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Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
08/05/12 08:09:07PM
460 posts

RRRadio .. Monday, August 6


General

Folks:

Below is the list I made for the greatest one-hit wonders of the 1970s.
The song I picked as the greatest of that era is "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty.
Looking forward to a fun night with Rickie and Jerry!
Thanks, JB

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) (Rupert Holmes)

Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)

One Toke Over The Line (Brewer & Shipley)

Ride, Captain, Ride (The Blues Image)

Reflections Of My Life (Marmalade)

Spirit In The Sky (Norman Greenbaum)

Mississippi Queen (Mountain)

O-o-h Child (Five Stairsteps)

Tighter, Tighter (Alive N Kickin')

In The Summertime (Mungo Jerry)

Neanderthal Man (Hotlegs)

Joanne (First National Band)

Vehicle (The Ides Of March)

Ma Belle Amie (Tee Set)

The Rapper (The Jaggerz)

Montego Bay (Bobby Bloom)

We Gotta Get You A Woman (Runt)

I'd Love To Change The World (Ten Years After)

One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack) (Original Caste)

The Night Chicago Died (Paper Lace)

Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)

Love Train (The Trammps)

Tell Me Something Good (Rufus)

Run, Run, Run (Jo Jo Gunne)

Take This Job And Shove It (Johnny Paycheck)

On The Dark Side (Eddie and the Cruisers)

Different Drum (The Stone Ponies)

Sunshine (Jonathan Edwards)

Joy (Apollo 100 Featuring Tom Parker)

Bang A Gong (Get It On) (T. Rex)

Crazy Mama (J.J. Cale)

Hotwire (Trapeze)

Hot Rod Lincoln (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen)

Day By Day (Godspell)

Layla (Derek and the Dominos)

Hold Your Head Up (Argent)

Easy Livin' (Uriah Heep)

The City Of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie)

From The Beginning (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues (Danny O'Keefe)

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) (Deodato)

Ghosts (Japan)

Dead Skunk (Loudon Wainwright III)

Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed)

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (Vicki Lawrence)

Hocus Pocus (Focus)

Right Place Wrong Time (Dr. John)

Brother Louie (Stories)

My Maria (B.W. Stevenson)

Jim Dandy (Black Oak Arkansas)

Eres Tu (Touch The Wind) (Mocedades)

Seasons In The Sun (Terry Jacks)

Indiana Wants Me (R. Dean Taylor)

All Right Now (Free)

Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo (Rick Derringer)

Smokin' In The Boys' Room (Brownsville Station)

Dream Weaver, Love Is Alive (Gary Wright)

Happy Days (Pratt & McClain)

Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)

The Entertainer (Marvin Hamlisch)

I Can Help (Billy Swan)

King Fu Fighting (Carl Douglas)

Autobahn (Kraftwerk)

Third Rate Romance (The Amazing Rhythym Aces)

Love Hurts (Nazareth)

Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music)

Fooled Around and Fell In Love (Elvin Bishop)

Afternoon Delight (Starland Vocal Band)

The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)

Turn The Beat Around (Vicki Sue Robinson)

Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent)

Werewolves Of London (Warren Zevon)

Rock 'n Roll Parts I & II (Gary Glitter)

Oh Well (The Rockets)

Feelings (Morris Albert)

Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) Bill Conti

Hot Child In The City (Nick Gilder)

Cruel To Be Kind (Nick Lowe)

Black Betty (Ram Jam)

Flirtin' With Disaster (Molly Hatchet)

Video Killed The Radio Star (The Buggles)

Shannon (Henry Gross)

Muskrat Love (Willis Alan Ramsey)

All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople)

Rock On (David Essex)

The Hustle (Van McCoy)

Radar Love (Golden Earring)

Stuck In The Middle With You (Stealer's Wheel)

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
08/04/12 09:59:07PM
460 posts

RRRadio .. Monday, August 6


General

Join us on Monday, August 6, as Racin' & Rockin' talks with two of the largest personalities in the sport of drag racing! The East Coast and doorslammers are well covered by "Tricky" Rickie Smith, who has had a great career at the top of the Pro Stock and Pro Modified categories! And legendary "King of the Northwest" Jerry Ruth lived at the top of the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes throughout the 60s and 70s. Neither one of these men ever had a problem telling it like it was... don't miss their take on the sport! Plus John Bockelman takes us on another musical journey followed by three hours of music after the show!

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
08/04/12 07:15:22PM
460 posts

RRRadio .. Monday, August 6


General

Thanks, Barb! I really appreciate how you take care of us! bp

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
07/30/12 02:17:52AM
460 posts

RRRadio: Al Segrini and Mike Boyles on July 30!


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Join us on July 30 as Racin' & Rockin' chats with funny car and top fuel legend Al Segrini, who raced at the top of the category throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s. And we talk with the legendary Mike Boyles, who won 8 world championships and more than 50 national events in his hugely popular '57 Chevy wagon, Good Ol' Charlie Brown! Plus John Bockelman takes us on another musical journey followed by three hours of music after the show!

Racin' & Rockin' with Draglist.com

MONDAYS, 8-10 PM Eastern Time
(7-9 Central, 6-8 Mountain, 5-7 Pacific)

LISTEN ON THE INTERNET:

http://zeusradio.ning.com/page/racersreunion-radio

TOLL FREE CALL IN: 1-877-500-9387

JOIN OUR LIVE CHAT during the show: http://dragracersreunion.ning.com/

SEND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: radio@draglist.com

RECORDED ARCHIVES OF OUR RECENT SHOWS!
http://archives.zeusradio.com/category/racers-reunion/racin-and-rockin-with-draglist-com/

Producers: Barb Santucci, Bud De Boer


updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 04:05:47PM
Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
07/30/12 02:06:18AM
460 posts

2012 Englishtown Nostalgia Summernationals Photos


Nostalgia Drag Racing

Had a great time at the 2012 Englishtown Nostalgia Summernationals, Funny Car Reunion, and Old Times Drags. Here are a couple hundred same day pics of the people and cars. Captions on Monday!

http://draglist.smugmug.com/Drag-Racing/2012-Englishtown-Nostalgia/


updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 08:52:47AM
Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
07/22/12 08:15:38PM
460 posts

RRRadio: TJ Zizzo and Barb Hamilton on July 23!


Current Drag Racing

Folks:

Below is the list of songs I picked as the greatest one-hit wonders of the 1960s. This is part 1, from 1960 through 1964.

The song I picked as the best is "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" by The Springfields.

Looking forward to a fun show tomorrow night! Everybody have a great evening!

Thanks, JB

Angel Baby (Rosie & The Originals)

Fannie Mae (Buster Brown)

Stay (Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs)

You Talk Too Much (Joe Jones)

The Madison (Al Brown's Tunetoppers featuring Cookie Brown)

I Like It Like That (Chris Kenner)

You Can't Sit Down, Part 2 (Philip Upchurch Combo)

Stick Shift (The Duals)

There Is Something on Your Mind (Part 2) (Bobby Marchan)

Who Put The Bomp (Barry Mann)

Wine, Wine, Wine (The Nightcaps)

Land Of A Thousand Dances (Cannibal & The Headhunters)

Silver Threads and Golden Needles (The Springfields)

Wiggle Wobble (Les Cooper and his Soul Rockers)

Tell Him (The Exciters)

Mr. Bass Man (Johnny Cymbal)

Wah-Watusi, Don't Hang Up (The Orlons)

Talk To Me (Sunny and the Sunglows)

The Birds and the Bees (Jewel Akens)

Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)

A Walk In The Black Forest (Horst Jankowski)

You Turn Me On (Ian Whitcomb)

Keep On Dancing (The Gentrys)

Don't Think Twice (The Wonder Who)

Cool Jerk (The Capitols)

Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) (The Swingin' Medallions)

They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (Napoleon XIV)

Almost Persuaded (David Houston)

Long Black Veil (Johnny Williams)

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (The Casinos)

Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)

Mister Custer (Larry Verne)

The Bird Is The Word (The Trashmen)

Fire (The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown)

Wild Weekend (The Rockin' Rebels)

I'm Telling You Now (Freddie and the Dreamers)

Have I The Right (Honeycombs)

Summertime (Billy Stewart)

Tobacco Road (Nashville Teens)

Suspicion (Terry Stafford)

Walk Right In, Sit Right Down (The Rooftop Singers)

The Crying Game (Ian and the Zodiacs)

Doo Way Diddy Diddy (Manfred Mann)

Party Lights (Claudine Clark)

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport (Rolf Harris)

Memphis (Lonnie Mack)

Miserlou (Dick Dale)

Hang On Sloopy (The McCoys)

Apache (Jorgen Ingmann and His Guitar)

Mother-In-Law (Ernie K-Doe)

Last Night (The Mar-Keys)

Tossin' and Turnin' (Bobby Lewis)

Hey! Baby (Bruce Channel)

Midnight In Moscow (Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen)

Stranger On The Shore (Mr. Acker Bilk)

Johnny Get Angry (Joanie Sommers)

I Need Your Loving (Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford)

Alley Cat (Bent Fabric and His Piano)

I Remember You (Frank Ifield)

Close To Cathy (Mike Clifford)

Telstar (The Tornadoes)

Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Sounds Orchestral)

Yakety Sax (Boots Randolph)

Killer Joe (The Rocky Fellers)

Sukyaki (Kyu Sakamoto)

Swingin' On A Star (Big Dee Irwin)

Just One Look (Doris Troy)

Six Days On The Road (Dave Dudley)

Wipe Out (The Surfaris)

Dominique (The Singing Nun)

You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (The Caravelles)

Popsicles and Icicles (The Murmaids)

California Sun (The Rivieras)

High-Heel Sneakers (Tommy Tucker)

The Girl From Ipanema (Astrud Gilberto)

Farmer John (The Premiers)

We'll Sing In The Sunshine (Gale Garnett)

Ringo (Lorne Greene)

The Boy From New York City (The Ad Libs)

The Ballad Of Irving (Frank Gallop)

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
07/20/12 01:25:26AM
460 posts

RRRadio: TJ Zizzo and Barb Hamilton on July 23!


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Join us on Monday, July 23, as Racin' & Rockin' chats with NHRA Top Fuel star TJ ZIZZO about the independent team's challenges and successes on the NHRA trail. And legendary gasser racer BARB HAMILTON will join us to talk about becoming the FIRST female licensed to drive supercharged cars by the NHRA and her terrific career! Plus John Bockelman and his musical trip down memory lane, followed by three hours of music after the show!

Racin' & Rockin' with Draglist.com
MONDAYS, 8-10 PM Eastern Time
(7-9 Central, 6-8 Mountain, 5-7 Pacific)

LISTEN ON THE INTERNET:

http://zeusradio.ning.com/page/racersreunion-radio

TOLL FREE CALL IN: 1-877-500-9387

JOIN OUR LIVE CHAT during the show: http://dragracersreunion.ning.com/

SEND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: radio@draglist.com

RECORDED ARCHIVES OF OUR RECENT SHOWS!
http://archives.zeusradio.com/category/racers-reunion/racin-and-rockin-with-draglist-com/

Producers: Barb Santucci, Bud De Boer


updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 04:05:47PM
Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
07/18/12 03:16:51PM
460 posts

2012 York US 30 Musclecar Madness Photos


Nostalgia Drag Racing

We missed you there, Jeff... maybe next year!

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