classic. |
| Apple,Peaches,Pumpkin Pie Jay & The Techniques - The Best of Jay & The Techniques(1995) |
| My Mind Comes From A High Place Chubby Checker - Chequered(1971) |
| Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) The Delfonics - VA:Soul Hits Of The 70's(1991) |
| Am I Black Enough For You Billy Paul - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul(1972) |
| Thank you for listening. Next show broadcasts Feb. 4. |
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