88.1 KDHX Saint Louis

Released his version in 1961 on the Chess label.

1939 Kim Fowley, American rock vocalist, singer, producer (The Runaways), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)

Same Title ...Different Songs!

Lyricist Chris Difford said that the title phrase was lifted from the 1965 TV play version of the work, directed by Ken Loach, and the subsequent 1968 movie version.[3][4] The film had a soundtrack by Manfred Mann, and a song by them, also called Up the Junction.[5] Although the song is not the about the TV drama, it alludes to its themes and location:

1926 Queenie Watts [Mary Spenton], British singer and actress (Up the Junction, Holiday on the Buses), born in London, England (d. 1980). This song appeared in the fillm.

1948 Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusuf Islam], British singer-songwriter ("Peace Train"; "Moonshadow"), born in Marleybone, London, England

1931 Plas Johnson, American be-bop jazz and session saxophonist (sax solo on "The Pink Panther Theme"), born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana

Born on this day in 1943 Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), born in Portstewart, Northern Ireland (d. 2016)

One of the first band's Henry McCullough was in.

Happy Birthday, Kevin Bachman. You and your jammies ROCK!