Money, Money Monday

in Swap or Stop. 

And we’ve already had a $100 winner today.  Congratulations to Lucy Montoya who picked up a C-note this morning by answering this question.  What is the largest city in Ohio?

Lucy answered Columbus, which is correct.  We’ll play again at 4:40 this afternoon.

History 101: May 9, 1960: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Enovid, the first pill considered safe for birth control use.

Music History 101: May 9, 1962 - Brian Epstein met with EMI producer George Martin which would lead to the first recording contract of the act that Epstein had recently signed on to manage.  He had just signed the Beatles.

101 Number One song of the Day was recorded by a group who wanted to stay anonymous in their native country when they were starting out.  Why would any group want to avoid publicity?

Because they couldn’t get any radio airplay at home. The airwaves were full of American and British acts but in Canada, groups from there were largely ignored. Eventually, legislation was enacted giving native artists a certain percentage of the time that music was played. But before that, a talented group named Chad Allen and the Expressions decided to leave their name off the label of their single called “Shakin All Over.” That group would go on to have the number one song in America on this day in 1970. By this time they were known by the name given to them by DJs after their release of Shakin All Over" – Guess Who – with today’s 101 number one song of the Day: “American Woman.”