This week on Saturday Morning Flashback, Johnny Mars takes us to 1968. The turbulent year of The Democratic National Convention in Chicago & the chaos that followed, the incredible loss of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr & Robert F. Kennedy and NASA’s Apollo 8 becoming the first human spaceflight to reach the moon & back. Tune in Saturday morning from 9 to noon, and stream from anywhere using the free Audacy app.
9AM
Moody Blues- “Ride My See Saw”
The Beatles- “Glass Onion”
Canned Heat- “On The Road Again”
The Band- “Chest Fever”
Aretha Franklin- “Think”
Beach Boys- ”Friends”
Joe Cocker- ‘With a Little Help From My Friends”
Jeff Beck- ‘Beck’s Bolero”
Donovan- “Hurdy Gurdy Man”
Jimi Hendrix Experience- “Crosstown Traffic”
Leonard Cohen- “Suzanne”
Blood, Sweat & Tears- “I Can’t Quit Her”
Marvin Gaye- “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
10AM
Deep Purple- “Hush”
Steppenwolf- “Magic Carpet Ride”
Sly & The Family Stone- “Dance To The Music”
Jefferson Airplane- “Crown of Creation”
Simon & Garfunkel- “America”
Small Faces- “Itchycoo Park”
Laura Nyro- “Stone Soul Picnic”
Traffic- “Feelin’ Alright”
The Byrds- “You Ain' t Goin’ Nowhere”
The Who- “Pictures of Lily”
Lemon Pipers- “Green Tambourine”
Rolling Stones- “Stray Cat Blues”
Eric Burden & The Animals- “Monterey”
11AM
Spirit- “I Got a Line On You”
Janis Joplin/Big Brother & The Holding Company-”Piece of My Heart”
Otis Redding- “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”
The Kinks- “Picture Book”
The Equals- “Baby Come Back”
Hugh Masekela- “Grazing In the Grass”
Al Kooper/Stephen Stills- “It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry”
Box Tops- “Cry Like a Baby”
Creedence Clearwater Revival- “Susie Q”
The Doors- “Love Street”
Cream- “White Room”
Albert King- “Born Under a Bad Sign”
Sam & Dave- ‘I Thank You”
Buffalo Springfield- “I Am A Child”
Next week, Annalisa takes us to 1995. The year of a deadly Chicago heatwave, the welcome return of Michael Jordan coming back to professional basketball with our Chicago Bulls and that new Smashing Pumpkins album, “Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness”.