Hey everyone! This week on The Gus Knorr Show, I am back on the air to share with everyone some more great music, primarily from the ’60s to ’80s. Tonight’s theme will focus primarily on number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from that time that are unique or different from most of the other hit songs of the same time in some way. Listen in so you can hear some of my rationale for choosing the songs I did, tonight at 8:00 PM, on Marquette Radio.

• The first song tonight is by Louis Armstrong, who became the oldest artist to have a number one single on the Hot 100 in 1964, and even broke a three-month long streak of number one singles by The Beatles. The song, which was also the theme to the musical of the same name, is “Hello, Dolly.”
• Next is another number one single from 1969, well-known for being the last number one single of the artist’s career, and served as a comeback to his career after, you guessed it, his Comeback Special in 1968. Of course, it’s Elvis Presley, with “Suspicious Minds.”
• The next song is a number one single by a Dutch group, Stars on 45, which released several medleys of popular songs in the early 1980s. This song, which is a medley of primarily songs by The Beatles, was a number one hit in America in 1981, and is appropriately called “Stars on 45.”
• Next up is a medley of several songs from the musical Hair, which was released by The 5th Dimension in 1969, called “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.”
• Switching up to a couple of new songs, the next one is actually not a number one single, but is on what is currently the number one album in America on the Billboard 200. From the album Babel by Mumford and Sons, it’s “I Will Wait.”
• The next song is off what is currently the number-one charting rap album by Billboard, which is Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1 by Lupe Fiasco. Look for a review of that album on the website by Andy Boyd, our station’s general manager, who is also a big fan of the album. The second verse of the next song was performed by Lupe Fiasco at a hip-hop forum at Marquette University two years ago, which is called “Strange Fruition.”
• Switching back to a couple of older songs, the next one is by a fictional band, supposedly featuring characters from The Archie Show, based on the comic books. This song, “Sugar, Sugar,” which became the number-one year-end single from 1969, was actually performed by several different studio musicians.
• The next song was also a year-end number one single in 1966, and was performed by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, who served in the U.S. Army as a Green Beret during the Vietnam War. Fittingly, it’s called “Battle of the Green Berets.”
• Next up is a song that was named the number one single of all songs from the Hot 100 Era, though before releasing the song, the performer was just an ordinary 18-year-old living in Philadelphia, and after performing the song on American Bandstand, became an overnight sensation, also spawning one of the biggest dance crazes of the time. Of course, I am talking about Chubby Checker, and his hit single, “The Twist.”
• Next is a song that was easily the biggest hit song by the Starland Vocal Band, “Afternoon Delight,” and was released as one of the biggest hit singles of 1976.
• A song from the next year is next, and is one of the best-selling instrumental singles throughout history. A “disco space” remix of the theme from Star Wars, also released in 1977 by Meco, and is called “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band.”
• Next is a song from the 1960s, which was well known for being one of the only garage rock songs from the ’60s to chart as a number one single in America; it’s “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians.
• The Wesley Willis Song of the Week is next, and while it wasn’t a number one single, it was the only song that was released as a single in America. As it was released in 1996, it is appropriately titled and is about one of the most popular singers of the time, “Alanis Morissette.”
• The next song was released in 1963, and was one of several number one hits throughout history that was sung in a foreign language. By the Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto, it’s “Sukiyaki.”
• The last song on The Gus Knorr Show is by Chuck Berry, though was a novelty song with considerably different content than his earlier material. This song somehow became his only number one single in 1972, called “My Ding-a-Ling.”

That’s it for The Gus Knorr Show tonight, but stay tuned for The Gus Knorr Show in three weeks, on Thursday, October 25, at 8:00 PM, as next week, I have other commitments going on, and Fall Break is two weeks from today. Thanks for listening!