SATURDAY'S SINGLES : BOB SEGER and PEACHES & HERB

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. First up under our needle is a single from Detroit born  singer, songwriter, and guitarist Bob Seger. Today he is celebrating his 78th Birthday and we are celebrating it by spinning , "Old Time Rock and Roll". The song was written by  George Jackson, Thomas E. Jones III, and Bob Seger. It was then  produced by Seger and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. It hails from his 10th studio album, Stranger in Town and was released March of 1979 on the Capitol label. It reached #48 in New Zealand, #34 on the Cash Box, #31 in Canada, and #28 on the Hot 100. It is b/w "Till It Shines, from the same LP. The song has affixed itself as a pop culture phenomenon, appearing in films, televisions, commercials, and video games. 

The Silver Bullet Band

Bob Seger – lead vocals
Alto Reed – saxophone

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

David Hood – bass
Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Ken Bell – guitar
Randy McCormick – piano
Howie McDonald – guitar solo
James Lavell Easley – background vocals
Stanley Carter – background vocals
George Jackson – background vocals

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Our second Saturday's Single was the #1 song on this day in 1979. "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb was written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren and then produced by Perren for Polydor Records. It's parent album, 2 Hot, was the duo's 4th one and the song was also released in March of 1979. It peaked at #8 in Australia, #4 in the UK and on Billboard's Adult Contemporary charts, #3 in Ireland, #2 in the Netherlands and New Zealand, and #1 on the Canadian Singles chart, the Canadian Adult Contemporary survey, in Spain, on the Hot 100, the Cash Box, and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It's flip side is "Easy As Pie" also from 2 Hot. 

David Blumberg – horn arrangements, string arrangements
Bob "Boogie" Bowles – guitar
Samuel F. Brown III - string arrangements, percussion

Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Scott Edwards – bass 
Electric Ivory Experience (John Barnes and Bob Robitaille) – synthesizer, synthesizer arrangements

Herb Fame – vocals
Larry Farrow – keyboards
James Gadson – drums

Roger Glenn – flute, soloist
Linda "Peaches" Greene – vocals
Wade Marcus – horn arrangements, string arrangements

Freddie Perren – keyboards, producer, rhythm arrangements, vibraphone
Peter Manning Robinson – horn arrangements, string arrangements, synthesizer, synthesizer arrangements
David T. Walker – guitar

Wah Wah Watson – guitar
Bob Zimmitti – percussion

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