Favoriting Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 14, 2017 Favoriting

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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting June 14, 2017: Batman, Jerry Ragovoy and Randy Newman to the Rescue!

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Artist Track Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Attack  Magic In the Air   Favoriting Reflection  1967  CD  0:02:20 (Pop-up)
13th Floor Elevators  Livin' On   Favoriting International Artists  1969  45  0:05:59 (Pop-up)
Big Star  O My Soul   Favoriting Ardent  1974  45  0:09:14 (Pop-up)
The Candymen  The Memphis Blues Again   Favoriting ABC  1968  LP  0:14:36 (Pop-up)
The First Hippie  Custer   Favoriting ABC  1967  LP  0:17:02 (Pop-up)
The First Hippie  Good Company   Favoriting ABC  1967  LP  0:18:04 (Pop-up)
 
Laverne Baker  Batman To the Rescue   Favoriting Brunswick  1966  45  0:22:50 (Pop-up)
Nelson Riddle  Batusi A Go Go   Favoriting Mercury  1966  LP  0:24:55 (Pop-up)
LaBert Ellis  Batman   Favoriting A&M  1966  45  0:26:24 (Pop-up)
Gate Wesley and Band featauring Billy Lamont  Zap! Pow! Batman!   Favoriting Atlantic  1966  45  0:29:07 (Pop-up)
The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale  Batman's Theme   Favoriting Tifton  1966  45  0:32:19 (Pop-up)
Jan and Dean  Batman   Favoriting Liberty  1966  LP  0:35:41 (Pop-up)
Scotty McKay  Here Comes Batman   Favoriting Claridge  1966  45  0:39:25 (Pop-up)
 
Buck Owens And The Buckaroos  Buckaroo   Favoriting Capitol  1965  45  0:46:41 (Pop-up)
Dudley Moore  Rupert's Romp   Favoriting Unreleased  1969  MP3  0:48:12 (Pop-up)
Julian Tharpe  Sack O Woe   Favoriting Mid-Land  1977  LP  0:51:03 (Pop-up)
Joe Zawinul  Soul of a Village   Favoriting Vortex  1968  45  0:53:48 (Pop-up)
Lee Moses  Reach Out I'll Be There   Favoriting Musicor  1967  45  0:56:24 (Pop-up)
Johnny Pate  Shaft In Africa (Addis)   Favoriting ABC  1973  LP  0:59:08 (Pop-up)
 
Garnet Mimms  Prove It To Me   Favoriting United Artists  1966  45  1:06:43 (Pop-up)
Irma Thomas  Time Is On My Side   Favoriting Imperial  1964  45  1:08:28 (Pop-up)
Howard Tate  Get It While You Can   Favoriting Verve  1967  45  1:11:03 (Pop-up)
Erma Franklin  Piece Of My Heart   Favoriting Shout  1967  45  1:13:43 (Pop-up)
Lorraine Ellison  Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)   Favoriting Warner Brothers  1968  45  1:16:17 (Pop-up)
Terry Reid  Stay With Me Baby   Favoriting Epic  1969  LP  1:19:06 (Pop-up)
 
Alan Price  The Biggest Night of Her Life   Favoriting Parrot  1968  LP  1:27:34 (Pop-up)
Jack Sheldon  I Think It's Going To Rain Today   Favoriting Dot  1969  LP  1:29:14 (Pop-up)
Harper's Bizarre  Vine Street   Favoriting Warner Brothers  1968  LP  1:32:07 (Pop-up)
Claudine Longet  Snow   Favoriting A&M  1968  LP  1:34:28 (Pop-up)
Three Dog Night  Bet No One Ever Hurt So Bad   Favoriting ABC  1969  LP  1:36:58 (Pop-up)
Everly Brothers  Illinois   Favoriting Warner Brothers  1968  LP  1:41:00 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson  Love Story   Favoriting Decca  1968  LP  1:43:16 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson  So Long Dad/Love Story Reprise   Favoriting Decca  1968  LP  1:46:13 (Pop-up)
 
Buzzy Linhart  The Love's Still Growing   Favoriting Kama Sutra  1971  LP  1:58:20 (Pop-up)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting Like  1966  45  2:02:30 (Pop-up)


Listener comments!

Avatar 10:02pm
Hams:

testify?
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Funky16Corners:

That's me!
Avatar 10:03pm
Hams:

outstanding!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Good evening!
Avatar 10:04pm
hyde:

must leave soon. still, hello.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:05pm
Funky16Corners:

Hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Doug Schulkind:

Hey Larry, are you gonna invoke executive privilege, or are you gonna Testify?!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
Funky16Corners:

Always Testify!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
Funky16Corners:

And hey, Doug!
Avatar 10:12pm
still b/p:

Angus King from up round here will press and grill 'im like a panini on that question, Doug.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Funky16Corners:

I'm cool with Angus. I love it in Maine!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Funky16Corners:

If anything I recall too much
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Baseball Sucks:

Howdy
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Funky16Corners:

Greetings Cubs Fans!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Uncle Michael:

Christ, I heard Bob Weir sing this a lot of times.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Uncle Michael:

I only have heard Bob Dorough sing this once.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
Funky16Corners:

Where'd you hear it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24pm
Doug Schulkind:

100% angus!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:24pm
Uncle Michael:

On your show...just now.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:24pm
Funky16Corners:

Ahhhh
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Gary:

Batman!
Avatar 10:27pm
still b/p:

One of the pieces on Bruce Wayne's passing said that there wasn't much readership for Batman comics when the TV show got started. WE were reading Batman!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Funky16Corners:

Indeed!
Avatar 10:28pm
still b/p:

Adam West's passing, I mean, of course,...HA, I killed Bruce Wayne!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Funky16Corners:

I think Ben Affleck killed Bruce Wayne
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:32pm
Uncle Michael:

Wesley Willis whupped Batman's ass.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:34pm
Funky16Corners:

(Mr Belvedere voice) Now, Wesley!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
Parq:

This is great -- a fitting follow up to Belock's trib on Monday.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
Parq:

As I mentioned then, I remember J&D lip-synching to this on some TV show. Man, did they look silly -- I mean, boy were they having fun.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
Funky16Corners:

Underrated
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:38pm
Uncle Michael:

You won't come back from Batman's curve.
Avatar 10:38pm
Hams:

i miss the bat phone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38pm
Little Danny:

Larry! At last I have the night off from my Wednesday night NPR show and am able to hear yer show in real time. It's perfect
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:39pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Danny!
Avatar 10:40pm
still b/p:

Hey, I'd like a fast dangerous ride around Batgirl's curve, but I wanna tell ya...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
Parq:

UM, dig it.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
Uncle Michael:

Newmar or nothin', for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
Parq:

b/p, dig it too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
Little Danny:

I bet you could do an entire two hours' worth of quality Batman material, Larry
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
Parq:

Eartha Kitt reminds me now about what Mad Mag once said about Zha Zha -- a female female impersonator.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
Uncle Michael:

That's dead-on, Parq.
Avatar 10:44pm
still b/p:

Would've been fun to be in the recording studio when the show's fight scene music was laid down.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45pm
Little Danny:

Shirley Ellis being married to Lincoln Chase is blowing my mind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Little Danny:

Do you know Doc Bagby's "Mr. Hippy" 45 on the Tifton label, Larry? Stone hammond mod groover with Latin tinge
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Funky16Corners:

I do not but I'll be looking for it. I have a bunch of Doc Bagby stuff
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:48pm
Uncle Michael:

I'm checkin' out, gang...catch you all down the road apiece. Thanks, Larry. Night all.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
Funky16Corners:

Nite Michael!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
Little Danny:

It's head and shoulders above any other Bagby side in my opinion...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:50pm
Uncle Michael:

One last thing...I was checking out the fabulous animation by Georgia Hubley's parents, John and Faith a while back and one of my favorites had, as the voice actors Dudley Moore and Dizzy Gilespie.
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03pm
Little Danny:

The Julian Tharpe version was weird and wonderful
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
Little Danny:

Totally agree re: the greatness of "Sac o Woe," and the overall greatness of "Sac o Woe" cover versions
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
Funky16Corners:

Glad you liked it. I'll have to dig out some of my other fave covers in the future
Avatar 11:10pm
still b/p:

I'm completely on this Time Is On My Side's side.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:11pm
Funky16Corners:

That's the original
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Funky16Corners:

The original VOCAL
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
Funky16Corners:

There was an instrumental by Kai Winding before Irma Thomas
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25pm
Doug Schulkind:

Terry Reid is just so fucking fantastic.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:28pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah. Ought to be much better known
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38pm
northguineahills:

danks Larry, off to bed!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening!
Avatar 12:01am
still b/p:

Thanks and applause for four-star show.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 12:01am
Funky16Corners:

Thanks SBP! Thanks for coming by and listening!
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