SPOTLIGHT YEAR 1965 - JUNE 20, 2026 - THE AL RANDALL SHOW

Step back into the golden age of AM radio with Spotlight Year 1965, hosted by Al Randall.
This hour captures the sound of a world in transition — British Invasion pop, Motown magic, folk‑rock revolution, and the smooth crooners who kept the charts warm.

From Gary Lewis & The Playboys and The Beach Boys, to Marvin Gaye, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Wilson Pickett, this show delivers the hits, the deep cuts, and the stories behind the songs that shaped a generation.

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Gary Lewis & The Playboys – She’s Just My Style

Marvin Gaye – Pretty Little Baby

Marvin Gaye – Ain’t That Peculiar

The Beach Boys – California Girls

Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs – Wooly Bully

The Newbeats – Run Baby Run

Joan Baez – There But For Fortune

Noel Harrison – A Young Girl

Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe

Sonny – Laugh at Me

Petula Clark – Round Every Corner

Jackie DeShannon – What the World Needs Now Is Love

The Rolling Stones – As Tears Go By

Donovan – Colours

The Vogues – You’re the One

Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone

Herman’s Hermits – I’m Henry VIII, I Am

The Righteous Brothers – Ebb Tide

Danny Hutton – Roses and Rainbows

Wilson Pickett – In the Midnight Hour

Barbara Lewis – Baby, I’m Yours

Dean Martin – I Will

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:09

Welcome everybody to another episode of the rolling musical sunshine from the start of the finish. Sound is 65 and full color.

SPEAKER_08 0:53

Every time I see her, she don't even look my way. Maybe she will notice me, but then what would I say? I would say what's on my mind. But the words are hard to find. But I'm gonna try to tell her anyway.

SPEAKER_04 1:18

Don't you know that she's jealous? Don't you know that she's jealous?

SPEAKER_08 1:31

Don't you know that she Other guys don't meet her, and I think she's much to see. I can't begin to tell you what she always does to me. Maybe it's what she wears. Or no way she owns her hair. Oh that makes me want to tell her that I am Don't you know that she's jealous?

SPEAKER_04 2:07

Everything about it. Don't you know that she's jealous? Everything about it.

SPEAKER_08 2:38

Maybe it's what she wears. Oh no way she holds her hair. Oh that makes me want to tell her that I hate Don't you know that she's jealous?

SPEAKER_04 2:53

Everything I mean, don't you know that she's jealous? Everything is badly done. Don't you know that she's jealous everything about the Don't you know the cheese does everything about the crap?

SPEAKER_00 3:22

Uh welcome to another episode of the Al Randall Show at yours truly Al Randall. You want to get a hold of me? You can do that via email, all one word, the Al Randall Show at gmail.com. One L and L, two Algen Randall, the Al Randall Show at gmail.com.

SPEAKER_24 3:39

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Marvin Gay. Inducted 1987. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, Marvin Gay was Motown's most expressive and groundbreaking artist. From the early duets to the socially conscious masterpieces of the 70s, he pushed soul music into deeper, more personal territory. A voice that still stops you in your tracks.

SPEAKER_18 4:05

Rock Hall legend Marvin Gay Don't be on two.

SPEAKER_00 6:48

From the man who'd later define himself Marvin Gay in his early Motown crime. I can already join it.

SPEAKER_18 7:42

Stay away too long, and I can't do without you. Every tension yet you seem to hurt me more and more But each hurt makes my soul stronger than before. I don't know what much goes to rain, but I can love both ways. I don't love to eat, but I can love that to you.

SPEAKER_00 10:15

California girls define summer forever. You're a genius. Anyway, you get the gist, man.

SPEAKER_10 10:46

Here's the beach boys Well, East Coast girls are hit by really dig those styles they wear. And the southern girls with the way they talk, they knock me out when I'm down there. The Midwest farmers' daughters will make you feel alright. And the northern girls with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night. I wish they all could be California.

SPEAKER_16 11:50

I wish they all could be California.

SPEAKER_10 11:54

I wish they all could be California The winds of the sunshine. I dig a fridge with TV all the mile by the poetry in the sand. I mean this big sea. Yeah, baby.

SPEAKER_00 13:32

Wooly bully! Yeah, at a party anthem of 65.

SPEAKER_26 13:37

One, two, three, quattro!

unknown 13:46

Why didn't I watch it?

SPEAKER_16 13:55

Why do you not need it?

unknown 14:07

I like a fancy song I do think on the woolet y'all on the bullet.

SPEAKER_06 14:30

And I don't bother let you take no chance that that feels I'ma learn the chance pour le volet bolet, bolet volet, bolet, watch it now, watch it, watch it, watch it.

SPEAKER_00 15:28

It is not really wool with you, bullet bullet bullet bullet, bullet bullet, bullet, watch it I want to eat off it, you got it on the Hickory Record label next up falsetto harmonies and natural pop energy. New beats keeping the momentum going after bread and butter. Run, baby, run, man. Pure jukebox joy. One of many people listening, Al Randall.

SPEAKER_02 23:37

She left her neighborhood in which everyone was filthy rich. She left her parents home and strayed with a vagabond who made vows of love she'd never heard. And she believed his every word. She left no thought interest. Just took her youth and happiness that with the boy she vanished in. The secret sweetness of their sin. A young girl, a young girl of 16. Child of springtime still green. Lying here by the road. He told her love divided space. So they roamed from place to place. Although she realized she'd sinned, she threw caution to the wind as she followed him around. While he slowly dragged her down. So overpowering was her love, but it had made a captive of the young girl's heart and soul and mind. In other words, love drove her blind. A young girl, a young girl's 16, child of springtime, still free, lying here by the road. Too much emotion for a girl, she let her heart become her woe. But worlds the goddess never wrought for asunder, we are taught. Had she been wiser, she'd have known she couldn't feed him love alone. She should have known the day would come when he would quit her just for crumbs. He needed fresh new meat to come, and left her heart, soul, and mind to stun. A young girl, a young girl of 16, child of springtime, still green, flying here by the road.

SPEAKER_00 26:33

The anthem of love and rebellion. Sonny Bono's writing, Cher's voice, and a generation's heartbeat. How many people got married with this as their theme song? I got you, babe, the duet that define the decade.

SPEAKER_15 27:08

But you got me, baby, I got you.

SPEAKER_03 27:17

I got you fake.

SPEAKER_15 27:20

I got you fake. More it's earned, got money up its bill. I guess that's no we don't have a fly. But at least I'm sure of all the things we got.

SPEAKER_03 27:46

I got you big. I got you big.

SPEAKER_27 27:53

I got the flowers and just I got my ring.

SPEAKER_20 28:12

And if I can tell the ride, would it be your pills belong?

SPEAKER_27 28:23

I don't care. Do I have the wrong? Then put your little hand in mind. There ain't no hell of a we can fly.

SPEAKER_03 28:42

I got you babe. I got you ready.

SPEAKER_01 28:56

I got you to hold my head.

SPEAKER_03 28:59

I got you to talk about my hair. I got you. I got you to talk. I got you to die.

SPEAKER_13 29:12

I got you to die. I got you.

SPEAKER_16 29:18

I got you to day.

SPEAKER_03 29:36

I got you bad. I got you bad. I got you bet. I got you bad. I got you bad. I got you back.

SPEAKER_00 29:56

That was so good, man. Let's do a double shot. Sonny steps out solo with a message for every miss of it. It's called Laugh At Me. The counterculture's first cry for individuality.

SPEAKER_01 30:12

I never thought I'd got a record by myself. But I got something I want to say. I want to say it for sure. And I hope I say it for a lot of people.

SPEAKER_15 31:43

And I'll rap for you. And I'll pray for you. And I'll do all the things that the man upstairs says to do.

SPEAKER_27 32:01

I'll do them for you. I'll do. I'll do more for you.

SPEAKER_13 32:41

Instead of wild.

SPEAKER_00 32:53

The Warner Brothers record label is calling us now the tool of clerk. The tool is a follow-up to the song Downtown. Bright, optimistic, and pure British British invasion for sure, man. Round every corner. Sound swinging London.

SPEAKER_21 33:32

While you're debating, something's awaiting. Everything is yours now. When all the goes now, everyone will soon be on the bad.

SPEAKER_00 35:54

You're listening to the Al Randall show. What the world needs now is love. Still as true today as it was back in sixty-five.

SPEAKER_19 36:38

Not just for some, but for everyone. There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb. There are oceans and rivers enough to cross, enough to blast to be in the time. But the world needs not. It's not sweet love. No, not just for some, but for everyone. There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow. There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine. Hold us alone. Do we want to know? It's the only thing that is just to love all the way.

SPEAKER_00 39:16

As years go by. Melancholy wrapped in British elegance. I wouldn't be an Al Randall show. Without the stones, right, baby.

SPEAKER_11 39:33

It is the evening of the day. Smiling faces I can see, but not for me. I sit and watch as tears go down. I want to hear the children see All I hear is the sound of wind falling on the glass. Doing things I used to do, the thing I sit and watch the tears go down.

SPEAKER_00 42:09

Next up on a pie record label, Scotland's folk. That's right.

SPEAKER_28 42:40

Loves here in the morning. When we rise, in the morning, when we rise, that's the time, that's the time. I love the best. Blue's the color of the sky in the morning. When we rise, in the morning, when we rise, that's the time, that's the time. I love the best. When we rise, in the morning, when we rise, that's the time, that's the time. I love the best. When I see her when I see her Uh-huh. That's the time. That's the time. I love the best. Freedom is a word I rarely use without thinking. Without thinking. Of the time. Of the time when I've been low next time.

SPEAKER_00 45:15

You're the one. Radio production. Oh no.

SPEAKER_22 45:30

Happy time. Now that the winter is coming on. We must remember the summer somehow. We need those memories to call a home.

SPEAKER_09 45:44

When we had a coke like we're doing now. And we sat around in the sun. Outside the cold wind is blowing. But soon the spring will be shy.

SPEAKER_16 45:58

And things go better. Things go better.

SPEAKER_12 46:06

Winter can be bad when you refresh. And coke refreshes you best. And you never get tired of a stage. Coke after coke. Who cares if snowflakes are falling down?

SPEAKER_09 46:21

We have fear by the fireside floor. We call up you our friends around. Have a soak, watch a TV shop. Who goes better with me? Goes better with you. People go better with the gold. Yeah. The real life one puts extra fun in you and everything you do. Outside the cold wind is blowing. But so the screen will be shy and things go better with gold. The color things get better with gold.

SPEAKER_22 47:06

Every time we meet, everything is sweet. Oh, you're so tender. I must surrender. My love is your love now. You're the one that I long to kiss. Maybe you're the one that I really keep me in your heart. Never let us fight. I want you only, you will not believe me. You're the one that I long to kiss. Baby, you're the one that I really kiss. You're the one that I'm dreaming of. Baby, you're the one that I love. I adore you, and no one before you could make me feel this way. Yeah. Since I met you, I just can't forget you. I love you more each day.

SPEAKER_16 48:17

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_22 48:36

Through the coming years. Ooh, all the while I know you'll be smiling. Your love will guide me through every mark, cause you're the one that I long to kiss. Baby, you're the one that I read.

unknown 48:52

You're the one that I'm dreaming of. Baby, you're the one that I love.

SPEAKER_16 49:06

You're the one that I'm dreaming of. Baby, you're the one that I love.

SPEAKER_00 49:17

Heading over to Columbia Record label, six minutes it changed everything. Dylan's electric revolution. Bob Dylan like a rolling stone. The moment folk became rock.

SPEAKER_15 49:40

Once upon a time it dressed so fine. Through the bullet time in your prime. Then you people call, say beweb, dog, your mind of fall, you thought they were all. Hanging out. Now you don't talk so loud. Now you don't seem so proud about having a bit scroungy. Your neck and feel How does it feel? How does it feel?

SPEAKER_16 50:37

To be without a wall. Like a complete unknown. Like a rolling stone.

SPEAKER_15 51:03

Alright, Miss Lonely, but you know you only used to get juicing it. Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street. And now you're gonna have to get used to it. You say never compromise with the mystery trend, but now you realize He's not selling any alibies As you stand in the vacuum of his eyes and say, Do you want to make a deal?

unknown 51:50

How does it feel? How does it feel?

SPEAKER_15 52:04

When the direction home a complete unknown like a rolling stone Ohio, never turned around to see the frowns on the juggles and the clowns when they all did. Tricks for you Never understood that it ain't no good. You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you. You used to ride on a prone horse with your diplomat, carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat. Ain't it hard when you discover that? He really wasn't with that after he took from you everything he couldn't feel.

unknown 53:17

How does it feel?

SPEAKER_16 53:22

How does it feel? Have you on your own?

SPEAKER_15 53:32

No direction more Like a competen Like a rolling stone Ah princess, honest people and all the pretty people that are drinking, thinking that they got it made Exchanging all precious gifts But you better take a diamond ring, you better pull it big You used to be so amused That Napoleon in rags And the language that he used Go to him now he calls you You can't refuse When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets you conceal How does it feel?

SPEAKER_16 54:49

Ah, how does it feel to be on your own With no direction home Black competitive stone another Al Randall favorite there if there ever was one.

SPEAKER_00 55:25

Bob Dylan like a rolling stone year 1965 cruising on with Al Randall on the Al Randall show next up later noon and crew turning a music half novelty into a charge hopper. I'm Henry the Eighth, I am catching it pure British Vaughn Here's Romans, Rumans.

SPEAKER_25 55:53

I'm Henry the Eighth I am, Henry the Eighth I am, I am. I got married to the widow next door. She's been married several times, and everyone wasn't hennery, she wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam. No Sam. I'm her eighth, old man, I'm H, Henry the Eighth I am. Second verse, same as the first. I'm Nary the Eighth, I am, Enery Eighth, I am, I am. I got married to the widow next door. She's been married seven times before, and everyone was an energy. She wouldn't have a willy or a sound. No sound. I'm a eighth old man, I'm an array, and a ready eighth I am I'm inner the eighth I am, Enery the eighth I am, I am. I got married with a widow next ball. She's been married seven times before, and everyone was an energy. She wouldn't have a willy or a sound. No sound. I'm a eight full man, I'm energy. Energy eighth I am. H E N R Y. Enery Henry. Enery Henry Enery A I am. Enery A.

SPEAKER_00 57:33

That's a gordo. Records or Philly's records, however you want to do it, you know. The voices of emotion recorders wall. Before Three Dog Night, Danny Hunton was crafting California pop gems, roses and rainbows, bright harmonies, and sunshine melodies you're listening to the Al Randall show.

SPEAKER_17 1:00:56

If I were a king, I'd give up everything just to have you near me because roses and rainbows are you. The sky is always blue whenever I'm with you. I think I just love you because roses and rainbows are you. I love the way you own my hand, the way you understand, the way it makes me feel like I'm owned. We are being in the sky. I think I see why the birds do all dance thing because roses and rainbows are you. Roses and rainbows are you I love the way you hold my hand, the way I stand, the way to make me feel like I've gone back in the sky. I think I see why the first two of them singing comes roses and rainbows to you.

SPEAKER_16 1:02:43

Roses and rainbows to you.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:57

Next up recorded at Athens Records with Steve Cropper, but actually pressed it on the Atlantic record label. In the midnight hour became the blueprint for Southern Soul. His voice What do you think, man? I'm gonna say to your fire.

SPEAKER_14 1:03:28

I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour. That's when my love don't tumble it now. I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour when that no one else arrives I'm gonna take you out and home you do all the things I told you in the midnight hour. Yes, I am. Oh yes, I am one thing I just wanna stare at it. I'm gonna wait till the stars come out. I'm gonna wait till the midnight. That's when my love will begin to shine. You're the only girl I know. And relax. Yeah. All right, play it for me one day. I'm gonna wait till the pit That's when I love it. I'm gonna wait with the bitlight out. That's when I love beginning to shine. Just you and I Jesse U and I Nobody around, baby, Jesse U and I alright. You know what?

SPEAKER_00 1:05:32

Jesse U and I'm sticking with Atlantic Records written by Van McCoy, song by Barbara Lewis. Baby I'm yours. Definitely unforgettable.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:06

Baby, I'm young, and I'll be all yours until the stars fall from the sky until the rivers all run dry in other words until I die. Baby on your baby, and I'll be ours until the sun on the shine until the poets run out of rise in other words until the end of time. Do my best to keep your side as high. Nothing in the world can drive me away. Hear me say, Baby, I'm your own, and I'll be all doing the two and two history grants to the sea in other words until eternity Baby I'm your till the stars fall from the sky, baby I'm your tillers home under Baby I'm yours.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:26

Look up at the cloud is just about over and over, but you know what, man, we're gonna hear me.

SPEAKER_30 1:09:22

But I will. I will I don't wanna say I'm gonna cry my eyes up, baby, but I will I will I'm not ashamed of you to know how much I really love you so good it was set to drill And just remember when you're gone There'll be that someone said who loves you still You will look at him and see me smiling back at you I know you will And you will find yourself with some things we used to do I know you will Don't wonder if you wanna come back Just come running home to me and let me be left Cause I'm the one who told you I would love you till whatever and I will Don't wonder if you wanna come back Just come out home to me and let me feel that well Cause I'm the one who told you I would love you till forever and I will Cause I'm the one who told you I would love you till forever And I