Sunday, January 31, 2021

Catching A Wave 02-01-21

 


It's the NEW and improved Catching A Wave and we have an exciting hour of music and features planned for you!  Beth Riley starts a segment called "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" with a tune from The Beach Boys of course.  We'll jump in our time machine for the week ending December 29th, 1962 to hear some tunes on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time.  Our Jammin' James Jukebox is a great tune from The Ventures!  We'll debut a NEW tune from Christian Love and spin rockin' tunes from The Memphians, Los Straitjackets, Lucky 757, The Explorers Club, The Cherry Drops, The Hula Girls, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, The Challengers and more!!

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Intro music bed "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys

Los Straitjackets- "Space Junket"
The Hula Girls- "Jungle Girl"
Christian Love- "Unconditionally"
The Memphians- "Alone Ranger"
The Sunrays- "I Live For The Sun"
Lucky 757- "Monsta"
The Explorers Club- "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite"
The Cherry Drops- "Brand New Day"

Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break-
The Beach Boys- "You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone"
Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE

Dick Dale- King Of The Surf Guitar
The Monkees- "You Bring The Summer"
Jan & Dean- "Down At Malibu Beach"

Catching A Wave Time Machine
week ending December 29th, 1962/ Billboard Top 100:
#84 (debut) The Rebels- "Wild Weekend"
#33 (down from #22) Duane Eddy & The Rebels with The Rebelettes- 
(Dance With The) Guitar Man
#1 (2nd week at the top) The Tornados- "Telstar"

Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week
The Ventures- "The McCoy"

The Challengers- "Mr. Moto"
The Revelaires- "Peter Gunn"

Outro Link Wray- "Rawhide" (from Bullshot)