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GROOVY GROOVES with Ron Klutho

Airdate August 3, 2024

Saturday nights at 10pmCT on NewsTalkSTL
https://newstalkstl.com/groovy-grooves-with-ron-klutho/

0:13 01-Speed Racer theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suCm1w_KTiY

1:18 02-If Not For You-Olivia Newton-John 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J37OqOMf934
First American hit by biggest-selling Australian female artist

8:46 03-Higher Ground-Stevie Wonder 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGSxvH5i6XQ
#261 on Rolling Stones list of top 500 songs

11:51 04-Saturday Night Fever commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZTP586-Y9E&list=PLYK5kVPCxrpsKyU034F3jKEE3qBfzx-GO&index=186

12:54 05-I Remember the Feeling-Barbara Lewis 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDptti_-ct4
Smooth mid-60s hit by elegant songstress

16:06 06-Midas Man-Renaissance 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ono7xYV6SeE
British folk-rock featuring vocals of Annie Haslam

19:35 07-Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf7aKPVEwu0&list=PLOZQLDxFnhchYC0hdof002agW5-w1R6KV&index=14

20:08 08-Hold On-Kansas 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_swP9rAWjc
Ballad by supergroup reflecting Kansas songwriter Kerry Livgren's Christian faith

26:25 09-Thassousmi-Les Abranis 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xKTnThn2dY
Fusion hit reflecting multiple influences by Algerian/Berber group

28:50 10-Hamburger Helper commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvH9TaORW3g

29:18 11-Just a Song Before I Go-Crosby Stills and Nash 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYRjvH1NGVo
Song written by Graham Nash on a bet when someone told him he couldn't write a song "just before you go" on a plane trip

31:26 12-New Zoo Revue theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwJQ6G7Z_II

32:26 13-Baby Blue-Badfinger 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yqOaQqgJdI
Soaring hit by Beatlesesque group criminally abused by their manager..

38:37 14-Burger Chef commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYbmWCAp6FY

39:06 15-Foster Brooks bit
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xx_v833gh1U

39:33 16-Meanwhile at Wayne manor…quote
https://www.voicy.network/sounds/3lZFIueDUUyIkUo3bNAl-g-meanwhile-at-stately-wayne-manor-home-of-bruce

39:43 17-Skip a Rope-Henson Cargill 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH-glqAqw7M
Country hit, controversial in its day, about family secrets

43:42 18-Turn the Page-Bob Seger 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GONmFCkCGCc
Song by Detroit rocker about life on the road

48:36 19-Alka-Seltzer commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZKg-GYsvtg

49:04 20-Night After Night-Lenny and Squiggy 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLTx5ZwJiS0
From "Laverne and Shirley", comedic hit by comedy duo

51:09 21-Bob Richards & Mike Bush commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG6Fkc26m6M

54:09 22-Working Man’s Blues-Merle Haggard 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVA35dI0MTk
Classic Bakersfield-sound song by country superstar

56:40 23-This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid (The Friends of Eddie Coyle) quote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRPKY0feClY&t=6s