02.17.2024 Groovy Grooves TIME MACHINE: February 1979

GROOVY GROOVES with Ron Klutho

Airdate February 17, 2024

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

0:13 Shake Your Groove Thing-Peaches & Herb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSFONBYmBnM
Ultimate disco dance-floor filler with Herb Fame and Linda Greene, the third of six "Peaches"

5:01 A Little More Love-Olivia Newton-John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1cBpSkoWm0
More rock-oriented song for Aussie songstress

8:23 Laverne and Shirley theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFwd9UpyTsM

9:40 Take Me to the River-Talking Heads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFiHZyN42LY
One of the first "new wave" songs to chart; this was a cover of an Al Green song

13:14 Crazy Love-Poco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQNqxuBDb-Q
The band's biggest hit, and the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary charts of 1979

17:06 Suzy Chapstick commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpsrgVKt3mQ

17:35 Heart of Glass-Blondie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJu8c4-QfDM
Eclectic new wave group's first of 4 #1 songs

21:23 Lady-Little River Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21nIHdwyBWI
Easy-listening hit by Australian 70s supergroup

26:16 The Dukes of Hazzard theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Wqo3CvtUc

27:16 Music Box Dancer-Frank Mills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4sSAEGkhdM
Unlikely hit by Canadian pianist; B-side of easy listening song mistakenly sent to Ottawa pop station; it became a hit there and was released in the US, going to #3 on the charts

32:48 Body on Tap commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYK2ETO-ZDk

33:16 Le Freak-Chic
https://youtu.be/aXgSHL7efKg?si=XfuhGNTkE1Lc7ti0
Iconic disco hit by groundbreaking supergroup Chic

38:24 Stumblin’ In-Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAboT-3LHlg
Duo by US-born rocker Suzi Quatro whose worldwide superstar status did not include her own country, and Chris Norman, lead singer of 70s British pop group Smokie

42:18 Run Home Girl-Sad Café
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdi-knheeLA
Melodic rocker by British group featuring singer Paul Young, later of Mike + the Mechanics

48:10 Pringles commercial
https://youtu.be/ne9-d0sdkFw?si=YoNdBL8I093sRXGp

48:56 Taxi: Thank you very much quote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goF92X-z9ZQ