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GROOVY GROOVES with Ron Klutho

Airdate May 18, 2024

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

This episode: Hits on the charts May 15, 1971 (53 years ago)
and commercials and theme songs from May 1971

0:12 All in the Family theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsT6UePvETk

1:04 Me and You and a Dog Named Boo-Lobo 5 (5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYZ8tJYDpKU
Chart hit by singer who continues to tour mostly in southeast Asia

5:50 House at Pooh Corner-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 70 (53)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Lob87t-V8
Cover of song written by Kenny Loggins at the age of 17

8:25 Cheetos commercial
https://youtu.be/yIrJ0rWAFXs?si=IE2cYkHwSkHtg4wj

8:53 Chick-a-Boom-Daddy Dewdrop 10 (9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ycDBPmjsgA
Novelty song by former child actor (Richard Monda) and musical director from "Groovy Ghoulies" TV show

13:38 I’ll Meet You Halfway-Partridge Family 33 (9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPMCHt0rp_o
Song by TV family (based on singing Cowsills)

17:21 Pepsi commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bDrYSqxtdc

18:19 Compound W commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FMBF29jmGg4

18:47 One Toke Over the Line-Brewer and Shipley 28 (10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9HXClusp_E
Song that started as a joke by folk-rock duo--and made it onto the Lawrence Welk show!

26:27 Give More Power to the People-Chi-Lites 29 (26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEwMaeN2x-c
Socially-conscious song by R&B group better known for smooth love songs

30:04 Want Ads-Honey Cone 12 (1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0V9K0ERzRo
Hit by early-70s girl group that reached #1 on the charts in 1971

32:45 NBC Sunday Mystery Movie theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaWuXHMrwXo

34:34 That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard it Should Be-Carly Simon 51 (10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nV0RbHUeBw
First hit by iconic singer-songwriter

38:50 Green Acres theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYLuKOvXdQs

41:46 Treat Her Like a Lady-Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose 30 (3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6_PmccPnJU
Evergreen by sibling R&B group

44:24 Lucky Man-Emerson Lake and Palmer 60 (48)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV9UKMo3kN0
Rock anthem written by group member Greg Lake at the age of 12

48:57 Tegrin shampoo commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FMBF29jmGg4

49:26 I Don’t Know How to Love Him-Helen Reddy 25 (13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i12PWD9EQvE
Cover of hit from "Jesus Christ Superstar"

54:30 Put Your Hand in the Hand-Ocean 3 (2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh4Y9lT75Kw
Big hit from Canadian contemporary Christian group

57:18 “He lived happily ever after.” - Willy Wonka quote
https://youtu.be/x4H8K4lIf2E?si=jI5sSEw40DH_b1PV

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