First off, we’re really really old, and actually remember all of the decades. Second, we saved the pop charts out of record stores when we were in Junior High. And third, we measured total sales. “The Tennessee Waltz” was the biggest chart success of the 50’s, but “Hounddog” and “Don’t Be Cruel” sold a buttload of records. Quadruple Platinum, baby.
As far as the most popular “City Songs”, well, you’ve listened to both episodes and you realize what a daunting task we face each week. Same story–chart success and record sales. One important thing we’ve learned in our research: There aint no train station in Clarksville. The Monkees have lost all their credibility, and have been banished from future episodes.
Send us any grand brainstorms for new shows.
Suggestion for City Songs that may have been overlooked:
The Lights of Albuquerque by Jim Glaser
Thank you!
-Mike
hi guys! long time listener, first time caller. i wonder if you’d consider using this blog to list the songs you include in each week’s episode. i am constantly hearing something obscure and intriguing, and then having no idea how to hunt it down for my own collection!
also, i blame your show for rampant drug use and cannibalism.
There’s only one way to handle the killers and the spoilers . . . with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of RECORD BIN ROULETTE!
I second the Squirrel: even if the perpetrator is named on the air, I rarely know the song title to go with it.
Here’s a sticky suggestion for a theme: Bubble-Gum. Those tunes made for mental mastication, with varying degrees of dental caries thrown in.
Candidates: “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” – original by Steam only (whatever made the Dave Clark 5 think this was a good thing to cover?) , and “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” – Manfred Mann, who should have stuck to Eskimos. You could replace the banished Monkees with The Archies’ “Sugar Sugar” and nod to family-friendly ‘gum with the Cowsills’ version of “Hair.”
Enjoy! **((pop))**
Go behind the scenes at Record Bin Roulette with a short video from I STILL LOVE RADIO:
http://istillloveradio.blogspot.com/2010/05/behind-scenes-at-record-bin-roulette.html