This afternoon at 1:28, I’ll play a KOOL Turntable Tune from 1974. It’s a one-hit wonder from a band that, in reality, is just a bunch of studio musicians. The song’s lyrics include over 100 music and pop culture references of the day…all in 3 minutes 25 seconds! They go so fast, it’s unlikely you’ve ever caught them all.
- B. Bumble and the Stingers
- Mott the Hoople
- Ray Charles Singers
- Lonnie Mack
- Twangin’ Eddy
- “Here’s my ring, we’re going steady”
- “Take It Easy”
- “I Want to Take You Higher
- “Liar, Liar”
- “The Loco-Motion”
- Poco
- Deep Purple
- “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
- KISS
- Sam Cooke
- Lesley Gore
- Ritchie Valens
- Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Fujiyama (song)
- Yamaha
- Kama Sutra
- “Rama Lama Ding Dong”
- Richard Perry
- Phil Spector
- Jeff Barry
- Righteous Brothers
- The Archies
- Harry Nilsson
- “Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko Ko Bop”
- Fats Is Back
- “Finger Poppin’ Time”
- Brenda & the Tabulations
- Carly Simon
- Rolling Stone Magazine
- Johnny Cash
- Johnny Rivers
- Mungo Jerry
- Peter, Paul and Mary
- Dr. John
- Doris Day
- Jack the Ripper
- Leon Russell
- “Gimme Shelter”
- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- Slide guitar
- Fender bass
- Bonnie Bramlett
- Wilson Pickett
- Arthur Janov
- Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- Dale Hawkins
- Ronnie Hawkins
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- Norman, Oklahoma
- John Denver
- Donny Osmond
- J. J. Cale
- ZZ Top
- L.L. Bean
- “Dede Dinah”
- David Bowie
- Steely Dan
- “CC Rider”
- Edgar Winter
- Joanie Sommers
- Ides of March
- Johnny Thunders
- Eric Clapton
- Wah-wah pedal
- Stephen Foster
- “Camptown Races”
- “Good Vibrations”
- “Help Me Rhonda”
- “Surfer Girl”
- “Little Honda”
- “Tighter Tighter”
- “Honey, Honey”
- “Sugar, Sugar”
- “Yummy Yummy Yummy”
- CBS
- Warner Bros. Records
- RCA
- “Remember (Walking in the Sand)”
- Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots
- Alan Freed
- Murray the K
- The Fish
- The Swim
- “The Boston Monkey”
- Freddie King
- Albert King
- B. B. King
- Felix Pappalardi
- Laurel and Hardy
- Randy Newman
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad
- Freda Payne
- Aretha Franklin
- Tito Puente
- Boffalongo
- Cuba
- War
- California
- Beatlemania
- New York City
- Transylvania
- S&G
- Bobby Vee
- SRO
- Conway Twitty
- “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”
