Favoriting Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from October 15, 2020 Favoriting

Funky16Corners's avatar View Funky16Corners's profile Favoriting

A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

Thursday 3 - 5pm (EST) | On WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio
Give the Drummer Radio LIVE Audio Streams (Get help):   Pop-up  |  128k MP3

<-- Previous playlist | Back to Testify! with Larry Grogan playlists | Next playlist -->

Favoriting October 15, 2020: Testify! - Planet of the Apes! Songs About (But Not By) Primates!

Listen to this show: Pop-up listen Pop-up player!

Playlist image Favoriting

Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Dickies  You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)   Favoriting Dawn of the Dickies  A&M  1978  LP  0:01:23 (Pop-up)
JC Davis  Monkey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Chess  1963  45  0:03:13 (Pop-up)
Hank Jacobs  Monkey Hips and Rice   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Sue  1964  45  0:05:25 (Pop-up)
Mad-Hatters  The Monkey-Children   Favoriting The Mad-Hatters  20th Century Fox Records  1964  LP  0:07:43 (Pop-up)
The Spats  Gator Tails and Monkey Ribs   Favoriting Cookin' With the Spats  ABC-Paramount  1965  LP  0:10:12 (Pop-up)
Eddie Bo  Just Like a Monkey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cinderella  1963  45  0:12:54 (Pop-up)
 
Major Lance  The Monkey Time   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Okeh  1963  45  0:18:34 (Pop-up)
Aaron Neville  Ape Man   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Safari  1968  45  0:21:12 (Pop-up)
Beverly Marcell  The Monkey Dance   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Gone  1963  45  0:23:50 (Pop-up)
Count Yates  The Chimpanzee   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Regis  1961  45  0:26:08 (Pop-up)
Carl Perkins  The Monkeyshine   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Decca  1964  45  0:28:01 (Pop-up)
Plookie McCline  Gorilla Walk   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Jerry O  1964  45  0:31:03 (Pop-up)
The Shandells  Go Go Gorilla   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Bangar  1964  45  0:33:50 (Pop-up)
Romancers  The Monkey Swim   Favoriting Let's Do the Swim  Selma  1964  LP  0:36:40 (Pop-up)
Tempos  Monkey Doo   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fairmount  1963  45  0:39:06 (Pop-up)
Tim Whitsett and the Imperials  Monkey Man   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Ace  1962  45  0:40:56 (Pop-up)
Billy Butler  The Boston Monkey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Okeh  1966  45  0:43:42 (Pop-up)
Garnell Cooper and the Kinfolks  Green Monkey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Jubilee  1963  45  0:45:42 (Pop-up)
Brother Jack McDuff  Grease Monkey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Prestige  1963  45  0:47:52 (Pop-up)
Perry and the Harmonics  Do the Monkey With James   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mercury  1965  45  0:50:16 (Pop-up)
Choker Campbell and his 16 Piece Band  Mickey's Monkey   Favoriting Play Hits of the 60s  Motown  1965  LP  0:52:56 (Pop-up)
 
Louis Prima  I Want To Be LIke You   Favoriting Jungle Book OST  Disney  1967  LP  1:01:04 (Pop-up)
The Premiers  Funky Monkey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  JOB  1968  45  1:04:53 (Pop-up)
Rufus Thomas  Can Your Monkey Do The Dog   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Stax  1964  45  1:07:25 (Pop-up)
Eddie Cano and Nino Tempo  King Kong   Favoriting On Broadway  Atco  1966  LP  1:09:50 (Pop-up)
George and Teddy and the Condors  My Little Monkey   Favoriting In Person at Ciro's Le Disc  Reprise  1964  LP  1:13:08 (Pop-up)
Playboys of Edinburg  Mickey's Monkey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1967  45  1:16:19 (Pop-up)
The Rascals  Mickey's Monkey/Lovelight   Favoriting Collections  Atlantic  1967  LP  1:18:41 (Pop-up)
Fats Domino  Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Reprise  1969  45  1:23:27 (Pop-up)
Orchestra Harlow  Larry's Dilemma (Me and My Monkey)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fania  1969  45  1:25:52 (Pop-up)
Moe Koffman  Funky Monkey   Favoriting Turned On  Jubilee  1968  LP  1:28:42 (Pop-up)
Living Legends  Monkey Don't Care   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1966  45  1:31:24 (Pop-up)
Soul Set  Mickey's Funky Monkey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  BB  1967  45  1:33:53 (Pop-up)
Sly and the Family Stone  My Gorilla Is My Butler   Favoriting There's a Riot Going On  Epic  1971  LP  1:36:23 (Pop-up)
Spirit  Green Gorilla   Favoriting Model Shop OST  Ode  1968  LP  1:39:30 (Pop-up)
Babe Ruth  King Kong   Favoriting First Base  Harvest  1972  LP  1:41:46 (Pop-up)
The Kinks  Ape Man   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Pye  1970  45  1:48:26 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  1:57:18 (Pop-up)

Example


<-- Previous playlist | Back to Testify! with Larry Grogan playlists | Next playlist -->

RSS feeds for Testify! with Larry Grogan: RSSPlaylists feed | RSSMP3 archives feed

| E-mail Larry Grogan | Other WFMU Playlists | All artists played by Testify! with Larry Grogan |
Listen on the Internet | Contact Us | Music & Programs | WFMU Home Page | Support Us | FAQ

Live Audio Streams for Give the Drummer Radio: Pop-up | 128k MP3    (More streams: [+])

Listener comments!

Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:01pm
Jeff Ash:

Swinging by on the vine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Jeff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:02pm
Brian in UK:

Do not monkey with the disc jockey.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Brian!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:02pm
dutchtheo:

Hello Larry and fellow primates!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Theo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:03pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Mr Teeny does not approve but Dr Zaius is intrigued. Grape Ape sends his regards.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Matt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:04pm
Funky16Corners:

PRAY FOR MOJO...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:05pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hopefully they’ll be no George Michael
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:06pm
Funky16Corners:

None whatsoever, ever...
Avatar 3:12pm
Erica:

Sorry I'm late. I had internet problems.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:12pm
Funky16Corners:

Erica!
Avatar 3:13pm
Erica:

I heard this one on Aquarius.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:13pm
Sem:

Summoned by the prospect of tails and ribs.
Hello, Karry, Groganites, all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:13pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Sem!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:13pm
Funky16Corners:

@Erica - Which one, where?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:14pm
Sem:

Hey *Larry*!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:14pm
Matt from New Orleans:

El Monkey perhaps? Love this Andre Williams produced track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:14pm
Funky16Corners:

I don't have that one
Avatar 3:16pm
Erica:

I heard the Spats song on the TV show Aquarius Larry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:16pm
Matt from New Orleans:

It’s a hard one to find. Ran-Dee was not the most prolific label.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:17pm
Hopey Sockmonkey:

Damn, I missed The Dickies.
Avatar 3:18pm
Erica:

So did I Hopey. I had internet problems.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:19pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Hopey!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:20pm
Funky16Corners:

@Erica - That's WILD! It's a pretty obscure song unless you grew up in southern California in the early 60s
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:23pm
Hopey Sockmonkey:

Hi Larry! I am SO into today's theme :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:24pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Hopey! I hope you dig it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:27pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Dig The Chimpanzee
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:29pm
Jeff Ash:

Oh, hi again, Carl.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:29pm
Funky16Corners:

I had to go for the repeat on this one
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:30pm
Jeff Ash:

But of course! All good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:30pm
Funky16Corners:

I wish I knew who the organist was
Avatar 3:34pm
Erica:

Yeah the show only lasted for 2 seasons due to time slot difficulties but it had a really good soundtrack.
Avatar 3:34pm
Erica:

Sorry for the delayed comment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:34pm
Funky16Corners:

That's OK
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:37pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Why are there so many Shandells? Confusing trying to keep them straight as none were a success.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:37pm
Funky16Corners:

I only know the one
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:38pm
Hopey Sockmonkey:

Erica, was that the David Duchovny series from a few years back?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:39pm
Funky16Corners:

The one about Manson
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:39pm
Matt from New Orleans:

There were a few garage rock bands from the 60s with that name.
Avatar 3:39pm
Erica:

Yes Hopey it was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:40pm
Hopey Sockmonkey:

Ahhh, I'd heard good things about it at the time but never got around to watching. I'll have to check it out!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:45pm
Funky16Corners:

Remember to click on the pledge banner if you are so inclined! WFMU could use the clams!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:50pm
WR:

I may or may not be a monkey's uncle, but my understanding is that humans are primates too so this show is by primates, about primates, for primates. Same order but different species.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:51pm
Funky16Corners:

I will accept your scientific expertise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:51pm
Funky16Corners:

And, hello WR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:54pm
WR:

LOL, no expertise here. 95% of the "information" i share in the comments is either what I read on discogs or Wikipedia. The other 5% is based on vague memories of past experiences decades ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:01pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Jackson, MS. Johnny Vincent as always based in Jackson. He would do sessions at Cosimos until he built his own studio.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:01pm
Jeff Ash:

THANK YOU, SIR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:02pm
Funky16Corners:

NO, Thank YOU, sir!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:02pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Sorry that wasn’t as clear as I meant it. Both the band and Johnny Vincent were based in Jackson.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Matt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:03pm
Matt from New Orleans:

You can thank Jeff Hannusch and/or John Broven
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:03pm
Funky16Corners:

I have Jeff's books
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Cameo scatting by Phil Harris!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:07pm
WR:

And hello to all testifies today. And I testify that I've not seen this animation of Jungle Book. So many great people in it. I repent and add it to my active want list.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:08pm
Funky16Corners:

It's a lot of fun. Much more than the recent live action/CGI remake
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:13pm
Matt from New Orleans:

There’s an Ace Records marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Jackson. More than I can say for Louisiana’s sorry efforts to celebrate its musical heritage.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:15pm
Funky16Corners:

For Halloween fans, this appears on the soundtrack (with the band peforming it) in the movie Two On a Guillotine
Avatar 4:16pm
David Shortell:

So far I see a lot of songs about monkeys and apes. Aren't there any songs about lemurs, tarsiers, pottos or bush babies?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:17pm
Funky16Corners:

Probably in Indonesia, Burma and the surrounding vicinities.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:18pm
Funky16Corners:

Though I wouldn't put it past Raffi to have songs about all of them
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:27pm
Mike Sin:

Random question -- were there any monkeys featured in "The Planet of the Apes"?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:28pm
dutchtheo:

Larry's Dilemma, Alan Price was the organist with Carl Perkins...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:28pm
Funky16Corners:

That's very interesting indeed, because Monkeyshine butts right up against the 45 that Carl made with the Nashville Teens! It must have been recorded in England!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:30pm
Funky16Corners:

Thank you, Theo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:30pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Mike! Do you mean REAL monkeys?
Avatar 4:30pm
David Shortell:

@Mike Sin
No, just 3 of the 4 genera of apes: gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans. Gibbons were omitted.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:32pm
dutchtheo:

Alan Price was in Nashville... adp.library.ucsb.edu...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:33pm
Funky16Corners:

Wow! That's an interesting development!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:35pm
Funky16Corners:

I wonder if Price was there on an Animals tour?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:44pm
WR:

And Gary I will accept your record collecting and programming expertise.!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:45pm
Mike Sin:

Interesting -- So, the "Model Shop" soundtrack actually saw a 1960s release on Ode? I thought Sundazed just finally compiled all the Spirit tracks from an old reel and released it in the 21st century.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:46pm
Funky16Corners:

I'm not sure. I just posted it that way because that's where it originated. I pulled it from a Spirit comp.
Avatar 4:46pm
David Shortell:

That Louis Prima song from Disney's "The Jungle Book" is performed live by NJ's Junk Rumblers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:46pm
Funky16Corners:

BTW this is Babe Ruth covering Frank Zappa!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:47pm
Funky16Corners:

@David - I'd like to hear that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:47pm
Brian in UK:

I'm gonna stick to you like Monkey Wrench Glue. Bill Wyman?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:48pm
Brian in UK:

Do Mandrills get a look in here?
Avatar 4:49pm
Erica:

Aww I only have 12 minutes left :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:49pm
Hopey Sockmonkey:

The Kinks! Great choice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:49pm
Candy-O'67:

I've been tuning in the whole time, been busy working! Great show! Love the theme!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:49pm
Funky16Corners:

@Brian - I should try to put together a show of monkey/ape named groups!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:49pm
Jeff Ash:

Been waiting for "Ape Man."
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:49pm
Brian in UK:

I went to the same skool as the brass player, think his name was Brent Carter, from memory.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:49pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Are you going to explode Erica?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:49pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Candy-O! Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:50pm
Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - I had to include it!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:50pm
Jeff Ash:

Well played, all of it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:51pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Jeff!
Avatar 4:51pm
Erica:

My internet on my phone isn't working. And I couldn't tune in to the laptop earlier because I can't take it with me since it won't hold a charge.
Avatar 4:52pm
Erica:

I have to keep it in one room and that's inconvenient when you have to use the bathroom.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:53pm
WR:

@Erica, the archive is your friend!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:53pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Thanks Larry. It has been a Simian paradise.
Avatar 4:57pm
Erica:

I'll have to check out the rest of the show on the archives later. Hate to do so though for I missed a good 40 + minutes of the show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:57pm
Mike Sin:

Nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:57pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks all!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:58pm
dutchtheo:

Yes, it was the first Animals US tour.
Thanks Larry!
Avatar 4:58pm
Erica:

Have a great week everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:58pm
WR:

Thank you Larry, Onward.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks for the info Theo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Erica, WR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:00pm
Hopey Sockmonkey:

Thanks for the awesome show, Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:01pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Hopey!
Bottom
Comment!
Name
Email
(C) 2025 WFMU. Generated by KenzoDB, written 2000-2025 by Ken Garson