01.06.24 Groovy Grooves

GROOVY GROOVES with Ron Klutho

Airdate January 6, 2024

Saturday nights at 10pmCT on NewsTalkSTL
https://newstalkstl.com/groovy-grooves-with-ron-klutho/

THIS EPISODE DEDICATED TO VICTORIA BARMAK

0:00 INTRO-Working on a Groovy Thing-Patti Drew 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yj8tx0PF04
Late 60s/early 70s Chicago singer

0:51 Calgon Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNgZFxAnKtA

3:21 Band-Aid Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAsQrngfFLw

3:51 Confusion-David Tukhmanov and Lyudmila Barykina 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=AJHuciXVaiQ
Poem by Russian poet Anna Akhmatova set to music

8:14 Monty Python's Flying Circus Quote - “And now for something completely different…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goF92X-z9ZQ

8:16 Thunder and Lightning-Chi Coltrane 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI83N_xRWLE
Striking singer is still performing around the world

11:10 Tang Commercial with The Archies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndlWxbIWwY4

12:12 Beautiful Sunday-Daniel Boone 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Vu6ASwdKE
Singer born Peter Green changed his name because of another singer with the name; this feel-good 1972 song was his only hit; passed away in 2023

16:15 Gloria-Umberto Tozzi 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lez9N8kEig
The original Italian version of Laura Branigan's hit

21:08 I Love Rock and Roll-The Arrows 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJzPLhDf3-8
Original 1974 version of the song remade by Joan Jett. Writer and singer Alan Merrill died of COVID-19 in 2020

23:55 Kawasaki Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M83oy-UYgs

24:23 Bette Davis Eyes-Jackie DeShannon 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQsOJbs-yo
Original 1974 version of the song remade by Kim Carnes, also written by Jackie DeShannon. A very different flavor

27:05 Don’t Leave Me This Way-Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CzQBi32MjI
Original 1975 version of the song remade by Thelma Houston

32:37 One Day at a Time Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9jDcZk4o-k

34:01 Don’t It Make You Wonder-Dave Mason 978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD_iXQqsuEU
From 1978 album "Mariposa de Oro"

36:56 In Thee-Blue Oyster Cult 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3sFidHwgU
Rare ballad for a hard-rock group

40:39 The Streak-Ray Stevens 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVxrveyJu7Y
One of a number of early-70s novelty songs

43:50 Columbo Quote - “Just One More Thing…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxBnaMGP2aY&t=4s

43:52 Switching to Glide-The Kings 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuv5LXUc0E
Canadian power pop hit

50:52 Beverly Hillbillies Quote - “This has been a Filmways presentation.”
https://youtu.be/WcciBEHOHME?feature=shared