Exactly 48 years ago this week, Paul Revere and the Raiders were number 1 on the Billboard charts with “Indian Reservation.”
That song isn’t on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a time in Hollywood,” but four other hits from that long ago pop group fronted by Mark Lindsay are including “Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon.”
Tarantino always curates fascinating soundtracks, and this one is no exception. All these songs drift through 1969 Los Angeles, but the highlights are certainly Neil Diamond’s “Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show” aka “Hot August Night,” Jose Feliciano’s hit cover of “California Dreamin’,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson,” and Deep Purple’s “Hush.”
One song you won’t hear in this movie: the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” Thank goodness.
Columbia Records releases the soundtrack tonight. The label needs a hit, and they’re going to have it. Lucky for them, Paul Revere and the Raiders were on Columbia back in the day. They were part of Clive Davis’s league of hitmakers.
PS “Indian Reservation” was just Lindsay on vocals, and two actual legends– Carol Kaye (bass), Hal Blaine (drums) of the Wrecking Crew. (In the video below, the “Raiders” are faking it.)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN… HOLLYWOOD SOUNDTRACK TRACKLISTING:
1.  Treat Her Right – Roy Head & The Traits
2.  Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man – The Bob Seger System
Boss Radio feat. Humble Harve:
3.  Hush – Deep Purple
4.  Mug Root Beer Advertisement
5.  Hector – The Village Callers
6.  Son of a Lovin’ Man – Buchanan Brothers
7.  Paxton Quigley’s Had the Course (from the MGM film Three in the Attic) – Chad & Jeremy
8.  Tanya Tanning Butter Advertisement
9.  Good Thing – Paul Revere & The Raiders
10. Hungry – Paul Revere & the Raiders
11. Choo Choo Train – The Box Tops
12. Jenny Take a Ride – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
13. Kentucky Woman – Deep Purple
14. The Circle Game – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Boss Radio feat. The Real Don Steele:
15. Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
16. Numero Uno Advertisement
17. Bring a Little Lovin’ – Los Bravos
18. Suddenly / Heaven Sent Advertisement
19. Vagabond High School Reunion
20. KHJ Los Angeles Weather Report
21. The Illustrated Man Advertisement / Ready For Action
22. Hey Little Girl – Dee Clark
23. Summer Blonde Advertisement
24. Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show – Neil Diamond
25. Don’t Chase Me Around (from the MGM film GAS-S-S-S) – Robert Corff
26. Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon – Paul Revere & the Raiders (feat. Mark Lindsay)
27. California Dreamin’ – Jose Feliciano
28. Dinamite Jim (English Version) – I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni
29. You Keep Me Hangin’ On (Quentin Tarantino Edit) – Vanilla Fudge
30. Miss Lily Langtry (cue from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean) – Maurice Jarre
31. KHJ Batman Promotion
