Here's the Grooveyard Top Ten for June 4, 1961 as played tonight by Alan Seltzer on "The Grooveyard": #10 "Quarter to Three" by Gary US Bonds #9 "Running Scared" by Roy Orbison #8 "Stand By Me" by Ben E King #7 "Halfway to Paradise" by Tony Orlando #6 "Mama Said" by The Shirelles Did you... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10: June 25, 1961
Here's the Top Ten @ 10 for June 25, 1961 as played tonight by Alan Seltzer on "The Grooveyard": #10 "Hat's Off to Larry" by Del Shannon #9 "Raindrops" by Dee Clark #8 "Those Oldies But Goodies" by Little Caesar and the Romans #7 "Tossin' and Turnin' " by Bobby Lewis #6 "Heart and Soul"... Continue Reading →
This Week: Ben E. King and Flashback to 1965
A tribute to the late Ben E. King and a look back to 1965 highlight "The Grooveyard" and the "Saturday Soiree" this week. Thursday night at 9 PM, join host Alan Seltzer as he pays tribute to Ben E.King, who died last Thursday. Along with a six-pack of his hits as lead singer of The... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10: June 19, 1961
Here's the Top Ten @ 10 for June 19, 1961 as played tonight by Bobby G filling in for Alan Seltzer on "The Grooveyard": #10 "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)" by Nino and the Ebb-Tides #9 "Tossin' and Turnin' " by Bobby Lewis #8 "Running Scared" by Roy Orbison #7 "Barbara-Ann" by... Continue Reading →
This Week: Gary U.S. Bonds and Summer Songs
Gary U.S. Bonds joins host Alan Seltzer for a second time on "The Grooveyard" Thursday night at 9 PM. The singer, best known for hits like "Quarter to Three", "School Is Out", and "New Orleans", will discuss his new book, By U.S. Bonds: That's My Story. The book and an accompanying new song, will be... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10: Valentines Day
Since we had a special Valentines Day edition of "The Grooveyard" this week, there was no formal Top Ten @ 10. Instead, here's host Alan Seltzer's 10 favorite love songs from the Grooveyard era: #10 "Crying in the Chapel" by Sonny Til and the Orioles #9 "Earth Angel" by The Penguins #8 "Only You" by... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10: February 7, 1961
We're now on Twitter! Follow us @GrooveyardWCWP ...and don't forget to send in your real or fake dedications for living or dead significant others here. We'll play them next Thursday on our Valentines Day show. Here's the Top Ten @ 10 for February 7, 1961 as heard on this week's edition of "The Grooveyard" with... Continue Reading →
This Week: A Rare Phil Spector Recording
On Thursday night's edition of "The Grooveyard" at 9 PM, host Alan Seltzer will share Phil Spector singing a rarely-heard recording of "Spanish Harlem". a song made famous by Ben E. King and The Drifters among other groups. After Spector wrote the song with Jerry Lieber, he made a demo recording that was played... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10: July 5, 1961
Here's the Top Ten songs of July 5, 1961 as heard on "The Grooveyard", with Bobby G in for Alan Seltzer. #10 "Stand by Me" by Ben E. King #9 "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)" by Little Ceasar and the Romans #8 "Raindrops" by Dee Clark #7 "Tonight (Could Be the Night)"... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10 – June 14, 1962
As heard on tonight’s edition of “The Grooveyard”, here’s the Top 10 songs of June 14, 1962… #10 Don't Play That Song (You Lied) by Ben E, King #9 Any Day Now (My Beautiful Bird) by Chuck Jackson #8 Village of Love by Nathaniel Mayer & The Fabulous Twilights #7 Al Di La by Emilio... Continue Reading →
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