01.20.2024 Groovy Grooves TIME MACHINE: January 1974

Airdate January 20, 2024

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

THIS EPISODE FEATURES SONGS AND SOUNDS ALL FROM JANUARY 1974, 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

0:00 INTRO-Working on a Groovy Thing-Patti Drew 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yj8tx0PF04

0:15 Lay’s Potato Chips Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74JxMnQKxxY

0:39 Rock On-David Essex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR9XVlv3p4s
Iconic rock anthem by British singer

5:55 Spiders and Snakes-Jim Stafford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vudA72hibg
One of many novelty songs of early 70s

8:56 Dial Soap Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBw-0j_p6Tw

9:19 Seasons in the Sun-Terry Jacks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPcc1ftj8E
Canadian Singer/songwriter Jacks offered this song to Beach Boys; when they turned it down he recorded it himself. With his wife Susan, previously in group The Poppy Family, with hit "Which Way You Going, BIlly?"

12:41 Rockin’ Roll Baby-The Stylistics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAWrlt48hxE
Popular early 70s Philadelphia soul group with distinctive falsetto vocalist

16:57 Burger King Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFZaBvqsh0I

19:37 Americans-Byron MacGregor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw2ysu1RWLA
Spoken-word by Canadian DJ--an ode to America and Americans' generosity and leadership

23:23 Sister Mary Elephant-Cheech and Chong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuRo6SLY44k
Outrageous spoken-word hit by comedy group Cheech and Chong

26:56 Hawaii Five-O Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr9WEFZ29FY

27:53 Eres Tu-Mocedades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn2HcxN6Npk
Spanish entry in 1973 Eurovision song contest; placed second

33:52 Coke Commercial
https://youtu.be/TiF4xLq8s_k?si=1aMJYo6EljyvA-k8

34:57 Life is a Song Worth Singing-Johnny Mathis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k8G5Uv_FhQ
Profound song with a timely message today

39:34 Boogie Down-Eddie Kendricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt8N0ZHTdno
Solo hit by former singer of the Temptations

43:19 Barnaby Jones Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu4iaZopnDg

45:25 If We Make it Through December-Merle Haggard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TByT3QlWc
Tear-jerker by country superstar

48:05 Zesta Saltines Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrnqUmUbDFY

48:34 The Waltons: Goodnight Quote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp7_u0kcQRo&t=2s