05/08/2026

About a month ago we featured a Quincy Jones song for our Friday Flashback and elaborated on the giant legacy that Quincy created during his 70 years of making music for not only himself, but also MANY other artists that we all know and love.  Today's featured group for your Friday Flashback listening pleasures is one that Quincy hired to help write his studio album Mellow Madness in 1975.  They called themselves The Brothers Johnson and they co-wrote 4 songs on Quincy's album that climbed to the #1, #3 and #16 spots on three different US charts.  This introduced George and Louis Johnson to the listening world.  They were in fact brothers who began backing for Bobby Womack and the Supremes in their early careers. One of the two Johnson brothers in the band however began working on a new song "I'll Be Good to You" in 1976 for their debut album Look Out For #1 after he decided to commit to a relationship with one woman, instead of dating several at a time... Hopefully he followed through with that.... Quincy, being their producer and mentor, heard the song, liked it, and decided to make it their first single.  It was a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number three, and a number one song on the Billboard R&B chart during the summer of 76.  The Brother's Johnson single, "I'll Be Good To You" was also... later certified gold.  After the success of this song, they had a couple other top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977 AND 1980. The Brothers Johnson duo unfortunately split in 1982 to pursue solo careers. However, Quincy didn't let the popularity of this hit song go away too quickly either because in 1989, he remade "I'll Be Good To You" with Chaka Khan and Ray Charles doing the lead vocals.  It became a number one R&B hit again peaking at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and also topping the Billboard Dance chart in early 1990.  It just so happened to also be Ray Charles' first No. 1 R&B hit in twenty-four years.

Prepared by: Casandre Wilcox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp-t72xlYjA

05/01/2026

This week the Friday Flashback song is one that became a number 1 hit in 1973 and it told a fictional story about a Southern Murder Ballad that never actually happened but was a relatable one about infidelity, corruption, injustice, wrong doing and had a dark twist with a familial bond.  Who could portray all of that into a 3 and half minute song?  Well that would be Bobby Russell who wrote the song for his then wife Vicki Lawrence to perform.  "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" came out in November of 1972 and by April of 1973 it peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, it reached #1 in Canada, #6 on the US Easy Listening chart, and #36 on the Hot Country Singles chart. It was a Southern Gothic Story we just couldn't get enough of through the 70's 80's and 90's...a great Classic Hit song we rarely hear on WVIN....great choice Dave!   "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence was certified gold, selling over one million copies worldwide, solidifying her career as a legendary television comedian, actress, and game show host.  Before the fame of this song... came her real claim to fame. In her senior year of high school, she entered the Miss Fireball of Inglewood California contest for the local firefighter's ball. A reporter for a local newspaper wrote a story about the contest and stated that Lawrence bore a striking resemblance to a young Carol Burnett. Lawrence wrote a letter to Carol, including the newspaper article with it. After receiving the letter, Burnett found Lawrence's father's name in the phone book, called him, and said she would go to see this "Miss Fireball contest". Lawrence ended up winning the contest and Burnett was called to the stage to crown her. Burnett was already looking for an actress to play her younger sister on her upcoming show and after a few months and auditions, Lawrence, aged 18 at the time, got the part.... and the rest is history.

Prepared by: Casandre Wilcox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qK7oVXVRQ

04/24/2026​

Your Friday Flashback feature this week is a song that I chose which was originally written and recorded by Bob Dylan in August of 1964, so we are going way back!  By February of 65, Johnny Cash and June Carter released their own version of this song that soared to the #4 spot on Billboard's Hot Country Charts.  But neither of these artists are your Friday Flashback artists this week.... Do you know why? Well, because today is Tyrtle Beach Jump Day, that's why.  So I saw it fitting to bring you the July 1965 version of "It Ain't Me Babe"... by none other than the Turtles.  This was their debut single.   "It Ain't Me Babe" from the summer of 1965 reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box 100, as well as #7 on the Record World 100 Top Pops Chart... Now... Did you know that the members of this Los Angeles-based band were originally called the Crossfires and they had a whole different surf rock  sound.  They had graduated high school in 1965 and in the early summer that followed, a radio Disc jockey saw them performing their surf rock music at a Club in LA and contacted White Whale Records.  They were signed immediately. Now keep in mind that the band were huge fans of Bob Dylan, obviously using his song as their debut hit single, but also the Byrds and the Beatles.  So, they decided to change their sound to be more folk rock-influenced and needed a name to fit their sound....so they changed their name to The Tyrtles.  But not spelled with a U.... nope!  They originally spelled their name with a Y, just like we spell "Tyrtle" in Tyrtle Beach.  However, the spelling with a Y didn't last long, and they changed it to The Turtles with a U...

Prepared by: Casandre Wilcox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQDsM3Wvh8

04/17/2026

A supremely talented musician who excelled as a songwriter, singer, and instrumentalist and often contributed to smash hit albums for Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles’...and is also Dave's choice for a Friday Flashback artist this week.  The song is one that's reminiscent of Roy Orbison and it blew up in 1979, hitting the Top 10 and bringing JD Souther’s music to the attention of people who might not have known his many impressive credits up until that point. Souther was a part of some of the biggest hits of the ‘70s... yet his solo success eluded him somehow... at least until “You’re Only Lonely” came along.  I was shocked when I learned who was singing the harmony vocals for this song! I thought it was members of the Beach Boys at first. See if you can guess who it is... 

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John David Souther, aka JD Souther was singing with three members of the Eagles, Frey, Felder and Henley, singing the harmonies on his biggest hit song, "You're Only Lonely".  It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart, #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and even reached #60 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles. Before his success really took off, Souther previously had a band called Longbranch Pennywhistle with the Eagles’ member Glenn Frey, after they met in LA in the late '60s.  He went on to write with the Eagles, co-wrote “Heartache Tonight” with Bob Seger, Frey and Don Henley and wrote songs with James Taylor as well as MANY more.  He was a  supremely talented musician and was inducted into the 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame.  JD Souther is considered to be the principal architect of the Southern California sound.  He sadly passed away in September of 2024 but his music will live on.

Prepared by: Casandre Wilcox

www.youtube.com/watch?v=quglprlSQ8k&t=230s