WFMU: Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from June 23, 2021

Listener comments!
	1:58pm Dennis Diken: "WELCOME 'YON DENIZENS OF THE DEN' TO SHOW #45 - A FINE NUMBER, I SAY! SUMMER'S HERE AND THE TIME IS RIGHT! DEE-LIGHTED THAT YOU'RE ON BOARD! LET'S HAVE A GOOD TIME!!"
	1:59pm MOM WHIG: Denny good to be here today - really looking forward to your memories for Jim
	2:00pm Listener Baby: WPAPIPOBP~!
	2:02pm LesleyK: Congrats on show #45 Dennis! hi to ze Denizens of the den too!
	2:02pm Listener Baby: Best wishes Double D. Not ashamed to say I'm going to miss you a ton! Plain and simple, you brought this whole thing to a new level. You've got a gift to be sure. Be safe out there on that road. Still a bit crazy out there. Thank you a lot! Baby
	2:02pm MOM WHIG: Hey Lesley and Listener B
	2:03pm Woo: Hey Dennis! This morning I listened to the 12" single of In A Lonely Place, which is where we will be without you, yet you will still be here in some form. I love that song BTW.
	2:03pm HyperDose: One last jaunt in The Den for old time's sake before the Denmaster goes on a well deserved sabbatical!
	2:03pm MOM WHIG: Hi Woo
	2:03pm LesleyK: hey Mom Whig, Baby, and Woo
	2:04pm Nezrok: Hey Denny!
	2:04pm MOM WHIG: More joining - hi Hyper
	2:04pm Reechie: Just back in time, couldn't miss today's show! Hello Dennis & everyone!
	2:04pm MOM WHIG: Hey Nezrok and Reechie
	2:05pm Woo: Hey Mom Whig, LesleyK and everybody!
	2:07pm Nutley Sam: Hey Dennis! Wait, this isn't the DC5 version...?
	2:08pm Wild Honey: Hey Dennis and denizens. Savoring every moment of today's show. Fab so far!
	2:08pm MOM WHIG: good to see you here Nutley, Wild Honey
	2:12pm Dennis Diken: hello MOM WHIG, Listener Baby, LesleyK, Woo, HyperDose, Nezrok, Reechie, Nutley Sam, and Wild Honey! thanks so much, everyone!!
	2:13pm Listener Baby: Boy O' Boy. Look how offensive that Barbara Lewis album cover is. Sheesh! WTF were people thinking?
	2:13pm Woo: Yay 5-D !
	2:13pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi there Dennis and all other Denizens!!!
	2:14pm Dennis Diken: welcome Andrew In Toronto!
	2:14pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi MOM WHIG!
	2:14pm HyperDose: Hey Mom Whig, Andrew, LesleyK, Woo, and all assembled. Hope the sun is shining where you are. :D
	2:14pm Cacophone Jeff: Hello Dennis, Mom Whig, and all Denizens! Happy Summer, indeed! Today is spectacular!
	2:15pm MOM WHIG: Andrew how is your day going? Sunshine here in VA and cooler only 78.
	2:15pm Dennis Diken: hey Cacaphone Jeff!
	2:15pm MOM WHIG: Welcome to the Den Caco Jeff
	2:16pm myron feld: Hello, rock's newest supergroup, Dennis & The Denizens! A beautiful day here in SW CT, and the music is making it that much better.
	2:16pm MOM WHIG: Denny - this is the way to BRING IN SUMMER
	2:17pm MOM WHIG: myron feld - good you came here today
	2:17pm Dennis Diken: myron - yeah, buddy!
	2:17pm Chop Scott: Good Afternoon Dennis!
	2:18pm MOM WHIG: This song was the time I saw the Lovin Spoonful first do this tune in DC 1967
	2:18pm spurn: Digging the California Soul out here in L.A.!
	2:19pm Woo: MOM WHIG, what did they use for the sound effects in the live show?
	2:19pm MOM WHIG: Hi spurn
	2:19pm Dennis Diken: welcome aboard Chop Scott! @MOM WHIG - sure wish I coulda seen the Spoonful in the day!! hey spurn - I hope to see you in LA in August - you around?
	2:19pm ike p: peace and greetings from baltimore!
	2:19pm MOM WHIG: Woo - Not sure I remember - but it was sensational!
	2:20pm MOM WHIG: ike p - good day in Baltimore today?? probably the same as here in VA
	2:20pm ike p: yup! started off chilly but it's pleasantly warm now
	2:22pm Dennis Diken: welcome ike p!
	2:22pm myron feld: always love that Four Seasons dig at the end (and I love the Four Seasons)
	2:23pm ike p: hi dj dennis! thanks as always for an awesome show - i gotta tell ya with fmu cranking out the surf hits extra hard this week i'm missing the warm california sun...
	2:23pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Warm California sun where are you? It’s been rainy and cool here!!!
	2:24pm ike p: i'm in baltimore but i think i'll be on the west coast by the end of the year
	2:25pm ike p: and hi DJ GLynis GirlGroupGirl! i love how the djs all hang out through each other's show - i've only been here a year but that's probably the most uniuqe aspect i've found so far
	2:25pm Eric R: Hey all! Dennis, I hear you'll be taking a break which is probably good for you but a drag for us. Meanwhile, Bobby R is underrated.
	2:26pm MOM WHIG: Greetings on this WED Eric and GGGG!
	2:27pm myron feld: @Eric R: Bobby could SWING it!
	2:28pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Hi Mom Whig
	2:28pm MOM WHIG: Glynis - got the Monkees card today - thanks
	2:29pm LesleyK: Monkees card!?! ...jealous :)
	2:30pm Dennis Diken: hey Glynis GirlGroupGirl and EricR - I'm really gonna do my best to do some new shows once in a while. please check "social media" for news! agreed re the great Bobby Rydell!
	2:30pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Ike P, I met so many great friends through WFMU in the last 30 years or so, listeners or dj’s.
	2:31pm MOM WHIG: Lesley - the Monkees are touring - so a lot of things out there.
	2:31pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: LesleyK send me your address!!
	2:31pm MOM WHIG: Yes, WFMU has brought a ton of us together - before and after Covid times.
	2:32pm LesleyK: Mom Whig--I saw the Monkees in the '80s w Grass Roots & Herman's Hermits.. and also several years ago w Davy Jones before he passed
	2:33pm Dennis Diken: yes indeed, Yon Denizens, it's really wonderful how we all get to hang together!!
	2:33pm LesleyK: OOH, ok Glynis! thanks!! i will send you a private msg
	2:34pm ike p: i managed to google my way to the popup player last august, i think it was a month before i found the website then another month to find the archives then it was a blur for awhile after finding the archives
	2:35pm LesleyK: I've never seen that Undertones tribute comp.
	2:36pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Lesley K I saw that tour too!
	2:37pm Reechie: Sorry to kind of lose our weekly get together, but glad that the "day job" is getting back on track finally. Hope to see you out there soon!
	2:37pm LesleyK: Nice Glynis, you mean the 80s one? I saw that one in Cleveland
	2:37pm Dennis Diken: @LesleyK - I've had that Undertones trib for years and just tore it open, ain't listened to the whole thing yet but many fab artists abound therein!
	2:38pm Mike Conroy: Hi all. Happy summer!
	2:38pm SmokinJ: Lovely set dd.. 8-)
	2:38pm LesleyK: @Dennis, i will have to check it out!
	2:38pm Andrew in Toronto: It`s going great, thanks! How is yours going?
	2:39pm MOM WHIG: Andrew - so nice to be retired all these 7 years now (worked for 46). I can enjoy WFMU and other things too
	2:41pm Dennis Diken: @Reechie - indeed, thanks much. @LesleyK - cool, me too, we'll compare notes!
	2:42pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Lesleyk, yes that 80’s tour, saw it at Ontario Place in Toronto.
	2:42pm Hoboken Jack: Hi Dennis, Andrew, Mom Whig, Chop Scott, Baby, all!! You belong behind that kit -- everything else you give us is gravy!! We will survive till next you're on these airwaves.
	2:42pm Dennis Diken: hey Mike Conroy! hey SmokinJ - thanks alot! @Hoboken Jack - as previously stated, you are " the best"!
	2:43pm James in ATL: Aloha, Dennis! Psyched to be listening today and psyched for you to be on the road soon. I hope ATL is in your plans at some point.
	2:45pm medson: Hi Dennis. Hi to everyone as well.
	2:45pm Dennis Diken: never saw The Monkees, as such, but caught Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart in NYC in the '70s. played live with Micky and drummed on his "King For A Day" album (tho he wasn't there for my overdub session!)
	2:45pm Andrew in Toronto: Good for you MOM WHIG!
	2:46pm Andrew in Toronto: Howdy Hoboken!
	2:47pm Dennis Diken: hey James in ATL - hope we make it to your fine town! yo medson, been catching Musical Dose on the archive - mighty fine!!
	2:47pm Hoboken Jack: Medson Man!
	2:48pm MOM WHIG: Hey H Jack, James in ATL
	2:49pm Tom Kowalski: Greetings Dennis!
	2:49pm myron feld: Bitchin' sax solo!
	2:49pm medson: @ Dennis Thank you, appreciate it. Hey Jack. Hi Mom W
	2:49pm LesleyK: @Dennis, wow that all sounds great re: monkees/boyce hart show and that you got to play on that album
	2:49pm Woo: I thought that sax would wake up my cat but no.
	2:50pm MOM WHIG: Hey medson
	2:50pm MOM WHIG: Woo - THE WOO WOO TRAIN
	2:51pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: I love this one! 💕
	2:53pm DA the DJ: Hi Dennis and everyone!
	2:54pm medson: Hello DA
	2:54pm DA the DJ: Hi medson.
	2:55pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Hey DA
	2:55pm DA the DJ: Hey Glynis - How's it going?
	2:55pm medson: Great Drop In show Glynis.
	2:55pm DA the DJ: Yes... It was.
	2:56pm Matt Clarke: Hi Denny! Hi everyone!
	2:56pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Going good today DA! Thanks Medson!
	2:57pm Matt Clarke: Top track!
	2:57pm Eric R: must get back to work. Thanks so much Dennis.
	2:58pm Dennis Diken: hey Tom, glad you're here! @myron - the great Jimmy Wright on sax on the Valentines track - same dude as heard on The Teenagers' discs. hi DA - TAST! hi Matt Clarke!
	2:59pm Woo: Plimsouls did a great version of Minnie
	3:00pm LesleyK: hey Matt!
	3:00pm MOM WHIG: Hi Matt and DA the DJ
	3:01pm Dennis Diken: @LesleyK - yeah, that DJBH show was at a club in the basement of the Empire State Building! and natch, it was a gas playing with him! @EricR - thanks, my man!
	3:01pm Matt Clarke: Hey LesleyK n Mom Whig! Glad to hang with you in the den before Denny goes on holiday!
	3:01pm Matt Clarke: Amazing great one, Denny
	3:03pm medson: Great tunes. Working well with the bright sunshine and mildly cool breeze today.
	3:03pm Dennis Diken: @Matt Clarke - much appreciated! let's play together again, I'd like that! @medson - glad to hear you're diggin'!
	3:04pm Matt Clarke: @Denny: Definitely!
	3:07pm LesleyK: @Dennis, there used to be a club in the ESB basement?? i had no idea
	3:09pm James in ATL: @MOM WHIG - Aloha! Let's hear it for retirement! Loving it!
	3:10pm MOM WHIG: James - it gives me time to sort through all my 45's--been trying to do it for weeks now (all over the liv rm couch & chairs) Alphabetically of course.
	3:11pm Dennis Diken: @LesleyK - yes, it was called The Riverboat! basement maybe, not completely sure? but it was in the ESB, indeed!
	3:12pm Reechie: How did I not know that you played with Dolenz? Why am I not surprised?
	3:12pm Michael Shelley: Love your roadmap today!
	3:12pm Dennis Diken: @MOM WHIG - your digs sound like they share the condition of "The Den"!
	3:14pm Dennis Diken: @Michael Shelley - in the words of Sam & Dave - "I Thank You"!
	3:17pm MOM WHIG: Hey Michael S happy you are here
	3:17pm Michael Shelley: me too!
	3:17pm medson: Did anyone ever see the short video of Merry and Mick talking about Gimme Shelter? It gave me the chills to hear her raw vocal track. And I never noticed her voice crack in the song the way it does. It’s on you tube for those interested.
	3:21pm Dennis Diken: @medson - yeah, I think I've seen that. did they mention that Mick called her in late at night to do the vocal, which I believe she nailed in one take?
	3:21pm MOM WHIG: I never would have guessed that - that song was Paul - Suicide
	3:23pm medson: @dennis. Yeah she was practically in bed. :)
	3:25pm Reechie: The stuff Paul leaves off of his albums is often better than the stuff that actually gets released!
	3:27pm MOM WHIG: This is a beautiful tune!
	3:28pm Dennis Diken: @Reechie - agreed! @medson - she just walked in and conjured that, probably groggy and all, just stupefying!! @MOM WHIG - yeah, cool, huh?
	3:29pm myron feld: And I believe she was quite pregnant at the time, too
	3:29pm Cubicle Carl: So much Belock. We are blessed.
	3:31pm medson: @myron yes. She was pregnant
	3:31pm Gerry from Miami: Dennis and medson---the story I always heard was that Merry was sick to her stomach during that session. The screaming emotion and vocal cracking was a result of not feeling well at all. But what a stone-cold pro she was!
	3:32pm Gaylord Fields: Hello dere, Dennis and Yon Denizens! Late to the party, but there's plenty of goodies still left.
	3:33pm medson: Her vocal on gimme shelter is one of my all time favs.
	3:33pm Matt Clarke: Top track
	3:33pm MOM WHIG: Gaylord just in time for The Turtles - best ever!
	3:34pm Nezrok: I think that clip is in this fab movie ...http://twentyfeetfromstardom.com/
	3:34pm Gaylord Fields: Mom Whig, it's hard to get upset over what songs I missed when the one I catch are so spectacular.
	3:35pm Gaylord Fields: "Let Me Be" is a good song for those Denizens who are celebrating Pride Month.
	3:35pm Matt Clarke: Cool to hear the Four Freshmen! Best harmonies
	3:35pm Wild Honey: Hi Gaylord! <3
	3:36pm Gaylord Fields: Wild Honey!!! <3 Thanks for hanging out last Sunday; too many people and too many short songs to return my appreciation.
	3:37pm LesleyK: I remember the Four Freshman from my days working with mosaic records. (I designed a FF layout at some point for them)
	3:37pm Gerry from Miami: The Turtles are a R&R Hall of Fame snub. So great! My friend, Chuck Portz, their original bassist, decided early on that the rock and roll lifestyle was not his bag, so he left them. But not before writing one of their finest tunes, "Grim Reaper of Love."
	3:38pm Dennis Diken: hey Cubicle Carl, welcome! hey Gerry from Miami - all the more amazing!! @medson - agreed, a big musical moment for me too, that whole track is otherworldly! alright, Gaylord!
	3:38pm Matt Clarke: That's cool, Gerry!
	3:38pm David in California: Glad I happened upon your show. I've enjoyed your music for about thirty years. Good luck to you.
	3:39pm efd: I might have tuned in late but at least I tuned in in time to hear the Dictators!
	3:39pm Woo: Stu Boy!
	3:39pm Hackensack Slim: Yeah! Please Rise for our National Anthem.
	3:39pm Gaylord Fields: @efd: Thing about this show is no matter when you drop in, it's during a great song!
	3:41pm Dennis Diken: @David in California - alright, thanks very much! efd! glad you dropped in! hey Hackensack Slim!! bless thee, young Gaylord!
	3:41pm Gerry from Miami: Is this Handsome Dick Manitoba?
	3:42pm myron feld: @Gerry, the vocals on this track are by Andy Shernoff, but Dick was in the band and sang other songs.
	3:42pm Dennis Diken: @LesleyK - did you design that 9 CD 4F set for Mosaic? required listening here!
	3:42pm MOM WHIG: Denny - you really know how to get us all "up and dancing"...FAN-TAS-TIC show as ever. Going to miss you - but we have archives!
	3:43pm LesleyK: @Dennis, no i actually just worked on their catalogs back in the early 2000s, didn't design the actual box sets
	3:44pm MOM WHIG: Hey H Slim
	3:44pm LesleyK: still got copies here, i'll take a pic when i find it
	3:46pm Dennis Diken: @Gerry from Miami - Adny Shernoff on lead vocals on that track. funny, his official writers name embedded in the CD is Andrew Shernoff! @LesleyK - cool, they are total gods to me!!!
	3:46pm Gerry from Miami: I spent most of Sir Raymond Davies' 77th birthday this week listening to as much of the Kinks catalog as I could. Orange Peel and Andrew Sandoval piled it on thick on their shows Monday here on WFMU as well.
	3:47pm Gaylord Fields: Coming up in SKMYW is perhaps my favorite guitar solo of all time, courtesy of Carl.
	3:48pm Gaylord Fields: "SKMTW"
	3:49pm Gerry from Miami: I knew you couldn't play the Four Freshmen and not follow it up with a Beach Boys classic. Brian has always cited the Freshmen as a major influence.
	3:50pm MOM WHIG: Wow -Mr Lucky loved the TV series 1959-60
	3:51pm HyperDose: Thanks for all the fun, Dennis. Gonna miss ya madly. Looking forward to catching up until we meet again!
	3:52pm Andrew in Toronto: Thanks again for another awesome two hours!! I hope you get to grab some sun in your time off/
	3:52pm medson: Awesome show Dennis. Enjoy the break.
	3:53pm Cacophone Jeff: Echo other Denizens! Gonna miss this show, but enjoy the break! Thank you so much!!
	3:53pm LesleyK: Great show! Enjoy your time off and see ya back soon! thanks!!
	3:53pm Gaylord Fields: Have a Swingin' Summer, Dennis! Although you will be sorely missed, your shows are made for second, third, etc., listenings!
	3:53pm Dennis Diken: @Gerry from Miami - gotta check the archive on Andrew's show - and yes, re 4F! @Gaylord - I do not disagree! thanks alot HyperDose, Andrew in Toronto and medson! you too Cacaphone - and LesleyK - and Gaylord!
	3:54pm Wild Honey: Lovely show Dennis! Looking forward to hearing you live again, and revisiting some of my favorite episodes. Enjoy those Wild wild wildwood days!
	3:54pm MOM WHIG: Denny - Time for Grillin and Chillin for you :)
	3:55pm myron feld: May I 23rd the hosannas, Dennis! Thanks so much for the great, great shows. They have really made Wednesday afternoons the best afternoon of the week. Hope to see you somewhere this summer!
	3:55pm Gerry from Miami: John Vivyan and Ross Martin starred in "Mr. Lucky." My mom thought it was too "adult" for her 12-year old son.
	3:55pm Dennis Diken: thanks Wild Honey and MOM WHIG!
	3:55pm Dennis Diken: "MY THANKS TO 'YON DENIZENS' FOR HANGIN' IN THE DEN TODAY AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN TUNING IN DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS! LOVE YOU ALL MADLY! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK FOR AN ‘ENCORE’ OF A PREVIOUSLY AIRED 'DENNY'S DEN'!!"
	3:55pm Joe W.: Thanks for all the great shows Dennis. Gonna miss them. Have a great summer. Joe
	3:56pm MOM WHIG: DROP THE MIC!
	3:56pm Dennis Diken: @myron - bless your pea-pickin' heart - ditto Joe W!
	3:57pm Gerry from Miami: Enjoy your "hiatus," Denny! We'll miss you!

Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from June 23, 2021

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Step into Denny’s Den to give yourself a little lift as you make your way through the busy day. Or take a break and make the world go away for a while. Dig on platters a-plenty, from The Chantels to Del Shannon, The Small Faces to Jimmy Reed. And so much more. Maybe some Basie and Kenton? Relax. You’ve earned it!

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June 23, 2021: “summer means fun”
this show is dedicated to the memory of Jim Bessman 1952-2021

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Stan Kenton	This Is My Theme "This Is My Theme" by "Stan Kenton"	A Presentation of Progressive Jazz	Capitol	1947	LP		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Nat King Cole	Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer	Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summe	Capitol	1963	CD		0:03:28 (Pop-up)
Jerry Keller	Here Comes Summer "Here Comes Summer" by "Jerry Keller"		Kapp	1959	MP3		0:05:48 (Pop-up)
Barbara Lewis	Baby I'm Yours "Baby I'm Yours" by "Barbara Lewis"	Baby I'm Yours	Atlantic	1965	CD		0:07:54 (Pop-up)
The Kinks	Lazy Old Sun [Stereo] "Lazy Old Sun [Stereo]" by "The Kinks"	Something Else By The Kinks	Reprise	1967	CD		0:10:21 (Pop-up)
The 5th Dimension	California Soul	Stoned Soul Picnic	Soul City	1968	CD	does Joe Osborne rule or what?	0:13:00 (Pop-up)
The Standells	Summer In The City "Summer In The City" by "The Standells"	The Hot Ones!	Tower	1967	CD		0:16:06 (Pop-up)
The Street Corner Society	Summer Days, Summer Nights	Come To The Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults	Jubilee	1968	CD		0:18:37 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys	Surfer's Rule "Surfer's Rule" by "The Beach Boys"	Surfer Girl	Capitol	1963	LP	great Denny Wilson vocal and drum track! one of my faves!	0:20:43 (Pop-up)
Bruce & Terry	Summer Means Fun "Summer Means Fun" by "Bruce & Terry"	The Best Of Bruce & Terry	Columbia	1964	CD		0:22:33 (Pop-up)
Bobby Rydell	Wildwood Days "Wildwood Days" by "Bobby Rydell"	Bobby Rydell Sings Wild (Wood) Days	Cameo	1963	CD		0:24:44 (Pop-up)
The Hondells	My Buddy Seat "My Buddy Seat" by "The Hondells"	The Hondells	Mercury	1964	CD		0:27:08 (Pop-up)
The Undertones	Teenage Kicks "Teenage Kicks" by "The Undertones"	The Undertones	Sire	1978	CD		0:28:46 (Pop-up)
The Gamblers	Moon Dawg! "Moon Dawg!" by "The Gamblers"	Cowabunga! The Surf Box: Ground Swells 1960-1963 [Disc 1]	World Pacific	1960	CD		0:31:08 (Pop-up)
cub	Here Comes The Summer "Here Comes The Summer" by "cub"	Here Comes The Summer - The Undertones Tribute Com	Square Target	1996	CD		0:33:17 (Pop-up)
Walter Wanderley	Summer Samba "Summer Samba" by "Walter Wanderley"	Rain Forest	Verve	1966	CD		0:34:53 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	Welcome to Denny's Den #45!	Drums! Drums! a Go Go!	Dunhill	1965	CD		0:37:54 (Pop-up)
The Valentines	The Woo Woo Train "The Woo Woo Train" by "The Valentines"	The Doo Wop Box II	Rama	1956	CD		0:47:15 (Pop-up)
The Orlons	Spinnin' Top "Spinnin' Top" by "The Orlons"	Soul Of The '60s Vol. 1: Calla Records	Calla	1966	CD	all hail the late Rosetta Hightower - it's her birthday today! this record arranged by Jimmy "The Wiz" Wisner	0:50:04 (Pop-up)
Eddie Riff	Ain't That Loving You, Baby	You Heard It Here First! The Original Versions Of These Famous Songs	Dover	1956	CD		0:52:19 (Pop-up)
Merry Clayton	It's In His Kiss "It's In His Kiss" by "Merry Clayton"	Hard Workin' Man: The Jack Nitzsche Story Volume 2	Capitol	1963	CD	arranged by Jack Nitzsche	0:56:06 (Pop-up)
Wilson Pickett	Mini-Skirt Minnie "Mini-Skirt Minnie" by "Wilson Pickett"	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 2]	Atlantic	1969	CD	Roger Hawkins on tubs!!	0:56:28 (Pop-up)
Ben E. King	It's Amazing "It's Amazing" by "Ben E. King"	Anthology	ATCO	1968	CD		0:59:19 (Pop-up)
Little Anthony & The Imperials	Help Me Find A Way (To Say I Love You)	The Best Of Little Anthony & The Imperials	United Artists	1970	CD		1:02:05 (Pop-up)
The Undisputed Truth	UFOs "UFOs" by "The Undisputed Truth"	Cosmic Truth	Gordy	1975	CD		1:05:02 (Pop-up)
The Budos Band	Black Venom "Black Venom" by "The Budos Band"	The Budos Band III	Daptone	2010	CD		1:09:11 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Standells' Love Theme	Denny yaps "Denny yaps" by "Standells' Love Theme"	The Hot Ones!	Tower	1967	CD		1:12:38 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney	Suicide "Suicide" by "Paul McCartney"	McCartney (Deluxe Edition)	MPL/Concord	1970	CD		1:18:41 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney & Wings	Mama's Little Girl	Red Rose Speedway (Deluxe Edition)	MPL/Capitol	1972	CD		1:21:26 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney	Love In The Open Air (7M3)	The Family Way	London	1966	CD		1:25:07 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney	7M1 "7M1" by "Paul McCartney"	The Family Way	Decca	1966	CD		1:28:04 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Paul McCartney Momma Miss America	Denny yaps again	McCartney	Apple	1970	CD		1:29:03 (Pop-up)
Roger Miller	You Don't Want My Love	Roger Miller	RCA Camden	1960	CD		1:31:02 (Pop-up)
The Turtles	Let Me Be "Let Me Be" by "The Turtles"	You Baby	White Whale	1965	CD	happy birthday Howard Kaylan! one of the best pop vocalists of the ages!	1:32:56 (Pop-up)
The Four Freshmen	We'll Be Togather Again	Voices In Modern/	Capitol	1954	CD	let the beauty of The Four Freshman wash your blues away!!	1:35:12 (Pop-up)
The Dictators	(I Live For) Cars And Girls	Go Girl Crazy	Epic	1975	CD		1:38:18 (Pop-up)
The Kinks	I'll Remember "I'll Remember" by "The Kinks"	Face To Face	Reprise	1966	CD		1:42:12 (Pop-up)
Rincon Surfside Band	Ride The Wild Surf	Surfing Song Book	Dunhill	1965	CD	Sloan & Barri rule! and then some! as does Hal Blaine! PF Sloan on guitar there!	1:44:35 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys	She Knows Me Too Well	The Beach Boys Today!	Capitol	1964	CD	wish I had time to dig out the Duophonic version! Denny on drums!	1:46:48 (Pop-up)
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra & Chorus	Mr. Lucky	Mr. Lucky	RCA Victor	1960	CD		1:49:05 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	Signing Off Denny's Den #45!	Big Beat On The Organ	Mercury	1958	CD		1:51:14 (Pop-up)

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	1:58pm Dennis Diken: "WELCOME 'YON DENIZENS OF THE DEN' TO SHOW #45 - A FINE NUMBER, I SAY! SUMMER'S HERE AND THE TIME IS RIGHT! DEE-LIGHTED THAT YOU'RE ON BOARD! LET'S HAVE A GOOD TIME!!"
	1:59pm MOM WHIG: Denny good to be here today - really looking forward to your memories for Jim
	2:00pm Listener Baby: WPAPIPOBP~!
	2:02pm LesleyK: Congrats on show #45 Dennis! hi to ze Denizens of the den too!
	2:02pm Listener Baby: Best wishes Double D. Not ashamed to say I'm going to miss you a ton! Plain and simple, you brought this whole thing to a new level. You've got a gift to be sure. Be safe out there on that road. Still a bit crazy out there. Thank you a lot! Baby
	2:02pm MOM WHIG: Hey Lesley and Listener B
	2:03pm Woo: Hey Dennis! This morning I listened to the 12" single of In A Lonely Place, which is where we will be without you, yet you will still be here in some form. I love that song BTW.
	2:03pm HyperDose: One last jaunt in The Den for old time's sake before the Denmaster goes on a well deserved sabbatical!
	2:03pm MOM WHIG: Hi Woo
	2:03pm LesleyK: hey Mom Whig, Baby, and Woo
	2:04pm Nezrok: Hey Denny!
	2:04pm MOM WHIG: More joining - hi Hyper
	2:04pm Reechie: Just back in time, couldn't miss today's show! Hello Dennis & everyone!
	2:04pm MOM WHIG: Hey Nezrok and Reechie
	2:05pm Woo: Hey Mom Whig, LesleyK and everybody!
	2:07pm Nutley Sam: Hey Dennis! Wait, this isn't the DC5 version...?
	2:08pm Wild Honey: Hey Dennis and denizens. Savoring every moment of today's show. Fab so far!
	2:08pm MOM WHIG: good to see you here Nutley, Wild Honey
	2:12pm Dennis Diken: hello MOM WHIG, Listener Baby, LesleyK, Woo, HyperDose, Nezrok, Reechie, Nutley Sam, and Wild Honey! thanks so much, everyone!!
	2:13pm Listener Baby: Boy O' Boy. Look how offensive that Barbara Lewis album cover is. Sheesh! WTF were people thinking?
	2:13pm Woo: Yay 5-D !
	2:13pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi there Dennis and all other Denizens!!!
	2:14pm Dennis Diken: welcome Andrew In Toronto!
	2:14pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi MOM WHIG!
	2:14pm HyperDose: Hey Mom Whig, Andrew, LesleyK, Woo, and all assembled. Hope the sun is shining where you are. :D
	2:14pm Cacophone Jeff: Hello Dennis, Mom Whig, and all Denizens! Happy Summer, indeed! Today is spectacular!
	2:15pm MOM WHIG: Andrew how is your day going? Sunshine here in VA and cooler only 78.
	2:15pm Dennis Diken: hey Cacaphone Jeff!
	2:15pm MOM WHIG: Welcome to the Den Caco Jeff
	2:16pm myron feld: Hello, rock's newest supergroup, Dennis & The Denizens! A beautiful day here in SW CT, and the music is making it that much better.
	2:16pm MOM WHIG: Denny - this is the way to BRING IN SUMMER
	2:17pm MOM WHIG: myron feld - good you came here today
	2:17pm Dennis Diken: myron - yeah, buddy!
	2:17pm Chop Scott: Good Afternoon Dennis!
	2:18pm MOM WHIG: This song was the time I saw the Lovin Spoonful first do this tune in DC 1967
	2:18pm spurn: Digging the California Soul out here in L.A.!
	2:19pm Woo: MOM WHIG, what did they use for the sound effects in the live show?
	2:19pm MOM WHIG: Hi spurn
	2:19pm Dennis Diken: welcome aboard Chop Scott! @MOM WHIG - sure wish I coulda seen the Spoonful in the day!! hey spurn - I hope to see you in LA in August - you around?
	2:19pm ike p: peace and greetings from baltimore!
	2:19pm MOM WHIG: Woo - Not sure I remember - but it was sensational!
	2:20pm MOM WHIG: ike p - good day in Baltimore today?? probably the same as here in VA
	2:20pm ike p: yup! started off chilly but it's pleasantly warm now
	2:22pm Dennis Diken: welcome ike p!
	2:22pm myron feld: always love that Four Seasons dig at the end (and I love the Four Seasons)
	2:23pm ike p: hi dj dennis! thanks as always for an awesome show - i gotta tell ya with fmu cranking out the surf hits extra hard this week i'm missing the warm california sun...
	2:23pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Warm California sun where are you? It’s been rainy and cool here!!!
	2:24pm ike p: i'm in baltimore but i think i'll be on the west coast by the end of the year
	2:25pm ike p: and hi DJ GLynis GirlGroupGirl! i love how the djs all hang out through each other's show - i've only been here a year but that's probably the most uniuqe aspect i've found so far
	2:25pm Eric R: Hey all! Dennis, I hear you'll be taking a break which is probably good for you but a drag for us. Meanwhile, Bobby R is underrated.
	2:26pm MOM WHIG: Greetings on this WED Eric and GGGG!
	2:27pm myron feld: @Eric R: Bobby could SWING it!
	2:28pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Hi Mom Whig
	2:28pm MOM WHIG: Glynis - got the Monkees card today - thanks
	2:29pm LesleyK: Monkees card!?! ...jealous :)
	2:30pm Dennis Diken: hey Glynis GirlGroupGirl and EricR - I'm really gonna do my best to do some new shows once in a while. please check "social media" for news! agreed re the great Bobby Rydell!
	2:30pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Ike P, I met so many great friends through WFMU in the last 30 years or so, listeners or dj’s.
	2:31pm MOM WHIG: Lesley - the Monkees are touring - so a lot of things out there.
	2:31pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: LesleyK send me your address!!
	2:31pm MOM WHIG: Yes, WFMU has brought a ton of us together - before and after Covid times.
	2:32pm LesleyK: Mom Whig--I saw the Monkees in the '80s w Grass Roots & Herman's Hermits.. and also several years ago w Davy Jones before he passed
	2:33pm Dennis Diken: yes indeed, Yon Denizens, it's really wonderful how we all get to hang together!!
	2:33pm LesleyK: OOH, ok Glynis! thanks!! i will send you a private msg
	2:34pm ike p: i managed to google my way to the popup player last august, i think it was a month before i found the website then another month to find the archives then it was a blur for awhile after finding the archives
	2:35pm LesleyK: I've never seen that Undertones tribute comp.
	2:36pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Lesley K I saw that tour too!
	2:37pm Reechie: Sorry to kind of lose our weekly get together, but glad that the "day job" is getting back on track finally. Hope to see you out there soon!
	2:37pm LesleyK: Nice Glynis, you mean the 80s one? I saw that one in Cleveland
	2:37pm Dennis Diken: @LesleyK - I've had that Undertones trib for years and just tore it open, ain't listened to the whole thing yet but many fab artists abound therein!
	2:38pm Mike Conroy: Hi all. Happy summer!
	2:38pm SmokinJ: Lovely set dd.. 8-)
	2:38pm LesleyK: @Dennis, i will have to check it out!
	2:38pm Andrew in Toronto: It`s going great, thanks! How is yours going?
	2:39pm MOM WHIG: Andrew - so nice to be retired all these 7 years now (worked for 46). I can enjoy WFMU and other things too
	2:41pm Dennis Diken: @Reechie - indeed, thanks much. @LesleyK - cool, me too, we'll compare notes!
	2:42pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Lesleyk, yes that 80’s tour, saw it at Ontario Place in Toronto.
	2:42pm Hoboken Jack: Hi Dennis, Andrew, Mom Whig, Chop Scott, Baby, all!! You belong behind that kit -- everything else you give us is gravy!! We will survive till next you're on these airwaves.
	2:42pm Dennis Diken: hey Mike Conroy! hey SmokinJ - thanks alot! @Hoboken Jack - as previously stated, you are " the best"!
	2:43pm James in ATL: Aloha, Dennis! Psyched to be listening today and psyched for you to be on the road soon. I hope ATL is in your plans at some point.
	2:45pm medson: Hi Dennis. Hi to everyone as well.
	2:45pm Dennis Diken: never saw The Monkees, as such, but caught Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart in NYC in the '70s. played live with Micky and drummed on his "King For A Day" album (tho he wasn't there for my overdub session!)
	2:45pm Andrew in Toronto: Good for you MOM WHIG!
	2:46pm Andrew in Toronto: Howdy Hoboken!
	2:47pm Dennis Diken: hey James in ATL - hope we make it to your fine town! yo medson, been catching Musical Dose on the archive - mighty fine!!
	2:47pm Hoboken Jack: Medson Man!
	2:48pm MOM WHIG: Hey H Jack, James in ATL
	2:49pm Tom Kowalski: Greetings Dennis!
	2:49pm myron feld: Bitchin' sax solo!
	2:49pm medson: @ Dennis Thank you, appreciate it. Hey Jack. Hi Mom W
	2:49pm LesleyK: @Dennis, wow that all sounds great re: monkees/boyce hart show and that you got to play on that album
	2:49pm Woo: I thought that sax would wake up my cat but no.
	2:50pm MOM WHIG: Hey medson
	2:50pm MOM WHIG: Woo - THE WOO WOO TRAIN
	2:51pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: I love this one! 💕
	2:53pm DA the DJ: Hi Dennis and everyone!
	2:54pm medson: Hello DA
	2:54pm DA the DJ: Hi medson.
	2:55pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Hey DA
	2:55pm DA the DJ: Hey Glynis - How's it going?
	2:55pm medson: Great Drop In show Glynis.
	2:55pm DA the DJ: Yes... It was.
	2:56pm Matt Clarke: Hi Denny! Hi everyone!
	2:56pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Going good today DA! Thanks Medson!
	2:57pm Matt Clarke: Top track!
	2:57pm Eric R: must get back to work. Thanks so much Dennis.
	2:58pm Dennis Diken: hey Tom, glad you're here! @myron - the great Jimmy Wright on sax on the Valentines track - same dude as heard on The Teenagers' discs. hi DA - TAST! hi Matt Clarke!
	2:59pm Woo: Plimsouls did a great version of Minnie
	3:00pm LesleyK: hey Matt!
	3:00pm MOM WHIG: Hi Matt and DA the DJ
	3:01pm Dennis Diken: @LesleyK - yeah, that DJBH show was at a club in the basement of the Empire State Building! and natch, it was a gas playing with him! @EricR - thanks, my man!
	3:01pm Matt Clarke: Hey LesleyK n Mom Whig! Glad to hang with you in the den before Denny goes on holiday!
	3:01pm Matt Clarke: Amazing great one, Denny
	3:03pm medson: Great tunes. Working well with the bright sunshine and mildly cool breeze today.
	3:03pm Dennis Diken: @Matt Clarke - much appreciated! let's play together again, I'd like that! @medson - glad to hear you're diggin'!
	3:04pm Matt Clarke: @Denny: Definitely!
	3:07pm LesleyK: @Dennis, there used to be a club in the ESB basement?? i had no idea
	3:09pm James in ATL: @MOM WHIG - Aloha! Let's hear it for retirement! Loving it!
	3:10pm MOM WHIG: James - it gives me time to sort through all my 45's--been trying to do it for weeks now (all over the liv rm couch & chairs) Alphabetically of course.
	3:11pm Dennis Diken: @LesleyK - yes, it was called The Riverboat! basement maybe, not completely sure? but it was in the ESB, indeed!
	3:12pm Reechie: How did I not know that you played with Dolenz? Why am I not surprised?
	3:12pm Michael Shelley: Love your roadmap today!
	3:12pm Dennis Diken: @MOM WHIG - your digs sound like they share the condition of "The Den"!
	3:14pm Dennis Diken: @Michael Shelley - in the words of Sam & Dave - "I Thank You"!
	3:17pm MOM WHIG: Hey Michael S happy you are here
	3:17pm Michael Shelley: me too!
	3:17pm medson: Did anyone ever see the short video of Merry and Mick talking about Gimme Shelter? It gave me the chills to hear her raw vocal track. And I never noticed her voice crack in the song the way it does. It’s on you tube for those interested.
	3:21pm Dennis Diken: @medson - yeah, I think I've seen that. did they mention that Mick called her in late at night to do the vocal, which I believe she nailed in one take?
	3:21pm MOM WHIG: I never would have guessed that - that song was Paul - Suicide
	3:23pm medson: @dennis. Yeah she was practically in bed. :)
	3:25pm Reechie: The stuff Paul leaves off of his albums is often better than the stuff that actually gets released!
	3:27pm MOM WHIG: This is a beautiful tune!
	3:28pm Dennis Diken: @Reechie - agreed! @medson - she just walked in and conjured that, probably groggy and all, just stupefying!! @MOM WHIG - yeah, cool, huh?
	3:29pm myron feld: And I believe she was quite pregnant at the time, too
	3:29pm Cubicle Carl: So much Belock. We are blessed.
	3:31pm medson: @myron yes. She was pregnant
	3:31pm Gerry from Miami: Dennis and medson---the story I always heard was that Merry was sick to her stomach during that session. The screaming emotion and vocal cracking was a result of not feeling well at all. But what a stone-cold pro she was!
	3:32pm Gaylord Fields: Hello dere, Dennis and Yon Denizens! Late to the party, but there's plenty of goodies still left.
	3:33pm medson: Her vocal on gimme shelter is one of my all time favs.
	3:33pm Matt Clarke: Top track
	3:33pm MOM WHIG: Gaylord just in time for The Turtles - best ever!
	3:34pm Nezrok: I think that clip is in this fab movie ...http://twentyfeetfromstardom.com/
	3:34pm Gaylord Fields: Mom Whig, it's hard to get upset over what songs I missed when the one I catch are so spectacular.
	3:35pm Gaylord Fields: "Let Me Be" is a good song for those Denizens who are celebrating Pride Month.
	3:35pm Matt Clarke: Cool to hear the Four Freshmen! Best harmonies
	3:35pm Wild Honey: Hi Gaylord! <3
	3:36pm Gaylord Fields: Wild Honey!!! <3 Thanks for hanging out last Sunday; too many people and too many short songs to return my appreciation.
	3:37pm LesleyK: I remember the Four Freshman from my days working with mosaic records. (I designed a FF layout at some point for them)
	3:37pm Gerry from Miami: The Turtles are a R&R Hall of Fame snub. So great! My friend, Chuck Portz, their original bassist, decided early on that the rock and roll lifestyle was not his bag, so he left them. But not before writing one of their finest tunes, "Grim Reaper of Love."
	3:38pm Dennis Diken: hey Cubicle Carl, welcome! hey Gerry from Miami - all the more amazing!! @medson - agreed, a big musical moment for me too, that whole track is otherworldly! alright, Gaylord!
	3:38pm Matt Clarke: That's cool, Gerry!
	3:38pm David in California: Glad I happened upon your show. I've enjoyed your music for about thirty years. Good luck to you.
	3:39pm efd: I might have tuned in late but at least I tuned in in time to hear the Dictators!
	3:39pm Woo: Stu Boy!
	3:39pm Hackensack Slim: Yeah! Please Rise for our National Anthem.
	3:39pm Gaylord Fields: @efd: Thing about this show is no matter when you drop in, it's during a great song!
	3:41pm Dennis Diken: @David in California - alright, thanks very much! efd! glad you dropped in! hey Hackensack Slim!! bless thee, young Gaylord!
	3:41pm Gerry from Miami: Is this Handsome Dick Manitoba?
	3:42pm myron feld: @Gerry, the vocals on this track are by Andy Shernoff, but Dick was in the band and sang other songs.
	3:42pm Dennis Diken: @LesleyK - did you design that 9 CD 4F set for Mosaic? required listening here!
	3:42pm MOM WHIG: Denny - you really know how to get us all "up and dancing"...FAN-TAS-TIC show as ever. Going to miss you - but we have archives!
	3:43pm LesleyK: @Dennis, no i actually just worked on their catalogs back in the early 2000s, didn't design the actual box sets
	3:44pm MOM WHIG: Hey H Slim
	3:44pm LesleyK: still got copies here, i'll take a pic when i find it
	3:46pm Dennis Diken: @Gerry from Miami - Adny Shernoff on lead vocals on that track. funny, his official writers name embedded in the CD is Andrew Shernoff! @LesleyK - cool, they are total gods to me!!!
	3:46pm Gerry from Miami: I spent most of Sir Raymond Davies' 77th birthday this week listening to as much of the Kinks catalog as I could. Orange Peel and Andrew Sandoval piled it on thick on their shows Monday here on WFMU as well.
	3:47pm Gaylord Fields: Coming up in SKMYW is perhaps my favorite guitar solo of all time, courtesy of Carl.
	3:48pm Gaylord Fields: "SKMTW"
	3:49pm Gerry from Miami: I knew you couldn't play the Four Freshmen and not follow it up with a Beach Boys classic. Brian has always cited the Freshmen as a major influence.
	3:50pm MOM WHIG: Wow -Mr Lucky loved the TV series 1959-60
	3:51pm HyperDose: Thanks for all the fun, Dennis. Gonna miss ya madly. Looking forward to catching up until we meet again!
	3:52pm Andrew in Toronto: Thanks again for another awesome two hours!! I hope you get to grab some sun in your time off/
	3:52pm medson: Awesome show Dennis. Enjoy the break.
	3:53pm Cacophone Jeff: Echo other Denizens! Gonna miss this show, but enjoy the break! Thank you so much!!
	3:53pm LesleyK: Great show! Enjoy your time off and see ya back soon! thanks!!
	3:53pm Gaylord Fields: Have a Swingin' Summer, Dennis! Although you will be sorely missed, your shows are made for second, third, etc., listenings!
	3:53pm Dennis Diken: @Gerry from Miami - gotta check the archive on Andrew's show - and yes, re 4F! @Gaylord - I do not disagree! thanks alot HyperDose, Andrew in Toronto and medson! you too Cacaphone - and LesleyK - and Gaylord!
	3:54pm Wild Honey: Lovely show Dennis! Looking forward to hearing you live again, and revisiting some of my favorite episodes. Enjoy those Wild wild wildwood days!
	3:54pm MOM WHIG: Denny - Time for Grillin and Chillin for you :)
	3:55pm myron feld: May I 23rd the hosannas, Dennis! Thanks so much for the great, great shows. They have really made Wednesday afternoons the best afternoon of the week. Hope to see you somewhere this summer!
	3:55pm Gerry from Miami: John Vivyan and Ross Martin starred in "Mr. Lucky." My mom thought it was too "adult" for her 12-year old son.
	3:55pm Dennis Diken: thanks Wild Honey and MOM WHIG!
	3:55pm Dennis Diken: "MY THANKS TO 'YON DENIZENS' FOR HANGIN' IN THE DEN TODAY AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN TUNING IN DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS! LOVE YOU ALL MADLY! SEE YOU NEXT WEEK FOR AN ‘ENCORE’ OF A PREVIOUSLY AIRED 'DENNY'S DEN'!!"
	3:55pm Joe W.: Thanks for all the great shows Dennis. Gonna miss them. Have a great summer. Joe
	3:56pm MOM WHIG: DROP THE MIC!
	3:56pm Dennis Diken: @myron - bless your pea-pickin' heart - ditto Joe W!
	3:57pm Gerry from Miami: Enjoy your "hiatus," Denny! We'll miss you!

Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from June 23, 2021

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