Doctor Don

08/22/2026

This is the final photo of The Beatles all together:

08/22/2026

Music notes for Aug. 22:

2003 - Kjell Henning Bjoernestad a Norwegian Elvis Presley impersonator set a world record by singing the rock 'n' roll legend's hits non-stop for over 26 hours. The previous record was set by British Elvis fan Gary Jay who sang for 25 hours 33 minutes and 30 seconds.

1987 - Madonna went to No.1 on the singles chart with 'Who's That Girl', her sixth No.1. The track was from the soundtrack album of the motion picture of same name. Just in case you can’t recall the plot here ya go: a free-spirited woman named Nikki Finn (Madonna) is falsely blamed for a murder and sent to prison. After she gets out, an uptight lawyer must es**rt her to a bus. Nikki convinces him to help her find the real criminals, and the two fall in love.

1979 - Led Zeppelin's last album “In Through the Out Door” was released. Zeppelin’s eighth studio album, would be their final full-length recording together.

1970 - Creedence Clearwater Revival started a nine-week run at No.1 on the album chart with their fifth studio album Cosmo's Factory. The name of the album comes from the warehouse in Berkeley where the band rehearsed. Bandleader John Fogerty was so insistent on practising (nearly every day) that drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford began referring to the place as "the factory".

1970 - Bread went to No.1 on the singles chart with 'Make It With You', the group's only No.1 hit.

1969 - The Beatles participate in their final photo shoot, which is held on the lawn of John Lennon's home at Tittenhurst Park in Sunninghill, England. Photos from the session are used on the front and back covers of their Hey Jude compilation album.

1968 - Ringo Starr quit The Beatles during The White Album sessions when the constant bickering and tension became too much for him. The news of Ringo's departure was kept secret, and he rejoined the sessions on September 3rd. After Ringo walked out, the remaining Beatles recorded 'Back In the USSR', with Paul on drums and John playing bass.

1964 - The Supremes started a two week run at No.1 on the singles chart with 'Where Did Our Love Go' the group's first of five No.1. songs in a row. The song had been originally composed for The Marvelettes to record it who rejected the song.

1956 - Elvis Presley began working on his first movie, Love Me Tender. In the drama that was set during and just after the Civil War, Elvis played Clint Reno, the youngest of four brothers. The original title for the movie was The Reno Brothers, but was changed to take advantage of the 'Love Me Tender' song recorded for the film.

08/21/2026

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This is the original version of Kim Carnes ' 1981 huge hit ... Wri...

08/21/2026

WDGY’s Doctor Don presents the Top 5 Songs this week in 1987:

1 WHO’S THAT GIRL –•– Madonna
2 LA BAMBA –•– Los Lobos
3 LUKA –•– Suzanne Vega
4 DON’T MEAN NOTHING –•– Richard Marx
5 I WANT YOUR S*X –•– George Michael

BIGGEST JUMP IN THE TOP 40 THAT WEEK: I HEARD A RUMOUR BY BANANARAMA

JUMPED FROM 36 TO 26.

IT WOULD PEAK AT NUMBER 4.

08/21/2026

Music notes for August 21:

Happy birthday Jackie DeShannon. She got a big break in 1964 when she toured with The Beatles. Jackie co-wrote “Put a Little Love in Your Heart”, her biggest solo hit. She also had a hit with “
Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “What the World Needs Now” .
Jackie also co-wrote Kim Carnes 1981 mega-hit “Bette Davis Eyes”.

1987 - The film Dirty Dancing is released. In November, the soundtrack goes to #1 in America, where it sells over 11 million copies.

1967 - The Doors started recording their second album at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood. . When released in September Strange Days reached No.3 on the Billboard and gave the band two Top 20 hit singles, 'People Are Strange' and 'Love Me Two Times”.

1966 - On their last ever US tour The Beatles performed in two cities due to a cancellation due to rain the previous day. First they performed at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then they flew to St. Louis, Missouri, for a concert at Busch Stadium, where they performed under a tarpaulin due to heavy rain. It was this gig that convinced Paul McCartney that The Beatles should stop performing live.

1961 - Motown released the Marvelettes first single, 'Please Mr. Postman'. The song went on to sell over a million copies and become the group's biggest hit, reaching the top of both the Billboard Pop and R&B charts. The song is notable as the first Motown song to reach the No.1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.

08/20/2026

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Performing his Award winning "Theme from Shaft" at the ceremony

08/20/2026

Music notes for August 20:

Happy birthday Robert Plant, the amazing lead singer of Led Zeppelin. In the 1984 he put together a band called The Honeydrippers and they scored a top 5 hit with “Sea of Love”, a remake of a song from 1959.

The late Issac Hayes born this date. He almost didn’t get an Oscar nomination for the “Theme from Shaft”. Here’s why: Some members of the Academy’s music branch objected to Isaac Hayes because he did not read or write traditional sheet music. The Hollywood traditionalists argued that a self-taught soul and funk artist who composed by ear had not met the formal standards required of a film composer. Quincy Jones and his peers argued forcefully that composing by ear and creating a distinct musical arrangement still qualified Hayes as a legitimate composer. Not only was Isaac nominated, he won the Oscar for Best Song.

1983 - Taco’s cover of the Irving Berlin song "Puttin' On the Ritz" reaches #4 on the Hot 100, making the 95-year-old Berlin the oldest living songwriter ever to land a Top 10 hit.

1977 - The Emotions hit #1 in the with “ Best Of My Love" for the first of five weeks. Two years earlier, the Eagles hit #1 with a song with the same title. Since song titles cannot be copyrighted, there can be several songs with the same title.

1970 - Creedence Clearwater Revival earned their second #1 album when “Cosmos Factory” top the Billboard chart.

1966 - On their final U.S. tour, The Beatles were forced to cancel and reschedule their performance in Cincinnati's open-air stadium, Crosley Field. Heavy rain (and no cover provided) made electrocution a virtual certainty if The Beatles had attempted to perform.

08/19/2026

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From the very first, the inaugural Midnight Special TV program.

08/19/2026

Music notes for Aug. 19:

Happy birthday Billy J. Kramer. Along with his band The Dakotas, they scored a couple of hits during the 1960’s British Invasion: “Little Children” and “Bad to Me” which was written by Paul McCartney.

The late Ginger Baker, amazing drummer for Cream born this date.

1973 - Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson were married in Malibu, California. Coolidge first met Kristofferson at the Los Angeles airport when they were both catching the same flight to Tennessee. Instead of continuing to his intended destination in Nashville, he got off in Memphis with her. The couple divorced near the end of 1979.

1972 - The pilot episode of NBC’s The Midnight Special debuts. It was hosted by John Denver and Wolfman Jack was the announcer. The first band to perform was War singing “Slippin into Darkness”. The show’s creator, Bert Sugarman insisted that all performers sing live. NO lip-synching!! The show became a weekly regular in February of 1973.

1972 - The album Chicao VI hit number one. It featured the hits “Feelin Stronger Every Day” and “Just You ‘n Me”.

1964 - The Beatles kicked off first North American tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, to a crowd of 17,130. Playing 12 songs which made up their repertoire for the entire tour: ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘You Can't Do That’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Things We Said Today’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘Can't Buy Me Love’, ‘If I Fell’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘Boys’, ‘A Hard Day's Night’, and ‘Long Tall Sally’. Among the supporting acts were The Righteous Brothers and Jackie DeShannon.

08/18/2026

WDGY’s Doctor Don presents the Top 5 Songs this week in 1974:

1 THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED –•– Paper Lace
2 FEEL LIKE MAKIN’ LOVE –•– Roberta Flack
3 (You’re) HAVING MY BABY –•– Paul Anka (with Odia Coates)
4 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD –•– Rufus
5 PLEASE COME TO BOSTON –•– Dave Loggins

HIGH DEBUT OF THE WEEK: AT #63 — I HONESTLY LOVE YOU –•– Olivia Newton-John

IT WOULD ALL THE WAY TO #1