67GreenRambler wrote:

This is a SOWNY.
The readers on Steve Hoffman Music Forum would dig it though.

Yes but I wanted to highlight artists that were played on CHUM FM and CFNY and even AM radio, look at the chart postions in the picture of the Rhino album. I would think they are relevant. Kind of like the long CFNY thread we had before..I do post to Steve Hoffman as well. Are music and Radio not connected ? 

Is a radio topic only talk or current radio.?

Edit :Moreover I refrenced radio and even CHUM FM directly and when speaking about Beserkley CHARTBUSTERS I spoke about the Rubinoos cracking the Hot 100 and how do you do that if not via radio airplay,
 

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RadioActive wrote:

Let's not forget about Lorne's excellent "Oldies Music Board."

Thanks very much, RA. Yes, postings like this would be more than welcome on the oldies board. 
 

Valdy - Hot Rocks

Shorty Wave wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

Let's not forget about Lorne's excellent "Oldies Music Board."

 
I just checked out Lorne’s board, pretty good! I will be visiting it in the future.

Agreed I do visit sometimes.

I have never had a problem with Fitz's music posts. Often there are song discussions, chart positions etc. Occasionally, SOWNY branches out of the GTA and Western New York to radio happenings in Western Canada and other parts of the U.S. If it is media related in general, I will be interested.

mace wrote:

I have never had a problem with Fitz's music posts. Often there are song discussions, chart positions etc. Occasionally, SOWNY branches out of the GTA and Western New York to radio happenings in Western Canada and other parts of the U.S. If it is media related in general, I will be interested.

Thank you Mace and RA as well. I would say that  there are quite a few SOWNY posters who discuss the same subjects. I will admit that back in the day I was a radio obsessive in fact my friends around 1973 bet me that I could not last a day without tuning into CHUM FM.

I have held on to my vinyl, tape and CD collections and many may have moved on from physical media. Plus I have held on to a  large rock magazine collection where some may not. have. Thus I am able to embellish my posts with visuals and have done so over the years. I remember I did a really long post on rock books maybe two or three years ago that may have been my longest.

tdotwriter wrote:

Essentially the 1970s equivalent of MuchMusic's "Big Shiny Tunes" modern rock compilation albums that repeatedly went multiple times platinum in Canada in the 2000s. And yes, I myself am a big fan and advocate of physical media.

Actually Nuggets was not necessarily big at the time and I don't think Beserkley Chartbusters was either but over time,  Nuggets in particular, built a mythos and momentum and cult classic status. Sort of like the Velvet Underground and Big Star both of which did not archive big commercial success when they were active but have since developed a loyal and significant fan base and most importantly have been a big influence on other musicians.

Since we’re talking about compilations, back in the 90s I picked up a few copies of Rhino Records’ “Have A Nice Day” CDs, which were hits from the 1970s. Most of them featured fairly well known tracks, but there were also rarer tracks that I had forgotten about. I still pull them out for a spin and nostalgic fuzziness purposes!

Shorty Wave wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

Yes, plus music is a big part of radio, so it seems to work.

 
No kidding! I am probably a radio fan due to the fact that music is indeed a big part of it. Like many, radio was probably our main source for hearing hits when we young, I couldn’t buy ever 7” single I liked but still got to listen to them, thanks to radio, and I do enjoy music related posts, especially with decent visuals, I appreciate the fact that someone took the time to add them, so keep them coming Fitz and company!

Not to mention the time honoured (and now extinct) tradition of taping songs on a cassette off the radio, long before the Internet. I'm willing to guess every one here of a certain age did that, probably a lot. 

The sad thing is we'd always try to cut off the announcer. Now, to me, that aircheck would be more valuable than the music!

"Maybe Tomorrow" did spend 3 weeks on the CHUM Chart, peaking at #20. But on Billboard it only got to #67.

 Sausalito ( Is The Place to Go) 

The Best of Bubblegum album I posted in the first post above was of one of two such sets released in 1983 by Rhino. Below is the front  and partial  back cover of the second album. Including some politically incorrect verbiage. Track number 10 is Beg, Borrow and Steal by the Rare Breed, released on Attack records in 1966. In 1967 the exact same record was released under the name Ohio Express and charted at # 29. This was before Joey Levine sang on any of their songs. 

Some great songs and acts on the album and  a few clunkers like the Partridge Family. That was a sign of the decline underway and eventually we ended up with other less than stellar acts like Paper Lace and Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods etc. The Music Explosion, Syndicate of Sound, Lemon Pipers and Beg Borrow and Steal and others make the album worthwhile.Most of the tracks were under the umbrella of Kasenetz/ Katz which was a huge bubblegum factory. 

Also Two YT clips:
1. Sausalito ( Is The Place to Go) - came out under the name Ohio Express but this was essentially 10 CC in 1969. The song did chart on Billboard  Another pre 10 CC project was 1970's Neanderthal Man - released under the name Hotlegs which charted higher and received airplay on both CHUM and CKFH. 
2. Garage Bubblegum classic Little Bit Of Soul by the Music Explosion.






 

RadioActive wrote:

While it was often hard to take bubblegummers like The Ohio Express seriously, the flip side of their hit "Down At Lulu's" was a song called "She's Not Coming Home." It was quite good and unlike the fluff the group became known for. 

I thought that Down at Lulu's  was quite nifty and in the liner notes to the second bubblegum set I posted yesterday Pete Townshend is  quoted as saying that 'Yummy' was a fave of his. Personallly not a fan of that record but I did like Lulu and Beg, Borrow and Steal and also the 10 CC track I posted above where they were the Ohio Express.
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RadioActive wrote:

Quite a story behind this one hit wonder, although I never heard that it was banned on certain stations. And is that Mike Post they mention playing guitar the same Mike Post who wrote the theme song to Law & Order and Hill St. Blues? If so, he doesn't put it on his resume! 

I interviewed him many years ago and wish I'd known about this. I would have loved to ask him about it. 

And yes, I had heard about the "My Three Sons" connection. What a weird 'behind-the-hit' story.   

How a 1967 One-Hit Wonder Got Banned From the Radio Without a Real Band Behind the Track

There was eventually an actual group formed under the name Yellow Balloon and Don Grady of My Three Sons fame was in that band. Their album is heralded in Sunshine Pop circles and was re-released by the great Sundazed label. Producer Gary Zekley is also held in high esteem. He also wrote Superman which was the B side to Sugar on Sunday by the Clique. and later covered to acclaim by REM.

I have three of the singles mentioned in the linked article including Yellow Balloon, the b-side of which was Noolab Wolley ( YB backwards) as I guess the band was not in place when the single was released. See pic below. Pretty sure all of the singles are original pressings.

Also YT on the band  on Shebang with Don Grady ( as Luke R Yoo)  in toe along with host Casey Kasem.




 

Last edited by Fitz (March 29, 2026 10:30 am)

I noticed on a second look at  that top 10 chart on  Bandstand that the Electric Prunes track was not what I had assumed "I had too  Much to Dream last Night" but their near hit "Get me to the World on Time". Another episode had the Jefferson Airplane on the chart with the Ballad of You and Me and Pooniel" from After Bathing at Baxters - which at best was a regional hit. The chart could not have been based on airplay or sales and perhaps was based on  the whim of the producers. 

I also noticed  on a seperate episode that they had the names and pictures of some of the dancers and one was none other than Marcia ( Mrs Kotter) Strassman and here she is with her almost hit from 1967, The Flower Children:

Edit  and correction: I misread the name Strasman as one of the dancers. She was not but she did sing the Flower Children in 1967.




 

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