Go West
Before he was James West on The Wild Wild West TV show, Bob Conrad in 1961 cut a single — “Ballin’ the Jack” (Odd choice, but hey…)
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(26 votes, average: 2.77 out of 5) Loading ...SOoooul Train
The hits that made it happen baby! with Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Four Tops, Billy Paul, James Brown, The O’Jays, Barbara Mason and the host with the most afro, Don Cornelious. This is one “bad” (as in “good”) comp – and it’s only $3.98! That’s right soul brothers and soul sisters, only $3.98! So don’t delay, order yours today! (On the “as seen on TV” label ADAM VII) (Correction: ADAM VIII)
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And we had “Lost in Space”
“This one is from 1966, I loved the series when I was a little boy.” — Kerstan Reineke
(20 votes, average: 2.55 out of 5) Loading ...A perfect single
The Archies (Betty, Archie, Jughead, Reggie, Veronica) “Sugar, Sugar”. This sweet, piece of bubblegum pop hit #1 on the charts in 1969. The Archies were created to be the real live musical group behind the Saturday morning TV cartoon series The Archie Show that debuted in 1968. The show’s music was the work of Don Kirshner, who was also behind the Monkees, and producer Jeff Barry. “Sugar Sugar” sold six million singles! The group had another top ten single in 1970 with “Jingle Jangle”. The studio group included Ron Dante who sang lead. Dante went on to produce most of Barry Manilow’s hits in the 70’s but previously he was with the Detergents who had a top ten hit with “Leader of the Laudromat” a take off of “Leader of the Pack”. The female singers were Ellie Greenwich (Brill Building composer of “Leader of the Pack” and many other huge hits) and Toni Wine. Another Archies backup singer, Andy Kim, had his own #1 hit in 1974 with “Rock Me Gently”.
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Music for Monsters
Two cover variations for the 1964 release of “Music for Monsters, Munsters, Mummies & Other TV Fiends” The Exciting Sound of Milton Delugg and his Orchestra. Cover illustration by Jack Davis top and the cast of “The Munters” bottom. Both on Epic.
Milton DeLugg is the composer of “Hooray for Santy Claus,” the catchy theme song for the low-budget motion picture Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. In 1958 he produced Buddy Holly’s famous record, “Rave On.” DeLugg enjoyed a long association with Chuck Barris, beginning as arranger of the original theme to The Newlywed Game in 1966. From 1976 to 1980 he was musical director of The Gong Show. DeLugg often appeared on the show as a comic foil, in the characters of bad joke teller Naso Literatus and philosopher Old Drool. DeLugg’s venerable “Hoop Dee Doo” became a fixture on The Gong Show and was used whenever the contest winner was chosen.
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Some things are better left unsaid.
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Dr. Shock
Dr. Shock was magician Joseph Zawislak who created the persona based on Roland, (with John Zacherle’s permission), and hit the Philadelphia airwaves on WPHL-TV (Channel 17) in 1969. His first Saturday afternoon horror show lasted only 13 weeks, but protests brought him back and a cult had begun. He was on three different shows during his reign: Scream-In, Mad Theater and Horror Theater. American Artists Entertainment represented Dr.Shock in the seventies and recorded him on “East Coast Records”. His sign-off each week was “Let there be fright!”. Joe Zawislak died of heart failure at the age of 42. Many cities in America has these local tv show monster hosts. In Cleveland we had “The Ghoul.”
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