SATURDAY'S SINGLES - REO SPEEDWAGON and PARLIAMENT

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. It was on this day in 1946 that Evansville, Indiana native and keyboardist, Neal Doughty was born . He is best known for his work in  REO Speedwagon, which he co founded with original drummer, Alan Gratzer, and is the only bandmember to appear on all the group's albums. Today he is celebrating his 77th Birthday and we are celebrating him by spinning the tune "In Your Letter". The song, written by  Gary Richrath and then produced by Gary,  Kevin Beamish, and Kevin Cronin was released in July 1981 on the Epic label. It hails from their 9th studio album, Hi Infidelity and peaked at #100 in Australia, #34 in Canada, #28 on the Cash Box and Record World charts, #26 on the Adult Contemporary survey, #20 on the Hot 100, and #17 on Radio And Records. It is b/w  "Shakin' It Loose", also from Hi Infidelity.

REO Speedwagon

Kevin Cronin – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Gary Richrath – 6 and 12-string electric guitars
Bruce Hall – bass
Neal Doughty – acoustic piano
Alan Gratzer – drums

Additional personnel

Tom Kelly – backing vocal
Richard Page – backing vocal
N Yolletta - backing vocal

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On this day in 1978 Plainfield, New Jersey native, guitarist, and vocalist, Glen Goins, died at age 24 from Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was born January 2, 1954 and is best known for his work with George Clinton's  Parliament-Funkadelic and is prominently featured on the albums Mothership Connection (1975), The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein (1976), and Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome (1977). Today we have a single from The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, called "Dr. Funkenstein". The track was written by George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Bernie Worrell, produced by Clinton and released in January 1977 on Casablanca Records. The song reached #102 on the Hot 100, #46 on the Hot Soul Singles,  and #43 on the R&B charts. It's flip side is  "Children of Productions", from the same LP.

Vocals - George Clinton , Calvin Simon, Fuzzy Haskins, Raymond Davis, Grady Thomas, Garry Shider , Glenn Goins , Bootsy Collins

Horns - Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker

Bass guitar - Cordell Mosson, Bootsy Collins, Renny Jones

Guitars - Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Glen Goins

Drums and percussion - Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper

Keyboards and synthesizers - Bernie Worrell

Backing vocals and handclaps - Debbie Edwards, Taka Khan, Gary Cooper

Horn arrangement by  Fred Wesley 

Production

Produced by George Clinton
Engineered by Igor Jim Callow, Igor Jim Vitti
Mastered br Allen Zentz

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