Play List adds 8/08

Lobo – Rock & Roll Days • This 1974 song you should have heard was an lp cut. I always liked the Lobo sound, but this has a nice 60’s feel to it. Listening to this song will take you back…

Troy Shondell – Tears From An Angel • Coming in #77 on the Hot 100 back in 1961 is one half of the dual side follow-up to the smash “This Time”. The “B” side only hit #92 and that was it for charted hits for Troy.

Eddie Hodges – Ain’t Gonna Wash For A Week • The Fabulous Flipside of “I’m Gonna Knock On Your Door” (already on the Play List) from Cadence records in 1961.

Donnie Brooks – Mission Bell / Gene Pitney – Mission Bell • A TUNEDEX MEMORIES DOUBLE PLAY. First, the Hot 100 version that climbed to #7 for Donnie Brooks in 1960. Then we come right back atcha’ with an lp cut cover by Gene Pitney. We have lost both of these great artists – you can read our Memoriams at our blog: cbenjamin.wordpress.com.

The Parade – The Radio Song • This L.A. group Bubbled Under at #127 in 1968. they also had a Top 20 hit with “Sunshine Girl” (also on our play list). They had a nice sound and should have been a bigger act.

Honeycombs – That’s The Way • A nice song you should have heard from this British group on the Warner Brothers label in 1965.

Buchanan & Goodman – The Flying Saucer • An rock breakthrough as Dickie Goodman and Bill Buchanan invent the “cut in” record. We’ve got both parts 1 and 2 of this 1956 Hot 100 record that climbed to #3.

Van Strickland – Gotta Get A Date • A great teen song you should have heard on the obscure Judson label from 1960. I also have a version of this song by Frank Ifield – but I like Van’s version better.

Jerry Jackson – Time • Jerry never hit the Hot 100, but he did Bubble Under a couple singles. This song is but one of many songs you should have heard I’ve added by him. If you haven’t heard his voice, you will be happy when you do.

Four Flops – Wizard Of Love • This was recorded in 1999 on Crystal Ball. The “Fabulous Flops” are a contemporary doo-wop group from Germany. This is a great “new-wop” song you should have heard.

Lazy Mary – Lou Monte • A #12 Hot 100 hit with two verses in Italian and two in English. A great fun record from RCA-Victor back in 1958.

Fortunes – Here It Comes Again • A great song from one of my favorite British bands. Peaked on the Hot 100 at #27 on Press records in 1965.

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What you’re missing….by not listening….

If you weren’t listening today…. you missed hearing “May I Have This Dance” by the Four Graduates from 1964.  Bob Miranda sang lead vocals with this group, which would evolve into “The Happenings” and go on to hit the Hot 100 nine times.  Stay tuned to TUNEDEX MEMORIES and listen for another Four Graduates cut, “Candy Queen”.

Frankie Sardo – She Taught Me How To Cry

New Seekers – The Greatest Song I Ever Heard

Poppy Family – I Was Wondering

Catching up with The Buckinghams

Do you remember The Buckinghams? They were a band from Chicago and when you weren’t listening to

The Buckinghams 1966

those great 45’s like “Kind Of A Drag”, “Don’t You Care”, and “Susan” you might have caught them on TV or if you were very lucky, you saw them in concert. They are back! They have released a new CD on the FUEL label called “Reaching Back” and it is GREAT! First rate performances, writing and arranging await you on this disc. I liked one cut so much, “The Autumn Of My Life”, I’ve added it to our play list. Check out their website at http://www.thebuckinghams.com/home.html for tour information, bio’s, great photos (old and new) and best of all – you can buy this new CD from them. I encourage you to support the artists we play, especially if they are still performing. You WON’T be disappointed, the Buckinghams sound better than ever!

The Buckinghams 2008

The Perils of Technology….

As the saga of Tunedex Memories unfolds before my eyes, my little station project almost takes on a life of

Vista sucks!

it’s own. I’ve tried to convey in little snippets on the website some of the frustrations that have stunted my excitement. From the perspective of the listener, it’s pretty simple…. you tune in, the sounds are either there or they’re not. If you’re listening and the sounds stop… you move on. You can’t imagine the panic attacks generated by a software “freeze”. This means the computer has to be brought “down” and restarted. This is not a unique process, because software does tend to “freeze” at times. However… I am hostage to the Operating System that is Vista, which makes these occurrences that more frequent. Oh by the way, multiply that anxiety by a hundred fold if lose my connection to the Internet.

What you’ve never known, is that whenever I have had to restart our server, for many assorted reasons of incompatibility, it took up to an hour to get the program restarted. This past weekend, I updated to the latest version of software and it wouldn’t reload at all. When I finally reached the almighty human voice, I was told I would have to change database handlers to get back up and running. I spent a very stressful 10 hours bouncing between tech support groups just so my Monday evening plans could happen.

The good news? I can now restart and reload relatively quickly. The bad news? The ability to “talk” to my website halted and “froze” the screen for a few days. Monday night when I tried to premiere “The Innocent Age”. The software froze on segment 5 of 8 of the show. I was down for just a few minutes and when we resumed the show, I lost about 12 minutes. The show was supposed to then repeat for the West Coast, but that didn’t work either.

I’ve tried to find pictures to display when songs are playing. “Surfing the web” allowed me to find a lot of them… all it took was TIME… and lots of it. Now I am told I’ll have to re-enter ALL of them because the new database handler doesn’t recognize them. If you ever wonder why “hackers” of the world seem to hate Bill Gates so much, this is but a tiny fragment of explanation why. Whether you’re talking to an outsourced phone helper or local, it gets a bit old when they say things like “Dude, Vista sucks – go back to XP”. First, easier said than done, second – not an option when we bought our server.

So, it’s now Wednesday… I’ve postponed the show until next week and I’m still waiting for that “call back” from technical support. I was up until 4am this morning, but I (without assistance) finally re-established communication to my website, although the pictures are no longer there, and won’t be until I get that “call back”.

I wanted the play list to be at a certain point before I brought back the specialty shows. That took OVER A YEAR, obviously, longer than I expected. After getting the specialty shows back up and running, the next step in my plan was to establish a link for PayPal and ask for contributions. I’m not there yet, but when I get there, I hope you remember reading this before you ignore my request for financial assistance to offset the time and costs of bringing these tunes to you and keeping the blog updated.

Despite the perils of technology and the constant threat of the music industry to kill Internet radio, I push on. Who’s going to rekindle the feelings of our youth? Who’s going to recognize the artists and writers that provided us countless hours of hopes, dreams and emotions? Who’s going to keep alive the memory of this time in our history? It’s a sometimes thankless and dirty job… but somebody’s got to do it.

Specialty Show of the Week – PREVIEW

No new Specialty Show this week – check back for new dates and times…

TUNEDEX MEMORIES strives to preserve the innocence of the music of the late 50’s and early 60’s and shares with you tunes you remember, tunes you haven’t heard in decades and lots of songs you SHOULD have heard.  Please let us know what you think of our shows and station. Send your comments in an email to chuck@songsyoushouldhaveheard.

Teen Angel The Guardian Spirit of Lost Music

Our shows run ELEVEN times during the week. Consult our website “Station Schedule” page for specific times. Whether you live on the East Coast, the West Coast or if you’re tuning in from Europe, Asia, or Australia we should have a convenient time for you to listen.  Questions or comments?  Send them in an email to chuck@songsyoushouldhaveheard.com.

Monday 9-11pm EST • Tuesday Mid-2AM EST – intended for our West Coast listeners (will air 9-11pm PST) • Tuesday 7-9 am EST – intended for our listeners in Asia and Australia (will air in Tokyo on Wednesday 8-10pm JST) • Tuesday 4-6 pm EST – intended for our listeners in Europe (will air in London 9-11 pm BST) • Wednesday 9-11 EST • Thursday Mid-2AM EST – Intended for our West Coast listeners (will air 9-11 pm PST) • Thursday 4-6 pm EST – intended for our listeners in Europe (will air in London 9-11 pm BST) • Friday 10-Mid EST – intended for our listeners in Asia and Australia (will air in Tokyo on Saturday from 11-1pm JST) • Saturday 8-10am EST (intended for our listeners in Europe (will air in London 2-4pm BST) • Saturday 6-8pm EST – intended for our West Coast listeners (will air 3-5pm PST) • Sunday 7-8am EST – intended for our listeners in Asia and Australia (will air in Tokyo on Monday from 8-10pm JST)