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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 Comments Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting The Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Dino, Desi and Billy  Fun Fun Fun   Favoriting Our Time Is Coming  Reprise  1966  LP    0:01:25 (Pop-up)
Red Squares  When I Grow Up To Be a Man   Favoriting It's Happening  Columbia (Sweden)  1967  LP    0:03:29 (Pop-up)
Andrew Oldham Orchestra  I Get Around   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Parrot  1965  45    0:05:26 (Pop-up)
Roy Orbison  Help Me Rhonda   Favoriting The Big O  London  1970  LP    0:07:54 (Pop-up)
Sagittarius  In My Room   Favoriting The Blue Marble  Together  1969  LP    0:10:46 (Pop-up)
 
Glenn Campbell  Guess I'm Dumb   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Capitol  1965  45    0:18:21 (Pop-up)
Tony Rivers and the Castaways  Girl Don't Tell Me   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Immediate  1966  45    0:20:59 (Pop-up)
Fun and Games  Don't Worry Baby   Favoriting Elephant Candy  Uni  1968  LP    0:23:38 (Pop-up)
The Lancers  The Warmth of the Sun   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Veejay  1965  45    0:26:26 (Pop-up)
The Surf Symphony  The Warmth of the Sun   Favoriting The Song of Summer  Capitol  1969  LP    0:28:52 (Pop-up)
Eric Matthews  The Lonely Sea   Favoriting Caroline Now! The Songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys  Marina  2000  CD    0:31:48 (Pop-up)
Freddy McCoy  Pet Sounds   Favoriting Soul Yogi  Prestige  1969  LP    0:35:34 (Pop-up)
Four King Cousins  God Only Knows   Favoriting Introducing the Four King Cousins  Capitol  1968  LP    0:37:52 (Pop-up)
Carmen McRae  Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)   Favoriting For Once In My Life  Atlantic  1967  LP    0:39:54 (Pop-up)
Carmen McRae  I Just Wasn't Made for These Times   Favoriting For Once In My Life  Atlantic  1967  LP    0:42:45 (Pop-up)
Robb Storme Group  Here Today   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Capitol  1966  45    0:45:40 (Pop-up)
Nick DeCaro  Caroline No   Favoriting 45RPM Single  A&M  1968  45    0:48:20 (Pop-up)
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra  Pet Sounds   Favoriting Caroline Now! The Songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys  Marina  2000  CD    0:51:48 (Pop-up)
Gary Usher  Medley: Fall Breaks Back to Winter/Good Vibrations/Heroes and Villains   Favoriting Smile For Me, A Symphonic Tribute To Brian Wilson  Together  2004  CD  Recorded 1970  0:55:13 (Pop-up)
Charlie McCoy  Good Vibrations   Favoriting The World of Charlie McCoy  Monument  1968  LP    0:59:26 (Pop-up)
 
Young Holt Unlimited  Good Vibrations   Favoriting The Beat Goes On  Brunswick  1967  LP    1:13:41 (Pop-up)
Don Costa  Heroes and Villains   Favoriting Modern Delights  Verve  1967  LP    1:17:42 (Pop-up)
Malcolm Ross  Heroes and Villains   Favoriting Caroline Now! The Songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys  Marina  2000  CD    1:21:47 (Pop-up)
Laughing Gravy  Vegetables   Favoriting 45RPM Single  White Whale  1967  45  aka Dean Torrence  1:25:48 (Pop-up)
David Cassidy  Darlin'   Favoriting The Higher They Climb - The Harder They Fall  RCA  1975  LP  feat Flo and Eddie  1:28:01 (Pop-up)
Nazareth  Wild Honey   Favoriting Play'n'The Game  A&M  1976  LP    1:31:23 (Pop-up)
Faces  Gettin' Hungry   Favoriting Five Guys Walk Into a Bar...  Warner Brothers  2004  CD    1:34:18 (Pop-up)
Gary Usher  Friends   Favoriting Smile For Me, A Symphonic Tribute To Brian Wilson  Together  2004  CD  Recorded 1970  1:39:16 (Pop-up)
Pizzicato Five  Passing By   Favoriting Sister Freedom Tapes  Matador  1996  CD    1:41:13 (Pop-up)
High Llamas  Anna Lee the Healer   Favoriting Caroline Now! The Songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys  Marina  2000  CD    1:43:31 (Pop-up)
Vince Gill, David Crosby, Jimmy Webb  Surf's Up   Favoriting Live at Radio City Music Hall 2001  Bootleg  2001  MP3    1:46:57 (Pop-up)
Art Garfunkel  Disney Girls   Favoriting Breakaway  Columbia  1975  LP    1:51:41 (Pop-up)
Kayla Williams  Til I Die   Favoriting Unreleased  Youtube  2020  MP3    1:56:07 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45    2:04:58 (Pop-up)

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Jeff Ash:

Greetings from Wisconsin!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Jeff!
  3:03pm
Moog1 Radio:

Wa halla loo lay Wa halla loo lah Keeny wok a poo lah - Everybody!
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dutchtheo:

Hey, Larry and beach boys and -girls, fun fun fun!!!
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Funky16Corners:

Kurt! Theo!
  3:06pm
Moog1 Radio:

Recently purchased this Andrew OO record! It's wonderful!
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Funky16Corners:

I only have the 45. On the lookout for the LP
  3:08pm
Moog1 Radio:

This is track 1 on the "West" side
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Funky16Corners:

Is there any clue on the LP who plays on it?
  3:09pm
Moog1 Radio:

I'll have to look again, but from memory the Liner Notes are pretty weak
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Erica:

Hi Beach Boys fans!
  3:10pm
Moog1 Radio:

Excellent version of Dawn on the "East" side
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Rick from SC:

Hey Larry and all
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Erica!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Rick!
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John from NP:

Howdy Larry, hope you are well.
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Funky16Corners:

Hi John!
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Funky16Corners:

Correction! Co-written with Russ Titelman, not Tony Asher!
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Phillippe:

Howdy
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Irene Trudel:

Loving this deep dive into Beach Boys/Brian Wilson covers!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Irene!
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Funky16Corners:

Hi Phillippe!
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Funky16Corners:

I have no idea how Mike Love got his name on the credits to this song. I guess he was holding the studio door shut or something.
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Funky16Corners:

@Moog1 - Do you have this album?
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Jeff Golick:

always happy to have a reason to post this photo: www.smileysmile.net...

hi, Larry -- great show!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Jeff! Thanks!
  3:31pm
Moog1 Radio:

No I don't just one track on a Capitol Records comp
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Funky16Corners:

I'm saving that picture!
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Funky16Corners:

@Moog1 - I think you'd love it. Some cool covers and great originals, too. 100% Wrecking Crew
  3:33pm
Moog1 Radio:

I'd like to hear their version of Get Back
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Funky16Corners:

They cover Mark Eric's 'Night Of the Lions'!
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Funky16Corners:

The part of this record where he does the vibes solo is mind-blowing
  3:38pm
Moog1 Radio:

Youre blowing my mind with that Surf Symphony and this Freddie McCoy
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Erica:

That version of Pet Sounds sounds like elevator music.
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Funky16Corners:

I'd like to move into that elevator
  3:39pm
Moog1 Radio:

...Queues up Don Costa
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Erica:

Haha Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

Next set!
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Funky16Corners:

I would love to know the story behind this Carmen McRae album, Recorded in the UK in 1967, and the Beach Boys covers are SUBLIME
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Irene Trudel:

This Carmen McRae version is so beautifully eerie.
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Funky16Corners:

Isn't it?
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doctorjazz:

Hi Larry and folks!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc!
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Little Danny:

Hello Larry 'n' friends.
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Funky16Corners:

Danny!
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Irene Trudel:

Wow, this medley has some weird versions but it kinda works.
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Funky16Corners:

This Gary Usher album is cool.
  3:59pm
Moog1 Radio:

Howard and I know the guy who sold you this CD
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Funky16Corners:

No kidding?
  4:01pm
Moog1 Radio:

Through that turntable app. he visits Howards room a lot
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Funky16Corners:

Ah, ok!
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Little Danny:

Can't quite wrap my head around Charlie McCoy. He has northern soul anthem from this time, though!
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Erica:

Cool. Can't wait for the anniversary show Larry.
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spodiodi:

greetings, Larry Grogan and all
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Funky16Corners:

Hey spodiodi!
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Funky16Corners:

@Danny - McCoy is all over the map
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Irene Trudel:

Well, I need to concentrate on some audio editing so I'll catch the rest of your show in the archive. Great show today!
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Funky16Corners:

Thank Irene!
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Funky16Corners:

@Moog1 - Here you go!
  4:19pm
Moog1 Radio:

Costa plenty!
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Erica:

I love my vegetablllles.
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Funky16Corners:

I remember the first time I heard that song. I thought it was hilarious.
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Erica:

Love Hurts (Oh wait wrong song).
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Erica:

Hahaha
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Funky16Corners:

Nazareth did some really interesting stuff. Take a stroll through their discography some time.
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Funky16Corners:

Aww, man. Johnny Crawford (from the Rifleman) died. He was 75
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Erica:

Yeah. He died just days ago.
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Funky16Corners:

I can't believe he was 75
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Phillippe:

I read a while back that in terms of gun deaths per broadcast hour, The Rifleman was the most violent TV show ever. Yet it is considered wholesome.
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Funky16Corners:

The highlight of the show was Chuck Connors gun-handling.
  4:46pm
Moog1 Radio:

Love the High Llamas. Saw them live a bunch of times!
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Funky16Corners:

Me too. I have a couple of their albums. I like where they're coming from.
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Erica:

That faucetto man.
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Funky16Corners:

BTW, the first voice you heard was Vince Gill, the Jimmy Webb, then Crosby
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Funky16Corners:

@Erica - Yeah, Vince Gill, like a choirboy
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Phillippe:

This kid has a nice voice
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Funky16Corners:

Doesn't he?
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Funky16Corners:

Whatever happened to his little friend?
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WR:

Hi Larry & all. Started listening during Malcolm Ross
Heroes and Villain, will listen to the rest later. interesting and fun episode. Thank you Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey WR!
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Phillippe:

Last I saw his friend was in Annie Hall, I think
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Funky16Corners:

He married and divorced Princess Leia, then hooked up with a 90s MTV one hit wonder. Crazy world
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Phillippe:

Its a great life sometimes, ain't it?
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Funky16Corners:

Never fails to surprise.
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spodiodi:

thanks, Larry!
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spodiodi:

be well
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks spodiodi!
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Phillippe:

Thanks Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Phillippe!
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Erica:

Great show as always Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

Thank you Erica!
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