WFMU: Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from May 5, 2021

Listener comments!
	♥ 1:59pm Dennis Diken: "THE TIME FOR FUN HAS COME! WELCOME TO THE SHOW 'YON DENIZENS OF THE DEN!' HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! LET'S HAVE A BALL!"
	♥ 2:00pm Listener Baby: WPAPIPOBP!! Good afternoon Denizens, good afternoon Denny. Sunny California sends warm regards.
	♥ 2:01pm Gaylord Fields: Hello dere, Dennis and Yon Denizens!
	♥ 2:01pm Eric R: always enjoy hearing June Christy
	♥ 2:02pm Chop Scott: Hello Dennis!
	♥ 2:03pm HyperDose: Greetings Dennis, Gaylord, Eric, & assembled chums!
	2:04pm DA the DJ: Nice version.
	♥ 2:04pm myron feld: Hello, Denizens! I love the way Hilary called him "Louis."
	♥ 2:05pm Michael Shelley: Hey radio pals!
	♥ 2:05pm Eric R: perfect song. Music, lyrics, arrangement, performance
	♥ 2:05pm Gaylord Fields: Ruby and the Romantics were so much more than their one huge hit. And of course you would recognize that, DD!
	♥ 2:06pm MOM WHIG: Hey Denny, Gaylord, Eric, Hyper, Michael, Baby, Chop, Da
	♥ 2:06pm Dennis Diken: hey hey hey! Listener Baby, Gaylord, Eric R, Chop Scott, HyperDose, Mikey, myron and DA (TAST) - WELCOME
	♥ 2:06pm Wild Honey: Hey Gaylord, Dennis, and fellow denizens. Greeting from the rainy Hudson Valley
	♥ 2:07pm MOM WHIG: Hi Wild
	♥ 2:07pm Woo: Dino, Desi & Billy. Did they have success? You don't hear much about them. Besides right now.
	♥ 2:07pm MOM WHIG: Good to see you Woo
	♥ 2:07pm Woo: You too Mom Whig
	♥ 2:08pm Eric R: I think they were thought of as a put-up job because of their show biz connections.
	♥ 2:08pm Gaylord Fields: Wild Honey!
	♥ 2:09pm Eric R: I did google this just now to make sure Brian got writing credit. What's the story on this?
	♥ 2:10pm Dennis Diken: hey Wild Honey, MOM WHIG, and Woo!
	♥ 2:11pm Gaylord Fields: @Eric R: Brian often rewrote songs — this song in this incarnation predates "Darlin'" as a non-hit for Sharon Marie from 1964.
	♥ 2:11pm HyperDose: Hey Mom Whig :)
	♥ 2:11pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord re Ruby & The Romantics - I know you agree that they are godlike! their version of "When You're Young And In Love" is pure bliss!
	♥ 2:11pm Eric R: Gaylord, that's a good idea. Take this bit, combine it with this bit, see how they fit together. It might be better this way or that
	2:12pm Patti K: Happy Wednesday all!
	♥ 2:12pm Gaylord Fields: Ruby, Billy Hinsche, and now Barry DeVorzon — stop it, Dennis, you're killing me! :)
	♥ 2:12pm MOM WHIG: Hi, Patti
	♥ 2:13pm Dennis Diken: hey Patti K!
	♥ 2:13pm Gaylord Fields: Eric, if a song didn't work for Brian but he thought it was worthy, he'd rework it until it did become a hit.
	♥ 2:13pm Eric R: fun...during the intro I was thinking it might be someone else's version of Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You. This makes sense, too.
	♥ 2:16pm MOM WHIG: Wow - Frankie Valli is now 87.
	♥ 2:16pm Eric R: whoa! 88 years old! That's getting there. Good for him
	♥ 2:16pm LesleyK: Hi Dennis and the gang! Just listening and enjoying while working here
	♥ 2:17pm Eric R: right, Mom? If he's that old then we must be in our late 20s or something
	♥ 2:17pm MOM WHIG: Lesley - good to have excellent work tunes
	2:18pm Michael MItsch: Hi DD ,all ! Digging the first few songs.
	♥ 2:19pm Dennis Diken: hey Lesley K, thanks for tuning in! hoping the sounds help the work! hi Michael Mitsch! welcome!
	♥ 2:19pm LesleyK: Hi Mom Whig, yes for sure! Helps keep the stress down a bit :)
	2:21pm sal maida: Did The Merseybeats cover this Mugwumps song?
	2:22pm spurn: Never realized how much "I make a fool of myself" is an attempt to re-craft "Can't take my eyes off of you"! Kinda like "You Really Got me" and "All Day and All of the Night"
	♥ 2:24pm Dennis Diken: hey Sal! dunno - that's your "assignment" - please let us all know! @spurn - hey! yeah, and they're both killer cuts. man, does Frankie sound like Little Jimmy Scott on that one!?
	2:25pm DA the DJ: Great Keith song!
	♥ 2:27pm Eric R: Sal and Dennis, The Roulettes did it first. Written by Chris Andrews
	♥ 2:27pm Dennis Diken: @DA - no argument here!! thanks for the info Eric R!
	♥ 2:28pm Michael Shelley: Streaming in my car. Keith was made to be heard blasting out of car speakers.
	♥ 2:29pm Dennis Diken: @Michael Shelley - to be sure!! great interview with the man! kudos!
	♥ 2:30pm Eric R: yay!!!!!
	♥ 2:30pm Eric R: headphones on!!!
	♥ 2:32pm Eric R: Dance Round the Maypole is, in my opinion, the high point of the 20 volume Rubbles set.
	2:33pm sal maida: Of course, the Roulettes, thanks Eric. I knew it was that era of Brit bands.
	♥ 2:34pm Dave the Spazz: Samala! Hey Dennis & all
	♥ 2:34pm Gaylord Fields: I love the idea of Roy Wood sponsoring an off-brand Move.
	♥ 2:35pm Eric R: kind of hard to believe that group turned around and did Yellow River.
	♥ 2:35pm Gaylord Fields: One fashion accessory that needs to be brought back, and swiftly, is the untied bowtie look.
	♥ 2:35pm Dennis Diken: sir Spazz! alright, now we can get this party started! @Gaylord - yeah, man! @Eric R - yeah, right? @Gaylord - noted!
	♥ 2:36pm HyperDose: Hey, Spazz and Bingo are here! Hope you locked up the fine china, Dennis!
	2:37pm Sissophonic Cheryl: Hey there Dennis!
	♥ 2:37pm Gaylord Fields: @HyperDose: Like all the great showbiz teams, Spazz and Bingo don't actually fraternize when they're not performing together.
	♥ 2:38pm Kim Reynolds: Great to be in the Den!
	♥ 2:38pm Dennis Diken: welcome Sissophonic! yeah, HyperDose, hatches battened!
	♥ 2:39pm Dennis Diken: welcome Kim Reynolds!
	♥ 2:41pm Dennis Diken: re earlier chat on DD&B - methinks they made some pretty cool rekkids, not a huge presence on the charts but they were all over the teen mags. the Sundazed CD comp pictured is recommended!
	♥ 2:43pm Gaylord Fields: Jim Hendricks wrote the Johnny Rivers hit "Summer Rain" so he's alright in my book.
	♥ 2:43pm MOM WHIG: Good to see you sisso, dave the Spazz, kim
	♥ 2:45pm Eric R: Roy sings the chorus and Vic Eames (I think that's the name) sings the verses
	♥ 2:45pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - thanks! yeah, that is one fabulous rekkid, "Summer Rain" - always took mild umbrage at the lyric "the jukebox kept on playin' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" becuz it didn't exist on a 45!
	♥ 2:45pm Dennis Diken: @Eric R - a ha! thanks!
	♥ 2:47pm Eric R: nice catch, Dennis! I always heard that as "the record player" and not "the jukebox", like in a scene from "Shampoo", when the songs seemed to be coming out of everybody's house.
	♥ 2:47pm Gaylord Fields: Haha, Dennis! That error also bugged a friend of mine — maybe it was a cover version on the Hit label by the Beagles! :)
	♥ 2:48pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Dennis and all! Been tuning in. Not gonna be able to chat much today, but I'm here 😁
	♥ 2:49pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - could be! good to know you're here Candy-O! do your thing!
	♥ 2:50pm medson: Good afternoon all.
	♥ 2:51pm Dennis Diken: hey medson!
	♥ 2:51pm myron feld: Dennis, I, too, have always begged to differ with that lyric. Maybe that groovy beach shack Johnny frequented had one of those rare 33 1/3 - playing jukeboxes: jukeboxesunlimited.com...
	♥ 2:55pm Dennis Diken: @myron - anything was possible in '67, what with all the stuff that was floating in and around everyone at the time!
	♥ 2:56pm coelacanth∅: greetings Dennis and all
	♥ 2:56pm Gaylord Fields: My totally made up out of whole cloth theory is that "jukebox" is a regional term for any electric appliance that music comes out of, like how in Georgia all sodas are called "cokes"!
	♥ 2:57pm Eric R: whoops, hit a spot in work where I have to concentrate on it. Thanks, Dennis. Hopefully I can wrap it up and get back here. See you guys later!
	2:57pm Dudski: Maybe it was a record player in a "juke joint".
	2:57pm gene sculatti: Billy Abbot. So great. Parkway makes it happen!
	♥ 2:59pm Gaylord Fields: @gene sculatti: Thereby completing today's allotment of Abbott and Costello–related material.
	3:00pm gene sculatti: So right, Gaylord.
	♥ 3:00pm Wild Honey: Can't believe I didn't know this David Ruffin version of I Want You Back. Man...
	♥ 3:02pm Dennis Diken: welcome coelacanth∅! @Gaylord, Dudski - all good points! hey gene!
	♥ 3:02pm Gaylord Fields: Wild Honey, just more proof that Ruffin is the best singer ever! Also, he dated the sister of a member of Dino, Desi and Billy, so we've come full circle.
	♥ 3:03pm MOM WHIG: Heading out for now -- bad storms brewing here once again today.
	♥ 3:03pm Dennis Diken: @Wild Honey - yeah, it and he totally rules!! @Gaylord - did he date a Martin gal?
	♥ 3:04pm Wild Honey: @gaylord-- indeed he did! Yes, GOAT for sure, in my book at least
	♥ 3:04pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Mom Whig! Hope to see you later today and the storms settle down!
	♥ 3:05pm MOM WHIG: Candy - Hi and Bye for now - Cherry Blossom later
	♥ 3:05pm Gaylord Fields: Yep, DD, he and Dino's daughter Barbara Gail were a couple. We just gotta find a singer who dated Lucie Arnaz and we have the complete set.
	♥ 3:06pm Gaylord Fields: Jessie Sailes should be a household name for his drumming on either "Let's Dance" or "Monster Mash," let alone both songs.
	♥ 3:06pm Dennis Diken: stay dry MOM WHIG! glad you could drop by!
	3:07pm Martin: Really enjoying the show, Dennis!
	♥ 3:09pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Dennis and crew! I just picked up Howard Tate's Rediscovered this weekend, which I probably already own, but, can never be too sure.
	♥ 3:09pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord @256 piqued curiosity and scrolled up to see Dennis @245... and i don't know the origin of the conversation so please forgive me but i just want to mention that i have seen jukeboxes that played lps - long long ago
	♥ 3:09pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - man, how true re Jessie Sailes - he's also on Robins tracks and other seminal rekkids. need to do more research. thanks, Martin!
	3:10pm Gerry from Miami: Dennis, a little more info on Jim Hendricks. He was actually married to Cass Elliott from '63 fo '68. And I want to mention that Jim, Cass and Biff Rose had a trio known as the Big Three before the Mugwumps were formed. I remember seeimg them on the Johnny Carson show once. Later on, Hendricks drifted off into Christian music. He's about 80 years old these days.
	♥ 3:11pm Gaylord Fields: @coel: I'm not being serious about LP jukeboxes, just having fun at the expense of that lyric.
	3:12pm Pat in a Toronto almost: Nice to finish work then continue hump day relaxing with Denny’s Den.
	♥ 3:14pm coelacanth∅: haha -your post amused me, even not knowing what lyric i unfortunately missed! ...and do they really call sodas in general "cokes" in georgia?!
	♥ 3:15pm Dennis Diken: @Hoboken Jack - glad you're here! @coelacanth∅ - wow, never did see one. DA - know anything about it? @Gerry from Miami - right, I did know about the Big Three, thanks for the reminder. wow, they were on Carson? hey Pat in a Toronto almost!
	♥ 3:17pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - isn't there also a term "Co-cola"?
	♥ 3:18pm coelacanth∅: Dennis it was somewhare i'd only been once, and remember that the deal for playing a whole album side, over per song, was significant, and hoping no one would play a whole album that i didn't like!
	♥ 3:20pm Dennis Diken: @coelacanth∅ - any idea when that might have been?
	♥ 3:21pm Gaylord Fields: Yep, DD, if you want the actual Coca-Cola Company soft drink, you ask for a "co-cola."
	♥ 3:21pm coelacanth∅: - i've seen that in diners too, where if anyone plays the tabletop jukeboxes no music plays at any other tables, and someone somewhere was playing a whole Billy Joel album so we didn't bother putting any money in because we'd be gone by the time the album finished
	♥ 3:25pm Dennis Diken: does anyone know when David Ruffin's version of "I Want You Back" was cut? did it precede TJ5's?
	♥ 3:25pm Woo: a bar I used to frequent had a CD jukebox with the White Album on it. I would sometimes play Revolution 9 to see the reaction, which usually wasn't good.
	♥ 3:26pm coelacanth∅: ...it's very foggy Dennis! i don't remember where or what company i was keeping; but it had to be late '70s> mid-80s, probabky early 80s, probably in nj somewhere. the tabletop diner jukeboxes with albums where late 70s
	♥ 3:27pm coelacanth∅: Woo i would've liked it!
	3:28pm Michael MItsch: I looked it up earlier Dennis, he covered it During the period 1970-71, David Ruffin recorded tracks with Motown for what was intended to be an album titled David. However, Motown shelved the album, and it was not released until 2004, when it was titled David: the Unreleased Album. Stephen Thomas Erlewine for AllMusic Review writes of this album: It’s still a wonder that this record sat in the vaults for over three decades, with very few of the songs recorded during the sessions appearing on other records and compilations over the years. [the album] finds Ruffin at a solo peak, not just a singer but in terms of material. One of the cuts on the `Unreleased’ album was David Ruffin’s cover of the Jackson Five’s I Want You Back. So here is the audio of that track.
	♥ 3:28pm Dave the Spazz: I can see soooooooo far!
	3:29pm Michael MItsch: Talk about covers.... This is crazy great by Frankie Randall
	♥ 3:30pm coelacanth∅: Dennis it was definitely actual records, in case you wonder! i do not know how it found the specific tracks, in the pre-digital age. my guess is - not well.
	♥ 3:31pm Dennis Diken: @coelacanth∅ - pretty interesting! thanks, Mike Mitsch, when was the J5's version released?
	3:32pm Michael MItsch: 69
	♥ 3:32pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Hello Dennyizens!
	♥ 3:32pm Hoboken Jack: 1969 for the Jackson 5 version
	3:33pm Michael MItsch: howdy GGGG
	♥ 3:33pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Hey MM
	♥ 3:33pm Dennis Diken: hey Glynis! thanks for info MM and Jack. to my ears, David's version sounds like it came before TJ5s but I guess it didn't at that
	♥ 3:36pm coelacanth∅: ...not to dwell further but it IS possible my memory fails me and it ONLY played whole album sides, and couldn't play individual tracks. (they might've had 2 jukeboxes next to each-other: 1 for lps, 1 for 45s)
	♥ 3:37pm Hackensack Slim: Happy Belated Birthday Link! Hey Dennis!!
	3:39pm Michael MItsch: Cheers DD!. Yes David owned it with his version. Those lyrics might mean more with an adult singing them.
	3:39pm sal maida: There'S the link to The Mugwumps!
	♥ 3:39pm Creature Boy: I picked up that Troggs ( American copy) 45 just b4 the pandemic . I at a vaguely steep price of 9 dollars or sumthin
	3:40pm AtlanticTunnel: Hey Dennis!....Sorry was writting n all of sudden I realized you were on!...brill play list...thanx for the mention....Have you ever hear The New Seekers moving Roy Wood song?
	♥ 3:40pm coelacanth∅: ah i love this Louie Prima song!
	3:40pm AtlanticTunnel: Hey Sally!
	♥ 3:42pm Dennis Diken: @Sal - thanks for the CD burn of the Roulettes comp some years back! hey Hackensack Slim and Creature Boy!
	3:42pm AtlanticTunnel: Sorry!...should read...Covering Row Wood songs...there are two beat og my knowledge?
	♥ 3:43pm coelacanth∅: Tammy's voice still always reminds me of Laura Cantrell's show (walk through this world)
	♥ 3:44pm Dennis Diken: @Ed - no, I gotta hear them! yeah, coelacanth∅, when I first heard that Prima cut I knew I was hooked!
	3:45pm AtlanticTunnel: Tonight n Blackberry Way!...amazin...I'll send them!...e
	♥ 3:47pm Dennis Diken: thanks, Ed!
	♥ 3:52pm Woo: Wikipedia says this about the Four Freshmen: Years active 1948–present. Thank you Dennis!
	3:53pm Michael MItsch: Great Show, No way you could followed the FF track with anything else. Happy Spring
	♥ 3:53pm Dennis Diken: yeah, Woo, there's a group out there carrying on with the name and the sound and they're quite good! thanks Michael Mitsch!
	3:55pm AtlanticTunnel: Nice drummer delight set!....thanx...e
	♥ 3:55pm Dennis Diken: you got it Ed!
	♥ 3:56pm LesleyK: Thanks Dennis, Enjoyed the tunes today!
	3:57pm spurn: Players with Yourself Club, baby!
	♥ 3:57pm Dennis Diken: much obliged LesleyK! @spurn - you can't get deals like this!
	♥ 3:58pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Dennis!
	♥ 3:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Dennis!
	♥ 3:58pm Dennis Diken: "MY THANKS TO 'YON DENIZENS OF THE DEN' FOR TUNING IN AND DIGGIN' THE NOISE TOGETHER TODAY! LOVE YOU ALL MADLY!"
	3:58pm Gerry from Miami: Excellent show today, Dennis! Until next time.............

Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from May 5, 2021

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Music behind DJ:	"Starting soon"					Starting soon	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Stan Kenton with June Christy	This Is My Theme	A Presentation of Progressive Jazz	Capitol	1947	LP		0:00:29 (Pop-up)
Ruby & The Romantics	When You're Young And In Love	Greatest Hits Album	Kapp	1964	CD	PURE BLISS!!!	0:03:39 (Pop-up)
Dino, Desi & Billy	Tell Someone You Love Them	The Rebel Kind: The Best Of Dino, Desi & Billy	Reprise	1968	CD	written, arranged, conducted and produced by Billy Hinshce	0:06:02 (Pop-up)
American Spring	Thinkin' Bout You Baby	Spring	United Artists	1972	CD		0:08:12 (Pop-up)
Barry & The Tamerlanes	I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight	I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight	Valiant	1963	CD		0:11:32 (Pop-up)
Frankie Valli	I Make A Fool Of Myself	Jersey Beat: The Music of Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons	Philips	1967	CD	happy 88th birthday Franke! man, does he ever sound like Little Jimmy Scott on moments in this cut!!	0:13:18 (Pop-up)
Tripsitter	Banana Split "Banana Split" by "Tripsitter"	California Son	Tripsitter Music	2006	CD		0:16:49 (Pop-up)
The Mugwumps	I'll Remember Tonight	The Mugwumps	Warner Bros.	1964	CD-R	Mama Cass, Zal Yanovsky, Denny Doherty and Jim Hendricks - pre Spoonful and Mamas & Papas	0:19:57 (Pop-up)
Jeffrey Foskett	Feeling Just The Way I Do	Voices	BMG	2019	CD		0:21:56 (Pop-up)
Keith	Ain't Gonna Lie "Ain't Gonna Lie" by "Keith"	98.6/Ain't Gonna Lie	Mercury	1966	CD	desert island disc for me here. be sure to check out Michael Shelley's interview with Keith from this past Saturday if you missed it!	0:25:15 (Pop-up)
Lesley Gore	We Know We're In Love	All About Love	Mercury	1965	CD		0:28:10 (Pop-up)
Acid Gallery	Dance Around The May Pole		CBS	1969	MP3	totally forgot about this song until I heard it this past Sunday on Atlantic Tunnel! thanks Ed & Gaz!! anytime is Roy Wood time!!	0:30:15 (Pop-up)
Sammy Davis Jr.	(Love Is) The Tender Trap	The Wham of Sam	Reprise	1961	CD		0:32:52 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	Welcome to Denny's Den #38!	Drums! Drums! a Go Go!	Dunhill	1965	CD		0:35:24 (Pop-up)
Gene Chandler	Rainbow '65 (Full Version)	Live Onstage In 1965	Constellation	1965	MP3		0:47:00 (Pop-up)
Johnnie Taylor	Love Bones "Love Bones" by "Johnnie Taylor"	The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues	Stax	1969	CD		0:54:36 (Pop-up)
Billy Abbott And The Jewels	Groovy Baby	Cameo-Parkway 1957-1967	Parkway	1963	CD		0:56:56 (Pop-up)
David Ruffin	I Want You Back "I Want You Back" by "David Ruffin"	David	Motown		CD		0:59:06 (Pop-up)
Inez And Charlie Foxx	Undecided "Undecided" by "Inez And Charlie Foxx"	Come By Here	Dynamo	1969	MP3		1:01:50 (Pop-up)
Jessie Sailes and The Crypt-Kickers	The Jog		GARPAX	1962	MP3		1:04:33 (Pop-up)
Howard Tate	Glad I Knew Better "Glad I Knew Better" by "Howard Tate"	Get It While You Can	Verve	1967	CD		1:07:06 (Pop-up)
The Three Degrees	Year Of Decision		Philadelphia International	1973	CD		1:09:15 (Pop-up)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	Stranger To My Happiness	Give The People What They Want	Daptone	2014	MP3		1:11:42 (Pop-up)
Thelma Houston	Do Something About It	Thelma Houston	MoWest	1972	MP3		1:15:07 (Pop-up)
James Brown	Devil's Den [Live] "Devil's Den [Live]" by "James Brown"	Soul Pride: The Instrumentals 1960-69	Polydor	1966	CD		1:17:11 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Denny D	yappin' "yappin'" by "Denny D"	Shaft (Music From The Soundtrack) Cafe Regio's	Enterprise	1971	CD		1:23:00 (Pop-up)
Frankie Randall	I Can See For Miles	The Mods And The Pops	RCA Victor	1968	CD		1:28:34 (Pop-up)
The Cleftones	Lover Boy "Lover Boy" by "The Cleftones"	The Best Of The Cleftones	Gee	1957	CD		1:31:04 (Pop-up)
The Troggs	66-5-4-3-2-1 "66-5-4-3-2-1" by "The Troggs"	Archeology (1966-1976)	Fontana	1966	CD		1:33:49 (Pop-up)
Link Wray & The Wraymen	New Studio Blues	Link Wray & The Wraymen	Epic	1960	CD		1:36:20 (Pop-up)
The Roulettes	Can You Go "Can You Go" by "The Roulettes"	Stakes & Chips	Parlophone	1964	CD		1:38:32 (Pop-up)
Louis Prima	5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days	Strictly Prima!	Capitol	1956	CD		1:40:33 (Pop-up)
Tammy Wynette	It's My Way "It's My Way" by "Tammy Wynette"	Stand By Your Man	Epic	1968	CD		1:42:40 (Pop-up)
The George Shearing Quintet	Joy Spring	On the Sunny Side of the Strip	Capitol	1960	CD		1:44:53 (Pop-up)
The Four Freshmen	Their Hearts Were Full of Spring	The Freshman Year	Capitol	1960	CD	holy	1:49:10 (Pop-up)
Denny D	Signing Off Denny's Den #38!	Big Beat On The Organ	Mercury	1958	LP		1:52:34 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 1:59pm Dennis Diken: "THE TIME FOR FUN HAS COME! WELCOME TO THE SHOW 'YON DENIZENS OF THE DEN!' HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! LET'S HAVE A BALL!"
	♥ 2:00pm Listener Baby: WPAPIPOBP!! Good afternoon Denizens, good afternoon Denny. Sunny California sends warm regards.
	♥ 2:01pm Gaylord Fields: Hello dere, Dennis and Yon Denizens!
	♥ 2:01pm Eric R: always enjoy hearing June Christy
	♥ 2:02pm Chop Scott: Hello Dennis!
	♥ 2:03pm HyperDose: Greetings Dennis, Gaylord, Eric, & assembled chums!
	2:04pm DA the DJ: Nice version.
	♥ 2:04pm myron feld: Hello, Denizens! I love the way Hilary called him "Louis."
	♥ 2:05pm Michael Shelley: Hey radio pals!
	♥ 2:05pm Eric R: perfect song. Music, lyrics, arrangement, performance
	♥ 2:05pm Gaylord Fields: Ruby and the Romantics were so much more than their one huge hit. And of course you would recognize that, DD!
	♥ 2:06pm MOM WHIG: Hey Denny, Gaylord, Eric, Hyper, Michael, Baby, Chop, Da
	♥ 2:06pm Dennis Diken: hey hey hey! Listener Baby, Gaylord, Eric R, Chop Scott, HyperDose, Mikey, myron and DA (TAST) - WELCOME
	♥ 2:06pm Wild Honey: Hey Gaylord, Dennis, and fellow denizens. Greeting from the rainy Hudson Valley
	♥ 2:07pm MOM WHIG: Hi Wild
	♥ 2:07pm Woo: Dino, Desi & Billy. Did they have success? You don't hear much about them. Besides right now.
	♥ 2:07pm MOM WHIG: Good to see you Woo
	♥ 2:07pm Woo: You too Mom Whig
	♥ 2:08pm Eric R: I think they were thought of as a put-up job because of their show biz connections.
	♥ 2:08pm Gaylord Fields: Wild Honey!
	♥ 2:09pm Eric R: I did google this just now to make sure Brian got writing credit. What's the story on this?
	♥ 2:10pm Dennis Diken: hey Wild Honey, MOM WHIG, and Woo!
	♥ 2:11pm Gaylord Fields: @Eric R: Brian often rewrote songs — this song in this incarnation predates "Darlin'" as a non-hit for Sharon Marie from 1964.
	♥ 2:11pm HyperDose: Hey Mom Whig :)
	♥ 2:11pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord re Ruby & The Romantics - I know you agree that they are godlike! their version of "When You're Young And In Love" is pure bliss!
	♥ 2:11pm Eric R: Gaylord, that's a good idea. Take this bit, combine it with this bit, see how they fit together. It might be better this way or that
	2:12pm Patti K: Happy Wednesday all!
	♥ 2:12pm Gaylord Fields: Ruby, Billy Hinsche, and now Barry DeVorzon — stop it, Dennis, you're killing me! :)
	♥ 2:12pm MOM WHIG: Hi, Patti
	♥ 2:13pm Dennis Diken: hey Patti K!
	♥ 2:13pm Gaylord Fields: Eric, if a song didn't work for Brian but he thought it was worthy, he'd rework it until it did become a hit.
	♥ 2:13pm Eric R: fun...during the intro I was thinking it might be someone else's version of Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You. This makes sense, too.
	♥ 2:16pm MOM WHIG: Wow - Frankie Valli is now 87.
	♥ 2:16pm Eric R: whoa! 88 years old! That's getting there. Good for him
	♥ 2:16pm LesleyK: Hi Dennis and the gang! Just listening and enjoying while working here
	♥ 2:17pm Eric R: right, Mom? If he's that old then we must be in our late 20s or something
	♥ 2:17pm MOM WHIG: Lesley - good to have excellent work tunes
	2:18pm Michael MItsch: Hi DD ,all ! Digging the first few songs.
	♥ 2:19pm Dennis Diken: hey Lesley K, thanks for tuning in! hoping the sounds help the work! hi Michael Mitsch! welcome!
	♥ 2:19pm LesleyK: Hi Mom Whig, yes for sure! Helps keep the stress down a bit :)
	2:21pm sal maida: Did The Merseybeats cover this Mugwumps song?
	2:22pm spurn: Never realized how much "I make a fool of myself" is an attempt to re-craft "Can't take my eyes off of you"! Kinda like "You Really Got me" and "All Day and All of the Night"
	♥ 2:24pm Dennis Diken: hey Sal! dunno - that's your "assignment" - please let us all know! @spurn - hey! yeah, and they're both killer cuts. man, does Frankie sound like Little Jimmy Scott on that one!?
	2:25pm DA the DJ: Great Keith song!
	♥ 2:27pm Eric R: Sal and Dennis, The Roulettes did it first. Written by Chris Andrews
	♥ 2:27pm Dennis Diken: @DA - no argument here!! thanks for the info Eric R!
	♥ 2:28pm Michael Shelley: Streaming in my car. Keith was made to be heard blasting out of car speakers.
	♥ 2:29pm Dennis Diken: @Michael Shelley - to be sure!! great interview with the man! kudos!
	♥ 2:30pm Eric R: yay!!!!!
	♥ 2:30pm Eric R: headphones on!!!
	♥ 2:32pm Eric R: Dance Round the Maypole is, in my opinion, the high point of the 20 volume Rubbles set.
	2:33pm sal maida: Of course, the Roulettes, thanks Eric. I knew it was that era of Brit bands.
	♥ 2:34pm Dave the Spazz: Samala! Hey Dennis & all
	♥ 2:34pm Gaylord Fields: I love the idea of Roy Wood sponsoring an off-brand Move.
	♥ 2:35pm Eric R: kind of hard to believe that group turned around and did Yellow River.
	♥ 2:35pm Gaylord Fields: One fashion accessory that needs to be brought back, and swiftly, is the untied bowtie look.
	♥ 2:35pm Dennis Diken: sir Spazz! alright, now we can get this party started! @Gaylord - yeah, man! @Eric R - yeah, right? @Gaylord - noted!
	♥ 2:36pm HyperDose: Hey, Spazz and Bingo are here! Hope you locked up the fine china, Dennis!
	2:37pm Sissophonic Cheryl: Hey there Dennis!
	♥ 2:37pm Gaylord Fields: @HyperDose: Like all the great showbiz teams, Spazz and Bingo don't actually fraternize when they're not performing together.
	♥ 2:38pm Kim Reynolds: Great to be in the Den!
	♥ 2:38pm Dennis Diken: welcome Sissophonic! yeah, HyperDose, hatches battened!
	♥ 2:39pm Dennis Diken: welcome Kim Reynolds!
	♥ 2:41pm Dennis Diken: re earlier chat on DD&B - methinks they made some pretty cool rekkids, not a huge presence on the charts but they were all over the teen mags. the Sundazed CD comp pictured is recommended!
	♥ 2:43pm Gaylord Fields: Jim Hendricks wrote the Johnny Rivers hit "Summer Rain" so he's alright in my book.
	♥ 2:43pm MOM WHIG: Good to see you sisso, dave the Spazz, kim
	♥ 2:45pm Eric R: Roy sings the chorus and Vic Eames (I think that's the name) sings the verses
	♥ 2:45pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - thanks! yeah, that is one fabulous rekkid, "Summer Rain" - always took mild umbrage at the lyric "the jukebox kept on playin' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" becuz it didn't exist on a 45!
	♥ 2:45pm Dennis Diken: @Eric R - a ha! thanks!
	♥ 2:47pm Eric R: nice catch, Dennis! I always heard that as "the record player" and not "the jukebox", like in a scene from "Shampoo", when the songs seemed to be coming out of everybody's house.
	♥ 2:47pm Gaylord Fields: Haha, Dennis! That error also bugged a friend of mine — maybe it was a cover version on the Hit label by the Beagles! :)
	♥ 2:48pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Dennis and all! Been tuning in. Not gonna be able to chat much today, but I'm here 😁
	♥ 2:49pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - could be! good to know you're here Candy-O! do your thing!
	♥ 2:50pm medson: Good afternoon all.
	♥ 2:51pm Dennis Diken: hey medson!
	♥ 2:51pm myron feld: Dennis, I, too, have always begged to differ with that lyric. Maybe that groovy beach shack Johnny frequented had one of those rare 33 1/3 - playing jukeboxes: jukeboxesunlimited.com...
	♥ 2:55pm Dennis Diken: @myron - anything was possible in '67, what with all the stuff that was floating in and around everyone at the time!
	♥ 2:56pm coelacanth∅: greetings Dennis and all
	♥ 2:56pm Gaylord Fields: My totally made up out of whole cloth theory is that "jukebox" is a regional term for any electric appliance that music comes out of, like how in Georgia all sodas are called "cokes"!
	♥ 2:57pm Eric R: whoops, hit a spot in work where I have to concentrate on it. Thanks, Dennis. Hopefully I can wrap it up and get back here. See you guys later!
	2:57pm Dudski: Maybe it was a record player in a "juke joint".
	2:57pm gene sculatti: Billy Abbot. So great. Parkway makes it happen!
	♥ 2:59pm Gaylord Fields: @gene sculatti: Thereby completing today's allotment of Abbott and Costello–related material.
	3:00pm gene sculatti: So right, Gaylord.
	♥ 3:00pm Wild Honey: Can't believe I didn't know this David Ruffin version of I Want You Back. Man...
	♥ 3:02pm Dennis Diken: welcome coelacanth∅! @Gaylord, Dudski - all good points! hey gene!
	♥ 3:02pm Gaylord Fields: Wild Honey, just more proof that Ruffin is the best singer ever! Also, he dated the sister of a member of Dino, Desi and Billy, so we've come full circle.
	♥ 3:03pm MOM WHIG: Heading out for now -- bad storms brewing here once again today.
	♥ 3:03pm Dennis Diken: @Wild Honey - yeah, it and he totally rules!! @Gaylord - did he date a Martin gal?
	♥ 3:04pm Wild Honey: @gaylord-- indeed he did! Yes, GOAT for sure, in my book at least
	♥ 3:04pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Mom Whig! Hope to see you later today and the storms settle down!
	♥ 3:05pm MOM WHIG: Candy - Hi and Bye for now - Cherry Blossom later
	♥ 3:05pm Gaylord Fields: Yep, DD, he and Dino's daughter Barbara Gail were a couple. We just gotta find a singer who dated Lucie Arnaz and we have the complete set.
	♥ 3:06pm Gaylord Fields: Jessie Sailes should be a household name for his drumming on either "Let's Dance" or "Monster Mash," let alone both songs.
	♥ 3:06pm Dennis Diken: stay dry MOM WHIG! glad you could drop by!
	3:07pm Martin: Really enjoying the show, Dennis!
	♥ 3:09pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Dennis and crew! I just picked up Howard Tate's Rediscovered this weekend, which I probably already own, but, can never be too sure.
	♥ 3:09pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord @256 piqued curiosity and scrolled up to see Dennis @245... and i don't know the origin of the conversation so please forgive me but i just want to mention that i have seen jukeboxes that played lps - long long ago
	♥ 3:09pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - man, how true re Jessie Sailes - he's also on Robins tracks and other seminal rekkids. need to do more research. thanks, Martin!
	3:10pm Gerry from Miami: Dennis, a little more info on Jim Hendricks. He was actually married to Cass Elliott from '63 fo '68. And I want to mention that Jim, Cass and Biff Rose had a trio known as the Big Three before the Mugwumps were formed. I remember seeimg them on the Johnny Carson show once. Later on, Hendricks drifted off into Christian music. He's about 80 years old these days.
	♥ 3:11pm Gaylord Fields: @coel: I'm not being serious about LP jukeboxes, just having fun at the expense of that lyric.
	3:12pm Pat in a Toronto almost: Nice to finish work then continue hump day relaxing with Denny’s Den.
	♥ 3:14pm coelacanth∅: haha -your post amused me, even not knowing what lyric i unfortunately missed! ...and do they really call sodas in general "cokes" in georgia?!
	♥ 3:15pm Dennis Diken: @Hoboken Jack - glad you're here! @coelacanth∅ - wow, never did see one. DA - know anything about it? @Gerry from Miami - right, I did know about the Big Three, thanks for the reminder. wow, they were on Carson? hey Pat in a Toronto almost!
	♥ 3:17pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - isn't there also a term "Co-cola"?
	♥ 3:18pm coelacanth∅: Dennis it was somewhare i'd only been once, and remember that the deal for playing a whole album side, over per song, was significant, and hoping no one would play a whole album that i didn't like!
	♥ 3:20pm Dennis Diken: @coelacanth∅ - any idea when that might have been?
	♥ 3:21pm Gaylord Fields: Yep, DD, if you want the actual Coca-Cola Company soft drink, you ask for a "co-cola."
	♥ 3:21pm coelacanth∅: - i've seen that in diners too, where if anyone plays the tabletop jukeboxes no music plays at any other tables, and someone somewhere was playing a whole Billy Joel album so we didn't bother putting any money in because we'd be gone by the time the album finished
	♥ 3:25pm Dennis Diken: does anyone know when David Ruffin's version of "I Want You Back" was cut? did it precede TJ5's?
	♥ 3:25pm Woo: a bar I used to frequent had a CD jukebox with the White Album on it. I would sometimes play Revolution 9 to see the reaction, which usually wasn't good.
	♥ 3:26pm coelacanth∅: ...it's very foggy Dennis! i don't remember where or what company i was keeping; but it had to be late '70s> mid-80s, probabky early 80s, probably in nj somewhere. the tabletop diner jukeboxes with albums where late 70s
	♥ 3:27pm coelacanth∅: Woo i would've liked it!
	3:28pm Michael MItsch: I looked it up earlier Dennis, he covered it During the period 1970-71, David Ruffin recorded tracks with Motown for what was intended to be an album titled David. However, Motown shelved the album, and it was not released until 2004, when it was titled David: the Unreleased Album. Stephen Thomas Erlewine for AllMusic Review writes of this album: It’s still a wonder that this record sat in the vaults for over three decades, with very few of the songs recorded during the sessions appearing on other records and compilations over the years. [the album] finds Ruffin at a solo peak, not just a singer but in terms of material. One of the cuts on the `Unreleased’ album was David Ruffin’s cover of the Jackson Five’s I Want You Back. So here is the audio of that track.
	♥ 3:28pm Dave the Spazz: I can see soooooooo far!
	3:29pm Michael MItsch: Talk about covers.... This is crazy great by Frankie Randall
	♥ 3:30pm coelacanth∅: Dennis it was definitely actual records, in case you wonder! i do not know how it found the specific tracks, in the pre-digital age. my guess is - not well.
	♥ 3:31pm Dennis Diken: @coelacanth∅ - pretty interesting! thanks, Mike Mitsch, when was the J5's version released?
	3:32pm Michael MItsch: 69
	♥ 3:32pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Hello Dennyizens!
	♥ 3:32pm Hoboken Jack: 1969 for the Jackson 5 version
	3:33pm Michael MItsch: howdy GGGG
	♥ 3:33pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Hey MM
	♥ 3:33pm Dennis Diken: hey Glynis! thanks for info MM and Jack. to my ears, David's version sounds like it came before TJ5s but I guess it didn't at that
	♥ 3:36pm coelacanth∅: ...not to dwell further but it IS possible my memory fails me and it ONLY played whole album sides, and couldn't play individual tracks. (they might've had 2 jukeboxes next to each-other: 1 for lps, 1 for 45s)
	♥ 3:37pm Hackensack Slim: Happy Belated Birthday Link! Hey Dennis!!
	3:39pm Michael MItsch: Cheers DD!. Yes David owned it with his version. Those lyrics might mean more with an adult singing them.
	3:39pm sal maida: There'S the link to The Mugwumps!
	♥ 3:39pm Creature Boy: I picked up that Troggs ( American copy) 45 just b4 the pandemic . I at a vaguely steep price of 9 dollars or sumthin
	3:40pm AtlanticTunnel: Hey Dennis!....Sorry was writting n all of sudden I realized you were on!...brill play list...thanx for the mention....Have you ever hear The New Seekers moving Roy Wood song?
	♥ 3:40pm coelacanth∅: ah i love this Louie Prima song!
	3:40pm AtlanticTunnel: Hey Sally!
	♥ 3:42pm Dennis Diken: @Sal - thanks for the CD burn of the Roulettes comp some years back! hey Hackensack Slim and Creature Boy!
	3:42pm AtlanticTunnel: Sorry!...should read...Covering Row Wood songs...there are two beat og my knowledge?
	♥ 3:43pm coelacanth∅: Tammy's voice still always reminds me of Laura Cantrell's show (walk through this world)
	♥ 3:44pm Dennis Diken: @Ed - no, I gotta hear them! yeah, coelacanth∅, when I first heard that Prima cut I knew I was hooked!
	3:45pm AtlanticTunnel: Tonight n Blackberry Way!...amazin...I'll send them!...e
	♥ 3:47pm Dennis Diken: thanks, Ed!
	♥ 3:52pm Woo: Wikipedia says this about the Four Freshmen: Years active 1948–present. Thank you Dennis!
	3:53pm Michael MItsch: Great Show, No way you could followed the FF track with anything else. Happy Spring
	♥ 3:53pm Dennis Diken: yeah, Woo, there's a group out there carrying on with the name and the sound and they're quite good! thanks Michael Mitsch!
	3:55pm AtlanticTunnel: Nice drummer delight set!....thanx...e
	♥ 3:55pm Dennis Diken: you got it Ed!
	♥ 3:56pm LesleyK: Thanks Dennis, Enjoyed the tunes today!
	3:57pm spurn: Players with Yourself Club, baby!
	♥ 3:57pm Dennis Diken: much obliged LesleyK! @spurn - you can't get deals like this!
	♥ 3:58pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Dennis!
	♥ 3:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Dennis!
	♥ 3:58pm Dennis Diken: "MY THANKS TO 'YON DENIZENS OF THE DEN' FOR TUNING IN AND DIGGIN' THE NOISE TOGETHER TODAY! LOVE YOU ALL MADLY!"
	3:58pm Gerry from Miami: Excellent show today, Dennis! Until next time.............

Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from May 5, 2021

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