WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from May 14, 2020

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Hellooooooooo....
	3:03pm Erica: Groovy!
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Erica!
	3:04pm CalZone!: Digging your show on my Bike, LG!
	♥ 3:04pm Funky16Corners: Cal!
	🥁 ♥ 3:06pm Jeff Ash: Good afternoon from Wisconsin!
	♥ 3:06pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	3:08pm KevinfromBayRidge: Howdy all. Looking forward to the Sunshine. As a matter of fact I'll probably be listening while out in the backyard doing gardening.
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey Kevin! Welcome aboard!
	3:11pm dawneden: One of the Tokens' best! Thank you!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: Hi Dawn!
	3:13pm northguineahills: hellos!
	3:14pm dawneden: Great to listen to your show, Larry. I've been looking forward to this episode since you plugged it last week.
	♥ 3:14pm Hopey Sockmonkey: Good afternoon!
	3:16pm Erica: Happy 3rd Anniversary of your show Larry!
	♥ 3:18pm Funky16Corners: NGH! Hopey!
	♥ 3:18pm Funky16Corners: @Dawn - Thanks! I hope you dig it!
	♥ 3:18pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Thank You!
	🥁 ♥ 3:21pm dutchtheo: Hello Larry, and celebrators. Happy anniversary! Hooray, for acquired taste,
	♥ 3:21pm Doug Schulkind: Happy Testiversary, Larry!
	3:21pm dawneden: The Gordian Knot make an appearance in "The Young Runaways" and their songs in it are excellent. www.imdb.com...
	♥ 3:21pm Funky16Corners: Theo!
	♥ 3:22pm Funky16Corners: Doug! Thank You!
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: @Dawn - I recently saw a clip of them playing live on (I think) the Steve Allen Show
	3:23pm dawneden: Neat! I'll have to look for that clip.
	3:29pm dawneden: I just looked up St. George and Tana. Nice to see that John Campolongo has been commenting on the web, giving the history behind that album: playitagainmax.blogspot.com...
	3:29pm Erica: The lead singer of this song sounds like Cat Stevens.
	♥ 3:29pm Funky16Corners: Yes, though I'd love to know where Tana is and who she was.
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - This group features Robb Royer who went on to be in Bread
	3:30pm Erica: The male singer I mean.
	3:31pm Erica: That's cool Larry.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: And yes, this is THAT Richard Dawson
	♥ 3:36pm Sem: Hiya, Larry. Along for the Testify Ride to the end.
	♥ 3:37pm Funky16Corners: Hey Sem!
	3:37pm Erica: Beach Boys inspired.
	♥ 3:38pm Funky16Corners: Oh yeah, LOTS of Beach Boys-inspired stuff in today's show
	3:38pm dawneden: Wonderful to hear Don Meehan! I got to know him when I sat in as he transferred the Millennium album and the unreleased "Just About the Same" single to digital. His original recording of "Gaslight," the song later recorded by the Ugly Ducklings, is luminous.
	♥ 3:39pm Funky16Corners: @Dawn - I didn't know about his involvement with that project!
	3:40pm dawneden: Yes, he was still working as a Columbia engineer even in 1990!
	3:42pm dawneden: You're playing some wonderfully obscure tunes. Great stuff!
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: Lots more to come!
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: I love this one. It's a Griffin/Gordon tune and I don't think it was ever recorded by anyone else.
	♥ 3:43pm Santos L. Halper: Digging the show Larry. First time I've heard the original Peaceful, thanks!
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: Santos! Welcome!
	♥ 3:45pm doctorjazz: Hi Larry and folks!
	3:46pm Erica: Error Larry?
	♥ 3:46pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: @Erica??
	3:49pm northguineahills: Always dig Harpers Bizarre!
	3:50pm Erica: The Harper's Bizzare Track restarted Larry.
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: I didn't notice, I'll have to go back and check after the show
	3:53pm Erica: That Four Freshmen song has all the cliche lyrics you'd imagine from a 60's sunshine pop song.
	♥ 3:54pm Funky16Corners: Can you hear me singing?
	3:54pm dawneden: Love this Hondells record! As you probably know, Curt Boettcher is on backing vocals.
	♥ 4:03pm Funky16Corners: @Dawn- Yes! Love that record!
	4:05pm dawneden: I never realized how similar Little Anthony sounds to Lesley Gore.
	♥ 4:06pm Funky16Corners: You mean his voice?
	♥ 4:07pm Lizardner Dave 2: Can never hear this song without thinking about the late, great X-Ray Burns.
	♥ 4:07pm Funky16Corners: Was this a fave of his?
	♥ 4:08pm Lizardner Dave 2: It was the headline on the WFMU home page when he died.
	♥ 4:08pm Lizardner Dave 2: And it's true!
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: I get it now.
	4:12pm dawneden: Ha! Yes, I meant Little Anthony's voice.
	♥ 4:14pm Funky16Corners: Ah, I was wondering if you were referring to the sound of the record. I see what you mean.
	♥ 4:15pm Doug Schulkind: Smokey! Sister!
	♥ 4:15pm Funky16Corners: This one goes out to Doug, listening in Pittsburgh, PA!
	♥ 4:16pm Funky16Corners: I love the last part of this record so much
	♥ 4:18pm Doug Schulkind: Love love love the Mims kids!
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: Where are they now?
	♥ 4:20pm Doug Schulkind: Last I knew, Vicki (Sister) had passed away and Larry (Smokey) was living in obscurity in Ohio.
	4:22pm northguineahills: I've only heard the Buffalo Springfield version of Flying in the Ground is Wrong.
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: @Doug - Man, if you're only going to make one album and then disappear, they could have alot worse
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: @NGH - LOTS of good Buffalo Springfield covers out there
	♥ 4:26pm Funky16Corners: This is Danny Thomas's son
	4:30pm Erica: Marlo's brother?
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: Yup!
	♥ 4:31pm Doug Schulkind: Just scrambled over to a Smokey and His Sister Facebook page. A post from August 2014 says: "Larry passed on June 18th in Galveston, Texas. Vicki McMorrow passed away April 2, 2006 in New Jersey. Both from cancer like both their parents."
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: Aww man. That's sad.
	4:34pm Julie: dang I missed a lot of good stuff
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: Hey Julie! That's what the archives are for!
	🥁 ♥ 4:39pm Jeff Ash: New Colony Six, one of the great Chicago groups.
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: God, I love this song.
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: I'm a huge sap.
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - One of the best, with two distinct sounds
	🥁 ♥ 4:41pm Jeff Ash: New Colony Six was among the Chicago bands that played up around the Green Bay area in the late '60s, booked for gigs by a Catholic priest who used the proceeds to pay for youth programs. Also give the kids something fun to see.
	♥ 4:42pm Funky16Corners: Pretty short trip?
	🥁 ♥ 4:42pm Jeff Ash: Probably at least 4 hours back then.
	♥ 4:52pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. Got here eventually. Impressed that you did the Friday dance gig with all 45s.
	♥ 4:53pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	♥ 4:55pm Funky16Corners: I have A LOT of 45s, soooooo many 45s, weeks worth (Not all soul, of course)
	♥ 4:55pm Brian in UK: Jim & Jean did a great version of Phil Ochs' Crucifiction at his memorial concert.
	🥁 ♥ 4:58pm Jeff Ash: 5th Dimension. Sweet.
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: They were great friends of his. They came up together (I think Jim was a college classmate of Phil's)
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Couldn't do this show without them!
	5:00pm Erica: Just. Two. More. Hours. I hope I don't fall asleep.
	♥ 5:01pm Funky16Corners: If I can stay awake you can! Get some coffee!
	5:03pm Erica: I don't drink coffee Larry.
	♥ 5:03pm Funky16Corners: Soda?
	5:04pm Erica: I have that but if I still snooze, then it won't help.
	♥ 5:04pm Brian in UK: Can I have Erica's coffee then. With a drop of the good stuff.
	♥ 5:05pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, I could use a nice cup of iced coffee
	5:05pm CalZone!: Groovy show Larry!
	♥ 5:06pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Cal!
	♥ 5:06pm Brian in UK: It seemed like this style of music did not need much help to arrive fully formed albeit for a short time.
	♥ 5:08pm Funky16Corners: It borrows a lot from mainstream rock without any of the heaviness
	♥ 5:09pm Brian in UK: Guessing that there were a lot of one-off singles at the time. Cannot remember many of these arriving over here.
	♥ 5:10pm Funky16Corners: Yes, a lot of these are one-off 45s
	♥ 5:15pm Brian in UK: Denny Doherty sings version of this on California 99. A Jimmie Haskell creation.
	♥ 5:16pm Funky16Corners: There's also a Denny Doherty 45 version that strips off the sound effects from the California 99 LP
	5:19pm Erica: Oh Canada, our home and groovy land...
	♥ 5:21pm Funky16Corners: Pretty much! That was a pop adaptation of a kind of PSA about the anniversary of Canadian nationhood
	♥ 5:21pm Brian in UK: Erica, I did not realise until recently that Canada has the longest coastline of any country in this world.
	♥ 5:21pm Funky16Corners: Doesn't that take into consideration the Northern border (in the ice)?
	5:22pm Erica: The Brady's when they were turned into a singing group.
	♥ 5:23pm Brian in UK: The whole lot, I believe. I would have guessed Australia.
	♥ 5:23pm Funky16Corners: Or Russia
	5:25pm northguineahills: odd as it sounds, the Zombies reminds me of the summer of 2000....
	♥ 5:27pm Funky16Corners: For any particular reason?
	♥ 5:29pm StringOFperils: Looks like I've been missing a great show...archives later.
	♥ 5:29pm Funky16Corners: Hey String!
	5:31pm northguineahills: @Larry: My roommate got the box set and I had a summer fling before moving to NYC....
	♥ 5:31pm Funky16Corners: Ah!
	♥ 5:32pm WR: Happy anniversary Larry. May you continue to testify many many more years (for our listening benefit).
	♥ 5:32pm Brian in UK: Ah Jeremy, the Nowhere Man. My favourite line from Yellow Submarine film is the John character saying when the Blue Meanies are causing trouble and they are trapped in blue glass. 'Ah blue glass must be from Kentucky'.
	♥ 5:34pm Doug Schulkind: This isn't a radio show, it's a master's thesis AND a radio show.
	♥ 5:35pm Funky16Corners: Thanks WR!
	5:35pm Santos L Halper: Thanks for spreading all this sunshine around Larry, loving it!
	♥ 5:36pm Funky16Corners: Thank you, Doug! High praise, indeed!
	♥ 5:36pm Funky16Corners: This song was written by Paul Anka!
	♥ 5:37pm StringOFperils: It's a Canadian invasion!
	♥ 5:38pm Funky16Corners: I'm following Canadian content rules (even though I don't have to).
	5:43pm geezerette: All is groovy to the Peter-Max. :)
	♥ 5:44pm Sem: ^, agreed,
	♥ 5:44pm Funky16Corners: Geezerette!
	♥ 5:46pm StringOFperils: An air-conditioned room filled with push-button perfume
	♥ 5:46pm Sem: Wow, pastiche, and tasty to boot.
	5:47pm geezerette: Patchouli and citrus!
	♥ 5:47pm Sem: ...nothing is real...
	♥ 5:47pm StringOFperils: You got pastiche on my groovy shirt!
	♥ 5:48pm Sem: and now, you are Mrs. Miller.
	5:50pm geezerette: Constant comments!
	5:51pm KevinfromBayRidge: Back in from the Lower 40.Oh so much Sunshine!
	♥ 5:59pm StringOFperils: Wow, this has everything...ambitious pop production.
	♥ 6:00pm Funky16Corners: Written and arranged by Jimmy Webb
	♥ 6:00pm StringOFperils: Man! I was going to type this vocal sounds like Jim Webb!!! I feel smart or something....
	6:00pm Erica: One more hour to go.
	♥ 6:01pm Funky16Corners: You can do it, Erica!
	♥ 6:06pm StringOFperils: Doesn't get much more west coast than Bruce and Terry.
	♥ 6:07pm Funky16Corners: The pedigree there is something else. Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher. All over the California musical map
	♥ 6:09pm StringOFperils: Cool assemblage of stuff. Nicely curated pile of unusual treasures Larry.
	♥ 6:10pm Funky16Corners: Thanks!
	🥁 ♥ 6:11pm dutchtheo: rhetorical question, can i go, time for the nursery rhymes, Thanks Larry!
	♥ 6:11pm Funky16Corners: Sitting in the weeds, wearing beads, pass the pipe around
	♥ 6:11pm Funky16Corners: Later Theo!
	6:16pm Erica: Haha Larry.
	♥ 6:17pm StringOFperils: Finally, that flute player was trying to get up front thru the whole song.
	♥ 6:19pm Funky16Corners: It was one of the group, Cindy Fitzpatrick!
	6:21pm Erica: It was a groovy day in the sunshine...
	♥ 6:21pm Funky16Corners: Someone should go through all four hours and see how many times the word 'sunshine' shows up in the songs
	♥ 6:22pm Funky16Corners: Next one goes out to Doug, who introduced me to the record.
	♥ 6:24pm StringOFperils: Doug's the architect of sunshine.
	♥ 6:24pm Funky16Corners: In so many ways!
	6:26pm Erica: Hey Larry ever heard of Sunshine Girl by The Parade? That is in my opinion one of the catchiest sunshine pop songs out there.
	♥ 6:27pm Funky16Corners: I have! Great tune!
	6:27pm geezerette: "Sitting in the weeds, wearing beads" Nice, Larry!
	♥ 6:29pm Funky16Corners: That was the lyrics from 'Love In'!
	6:29pm Erica: Very great tune.
	♥ 6:30pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, this whole album is great
	♥ 6:35pm StringOFperils: Mod Squad Peggy Lipton, I assume?
	♥ 6:36pm Funky16Corners: The same!
	6:39pm Erica: It's not a sunshine pop show without The Sunshine Company.
	♥ 6:40pm Funky16Corners: It'd be false advertising!
	6:42pm Photocopy Cha Cha: Hi everyone! Been around for most of this bar the first half hour or so. Fits the purpose nicely, I need something calm as I am quite cranky - yes, I recommend online grocery shopping with completely outdated browser/OS, but you gotta do what you gotta do, especially when out of supplies in self-isolation.
	♥ 6:43pm Funky16Corners: Hey Photocopy!
	♥ 6:43pm Doug Schulkind: For nearly 20 years I've told my daughter Lincoln that she was named, in part, after the character on Mod Squad. And it's not entirely untrue!
	♥ 6:44pm Funky16Corners: That's cool!
	♥ 6:45pm Funky16Corners: This is Seals and Crofts before they were Seals and Crofts
	♥ 6:48pm chresti: Oh hi! Going over and beyond?
	♥ 6:49pm Funky16Corners: Chresti!
	♥ 6:49pm StringOFperils: 4 hours of bright clear sunshine. I am so gonna burn...
	🥁 ♥ 6:51pm Jeff Ash: Thanks, Larry! Great show!
	6:52pm Erica: Bright soft sunshine on a gloomy day.
	♥ 6:52pm StringOFperils: Well....that Strawberry Children vocal SURE SOUNDED LIKE Jim Webb, himself....
	♥ 6:53pm Brian in UK: Another belter, Larry. Here's to the next three minutes.
	6:55pm KevinfromBayRidge: Thanks fer brangin' the rays, Larry!
	♥ 6:56pm Funky16Corners: Thank you all!
	♥ 6:56pm StringOFperils: Thanks a lot F16C
	♥ 6:56pm Funky16Corners: My pleasure entirely!
	♥ 6:57pm chresti: Thanks!
	♥ 6:57pm Funky16Corners: Thank you!
	6:57pm Erica: Made it through. Thanks for a groovy 4 hours Larry! Can't wait for the Little Richard show next week.
	♥ 6:57pm Funky16Corners: You did it! Thanks for hanging!
	6:57pm northguineahills: Thanks, Larry!
	6:57pm Photocopy Cha Cha: Thank you Larry! Double length was a nice surprise for a sunshine pop sucker like me!
	♥ 6:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks NGH! Photocopy!
	6:59pm Erica: Until next week.
	♥ 6:59pm Funky16Corners: Bye!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from May 14, 2020

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May 14, 2020: Testify! Third Anniversary Four Hour Soft/Sunshine/Harmony Pop Spectacular!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
St George and Tana	Without Your Heart	Is Now	Kapp	1967	LP	0:01:10 (Pop-up)
Tommy James and The Shondells	I Like the Way	45RPM Single	Roulette	1967	45	0:03:08 (Pop-up)
Mamas and Papas	Go Where You Wanna Go	45RPM Single	Dunhill	1967	45	0:05:47 (Pop-up)
Astronauts	Main Street "Main Street" by "Astronauts"	Travelin' Men	RCA	1967	LP	0:08:16 (Pop-up)
The Tokens	Portrait Of my Love "Portrait Of my Love" by "The Tokens"	It's a Happening World	WB	1967	LP	0:10:33 (Pop-up)

Fargo	Talks We Used To Have "Talks We Used To Have" by "Fargo"	I See It Now	RCA	1969	LP	0:17:16 (Pop-up)
The Gordian Knot	We Must Be Doing Something Right	The Gordian Knot	Verve	1968	LP	0:19:38 (Pop-up)
The Hardy Boys	I Hear the Grass Singing	Wheels	RCA/Dunhill	1970	LP	0:22:22 (Pop-up)
The Match	Mirror Maze Lady "Mirror Maze Lady" by "The Match"	45RPM Single	RCA	1970	45	0:24:55 (Pop-up)
The Pleasure Fair	Turnaway "Turnaway" by "The Pleasure Fair"	The Pleasure Fair	Uni	1967	LP	0:28:28 (Pop-up)
Julie Budd	Yesterday's Sunshine "Yesterday's Sunshine" by "Julie Budd"	Child of Plenty	MGM	1968	LP	0:30:29 (Pop-up)
Richard Dawson	His Children's Parade	45RPM Single	Carnation	1967	45	0:32:51 (Pop-up)
Don Meehan Project	Mon's Meg "Mon's Meg" by "Don Meehan Project"	45RPM Single	Columbia	1969	45	0:36:27 (Pop-up)
Kenny Rankin	Peaceful "Peaceful" by "Kenny Rankin"	Mind Dusters	Mercury	1967	LP	0:39:09 (Pop-up)
Doodletown Pipers	Image of You "Image of You" by "Doodletown Pipers"	45RPM Single	Epic	1967	45	0:41:44 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre	Funny How Love Can Be	The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre	WB	1967	LP	0:44:16 (Pop-up)
California	Sugar Kite "Sugar Kite" by "California"	April Fools OST	Columbia	1969	LP	0:46:53 (Pop-up)
The Four Freshmen	Love Is a Happy Thing	A Today Kind of Thing	Liberty	1968	LP	0:49:28 (Pop-up)
Hondells	Just One More Chance "Just One More Chance" by "Hondells"	45RPM Single	Columbia	1967	45	0:51:57 (Pop-up)

Anthony and the Imperials	My Love Is a Rainbow	Reflections	Veep	1967	LP	1:02:52 (Pop-up)
Cashman, Pistilli and West	Sunday Will Never Be the Same	Bound to Happen	ABC	1968	LP	1:05:25 (Pop-up)
The Lennon Sisters	Everything That Touches You	Lennon Sisters Today	Mercury	1968	LP	1:08:29 (Pop-up)
The Sandpipers	Glass "Glass" by "The Sandpipers"	45RPM Single	A&M	1967	45	1:11:37 (Pop-up)
Smokey and His Sister	My Fondest Dream	Smokey and His Sister	WB	1968	LP	1:14:53 (Pop-up)
Sugar Beats	First Love "First Love" by "Sugar Beats"	45RPM Single	A&M	1966	45	1:18:40 (Pop-up)
Summer Snow	Flying On the Ground Is Wrong	45RPM Single	Capitol	1968	45	1:20:52 (Pop-up)
Beethoven Soul	Dreams "Dreams" by "Beethoven Soul"	Beethoven Soul	Dot	1967	LP	1:23:13 (Pop-up)
Thomas Group	Autumn "Autumn" by "Thomas Group"	45RPM Single	Dunhill	1966	45	1:25:35 (Pop-up)
Webster's New Word	Sad To Say "Sad To Say" by "Webster's New Word"	45RPM Single	Columbia	1967	45	1:28:02 (Pop-up)
The Cookies	Wounded "Wounded" by "The Cookies"	45RPM Single	WB	1968	45	1:30:17 (Pop-up)
The Free Design	Jack In the Box Radio Spot	45RPM Single	Jack In the Box	1971	45	1:32:55 (Pop-up)
James Flemming	Alone Alone "Alone Alone" by "James Flemming"	45RPM Single	Capitol	1967	45	1:33:51 (Pop-up)
The Love Generation	The Love In Me	The Love Generation	Imperial	1967	LP	1:35:47 (Pop-up)
New Colony Six	Things I'd Like To Say	45RPM Single	Mercury	1968	45	1:38:14 (Pop-up)
The Peppermint Trolley Company	Trust	The Peppermint Trolley Company	Acta	1968	LP	1:40:27 (Pop-up)

Unspoken Word	On a Beautiful Day "On a Beautiful Day" by "Unspoken Word"	45RPM Single	UA	1967	45	1:51:52 (Pop-up)
Jim and Jean	The Planet June "The Planet June" by "Jim and Jean"	People World	Verve	1968	LP	1:54:14 (Pop-up)
The Fifth Dimension	Carpet Man "Carpet Man" by "The Fifth Dimension"	45RPM Single	Soul City	1968	45	1:57:02 (Pop-up)
Lemonade Charade	Your Sun Needs To Shine (In My Mind)	45RPM Single	Bell	1968	45	2:00:06 (Pop-up)
Newbury Park	Green Tambourine "Green Tambourine" by "Newbury Park"	Newbury Park	Cream	1971	LP	2:02:36 (Pop-up)
Good and Plenty	Chlidren Dreamin'	The World of Good and Plenty	Senate	1967	LP	2:05:11 (Pop-up)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Call Again	Ricochet	Liberty	1967	LP	2:07:15 (Pop-up)
Lesley Gore	Brink of Disaster "Brink of Disaster" by "Lesley Gore"	45RPM Single	Mercury	1967	45	2:09:41 (Pop-up)
Pink Cloud	Midnight Sun "Midnight Sun" by "Pink Cloud"	45RPM Single	Tower	1967	45	2:11:58 (Pop-up)
The Millennium	To Claudia On Thursday	Begin	Columbia	1969	LP	2:14:19 (Pop-up)
The Sugar Shoppe	Canada "Canada" by "The Sugar Shoppe"	45RPM Single	Yorkville	1967	45	2:17:20 (Pop-up)
Brady Bunch	I Just Want To Be Your Friend	Meet the Brady Bunch	Paramount	1972	LP	2:19:59 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Care of Cell 44 "Care of Cell 44" by "The Zombies"	Odessey & Oracle	Date	1968	LP	2:22:22 (Pop-up)
Chad and Jeremy	Painted Day Glow Smileq	The Ark	Columbia	1968	LP	2:26:12 (Pop-up)
The Four King Cousins	California Nights	Introducing the Four King Cousins	Capitol	1968	LP	2:29:40 (Pop-up)
Mark Eric	California Home "California Home" by "Mark Eric"	Midsummer's Daydream	Revue	1969	LP	2:34:37 (Pop-up)
Michael J James	Love's Funny "Love's Funny" by "Michael J James"	45RPM Single	Uni	1969	45	2:35:11 (Pop-up)
The Pufnstuf	Nonsense "Nonsense" by "The Pufnstuf"	45RPM Single	Decca	1970	45	2:37:48 (Pop-up)
Th Association	Don't Blame It On Me	Along Comes the Association	Valiant	1966	LP	2:40:14 (Pop-up)
Chris and Peter Allen	Ten Below "Ten Below" by "Chris and Peter Allen"	Album #1	Mercury	1968	LP	2:42:37 (Pop-up)
Definitive Rock Chorale	Picture Postcard World	45RPM Single	Philips	1968	45	2:45:15 (Pop-up)

Strawberry Children	Love Years Coming	45RPM Single	Soul City	1967	45	2:57:52 (Pop-up)
Anita Kerr and the Anita Kerr Singers	Happiness (Is)	Sounds	WB	1968	LP	3:00:30 (Pop-up)
Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends	Kinda Wasted Without You	Roger Nichols and the Small Circle Of Friends	A&M	1968	LP	3:02:24 (Pop-up)
Bruce and Terry	Thank You Baby "Thank You Baby" by "Bruce and Terry"	45RPM Single	Columbia	1965	45	3:04:42 (Pop-up)
The Collage	Can I Go "Can I Go" by "The Collage"	The Collage	Smash	1967	LP	3:06:54 (Pop-up)
Morning Glories	Love In "Love In" by "Morning Glories"	45RPM Single	WB	1967	45	3:09:32 (Pop-up)
Free Design	You Be You and I'll Be Me	Heaven/Earth	Project 3	1969	LP	3:12:03 (Pop-up)
Holy Mackerel	The Secret of Pleasure	45RPM Single	Reprise	1968	45	3:14:36 (Pop-up)
The Turtles	You Know What I Mean "You Know What I Mean" by "The Turtles"	45RPM Single	White Whale	1968	45	3:18:10 (Pop-up)
The Match	Free and Easy "Free and Easy" by "The Match"	A New Light	RCA	1969	LP	3:20:08 (Pop-up)
The Guild	The Sun Shines For You "The Sun Shines For You" by "The Guild"	45RPM Single	Twinight	1969	45	3:23:01 (Pop-up)
The Hellers	It's 74 In San Francisco	Singers, Talkers, Players, Swingers and Doers	Command	1968	LP	3:26:08 (Pop-up)
Ronny and the Daytonas	If I Had My Way	Sandy	Mala	1965	LP	3:28:06 (Pop-up)
Dino Desi and Billy	Thru Spray Colored Glasses/Prologue	Follow Me OST	Uni	1969	LP	3:30:57 (Pop-up)
Peggy Lipton	Lady of the Lake "Lady of the Lake" by "Peggy Lipton"	Peggy Lipton	Ode	1968	LP	3:34:23 (Pop-up)
The Sunshine Company	To Put Up With You	Sunshine and Shadows	Imperial	1968	LP	3:37:26 (Pop-up)
Claudine Longet	Small Talk "Small Talk" by "Claudine Longet"	Love Is Blue	A&M	1968	LP	3:39:55 (Pop-up)
the Hour Glass	Silently "Silently" by "the Hour Glass"	The Hour Glass	Liberty	1967	LP	3:42:13 (Pop-up)
Uncle Sound	I'm Gonna Ask Him "I'm Gonna Ask Him" by "Uncle Sound"	45RPM Single	WB	1968	45	3:44:53 (Pop-up)
Nino Tempo and April Stevens	Bye Bye Blues	All Strung Out	White Whale	1967	LP	3:48:07 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	3:58:32 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: Hellooooooooo....
	3:03pm Erica: Groovy!
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Erica!
	3:04pm CalZone!: Digging your show on my Bike, LG!
	♥ 3:04pm Funky16Corners: Cal!
	🥁 ♥ 3:06pm Jeff Ash: Good afternoon from Wisconsin!
	♥ 3:06pm Funky16Corners: Hey Jeff!
	3:08pm KevinfromBayRidge: Howdy all. Looking forward to the Sunshine. As a matter of fact I'll probably be listening while out in the backyard doing gardening.
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey Kevin! Welcome aboard!
	3:11pm dawneden: One of the Tokens' best! Thank you!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: Hi Dawn!
	3:13pm northguineahills: hellos!
	3:14pm dawneden: Great to listen to your show, Larry. I've been looking forward to this episode since you plugged it last week.
	♥ 3:14pm Hopey Sockmonkey: Good afternoon!
	3:16pm Erica: Happy 3rd Anniversary of your show Larry!
	♥ 3:18pm Funky16Corners: NGH! Hopey!
	♥ 3:18pm Funky16Corners: @Dawn - Thanks! I hope you dig it!
	♥ 3:18pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - Thank You!
	🥁 ♥ 3:21pm dutchtheo: Hello Larry, and celebrators. Happy anniversary! Hooray, for acquired taste,
	♥ 3:21pm Doug Schulkind: Happy Testiversary, Larry!
	3:21pm dawneden: The Gordian Knot make an appearance in "The Young Runaways" and their songs in it are excellent. www.imdb.com...
	♥ 3:21pm Funky16Corners: Theo!
	♥ 3:22pm Funky16Corners: Doug! Thank You!
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: @Dawn - I recently saw a clip of them playing live on (I think) the Steve Allen Show
	3:23pm dawneden: Neat! I'll have to look for that clip.
	3:29pm dawneden: I just looked up St. George and Tana. Nice to see that John Campolongo has been commenting on the web, giving the history behind that album: playitagainmax.blogspot.com...
	3:29pm Erica: The lead singer of this song sounds like Cat Stevens.
	♥ 3:29pm Funky16Corners: Yes, though I'd love to know where Tana is and who she was.
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - This group features Robb Royer who went on to be in Bread
	3:30pm Erica: The male singer I mean.
	3:31pm Erica: That's cool Larry.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: And yes, this is THAT Richard Dawson
	♥ 3:36pm Sem: Hiya, Larry. Along for the Testify Ride to the end.
	♥ 3:37pm Funky16Corners: Hey Sem!
	3:37pm Erica: Beach Boys inspired.
	♥ 3:38pm Funky16Corners: Oh yeah, LOTS of Beach Boys-inspired stuff in today's show
	3:38pm dawneden: Wonderful to hear Don Meehan! I got to know him when I sat in as he transferred the Millennium album and the unreleased "Just About the Same" single to digital. His original recording of "Gaslight," the song later recorded by the Ugly Ducklings, is luminous.
	♥ 3:39pm Funky16Corners: @Dawn - I didn't know about his involvement with that project!
	3:40pm dawneden: Yes, he was still working as a Columbia engineer even in 1990!
	3:42pm dawneden: You're playing some wonderfully obscure tunes. Great stuff!
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: Lots more to come!
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: I love this one. It's a Griffin/Gordon tune and I don't think it was ever recorded by anyone else.
	♥ 3:43pm Santos L. Halper: Digging the show Larry. First time I've heard the original Peaceful, thanks!
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: Santos! Welcome!
	♥ 3:45pm doctorjazz: Hi Larry and folks!
	3:46pm Erica: Error Larry?
	♥ 3:46pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: @Erica??
	3:49pm northguineahills: Always dig Harpers Bizarre!
	3:50pm Erica: The Harper's Bizzare Track restarted Larry.
	♥ 3:53pm Funky16Corners: I didn't notice, I'll have to go back and check after the show
	3:53pm Erica: That Four Freshmen song has all the cliche lyrics you'd imagine from a 60's sunshine pop song.
	♥ 3:54pm Funky16Corners: Can you hear me singing?
	3:54pm dawneden: Love this Hondells record! As you probably know, Curt Boettcher is on backing vocals.
	♥ 4:03pm Funky16Corners: @Dawn- Yes! Love that record!
	4:05pm dawneden: I never realized how similar Little Anthony sounds to Lesley Gore.
	♥ 4:06pm Funky16Corners: You mean his voice?
	♥ 4:07pm Lizardner Dave 2: Can never hear this song without thinking about the late, great X-Ray Burns.
	♥ 4:07pm Funky16Corners: Was this a fave of his?
	♥ 4:08pm Lizardner Dave 2: It was the headline on the WFMU home page when he died.
	♥ 4:08pm Lizardner Dave 2: And it's true!
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: I get it now.
	4:12pm dawneden: Ha! Yes, I meant Little Anthony's voice.
	♥ 4:14pm Funky16Corners: Ah, I was wondering if you were referring to the sound of the record. I see what you mean.
	♥ 4:15pm Doug Schulkind: Smokey! Sister!
	♥ 4:15pm Funky16Corners: This one goes out to Doug, listening in Pittsburgh, PA!
	♥ 4:16pm Funky16Corners: I love the last part of this record so much
	♥ 4:18pm Doug Schulkind: Love love love the Mims kids!
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: Where are they now?
	♥ 4:20pm Doug Schulkind: Last I knew, Vicki (Sister) had passed away and Larry (Smokey) was living in obscurity in Ohio.
	4:22pm northguineahills: I've only heard the Buffalo Springfield version of Flying in the Ground is Wrong.
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: @Doug - Man, if you're only going to make one album and then disappear, they could have alot worse
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: @NGH - LOTS of good Buffalo Springfield covers out there
	♥ 4:26pm Funky16Corners: This is Danny Thomas's son
	4:30pm Erica: Marlo's brother?
	♥ 4:30pm Funky16Corners: Yup!
	♥ 4:31pm Doug Schulkind: Just scrambled over to a Smokey and His Sister Facebook page. A post from August 2014 says: "Larry passed on June 18th in Galveston, Texas. Vicki McMorrow passed away April 2, 2006 in New Jersey. Both from cancer like both their parents."
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: Aww man. That's sad.
	4:34pm Julie: dang I missed a lot of good stuff
	♥ 4:35pm Funky16Corners: Hey Julie! That's what the archives are for!
	🥁 ♥ 4:39pm Jeff Ash: New Colony Six, one of the great Chicago groups.
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: God, I love this song.
	♥ 4:39pm Funky16Corners: I'm a huge sap.
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - One of the best, with two distinct sounds
	🥁 ♥ 4:41pm Jeff Ash: New Colony Six was among the Chicago bands that played up around the Green Bay area in the late '60s, booked for gigs by a Catholic priest who used the proceeds to pay for youth programs. Also give the kids something fun to see.
	♥ 4:42pm Funky16Corners: Pretty short trip?
	🥁 ♥ 4:42pm Jeff Ash: Probably at least 4 hours back then.
	♥ 4:52pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. Got here eventually. Impressed that you did the Friday dance gig with all 45s.
	♥ 4:53pm Funky16Corners: Hey Brian!
	♥ 4:55pm Funky16Corners: I have A LOT of 45s, soooooo many 45s, weeks worth (Not all soul, of course)
	♥ 4:55pm Brian in UK: Jim & Jean did a great version of Phil Ochs' Crucifiction at his memorial concert.
	🥁 ♥ 4:58pm Jeff Ash: 5th Dimension. Sweet.
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: They were great friends of his. They came up together (I think Jim was a college classmate of Phil's)
	♥ 4:58pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Couldn't do this show without them!
	5:00pm Erica: Just. Two. More. Hours. I hope I don't fall asleep.
	♥ 5:01pm Funky16Corners: If I can stay awake you can! Get some coffee!
	5:03pm Erica: I don't drink coffee Larry.
	♥ 5:03pm Funky16Corners: Soda?
	5:04pm Erica: I have that but if I still snooze, then it won't help.
	♥ 5:04pm Brian in UK: Can I have Erica's coffee then. With a drop of the good stuff.
	♥ 5:05pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, I could use a nice cup of iced coffee
	5:05pm CalZone!: Groovy show Larry!
	♥ 5:06pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Cal!
	♥ 5:06pm Brian in UK: It seemed like this style of music did not need much help to arrive fully formed albeit for a short time.
	♥ 5:08pm Funky16Corners: It borrows a lot from mainstream rock without any of the heaviness
	♥ 5:09pm Brian in UK: Guessing that there were a lot of one-off singles at the time. Cannot remember many of these arriving over here.
	♥ 5:10pm Funky16Corners: Yes, a lot of these are one-off 45s
	♥ 5:15pm Brian in UK: Denny Doherty sings version of this on California 99. A Jimmie Haskell creation.
	♥ 5:16pm Funky16Corners: There's also a Denny Doherty 45 version that strips off the sound effects from the California 99 LP
	5:19pm Erica: Oh Canada, our home and groovy land...
	♥ 5:21pm Funky16Corners: Pretty much! That was a pop adaptation of a kind of PSA about the anniversary of Canadian nationhood
	♥ 5:21pm Brian in UK: Erica, I did not realise until recently that Canada has the longest coastline of any country in this world.
	♥ 5:21pm Funky16Corners: Doesn't that take into consideration the Northern border (in the ice)?
	5:22pm Erica: The Brady's when they were turned into a singing group.
	♥ 5:23pm Brian in UK: The whole lot, I believe. I would have guessed Australia.
	♥ 5:23pm Funky16Corners: Or Russia
	5:25pm northguineahills: odd as it sounds, the Zombies reminds me of the summer of 2000....
	♥ 5:27pm Funky16Corners: For any particular reason?
	♥ 5:29pm StringOFperils: Looks like I've been missing a great show...archives later.
	♥ 5:29pm Funky16Corners: Hey String!
	5:31pm northguineahills: @Larry: My roommate got the box set and I had a summer fling before moving to NYC....
	♥ 5:31pm Funky16Corners: Ah!
	♥ 5:32pm WR: Happy anniversary Larry. May you continue to testify many many more years (for our listening benefit).
	♥ 5:32pm Brian in UK: Ah Jeremy, the Nowhere Man. My favourite line from Yellow Submarine film is the John character saying when the Blue Meanies are causing trouble and they are trapped in blue glass. 'Ah blue glass must be from Kentucky'.
	♥ 5:34pm Doug Schulkind: This isn't a radio show, it's a master's thesis AND a radio show.
	♥ 5:35pm Funky16Corners: Thanks WR!
	5:35pm Santos L Halper: Thanks for spreading all this sunshine around Larry, loving it!
	♥ 5:36pm Funky16Corners: Thank you, Doug! High praise, indeed!
	♥ 5:36pm Funky16Corners: This song was written by Paul Anka!
	♥ 5:37pm StringOFperils: It's a Canadian invasion!
	♥ 5:38pm Funky16Corners: I'm following Canadian content rules (even though I don't have to).
	5:43pm geezerette: All is groovy to the Peter-Max. :)
	♥ 5:44pm Sem: ^, agreed,
	♥ 5:44pm Funky16Corners: Geezerette!
	♥ 5:46pm StringOFperils: An air-conditioned room filled with push-button perfume
	♥ 5:46pm Sem: Wow, pastiche, and tasty to boot.
	5:47pm geezerette: Patchouli and citrus!
	♥ 5:47pm Sem: ...nothing is real...
	♥ 5:47pm StringOFperils: You got pastiche on my groovy shirt!
	♥ 5:48pm Sem: and now, you are Mrs. Miller.
	5:50pm geezerette: Constant comments!
	5:51pm KevinfromBayRidge: Back in from the Lower 40.Oh so much Sunshine!
	♥ 5:59pm StringOFperils: Wow, this has everything...ambitious pop production.
	♥ 6:00pm Funky16Corners: Written and arranged by Jimmy Webb
	♥ 6:00pm StringOFperils: Man! I was going to type this vocal sounds like Jim Webb!!! I feel smart or something....
	6:00pm Erica: One more hour to go.
	♥ 6:01pm Funky16Corners: You can do it, Erica!
	♥ 6:06pm StringOFperils: Doesn't get much more west coast than Bruce and Terry.
	♥ 6:07pm Funky16Corners: The pedigree there is something else. Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher. All over the California musical map
	♥ 6:09pm StringOFperils: Cool assemblage of stuff. Nicely curated pile of unusual treasures Larry.
	♥ 6:10pm Funky16Corners: Thanks!
	🥁 ♥ 6:11pm dutchtheo: rhetorical question, can i go, time for the nursery rhymes, Thanks Larry!
	♥ 6:11pm Funky16Corners: Sitting in the weeds, wearing beads, pass the pipe around
	♥ 6:11pm Funky16Corners: Later Theo!
	6:16pm Erica: Haha Larry.
	♥ 6:17pm StringOFperils: Finally, that flute player was trying to get up front thru the whole song.
	♥ 6:19pm Funky16Corners: It was one of the group, Cindy Fitzpatrick!
	6:21pm Erica: It was a groovy day in the sunshine...
	♥ 6:21pm Funky16Corners: Someone should go through all four hours and see how many times the word 'sunshine' shows up in the songs
	♥ 6:22pm Funky16Corners: Next one goes out to Doug, who introduced me to the record.
	♥ 6:24pm StringOFperils: Doug's the architect of sunshine.
	♥ 6:24pm Funky16Corners: In so many ways!
	6:26pm Erica: Hey Larry ever heard of Sunshine Girl by The Parade? That is in my opinion one of the catchiest sunshine pop songs out there.
	♥ 6:27pm Funky16Corners: I have! Great tune!
	6:27pm geezerette: "Sitting in the weeds, wearing beads" Nice, Larry!
	♥ 6:29pm Funky16Corners: That was the lyrics from 'Love In'!
	6:29pm Erica: Very great tune.
	♥ 6:30pm Funky16Corners: Yeah, this whole album is great
	♥ 6:35pm StringOFperils: Mod Squad Peggy Lipton, I assume?
	♥ 6:36pm Funky16Corners: The same!
	6:39pm Erica: It's not a sunshine pop show without The Sunshine Company.
	♥ 6:40pm Funky16Corners: It'd be false advertising!
	6:42pm Photocopy Cha Cha: Hi everyone! Been around for most of this bar the first half hour or so. Fits the purpose nicely, I need something calm as I am quite cranky - yes, I recommend online grocery shopping with completely outdated browser/OS, but you gotta do what you gotta do, especially when out of supplies in self-isolation.
	♥ 6:43pm Funky16Corners: Hey Photocopy!
	♥ 6:43pm Doug Schulkind: For nearly 20 years I've told my daughter Lincoln that she was named, in part, after the character on Mod Squad. And it's not entirely untrue!
	♥ 6:44pm Funky16Corners: That's cool!
	♥ 6:45pm Funky16Corners: This is Seals and Crofts before they were Seals and Crofts
	♥ 6:48pm chresti: Oh hi! Going over and beyond?
	♥ 6:49pm Funky16Corners: Chresti!
	♥ 6:49pm StringOFperils: 4 hours of bright clear sunshine. I am so gonna burn...
	🥁 ♥ 6:51pm Jeff Ash: Thanks, Larry! Great show!
	6:52pm Erica: Bright soft sunshine on a gloomy day.
	♥ 6:52pm StringOFperils: Well....that Strawberry Children vocal SURE SOUNDED LIKE Jim Webb, himself....
	♥ 6:53pm Brian in UK: Another belter, Larry. Here's to the next three minutes.
	6:55pm KevinfromBayRidge: Thanks fer brangin' the rays, Larry!
	♥ 6:56pm Funky16Corners: Thank you all!
	♥ 6:56pm StringOFperils: Thanks a lot F16C
	♥ 6:56pm Funky16Corners: My pleasure entirely!
	♥ 6:57pm chresti: Thanks!
	♥ 6:57pm Funky16Corners: Thank you!
	6:57pm Erica: Made it through. Thanks for a groovy 4 hours Larry! Can't wait for the Little Richard show next week.
	♥ 6:57pm Funky16Corners: You did it! Thanks for hanging!
	6:57pm northguineahills: Thanks, Larry!
	6:57pm Photocopy Cha Cha: Thank you Larry! Double length was a nice surprise for a sunshine pop sucker like me!
	♥ 6:58pm Funky16Corners: Thanks NGH! Photocopy!
	6:59pm Erica: Until next week.
	♥ 6:59pm Funky16Corners: Bye!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from May 14, 2020

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