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3
  Maybellene—Chuck Berry

 

4
  Hot Rod Race—Arkie Shibley

 

5
  409—the Beach Boys

 

6
  Who Drove the Red Sports Car—Van Morrison

 

7
  Souped-Up Ford—Rory Gallagher

 

8
  Hot Rod Lincoln—Johnny Bond

 

9
  The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car—Trooper

 

10
  Somethin' Else—Eddie Cochran

 

11
  Little Deuce Coupe—the Beach Boys

 

12
  Rocket 88—Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats

 

13
  Cars—Gary Numan

 

14
  Radar Love—Golden Earring

 

15
  I'm in Love with My Car—Roger Taylor (Queen)

 

16
  Fun, Fun, Fun—the Beach Boys

 

17
  Dead Man's Curve—Jan and Dean

 

18
  Drive My Car—the Beatles

 

19
  Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat—Paul Evans

 

20
  Mercedes Benz—Janis Joplin

 

21
  I Drove All Night—Roy Orbison (also Celine Dion)

 

22
  Born to Be Wild—Steppenwolf

 

23
  The Little Old Lady from Pasadena—Jan and Dean

 

24
  Teen Angel—Mark Dinning

 

25
  (I'm Your) Vehicle—the Ides of March

 

RANDY'S 25 FAVOURITE INSTRUMENTAL POP SONGS

Instrumentals are very important. They're all about melody. You know how in real estate they say the three most important factors in looking for a house are location, location, location? Well, in songwriting it's melody, melody, melody. Many great songs first came to life as melody or an instrumental before someone put lyrics to them. Then the song takes on a new life. But a good instrumental melody can live on forever because it sticks in people's brains.

 

1
  Let's Go—the Routers

 

2
  Let There Be Drums—Sandy Nelson

 

3
  Pipeline—the Surfaris

 

4
  Wonderful Land—the Shadows

 

5
  Tequila—the Champs

 

6
  Green Onions—Booker T. and the MGs

 

7
  Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2)—Bill Doggett

 

8
  Man of Mystery—the Shadows

 

9
  Rawhide—Link Wray

 

10
  Rock and Roll (Part 2)—Gary Glitter and the Glitter Band

 

11
  Telstar—the Tornados

 

12
  Forty Miles of Bad Road—Duane Eddy

 

13
  Ramrod—Duane Eddy

 

14
  Atlantis—Mark Knopfler

 

15
  7-11 (Mambo No. 5)—Gone All Stars

 

16
  Miserlou—Dick Dale

 

17
  Torquay—the Fireballs

 

18
  Like, Long Hair—Paul Revere and the Raiders

 

19
  Guitar Boogie Shuffle—the Virtues

 

20
  Gonzo—James Booker

 

21
  Last Night—the Mar-Keys

 

22
  Penetration—the Pyramids

 

23
  Freeway Jam—Jeff Beck

 

24
  77 Sunset Strip—Warren Barker

 

25
  Train to Nowhere—the Champs

 

RANDY'S 20 FAVOURITE FOOD SONGS

The food-song theme was suggested by one of our listeners. We didn't want it to be instrumentals, we wanted the food name in the lyrics as well as the title. Denise did the research on this one because many of these songs were hard to find. But we told listeners to get out some of their favourite foods and eat along with the show because the songs were bound to make them all hungry.

 

1
  Jambalaya—Jeff Healey

 

2
  Bread and Butter—The Newbeats

 

3
  Mashed Potato Time—Dee Dee Sharp

 

4
  Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)—Dee Dee Sharp

 

5
  Dixie Chicken—Little Feat

 

6
  Peaches—the Presidents of the United States of America

 

7
  The Banana Boat Song—Harry Belafonte

 

8
  Cheeseburger in Paradise—Jimmy Buffett

 

9
  Catfish Blues—the Jimi Hendrix Experience

 

10
  Peanuts—Little Joe and the Thrillers

 

11
  One Bad Apple—the Osmonds

 

12
  Watermelon Man—Mongo Santamaria

 

13
  Hambone—Red Saunders and His Orchestra with Delores Saunders and the Hambone Kids

 

14
  Cherry Pie—Warrant

 

15
  Cherry Pie—Skip and Flip

 

16
  I Want Candy—the Strangeloves

 

17
  Blueberry Hill—Fats Domino

 

18
  Ice Cream—Sarah McLachlan

 

19
  Peanut Butter—the Vibrations

 

20
  No Sugar Tonight—the Guess Who

 

RANDY'S 25 FAVOURITE ONE-HIT WONDERS

I was one of these for a short period of time and I'm so glad that I'm not anymore: a one-hit wonder. You work hard learning your instrument, getting a band together, writing songs, recording, praying, hoping, and trying to have a hit. And when you do you're a one-hit wonder until you can find that magic formula to follow it up. It's often said that you're only as good as your last record, and following up a big hit can be extremely difficult. The recording artists listed below were unable, for whatever reason, to follow up their one hit with another hit. They may have enjoyed a wonderful career without another hit. At least they got that one hit; plenty of recording artists never even get that. People may not recognize the name of the band or singer, but as soon as you say the name of the record or sing a bit of it they go, “Oh, that song!”

 

1
  99 Luftballons (Red Balloons)—Nena

 

2
  Just the Way It Is, Baby—the Rembrandts

 

3
  Breakfast at Tiffany's—Deep Blue Something

 

4
  (I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight—Cutting Crew

 

5
  Venus—Shocking Blue

 

6
  Harlem Shuffle—Bob and Earl

 

7
  Spirit in the Sky—Norman Greenbaum

 

8
  Something in the Air—Thunderclap Newman

 

9
  Fire—the Crazy World of Arthur Brown

 

10
  Runaway Train—Soul Asylum

 

11
  Your Woman—White Town

 

12
  Ride Captain Ride—Blues Image

 

13
  Mississippi Queen—Mountain

 

14
  Come On Eileen—Dexy's Midnight Runners

 

15
  Tainted Love—Soft Cell

 

16
  As the Years Go By—Mashmakhan

 

17
  Hey! Baby—Bruce Channel

 

18
  Achy Breaky Heart—Billy Ray Cyrus

 

19
  Wild Weekend—the Rebels

 

20
  Pretty Little Angel Eyes—Curtis Lee

 

21
  Sukiyaki—Kyu Sakamoto

 

22
  Have I the Right?—the Honeycombs

 

23
  Tobacco Road—the Nashville Teens

 

24
  Just Like Romeo and Juliet—the Reflections

 

25
  Elusive Butterfly—Bob Lind

 

RANDY'S 25 FAVOURITE NOVELTY SONGS

There are hardly any novelty songs released anymore, but back in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s they were all the rage: novelty songs with trick voices, sound effects, spoofs of other songs, etc., and plenty of fun and good melodies. Today they're on children's CDs, but back then they were hit records. Many people sent in a request for a show about these kinds of songs. I certainly remembered them all and had fun playing them.

 

1
  We're a Ukrainian Band—Bob Rivers

 

2
  Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini—Brian Hyland

 

3
  The Purple People Eater—Sheb Wooley

 

4
  They're Coming to Take Me Away—Napoleon XIV

 

5
  Disco Duck—Rick Dees

 

6
  Witch Doctor—David Seville

 

7
  Boogie Bear—Boyd Bennett

 

8
  Pretty Blue Eyes (bad version)—the Guess Who

 

9
  Monster Mash—Bobby “Boris” Pickett

 

10
  Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)—Lonnie Donegan

 

11
  Clean the Aquarium—Bob Rivers

 

12
  Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh—Allan Sherman

 

13
  The Banana Boat Song—Stan Freberg

 

14
  Tiptoe Through the Tulips—Tiny Tim

 

15
  King Tut—Steve Martin

 

16
  A Hard Day's Night—Peter Sellers

 

17
  The Hockey Song—Stompin' Tom Connors

 

18
  Peaches—the Presidents of the United States of America

 

19
  Fish Heads—Barnes and Barnes

 

20
  The Name Game—Shirley Ellis

 

21
  Valley Girl—Frank Zappa (with Moon Unit Zappa)

 

22
  Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport—Rolf Harris

 

23
  Mr. Custer—Larry Verne

 

24
  I Put a Spell on You—Screamin' Jay Hawkins

 

25
  Convoy—C.W. McCall

 

RANDY'S FAVOURITE SONGS WITH GIRLS' NAMES IN THE TITLE

When I did a show on songs with guys' names in the title, we had a tough time finding enough songs to fill the two hours. But with girls' names we had to do two shows and still had plenty more to choose from … except, of course, for the letter X. Does
Xena: Warrior Princess
have a theme song?

 

A
  Alison—Elvis Costello

Annie's Song—John Denver

Polk Salad Annie—Tony Joe White

 

B
  Barbara Ann—the Beach Boys

Bernadette—the Four Tops

Billy Jean—Michael Jackson

Bony Moronie—Larry Williams

 

C
  Carol—Chuck Berry

Cathy's Clown—Everly Brothers

Claudette—Everly Brothers

Oh! Carol—Neil Sedaka

 

D
  Denise—Fountains of Wayne

Denise—Randy and the Rainbows

Diana—Paul Anka

Dolly Dagger—Jimi Hendrix

Donna—Ritchie Valens

 

E
  Come On Eileen—Dexy's Midnight Runners

Eleanor Rigby—the Beatles

 

F
  Fannie Mae—Buster Brown

Short Fat Fannie—Larry Williams

 

G
  Gloria—Laura Branigan

Gloria—Them (with Van Morrison)

Guinnevere—Crosby, Stills and Nash

 

H
  Helen Wheels—Paul McCartney and Wings

Holly Holy—Neil Diamond

 

I
   Goodnight, Irene—the Weavers

Irene Wilde—Ian Hunter

Izabella—Jimi Hendrix

 

J
  Jane—Barenaked Ladies

Jennifer Juniper—Donovan

Jolene—Dolly Parton

Judy in Disguise—John Fred and His Playboy Band

Lady Jane—the Rolling Stones

 

K
  Kate—Ben Folds Five

Kathy's Song—Simon & Garfunkel

 

L
  Dizzy Miss Lizzy—Larry Williams

Layla—Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton)

Linda Lu—Ray Sharpe

Lola—the Kinks

Lucille—Little Richard

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds—the Beatles

Pictures of Lily—the Who

 

M
  Along Comes Mary—the Association

Hello Mary Lou—Ricky Nelson

Lady Madonna—the Beatles

Maggie May—Rod Stewart

Maybellene—Chuck Berry

Michelle—the Beatles

Proud Mary—Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

N
  Nadine—Chuck Berry

 

O
  Ophelia—the Band

 

P
  Hey Paula—Paul and Paula

Palmyra—the Guess Who

Peggy Sue—Buddy Holly

 

Q
  Little Queenie—Chuck Berry

 

R
  Help Me, Rhonda—the Beach Boys

Rosanna—Toto

Roxanne—the Police

Ruby Tuesday—the Rolling Stones

Walk Away Renée—the Left Banke