Merry Christmas

The Sunday Sampler takes a week off to celebrate the holiday (yet consuming large amounts of music still seems to be a large part of it). Back next week.

However, Monday Music Club goes on as planned the very next day. A chronological musical journey through the 60s and 70s, every Monday for the next 5 weeks, from 8:00 to Midnight. Lots of great oldies, some big hits, some lesser-known gems, and your requests at (724) 357-WIUP.

Show #313--12/18/11

Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight: December 17, 1966

Going Nowhere—Los Bravos (#96)

Dancing in the Streets—The Mamas & the Papas (#94)

Wack Wack—Young-Holt Trio (#91)

Nashville Cats—The Lovin’ Spoonful (#86)

I Wanna Meet You—The Cryan’ Shames (#85)

(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone—The Monkees (#77)

98.6—Keith (#73)

You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches—Lou Rawls (#68)

Please Don’t Ever Leave Me—The Cyrkle (#61)

Try a Little Tenderness—Otis Redding (#56)

Help Me Girl—Eric Burdon & the Animals (#49)

Happenings Ten Years Time Ago—The Yardbirds (#47)

I’ve Passed This Way Before—Jimmy Ruffin (#46)

East-West—Herman’s Hermits (#41)

The Wheel of Hurt—Margaret Whiting (#40)

Holy Cow—Lee Dorsey (#38)

Good Thing—Paul Revere & the Raiders (#35)

Coming on Strong—Brenda Lee (#33)

It’s Only Love—Tommy James & the Shondells (#31)

Knock on Wood—Eddie Floyd (#28)

Talk Talk—The Music Machine (#24)

Hey Joe—The Music Machine (extra)

I’m Your Puppet—James & Bobby Purify (#21)

A Hazy Shade of Winter—Simon & Garfunkel (#15)

At the Zoo—Simon & Garfunkel (extra)

That’s Life—Frank Sinatra (#6)

You Keep Me Hangin’ On—The Supremes (#5)

Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly—Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels (#4)

Good Vibrations—The Beach Boys (#3)

Mellow Yellow—Donovan (#2)

Winchester Cathedral—The New Vaudeville Band (#1)

Show #312--12/11/11

Our Day Will Come—Amy Winehouse

100 Days, 100 Nights—Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

I Can’t Wait—Hepcat

Calliope—Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps

Blue Tip—The Cars

Always—Erasure

Your Love—The Outfield

Helena Beat—Foster the People

Girl from the Wadi Hammamat—The Pogues

Island Song—U.S. Girls

Cicero Park—Hot Chocolate

Goin’ Up in Smoke—Eddie Kendricks

(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go—Curtis Mayfield

Hour 2: Objects

Red Solo Cup—Toby Keith

Red Guitar—Loudon Wainwright III

Red Red Wine—Neil Diamond

Kiss Cam—Arkells

Calculator—Micachu & the Shapes

Cheap Sunglasses—ZZ Top

Jet Airliner—Steve Miller Band

Tumbling Dice—The Rolling Stones

Suitcase—Badfinger

Sledgehammer—Peter Gabriel

Blue Jeans—Ladytron

Elevator—Hot Hot Heat

New Dress—Jonatha Brooke (w/Neil Finn)

Show #311--12/4/11

Abducted—Cults

Everybody Wants You—Billy Squier

Shopping Trolley—Beth Orton

Come Here Woman—Tim Buckley

Oh Woman, Oh Why—Paul McCartney

Taking Some Time On—Barclay James Harvest 

Stormy Monday—Lee Michaels

Crushed Grass—Thee Oh Sees

Finger—Ty Segall

On and On—Tapes ‘n Tapes

Baby Missiles—The War on Drugs

Cruel—St. Vincent

Simple Girl—Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Real Emotional Girl—Randy Newman

Hour 2: Vancouver

The Death of Death—Sunny Pompeii

Old Fangs—Black Mountain

Barhopper 1—Kid Koala

Cortes Nights—AstroLogical

Looking at a Baby—The Collectors

Lonesome Mary—Chilliwack

Don’t Let Him Know—Prism

Screwed It Up—Limblifter

Art Czars—Japandroids

Getupgotoworkgohomegotobed—Rat Silo

China Boys—The Payola$

I’ll Find Another (Who Can Do It Right)—The Payola$

Crash Years—The New Pornographers

Chasing it Down—Mother Mother

Heterosexual Man—The Odds

Beth Orton - Shopping Trolley from Peter Lewandowski on Vimeo.

Show #310--11/27/11

Life is a Carnival—The Band

King Pleasure Time—Joe Jackson

Crawling from the Wreckage—Dave Edmunds

Soundtrack—Live Wire

Artificial Heart—Jonathan Coulton

Still Alive—Jonathan Coulton (feat. Sara Quin)

Rodeo Clowns—G. Love & Special Sauce

Move it On—The Sweet Vandals

What’s the Altitude—Cut Chemist (feat. Hymnal)

This Flight Tonight—Joni Mitchell

Serpents—Sharon Van Etten

Sorry Side of Town—Natalia Zukerman

Why—Carly Simon

That Girl—Stevie Wonder

Hour 2: Billboard Hot 100 Spotlight: November 28, 1981

Sweet Merilee—Donnie Iris (#83)

You Could Have Been With Me—Sheena Easton (#78)

Controversy—Prince (#70)

Working for the Weekend—Loverboy (#61)

Castles in the Air—Don McLean (#49)

Twilight—ELO (#38)

Centerfold—J. Geils Band (#35)

Our Lips Are Sealed—The Go-Go’s (#23)

Harden My Heart—Quarterflash (#17)

Tryin’ to Live My Life Without You—Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (#8)

Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)—Air Supply (#5)

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic—The Police (#4)

Private Eyes—Daryl Hall & John Oates (#3)

Waiting for a Girl Like You—Foreigner (#2)

Physical—Olivia Newton-John (#1)

Natalia Zukerman, just because. Can you blame me?

Show #309--11/20/11

Be With Me—The Beach Boys

Smitten—The Simple Carnival

I’m Not in Love—10cc

Follow Me—Leisure

Stop—Twin Sister

I Get Weak—Belinda Carlisle

Saint Christopher—Bibio
Black Rice—Women

Slippery Slope--The Dø

11^th Dimension—Julian Casablancas

Fragrant—Dutch Uncles

Romantic Me—Polyrock

Send Me an Angel—Real Life

Reunited—Greg Kihn Band

Hour 2: Smile—The Beach Boys

The famous “lost” album has finally been released! Playing the whole album tonight, with a bit of rambling commentary beforehand (not too much, I promise).

And, a program note: 


I’ll be on the air Monday night from 8-Midnight with a special Thanksgiving break edition of the Monday Music Club. Spinning lots of great oldies!

Show #308--11/13/11

Cherchez la Femme—The Fabulous Poodles

Midnight Rendezvous—The Babys

(Si, Si) Je Suis un Rock Star—Bill Wyman

Nine Times Out of Ten—The Undertones

Back of My Hand (I’ve Got Your Number)—The Jags

(Get You Off) The Hook—Any Trouble

Lonely Boy—The Black Keys

Runnin’ Down a Dream—Tom Petty

Payback—Beta Factor

They Don’t Want—Electric Wire Hustle

The Sly, Slick, & the Wicked—The Lost Generation

Definitely Maybe—Jeff Beck Group

To Track You Down—Pat McDonald

Amplifiers—Atlas Sound

Shuffle—Bombay Bicycle Club

Hour 2: Moogfest

Search—Tangerine Dream

The Porch—Beats Antique

Street Trash—Tobacco

Mirrorage—Glasser

Baptism—Crystal Castles

Snookered—Dan Deacon

One Step—YACHT

Rises Silent—CANT 

Golden Age—TV on the Radio

A Spoonful Weighs a Ton—The Flaming Lips

Surgeon—St. Vincent

Sweetie & Shag—Battles

New Planet—Ford & Lopatin

Polish Girl—NeonIndian 

Show #307--11/6/11

Elusive—Scott Matthews

How You Hold Your Arms—Callers

Glowing Mouth—Milagres

Five Little Rooms—Menomena

Sunshine in the Shade—The Fixx

Steal My Sunshine—LEN

Sunday Shining—Finley Quaye

New String—Bantum

Tonight I Have To Leave It—The Shout Out Louds

Illumination—Lindsey Buckingham

Shake it Out—Florence + The Machine

Let Me Go—Heaven 17

Just the Way It Is, Baby—The Rembrandts

Hour 2: Steve Winwood: A Life in Music 

A special 60-minute radio documentary. Next week: Moogfest!