The FReeper Canteen - Memorial Weekend Music Dedication - 28 May 2011

Our Troops Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | The Canteen DJ's

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Oh! Carol
~ Neil Sedaka ~

Sidenote: Working with his collaborator Howard Greenfield in 1958, Neil wrote this ode to his then-girlfriend, Carole Klein, later to become Carole King. In 1963, Carole King released a humorous answer to "Oh! Carol" entitled "Oh Neil".

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Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
~ Sam Cooke ~

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He's So Fine
~ The Chiffons ~

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Little Bitty Pretty One
~ Thurston Harris ~

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Deep Purple
~ Nino Tempo & April Stevens ~

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What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For
~ Ray Peterson ~

Sidenote: This gem bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks beginning in February of 1960, peaking at #104. It's notable because it was written in 1916 by Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson and James V. Monaco, making it one of the oldest rock'n'roll songs ever recorded. It was originally adapted to rock'n'roll in 1959 when a version, produced by Michael Barclay, became a number one hit for Emile Ford & The Checkmates in the UK.

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Two Faces Have I
~ Lou Christie ~

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Tutti Frutti
~ Little Richard ~

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Darling, I Hum Our Song
~ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~

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Fever
~ Little Willie John ~

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My Guy
~ Mary Wells ~

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[Covenantor]

I figured with the holiday, there would be plenty of patriotic songs from the other Dee Jays so to avoid steppen' all over each other, I made a left turn and went with truly American music. Most of these tunes fall between 1955 and 1965.

Well, the truth of it is, that sort of list is what the troops were listening to on the radio, at USO's, Bob Hope's tours, and when 8 track tapes and cassettes came along carried them when they had down time. So our vets will more readily relate to them, just as every era has done.

What's been lost are the songs troops made up themselves. I had the good fortune to hear a few at a wedding feast that went on long into the nightwhen I was about 12 or so. Wish that there had been a way to record them, they were bawdy, funny, and melancholy at the same time.

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I'm A Wanderer
~ Dion & The Del-Satins ~

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Goody Goody
~ Frankie Lymon ~

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Blue Jean Bop
~ Gene Vincent ~

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Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town)
~ Jackie Wilson ~

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[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your servbice to our country.

Welcome everyone to this weekend's edition of the Canteen Music Dedication. Thanks to the hard owrk of the Canteen DJ's we are able to provide this music for the enjoyment of the troops and their families.

Please support the artists by buying their music from iTunes or the Aplle Music Store or your local record store.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How’s it going?

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Venus In Blue Jeans
~ Jimmy Clanton ~

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Almost Grown
~ Chuck Berry ~

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