playlist courtesy of The Dr. Demento Show
The Dr. Demento Show - KPPC salads, 1971
NOTE: This is not a playlist from a single show, but some medleys that were used on various shows throughout 1971 for which complete playlists are currently unavailable.
NOTE: The Dr. Demento Show started out as a one-hour segment on Steven Clean's radio show on KPPC. But Dr. Demento would get more oldies requests each week than he could fit into his set, so he started making medleys with portions of various records to satisfy the previous week's requests. He called these medleys "salads". They gave people a "taste" of what they requested. When he moved to KMET this tied in with his tag line "dinner with the Doc" since his segment originally aired around dinnertime.
NOTE: Eventually he got more airtime, and could play requests in full, so started making salads on particular themes, such as the wine, education, and guitar salads below. The other salads are believed to be constructed from listener requests. More salads can be seen in the regular 1971 playlists.
NOTE: By the time his show became 4 hours in 1972, the themed salads had given way to themed sets with complete versions of songs. A decade later, each show started having a special topic with a half hour dedicated to it, which a quarter century later was expanded to an hour. Occasionally special topics take over the whole show, particularly Halloween and Christmas.
Salad (Another Openin'...) - aired January 28, 1971
- Another Op'nin', Another Show - Kiss Me Kate Original Broadway Cast
- Henrietta - Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats
- Primrose Lane - Jerry Wallace w/ The Jewels
- The Big Beat - Fats Domino
- Blame It On The Bossa Nova - Eydie Gorme
- The Blob - The Five Blobs
- Runaway - Del Shannon
- Blame It On The Bossa Nova (slowed down) - Eydie Gorme
- Shoppin' For Clothes (complete) - The Coasters
Salad (Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport...) - probably aired circa February, 1971
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris
- Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
- The Flying Saucer (Part 1) - Buchanan & Goodman
- Hey Pedro - Chuck Berry
- The Flying Saucer (Part 1) - Buchanan & Goodman
- Love You So - Ron Holden w/ The Thunderbirds
- Cross-Ties - Dale Hawkins
- Don't Hang Up - The Orlons
- Waltz For a Pig - The Who
- My Boomerang Won't Come Back (British version) - Charlie Drake
- Dr. D announcement about British version
- My Boomerang Won't Come Back (British version) - Charlie Drake
- Dr. D announcement about American version
- My Boomerang Won't Come Back (American version) - Charlie Drake
- Dr. D announcement about British version
- My Boomerang Won't Come Back (British version) - Charlie Drake
- My Boomerang Won't Come Back (British version) - Charlie Drake/Tie My Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris
- The Air-Minded Executive - Johnny Mercer
Salad (Haunted House...) - aired March 11, 1971
- Haunted House - Johnny Fuller
- Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) - Dee Dee Sharp
- Haunted House (brief) - Johnny Fuller
- They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (slowed down then sped up) - Napoleon XIV
- The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
- Chantilly Lace (sped up then normal speed) - The Big Bopper
- Sparrow In The Tree Top - Guy Mitchell w/ Mitch Miller & His Orch. & Chorus
- Believe Me - The Royal Teens
- You Were Mine - Fireflies
- Cherry Pie - Skip & Flip
- Cherry Pie - Marvin & Johnny
- Let's Go Trippin' - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
- Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay - Danny & The Juniors
Wine Salad - aired March 11, 1971
- Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - "Stick" McGhee & His Buddies
- Drinking Wine Spoli Oli - The Five Strings
- WPLJ - The Four Deuces
- Gimme That Wine - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
- Be-Bop Wino - The Lamplighters
- Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
- Little Old Wine Drinker Me - Robert Mitchum
- Hey Brother Pour The Wine - Dean Martin
- Gimme That Wine (brief) - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
- Hey Brother Pour The Wine - Dean Martin
- Drank Up All The Wine Last Night - Stick McGhee & His Spo-dee-O-dee Buddies
Education Salad
- School Is In - Gary (U.S.) Bonds
- Back To School Again - Timmie "Oh Yeah" Rogers
- School Bells Are Ringing - Carole King
- (I've Got Those "Wake Up, Seven-Thirty - Wash Your Ears They're Dirty - Eat Your Eggs And Oatmeal - Rush To School") Blues - Jimmy Boyd
- School Day (complete) - Chuck Berry
- Schooldays, Oh, Schooldays - Chubby Checker
- A.B.C. Boogie - Bill Haley & His Comets
- Little Schoolgirl - Larry Williams
- School Boy Romance - Danny & The Juniors
- Waitin' In School - Ricky Nelson
- High School Confidential (complete) - Jerry Lee Lewis
- The Class (complete) - Chubby Checker
- Wonderful World (complete) - Sam Cooke
- (1963-64 Viking Homecoming Celebration) - Santa Monica High School with:
- Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
- Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams
- 300 Pounds Of Joy - Howlin' Wolf
- Son Of Suzy Creamcheese - The Mothers Of Invention
- Pale Blues - Edard Nelson
- Status Back Baby - The Mothers Of Invention
- Charlie Brown (complete) - The Coasters [skip in middle]
- (1963-64 Viking Homecoming Celebration) - Santa Monica High School
- Be True To Your School (single version) - The Beach Boys
- High School U.S.A. (Minneapolis-St. Paul) - Tommy Facenda
- (A Short Personal Message By James Brown) Don't Be A Drop-Out - James Brown & The Famous Flames
- Dropout Boogie - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
- Homework (complete) - Otis Rush
- Graduation Day - The Rover Boys
- Collegiate - Waring's Pennsylvanians
- I Got Those Fraternity Blues - Ted Wallace & The Campus Boys
- You Gotta Be A Football Hero - The Crew-Cuts
- I Love The College Girls - Waring's Pennsylvanians
- Football Freddy - Ted Wallace & The Campus Boys
- That's What I Learned In College - The Hoosier Hot Shots
- Oski Dolls/God Rest Ye Free Speech/Masters Of Sproul Hall - The Free Speech Five Plus Four
- School Is Out - Gary (U.S.) Bonds
Salad (Music Music Music...)
- Music! Music! Music! - Teresa Brewer w/ The Dixieland All Stars
- The Ballad Of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum
- Nadine (Is It You?) - Chuck Berry
- Buick '59 - Vernon Green & The Medallions
- Ape Call (complete) - Nervous Norvus [ending repeated/echoed]
Salad (At The Hop...)
- At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors
- Rama Lama Ding Dong - The Edsels
- Village Of Love - Nathaniel Mayer & The Fabulous Twilights
- Over The Mountain; Across The Sea - Johnnie & Joe
- They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
- America - The Nice
- The Air-Minded Executive - Johnny Mercer
Salad (While I Dream...)
- While I Dream - Neil Sedaka
- High On A Hill - Scott English
- You Are My Sunshine - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
- A Hundred Pounds Of Clay - Gene McDaniels
- Honest I Do - The Innocents
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Real Wild Child - Ivan
- Street Fight - Barry Weaver
- I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
- Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure (complete) - The McCoys
Guitar Montage - December 1971
- A Cock-Eyed Optimist - Mary Martin from South Pacific Original Broadway Cast
- Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes - Chuck Willis
- Gotta' Lotta' Tunes In My Guitar - Jimmie Rodgers
- Gambler's Guitar - Rusty Draper
- That First Guitar Of Mine - Jimmy Murphy
- Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula/My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama - The Mothers Of Invention
- Mama Guitar - Don Cornell
- Gotta' Lotta' Tunes In My Guitar (brief) - Jimmie Rodgers
- birds: eastern bluebird, the house wren, the ruby-throated hummingbird, the cat bird w/ sped up sound effects
- (Little Ducks In The Water) - ?
- horse race (slowed down then sped up) - ?
- Aba Daba Honeymoon - Helen Kane
- Down The Road Apiece (complete w/ brief excerpt beforehand) - Merrill E. Moore
- 1940s KFOX broadcast from Curtis Mosby's Club Alabam, Long Beach, California - ?
- 1940s KFOX broadcast from Majestic Ballroom, Long Beach, California/Swanee River (sped up) - Jud North & His Orchestra
- That's Entertainment (live w/ intro) - Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis