Denny's Den with Dennis Diken:
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Step into Denny’s Den to give yourself a little lift as you make your way through the busy day. Or take a break and make the world go away for a while. Dig on platters a-plenty, from The Chantels to Del Shannon, The Small Faces to Jimmy Reed. And so much more. Maybe some Basie and Kenton? Relax. You’ve earned it!
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| Rosemary Clooney |
Mambo Italiano
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| Lady Dottie & The Diamonds |
Have Love Will Travel
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| The Overlanders |
Love Is Strange
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| The Bangles |
Mary Street
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| Roy "Bald Head" Byrd |
Rockin' With Fes
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| The Undisputed Truth |
Mama, I Got A Brand New Thing
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| Gun Club |
Sleeping In Blood City
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| The Du-Droppers |
Can't Do Sixty No More
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| Dan Montgomery |
The Winter of the Summer of Super Freak
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| Margie Joseph |
Let's Stay Together
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| The Vontastics |
Never Let Your Love Grow Cold
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Music behind DJ: Richard "Groove" Holmes |
The Girl From Ipanema
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| Elkie Brooks |
Something's Got A Hold On Me
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| The Quotations |
Cool It
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| Nancy Wilson |
Call Me
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| The Brain Twist |
Brain Twist
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| Syl Johnson |
Things Ain't Right
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| Peggy Lee |
Show Me The Way To Get Out of This World (Cause That's Where Everything Is)
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| The Daps |
Down and Out
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| The Wonders |
Dance With Me Tonight
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| Gene Pitney |
Down In The Subway
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| Prophet G. Lusk |
Going Home To Jesus
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| The Reggae Girls a/k/a The Ebony Sisters |
Rescue Me
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Music behind DJ: Unknown Band |
Goldfinger
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| Howlin' Wolf |
Hold Your Money
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| Janiva Magness |
Don't Do It
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| Jimmy Dotson |
I Need Your Love
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| Amanda Thorpe |
Paris Is A Lonely Town
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| Charlie Rich |
A Woman Left Lonely
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| Dusty Springfield |
See All Her Faces
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| Chuck Prophet |
Who Shot John?
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| The Small Faces |
Don't Burst My Bubble
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not on the original album, included on one of the several "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" reissues |
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| Larry Frazier |
Before Six
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| Darrow Fletcher |
I've Gotta Know Why
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Music behind DJ: Tonni Kalash |
The Boss
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| Ricky Nelson |
Boppin' The Blues
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| Muggsy Spanier |
Bluin' The Blues
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Everyone fox trot! |
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| The Cyclones (Featuring Eddie Jones) |
Say What?
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Mistakenly announced as "Daddy, Can I Go To The Hop?" because I was so taken with the female vocal. |
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| Gar Bacon |
There's Gonna Be Rockin' Tonight
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| Boys & Girls Together |
Knock Knock
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| Joe Jones |
The Big Mule
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| The Gay Poppers |
I've Got It
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Music behind DJ: The Whammies |
Walk Walk
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| Earl Bostic |
Two O'Clock Jump
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.gotta finish up this deadline so I'm not late for the early Damned/ Blondie show this eve :). Jumping off the chat but will be tuned in!
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@Evelyn: that is indeed Robert Mache on guitar on this Dan Montgomery track. One of my favorite guitar players.
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@Stu: forget Twofer Tuesday, here on the RnS Stream it's Whispered Wednesday!
@Gerry: thanks again, Denizen!
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greetings Mom W and Lesley and Eric!
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Hello, Yon Denizens! Here we are, back in Denny’s Den on WFMU’s Rock & Soul Radio. Join us on the message board: speak your mind!
Our second set started with Elkie Brooks from 1964, covering the Etta James song “Something’s Got A Hold of Me.” Elkie was born Elaine Bookbinder – as our host, Dennis Diken might say, news we can use -- and that’s from the Am I Dreaming compilation from a few years ago.
Following Elkie were The Quotations doing Cool It! Now, this isn’t the doo-wop Quotations, probably known best for “Imagination” but rather the mod Quotations, featuring bass player John Gustafson of The Big Three and Roxy Music fame, plus several other bands. It’s a floor filler! Hope you were cutting a nearby rug.
Up next was the smooth and sultry Nancy Wilson with her 1966 interpretation of the Chris Montez classic “Call Me.” Nancy was an actress as well as a great singer, making many guest appearances, including one on my favorite 1970s series, Police Story.
After Nancy was done, we took the Concorde over to France to hear from The Brain Twist doing their theme song, “Brain Twist.” I can’t imagine the number of band meetings that took place before they decided on a name for that tune. But worth the wait!
Syl Johnson came next with “Things Ain’t Right.” Which I hope isn’t a comment on the state of the Den during Dennis’s absence. Syl passed away earlier this year. Man, what a fine singer.
We then heard “Show Me The Way To Get Out of This World (Cause That’s Where Everything Is)” from Miss Peggy Lee, a recording from 1950 that’s more relevant every day. And in tribute to our proprietor, it’s a parenthetical title, and if you’ve ever listened to Denny’s Den, you know how much Dennis loves parenthetical titles.
The Daps followed with “Down and Out” – maybe Peggy can help them out. That’s from 1956 and off a recent compilation entitled “It’s A Man Down There.”
Following the Daps were America’s newest teen sensations, The Wonders! Giving us “Dance With Me Tonight.” For those who haven’t seen it, The Wonders are the band featured in the greatest movie ever made, “That Thing You Do!” Please – I beg you – if you haven’t seen it, watch it as soon as this program is over. Please. Thank you.
The pride of Rocky Hill CT, Gene Pitney, took us “Down In The Subway” – kind of an “Uptown” vibe in that one, don’t you think? Not the music, but the theme.
Maybe taking the subway or perhaps a more celestial vehicle was Prophet G. Lusk singing “Going Home to Jesus.” Now I don’t know if Prophet is his given name or his title, but either way, I sure believe him.
We closed that set with The Reggae Girls (a/k/a The Ebony Sisters) giving us the Fontella Bass standard “Rescue Me.” There are so many great reggae covers of pop hits and I’d like to think that’s one of them.
Stick around – the pigs in a blanket are just about to come out of the oven…..
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We just heard Darrow Fletcher with “I’ve Gotta Know Why.” Darrow cut that when he was 15 years old. Unreal. Folks, when I was 15, I don’t remember what I was doing, but it sure wasn’t anything that good.
Before Darrow we had Larry Frazier with a cool instrumental called “Before Six” The flip is called “After Six” – both co-written by Curtis Mayfield. I think the EP included the ultra-rare “Six Straight Up.”
Preceding that we had the fantastic Small Faces doing “Don’t Burst My Bubble” from the Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake LP reissue. There’s a sentiment we can all endorse.
Chuck Prophet came before the Small Faces with “Who Shot John?” an exciting true-crime tale from San Francisco, taken from Chuck’s really really good album, Temple Beautiful. I recommend the whole darn thing.
Prior to that we had a bit of a ballad set – yes, we can and do ease up from rocking and swinging here on Denny’s Den occasionally. We started that dreamy set with Amanda Thorpe with “Paris is a Lonely Town” from her album of E.Y. (Yip) Harburg songs, “Bewitching Me: The Lyrics of E.Y. Harburg.” You may know him best as the lyricist for the Wizard of Oz songs. He also co-wrote Paper Moon, April in Paris and many many others.
Next came Charlie Rich and “A Woman Left Lonely” which I first knew from Janis Joplin’s version, but as usual, Charlie owns it.
And our adult mini-set came to a close with Dusty Springfield doing “See All Her Faces.” I pulled that off the “Come For A Dream” compilation. There’s also a comp called “See All Her Faces” with one of the worst covers ever give. Don’t get that one.
Before our ballads, we heard from Jimmy Dotson, a Louisiana singer, and “I Need Your Love” – not to be confused with the Ramones/Boyfriends track of the same name, and probably many others.
Prior to Jimmy was Janiva Magness with a strong-to-very-strong version of Marvin Gaye’s “Don’t Do It.” She’s from Detroit and I’m here to say she’s got it.
Starting the set was the greatest entertainer ever, Howlin’ Wolf, advising you to “Hold Your Money.” I’m dedicating that one to Dennis Diken, as it’s the only Howlin’ Wolf song I’ve ever heard with a drum solo, albeit only 16 or so bars.
We’re heading into the home stretch here in the Den. Can I freshen your drink?
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Welcome back to Denny’s Den! I’m Myron Feld, watching the place for Dennis this week.
We started this last set with Ricky Nelson and his very cool 1957 version of Carl Perkins’ “Boppin’ The Blues.” Ricky slash Rick had such an easy style. That sounds like Joe Maphis on the lead guitar – James Burton was playing rhythm, stepping into the first chair the next year.
Ricky was boppin’ the blues, but Muggsy Spanier was Bluin’ The Blues, way back in 1939 on Bluebird Records. I love how in Dixieland jazz, towards the end of the song, everyone solos simultaneously. Beautiful anarchy. Lotta blue going on there – I should’ve spun “Can A Blue Man Sing The Whites?” next.
But I didn’t! Instead, we heard from The Cyclones featuring Eddie Jones, and a tale you parents out there in radioland may sympathize with, “Say What?” I think Eddie was pretty emphatic with his reply.
Next up was “There’s Gonna Be Rockin’ Tonight” by Camden New Jersey’s own Gar Bacon, featuring some wigged-out interplay between the pedal steel and guitar players. Gar was a carpet salesman in real life, which goes to show carpet salespeople can rock as hard as anyone.
Following Gar were Boys & Girls Together – that’s not a description, that’s the name of the group – with “Knock Knock” from 1969. Co-arranged and produced by Artie Wayne, who also wrote and produced for artists ranging from Clint Eastwood to Tiny Tim. That, my friends, is the gamut.
Joe Jones from New Orleans came next, telling us all about “The Big Mule” as written, arranged and conducted by Henry Glover.
And we finished that set with “I’ve Got It” by the Gay Poppers on Fire Records. A little Isley Brothers feel there, or did the Isleys have a little Gay Poppers feel? Questions left for minds greater than mine.
It's time to tidy up and move out here in the Den. Thanks again to Dennis Diken for asking me to fill in this week. Remember, Dennis will be back next week Remember, lots of great shows coming up tonight on the Rock & Soul Stream: At 6:00 pm The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T, at 8:00 it’s the Fringe Factory with DJ Vikki V, and at 10:00, it’s We’re Outta Site! With Stu. All programs come with the Feld seal of approval.
. I’ve had a swingin’ time and hope you have as well. Now, since this program began at 2 o’clock, let’s got out with Earl Bostic and the “Two O’Clock Jump.” My very best to you!
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Remember, Dennis will be back next week Remember, lots of great shows coming up tonight on the Rock & Soul Stream: At 6:00 pm The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T, at 8:00 it’s the Fringe Factory with DJ Vikki V, and at 10:00, it’s We’re Outta Site! With Stu. All programs come with the Feld seal of approval.
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