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It's been a podcast for a while, but I accidentally stumbled across it on the weekend on CFAJ 1220 of all places.
It's a show in which two hosts relive the origins of well known groups or artists, playing their early work that was done before they became stars. On Saturday, for example, they offered up a song by a group called The High Numbers, which came out in 1964. Never heard of them? How about by their better known name, The Who?
There was a David Jones tune, before he changed his name to David Bowie, sounding nothing like the guy who helped change music.
An early Kinks song I'd never heard before was also featured.
And shades of CanCon, they played the top 5 Canadian songs as listed in RPM Magazine back in 1964, long before the content rules had even been thought of. I'd only heard of two of the songs, but it was still fascinating to hear these 60s tunes that rarely get played (and sometimes for good reasons!)
If you're interested, you can sample the show online or tune in Saturday and Sunday from 1-3 PM on AM 1220 from St. Catharines. If you loved 60s music and ever wondered what you never heard while CHUM was playing the hits, this could be the show for you.
From Memphis to Merseyside
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Heard part of this show on Sunday. Excellent. They played a few songs I had only read about over the years.
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I will definitely check it out, thanks for this RadioActive! Just last Friday I heard Bowie’s “Laughing Gnome”, another odd song from him before he became big, so this program is in my wheelhouse for sure!
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The station has also added a new program before my own 1220 evening show, Amplitude.
That program is called Rock & Roll Bandstand (Sat / Sun at 7pm)
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Here's a few songs from early incarnations of later more successful groups:
The Goliwogs./ CCR
The Iveys/Badfinger
Redwood/Three Dog Night
Beefeaters/Byrds
Allman Joys/Greg and Duane Allman
John's Children - While they did not morph into T-Rex for a while they Included Marc Bolan who's unmistakable vocals can be heard on this song in the background
Hourglass/ Another Allman Bros antecedent
Carol King was of course a famous brill building writer before her solo success buy I like both of these early ventures
The Snow Queen/The City - used to hear this on CHUM FM
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Last edited by Fitz (July 22, 2025 6:27 am)
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One more. I first heard this on John Donabie's sock hop show on CHUM FM.
Levon and the Hawks/The Band
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Fitz wrote:
One more. I first heard this on John Donabie's sock hop show on CHUM FM.
Levon and the Hawks/The Band
AM740 plays this tune quite often, along with the rest of The Band’s singles.