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Playlist for Friday, December 8, 2006


Thanks to Johnny Bartlett of Hilldale/Knight Records and Julian West here in Minneapolis for their contributions, without which this show wouldn't have happened!

SAVVY SHOW STARTER (always locally recorded!)
The Buggs -- Buggs vs Beatles
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)

The Buggs were from Omaha, Nebraska. They recorded this single at Kay Bank studios in Minneapolis and released it on the Soma label in 1964. (With only a cuuple eceptions, all songs for tonight's show was released during that 12-month period, the Year of Beatlemania in America.)

MOPTOPS TAKE AMERICA
(spot) WABC-New York aircheck #1 (WABC jingle w/"go get'em Beatles...") 0:56
The Vernon Girls -- We Love The Beatles
(CD-R) Challenge
The Beatle-ettes -- Only Seventeen
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight) Jubilee
Gene Cornish & The Unbeetables -- I Wanna Be A Beatle
(CD-R) Dawn

THE BOY WITH THE BEATLE HAIR
The Swans -- The Boy With The Beatle Hair
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight) Cameo
The Twiliters -- My Beatle Hair Cut
(CD-R) Roulette
The Motions -- Long-Hair
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)
The Outsiders -- The Guy With The Long Liverpool Hair
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)
(spot) WABC-New York aircheck #2 (Beatles fan club) 0:30

THE COLONIES RESPOND
Brad Berwick -- I'm Better Than The Beatles
(CD-R) Clinton
Gary Sanders -- Ain't No Beatle
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)
Homer & Jethro -- Gonna Send 'Em Home
(CD-R) fr "Confucious Say" LP, RCA Victor
Bocky & The Visions -- The Spirit Of '64
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)

MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL
Johnny & The Hurricanes -- The Saga Of The Beatles
(CD-R) Atila
Bobby & The Blue Jays -- It's Coming Through The Floors (v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)
Bill Clifton -- Beatle Crazy
(CD-R) London

LORNE GREENE MEETS THE LIVERPOOL DRUMMER (A TRILOGY)
Larry Finnegan -- A Tribute To Ringo Starr
(CD-R) [fr "The Other Ringo"; Ric]
Dick Lord -- Like Ringo
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)
Don Bowman -- The Other Ringo
(CD-R) [fr "Funny Way To Make An Album"; RCA Victor]

A NEGOTIATED SURRENDER
(spot) WABC-New York aircheck #4 (0:19 )
Annie & The Orphans -- My Girl's Been Bitten By The Beatle Bug
(CD-R) Capitol
Murry Kellum -- I Dreamed I Was A Beatle
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)
Bobby Wilding -- I Want To Be A Beatle
(CD-R)

SHAKE YOUR BEATLE BOOTS!
(spot) WABC-New York aircheck #3 (1:00)
Bobby Comstock & The Counts -- The Beatle Bounce
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight) Lawn
The Bulldogs -- John Paul George and Ringo
(CD-R) Mercury
Gary Usher -- The Beetle
(v/a Better Than The Beatles: Knight)

AND THE WINNER IS... RINGO!
Bonnie Jo Mason (Cher) -- Ringo I Love You
(CD-R)
Annette The Starlettes -- Ringo
(CD-R) Siana

SHOW WRAPPER-UPPER
Gigi Parker & The Lonelies -- Beatles Please Come Back
(CD-R) MGM

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