WFMU: Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from January 18, 2025

Listener comments!
	3:00pm Victrola Tom: Yabba Dabba Doo!
	3:00pm clarke: is this the boom boom room?
	3:00pm Victrola Tom: Coming here for some sunshine on a cloudy day!!!
	3:01pm norske jersey boy: Hello from Norway Todd! Party time again here this fine Sat. evening!
	3:03pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "Freddie Cannon" pow pow powwwwwwwwwww
	👻 3:03pm Hoboken Jack: Good afternoon TOPT, Tom, Clarke, Tom Clark's Treehouse, everybody!
	3:03pm listener 126464: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! is tonight’s Svengoolie flick.
	3:04pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:03 Spurious J!!
	3:04pm Stu Rutherford: Hello Todd & everyone!
	3:04pm Corey: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "Freddie Cannon" What a hit! Hello from wintry NW Michigan!
	3:04pm Cooh John: Hello Todd and Todd-o-philes. Boom, boom, boom.💥
	3:04pm Andres: Good afternoon, Todd and all. Loving these sounds! Can we count this as an episode of Yesterday’s Numbers? Miss that show.
	3:05pm PaddyDoubleM's: Can't tell you how many times I have heard Tallahassee Lassie this week on WFMU building up to this day.
	3:05pm Adventure Man: Oooo killer tomatoes sounds good
	3:06pm newton: ↳ PaddyDoubleM's @3:05 I heard it 2 days ago! Must be a hit!!
	3:06pm Cooh John: clarke, my music room full of WFMU swag has a sign that says boon boon room.
	3:06pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Okefenokee" by "Freddie Cannon" an "answer" on yesterday's Jeopardy.
	3:07pm clarke: ↳ Cooh John @3:06 boon kilt a bar!
	3:07pm onthetrain: pow pow pow checking in from a water park in pa.
	3:07pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Hi Todd & Everyone!! The “Party” has started!!💜😁
	3:08pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" by "Freddy Cannon" cold drizzle in ol'nola, today
	3:08pm bobbob plasticland: I've never seen Freddie Cannon and Alice Cooper in the same picture????
	3:09pm clarke: with the 'passing' of The Packers, i shift allegiance to Commanders!!
	3:09pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Can’t wait to hear your Interview with Freddie “Boom Boom!!”
	3:10pm PaddyDoubleM's: First Freddie Cannon I ever heard when i was a kid was Palisades Park when he mimed it on the Dick Clark's Good 'Ol Days special.
	3:11pm medson: Hey TOPT and all.
	3:11pm clarke: meds!
	3:12pm PaddyDoubleM's: ↳ Song: "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by "Freddy Cannon" First time I heard this song was on a episode of Hee Haw when a ventriloquist doing a duet with his dummy.
	3:13pm Beez: I had to double check to see that it's Todd on WFMU and not Jamie Delappa on WWOZ (Saturday's at 9pm EST). He's forever in search of the very first Rock and Roll record!
	3:13pm bobobob: That's ok Clarke ...I'm not mad at Cha👍🥁🎼🎼
	3:13pm clarke: ↳ bobobob @3:13 if the packers offense had gotten off the bus.....
	3:14pm norske jersey boy: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:03 Hey Jack! YLT NRBQ encores 4lyfe
	3:16pm Victrola Tom: This is a Cannon Stomper!!
	3:16pm Melissa Jean: ↳ Song: "Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It" by "Freddy Cannon" ***THE BEST!!!***
	3:16pm Beep Boop: H.J.- can I get a ruling on "fodder."
	3:17pm Melissa Jean: just turned up the radio
	3:17pm clarke: fantastic guitar!
	👻 3:17pm Bruce S.: uhmph, freddy gives you that uhmph you want in a great rock and roll record
	3:18pm clarke: beef!
	3:18pm Mark T: ↳ listener 126464 @3:03 No WAY!!!
	3:20pm Mark T: ↳ clarke @3:09 I'm an Eagles guy, and they better be "ON" this week, 'cause the Rams ain't no joke.
	3:20pm bobob: has anybody noticed the similarities in Freddie Cannon voice and Alice cooper
	3:20pm clarke: meat'n'three style Rock & Roll!
	3:21pm Audrey from Colombia: Hi everyone, it's my birthday and what better way to celebrate it than with TOPT!
	3:21pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Freddie has that little bit of that rough “rock voice” which a lot of voices didn’t have at that time.
	3:22pm Victrola Tom: Happy Birthday Audrey!! 🎉🎂 you’re celebrating in style!!
	3:22pm clarke: comin' in strong comin' in clear.
	3:23pm listener 126464: ↳ Mark T @3:18 WAY!
	3:24pm Joe B: The Big Boom Boom from Boston!
	3:24pm PC77: Freddie & Svengoolie- I luv it!
	3:25pm Gaylord Fields: I can't think of another musician with more songs that make you want to not only dance to but also sing and shout along with than Freddy! Woo!!!
	👻 3:26pm Bruce S.: ↳ Gaylord Fields @3:25 I second that emotion
	3:26pm Victrola Tom: Wow, I thought the stars only come out at night!! What’s up Joe B & Gaylord?
	3:26pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @3:25 howdy young son!
	3:26pm Erin Foster: Great set Todd!
	3:27pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Joe B @3:24 Three things from Lynn, Massachusetts: Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, Mark "Marcus the Carcass" Natale, and Marshmallow Fluff (no nickname needed)!
	3:27pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Erin!
	3:28pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @3:27 RIP Carcass!
	3:28pm Mark T: Great Saturday afternoon set.
	3:28pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:26 Hiya, Tom! Glad to be sharing this special moment with you!
	3:28pm PaddyDoubleM's: Wow. 69 years. I cant even have a relationship go over four weeks.
	3:29pm Joe B: ↳ Gaylord Fields @3:27 the unholy trinity!
	3:30pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Transistor Sister" by "Freddy Cannon with Frank S... The theme song to Commie Francis' eponymous weekly radio show (now on Sunday nights): playlists.wprb.com...
	3:30pm PaddyDoubleM's: Boston has always has had a great radio scene. They still do today with WXRV and WERS.
	3:30pm clarke: i liked Marshmellow Fluff's early singles.
	3:33pm Frank In Queens: P-Pow Pow Pow
	3:34pm clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @3:33 wow!
	3:34pm McGroovey: Good afternoon, Toddites and (other?) luddites! (Handy seems not to be here, so someone has to emulate or simulate his greeting.)
	3:35pm clarke: ↳ McGroovey @3:34 hola from nola!
	3:36pm clarke: hmm.. i wonder what studio in boston??
	👻 3:36pm Bruce S.: in my opinion Patty Baby is one of the all time cream of the crop top of the heap records of all time
	3:37pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Bruce S. @3:36 I second that notion!
	3:38pm WM: I hope you play Abigail Beecher - My History Teacher! I remember first hearing it when I was in the Third Grade elementary school.
	3:38pm spodiodi: Pow Pow Pow! greetings, Todd and all Love that Palisades Park was recorded in Philadelphia.
	3:39pm clarke: ↳ WM @3:38 luv that tune!
	3:39pm Steve Harsh: Love the respect he gives his mom and wife. Great interview Todd!
	3:39pm spodiodi: Loving the interview
	3:39pm spodiodi: ↳ Steve Harsh @3:39 yes
	3:41pm Dungaroos Kipawah: Freddy played on a May 1, 1965 gig at Philly Convention Hall with Herman's Hermits--Stones were billed as headliners. Also on the bill: Reparata & the Delrons, Bobby Freeman, Little Anthony, Brenda Holloway, Bobby Vee, Ikettes, Hondells, Round Robin and the Detergents. All for less than $5 beans.
	3:42pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good afternoon, Todd and Cannoñeros!
	3:42pm clarke: Antoine Domino, Charles Edward Berry, k-k-k-ken!!
	3:43pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Palisades Park" by "Freddy Cannon" yes!
	3:44pm clarke: come on over!!
	3:44pm PaddyDoubleM's: ↳ Song: "Palisades Park" by "Freddy Cannon" The classic written by Chuck Barris!!!
	3:44pm Steve Harsh: omg that Palisades commercial takes me back
	3:44pm Scott from Boston: Our pride of Revere!
	3:45pm spodiodi: This song gets me like no other
	3:46pm MR C: Wonderful show Todd! Whoaoo...
	3:46pm bittycar: Great to hear these tunes today! Thanks,, Todd and Cannon!
	3:46pm frank from Bedminster: I bet Betty Jean has no particular place to go.
	👻 3:47pm Tim from LH: This is already shaping up to be classic show!
	3:47pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ frank from Bedminster @3:46 ...and she's almost grown!
	👻 3:48pm Bruce S.: Freedy sings like he is totally imersed in the song, his voice becomes another instrument in the band
	👻 3:50pm Bruce S.: Todd, thank you so much you the best!
	3:50pm clarke: are you referring to Freedy Johnston? ha ha, yes!! also freddy is pretty swank, hisself!
	3:51pm darcy: This music makes me so happy
	3:51pm greg g: Great talk and tunes Todd and Freddy!
	3:51pm clarke: we can dig both freddy and freedy in the boom boom room!!
	3:52pm Edward Tellerhands: How did "20th Century Fox" happen?? America needs to know.
	3:53pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Chuck Barris…”Secret Agent Man”… who would’ve thought?
	👻 3:53pm Bruce S.: wow you made my day thanks
	3:54pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Edward Tellerhands @3:52 Patience my friend, patience.
	3:54pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Jungle Call" by "The Rockin' Ramrods" Wild instro!!
	3:54pm clarke: ↳ Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls) @3:53 of course, pf sloan wrote Secret Agent Man, but we know what you meant.
	3:55pm WM: Thanks!
	3:55pm Edward Tellerhands: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:54 I don't come here for delayed gratification!
	3:55pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Abigail Beecher" by "Freddie Cannon" banger!!! wooooo
	3:56pm darcy: Truly some of the best woos in history
	3:56pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Abigail Beecher" by "Freddie Cannon" Earliest hot for teacher song?
	👻 3:58pm Bruce S.: ↳ Song: "Too Much Monkey Business" by "Freddy Cannon" in a way this is as great as chuck's version
	3:58pm clarke: dollar gas,. hah
	3:59pm Mister Dobalina: Spinnin' some serious hits there, Todd.
	4:01pm medson: This show is lifting the winter blues.
	4:02pm clarke: goin' deeep!!!
	4:04pm WM: I love this illustration for the 45 sleeve of Abigail Beecher! https://www.45cat.com/record/5409
	4:06pm Andres: You seen those Prime commercials around the holidays with the “Woo”? Freddie needs a credit and probably a royalty.
	4:07pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Little Bitty Corrine" by "Freddy Cannon" The tune he sang in "Village of the Giants".
	4:07pm Regina J: Thanks so much for this, Todd. I always like Mr. Cannon’s music, but had no idea about the depth and breadth of his body of work. I clearly need to take a deep dive!
	4:08pm bittycar: Awww yeah! Hot one!
	4:09pm Joey!: Makes me want to eat a giant duck leg!!
	4:10pm David Shortell: ↳ David Shortell @4:07 youtube.com...
	👻 4:12pm Will thee SG OCNY: Good afternoon Todd-o-Phonic Todd and all!!!
	4:13pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Regina J @4:07 And you haven't even heard his Doors cover...yet!
	4:13pm WM: "Turquoise eyes and coal black hair." True Rock & Roll poetry!
	4:16pm WM: Although nowadays it would probably turquoise hair and coal black eyes.
	4:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Speaking of Dion, he will be returning to this program on Saturday February 8th!
	4:22pm Gaylord Fields: Very astute observation, Todd! I always felt that Freddy Cannon was pulling from the same influences as the British groups he was competing with, which kept his sound fresh during the British Invasion.
	4:23pm Joe B: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:20 time for some phone calls!
	4:25pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Another great song Clarke!!(Secret Agent Man)
	4:25pm clarke: A Studios in boston - wow
	4:27pm clarke: or Ace Studio?
	👻 4:29pm Bruce S.: I think Freddy was associated with pre Beatles rock and roll and like Dion just got swamped by the british invasion somehow the Four Seasons withstood the onslaught
	4:37pm luka: this dude is a hoot
	4:37pm Uncle Traveling Matt: ↳ Song: "Action" by "Freddy Cannon" Stereo!
	4:37pm bobobob: lil Alice Cooper sounding
	👻 4:38pm Hoboken Jack: Sitting in my car in the Jon Bon Jovi rest area parking lot, loving this interview!!
	4:38pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @4:38 get me some cheese doodles!
	4:39pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): My favorite song by Freddie!!! I would RUN home from Grammer School just to catch the whole “Where The Action” Show!!
	4:39pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Hoboken Jack @4:38 That's "dedication".
	4:40pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Hoboken Jack @4:38 You should get some speakers to put on the roof and share the joy!
	4:40pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): I’m loving all of Freddie’s songs and Stories!! Thanx Todd!!!💖
	4:41pm Motobro: ↳ Hoboken Jack @4:38 I just passed there lol
	👻 4:41pm Bruce S.: at least I dont remember Freddy cannon and Dion wearing bellbottoms and love beads and pretending to be hippies
	4:44pm clarke: ↳ Bruce S. @4:41 uhh, dion wore those deplorable disco hats tho
	4:45pm Motobro: ↳ Song: "20th Century Fox" by "Freddy Cannon" This is a great version
	👻 4:46pm Karl: ↳ Song: "20th Century Fox" by "Freddy Cannon" Really sounded like Ray Manzarek on organ
	4:47pm Edward Tellerhands: ↳ Song: "20th Century Fox" by "Freddy Cannon" I can't believe he didn't wanna cover this, it's so brilliant. He should've done "The End" too.
	4:47pm Cooh John: He could have gone by Freddy " Woo, Woo" Cannon. He owns the woo.
	4:47pm clarke: ↳ Cooh John @4:47 great point
	👻 4:47pm Bruce S.: ↳ clarke @4:44 Dion had a really relevent record with Abraham martin and John
	4:48pm clarke: ↳ Bruce S. @4:47 you may notice i said nothing about the music
	4:49pm Motobro: ↳ Cooh John @4:47 He sure does
	4:49pm clarke: ↳ Motobro @4:49 more than woo woo ginsberg!
	4:50pm MR C: ↳ Cooh John @4:47 Arnie "woo woo" Ginsberg, Boston DJ owns the Woo Woo title..Freddy would agree..
	4:50pm clarke: ↳ MR C @4:50 but freddy can out woo arnie!
	4:51pm Cooh John: Anyone remember Nixon saying "sock it me" on Laugh-In?
	4:51pm luka: where’s Woo when you need them
	4:52pm clarke: ↳ luka @4:51 he certainly could WOO in
	👻 4:53pm Bruce S.: ↳ Cooh John @4:51 yeah I remember he said sock it....to me?
	4:54pm listener 126464: ↳ Song: "Charged-Up, Turned On Rock-N-Roll Singer" by "Fre... Freddy on 45!
	4:55pm Stu Rutherford: Loving these Freddy Cannon tunes! Great stuff to clean house to!
	4:56pm clarke: missed opportunity to shout-out chris spedding!
	4:57pm WTF_Chuck: Great show,T-o-p-T! I’m getting a Rock n Roll Education today! Diggin it!
	4:58pm clarke: but he DID save Alice Cooper til last.. bobobob
	4:59pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "I Loves Ya (Like A Hawg Loves Slop)" by "Freddie ... This does sound like a lost Alice Cooper record.
	5:01pm clarke: ↳ McGroovey @4:59 hey did you ever fix your pedal?
	👻 5:02pm Bklyn_Dutch: Great show, TopT! Extensive! Rockin'!
	5:05pm Denny Diken: Freddy rules! good goin’ Todd!
	5:06pm clarke: dd
	5:06pm Motobro: TOPT, amazing show. Unbelievable the library of music Freddy has. You could fill the entire show.
	5:09pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Motobro @5:06 That's what I'm doing!
	5:09pm clarke: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:09 everything i hoped it to be!
	👻 5:10pm Bklyn_Dutch: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:09 Right now! Where've ya been, man?
	👻 5:13pm Bruce S.: Neil Bogart very successful died at 39 I think
	5:16pm spodiodi: Andy Kaufman's bday was just yesterday
	5:16pm clarke: ↳ spodiodi @5:16 funny dude!
	5:17pm spodiodi: indeed .. I love him! esp his mighty mouse rendition
	5:18pm clarke: i believe freddy is trying to get at the word "hardcore" which i keep separate from punk, myself
	5:19pm clarke: groovies is my fave cannon cover, for sure!
	5:20pm Steve Harsh: He never heard the Groovies version of Tallahsassie Lassie? Wow
	5:21pm clarke: ↳ Steve Harsh @5:20 i think he would like it, no?
	5:22pm clarke: spoiler!!
	👻 5:22pm Bruce S.: haha your qustions are so good, you stumped him on that one
	5:22pm luka: Svenghoolie mention!
	5:23pm Dungaroos Kipawah: There was a Gristede’s on maybe 23rd St that always played oldies radio & every time I was in there, I seemed to hear “Palisades Park” (and “Sea Cruise”). To this day when I hear “Palisades Park” I think of shopping for broccoli, or Enterman’s coffee cake & Progresso soups while pushing my cart along the crisp aisles at Gristede’s.
	5:23pm Joe B: ↳ Steve Harsh @5:20 not surprising. they are not a very well known group, in the big picture
	5:24pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Dungaroos Kipawah @5:23 What about Entenmann's Raspberry Danish Twist?!!?
	5:26pm clarke: what film is Sven showing tonight?
	5:27pm listener 126464: ↳ clarke @5:26 Attack of Killer Tomatoes
	5:27pm clarke: ↳ listener 126464 @5:27 never seen dat.
	5:28pm luka: Sven is a thing i had no idea anyone outside of Chicagoland knew about. like Styx.
	5:28pm listener 126464: ↳ clarke @5:27 Likewise
	5:29pm clarke: ↳ listener 126464 @5:28 sadly, i'm in the wrong market
	5:30pm clarke: but the horror host i grew up with was Morgus The Magnificent!!
	5:31pm spodiodi: Thank you, Freddy! Great interview, Todd!
	5:31pm Joe B: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" hell yeah!
	5:31pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" real good!
	5:32pm clarke: great drum take!
	5:32pm Andres: Epic interview and feature! Regretting all those Freddy Cannon 45s I flipped past not knowing what he was about. Thanks for correcting that, Todd.
	👻 5:33pm Tim from LH: Freddy hasn’t lost a step!
	👻 5:33pm Bruce S.: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" Freddie's still got it!
	👻 5:34pm Hoboken Jack: Talking to text from the car but just have to say, what a sweetheart Freddy is! Amazing interview Todd, thank you!
	5:35pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" Never heard. Instant singalong!!
	5:35pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Andres @5:32 Outside of "20th Century Fox" and "Little Bitty Corrine" they are all still available for a few bucks.
	5:35pm Patolds: Anybody wanna do a horror movie host and the city they broadcast? I got Philly = Dr. Shock
	5:35pm Creature Boy: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" Has Sven lost his "Son of Svengoolie " moniker?
	5:36pm clarke: ↳ Patolds @5:35 new orleans = morgus (with chopsley)
	5:37pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Memphis = Sivad
	5:37pm Patolds: ↳ Patolds @5:35 …Dr. Shock with a little girl named Bubbles
	5:38pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "The Rolling Stones" respectable!
	5:41pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "Freddie Cannon" New Jersey oi band Niblick Henbane recorded this song and often played it live.
	5:42pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Hey Punk Rocker" by "Freddy Cannon" Hey, punk rockers!
	5:43pm paddy in mobileWAN: This is so great. Thanks for the lesson in rock!
	5:44pm paddy in mobileWAN: @David Shortell Holy shit Inlove Niblick!! Just One More Beer!!! I'll have to find this!
	5:44pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Palisades Park" by "Ramones" ❤️
	👻 5:44pm Bruce S.: I think the arraingements on Freddie's post warner brothers stuff is really good
	5:44pm Creature Boy: I have a childhood memory of once watching Richard Koz's Svengoolie Predecessor & a skit w a guy on an unsheeted mattress pushing a rubber ducky ( or somethin) across it. It seemed absolutely hilarious to me & then Son of Svengoolie came along not long after . Chicago royalty .
	5:46pm Creature Boy: Diggin the Cannon stuff obviously
	5:46pm David Shortell: ↳ paddy in mobileWAN @5:44 It was first released on this 1991 NJ punk anthology: discogs.com...
	5:48pm clarke: oh yeah!
	5:50pm Corey: Thanks Todd for the special afternoon of radio! Be well all!
	5:51pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): “Fantastic Show Todd!!”💖👍🩷 Sooooo much info about Freddie. “Thank You” my Music Teacher!!😉
	👻 5:51pm Bruce S.: ↳ Song: "Move It On Over" by "Freddy Cannon & The Gears" yeah baby Todd great show great interview great music just Thanks
	5:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Corey @5:50 You're welcome! Thanks for listening!
	5:52pm clarke: extensive and comprehensive, todd.. one potato, two potato!!
	5:52pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Roxy, Bruce, Clarke and everyone!
	5:52pm clarke: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:52 thank YOU as always!
	5:53pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "Flamin' Groovies" and the winner is...
	5:53pm Joe B: incredible show Todd!
	5:54pm spodiodi: thanks again, Todd!
	5:55pm listener 126464: Thanks Todd, thanks Freddy.
	5:55pm paddy in mobileWAN: Epoc show Todd. Going to relisten even though I heard much of it!!
	5:56pm Creature Boy: Of course now im in LA & Yeah th Pallisades Pk subject has been just under the surface during the fires. I was more than a teencie tiny bit nervous as the Hollyood Hills burned! LA can be A LOT but this has been SOMETHIN ELSE
	5:57pm clarke: ↳ Creature Boy @5:56 oh man, heart goes out to ya'
	5:58pm Creature Boy: ↳ clarke @5:57 Im fine but i nearly shit a brick. My erea ( echo park) is untouched and hollywood did just fine
	5:59pm clarke: ↳ Creature Boy @5:58 that's good. sad for others, but we'll take it. for now.
	5:59pm bittycar: Fantastic show! Thanks Todd!
	5:59pm Creature Boy: So sad yes
	6:00pm P-90: Thanks Freddy and Todd!
	6:00pm clarke: thanks todd
	6:00pm spodiodi: Will have to tell my mom about Dion. cool!

Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from January 18, 2025

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
The Spindrifts (accompanied by The Downbeats)	Cha Cha Doo		Hot Records		45	later issued by ABC-Paramount
Freddie Cannon	Tallahassee Lassie		Swan		45			0:02:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddie Cannon	Okefenokee "Okefenokee" by "Freddie Cannon"		Swan		45			0:04:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Way Down Yonder In New Orleans		Swan		45			0:07:06 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	The Explosive Freddy Cannon	Swan		LP			0:09:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Two Thousand-88 "Two Thousand-88" by "Freddy Cannon"		Swan		45			0:11:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It		Swan		45			0:14:51 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & his "New Orleans" Band	Blue Plate Special		Swan		45			0:17:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon with Frank Slay & his "New Orleans" Band	Transistor Sister		Swan		45			0:19:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Freddy Cannon interview Pt. 1 "Freddy Cannon interview Pt. 1"
Freddy Cannon	Palisades Park "Palisades Park" by "Freddy Cannon"		Swan		45			0:43:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Betty Jean "Betty Jean" by "Freddy Cannon"		Swan		45			0:44:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	June, July, And August		Swan		45			0:47:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Patty Baby "Patty Baby" by "Freddy Cannon"		Swan		45			0:49:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Rockin' Ramrods	Jungle Call "Jungle Call" by "The Rockin' Ramrods"		Explosive Records		45	produced and co-written by Freddy		0:51:06 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddie Cannon	Abigail Beecher "Abigail Beecher" by "Freddie Cannon"		Warner Bros.		45			0:53:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Too Much Monkey Business		Warner Bros.		45			0:56:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Things Go Better With Coke							0:58:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Let Me Show You Where It's At		Warner Bros.		45			0:59:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Odie Cologne (Eau de Cologne)		Warner Bros.		45			1:01:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lord Alan & Sir Richard	Run In The Dark		Cannon Record		45	"The Big Gun In Pop Music"		1:03:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Little Bitty Corrine		Warner Bros.		45			1:06:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Things Go Better With Coke							1:08:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	She's Somethin' Else		Warner Bros.		45			1:09:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Freddy Cannon interview Pt. 2 "Freddy Cannon interview Pt. 2"
Freddy Cannon	Action "Action" by "Freddy Cannon"	Action!	Warner Bros.		LP			1:35:51 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	The Dedication Song		Warner Bros.		45			1:38:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	The Greatest Show On Earth		Warner Bros.		45			1:40:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	20th Century Fox "20th Century Fox" by "Freddy Cannon"		Warner Bros.		45	backed by The Strawberry Alarm Clock!		1:43:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddie Cannon	Rockin' Robin "Rockin' Robin" by "Freddie Cannon"		Buddah		45			1:45:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddie Cannon	Sock It To The Judge		We Make Rock 'N Roll Records		45			1:48:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Charged-Up, Turned On Rock-N-Roll Singer		Royal American		45			1:50:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Andy Kaufman on Freddy Cannon	"Andy Kaufman on Freddy Cannon"							1:53:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Rock'n'Roll A-B-C's		MCA		45			1:54:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddie Cannon	I Loves Ya (Like A Hawg Loves Slop)		Andee Records		45			1:56:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon & The Belmonts	Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock'n'Roll		MiaSound		45			1:59:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Freddy Cannon interview Pt. 3 "Freddy Cannon interview Pt. 3"
Freddy Boom Boom Cannon	Hey Svengoolie		Wondercap Records	2024	MP3		*	2:30:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Covered By The Rolling Stones		no label		MP3			2:34:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones	Tallahassee Lassie	Some Girls (Deluxe)	Rolling Stones/A&M		CD			2:37:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon	Hey Punk Rocker "Hey Punk Rocker" by "Freddy Cannon"		Hot Rock		45			2:39:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ramones	Palisades Park "Palisades Park" by "Ramones"	Brain Drain	Sire		LP			2:43:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon and Los Straitjackets	The Sox Are Rockin'		Spinout Records		45			2:45:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Fleshtones	The Dedication Song		Yep Roc		MP3			2:47:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Cannon & The Gears	Move It On Over		Wondercap Records		45			2:49:51 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Flamin' Groovies	Tallahassee Lassie		United Artists (France)		45			2:52:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Freddy Boom Boom Cannon	Svengoolie Stomp		Wondercap Records		45			2:54:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:00pm Victrola Tom: Yabba Dabba Doo!
	3:00pm clarke: is this the boom boom room?
	3:00pm Victrola Tom: Coming here for some sunshine on a cloudy day!!!
	3:01pm norske jersey boy: Hello from Norway Todd! Party time again here this fine Sat. evening!
	3:03pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "Freddie Cannon" pow pow powwwwwwwwwww
	👻 3:03pm Hoboken Jack: Good afternoon TOPT, Tom, Clarke, Tom Clark's Treehouse, everybody!
	3:03pm listener 126464: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! is tonight’s Svengoolie flick.
	3:04pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:03 Spurious J!!
	3:04pm Stu Rutherford: Hello Todd & everyone!
	3:04pm Corey: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "Freddie Cannon" What a hit! Hello from wintry NW Michigan!
	3:04pm Cooh John: Hello Todd and Todd-o-philes. Boom, boom, boom.💥
	3:04pm Andres: Good afternoon, Todd and all. Loving these sounds! Can we count this as an episode of Yesterday’s Numbers? Miss that show.
	3:05pm PaddyDoubleM's: Can't tell you how many times I have heard Tallahassee Lassie this week on WFMU building up to this day.
	3:05pm Adventure Man: Oooo killer tomatoes sounds good
	3:06pm newton: ↳ PaddyDoubleM's @3:05 I heard it 2 days ago! Must be a hit!!
	3:06pm Cooh John: clarke, my music room full of WFMU swag has a sign that says boon boon room.
	3:06pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Okefenokee" by "Freddie Cannon" an "answer" on yesterday's Jeopardy.
	3:07pm clarke: ↳ Cooh John @3:06 boon kilt a bar!
	3:07pm onthetrain: pow pow pow checking in from a water park in pa.
	3:07pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Hi Todd & Everyone!! The “Party” has started!!💜😁
	3:08pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" by "Freddy Cannon" cold drizzle in ol'nola, today
	3:08pm bobbob plasticland: I've never seen Freddie Cannon and Alice Cooper in the same picture????
	3:09pm clarke: with the 'passing' of The Packers, i shift allegiance to Commanders!!
	3:09pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Can’t wait to hear your Interview with Freddie “Boom Boom!!”
	3:10pm PaddyDoubleM's: First Freddie Cannon I ever heard when i was a kid was Palisades Park when he mimed it on the Dick Clark's Good 'Ol Days special.
	3:11pm medson: Hey TOPT and all.
	3:11pm clarke: meds!
	3:12pm PaddyDoubleM's: ↳ Song: "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by "Freddy Cannon" First time I heard this song was on a episode of Hee Haw when a ventriloquist doing a duet with his dummy.
	3:13pm Beez: I had to double check to see that it's Todd on WFMU and not Jamie Delappa on WWOZ (Saturday's at 9pm EST). He's forever in search of the very first Rock and Roll record!
	3:13pm bobobob: That's ok Clarke ...I'm not mad at Cha👍🥁🎼🎼
	3:13pm clarke: ↳ bobobob @3:13 if the packers offense had gotten off the bus.....
	3:14pm norske jersey boy: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:03 Hey Jack! YLT NRBQ encores 4lyfe
	3:16pm Victrola Tom: This is a Cannon Stomper!!
	3:16pm Melissa Jean: ↳ Song: "Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It" by "Freddy Cannon" ***THE BEST!!!***
	3:16pm Beep Boop: H.J.- can I get a ruling on "fodder."
	3:17pm Melissa Jean: just turned up the radio
	3:17pm clarke: fantastic guitar!
	👻 3:17pm Bruce S.: uhmph, freddy gives you that uhmph you want in a great rock and roll record
	3:18pm clarke: beef!
	3:18pm Mark T: ↳ listener 126464 @3:03 No WAY!!!
	3:20pm Mark T: ↳ clarke @3:09 I'm an Eagles guy, and they better be "ON" this week, 'cause the Rams ain't no joke.
	3:20pm bobob: has anybody noticed the similarities in Freddie Cannon voice and Alice cooper
	3:20pm clarke: meat'n'three style Rock & Roll!
	3:21pm Audrey from Colombia: Hi everyone, it's my birthday and what better way to celebrate it than with TOPT!
	3:21pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Freddie has that little bit of that rough “rock voice” which a lot of voices didn’t have at that time.
	3:22pm Victrola Tom: Happy Birthday Audrey!! 🎉🎂 you’re celebrating in style!!
	3:22pm clarke: comin' in strong comin' in clear.
	3:23pm listener 126464: ↳ Mark T @3:18 WAY!
	3:24pm Joe B: The Big Boom Boom from Boston!
	3:24pm PC77: Freddie & Svengoolie- I luv it!
	3:25pm Gaylord Fields: I can't think of another musician with more songs that make you want to not only dance to but also sing and shout along with than Freddy! Woo!!!
	👻 3:26pm Bruce S.: ↳ Gaylord Fields @3:25 I second that emotion
	3:26pm Victrola Tom: Wow, I thought the stars only come out at night!! What’s up Joe B & Gaylord?
	3:26pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @3:25 howdy young son!
	3:26pm Erin Foster: Great set Todd!
	3:27pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Joe B @3:24 Three things from Lynn, Massachusetts: Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, Mark "Marcus the Carcass" Natale, and Marshmallow Fluff (no nickname needed)!
	3:27pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Erin!
	3:28pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @3:27 RIP Carcass!
	3:28pm Mark T: Great Saturday afternoon set.
	3:28pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:26 Hiya, Tom! Glad to be sharing this special moment with you!
	3:28pm PaddyDoubleM's: Wow. 69 years. I cant even have a relationship go over four weeks.
	3:29pm Joe B: ↳ Gaylord Fields @3:27 the unholy trinity!
	3:30pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Transistor Sister" by "Freddy Cannon with Frank S... The theme song to Commie Francis' eponymous weekly radio show (now on Sunday nights): playlists.wprb.com...
	3:30pm PaddyDoubleM's: Boston has always has had a great radio scene. They still do today with WXRV and WERS.
	3:30pm clarke: i liked Marshmellow Fluff's early singles.
	3:33pm Frank In Queens: P-Pow Pow Pow
	3:34pm clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @3:33 wow!
	3:34pm McGroovey: Good afternoon, Toddites and (other?) luddites! (Handy seems not to be here, so someone has to emulate or simulate his greeting.)
	3:35pm clarke: ↳ McGroovey @3:34 hola from nola!
	3:36pm clarke: hmm.. i wonder what studio in boston??
	👻 3:36pm Bruce S.: in my opinion Patty Baby is one of the all time cream of the crop top of the heap records of all time
	3:37pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Bruce S. @3:36 I second that notion!
	3:38pm WM: I hope you play Abigail Beecher - My History Teacher! I remember first hearing it when I was in the Third Grade elementary school.
	3:38pm spodiodi: Pow Pow Pow! greetings, Todd and all Love that Palisades Park was recorded in Philadelphia.
	3:39pm clarke: ↳ WM @3:38 luv that tune!
	3:39pm Steve Harsh: Love the respect he gives his mom and wife. Great interview Todd!
	3:39pm spodiodi: Loving the interview
	3:39pm spodiodi: ↳ Steve Harsh @3:39 yes
	3:41pm Dungaroos Kipawah: Freddy played on a May 1, 1965 gig at Philly Convention Hall with Herman's Hermits--Stones were billed as headliners. Also on the bill: Reparata & the Delrons, Bobby Freeman, Little Anthony, Brenda Holloway, Bobby Vee, Ikettes, Hondells, Round Robin and the Detergents. All for less than $5 beans.
	3:42pm Ken From Hyde Park: Good afternoon, Todd and Cannoñeros!
	3:42pm clarke: Antoine Domino, Charles Edward Berry, k-k-k-ken!!
	3:43pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Palisades Park" by "Freddy Cannon" yes!
	3:44pm clarke: come on over!!
	3:44pm PaddyDoubleM's: ↳ Song: "Palisades Park" by "Freddy Cannon" The classic written by Chuck Barris!!!
	3:44pm Steve Harsh: omg that Palisades commercial takes me back
	3:44pm Scott from Boston: Our pride of Revere!
	3:45pm spodiodi: This song gets me like no other
	3:46pm MR C: Wonderful show Todd! Whoaoo...
	3:46pm bittycar: Great to hear these tunes today! Thanks,, Todd and Cannon!
	3:46pm frank from Bedminster: I bet Betty Jean has no particular place to go.
	👻 3:47pm Tim from LH: This is already shaping up to be classic show!
	3:47pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ frank from Bedminster @3:46 ...and she's almost grown!
	👻 3:48pm Bruce S.: Freedy sings like he is totally imersed in the song, his voice becomes another instrument in the band
	👻 3:50pm Bruce S.: Todd, thank you so much you the best!
	3:50pm clarke: are you referring to Freedy Johnston? ha ha, yes!! also freddy is pretty swank, hisself!
	3:51pm darcy: This music makes me so happy
	3:51pm greg g: Great talk and tunes Todd and Freddy!
	3:51pm clarke: we can dig both freddy and freedy in the boom boom room!!
	3:52pm Edward Tellerhands: How did "20th Century Fox" happen?? America needs to know.
	3:53pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Chuck Barris…”Secret Agent Man”… who would’ve thought?
	👻 3:53pm Bruce S.: wow you made my day thanks
	3:54pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Edward Tellerhands @3:52 Patience my friend, patience.
	3:54pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Jungle Call" by "The Rockin' Ramrods" Wild instro!!
	3:54pm clarke: ↳ Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls) @3:53 of course, pf sloan wrote Secret Agent Man, but we know what you meant.
	3:55pm WM: Thanks!
	3:55pm Edward Tellerhands: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:54 I don't come here for delayed gratification!
	3:55pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Abigail Beecher" by "Freddie Cannon" banger!!! wooooo
	3:56pm darcy: Truly some of the best woos in history
	3:56pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Abigail Beecher" by "Freddie Cannon" Earliest hot for teacher song?
	👻 3:58pm Bruce S.: ↳ Song: "Too Much Monkey Business" by "Freddy Cannon" in a way this is as great as chuck's version
	3:58pm clarke: dollar gas,. hah
	3:59pm Mister Dobalina: Spinnin' some serious hits there, Todd.
	4:01pm medson: This show is lifting the winter blues.
	4:02pm clarke: goin' deeep!!!
	4:04pm WM: I love this illustration for the 45 sleeve of Abigail Beecher! https://www.45cat.com/record/5409
	4:06pm Andres: You seen those Prime commercials around the holidays with the “Woo”? Freddie needs a credit and probably a royalty.
	4:07pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Little Bitty Corrine" by "Freddy Cannon" The tune he sang in "Village of the Giants".
	4:07pm Regina J: Thanks so much for this, Todd. I always like Mr. Cannon’s music, but had no idea about the depth and breadth of his body of work. I clearly need to take a deep dive!
	4:08pm bittycar: Awww yeah! Hot one!
	4:09pm Joey!: Makes me want to eat a giant duck leg!!
	4:10pm David Shortell: ↳ David Shortell @4:07 youtube.com...
	👻 4:12pm Will thee SG OCNY: Good afternoon Todd-o-Phonic Todd and all!!!
	4:13pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Regina J @4:07 And you haven't even heard his Doors cover...yet!
	4:13pm WM: "Turquoise eyes and coal black hair." True Rock & Roll poetry!
	4:16pm WM: Although nowadays it would probably turquoise hair and coal black eyes.
	4:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Speaking of Dion, he will be returning to this program on Saturday February 8th!
	4:22pm Gaylord Fields: Very astute observation, Todd! I always felt that Freddy Cannon was pulling from the same influences as the British groups he was competing with, which kept his sound fresh during the British Invasion.
	4:23pm Joe B: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:20 time for some phone calls!
	4:25pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): Another great song Clarke!!(Secret Agent Man)
	4:25pm clarke: A Studios in boston - wow
	4:27pm clarke: or Ace Studio?
	👻 4:29pm Bruce S.: I think Freddy was associated with pre Beatles rock and roll and like Dion just got swamped by the british invasion somehow the Four Seasons withstood the onslaught
	4:37pm luka: this dude is a hoot
	4:37pm Uncle Traveling Matt: ↳ Song: "Action" by "Freddy Cannon" Stereo!
	4:37pm bobobob: lil Alice Cooper sounding
	👻 4:38pm Hoboken Jack: Sitting in my car in the Jon Bon Jovi rest area parking lot, loving this interview!!
	4:38pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @4:38 get me some cheese doodles!
	4:39pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): My favorite song by Freddie!!! I would RUN home from Grammer School just to catch the whole “Where The Action” Show!!
	4:39pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Hoboken Jack @4:38 That's "dedication".
	4:40pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Hoboken Jack @4:38 You should get some speakers to put on the roof and share the joy!
	4:40pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): I’m loving all of Freddie’s songs and Stories!! Thanx Todd!!!💖
	4:41pm Motobro: ↳ Hoboken Jack @4:38 I just passed there lol
	👻 4:41pm Bruce S.: at least I dont remember Freddy cannon and Dion wearing bellbottoms and love beads and pretending to be hippies
	4:44pm clarke: ↳ Bruce S. @4:41 uhh, dion wore those deplorable disco hats tho
	4:45pm Motobro: ↳ Song: "20th Century Fox" by "Freddy Cannon" This is a great version
	👻 4:46pm Karl: ↳ Song: "20th Century Fox" by "Freddy Cannon" Really sounded like Ray Manzarek on organ
	4:47pm Edward Tellerhands: ↳ Song: "20th Century Fox" by "Freddy Cannon" I can't believe he didn't wanna cover this, it's so brilliant. He should've done "The End" too.
	4:47pm Cooh John: He could have gone by Freddy " Woo, Woo" Cannon. He owns the woo.
	4:47pm clarke: ↳ Cooh John @4:47 great point
	👻 4:47pm Bruce S.: ↳ clarke @4:44 Dion had a really relevent record with Abraham martin and John
	4:48pm clarke: ↳ Bruce S. @4:47 you may notice i said nothing about the music
	4:49pm Motobro: ↳ Cooh John @4:47 He sure does
	4:49pm clarke: ↳ Motobro @4:49 more than woo woo ginsberg!
	4:50pm MR C: ↳ Cooh John @4:47 Arnie "woo woo" Ginsberg, Boston DJ owns the Woo Woo title..Freddy would agree..
	4:50pm clarke: ↳ MR C @4:50 but freddy can out woo arnie!
	4:51pm Cooh John: Anyone remember Nixon saying "sock it me" on Laugh-In?
	4:51pm luka: where’s Woo when you need them
	4:52pm clarke: ↳ luka @4:51 he certainly could WOO in
	👻 4:53pm Bruce S.: ↳ Cooh John @4:51 yeah I remember he said sock it....to me?
	4:54pm listener 126464: ↳ Song: "Charged-Up, Turned On Rock-N-Roll Singer" by "Fre... Freddy on 45!
	4:55pm Stu Rutherford: Loving these Freddy Cannon tunes! Great stuff to clean house to!
	4:56pm clarke: missed opportunity to shout-out chris spedding!
	4:57pm WTF_Chuck: Great show,T-o-p-T! I’m getting a Rock n Roll Education today! Diggin it!
	4:58pm clarke: but he DID save Alice Cooper til last.. bobobob
	4:59pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "I Loves Ya (Like A Hawg Loves Slop)" by "Freddie ... This does sound like a lost Alice Cooper record.
	5:01pm clarke: ↳ McGroovey @4:59 hey did you ever fix your pedal?
	👻 5:02pm Bklyn_Dutch: Great show, TopT! Extensive! Rockin'!
	5:05pm Denny Diken: Freddy rules! good goin’ Todd!
	5:06pm clarke: dd
	5:06pm Motobro: TOPT, amazing show. Unbelievable the library of music Freddy has. You could fill the entire show.
	5:09pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Motobro @5:06 That's what I'm doing!
	5:09pm clarke: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:09 everything i hoped it to be!
	👻 5:10pm Bklyn_Dutch: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:09 Right now! Where've ya been, man?
	👻 5:13pm Bruce S.: Neil Bogart very successful died at 39 I think
	5:16pm spodiodi: Andy Kaufman's bday was just yesterday
	5:16pm clarke: ↳ spodiodi @5:16 funny dude!
	5:17pm spodiodi: indeed .. I love him! esp his mighty mouse rendition
	5:18pm clarke: i believe freddy is trying to get at the word "hardcore" which i keep separate from punk, myself
	5:19pm clarke: groovies is my fave cannon cover, for sure!
	5:20pm Steve Harsh: He never heard the Groovies version of Tallahsassie Lassie? Wow
	5:21pm clarke: ↳ Steve Harsh @5:20 i think he would like it, no?
	5:22pm clarke: spoiler!!
	👻 5:22pm Bruce S.: haha your qustions are so good, you stumped him on that one
	5:22pm luka: Svenghoolie mention!
	5:23pm Dungaroos Kipawah: There was a Gristede’s on maybe 23rd St that always played oldies radio & every time I was in there, I seemed to hear “Palisades Park” (and “Sea Cruise”). To this day when I hear “Palisades Park” I think of shopping for broccoli, or Enterman’s coffee cake & Progresso soups while pushing my cart along the crisp aisles at Gristede’s.
	5:23pm Joe B: ↳ Steve Harsh @5:20 not surprising. they are not a very well known group, in the big picture
	5:24pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Dungaroos Kipawah @5:23 What about Entenmann's Raspberry Danish Twist?!!?
	5:26pm clarke: what film is Sven showing tonight?
	5:27pm listener 126464: ↳ clarke @5:26 Attack of Killer Tomatoes
	5:27pm clarke: ↳ listener 126464 @5:27 never seen dat.
	5:28pm luka: Sven is a thing i had no idea anyone outside of Chicagoland knew about. like Styx.
	5:28pm listener 126464: ↳ clarke @5:27 Likewise
	5:29pm clarke: ↳ listener 126464 @5:28 sadly, i'm in the wrong market
	5:30pm clarke: but the horror host i grew up with was Morgus The Magnificent!!
	5:31pm spodiodi: Thank you, Freddy! Great interview, Todd!
	5:31pm Joe B: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" hell yeah!
	5:31pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" real good!
	5:32pm clarke: great drum take!
	5:32pm Andres: Epic interview and feature! Regretting all those Freddy Cannon 45s I flipped past not knowing what he was about. Thanks for correcting that, Todd.
	👻 5:33pm Tim from LH: Freddy hasn’t lost a step!
	👻 5:33pm Bruce S.: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" Freddie's still got it!
	👻 5:34pm Hoboken Jack: Talking to text from the car but just have to say, what a sweetheart Freddy is! Amazing interview Todd, thank you!
	5:35pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" Never heard. Instant singalong!!
	5:35pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Andres @5:32 Outside of "20th Century Fox" and "Little Bitty Corrine" they are all still available for a few bucks.
	5:35pm Patolds: Anybody wanna do a horror movie host and the city they broadcast? I got Philly = Dr. Shock
	5:35pm Creature Boy: ↳ Song: "Hey Svengoolie" by "Freddy Boom Boom Cannon" Has Sven lost his "Son of Svengoolie " moniker?
	5:36pm clarke: ↳ Patolds @5:35 new orleans = morgus (with chopsley)
	5:37pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Memphis = Sivad
	5:37pm Patolds: ↳ Patolds @5:35 …Dr. Shock with a little girl named Bubbles
	5:38pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "The Rolling Stones" respectable!
	5:41pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "Freddie Cannon" New Jersey oi band Niblick Henbane recorded this song and often played it live.
	5:42pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Hey Punk Rocker" by "Freddy Cannon" Hey, punk rockers!
	5:43pm paddy in mobileWAN: This is so great. Thanks for the lesson in rock!
	5:44pm paddy in mobileWAN: @David Shortell Holy shit Inlove Niblick!! Just One More Beer!!! I'll have to find this!
	5:44pm spodiodi: ↳ Song: "Palisades Park" by "Ramones" ❤️
	👻 5:44pm Bruce S.: I think the arraingements on Freddie's post warner brothers stuff is really good
	5:44pm Creature Boy: I have a childhood memory of once watching Richard Koz's Svengoolie Predecessor & a skit w a guy on an unsheeted mattress pushing a rubber ducky ( or somethin) across it. It seemed absolutely hilarious to me & then Son of Svengoolie came along not long after . Chicago royalty .
	5:46pm Creature Boy: Diggin the Cannon stuff obviously
	5:46pm David Shortell: ↳ paddy in mobileWAN @5:44 It was first released on this 1991 NJ punk anthology: discogs.com...
	5:48pm clarke: oh yeah!
	5:50pm Corey: Thanks Todd for the special afternoon of radio! Be well all!
	5:51pm Roxy🎸(The Catholic Girls): “Fantastic Show Todd!!”💖👍🩷 Sooooo much info about Freddie. “Thank You” my Music Teacher!!😉
	👻 5:51pm Bruce S.: ↳ Song: "Move It On Over" by "Freddy Cannon & The Gears" yeah baby Todd great show great interview great music just Thanks
	5:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Corey @5:50 You're welcome! Thanks for listening!
	5:52pm clarke: extensive and comprehensive, todd.. one potato, two potato!!
	5:52pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Roxy, Bruce, Clarke and everyone!
	5:52pm clarke: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:52 thank YOU as always!
	5:53pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Tallahassee Lassie" by "Flamin' Groovies" and the winner is...
	5:53pm Joe B: incredible show Todd!
	5:54pm spodiodi: thanks again, Todd!
	5:55pm listener 126464: Thanks Todd, thanks Freddy.
	5:55pm paddy in mobileWAN: Epoc show Todd. Going to relisten even though I heard much of it!!
	5:56pm Creature Boy: Of course now im in LA & Yeah th Pallisades Pk subject has been just under the surface during the fires. I was more than a teencie tiny bit nervous as the Hollyood Hills burned! LA can be A LOT but this has been SOMETHIN ELSE
	5:57pm clarke: ↳ Creature Boy @5:56 oh man, heart goes out to ya'
	5:58pm Creature Boy: ↳ clarke @5:57 Im fine but i nearly shit a brick. My erea ( echo park) is untouched and hollywood did just fine
	5:59pm clarke: ↳ Creature Boy @5:58 that's good. sad for others, but we'll take it. for now.
	5:59pm bittycar: Fantastic show! Thanks Todd!
	5:59pm Creature Boy: So sad yes
	6:00pm P-90: Thanks Freddy and Todd!
	6:00pm clarke: thanks todd
	6:00pm spodiodi: Will have to tell my mom about Dion. cool!

Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from January 18, 2025

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