05.04.2024 Groovy Grooves

GROOVY GROOVES with Ron Klutho

Airdate May 4, 2024

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

0:14 Here Comes the Judge (Laugh In-Sammy Davis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGqTZUcemrU

0:23 Comet commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQnV31n4Vic

0:51 Kaette Hoshii No (I Want You Back)-Finger Five 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQOEPn9gtSA
Japanese version of "I Want You Back" by 5 Japanese brothers

4:52 My Girl-Chillawack 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwbfYR6urhY
Ebullient pop song by Canadian group

8:57 This is It-Melba Moore 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8AeEsjM5N4
Song that was bigger in the UK than the US, by American singer/actress

12:29 Ragu commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHp9ZjCP0AY

12:56 Scorpio-Dennis Coffey 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCl6JBzFjFM
Guitar-driven instrumental by "Funk Brothers" studio musician who played on many Motown hits

17:39 Chesterfield Cigarettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QJnGUglTRw

18:07 Bad Blood-Neil Sedaka 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXpLlpJ5Qnc
Mid-70s hit by prolific "Brill Building" singer/songwriter

23:58 To Tell the Truth theme song-Ron Hicklin Singers 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMS_DdEnYZ0
Extended vocal version of game show theme song, by singing group heard on dozens of commercials and TV themes (e.g., "Love American Style"

25:53 And now for something completely different catchphrase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goF92X-z9ZQ

25:53 Gloria-Patti Smith 1975
https://youtu.be/bPO0bTaWcFQ?si=A26pVagjGhNoCdQM
Revolutionary song by "Godmother of Punk" from her first album

31:36 The Bugaloos Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av-D4DCr4Pw

32:10 Gone-Joey Heatherton 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4KS5ddKC_c
Remake of Ferlin Husky song showcasing singer/dancer's vocal chops

36:36 Green Grass and High Tides-The Outlaws 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OmneO01ZTA
Rollicking country/rock hit by Florida supergroup

43:08 Laughin’ Cryin’ Laughin’-Robert Plant 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWfVT3dX6HI
Pre-Led Zeppelin "blue-eyed soul" song by a teenage Plant showcasing remarkable presence

45:28 Libby’s commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-BgC47Lmos

45:56 Darlin’-Paul Davis 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTbRCL9P5TE
Romantic song by vastly underrated singer-songwriter

48:50 I Know a Heartache When I See One- Jennifer Warnes 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3960Wtipdk
Follow-up to "Right Time of the Night" by singer who got her start on the Smothers Brothers Show

54:30 You’re under arrest, Sugar (Get Christie Love) quote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqtO-exNrFQ