There were all kinds of special versions of Life Is A Rock. If a station was big enough, they'd record a one-off with the station's call letters embedded in the song.

I remember one that aired on WCFL in Chicago. When it came to the chorus, you'd hear "Life Is A Rock, But CFL Rolled Me."



Not to be outdone, fierce competitor WLS also had one.  



Here's another version from WRC in Washington, D.C.



I'm not sure how many special editions they made, but there were a number of them. 

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RadioActive wrote:

There were all kinds of special versions of Life Is A Rock. If a station was big enough, they'd record a one-off with the station's call letters embedded in the song.

I remember one that aired on WCFL in Chicago. When it came to the chorus, you'd hear "Life Is A Rock, But CFL Rolled Me."



Not to be outdone, fierce competitor WLS also had one.  





Here's another version from WRC in Washington, D.C.



I'm not sure how many special editions they made, but there were a number of them. 

There's also a Pop Top for this song, courtesy WPGC.

http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/poptop-wpgc-reunion.mp3
 

Last edited by Dale Patterson (December 13, 2018 11:59 pm)

Another extremely cool song whose title is a place named on the map. This will get your attention when you're 10 and the National Geographic world atlas is your favorite book. There's also a Spanish version --



 

I was producing a talk show a long time ago, when we decided to have Gene Pitney as a guest by phone from his home in Connecticut. He was absolutely terrific, but very humble, which I thought was great.

He told lots of stories about his career and his songs, although the one that fascinated me most was his tale of always being mistaken as the lead singer of "Black Is Black" by Los Bravos. He claimed that it had followed him through the years and he could never quite put the rumour to rest that it wasn't him! (And truth be told, if you listen to it, it does sound just like him.)

The station we were at changed format about a year later and blew everyone out the door, as so often happens. It wasn't until a few years later that I discovered Pitney had come back to Toronto (at the old Imperial Room, as I recall) and had left two VIP tickets for the host and me at the box office. But when his people tried to reach us at the radio station, they were told we were no longer there. 

A real shame. I would have loved to have met him in person.

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It may have been written way back in 1947, but the definitive version wasn't released until Dean Martin "owned" it in 1964. I can still see mom and dad dancing around the room to this one...


C'mon, you know you love it.

Which pair do 'you' prefer?








or.......








 

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Thanks to DeepTracks, RadioActive and a few others, this thread keeps on keepin' on.

This single, from 1986, is the title track from the album by the same name. Rather a bizarre video too..


 

mace wrote:

Freddie & The Dreamers had a minor hit  [#36] with I Understand in May 1965.
 

Have y'all noticed that this is a great way to watch Youtube videos? No commercials. 

This single (track 1) from Cat's 6th studio album reached #16 in 1973.


 

When you have to cut a piece of twine for a project, what time is it? THX WTAC and WTRX ... Twine baby! Oooh ... ahhh ... ooh-ahh-ooh ...



 

Try not to move any part of your body while this plays...I dare ya! From 1960, and including Brook's lyric flub that they chose to leave in. 



And, another one for good measure.


 

Attention: Any new readers of, and hopefully new contributors to, this thread, take a look at ALL the previous posts





























 

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YES - with Anderson and Rabin, and some derivatives......
















 

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