WESN Show #35 - Nov. 21, 2019

You Keep Me Hangin' On

Inmates, morticians, night owls and rockers unite!   A collection of 1960's rock, pop and a little bit o' soul from downstate Illinois.  Plenty of covers in this show:  Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and others.   

Plus we hear a "Sloopy" song from Decatur that came out six months before the McCoys' bubblegum smash hit "Hang On Sloopy."

ARTIST	TRACK	LABEL	YEAR	TOWN / CITY
Freddie Tieken & The Rockers	Little Latin Lupe Lou	IT	1965	Quincy
The Inmates	Around and Around (live at ISU's Wright Hall)	Reaction	1966	Bloomington-Normal
The Intruders	The World You've Created (In Your Mind)	Claremont	1966	Rockford
The Nite-Owls	Come On Back	Rembrandt	1966	Carbondale
Bobby Lee	Everyday	Decca	1961	Peoria
Bill Keen & The Tradewinds	Don't Call Me	Lesley	1961	Bloomington-Normal
Paul Bearer & The Morticians	Barbara	- no label -	1965	Paw Paw
The Holidays	I Want To Do It	Dixie	1966	Springfield
The War Lords	I've Got It Bad	Thor	1966	Bloomington-Normal
The Vanguards	Roll Over Beethoven	- no label -	1966	Mendota
Jim Friis & The Valiants	Bop A Lena	Allstar	1963	Rockford
John Mark	Tribute To Tobin	Big J	1962	DePue
The Staccato's	Moondog	Kandy Kane	1964	Peoria
Dean Carter Sound	Mary Sue	Tell	1967	Danville
Lee Rust	Did You Ever Kinda Wonder	Rofran	1965	Bloomington / Springfield
Dave Scherer & The Castels	Sloopy Can Penguin	Loki	1965	Decatur
The Kokays	Talken Girl	Milam	1965	Peoria
The Changing Times	You Keep Me Hangin' On	Thunder	1967	Bartonville
The Other Side	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Motion	1969	Peoria
Willie Guitar Taylor & The Dark Cloud Band	Forty Going North	M.S.R.	1968 / 1971	Decatur

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