WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 17, 2021

Listener comments!
	3:02pm Irene Trudel: Hey Larry! Happy that I'm off work and can listen in real time today.
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Irene! I think you'll enjoy it!
	3:05pm CalZone!: Here I is!
	3:05pm Yvang: So is I.
	3:05pm Funky16Corners: Hey Cal! You know this is right up your alley!
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: Yvang!
	3:06pm Irene Trudel: I'm sure I will!
	3:09pm Erica: Hi Larry. I'm listening. Just late for the chat room
	3:10pm Funky16Corners: Hi Erica!
	3:15pm Sem: Hiya, Larry. This is where it's happening right now.
	3:16pm Funky16Corners: Hey Sem!
	3:16pm CalZone!: Right up my happening world alley! Super cool set!
	3:17pm Funky16Corners: Wait'll you hear the rest of the show. Sugar overload coming!
	3:18pm davefromtoronto: hey larry aka funky16 - this time i know who's who!
	3:20pm Yvang: My respects to Daddy Grogan !
	3:22pm Irene Trudel: Happy 90th birthday to your dad, Larry! Glad he turned you onto some great music. I owe a lot of my musical foundation to my parents too.
	3:22pm modernmoonlight: That is so beautiful the ripples of great music our parents sometimes bring into our lives. Congrats to your dad and you for getting the quality music genes
	3:23pm Irene Trudel: Curt!!! Can't go wrong there.
	3:23pm Funky16Corners: Hi Dave! Modernmoonlight!
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: Yes! All props to the mighty oak. Himself a musician (piano).
	3:24pm zivilars: Great show as always, Larry – thanks!
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: My Pop that is...
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: Zivilars!
	3:24pm Erica: I saw that post of your dad Larry. Happy 90th to him.
	3:25pm Funky16Corners: I'll pass on your good wishes!
	3:25pm davefromtoronto: this sounds like a coke commercial!
	3:26pm Funky16Corners: Curt's was the second voice you heard at the beginning of this 45. The higher harmony voice.
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: This might be the best song Boettcher ever wrote, Just beautiful.
	3:34pm Funky16Corners: I just saw that Frank Bonner, aka Herb Tarlek from WKRP in Cincinnati just passed away.
	3:34pm zivilars: strong clapping game
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: BTW Something Young and Summer Snow are the same husband/wife duo, Pam and Rudy Parker
	3:35pm Erica: Wait What? That's sad news Larry.
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Yes, he was a funny guy.
	3:37pm Irene Trudel: Aww, sad about Frank Bonner! I loved him in WKRP.
	3:38pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, such a great show, and he was one of the main reasons it was so funny
	3:41pm Erica: Frank was not just an actor but also a director for WKRP as well as other sitcoms like Family Ties and Who's the Boss?
	3:41pm Irene Trudel: I worked at WDHA/WMTR late 80's-early 90's. There were several sales types from that place that I saw in his Herb Tarlek character.
	3:42pm Funky16Corners: I worked at a newspaper for 24 years and they showed up in ad sales there, too.
	3:44pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I didn't know that!
	3:44pm Erica: Basically Herb Tarlek was the stereotype of sales people.
	3:44pm Phillippe: Hey there
	3:44pm Erica: Google it Larry.
	3:45pm Funky16Corners: Hey Phillippe!
	3:53pm Jeff Ash: Late to the party, but good afternoon from Wisconsin!
	3:53pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	3:54pm Erica: Hi Jeff. We were just talking about sunshine pop and Frank Bonner.
	3:56pm Erica: I also just learned that Frank was also on Saved by the Bell.
	3:56pm Funky16Corners: I didn't remember him on that. Did he replace Mr Belding?
	3:59pm Funky16Corners: Frank Bonner was also on a short-lived but funny show called Just the Ten of Us. He played the parish priest.
	4:01pm Little Danny: Hi Larry, hi all!
	4:01pm Erica: I believe it was Mr. Harrington he played Larry.
	4:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Danny!
	4:07pm Erica: Kites R Fun!
	4:07pm Moog1 Radio: Some great Command and Project3 label stuff!!!!
	4:07pm Funky16Corners: In case it wasn't obvious, The Groovies are in fact Free Design
	4:08pm Irene Trudel: Great alternate version!
	4:08pm Funky16Corners: Hey Kurt!
	4:08pm Funky16Corners: @Irene - They provide backing vocals on a bunch of songs on this album
	4:08pm Erica: The Free Design as their own knockoff version.
	4:09pm Irene Trudel: Cool!
	4:09pm Little Danny: Feels like a label business decision. But it's great!
	4:10pm Funky16Corners: This Gordian Knot album is INCREDIBLE.
	4:11pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - They did it for Enoch Light as well. Just a cog in the Project 3/Command juggernaut!
	4:11pm Little Danny: Indeed. Their "Year of the Sun" is also a huge favorite.
	4:13pm Funky16Corners: My fave track from the album!
	4:15pm spodiodi: hi Larry and all! enjoying the Soft and Sunny Sounds
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: Spodiodi!
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: This tune was written by Leon Russell!
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: Originally recorded by Harpers Bizarre
	4:17pm Erica: My favorite version of Raspberry Rug.
	4:18pm Little Danny: Whoa, never heard of the Merchants of Dream. I dig.
	4:18pm David Shortell: Years before WKRP, Frank Bonner starred in the cult cheapo horror film "Equinox". www.criterion.com...
	4:19pm Funky16Corners: It's a concept album based around Peter Pan! www.discogs.com...
	4:19pm Funky16Corners: Hey David! I've never heard of that movie, but I think I need to see it!
	4:24pm Little Danny: Wow I loved the dense production on the Sugar Beats.
	4:25pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, that's a great 45. No clue about who they were
	4:32pm Erica: Bonus 4th set!
	4:34pm Funky16Corners: Yes! The rare fourth set! It's like a unicorn!
	4:36pm Erica: 🦄
	4:37pm Funky16Corners: Another song also recorded by Harpers Bizarre
	4:39pm Sem: Larry, this is the template for some kinda off-beat easy listening format circa 1973. Love this stuff---in moderation, 'natch. Thanks for doing it here on Testify.
	4:40pm Little Danny: I am into this Match side, another new one to me!
	4:40pm Funky16Corners: Glad you're digging it, Sem!
	4:40pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - A Paul Williams song. The Match's last 45 (I think). Their album is great.
	4:41pm Little Danny: Thanks Larry, love that dreamy sound.
	4:44pm David Shortell: Hmph! Why isn't this group called Vicki and Her Brother?
	4:45pm Funky16Corners: A question for the ages.
	4:47pm Funky16Corners: Danny, did I get this 45 from you?
	4:49pm Mx. Baba Bee (e/they): soft and sunny greetings, Larry and folx!
	4:50pm Funky16Corners: hey Baba Bee!
	4:59pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry!
	4:59pm Yvang: Much gratitude from my gentle ears !
	4:59pm Erica: Groovy show Larry! Hàve a great week!
	4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks for listening!
	5:00pm CalZone!: Great set LG! Loved it! Was gardening in the sunshine! A perfect soundtrack!
	5:01pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Cal!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 17, 2021

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June 17, 2021: Testify! - Soft and Sunny Sounds For Gentle Ears!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bob Thiele and his New Happy Times Orchestra featuring the Sunflower Singers and Steve Allen	Jet Me to Frisco	Do The Love	ABC	1967	LP		0:01:27 (Pop-up)
Lemonade Charade	The Straight Life	45RPM Single	Bell	1968	45		0:04:04 (Pop-up)
Status Cymbal	Takin'My Time "Takin'My Time" by "Status Cymbal"	In the Morning	RCA	1969	LP		0:06:53 (Pop-up)
Soulful Bowlful	For All That I Am	45RPM Single	20th Century Fox	1967	45		0:09:10 (Pop-up)
Tokens	It's a Happening World "It's a Happening World" by "Tokens"	It's a Happening World	Warner Brothers	1967	LP		0:11:39 (Pop-up)
Looking Glass	Silver and Sunshine	45RPM Single	Valiant	1966	45		0:14:12 (Pop-up)

Lee Mallory	Take My Hand "Take My Hand" by "Lee Mallory"	45RPM Single	Valiant	1967	45	Production and backing vocals by Curt Boettcher	0:21:00 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Moore	London Bridge "London Bridge" by "Jonathan Moore"	45RPM Single	Columbia	1966	45	Production and Vocals by Curt Boettcher	0:23:14 (Pop-up)
Sagittarius	Another Time "Another Time" by "Sagittarius"	Present Tense	Columbia	1968	LP	Written by Curt Boettcher	0:24:59 (Pop-up)
Plastic People	It's Not Right "It's Not Right" by "Plastic People"	45RPM Single	Kapp	1966	45	Production by Curt Boettcher	0:27:38 (Pop-up)
Something Young	Don't Come Cyring Back To Me	45RPM Single	Fontana	1966	45	Production and backing vocals by Curt Boettcher	0:30:20 (Pop-up)
Summer Snow	Your Thoughts Have Wings	45RPM Single	Capitol	1968	45	Arranged/backing vocals by Curt Boettcher	0:32:10 (Pop-up)
Sunshine Company	I Just Want To Be Your Friend	Happy Is	Imperial	1967	LP	Written by Curt Boettcher	0:34:02 (Pop-up)
Action Unlimited	Thinking To Myself	45RPM Single	Parkway	1966	45	Produced by Curt Boettcher	0:36:18 (Pop-up)
Brothers Cain	Better Times "Better Times" by "Brothers Cain"	45RPM Single	Acta	1967	45	Written By Curt Boettcher and Lee Mallory, produced by Curt Boettcher for Our Productions	0:39:46 (Pop-up)
Eternity's Children	You Know I've Found a Way	Eternity's Children	Tower	1968	LP	Written by Curt Boettcher, produced by Curt Boettcher and Keith Olsen	0:42:37 (Pop-up)

Will-O-Bees	Make Your Own Kind of Music	45RPM Single	SGC	1968	45		0:49:45 (Pop-up)
The Groop	Jet Song/The Weekend's Over	45RPM Single	Bell	1969	45		0:52:11 (Pop-up)
Alan Copeland Conspiracy	A Bubble Called You	A Bubble Called You	ABC	1968	LP		0:55:33 (Pop-up)
Alan Copeland Conspiracy	Only In the Movies	A Bubble Called You	ABC	1968	LP		0:58:03 (Pop-up)
Anita Kerr and the Anita Kerr Singers	Happiness (Is)	Sounds	Warner Brothers	1968	LP		1:00:24 (Pop-up)
The Hellers	It's 74 In San Francisco	Singers... Talkers... Players... Swingers... & Doers	Command	1968	LP		1:02:21 (Pop-up)
Tony Mottola w/ The Groovies	KItes Are Fun	Warm, Wild and Wonderful	Project 3	1968	LP		1:04:20 (Pop-up)
Gordian Knot	It's Gonna Take a Lot	Gordian Knot	Verve	1968	LP		1:06:50 (Pop-up)
Good and Plenty	Children Dreamin'	The World of Good and Plenty	Senate	1967	LP		1:09:37 (Pop-up)
Bobby Whitlock	Raspberry Rug "Raspberry Rug" by "Bobby Whitlock"	45RPM Single	HIP	1968	45		1:11:43 (Pop-up)
Merchants of Dream	Wendy "Wendy" by "Merchants of Dream"	Strange Night Voyage	A&M	1968	LP		1:13:55 (Pop-up)
Charley D and Milo	Back Bay Blu "Back Bay Blu" by "Charley D and Milo"	45RPM Single	Columbia	1968	45		1:15:55 (Pop-up)
Sugar Beats	First Love "First Love" by "Sugar Beats"	45RPM Single	A&M	1966	45		1:18:47 (Pop-up)
Four Freshmen	Love Is a Happy Thing	A Today Kind of Thing	Liberty	1968	LP		1:20:56 (Pop-up)

The Four King Cousins	Love So Fine	Introducing	Capitol	1968	LP		1:29:27 (Pop-up)
Don Meehan Project	My Silent Symphony	45RPM Single	Columbia	1969	45		1:31:28 (Pop-up)
Doodletown Pipers	Jessie "Jessie" by "Doodletown Pipers"	45RPM Single	Epic	1967	45		1:33:44 (Pop-up)
The Match	Time "Time" by "The Match"	45RPM Single	RCA	1970	45		1:36:35 (Pop-up)
Smokey and His Sister	Sausalito Bay	Smokey and His Sister	Warner Brothers	1968	LP		1:39:01 (Pop-up)
Subterranean Monastery	Curiosity "Curiosity" by "Subterranean Monastery"	45RPM Single	RCA	1968	45		1:41:28 (Pop-up)
Jaim	Ship Of Time "Ship Of Time" by "Jaim"	45RPM Single	Ethereal Sunset	1969	45		1:44:00 (Pop-up)
Walter Wanderley Set	Open Your Arms (Let Me Walk Right In)	When It Was Done	A&M/CTI	1969	LP		1:47:16 (Pop-up)
Harper's Bizarre	Witchi Tai To "Witchi Tai To" by "Harper's Bizarre"	Harper's Bizarre 4	Warner Brothers	1968	LP		1:49:49 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45		1:56:37 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:02pm Irene Trudel: Hey Larry! Happy that I'm off work and can listen in real time today.
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Irene! I think you'll enjoy it!
	3:05pm CalZone!: Here I is!
	3:05pm Yvang: So is I.
	3:05pm Funky16Corners: Hey Cal! You know this is right up your alley!
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: Yvang!
	3:06pm Irene Trudel: I'm sure I will!
	3:09pm Erica: Hi Larry. I'm listening. Just late for the chat room
	3:10pm Funky16Corners: Hi Erica!
	3:15pm Sem: Hiya, Larry. This is where it's happening right now.
	3:16pm Funky16Corners: Hey Sem!
	3:16pm CalZone!: Right up my happening world alley! Super cool set!
	3:17pm Funky16Corners: Wait'll you hear the rest of the show. Sugar overload coming!
	3:18pm davefromtoronto: hey larry aka funky16 - this time i know who's who!
	3:20pm Yvang: My respects to Daddy Grogan !
	3:22pm Irene Trudel: Happy 90th birthday to your dad, Larry! Glad he turned you onto some great music. I owe a lot of my musical foundation to my parents too.
	3:22pm modernmoonlight: That is so beautiful the ripples of great music our parents sometimes bring into our lives. Congrats to your dad and you for getting the quality music genes
	3:23pm Irene Trudel: Curt!!! Can't go wrong there.
	3:23pm Funky16Corners: Hi Dave! Modernmoonlight!
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: Yes! All props to the mighty oak. Himself a musician (piano).
	3:24pm zivilars: Great show as always, Larry – thanks!
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: My Pop that is...
	3:24pm Funky16Corners: Zivilars!
	3:24pm Erica: I saw that post of your dad Larry. Happy 90th to him.
	3:25pm Funky16Corners: I'll pass on your good wishes!
	3:25pm davefromtoronto: this sounds like a coke commercial!
	3:26pm Funky16Corners: Curt's was the second voice you heard at the beginning of this 45. The higher harmony voice.
	3:28pm Funky16Corners: This might be the best song Boettcher ever wrote, Just beautiful.
	3:34pm Funky16Corners: I just saw that Frank Bonner, aka Herb Tarlek from WKRP in Cincinnati just passed away.
	3:34pm zivilars: strong clapping game
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: BTW Something Young and Summer Snow are the same husband/wife duo, Pam and Rudy Parker
	3:35pm Erica: Wait What? That's sad news Larry.
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Yes, he was a funny guy.
	3:37pm Irene Trudel: Aww, sad about Frank Bonner! I loved him in WKRP.
	3:38pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, such a great show, and he was one of the main reasons it was so funny
	3:41pm Erica: Frank was not just an actor but also a director for WKRP as well as other sitcoms like Family Ties and Who's the Boss?
	3:41pm Irene Trudel: I worked at WDHA/WMTR late 80's-early 90's. There were several sales types from that place that I saw in his Herb Tarlek character.
	3:42pm Funky16Corners: I worked at a newspaper for 24 years and they showed up in ad sales there, too.
	3:44pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I didn't know that!
	3:44pm Erica: Basically Herb Tarlek was the stereotype of sales people.
	3:44pm Phillippe: Hey there
	3:44pm Erica: Google it Larry.
	3:45pm Funky16Corners: Hey Phillippe!
	3:53pm Jeff Ash: Late to the party, but good afternoon from Wisconsin!
	3:53pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	3:54pm Erica: Hi Jeff. We were just talking about sunshine pop and Frank Bonner.
	3:56pm Erica: I also just learned that Frank was also on Saved by the Bell.
	3:56pm Funky16Corners: I didn't remember him on that. Did he replace Mr Belding?
	3:59pm Funky16Corners: Frank Bonner was also on a short-lived but funny show called Just the Ten of Us. He played the parish priest.
	4:01pm Little Danny: Hi Larry, hi all!
	4:01pm Erica: I believe it was Mr. Harrington he played Larry.
	4:01pm Funky16Corners: Hey Danny!
	4:07pm Erica: Kites R Fun!
	4:07pm Moog1 Radio: Some great Command and Project3 label stuff!!!!
	4:07pm Funky16Corners: In case it wasn't obvious, The Groovies are in fact Free Design
	4:08pm Irene Trudel: Great alternate version!
	4:08pm Funky16Corners: Hey Kurt!
	4:08pm Funky16Corners: @Irene - They provide backing vocals on a bunch of songs on this album
	4:08pm Erica: The Free Design as their own knockoff version.
	4:09pm Irene Trudel: Cool!
	4:09pm Little Danny: Feels like a label business decision. But it's great!
	4:10pm Funky16Corners: This Gordian Knot album is INCREDIBLE.
	4:11pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - They did it for Enoch Light as well. Just a cog in the Project 3/Command juggernaut!
	4:11pm Little Danny: Indeed. Their "Year of the Sun" is also a huge favorite.
	4:13pm Funky16Corners: My fave track from the album!
	4:15pm spodiodi: hi Larry and all! enjoying the Soft and Sunny Sounds
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: Spodiodi!
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: This tune was written by Leon Russell!
	4:15pm Funky16Corners: Originally recorded by Harpers Bizarre
	4:17pm Erica: My favorite version of Raspberry Rug.
	4:18pm Little Danny: Whoa, never heard of the Merchants of Dream. I dig.
	4:18pm David Shortell: Years before WKRP, Frank Bonner starred in the cult cheapo horror film "Equinox". www.criterion.com...
	4:19pm Funky16Corners: It's a concept album based around Peter Pan! www.discogs.com...
	4:19pm Funky16Corners: Hey David! I've never heard of that movie, but I think I need to see it!
	4:24pm Little Danny: Wow I loved the dense production on the Sugar Beats.
	4:25pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, that's a great 45. No clue about who they were
	4:32pm Erica: Bonus 4th set!
	4:34pm Funky16Corners: Yes! The rare fourth set! It's like a unicorn!
	4:36pm Erica: 🦄
	4:37pm Funky16Corners: Another song also recorded by Harpers Bizarre
	4:39pm Sem: Larry, this is the template for some kinda off-beat easy listening format circa 1973. Love this stuff---in moderation, 'natch. Thanks for doing it here on Testify.
	4:40pm Little Danny: I am into this Match side, another new one to me!
	4:40pm Funky16Corners: Glad you're digging it, Sem!
	4:40pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - A Paul Williams song. The Match's last 45 (I think). Their album is great.
	4:41pm Little Danny: Thanks Larry, love that dreamy sound.
	4:44pm David Shortell: Hmph! Why isn't this group called Vicki and Her Brother?
	4:45pm Funky16Corners: A question for the ages.
	4:47pm Funky16Corners: Danny, did I get this 45 from you?
	4:49pm Mx. Baba Bee (e/they): soft and sunny greetings, Larry and folx!
	4:50pm Funky16Corners: hey Baba Bee!
	4:59pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry!
	4:59pm Yvang: Much gratitude from my gentle ears !
	4:59pm Erica: Groovy show Larry! Hàve a great week!
	4:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks for listening!
	5:00pm CalZone!: Great set LG! Loved it! Was gardening in the sunshine! A perfect soundtrack!
	5:01pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Cal!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 17, 2021

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