WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from October 16, 2019

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:56pm Matt from New Orleans: I just finished listening to a recent Gilles Peterson show where Thom Yorke cohosted with him for most of it. That was some challenging radio. I’m exhausted after listening to it. Hopefully, all of the dances will give me a boost before I pass out for the night.
	♥ 10:00pm Funky16Corners: Hey Matt! You will def be boosted!
	♥ 10:02pm chresti: Hi Testify!
	♥ 10:02pm Matt from New Orleans: Hi chresti
	♥ 10:03pm Funky16Corners: Chresti!
	♥ 10:03pm coelacanth∅: hey Larry and all
	♥ 10:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey C!
	♥ 10:04pm Franco Twinkie: Sir Lawrence, tyme for thee olden dance party?
	10:05pm geezerette: Larry! Everybody, let yer backbones slip!
	♥ 10:06pm Funky16Corners: Good morrow Sir Franco!
	♥ 10:06pm Funky16Corners: Geezerette!
	♥ 10:08pm Funky16Corners: Hey, the GIF works well with this one!
	♥ 10:12pm Franco Twinkie: I feel light of spirit after having a sneezing fit while eating lamb smeared with harissa. Dare I attempt a dance step favored by the young?
	♥ 10:13pm Matt from New Orleans: You really don’t want to google “uptown jerk”
	10:13pm Erica: I'm here. Just having trouble signing in. At least the internet connection is fine for now.
	♥ 10:13pm Funky16Corners: Erica!
	♥ 10:14pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - smear some of that lamb on the floor and go for a slide!
	♥ 10:14pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - At least not without Cookie Jackson in quotes...
	♥ 10:14pm doctorjazz: Singles Going Steady, redundant on your show. Things they committed!
	10:15pm geezerette: Franco, oh, do risk it ! Shake a leg.
	♥ 10:15pm doctorjazz: SHAKE!!!!
	♥ 10:15pm Franco Twinkie: To late! I ate every scrap and then licked the plate.
	♥ 10:16pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 10:17pm Matt from New Orleans: I tried the humpback and now I feel like a beached whale
	10:18pm rw: Hey! What's shaking?
	♥ 10:18pm doctorjazz: Testify Nancy Pelosi's favorite show!
	10:19pm Erica: Haha doc!
	♥ 10:20pm Funky16Corners: rw!
	♥ 10:21pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - Nancy is welcome on this dancefloor any old time!
	10:21pm rw: Jerkin' the Dog... huh...
	♥ 10:22pm Matt from New Orleans: It was a pleasure seeing Hannibal do the septuagenarian jerk
	♥ 10:22pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Double-dance record!
	10:22pm rw: Oh! My mind had gone somewhere less savory.
	♥ 10:24pm Funky16Corners: Hopefully no one took it literally
	♥ 10:24pm Matt from New Orleans: Just Paul Reubens
	10:24pm rw: Set two is Double Dance? Nice.
	♥ 10:25pm Franco Twinkie: I would love to do the Pachuco Hop, but I'm afraid the result would be acid reflux.
	10:25pm Erica: Every time I try to sign in to make a new password, it says the link is invalid. I really need to remember my password so I can favorite that Jerry Blavat song.
	10:26pm rw: I'm getting hopped up on miniature candy bars so please take my comments with a grain of salt.
	♥ 10:26pm Funky16Corners: @rw - I was referring to that record, but there are a few in this set
	♥ 10:29pm Funky16Corners: Written by Barry White, sung by Zappa vocalist Ricky Lancelotti!
	♥ 10:29pm Matt from New Orleans: The cereal company had a record label?
	10:30pm Erica: It's probably one of those cut out records from the cereal boxes Matt.
	♥ 10:31pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - Just for the purposes of premiums, and @Erica, these were actual records that you sent int for. A 2-45 set in a Banana Splits picture sleeve
	♥ 10:32pm coelacanth∅: i liked that shells song so much i decided to try the whiplash. i was going to see my chiropractor on friday anyway.
	♥ 10:32pm Funky16Corners: @C - That's a longtime fave of mine.
	10:34pm Erica: It's about time. Took me 32 minutes to sign in. Also, I knew about the cut out records but not the 45s you sent in for Larry. Cool.
	♥ 10:34pm Matt from New Orleans: I like the EP art on the banana splits. I enjoyed that cartoon.
	♥ 10:34pm coelacanth∅: someone somewhere knows how to do every one of these dances, and damn well better be doing them all tonight
	♥ 10:34pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - you can see the labels/PS here: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 10:34pm Franco Twinkie: Oh man! Ricky Lanceloti. I saw The Mothers once when Frank dragged out Ricky for a truly unhinged arm waving, eye rolling, spastic number. Everyone, including the band was falling one the floor laughing.
	♥ 10:35pm chresti: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=310&v=TZdvihA7Y1A
	♥ 10:36pm Matt from New Orleans: That’s where I saw it Larry
	♥ 10:37pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I don't know that here were any others like the Banana Splits (they had regular releases on Decca as well) but I wouldn't be surprised
	♥ 10:39pm Matt from New Orleans: www.discogs.com... Larry it went on through cassettes and CDs
	♥ 10:40pm Funky16Corners: Oh man! I want those Toucan Sam records!
	♥ 10:40pm chresti: youtube.com/watch?v=TZdvihA7Y1A better link?
	♥ 10:41pm Matt from New Orleans: I’ve seen a septuagenarian Lattimore Shake It
	♥ 10:42pm Funky16Corners: At the Stomp?
	10:42pm geezerette: Would Chuck...you know...
	10:44pm geezerette: Larry & Matt, I want this jukebox!
	♥ 10:45pm Matt from New Orleans: It was around the Stomp. Red Kelly put together a show for Lattimore the night before the stomp one year and then Red brought him the next two nights and Dr Ike couldn’t keep Lattimore off the stage so he did a few songs one of the nights.
	♥ 10:46pm Funky16Corners: @Geezerette - I am your jukebox!
	♥ 10:46pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I know that Red was close to Latimore
	10:47pm Erica: Batman approves. giphy.com...
	♥ 10:47pm coelacanth∅: chresti that's not a link...www.youtube.com... that's a link! it's not in proper order though, the order that Larry chose, so it'll have to wait
	10:47pm rw: I can do the Dad Dance. That's about it for me.
	♥ 10:48pm coelacanth∅: thanks though chresti - looks good (and informative!)
	♥ 10:49pm Matt from New Orleans: Lattimore saw musicians that he hadn’t seen in over 40 years once the mob scared him away after the other Lattimore took off in the 70s
	♥ 10:49pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - The Batusi!
	10:49pm Erica: Here's a better link: giphy.com...
	10:51pm Erica: Larry did you know that the Simpsons spoofed that scene?
	♥ 10:51pm Funky16Corners: Yes, with Adam West!
	♥ 10:52pm Funky16Corners: Back in the first year of Testify! I did a tribute to Adam West when he passed on and I used a clip from that Simpson's episode
	10:52pm Erica: tenor.com...
	♥ 10:52pm Matt from New Orleans: How many athletes have songs tonight Larry?
	10:53pm Erica: I didn't tune in to that show sadly, or at least I don't think so Larry.
	♥ 10:54pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - Just Rosey and Meadowlark
	♥ 10:55pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - You can still get it in the archives. It was episode #5: testifyradio.wordpress.com...
	10:55pm geezerette: Erica, badass Batman! :D
	♥ 10:57pm Matt from New Orleans: Fair enough it just seemed like there was a trend happening
	♥ 10:58pm coelacanth∅: a very significant other and i danced together the first time at a halloween party (mine). i was basically a skeleton and she was basically like a negative image of a skeleton. we did not know about the other's costume until she got to my house. anyway we were the same height and basically the same build and had about the same length hair and she danced with her arms out away from her body so i imitated her and it was dubbed the skeleton dance. the only dance i know how to do.
	10:58pm geezerette: Unh! Uh! Aw! Ah,ah,ah! ( my hip...)
	♥ 11:00pm coelacanth∅: g be careful!
	11:00pm geezerette: Boogie down now!...oops, can't get up...
	♥ 11:00pm coelacanth∅: good it's shing-a-ling time!
	11:01pm geezerette: heh! Coel...:)
	♥ 11:01pm coelacanth∅: - i was afraid it was time to brush my teeth and get ready for bed.
	♥ 11:05pm WR formerly nostrangerer: Great tunes. Have been doing kitchen and garbage and cat litter duty so not able dance, will definitely revisit this in the archive.
	♥ 11:07pm Funky16Corners: Hey WR!
	♥ 11:07pm Matt from New Orleans: I love me some Senator Jones
	♥ 11:08pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - Have you ever seen a picture of him? He had an eye patch!
	♥ 11:12pm Matt from New Orleans: I’m a big fan of Kung Fu Man that he produced by Charles Brimmer
	♥ 11:15pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I think I have that on a comp
	♥ 11:16pm Funky16Corners: Also, I'm pretty sure this is Eddie Bo under a pseudonym.
	♥ 11:16pm Matt from New Orleans: It’s an expensive one on 45
	♥ 11:17pm Matt from New Orleans: Wouldn’t surprise me as Eddie worked for Al the Seafood King when he went into the record business
	♥ 11:17pm chresti: Thanks coel!
	♥ 11:18pm Matt from New Orleans: Al’s tv ads were amazing back in the day
	♥ 11:18pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I have an early Scram label 45 called 'Do the Crawfish'!
	♥ 11:20pm Matt from New Orleans: m.youtube.com...
	♥ 11:20pm Matt from New Orleans: m.youtube.com...
	11:26pm rw: KARATE Boogaloo! I was hearing Erotic boogaloo.
	11:27pm Erica: According to Discogs, Sonny Jones worked with Eddie Bo and both of them released singles under the Scram label in '69 but there's no mention of Sonny's name being a pseudonym. Also, Sonny & Eddie sounded almost alike.
	11:28pm Erica: Never mind the first part, he didn't work with Eddie. I misread that bit.
	11:29pm Erica: Point being. I don't know if Sonny & Eddie were two different people are the same person.
	♥ 11:29pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Eddie did a lot of pseudonymous recording during that era. As a guy who's been collecting his 45s for a long time I can almost say with certainty that's Eddie singing on Sissy Walk.
	11:30pm Erica: The only thing I can do is take your word for it Larry.
	♥ 11:31pm Funky16Corners: I'll have to do an all Eddie Bo & related show some time, Lots of good stuff.
	♥ 11:31pm Matt from New Orleans: He actually renamed himself the crawfish emperor at his 90th birthday party two years ago because too many people had declared themselves the crawfish king. I went to the party and it was a ton of fun. It was at this 24/7 laundromat/Poboy place called melba’s which is located where seafood city used to be.
	♥ 11:33pm Funky16Corners: That sounds like a fun time!
	♥ 11:34pm doctorjazz: This guitar line reminds me of Soul Man.
	♥ 11:34pm Matt from New Orleans: Al is still a ridiculous character. He’s an icon down here.
	♥ 11:35pm chresti: I'm going to do the "go to bed watusi" Goodnight!
	♥ 11:35pm Funky16Corners: Nite Chresti!
	11:35pm Erica: Haha goodnight chresti.
	♥ 11:35pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - Which one?
	11:36pm rw: Night Chresti! Do the Sleep Walk!
	♥ 11:36pm doctorjazz: Ride the Iron Horse. And Sleep Walk reminds me of Tighten Up
	♥ 11:37pm Funky16Corners: I could probably do an hour of Tighten Up rip offs. There are a LOT of them
	♥ 11:38pm Matt from New Orleans: Tighten up itself was a major ripoff if we’re being honest
	♥ 11:39pm Funky16Corners: Of what?
	11:40pm Erica: The same Zodiacs? Fonky!
	♥ 11:40pm Funky16Corners: Yes!
	♥ 11:41pm Matt from New Orleans: Archie Bell stole that song from the toronadoes and put his name on it and never gave them a dime
	♥ 11:41pm doctorjazz: We politely say, "borrowed" or "influenced by" rather than "ripped off", class...
	♥ 11:41pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I thought you meant the song was a copy of another song, as opposed to actually stolen
	11:42pm Erica: It's only a rip off if it's a similar copy of, not if it has a stolen name.
	11:43pm Erica: Richard Marks, NOT to be confused with Richard Marx, haha.
	♥ 11:44pm Funky16Corners: Speaking of Tighten Up homages...
	11:44pm rw: Funky Four Corners plus Funky 8 Corners equals Funky 16 Corners.
	♥ 11:44pm Funky16Corners: Hang on rw!
	11:44pm rw: I mean Funky Four Corners times two, plus Funky 8 equals 16
	♥ 11:45pm Funky16Corners: I got that, hang on a minute and you'll get the real thing!
	11:45pm Erica: No rw the numbers double.
	11:46pm Erica: Everyone, here is the song that gave Larry Grogan his (radio show) name.
	♥ 11:46pm Funky16Corners: Yup!
	11:46pm rw: Yeah. I know. Just exercising my math brain. It's pretty weak. Larry, I hope you're doing the steps right now.
	♥ 11:47pm coelacanth∅: g'night chresti
	11:49pm Erica: But seriously Larry, why did you choose that song title for your blog/radio show?
	♥ 11:50pm Funky16Corners: I had just gotten the reissue of the 45, fell in lobe with the song and wanted an interesting name for my web zine (that's where it started, more than 15 years ago)
	♥ 11:50pm coelacanth∅: some music is borrowed, some is influenced by, some is stolen. 3 different things.
	♥ 11:51pm doctorjazz: Na, na na na na...
	11:52pm Erica: So basically Larry it was chosen out of lobe, I mean love.
	♥ 11:52pm doctorjazz: Ugh, huh!
	♥ 11:52pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Yes!
	♥ 11:52pm Matt from New Orleans: www.houstonpress.com... Here’s an article from the Houston Press about the murky history of Tighten Up
	11:53pm Erica: Here it is, the moment we've been waiting for. Mr. Pickett.
	♥ 11:53pm Franco Twinkie: Bone broth and macaroni - Bony Morony.
	♥ 11:54pm Matt from New Orleans: I gotta go with my man Chris Kenner out of loyalty but Wilson does tear it up.
	♥ 11:56pm doctorjazz: Thanks Larry, time to catch my breath! Night all!
	♥ 11:57pm Matt from New Orleans: Thanks Larry. This was a really fun show. Have a great night everyone.
	♥ 11:57pm Funky16Corners: Nite all! Thanks for listening!
	♥ 11:57pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Larry! Stellar program! good night folks take care
	♥ 11:57pm Funky16Corners: Nite C!
	11:57pm rw: Thank you Funky 4+4+8 Corners!! I'm all sweaty now. Take care everyone!
	♥ 11:58pm Franco Twinkie: Great show as always. Thank you very much.
	♥ 11:58pm Funky16Corners: Nite rw!
	11:58pm Erica: That was a fun show. The final track was like a grand finale. See y'all next week.
	♥ 11:59pm Funky16Corners: I can't beleive we stayed on the air. I got a police text alert about a power outage about a 1/4 mile away!
	♥ 11:59pm Funky16Corners: Nite Franco, Erica, Matt!
	🥁 ♥ 6:19pm Granny Spicy Tuna (they/them): ah! dance crazes are my favorite! so sorry i missed the party, so glad i could enjoy it via the archives!!!!
	♥ 7:17pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Granny!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from October 16, 2019

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October 16, 2019: Testify! Land of At Least 40 Dances! Singles Going Steady On the Dance Floor!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Don Gardner	My Baby Likes To Boogaloo	45RPM Single	Tru Glo Town	1966	45	0:01:11 (Pop-up)
Jerry Blavat and The Yon Teenagers	Discophonic Walk	45RPM Single	Favor	1965	45	0:04:01 (Pop-up)
Lee Dorsey	Ride Your Pony "Ride Your Pony" by "Lee Dorsey"	45RPM Single	Amy	1965	45	0:06:29 (Pop-up)
Cookie Jackson	Uptown Jerk "Uptown Jerk" by "Cookie Jackson"	45RPM Single	Uptown	1965	45	0:09:19 (Pop-up)
Eldridge Holmes	Humpback "Humpback" by "Eldridge Holmes"	45RPM Single	Jet Set	1965	45	0:11:39 (Pop-up)
Sam Cooke	Shake "Shake" by "Sam Cooke"	45RPM Single	RCA	1964	45	0:13:35 (Pop-up)

Mighty Hannibal	Jerkin' the Dog "Jerkin' the Dog" by "Mighty Hannibal"	45RPM Single	Shurfine	1965	45	0:18:47 (Pop-up)
Gene Waiters	Shake and Shingaling Pt1	45RPM Single	Fairmount	1966	45	0:21:50 (Pop-up)
The Shells	Whiplash "Whiplash" by "The Shells"	45RPM Single	Conlo	1965	45	0:24:24 (Pop-up)
Banana Splits	Doin' the Banana Split	45RPM Single	Kelloggs	1969	45	0:26:53 (Pop-up)
Bobby Freeman	C'Mon and Swim "C'Mon and Swim" by "Bobby Freeman"	45RPM Single	Autumn	1964	45	0:29:14 (Pop-up)
Bob and Earl	The Sissy "The Sissy" by "Bob and Earl"	45RPM Single	Chene	1964	45	0:31:55 (Pop-up)
Bobby Newton	Do the Whip "Do the Whip" by "Bobby Newton"	45RPM Single	Mercury	1969	45	0:34:27 (Pop-up)
Sir Latimore Brown	Shake and Vibrate	45RPM Single	SS7	1967	45	0:37:23 (Pop-up)
Chuck Wood	Soul Shingaling "Soul Shingaling" by "Chuck Wood"	45RPM Single	Roulette	1967	45	0:39:50 (Pop-up)
Roosevelt Grier	Slow Drag "Slow Drag" by "Roosevelt Grier"	45RPM Single	MGM	1967	45	0:41:55 (Pop-up)
Gate Wesley and Band featuring Billy LaMont	Zap! Pow! Do the Batman	45RPM Single	Atlantic	1966	45	0:43:59 (Pop-up)
Meadowlark Lemon	Shoot a Basket "Shoot a Basket" by "Meadowlark Lemon"	45RPM Single	RSVP	1966	45	0:46:30 (Pop-up)
The Millionaires	A Rather Hip Shing	45RPM Single	Philips	1967	45	0:49:11 (Pop-up)
Mr Wiggles	Fatback Pt1 "Fatback Pt1" by "Mr Wiggles"	45RPM Single	Parkway	1966	45	0:51:46 (Pop-up)
Roy Lee Johnson	Boogaloo #3 "Boogaloo #3" by "Roy Lee Johnson"	45RPM Single	Josie	1966	45	0:53:48 (Pop-up)
Lou Courtney	Me and You Doing the Boogaloo	45RPM Single	Riverside	1967	45	0:55:51 (Pop-up)
The Liberty Belles	Shingaling Time	45RPM Single	Shout	1967	45	0:58:38 (Pop-up)

Senator Jones	Miniskirt Dance "Miniskirt Dance" by "Senator Jones"	45RPM Single	Bell	1967	45	1:05:42 (Pop-up)
Rufus Thomas	Sophisticated Sissy "Sophisticated Sissy" by "Rufus Thomas"	45RPM Single	Stax	1967	45	1:08:15 (Pop-up)
Curley Moore	Sophisticated Sissy Pt1	45RPM Single	Instant	1967	45	1:10:54 (Pop-up)
Sonny Jones	Sissy Walk Pt1 "Sissy Walk Pt1" by "Sonny Jones"	45RPM Single	Scram	1969	45	1:13:37 (Pop-up)
The Capitols	Afro Twist "Afro Twist" by "The Capitols"	45RPM Single	Karen	1968	45	1:16:05 (Pop-up)
Eddie Bo	Hook and Sling Pt1 "Hook and Sling Pt1" by "Eddie Bo"	45RPM Single	Scram	1969	45	1:18:34 (Pop-up)
The Emperors	Karate Boogaloo "Karate Boogaloo" by "The Emperors"	45RPM Single	Brunswick	1967	45	1:21:11 (Pop-up)
Dyke and the Blazers	Funky Walk "Funky Walk" by "Dyke and the Blazers"	45RPM Single	Original Sound	1968	45	1:23:46 (Pop-up)
Earl King	Tic Tac Toe "Tic Tac Toe" by "Earl King"	45RPM Single	Wand	1970	45	1:26:51 (Pop-up)
The Preparations	Get E Up (The Horse)	45RPM Single	Heart and Soul	1968	45	1:29:12 (Pop-up)
Fred Lowery, Big Bo and the Arrows	Ride the Iron Horse	45RPM Single	Cotillion	1970	45	1:31:27 (Pop-up)
Joe and Everyday People	Sleep Walk Pt1	45RPM Single	Brooks	1972	45	1:33:26 (Pop-up)
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs	The Four Corners	45RPM Single	Veep	1968	45	1:36:41 (Pop-up)
Richard Marks	Funky Four Corners "Funky Four Corners" by "Richard Marks"	45RPM Single	Roulette	1969	45	1:39:23 (Pop-up)
Willie and the Mighty Magnificents	Funky (8) Corners Pt1	45RPM Single	All Platinum	1969	45	1:41:50 (Pop-up)
The Highlighters	Funky 16 Corners	45RPM Single	Three Diamonds	1969	45	1:44:04 (Pop-up)
Tony Alvon and the Belairs	Boom Boom Boom	45RPM Single	Atlantic	1969	45	1:47:05 (Pop-up)
Wilson Pickett	Land of 1000 Dances	45RPM Single	Atlantic	1966	45	1:49:27 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up on the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	1:55:54 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:56pm Matt from New Orleans: I just finished listening to a recent Gilles Peterson show where Thom Yorke cohosted with him for most of it. That was some challenging radio. I’m exhausted after listening to it. Hopefully, all of the dances will give me a boost before I pass out for the night.
	♥ 10:00pm Funky16Corners: Hey Matt! You will def be boosted!
	♥ 10:02pm chresti: Hi Testify!
	♥ 10:02pm Matt from New Orleans: Hi chresti
	♥ 10:03pm Funky16Corners: Chresti!
	♥ 10:03pm coelacanth∅: hey Larry and all
	♥ 10:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey C!
	♥ 10:04pm Franco Twinkie: Sir Lawrence, tyme for thee olden dance party?
	10:05pm geezerette: Larry! Everybody, let yer backbones slip!
	♥ 10:06pm Funky16Corners: Good morrow Sir Franco!
	♥ 10:06pm Funky16Corners: Geezerette!
	♥ 10:08pm Funky16Corners: Hey, the GIF works well with this one!
	♥ 10:12pm Franco Twinkie: I feel light of spirit after having a sneezing fit while eating lamb smeared with harissa. Dare I attempt a dance step favored by the young?
	♥ 10:13pm Matt from New Orleans: You really don’t want to google “uptown jerk”
	10:13pm Erica: I'm here. Just having trouble signing in. At least the internet connection is fine for now.
	♥ 10:13pm Funky16Corners: Erica!
	♥ 10:14pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - smear some of that lamb on the floor and go for a slide!
	♥ 10:14pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - At least not without Cookie Jackson in quotes...
	♥ 10:14pm doctorjazz: Singles Going Steady, redundant on your show. Things they committed!
	10:15pm geezerette: Franco, oh, do risk it ! Shake a leg.
	♥ 10:15pm doctorjazz: SHAKE!!!!
	♥ 10:15pm Franco Twinkie: To late! I ate every scrap and then licked the plate.
	♥ 10:16pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 10:17pm Matt from New Orleans: I tried the humpback and now I feel like a beached whale
	10:18pm rw: Hey! What's shaking?
	♥ 10:18pm doctorjazz: Testify Nancy Pelosi's favorite show!
	10:19pm Erica: Haha doc!
	♥ 10:20pm Funky16Corners: rw!
	♥ 10:21pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - Nancy is welcome on this dancefloor any old time!
	10:21pm rw: Jerkin' the Dog... huh...
	♥ 10:22pm Matt from New Orleans: It was a pleasure seeing Hannibal do the septuagenarian jerk
	♥ 10:22pm Funky16Corners: @rw - Double-dance record!
	10:22pm rw: Oh! My mind had gone somewhere less savory.
	♥ 10:24pm Funky16Corners: Hopefully no one took it literally
	♥ 10:24pm Matt from New Orleans: Just Paul Reubens
	10:24pm rw: Set two is Double Dance? Nice.
	♥ 10:25pm Franco Twinkie: I would love to do the Pachuco Hop, but I'm afraid the result would be acid reflux.
	10:25pm Erica: Every time I try to sign in to make a new password, it says the link is invalid. I really need to remember my password so I can favorite that Jerry Blavat song.
	10:26pm rw: I'm getting hopped up on miniature candy bars so please take my comments with a grain of salt.
	♥ 10:26pm Funky16Corners: @rw - I was referring to that record, but there are a few in this set
	♥ 10:29pm Funky16Corners: Written by Barry White, sung by Zappa vocalist Ricky Lancelotti!
	♥ 10:29pm Matt from New Orleans: The cereal company had a record label?
	10:30pm Erica: It's probably one of those cut out records from the cereal boxes Matt.
	♥ 10:31pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - Just for the purposes of premiums, and @Erica, these were actual records that you sent int for. A 2-45 set in a Banana Splits picture sleeve
	♥ 10:32pm coelacanth∅: i liked that shells song so much i decided to try the whiplash. i was going to see my chiropractor on friday anyway.
	♥ 10:32pm Funky16Corners: @C - That's a longtime fave of mine.
	10:34pm Erica: It's about time. Took me 32 minutes to sign in. Also, I knew about the cut out records but not the 45s you sent in for Larry. Cool.
	♥ 10:34pm Matt from New Orleans: I like the EP art on the banana splits. I enjoyed that cartoon.
	♥ 10:34pm coelacanth∅: someone somewhere knows how to do every one of these dances, and damn well better be doing them all tonight
	♥ 10:34pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - you can see the labels/PS here: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 10:34pm Franco Twinkie: Oh man! Ricky Lanceloti. I saw The Mothers once when Frank dragged out Ricky for a truly unhinged arm waving, eye rolling, spastic number. Everyone, including the band was falling one the floor laughing.
	♥ 10:35pm chresti: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=310&v=TZdvihA7Y1A
	♥ 10:36pm Matt from New Orleans: That’s where I saw it Larry
	♥ 10:37pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I don't know that here were any others like the Banana Splits (they had regular releases on Decca as well) but I wouldn't be surprised
	♥ 10:39pm Matt from New Orleans: www.discogs.com... Larry it went on through cassettes and CDs
	♥ 10:40pm Funky16Corners: Oh man! I want those Toucan Sam records!
	♥ 10:40pm chresti: youtube.com/watch?v=TZdvihA7Y1A better link?
	♥ 10:41pm Matt from New Orleans: I’ve seen a septuagenarian Lattimore Shake It
	♥ 10:42pm Funky16Corners: At the Stomp?
	10:42pm geezerette: Would Chuck...you know...
	10:44pm geezerette: Larry & Matt, I want this jukebox!
	♥ 10:45pm Matt from New Orleans: It was around the Stomp. Red Kelly put together a show for Lattimore the night before the stomp one year and then Red brought him the next two nights and Dr Ike couldn’t keep Lattimore off the stage so he did a few songs one of the nights.
	♥ 10:46pm Funky16Corners: @Geezerette - I am your jukebox!
	♥ 10:46pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I know that Red was close to Latimore
	10:47pm Erica: Batman approves. giphy.com...
	♥ 10:47pm coelacanth∅: chresti that's not a link...www.youtube.com... that's a link! it's not in proper order though, the order that Larry chose, so it'll have to wait
	10:47pm rw: I can do the Dad Dance. That's about it for me.
	♥ 10:48pm coelacanth∅: thanks though chresti - looks good (and informative!)
	♥ 10:49pm Matt from New Orleans: Lattimore saw musicians that he hadn’t seen in over 40 years once the mob scared him away after the other Lattimore took off in the 70s
	♥ 10:49pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - The Batusi!
	10:49pm Erica: Here's a better link: giphy.com...
	10:51pm Erica: Larry did you know that the Simpsons spoofed that scene?
	♥ 10:51pm Funky16Corners: Yes, with Adam West!
	♥ 10:52pm Funky16Corners: Back in the first year of Testify! I did a tribute to Adam West when he passed on and I used a clip from that Simpson's episode
	10:52pm Erica: tenor.com...
	♥ 10:52pm Matt from New Orleans: How many athletes have songs tonight Larry?
	10:53pm Erica: I didn't tune in to that show sadly, or at least I don't think so Larry.
	♥ 10:54pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - Just Rosey and Meadowlark
	♥ 10:55pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - You can still get it in the archives. It was episode #5: testifyradio.wordpress.com...
	10:55pm geezerette: Erica, badass Batman! :D
	♥ 10:57pm Matt from New Orleans: Fair enough it just seemed like there was a trend happening
	♥ 10:58pm coelacanth∅: a very significant other and i danced together the first time at a halloween party (mine). i was basically a skeleton and she was basically like a negative image of a skeleton. we did not know about the other's costume until she got to my house. anyway we were the same height and basically the same build and had about the same length hair and she danced with her arms out away from her body so i imitated her and it was dubbed the skeleton dance. the only dance i know how to do.
	10:58pm geezerette: Unh! Uh! Aw! Ah,ah,ah! ( my hip...)
	♥ 11:00pm coelacanth∅: g be careful!
	11:00pm geezerette: Boogie down now!...oops, can't get up...
	♥ 11:00pm coelacanth∅: good it's shing-a-ling time!
	11:01pm geezerette: heh! Coel...:)
	♥ 11:01pm coelacanth∅: - i was afraid it was time to brush my teeth and get ready for bed.
	♥ 11:05pm WR formerly nostrangerer: Great tunes. Have been doing kitchen and garbage and cat litter duty so not able dance, will definitely revisit this in the archive.
	♥ 11:07pm Funky16Corners: Hey WR!
	♥ 11:07pm Matt from New Orleans: I love me some Senator Jones
	♥ 11:08pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - Have you ever seen a picture of him? He had an eye patch!
	♥ 11:12pm Matt from New Orleans: I’m a big fan of Kung Fu Man that he produced by Charles Brimmer
	♥ 11:15pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I think I have that on a comp
	♥ 11:16pm Funky16Corners: Also, I'm pretty sure this is Eddie Bo under a pseudonym.
	♥ 11:16pm Matt from New Orleans: It’s an expensive one on 45
	♥ 11:17pm Matt from New Orleans: Wouldn’t surprise me as Eddie worked for Al the Seafood King when he went into the record business
	♥ 11:17pm chresti: Thanks coel!
	♥ 11:18pm Matt from New Orleans: Al’s tv ads were amazing back in the day
	♥ 11:18pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I have an early Scram label 45 called 'Do the Crawfish'!
	♥ 11:20pm Matt from New Orleans: m.youtube.com...
	♥ 11:20pm Matt from New Orleans: m.youtube.com...
	11:26pm rw: KARATE Boogaloo! I was hearing Erotic boogaloo.
	11:27pm Erica: According to Discogs, Sonny Jones worked with Eddie Bo and both of them released singles under the Scram label in '69 but there's no mention of Sonny's name being a pseudonym. Also, Sonny & Eddie sounded almost alike.
	11:28pm Erica: Never mind the first part, he didn't work with Eddie. I misread that bit.
	11:29pm Erica: Point being. I don't know if Sonny & Eddie were two different people are the same person.
	♥ 11:29pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Eddie did a lot of pseudonymous recording during that era. As a guy who's been collecting his 45s for a long time I can almost say with certainty that's Eddie singing on Sissy Walk.
	11:30pm Erica: The only thing I can do is take your word for it Larry.
	♥ 11:31pm Funky16Corners: I'll have to do an all Eddie Bo & related show some time, Lots of good stuff.
	♥ 11:31pm Matt from New Orleans: He actually renamed himself the crawfish emperor at his 90th birthday party two years ago because too many people had declared themselves the crawfish king. I went to the party and it was a ton of fun. It was at this 24/7 laundromat/Poboy place called melba’s which is located where seafood city used to be.
	♥ 11:33pm Funky16Corners: That sounds like a fun time!
	♥ 11:34pm doctorjazz: This guitar line reminds me of Soul Man.
	♥ 11:34pm Matt from New Orleans: Al is still a ridiculous character. He’s an icon down here.
	♥ 11:35pm chresti: I'm going to do the "go to bed watusi" Goodnight!
	♥ 11:35pm Funky16Corners: Nite Chresti!
	11:35pm Erica: Haha goodnight chresti.
	♥ 11:35pm Funky16Corners: @Doc - Which one?
	11:36pm rw: Night Chresti! Do the Sleep Walk!
	♥ 11:36pm doctorjazz: Ride the Iron Horse. And Sleep Walk reminds me of Tighten Up
	♥ 11:37pm Funky16Corners: I could probably do an hour of Tighten Up rip offs. There are a LOT of them
	♥ 11:38pm Matt from New Orleans: Tighten up itself was a major ripoff if we’re being honest
	♥ 11:39pm Funky16Corners: Of what?
	11:40pm Erica: The same Zodiacs? Fonky!
	♥ 11:40pm Funky16Corners: Yes!
	♥ 11:41pm Matt from New Orleans: Archie Bell stole that song from the toronadoes and put his name on it and never gave them a dime
	♥ 11:41pm doctorjazz: We politely say, "borrowed" or "influenced by" rather than "ripped off", class...
	♥ 11:41pm Funky16Corners: @Matt - I thought you meant the song was a copy of another song, as opposed to actually stolen
	11:42pm Erica: It's only a rip off if it's a similar copy of, not if it has a stolen name.
	11:43pm Erica: Richard Marks, NOT to be confused with Richard Marx, haha.
	♥ 11:44pm Funky16Corners: Speaking of Tighten Up homages...
	11:44pm rw: Funky Four Corners plus Funky 8 Corners equals Funky 16 Corners.
	♥ 11:44pm Funky16Corners: Hang on rw!
	11:44pm rw: I mean Funky Four Corners times two, plus Funky 8 equals 16
	♥ 11:45pm Funky16Corners: I got that, hang on a minute and you'll get the real thing!
	11:45pm Erica: No rw the numbers double.
	11:46pm Erica: Everyone, here is the song that gave Larry Grogan his (radio show) name.
	♥ 11:46pm Funky16Corners: Yup!
	11:46pm rw: Yeah. I know. Just exercising my math brain. It's pretty weak. Larry, I hope you're doing the steps right now.
	♥ 11:47pm coelacanth∅: g'night chresti
	11:49pm Erica: But seriously Larry, why did you choose that song title for your blog/radio show?
	♥ 11:50pm Funky16Corners: I had just gotten the reissue of the 45, fell in lobe with the song and wanted an interesting name for my web zine (that's where it started, more than 15 years ago)
	♥ 11:50pm coelacanth∅: some music is borrowed, some is influenced by, some is stolen. 3 different things.
	♥ 11:51pm doctorjazz: Na, na na na na...
	11:52pm Erica: So basically Larry it was chosen out of lobe, I mean love.
	♥ 11:52pm doctorjazz: Ugh, huh!
	♥ 11:52pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Yes!
	♥ 11:52pm Matt from New Orleans: www.houstonpress.com... Here’s an article from the Houston Press about the murky history of Tighten Up
	11:53pm Erica: Here it is, the moment we've been waiting for. Mr. Pickett.
	♥ 11:53pm Franco Twinkie: Bone broth and macaroni - Bony Morony.
	♥ 11:54pm Matt from New Orleans: I gotta go with my man Chris Kenner out of loyalty but Wilson does tear it up.
	♥ 11:56pm doctorjazz: Thanks Larry, time to catch my breath! Night all!
	♥ 11:57pm Matt from New Orleans: Thanks Larry. This was a really fun show. Have a great night everyone.
	♥ 11:57pm Funky16Corners: Nite all! Thanks for listening!
	♥ 11:57pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Larry! Stellar program! good night folks take care
	♥ 11:57pm Funky16Corners: Nite C!
	11:57pm rw: Thank you Funky 4+4+8 Corners!! I'm all sweaty now. Take care everyone!
	♥ 11:58pm Franco Twinkie: Great show as always. Thank you very much.
	♥ 11:58pm Funky16Corners: Nite rw!
	11:58pm Erica: That was a fun show. The final track was like a grand finale. See y'all next week.
	♥ 11:59pm Funky16Corners: I can't beleive we stayed on the air. I got a police text alert about a power outage about a 1/4 mile away!
	♥ 11:59pm Funky16Corners: Nite Franco, Erica, Matt!
	🥁 ♥ 6:19pm Granny Spicy Tuna (they/them): ah! dance crazes are my favorite! so sorry i missed the party, so glad i could enjoy it via the archives!!!!
	♥ 7:17pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Granny!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from October 16, 2019

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