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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Electronic Concept Orchestra  Grazing In the Grass   Favoriting Moog Groove  Limelight  1969  LP  0:01:35 (Pop-up)
Moog Machine  Time of the Season   Favoriting Switched On Rock  Columbia  1969  LP  0:03:49 (Pop-up)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra  Spinning Wheel   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  0:07:32 (Pop-up)
Percy Faith and His Orchestra  Viva Tirado   Favoriting Black Magic Woman  Columbia  1971  LP  0:10:23 (Pop-up)
Johnny Frigo Quartet  Groovin'   Favoriting Chicago Jazz Dance Revival At Gus's Place  Orion  1969  LP  0:13:42 (Pop-up)
Ted Heath and His Music  (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction   Favoriting The Big One  Decca  1969  LP  0:15:59 (Pop-up)
 
George Benson  Last Train To Clarksville   Favoriting Shape of Things To Come  CTI  1968  LP  0:26:23 (Pop-up)
Enoch Light Singers  Valleri   Favoriting 12 Smash Hits  Project 3  1968  LP  0:31:48 (Pop-up)
Golden Gate Strings  I'm Not Your Stepping Stone   Favoriting Monkees Songbook  Epic  1967  LP  0:34:32 (Pop-up)
Ray Martin and His Orchestra  Pleasant Valley Sunday   Favoriting Up Up and Away  Camden  1967  LP  0:37:42 (Pop-up)
Ray Martin and His Orchestra  Words   Favoriting Up Up and Away  Camden  1967  LP  0:40:21 (Pop-up)
Arthur Greenslade and His Orchestra  I'm a Believer   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  0:42:27 (Pop-up)
Wichita Train Whistle  Tapioca Tundra   Favoriting The Wichita Train Whistle Sings  Dot  1968  LP  0:45:07 (Pop-up)
Wichita Train Whistle  You Told Me   Favoriting The Wichita Train Whistle Sings  Dot  1968  LP  0:48:02 (Pop-up)
 
Billy May and His Orchestra  Marrakesh Express   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  0:56:23 (Pop-up)
David Whitaker and His Orchestra  Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  0:59:34 (Pop-up)
David Whitaker and His Orchestra  Crystal Blue Persuasion   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  1:03:14 (Pop-up)
John Andrews Tartaglia  Light My Fire   Favoriting The Tartaglian Theorem  Capitol  1968  LP  1:06:39 (Pop-up)
Percy Faith and His Orchestra  The Wailing of the Willow   Favoriting Black Magic Woman  Columbia  1971  LP  1:12:01 (Pop-up)
Joe Reisman and His Orchestra  Everybody's Talkin'   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digets  1970  LP  1:15:40 (Pop-up)
Stapleton-Morley Expression  12:30 (Young Girls Are Coming To the Canyon)   Favoriting The Mamas and Papas Book of Songs  Dunhill  1967  LP  1:18:39 (Pop-up)
Arthur Greenslade and His Orchestra  Jennifer Juniper   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  1:21:55 (Pop-up)
Steve Douglas  Wear Your Love Like Heaven   Favoriting Reflections In a Golden Horn  Mercury  1969  LP  1:24:30 (Pop-up)
Joe Reisman and His Orchestra  Wichita Lineman   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  1:26:34 (Pop-up)
Ken Thorne and His Orchestra  Sunshine of Your Love   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  1:29:38 (Pop-up)
 
Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra  A Hard Days Night   Favoriting Plays the Beatles Songbook  Decca  1970  LP  1:37:06 (Pop-up)
Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra  Get Back   Favoriting Plays the Beatles Songbook  Decca  1970  LP  1:40:02 (Pop-up)
Joe Reisman and His Orchestra  Hey Jude   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  1:43:07 (Pop-up)
John Andrews Tartaglia  I Am the Walrus   Favoriting The Tartaglian Theorem  Capitol  1968  LP  1:46:42 (Pop-up)
Ken Thorne and His Orchestra  A Day In the Life   Favoriting Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today  Readers Digest  1970  LP  1:50:19 (Pop-up)
John Andrews Tartaglia  Goodnight   Favoriting The Tartaglian Theorem  Capitol  1968  LP  1:53:16 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  1:57:43 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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Jeff Ash:

Greetings from Wisconsin, the land of cheese!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
WR:

I really don't know what to expect from that program title, and with that I turn down the volume and join another work conference call. Will check in again if I'm lucky.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
Funky16Corners:

Jeff! WR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hi Larry. Like the graphic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Matt! Thanks!
Avatar 3:02pm
Erica:

Today's show is gonna be very cheesy indeed.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
dutchtheo:

Hey Larry & testifiers! that was a smooth transfer from the continental subway
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Erica! Theo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Funky16Corners:

That drum break was Morris Jennings Jr, the same guy that played the break on Marlena Shaw's California Soul!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Is that a Cheez-It box? I always get them confused with Cheese Nips. We always had Sunshine Bakery products in my house not Nabisco.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Cheezits
Avatar 3:05pm
Erica:

Cheez-It's are the ones in the red box Matt. They have that sharp cheddar taste while Cheese Nips in the orange box have a mild cheddar taste. And both look identical.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
Funky16Corners:

I wish I had some Cheezits right now...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I prefer any version of spinning wheel that doesn’t have David Clayton Thomas
Avatar 3:09pm
Listening Out There:

This sounds pretty okay...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Listening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Funky16Corners:

I don't understand David Clayton Thomas hate. He's one of my fave voices.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Jeff Ash:

Just so long as we don't get Sinatra's cover of Mrs. Robinson, we'll be fine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Matt from New Orleans:

We’ll agree to disagree on him
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - Almost no vocals in today's show (and no Sinatra at all)
Avatar 3:11pm
Erica:

Wow Benny Goodman doing Blood, Sweat and Tears. That sounded just like it would've if it came out in the '40s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
Jeff Ash:

Instrumental cheese! Nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
Matt from New Orleans:

It’s mostly just Spinning Wheel that I can’t stand his vocals. I’m less opinionated on other BS&T songs with him on vocals.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
Funky16Corners:

I think EVERYONE recorded a version of 'Spinning Wheel'. Soul singers, pop singers, lounge singers (especially), big bands, everyone.
Avatar 3:14pm
Erica:

They were all getting on the popular (music) bandwagon Larry, trying to aim towards different demographics.
Avatar 3:14pm
Erica:

At least that is how it seemed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Funky16Corners:

I think you're right.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Larry I listened to last week’s show and throughly enjoyed the revisit
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
Jeff Ash:

Wonder what the original artists thought of these covers, if indeed they ever heard them.
Avatar 3:20pm
Erica:

They were either probably honored or disgusted Jeff haha. I know I'd be.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Funky16Corners:

@Matt - Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - The ones with a sense of humor probably dug it. Others (and there were many) might not have.
Avatar 3:28pm
Erica:

George Benson meets the Monkees. Jazzy AND groovy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Funky16Corners:

Unless of course the royalty cheks were coming in, in which case they loved it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Funky16Corners:

@Erica - He does some cool covers in this album
  3:29pm
northguineahills:

My parents still subscribe to Reader’s Digest, and I found a bunch of their record comps in the late 90s/2000s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey NGH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
Funky16Corners:

The first time I read To Kill a Mockingbird it was as a Readers Digest Condensed Book
Avatar 3:32pm
Erica:

Speaking of Readers Digest, I found a 70's soft rock compilation on CD online but used copies are too expensive and a good number of songs aren't even soft rock songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Jeff Ash:

Readers Digest was a constant presence at our house in the '60s and '70s. The magazine and the condensed books and some of the records, but we never had Happiness Is.
Avatar 3:33pm
Erica:

Good thing I didn't order it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
Funky16Corners:

My aunt and uncle used to live right by Readers Digest headquarters in NY. We used to drive past it on the way to their house
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Up in Mt Kisco. Been by there plenty myself in my younger days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
Funky16Corners:

That's the one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
Jeff Ash:

I have this Golden Gate Strings record. Larry has been a bad influence on me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
Funky16Corners:

That's pretty much my goal in life. I carry record hoarding like a virus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38pm
Jeff Ash:

No hoarding for me. Just questionable choices.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
Funky16Corners:

Groovy cover on this album: www.discogs.com...
Avatar 3:40pm
Listening Out There:

I have read that both Stephen Stills and Charles Manson were among musician auditioning to become Monkees....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Funky16Corners:

Apparently Stills got the kibosh because of his wrecked teeth. Manson probably was a "bad fit" for the winsome foursome.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:43pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Manson was in prison in 65 so that’s nonsense
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:44pm
Funky16Corners:

Good to know. If only he'd been in prison in 1969.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:44pm
Matt from New Orleans:

He got out in 67
Avatar 3:45pm
Erica:

And when Manson died, nobody cared. To quote Bebe's Kids "Everyone was glad he was dead". Haha!
Avatar 3:46pm
Erica:

Or so it seemed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
Matt from New Orleans:

The story might be the result of Rodney B The Mayor of the Strip. He claimed that Manson was at the auditions.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
Funky16Corners:

Looking at Rodney Bingenheimer these days, I wouldn't describe him as a reliable source of history.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:50pm
Brian in UK:

Hello Larry. Watched a short biography of the Monkees recently, funny business.
Avatar 3:50pm
Listening Out There:

@Matt: Now that I check online, it looks like you're right! I stand corrected. Will fall over later.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:51pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Brian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:51pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Did you ever watch the depressing documentary about Rodney Larry?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:52pm
Brian in UK:

Steve Stills recommended Peter Tork according to PT in prevuiously mentioned biog.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Matt from New Orleans:

@LOT No worries. There are lots of plausible, semi-plausible and absurd stories out there. Hard to tell which is which.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
Funky16Corners:

@Matt - I did, 'Mayor of the Sunset Strip'. He seems like a guy with problems, and he's so meek and withdrawn it's hard to reconcile that with his being some kind of scenester in the 60s
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
Brian in UK:

Ronald Bell has passed. Spirit of the Boogie is forever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:00pm
Funky16Corners:

I saw that. Sad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:00pm
Jeff Ash:

Billy May did a lot of cool TV action scores during the '60s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
Funky16Corners:

Yes! Also a respected jazz arranger. I have some Anita O'Day albums arranged by May.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:05pm
Jeff Ash:

Anita O'Day. Now there was a live wire!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, she was cool. Her book is amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
Funky16Corners:

An unusual Nilsson cover. I don't recall too many others of this one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
Jeff Ash:

Interesting but I guess not surprising that so much of this is from such a short time span, '67 to '71.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
Funky16Corners:

I suspect that if you looked at the Easy Listening charts from later on in the 70s you'd still find stuff like this, but it would be covers of awful stuff you didn't want to hear in the original form.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Who wouldn’t want to hear an easy listening Jungle Boogie?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Jeff Ash:

The mellow stylings of Led Zep?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Funky16Corners:

The Adult Contemporary charts are a fascinating deep dive. All kinds of weird stuff crossing over, hits by people you thought were long gone. I have a Billboard AC chart book. It's full of unusual stuff
Avatar 4:24pm
still b/p:

My older brother hated Jennifer Juniper. Should confine him in a booth for many hours with this version. Just for cruelty's sake.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - I would not be at all surprised to find Zep covers. There are some by instrumental rock bands, like the Ventures and CCS
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Here’s the muppets doing Jungle Boogie youtu.be...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey SBP!
Avatar 4:26pm
still b/p:

I am woeful that I can only listen a short while. But happy to encounter the extra double cheese of the collection title "Happiness Is... Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:26pm
Funky16Corners:

I think these "easy" covers are only as good as the songs they're covering, along with how much imagination and skill of the arranger
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
Funky16Corners:

@SBP - They were "Programmed For Pleasure" too!
  4:32pm
northguineahills:

I always said I would donate my Recs to wfmu in my will, but maybe I could sell a few Reader’s Digest box set comps, as I’ll need the scratch.
  4:34pm
northguineahills:

Uh, hopefully wfmu won’t get them in the immediate future, this being 2020 and all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, hang on to those and stay alive, please.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
Jeff Ash:

Just came across this Frank Chacksfield record in the last month or so. Didn't get it, though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
Funky16Corners:

Not essential, but pretty cool as these things go.
Avatar 4:40pm
Erica:

Go home Jojo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
Funky16Corners:

This reminds me of a Beatles lullably CD we had for the boys when they were little
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Jeff Ash:

We had the Little Richard CD of kids songs for Evan. Now if I could only find it, but I suspect it's long gone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Funky16Corners:

Was it him singing or covers of his stuff?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
Funky16Corners:

The Beatles on we had was by one of the guys in Jellyfish. It made for really good listening, in addition to putting the kids to sleep.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Jeff Ash:

It was Little Richard singing children's songs. "Shake It All About," a Disney CD from 1992. www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Thanks Larry
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
dutchtheo:

Thanks, Larry!, Up, Up And Away With The Happy Hits Of Today
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
Funky16Corners:

I just realized that I didn't play a single 45 on this show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
Jeff Ash:

Nope, not for this kind of thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
Jeff Ash:

Thanks, Larry! Great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

I have a bunch of easy/Now Sound 45s, but they didn't make it in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

Thank you all for listening!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Jeff! Matt! Theo!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
dutchtheo:

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) saved you! .... 45RPM Single
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
Funky16Corners:

There you go! I always have it in my back pocket!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Cal Zone!:

Love, Love Love, Lovin This!
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