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musicradio77

12-27-2003, 05:09 PM

Today in music history, December 27th

5 years ago today:

Radio station WQEW was signed off the air. After six straight years of playing nothing but big band music and contemperary standards. Listeners in New York and throughout the US and Canada got to hear American standards on a clear channel signal. The music selection was diverse, and the programs presented by such personalities such as Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Konaty were incredibly entertaining.

In early December 1998, it was announced that the satelitte-fed, Radio Disney would replaced the rich sounds of Sinatra, Ella and Basie at 1560 on the AM dial. A few short weeks later, WQEW American Popular Standards was gone and another great radio station had left the airwaves.

Today, many New Yorker's would listened to New Jersey's WMTR at 1250 AM. In New Jersey, many listeners are tuned in to WVNJ for great standards and there is a station plays "The Music of Your Life" is on many stations in the Hudson Valley area including WHUC, WKIP, WGHQ and WELV. There is also a station played the same network is on WTLV in the Utica area. As for WQEW, Radio Disney will hear a lot of great artists like Britney Spears, NSync, Justin Timberlake and Hilary Duff and there is also a website radiodisney.com. Radio Disney could be found in all radio stations throughout the 48 states.

Listen to this sad ending featuring the last song called "Stardust" by Nat King Cole and featuring closing remarks by the late Stan Martin. The link could be found at:
http://rockradioscrapbook.tripod.com/wqewend.ram

There is also Jonathan Scwartz's last weekday show instead of saying goodbye. The link ould also be found at:
http://rockradioscrapbook.tripod.com/js2.ram

The song "Stowaway In the Sky" turned out to be the final song for his show. Here is that link to thee song "Stowaway In the Sky":
http://rockradioscrapbook.tripod.com/jstheme.ram

It happened 5 years ago, today. WQEW standards format was gone. :(

If you like Radio Disney, check out this website:
http://www.radiodisney.com

musicradio77

12-31-2003, 04:03 PM

Today in Music History: December 31st

1976

Harry Harrison plays the Top 100 of 1976 from his show on December 31st, 1976. Listen to how continually works in the time, weather forcast, and traffic reports. WABC's "Big Ticket" contest was well underway and Harry gives out several numbers for the contest. He makes it sound effortless, but if you think about all he is doing on this show it's remarkable. Balancing all the various parts of the show as well as a very large commercial load took a great deal of organization and talent. If you have worked in radio, then you now how quickly that amount of juggling can overwhelm you! At the end of this program, Harry's children get a chance to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

http://musicradio.computer.net/images/harry76.ram

Courtesy of musicradio77.com

NOTE: Music and commercials are cut off during the aircheck.

ABlairican Pie

12-31-2003, 07:10 PM

December 31, 1985: Rick Nelson and his wife-to-be died in a plane crash on the way to a concert.:crying:

musicradio77

12-31-2003, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
December 31, 1985: Rick Nelson and his wife-to-be died in a plane crash on the way to a concert.:crying:

I saw that episode on "7th Heaven" earlier tonight in an episode called "Gossip". It has some snippets of Ricky Nelson songs like "Hello, Mary Lou", "Poor Little Fool" and "Travelin' Man". I was so sad that he died back in 1985.

Steve M.

01-01-2004, 03:37 PM

January 1, 1962 - The Beatles - John, Paul, George, and Pete Best - audition for Decca Records and record several fifties rockers and two original tunes, "Hello Little Girl" and "Like Dreamers Do." Decca producer Mike Smith wants to sign them on the spot, but Dick Rowe, his boss, overrules him and turns the Beatles down. "These boys won't make it," Rowe tells Beatles manager Brian Epstein. "Four-groups are out. Go back to Liverpool, Mr. Epstein, you have a successful business there."

Only McLean Stevenson's decision to leave "M*A*S*H" in 1975 for his own show rivals Rowe's nixing of the Beatles as the worst decision made in the history of popular entertainment.

musicradio77

01-02-2004, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
January 1, 1962 - The Beatles - John, Paul, George, and Pete Best - audition for Decca Records and record several fifties rockers and two original tunes, "Hello Little Girl" and "Like Dreamers Do." Decca producer Mike Smith wants to sign them on the spot, but Dick Rowe, his boss, overrules him and turns the Beatles down. "These boys won't make it," Rowe tells Beatles manager Brian Epstein. "Four-groups are out. Go back to Liverpool, Mr. Epstein, you have a successful business there."

I have a few songs from "The Beatles: Anthology I" including tunes from the Decca period "Three Cool Cats", "Searchin'", "The Shieks of Araby", "Like Dreamers Do", "Hello Little Girl" and the first song after they left the Decca session was the pop version of "Besame Mucho". A number of these songs from that session was appeared in numerous bootlegs.

Steve M.

01-03-2004, 04:19 PM

January 3, 1970 - On this day in history, also a Saturday like today, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr (John Lennon was in Denmark) recorded "I Me Mine" for the as-yet-unfinished Let It Be album. Before one take, George read a mock press release to the control room acknowledging John's absence: "You all will have read that Dave Dee is no longer with us. But Micky, Tich and I would like to carry on the good work that's always gone down in [studio] number two." (The cutesy-pie names refer to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Micky, and Tich, a Wiltshire pop quintet that was very successful in Britain but never had a hit in the United States.)

The following day, January 4, several overdubs were taped for "Let It Be," the song. These sessions would be the last Beatles recording dates until the 1994 and 1995 Anthology sessions.

Steve M.

01-03-2004, 04:22 PM

Celebrating a birthday today:

Beatles producer Sir George Martin is 78.

Folk rocker Stephen Stills is 59.

Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones is 58.

Steve M.

01-03-2004, 04:29 PM

January 3, 1970 - B.J. Thomas's lame version of the lame Bacharach-David theme song for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," was at the top of the Billboard singles charts. It would be at number one for the entire month of January 1970, setting an unfortunate standard for the rest of the seventies, a decade that saw "Seasons In the Sun," "Afternoon Delight," and "You Light Up My Life" (number one for ten friggin' weeks!!), among other songs, top the Billboard singles charts. Album rock radio would suddenly become very popular!:D

Steve M.

01-08-2004, 12:03 PM

1935 is a year that will bring many long-term changes to the United States and its way of life. Dust storms in the Plains states will cause many midwesterners to move to California, which will help make it the nation's most populous state thirty years hence. Congress will pass Social Security, which will give the elderly a new government pension and a new political voice in the decades to come. The Rural Electrification Administration will bring power and modern conveniences to millions of farm dwellers still stuck in the nineteenth century. President Franklin Roosevelt will forge ahead with a new highway building program to alleviate the effects of the Depression and provide jobs, forever altering American surface transportation. But the biggest event that will forever change America and the world occurs a week after New Year's Day, on Tuesday, January 8, 69 years ago today, in Tupelo, Mississippi.

ELVIS PRESLEY IS BORN!!

All hail the King. :) :D

musicradio77

01-08-2004, 10:39 PM

Yesterday was January 7th and it was on that day in 1981:

Ron Lundy seems pretty up with strong GOLD in the rotation, a common play of the 70's and 80's Top 40/CHR's to get more A/C females in the midday. Music is good, and man, that airchain. It's amazing that WABC and WNBC were in a hot contest to see who could be the most A/C-sounding CHR in America! Here is that one from January 7th, 1981 which is from the Reel Radio website:
http://www.reelradio.com/skip/index.html#rlwabc010781

NOTE: This aircheck contains music and vintage commercials uncut for your pleasure.

ABlairican Pie

01-10-2004, 03:04 PM

Yesterday, Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin turned 60!:birthday: :guitar: My gosh, I remember when...he WASN'T that old!!:eek: :lol:

Steve M.

01-14-2004, 11:41 AM

34 years ago today, January 14, 1970: The Supremes perform their last concert with Diana Ross at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. (Ross begins her solo career later that year.)

Steve M.

01-20-2004, 11:40 AM

On this day in history, January 20:

1964 - Meet the Beatles, Capitol's first Beatles album in the United States, is released. On the strength of the already huge hit "I Want To Hold Your Hand," which is included on the album, it goes straight to number one.

1969 - The Beatles go into their new Apple studio in Savile Row to begin recording what will become their Let It Be album. . . and leave about half an hour later, because the recording equipment sucks! Their electronics "expert" Alexis "Magic Alex" Mardas, has constructed a mixing console made of old wood, bits of metal, and part of an old oscilloscope that flat doesn't work. The Beatles try a take with it, but when they play it back, all they hear is hum and hiss. The group needs to borrow equipment from Abbey Road, and the recording sessions for Let It Be start two days later. Mardas's mixing board gets sold for scrap for five pounds, or about eleven American dollars. It simply isn't worth any more. (Mardas himself will eventually get fired from Apple by Allen Klein.)

1989 - Presidential Inauguration Story I: Republican party chairman and amateur blues guitarist Lee Atwater hosts several rhythm and blues artists at President George H.W. Bush's inaugural ball. At the celebration, Bush pretends to jam on a Fender guitar.

1993 - Presidential Inauguration Story II: LL Cool J perfroms at President Bill Clinton's inaugural celebration - the first rapper to perform at a presidential inaugural.

2001 - Presidential Inauguration Story III: Hoping to court Hispanic voters for 2004 and not knowing that the former Menudo member's moment in the sun has already passed, President George W. Bush invites Ricky Martin to perform at his inaugural. Martin looks even less like a Latin Elvis and more like a Latin Frankie Avalon.

musicradio77

01-20-2004, 10:41 PM

Today in history: 1/20/73

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 for January 20, 1973. You should check out this website:
http://www.reelradio.com/gifts/at40012073.html#at40f012073

musicradio77

01-21-2004, 10:47 PM

Today in Music History: 1976

The JAM Creative Productions jingle era began at WABC a year after that with JAM's "Priority 1 Package". This was the first aircheck in the series which features JAM jingles. Note the faster rhythm of the jingles. Getting the call letters in quickly and then getting back to music was now what radio stations were demanding of Jingles.

This aircheck starts with a special "edit" of the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night". These edits are created by the WABC engineers for Dan.

If you listen carefully, Dan also has a good time kidding around about the late Wolfman Jack (another fellow DJ at WNBC) on this aircheck. They might have a "Clearasel" commercial on it.

Listen to it now:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ing1-21-76(s-a-t-nite).ram

musicradio77

01-22-2004, 10:49 PM

January 22, 1978:

Steve O'Brien did his last show on WABC. The WABC game was underway where listeners in New York had to know which prize was being given away to win it. You therefore had to keep listening. Steve went to work the afternoon drive shift at WYNY and while there had some highest ratings in New York as the listening audience shifted to the FM dial.

Listen to this clip at
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/sob78.ram

NOTE: Music and commercials that are cut off during this clip.

Clip courtesy of musicradio77.com

musicradio77

01-23-2004, 10:19 PM

January 23rd, 1969 (that's 35 years ago today.)

WABC had just introduced the "Power Hit #" jingles in front of the top 3 songs of the week (which Dan comments on). Most all of their jingles now being used on WABC are now shorter. Most heard here are from PAMS Series #34.

There are an amazing number of commercials on WABC. The reason why WABC required "program matter" of some kind be inserted between commercials. By now, the station was a huge money maker.

Note Dan's one liner about newsman Bob Hardt being so thin. This become common practice between Dan and Bob as time passed. Note also how Dan has a terrific time kidding with his engineer in such a way to keep listeners interested. This is another reason why the engineers played a very big role on WABC. While it was rare to actually hear them, they did have the effect of giving air personalities someone to play off of.

Listen to this clip at:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ing1-23-69a.ram

NOTE: Music and commercials are cut off during this aircheck.

Clip courtesy of musicradio77.com

musicradio77

01-23-2004, 10:30 PM

By the way, PAMS actually had Series #18 during one of its airchecks with the one that you are listening to. This clip features this famous "Contempo Sig" jingle:
http://musicradio.computer.net/jingles/series18/77wabc.wav

This is the later one which is still in use today for its website of the TV announcer of all time, Randy West.
http://tvrandywest.com

musicradio77

01-25-2004, 02:37 PM

Yesterday's birthday was Alicia Keys. She is 23. Today's birthday is Lucinda Williams. She is 51 today, and guitarist from Wham! Andrew Ridgeley is 41.

Dean Winchester

01-25-2004, 02:44 PM

Originally posted by BrooklynGuy78
Yesterday's birthday was Alicia Keys. She is 23. Today's birthday is Lucinda Williams. She is 51 today, and guitarist from Wham! Andrew Ridgeley is 41.

okay, you know you're getting older when members of Wham are in their 40's now!!!

musicradio77

01-25-2004, 10:29 PM

Of course, you're right! I forgot to tell you that yesterday in 1987, one of the greatest pioneer disc jockey in New York radio was gone, his name was Bob Lewis, better known as "Bob-A-Loo". The following month, Cousin Bruce Morrow (better known as Cousin Brucie) was hosted a tribute to his personal hero on CBS-FM. You should listen to this tribute on this website:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/boblewistributewcbsfm2-14-87.ram

This aircheck was aired on February 14th, of 1987. Featuring appearances by Harry Harrison, Dan Ingram, Joe McCoy, Rick Sklar and Ron Lundy and it includes airchecks of "Bob-A-Loo's" final show from September 13th, 1986 and an aircheck from back in the mid 80's. It's a one of a kind tribute. By the way, there is an aircheck about the tribute from WNEW-FM is at:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/boblewistributeelsas2-7-87.ram

All these clips are courtesy of musicradio77.com

musicradio77

01-26-2004, 10:15 PM

Also today in history, on this date in 1965:

Charlie Greer on WABC. Check out the description and listen to this aircheck unedited with music and commercials at:
http://www.reelradio.com/mars/index.html#cgwabc012665

Steve M.

01-27-2004, 02:45 PM

On this day in 1756, January 27, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. :)

musicradio77

01-27-2004, 11:02 PM

Also today's birthday is *NSync's Joey Fatone. He is 27 today and Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter. He is 24 today also.

Steve M.

01-30-2004, 11:30 PM

On this day, January 30, 35 years ago, the Beatles gave their last public performance on the roof of the Apple Corps building at 3 Savile Row, London.

"I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group, and myself, and I hope we've passed the audition." John Lennon

Steve M.

01-31-2004, 06:59 PM

Musically, the eighties sucked.

Except for John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Hall and Oates, and Prince, the eighties were a rotten decade for music. It was the decade when pop stars had big hair and small brains. The synthesizer made it easy for anyone to arrange music, the stars themselves no longer had to play (just plug in the Casio and repeat the same three words over and over), MTV marked ther triumph of visual style over musical substance (Bob Pittman is the Antichrist!!), and video jocks like Alan Hunter became famous. The eighties were one boring, depressing decade for popular music. Looking back, you can summarize the decade by looking at what was on top of the Billboard singles charts in the first week of January 1980 and in the last week of December 1989. Its first number one single was "Babe Please Don't Go" by K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and its last was "Another Day In Paradise" by Phil Collins. In with a yawn, out with a yawn.

So why am I writing this tirade on this thread? Because it was on this day in 1951 that both the first and last eighties chart toppers, Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey and Phil Collins, were born.

Weird, ain't it? :eek:

Dean Winchester

01-31-2004, 11:59 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
Musically, the eighties sucked.

Except for John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Hall and Oates, and Prince, the eighties were a rotten decade for music. It was the decade when pop stars had big hair and small brains. The synthesizer made it easy for anyone to arrange music, the stars themselves no longer had to play (just plug in the Casio and repeat the same three words over and over), MTV marked ther triumph of visual style over musical substance (Bob Pittman is the Antichrist!!), and video jocks like Alan Hunter became famous. The eighites were one boring, depressing decade for popular music. Looking back, you cna summarize the decade by looking at what was on top of the Billboard singles charts in the first week of January 1980 and in the last week of December 1989. Its first number one single was "Babe Please Don't Go" by K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and its last was "Another Day In Paradise" by Phil Collins. In with a yawn, out with a yawn.

So why am I writing this tirade on this thread? Because it was on this day in 1951 that both the first and last eighties chart toppers, Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey and Phil Collins, were born.

Weird, ain't it? :eek:

but truthfully, have the 90's (with the exception of grunge) or 2000's actually been any better mainstream music wise? If anything, it's much worse than it was in the 1980's. Look at what's on the chart now, and compare it to this week 20 years ago, and there is no way you can argue the era of Beyonce, Hilary Duff and Ludacris is better than the era of Michael Jackson, The Cars and Prince.

If anything, music is more about image now than it was in the 80's. The stuff in the 80's was at least catchy, that's not even a given for a song being a hit in 2004. Britney, Justin, J. Lo, Eminem and all the countless soundalike, lookalike hip hop "TRL stars" are every bit as image conscious as Madonna, Boy George, Cyndi Lauper or Jon Bon Jovi were.

MonarC

02-01-2004, 05:46 PM

FEB 1st

2001 Sean "Puffy" Combs' is sued by a woman who claims that after renting the hip-hop mogul's Beverly Hills home, she discovered it was "infested with insects, rodents and vermin."

2001 In a posting to her Web site, country singer LeAnn Rimes asks her fans not to buy her new album I Need You, explaining that she's suing both her record company and manager/father.

1988 The Cars announce that, after a string of hits on the Elektra label, they are breaking up.

1977 Led Zeppelin postpone their North American tour after Robert Plant comes down with tonsillitis. The dates of what would be the band's last American concerts are moved to June.

1969 Led Zeppelin supports Iron Butterfly at the Fillmore East concert hall in New York. As Butterfly drummer Ron Bushy plays his lengthy solo on "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," John Bonham launches a stage invasion, upsetting several Atlantic Records executives in the audience.

1968 The Doors announce that Universal has offered them a $500,000 movie contract. They also claim a book of Jim Morrison's poems and a joke book by the entire band are on the way.

1967 The Beatles begin sessions for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, laying down the rhythm track for the title cut.

Dean Winchester

02-01-2004, 05:59 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
Looking back, you can summarize the decade by looking at what was on top of the Billboard singles charts in the first week of January 1980 and in the last week of December 1989. Its first number one single was "Babe Please Don't Go" by K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and its last was "Another Day In Paradise" by Phil Collins. In with a yawn, out with a yawn.

same thing was with the 90's, it started with Michael Bolton's How Am I Supposed To Live Without You and ended with Santana's Smooth, and this decade started with Savage Garden's I Knew I Loved You.... IT HAS NOT GOTTEN BETTER. Hell, I'd even rather listen to Tiffany (IMO the worst artist to come out of the 1980's) over 90% of what's on the chart now.

Why is everyone so quick to bash Phil Collins nowadays instead of just accepting the fact that he jumped the shark, but that you cannot ignore his early solo career, and his work with Genesis (up until the late 80's). Prince's last few albums have been bad, but they never erased the memory of his classic material, same should go for Phil. His last 15 years have been bad, but they shouldn't negate the Face Value album

Steve M.

02-03-2004, 02:12 PM

Forty-five years ago today, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa. :(

Elvis Fonzie Dean

02-03-2004, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
Forty-five years ago today, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa. :(

One of the worst things to happen to the music industry.All three were awesome.

Steve M.

02-07-2004, 05:05 PM

On February 7, 1964, the Beatles arrived in New York to play gigs on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and at Carnegie Hall and Washington, D.C.'s Coliseum.

Beatlemania conquered America. :)

Steve M.

02-09-2004, 02:23 PM

On February 9. 1964, the Beatles performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Seventy-three million Americans tuned in. :)

Dean Winchester

02-09-2004, 03:09 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
On February 9. 1964, the Beatles performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Seventy-three million Americans tuned in. :)

kinda funny now realizing that when Sgt. Pepper taught his band to play was exactly half the time past since they went on Ed Sullivan ;)

Steve M.

02-11-2004, 12:46 PM

Forty-one years ago today, the Beatles recorded ten songs in a marathon session that lasted from ten in the morning to ten at night. Together with the four songs that comprised the A and B sides of their first two singles, George Martin complied a fourteen-song album. Please Please Me, the Beatles's first long player, was completed in a day.

Please Please Me, named for the Beatles's first number one single, was quickly recorded and released (on March 22, 1963) to capatialize on the single's success, as was the tradition in Britain and America then. There was one difference between the Beatles's album and other British pop albums of the early sixties - every song on the Beatles's album was meant to be as good as the single, and every song on Please Please Me was. One, their cover of "Twist and Shout," would eventually be a major hit single in America. (The Bealtes didn't issue cover versions as singles in Britain.)

musicradio77

02-12-2004, 11:28 PM

Today was February 12th, 1993:

Boston's WVBF says farewell. The station switched its format to become today's country music and a new set of call letters, WCLB. Listen to it before you go on that link:
http://www.reelradio.com/pg/index.html#wvbf93

Also that same day, Joe Guarisco from KTU back in 1979. Go to that link and click here. It is located at:
http://www.reelradio.com/ba/index.html#wktu0279

Steve M.

02-12-2004, 11:44 PM

On February 12, 1964, the Beatles performed at Carnegie Hall, fresh from their Sullivan debut. A rock and roll band in a classical concert hall? Hey, they did wear suits - and Paul McCartney played a Hofner violin bass! ;)

(For those who care about such trivialities, February 12 was Ash Wednesday that year.)

Steve M.

02-13-2004, 10:34 PM

Ninety years ago today, on February 13, 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, which overseees a lot of music publishing, was founded. :)

musicradio77

02-14-2004, 01:24 PM

Also on this date, February 14th, 1987:

Cousin Bruce Morrow (aka Cousin Brucie) did a very special show on CBS-FM as a tribute to Bob Lewis (better known as Bobaloo). It features Bob Lewis' final show on September 13th, 1986 and an unusual aircheck of Bob Lewis on the Rock & Roll Radio Greats Weekend Special from 1984. It features special appearences by Harry Harrison, Dan Ingram, Rick Sklar, Ron Lundy and the general manager of CBS-FM, Joe McCoy. If you haven't listen to it, here is that link again:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/boblewistributewcbsfm2-14-87.ram

musicradio77

02-18-2004, 10:45 PM

Here is a aircheck from between January and March of 1982 with Dan Ingram. You should listen to it at:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ingjan-mar82a.ram

(Aircheck courtesy of musicradio77.com)

musicradio77

02-20-2004, 10:26 PM

Oops! I forgot to go back to yesterday. It was on that date, February 19th, 1969. Jack Spector on WMCA. Go to
http://www.reelradio.com/gifts/dentist.html#jswmca021969 and download this clip in its entirety.

~*Hannah_Lee*~

02-20-2004, 11:10 PM

90's grunge rocker, Kurt Cobain was born.

musicradio77

02-22-2004, 12:43 AM

It was on this date, February 23rd, 1982, WABC was beginning to lose steam that the station was starting to change its format to become the voice of talk. Here is an article from the New York Times back in 1982.

WABC Is Dropping Music Format to Switch to Talk and News
By Frank J. Prial

WABC, once the most influential popular-music radio station in the country, is switching to a format of talk programs and news. Battered by low ratings and the loss of its once-vast teenage audience to FM stereo stations, WABC is doing what has been done by all but one of the AM stations owned by the American Broadcating Companies.

The end of WABC as a purveyor of the so-called Top 40 formula has broad immitations. It represents, according to broadcast specialists, the recognition that AM broadcasting cannot compete with the more technically advanced FM broadcasting in the reproduction of music.

"AM is finished for music," one ABC official said, "We should have done this years ago."

According to figures complied by the Arbitron Company for the period between September 24th and December 16th of last year, ABC's FM station, WPLJ, which was once a insignificant factor in New York broadcasting, garnered a larger audenice share than WABC. WPLJ plays what is called progressive rock.

ABC officials were vague about the actual date for the changeover to talk and news, but officials at other New York stations said they expected the new format to begin April 1st. WABC will join WOR and WMCA in broadcasting news and talk on the AM band.

"We look forward to having them," said Ellen S. Straus, president of WMCA. "Statistics show that another station adopting the format increases awareness in the advertising community of this type of broadcasting."

In adopting a news and talk format, WABC is following a pattern first set by KABC in Los Angeles 20 years ago. Currently, according to ABC officials, its stations are #1 in the audience share in Los Angeles and San Francisco, both with the news and talk format.

With the changeover at WABC, all of the ABC's AM stations will be using the format with the exception of WLS in Chicago, described by one ABC side as "a musical giant."

20 Years of Success

"The talk formula may not be the only format, but it is certainly one of the best." said Ben Hoberman, the man who created the format for KABC two decades ago and who is now president of ABC Radio.

"What's more," he said "a lot of AM operators are looking at it. They see 20 years of success at KABC in Los Angeles."

"WABC was the premium rocker for years using the Top 40 format." one broadcasting executive said. "Then about four years ago, they were killed by disco, particularly station WKTU. Overnight, WABC dropped from about an 11 share of the market to around 3.

"They tried going for 50 percent Top 40 and 50 percent disco. Then when disco died, they tried 50 percent Top 40 of what is known as the mellow sound. But it was too late. The audience had moved to FM and particularly to FM stereo."

Concerntration of Revenues

"Not too many years ago," the executive said, "you'd find four or five stations in each big market bringing in 60 percent of the advertising revenue. Another five or six would do close to 40 percent. Then there'd be a couple of dozen little guys doing maybe a half of 1 percent.

"Then everyone started buying FM stations and pouring money into them - often people from TV stations. FM was intrinsically superior for music and, because they had no ads at first, they broadcast long periods of music. The AM music stations had to cut down on commercials. That began the gradual conversion to the talk format."

In fact, WABC has been converting to a talk format for almost a year. Its morning show, from 5 to 9 AM - what is known in the trade as "drive time," has two "personalities," Ross Brittion and Brian Wilson. Their banter leaves time for only four records an hour.

There is also a sports talk show, a show featuring a psychologist, and more recently, an all-night talk show. The expected changeover will merely complete the 24-hour cycle.

The End of an Era

Two former WABC disc jockeys differed widely yesterday in their interpretations of the station's plan.

"It's the end of an era," said Bruce Morrow. "I'm sick." At WABC during the 1960's and early 1970's, as Cousin Brucie, Mr. Morrow was one of the best known disc Jockeys in the nation.

He dates WABC's decline from the early 1970's, when anonymous programming executives replaced the disc jockey, who had proved to be all too susceptible to record-company bribes. The programmers, using computers, determined the most popular songs in the country, called them the Top 40 and played them over and over. In fact, there were rarely more than 18 songs in the Top 40.

"It was music by computer," Mr. Morrow said. "I knew then it was the beginning of the end."

Mr. Morrow now owns four radio stations in the New York suburbs that play what he insists is a "personalized version of the Top 40."

Cut Down on News

Scott Muni, a WABC disc jockey who is now operations director for WNEW-FM, shed no tears for his former station. "We've actually cut down on news," he said, "to give listeners more music."

"Fragmentation is the name of the game in New York - and any other large city." he added. "And there's nothing wrong with that. Look at all the things you can listen to in New York."

Mr. Hoberman of ABC believes that there will be even further fragmentation within the talk and news format. He cited WOR's formula of established personalities and WMCA's formula of audience call-in shows.

In addition, he disclosed that ABC is about to start a talk show network that will distribute shows, initally from KABC in Los Angeles, all over the country.

"Listeners will be able to call in using an 800 number" he said "It will be talk on a national scale."

(Thanks to Allen Sniffin of musicradio77.com for this article taken from the New York Times on February 23rd, 1982)

Steve M.

02-29-2004, 05:34 PM

On this Leap Day in history. . . .

1968 - The Beatles won the Album of the Year Grammy for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

2000 - Steely Dan's Two Against Nature, their first album of new material in nearly twenty years, was released. So this is the. . .first anniversary of its release?? :D

musicradio77

03-01-2004, 11:14 PM

Today, March 1st, 1976:

It was a big deal when a new Disc Jockey started at WABC. Bob Cruz was probably the last WABC DJ to start working at WABC under that kind of hype. Listen to this clip at:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/cruz76.ram

NOTE: Music and vintage commercials are cut during that aircheck.

(Aircheck courtesy of musicradio77.com)

musicradio77

03-08-2004, 01:47 PM

It was 10 years ago, today. March 8th, 1994:

WMCA former Good Guy, Jack Spector died while actually on the air on Long Island's WHLI. At 11:45 AM, the station went dead air after the song "I'm In the Mood for Love" ended and Jack was found slumped over the control board. He was substituting that day for fellow Good Guy (and WHLI program director) Dean Anthony (who passed away, October 24th, 2003). The following day, CBS-FM in New York and WHLI in Long Island ran tributes to him. It features Harry Harrison, Ed Baer, the late Dean Anthony and Joe O'Brien. The aircheck starts with CBS-FM's tribute followed by WHLI's tribute. You should listen to it at:
http://www.musicradio77.com/wmca/pnm/spectortributes3-9-94.ram

(Aircheck courtesy of musicradio77.com)

musicradio77

03-09-2004, 11:50 AM

Also on this date, March 9th, 1994

CBS-FM and WHLI ran broadcast tributes to the late Jack Spector. Go to the other post and listen to it.

HuntingtonM15

03-16-2004, 06:11 PM

On this date in 1991, seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager were among 10 people who died when their private jet crashed in California just north of the Mexican border. McEntire, who had given a private concert in San Diego for IBM employees the night before, was not on the plane.

musicradio77

03-20-2004, 12:59 AM

One year ago, today.

Harry Harrison says goodbye to CBS-FM for the last time as New York's Morning Mayor. If you like to listen to Harry's last broadcast. Listen to it in 4 parts:

Part 1:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/harrylast3-19-03-1.ram

Part 2:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/harrylast3-19-03-2.ram

Part 3:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/harrylast3-19-03-3.ram

Part 4:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/harrylast3-19-03-4.ram

(Airchecks courtesy of musicradio77.com)

http://musicradio.computer.net/pix03/Harry_10.jpg

Steve M.

03-21-2004, 12:35 AM

Thirty-five years ago today, March 20, John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar. (Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman eight days earlier.)

musicradio77

03-22-2004, 10:54 PM

Let's go all the way back to 49 years ago, today. March 23th, 1955:

Alan Freed was the first Disc Jockey hosted his show on 1010 WINS since Rock & Roll began to fill the airwaves. This is a rare classic. Go to the link and listen to this:
http://www.reelradio.com/lw/index.html#afwins032355

Steve M.

03-25-2004, 12:52 AM

On this day in 1958, March 24, Elvis Presley was drafted. :eek:

Steve M.

03-28-2004, 11:15 PM

On this day in 1969, March 28, Dwight D. Eisenhower died.

What does this have to do with music? Ike's death pushed Janis Joplin off the cover of Time magazine. "He had to die on my week," Janis said of Ike. "My week!"

Oh well. . . .

Steve M.

03-28-2004, 11:21 PM

On this day in 1970, March 28, Joe Cocker and his touring band Mad Dogs and Englishmen, led by Leon Russell and Chris Stainton, played the second of a two-night engagement at New York's fabled Fillmore East. The Easter weekend shows (Easter fell on March 29 in 1970) were recorded, producing the Mad Dogs and Englishmen soundtrack album for the tour documentary film of the same name.

The Mad Dogs and Englishmen concerts were among rock's most exciting shows. :)

musicradio77

03-29-2004, 10:48 PM

30 years ago, this week, 1974:

WWDJ which was the only Top 40 station in Hackensack, New Jersey. Steve Clark doing his last show on the dail at 970. By April 1st, WWDJ which is become an inspirational station. Today, WWDJ will joined by these two stations like WMCA. If you like to listen to this, go to the link and click "Steve Clark and Last Days, 1974". Go to this site:

http://www.reelradio.com/wwdj/index.html#wwdjend

here is the website for two stations, WWDJ and WMCA:

http://www.nycradio.com/

musicradio77

04-02-2004, 10:23 PM

I forgot to go back to yesterday.:eek: It was April 1st, 1984:

As I mentioned before that Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father, Marvin Gaye Sr. in Los Angeles. His most successful hit was "Sexual Healing" along with other big hits including a monster hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "I'll Be Doggone", "What's Going On", "Let's Get It On", "How Sweet It Is", "Got to Give It Up" and others along with Tammi Terrell on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "You're All I Need to Get By", "I Could Built My Whole World Around You" and "Your Precious Love".

musicradio77

04-03-2004, 11:56 PM

This week in history - 1967:

WABC was on strike. If you want to hear the WABC strike that it happened 37 years ago, listen to it at:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/stikebound.ram

Steve M.

04-08-2004, 09:04 AM

On this day in 1920 (April 8), jazz singer Carmen McRae was born. (She died in November 1994.)

Steve M.

04-08-2004, 09:06 AM

Ten years ago today, April 8, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle after having shot himself. He was 27. The grunge revolt collapsed, bland corporate pop took over the charts again, and popular music has sucked ever since. :( :mad:

Steve M.

04-08-2004, 09:13 AM

On this day in 1969 (April 8), the British rock band Family played therir first U.S. gig at New York's Filmore East, opening for Ten Years After. Family frontman Roger Chapman was marking his 27th birthday on this date, but he was hardly in any mood to celebrate it. The gig itself was a disaster; bassist Rick Grech, who was already planning to leave to join Blind Faith, was thoroughly stoned, the rest of the band was in a bad mood, and they were not going down well with the audience. In disgust, Chapman threw his microphone stand, unintentionally hitting Fillmore East impresario Bill Graham. Family never really recovered from this fiasco, as they never were to do any big business in the U.S. . . .or Canada, for that matter. But some North American fans (like me) help keep Family's legacy alive! :)

And yes, Roger Chapman turns 62 today! :)

Steve M.

04-08-2004, 08:33 PM

Happy birthday to Roger Chapman, born April 8, 1942 - 62 years old and still going strong! :)

http://members.aol.com/songforme/photos/chap1.jpg

"Chappo" in 1970, during his days with Family. :cool:

http://www.dmc-music.de/artists/chap/chapman.jpg

Roger Chapman today. :)

http://www.thebluesband.co.uk/images/Rob_with_Roger_Chapman.jpg

A Family reunion! :lol: Chappo with former Family drummer Rob Townsend, now with the Blues Band.

Steve M.

04-09-2004, 10:33 PM

On this day in 1979, April 9, Newark, N.J.'s jazz station WBGO-FM (http://www.wbgo.org) went on the air for the first time. It is the only jazz station in the greater New York City area! :)

Steve M.

04-09-2004, 11:07 PM

On this day in 1865, April 9, Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, ending the U.S. Civil War. General Grant then had the Union army's marching band play "Dixie" as a tribute to and out of respect for the defeated foe. Or maybe he was only being ironic? :rolleyes:

Steve M.

04-10-2004, 05:27 PM

On this day in 1970, April 10, Paul McCartney announced, one week before the release of his first solo album, that the Beatles, the greatest rock and roll band ever, were no more. :(

musicradio77

04-10-2004, 05:39 PM

Paul McCartney was announced that the Beatles were no more.:( That's almost 35 years ago, today in 1970. Also 26 years ago, tomorrow in 1978:

Dan Ingram was in a good mood that afternoon as he debuted the new weekly survey. He has some very good Ingram on liners on this aircheck. Dan does PSA for not using drugs during the late 70's.:eek: When disco came along, the advent of FM is becoming real by now.:rolleyes: If you want to listen to it, here it is:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ing4-11-78.ram

Steve M.

04-11-2004, 02:06 PM

On this day in 1969, April 11, the Beatles issued "Get Back," backed with "Don't Let Me Down," in Britain, the first commerically available recording from the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. It was techincally not a "Beatles" single; it was credited to "The Beatles With Billy Preston." :)

Steve M.

04-13-2004, 09:30 AM

Two classical music anniversaries today, April 13;

1742: Handel's "Messiah" was first performed publicly in Dublin, Ireland.

1958: Van Cliburn became the first American to win the Tchaikovsky International Piano Contest in Moscow.

Steve M.

04-14-2004, 11:02 PM

On this day in 1969, April 14, John Lennon and Paul McCartney got together to record the Beatles single "The Ballad of John and Yoko." (Ringo was away filming a movie, and George was busy.) The song, documenting John and Yoko's honeymoon, was perfected in eleven takes. :)

Steve M.

04-16-2004, 11:23 PM

On this day forty years ago (April 16, 1964), the Beatles recorded the title song to A Hard Day's Night in nine takes. Nine was John Lennon's lucky number - which makes sense, as "A Hard Day's Night" - the single, the album, the movie - were all big hits! :) :D

musicradio77

04-17-2004, 09:13 PM

39 years ago this weekend in 1965:

WINS was one of New York's premier Top 40 radio stations from 1957 until 1965. On April 19th, WINS became an all news station and remains so to this day. If you want to listen to this montage, here is the link:
http://musicradio.computer.net/other/winsapril65.ram

Steve M.

04-21-2004, 09:30 AM

On this day in 1977, April 21, the musical "Annie premiered on Broadway. :)

musicradio77

04-21-2004, 09:17 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
On this day in 1977, April 21, the musical "Annie premiered on Broadway. :)

The movie came out 5 years later in 1982. I have the original Broadway cast on a record.:) The song "Tomorrow" was used during the Super Bowl commercial with the NFL players and coaches sang that rendition. Thanks to the NFL Network.:)

musicradio77

04-25-2004, 12:07 AM

Oops! I forgot to go back to April 15th of 1962.:eek::

The Osmonds making their first appearances in the episode called "Disneyland After Dark" as seen from the original "Wonderful World of Disney". During that show, Andy Williams' dad, Jay Williams saw that episode that he wanted to have a phone call from the Osmonds Family that they will be going to appear on "The Andy Williams Show".:) By December of 1962, The Osmonds making their TV debut on the "Andy Williams Show".

musicradio77

04-27-2004, 09:37 PM

WABC was in ratings trouble_at least by its own standard of always being #1. FM had been endoring the AM music audience for several years but it was the disco fad that pushed the radio station ahead of WABC. The FM station that accomplished it was WKTU (92.3 later moved the dial to 103.5 in 1995). "Disco 92" was an overnight sensation and WABC took it hard. There was a great deal of debate about what to do but the sales department was not happy trying to sell the station now it wasn't on top. Against the wishes of programming staff, the station was shifted towards disco in a bit of knee jerk reaction to the ratings. That's what WABC did played disco which it struggled in the ratings against FM's KTU. To hear this, go to this link:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ing79.ram

(Airchecks courtesy of musicradio77.com)

musicradio77

04-28-2004, 09:19 PM

Ron Lundy ending his show before Dan Ingram joins the show on WABC that the temperature was 66 WABC degrees and it wasn't. The station was trying to make fun of WNBC, another radio station in New York City. Here is that moment.
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ing4-28-79.ram

(Airchecks courtesy of musicradio77.com)

Steve M.

05-01-2004, 10:49 PM

On this day in history (May 1):

1786: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro was performed for the first time in Vienna.

1967: Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu. (They divorced six years later.)

Steve M.

05-05-2004, 08:51 PM

On this day in 1969, May 5, Capitol released the Beatles single "Get back," coupled with "Don't Let Me Down," in the United States. It was the first Beatles single to be released in America in stereo. (The "Get Back" single had been released a month earlier in Britain, but in mono.) As with the British pressing, the U.S. pressing gave extra credit to Billy Preston. :)

musicradio77

05-07-2004, 10:25 PM

It was on this date, May 7th, 1982:

With WABC was winding down to talk radio 3 days later, Dan Ingram hosted his final afternoon show while Ron Lundy does his final show first. When Dan did his last show, he plays some of his favorite music from 21 years at WABC. That was 21 years before CBS-FM does his final weekend Dan Ingram show from June 30th of 2003. I missed Dan Ingram since it was on CBS-FM for 13 years and over 40+ years in NY radio.:( Here is the final Dan Ingram show on WABC. The aircheck opens with Herb Oscar Anderson's theme "Hello Again" the song became an anthem (when Herb Oscar Anderson joined "The Music of Your Life" radio network last year, he played the same theme song.)
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ing5-7-82.ram

(Aircheck courtesy of Jonathan Wolfert of JAM Creative Productions and musicradio77.com)

musicradio77

05-09-2004, 11:57 PM

On this date in 1982:

WABC was almost coming to an end:(, until the next day, Peter Bush did his final all-night music show with phone calls to friends and families are talking about their bygone days at WABC as a music station and plays a few Beatles music and a whole bunch of stuff. And at the end, Peter Bush says their final words and goodbyes and he was saying that "Tomorrow, Dan Ingram & Ron Lundy doing his final show on WABC".

musicradio77

05-10-2004, 07:22 PM

It was on this date, May 10th, 1982:

WABC was over as Dan Ingram and Ron Lundy does his final show. They played some music from over the years and then Dan Ingram and Ron Lundy discussed about WABC through the years from 1961 to 1977. Before the end of the show, they played a special 36-minute WABC music montage featuring snippets and jingles from all of the years from 1955 to 1982. The show ends with special thank yous and finally, the last record played on WABC was the by John Lennon called "Imagine". It was the end of an era for Top 40 AM radio.:( WABC talkradio had arrived that afternoon. The first talk radio show on WABC after the format switch was the "Art Athens Show" with Dan Ingram and Ron Lundy. Listen in its entirety, the last show on WABC as a Top 40 station (music was edited out during that aircheck):
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/inglun5-10-82.ram

The special WABC music montage can be heard here:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/lastmed.ram

That same day that WNEW-FM ran a special 2-hour documentry with Scott Muni called "A Tribute to Musicradio WABC". It can be heard in 3 parts:

Part 1:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/WNEW1.ram

Part 2:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/WNEW2.ram

Part 3:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/WNEW3.ram

(Airchecks courtesy of musicradio77.com and Jonathan Wolfert of JAM Creative Productions.)

Steve M.

05-11-2004, 08:40 PM

On this day in 1981, May 11, reggae star Bob Marley died in Miami of lung cancer.

http://www.bobgruen.com/files/asst/C-44%20BOB%20MARLEY.jpg

Bob Marley (1945-1981)

Marleys death followed those of John Lennon in late 1980 and Harry Chapin in early 1981. Three socially and politically concsious musicians had been laid to rest within six months. :(

vashti1999

05-16-2004, 12:30 AM

"When Doves Cry" is released as the first single from the album and movie Purple Rain. Warner Brothers was initially hesitant to release the song, arguing that it was too different from the usual pop fare. Despite the apprehension, listeners took hold of "When Doves Cry", making it Warner Brothers' fastest selling single ever upon its' release. Spending five weeks at number one on the pop charts and eight weeks atop the r 'n b charts, "When Doves Cry" ended up as 1984's top selling single.

vashti1999

05-16-2004, 01:54 AM

Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana.
She's the youngest of 9 children born to Joe and Katherine Jackson

Steve M.

05-21-2004, 11:30 PM

On this day in 1892, May 21, the opera "I Pagliacci" was first performed in Milan, Italy.

Also, composer Fats Waller ("Ain't Misbehavin'") was born on this day in 1904.

Steve M.

05-26-2004, 08:40 AM

On this day in 1969, May 26, Crosby, Stills and Nash released their debut album.

http://www.1069thefox.com/Classicartists/csny/1969_crosbystillsandnash.jpg

With their perfect harmonies, personal songwriting, and laid-back vibe, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash founded the blueprint for the LA rock that would dominate the seventies.

Steve M.

05-28-2004, 09:56 PM

On this day in 1969, May 28, Glyn Johns finished mixing and compiling the Beatles album Get Back from the January 1969 Apple Studios sessions. The Beatles rejected it, and Allen Klein wanted a hold on the Get Back tapes altogether so that Apple could find time to turn their TV documentary on the sessions into a movie for theatrical release.

After another Johns-complied Get Back album failed to make the grade in January 1970, Phil Spector was brought in to see what he could do. By then, the album and the movie were both renamed Let it Be.

Steve M.

05-30-2004, 10:45 PM

Two Beatles anniversaries:

On this day in 1968, May 30, the Beatles began sessions for the White Album with eighteen takes of the slow version of "Revolution," "Revolution 1."

Also, on this day in 1969, the Beatles first released "The Ballad Of John and Yoko" in the United Kingdom. It was their last number one single in their home country. (It only got up to number eight in the U.S.)

Steve M.

06-01-2004, 11:12 PM

Two more Beatles anniversaries! :)

On this day in 1967, June 1, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in the U.K. It was released in the U.S. the following day.

Two years later, on June 1, 1969, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Tommy Smothers, Petula Clark, a rabbi, a group of Hari Krishnas, Derek Talyor, Timothy Leary, and a whole bunch of folks John and Yoko probably didn't know from Adam and Eve, got together during the Lennons' Montreal bed-in for peace and recorded "Give Peace a Chance." This was the first single from the Plastic Ono Band, whose lineup consisted of John, Yoko, and whoever happened to be in the room at the time. :lol:

"All we saying is give peace a chance."

(The song was credited to Lennon and McCartney, though Paul did not help John wirte it. John later admitted it deserved a Lennon and Ono credit instead.)

Steve M.

06-06-2004, 04:25 PM

On this day in 1962, June 6, the Beatles appeared at Abbey Road Studios for the first time for a recording test with the Parlophone label of EMI Records. Producer and Parlophone director George Martin didn't find anything particularly distinctive about their brand of rock and roll, and he found them a little antisocial. Martin finally asked them, should they be given a recording contract, if there was anything they didn't like.

"Well, for a start," George Harrison replied, "I don't like your tie!"

Martin and the Beatles broke into hapless laughter; the ice was broken, and they got along fabulously. Martin, whose label was a novelty label with no big stars save Peter Sellers and his fellow Goon Show comedians (Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe), decided to sign them. "I have nothing to lose," he thought to himself.

Later, Martin told other EMI label directors at a meeting that he signed a rock and roll group from Liverpool called the Beatles, and that they'd be hearing a lot from this new group.

Eveyone laughed at the idea of anything significant coming from Parlophone - least of all, a rock and roll group from Liverpool.

Steve M.

06-07-2004, 08:49 PM

On this day in 1969, June 7, the British supergroup Blind Faith - Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker (late of Cream), Steve Winwood (late of Traffic), and Rick Grech (late of Family) - played their only major U.K. gig, a free concert in London's Hyde Park. Afraid that Blind Faith would be seen as a reincarnation of Cream, Clapton was pleased when a fan at the lip of the stage yelled out, "It's not Cream, Eric, it's Blind Faith. Play what you like!" :)

MonarC

06-11-2004, 04:05 PM

Hi Steve :wave:

It's really cool how you have keept up with this topic. :D

musicradio77

06-11-2004, 09:20 PM

Today 6/11/99, Hudson Valley's radio station, WBPM switched its format from all-hit music station, B-94 to Rhythm 94.3 playing classic jamming oldies by the Four Tops, Freddie Jackson, Michael Jackson, The Temptations, Donna Summer, Issac Hayes, The Jackson 5, The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Billy Preston, Earth Wind & Fire and Chic. That station lasted until late 2001 until they switched it again to Cool 94.3 for classic oldies and then to country music as Kicks 94.3 last year with a new call letters, WKXP. WBPM moved its 94.3 frequency to 92.9 about a year later where they play oldies (fromerly WRKW as a classic rock station known as 92.9 Rock).

Steve M.

06-11-2004, 09:35 PM

Originally posted by MonarC
Hi Steve :wave:

It's really cool how you have kept up with this topic. :D

Thanks, MonarC! :wave: :)

Regarding Blind Faith, by the way - there's a really cool picture of the band from the Hyde Park show, but I couldn't find it on the Web. :(

Steve M.

06-21-2004, 10:14 PM

On this day in 1966, June 21, the Beatles concluded the recording sessions for Revolver by recording "She Said She Said," inspired by a comment Peter Fonda made while talking to John and George while the three of them were on acid in LA - "I know what it's like to be dead." (John changed the gender of the protagonist when he wrote the song. "The guitars [on "She Said She Said"] are great on it," he said in 1980.)

Final mixing for Revolver was completed the following day.

Steve M.

06-24-2004, 10:18 PM

On this day in 1966, June 24, the Beatles began the first of their two last tours. The first one concentrated on Germany and East Asia; it was on June 24 that the Beatles played Munich. With Revolver completed and being prepared for an August release, the Beatles would not return to the recording studio for another five months.

Meanwhile, Beatles producer George Martin decided to take advantage of the free time he suddenly had. It was also on June 24, 1966 that he married his secretary, Judy Lockhart-Smith, making today their thirty-eighth wedding anniversary. Hope George didn't forget! :lol:

Steve M.

06-25-2004, 09:23 PM

On this day in 1967, June 25, the Beatles premiered their song "All You Need Is Love" on the international television broadcast "Our World." :)

Steve M.

06-27-2004, 09:20 PM

On this day in 1970, June 27, Family played the Kralingen Festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Their performance, featuring one of the dirtiest, nastiest versions of their signature song "Drowned In Wine" ever conceived, was used in the Kralingen documentary movie Stomping Ground.

:guitar: :rock:

Steve M.

06-29-2004, 10:23 PM

On this day in 1968, June 29, Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull headlined the first free rock concert at London's Hyde Park. :guitar: :rock:

musicradio77

06-30-2004, 07:51 PM

I forgot to say that 1 year ago, today, Dan Ingram, one of the great DJ's on WCBS-FM announced that he was retired. After more than 40 years since he started on WABC and then to WCBS-FM in 1991, he had enough.:) He was on that FM station for 12 years. Dan Ingram made his guest host on WABC's Post-Rewound Special last month. Here is the clip at:
http://musicradio.computer.net/images/rewoundtalk5-26-03.ram

Steve M.

07-01-2004, 09:35 PM

On this day in 1980, July 1 - Canada Day - "O Canada" became that country's official national anthem, replacing "God Save the Queen." It was only the latest step in Canada's severing of constitutional ties with Great Britain. And it's a nicer song than "The Star-Spangled Banner" (which is too hard to sing!).

musicradio77

07-03-2004, 04:29 PM

On this date, July 3rd, 1961. Dan Ingram went to WABC in New York to go on the air and began playing Top 40 music. Dan Ingram has been on WABC radio for 31 years until the station went to talk in 1982. Sadly, Dan Ingram left CBS-FM last year after 12 years playing oldies.:(

Steve M.

07-03-2004, 09:05 PM

Although patriotic Broadway songwriter/performer George M. Cohan declared in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" that he was "a real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, born on the Fourth of July," it was actually on this day in 1878, July 3, that Cohan was born. Close enough! :lol: Cohan's other songs include "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "Give My Regards to Broadway." :)

It was also on this day in 1971 that Jim Morrison died in Paris.

musicradio77

07-04-2004, 01:23 AM

On this date, the 4th of July, 1900. Louis Armstrong was born.

Steve M.

07-06-2004, 07:29 AM

How could I have forgotten this?

On yesterday's date in 1954 - July 5 - Elvis Presley, accompanied by bassist Bill Black and guitarist Scotty Moore, recorded Arthur Crudup's blues tune "That's All Right, Mama" with a fast country-and-western spin at Sun Records in Memphis. "That's different," Sun Records founder Sam Phillips said when they played it back. "That's a pop song now."

Rock and roll was "born." ;)

Cactus Jack

07-06-2004, 07:31 AM

Originally posted by Steve M.
How could I have forgotten this?

On yesterday's date in 1954 - July 5 - Elvis Presley, accompanied by bassist Bill Black and guitarist Scotty Moore, recorded Arthur Crudup's blues tune "That's All Right, Mama" with a fast country-and-western spin at Sun Records in Memphis. "That's different," Sun Records founder Sam Phillips said when they played it back. "That's a pop song now."

Rock and roll was "born." ;) :rock: Elvis rocks! Yup rock was born!

musicradio77

07-06-2004, 10:19 PM

Originally posted by "Weird" Jack Wilso-vic
:rock: Elvis rocks! Yup rock was born!

I was pointing it out that this is the 50th anniversary of Elvis' first release on Sun Records. "That's All Right, Mama" was the first single that hit the charts back in 1954.:)

Steve M.

07-10-2004, 11:46 PM

Twenty-five years ago today, July 10, 1979, Boston Pops Orchestra conductor Arthur Fiedler died at 84. :(

musicradio77

07-10-2004, 11:50 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
Twenty-five years ago today, July 10, 1979, Boston Pops Orchestra conductor Arthur Fiedler died at 84. :(

I was just a baby since Arthur Fideler died. He made a lot of classical albums for RCA's Red Seal label over the years.

vashti1999

07-13-2004, 04:05 PM

The year was 1985. The event was the Live Aid concert for African famine relief. The place was Philadelphia, PA and it was also, London, England. Electrifying performances from Philly’s JFK Stadium, London’s Wembley Stadium and other venues were telecast world-wide. The all-day and much-of-the-night concert featured some of the biggest names in rock music including Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Madonna, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney. The audience was equally as big - 162,000 attended the concert and another 1.5 billion viewed it on TV.

Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof organized the Live Aid concert, gathering the big name stars, all of whom performed without pay.

Live Aid ran for some sixteen hours and raised over $100 million.

Steve M.

07-13-2004, 09:49 PM

Why isn't Live Aid remembered as fondly as Woodstock, Monterrey, the three Isle of Wight festivals, or even Kralingen? Because it was an overblown spectacle that amounted to nothing.

How so? Let's examine the evidence:

The day at the Philadelphia outdoor venue - take it from one who was there - was extremely hot and humid, and the seats were unconfmortable.

The bathrooms were so disorderly and chaotic, it took me forever to use one and so I missed Teddy Pendergrass's appearance, one of the few genuinely emotional experiences of the day.

The sound system was so bad I wouldn't go to another stadium concert for five years.

The money raised to feed Africa's starving people only provided temporary relief for the continent, and no one was encouraged to devote time to fighting hunger for the long haul.

The very cause - being against hunger - was a noncontroversial cause anyone could support without having to be committed to it. Hey, do you know of anyone in favor of hunger? Other than Newt Gingrich?

Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran later looked back on it as a concert that did nothing to help Africa's most fundamental problems. If Simon Le Bon could figure out something wrong with Live Aid, it had to be a crock!

Phil Collins - Phil Collins! - shamelessly grabbed a lot of attention by playing the same two songs at both the Philadelphia and London concerts. Phil Collins?

People who were at Live Aid - like me - don't brag about having been there like Baby Boomers brag about being at Woodstock, even though a lot of these same Boomers never were at Woodstock.

This was not a sociopolitical revolution that helped the world's poor. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: As Gil Scott-Heron noted, the revolution will not be televised. Live Aid was.

musicradio77

07-14-2004, 08:23 PM

Radio station KRIZ signed off the air at midnight.:( No music format has changed but the station went dead air the next morning. If you like to listen to the last hours of KRIZ, here is the link:
http://www.reelradio.com/mh/kriz0778.html#kriz0778

If you listen at the end of the aircheck, you'll hear Chucker Dean talking about a TV station in Phoenix called KOOL-TV, channel 10 in which they have shows like "All in the Family", "Hawaii Five-0", "Kojak", NFL football, "Rondia" and others shows including a movie that you've tuned in at 12:00 AM to watch the rest of the movie "Corbine Williams" with the late Jimmy Stewart. That movie was made in 1952 (I know that TCM will show it soon). The aircheck features the song by Douglass Alan David singing a special song called "Tonight's the Final Night". The song was edited because it was a scoped aircheck.:( The song would probably be a collector's item.

Steve M.

07-19-2004, 09:04 PM

I almost forgot - thirty-six years ago the day before, July 17, 1968, the Beatles's animated movie Yellow Submarine premiered in London. (Its American premiere in New York took place in late November 1968 - just in time for the holiday season! :D )

Steve M.

07-19-2004, 09:09 PM

On this day in 1968, July 19, the British rock band Family, a very popular Leicester band in the British underground scene, released their debut album, Music In a Doll's House, on the U.K. Reprise label.

http://members.aol.com/songforme/albums/dolls.jpg

Produced by Traffic's Dave Mason, Music In a Doll's House is regarded as one of the best rock debut albums ever and is in contention with the Band's Music From Big Pink for the title of best debut album of 1968.

vashti1999

07-22-2004, 04:49 PM

After a serious NYC summer thunderstorm forced an early end to the show the night before, Diana Ross came back to Central Park on a pleasant Friday evening to perform before an estimated half a million people on the Great Lawn, proceeds of the show going to a children's playground located in the park in Diana's name.

Dean Winchester

07-22-2004, 09:14 PM

well, you have to admit that Live Aid's most popular with those in their late 20's and early/mid 30's. To these people, Live Aid is a defining moment for 80's kids. It was filled with the bands who defined the 70's and 80's, much like Woodstock was with the 60's.

When Live Aid comes to DVD next year (apparently the entire show is going to be released as a DVD box set), I might get it, whereas I really couldn't care less about buying Woodstock. The performances by Tina Turner, Madonna, Queen and Led Zeppelin would be worth it alone IMO

Originally posted by Steve M.
Why isn't Live Aid remembered as fondly as Woodstock, Monterrey, the three Isle of Wight festivals, or even Kralingen? Because it was an overblown spectacle that amounted to nothing.

How so? Let's examine the evidence:

The day at the Philadelphia outdoor venue - take it from one who was there - was extremely hot and humid, and the seats were unconfmortable.

The bathrooms were so disorderly and chaotic, it took me forever to use one and so I missed Teddy Pendergrass's appearance, one of the few genuinely emotional experiences of the day.

The sound system was so bad I wouldn't go to another stadium concert for five years.

The money raised to feed Africa's starving people only provided temporary relief for the continent, and no one was encouraged to devote time to fighting hunger for the long haul.

The very cause - being against hunger - was a noncontroversial cause anyone could support without having to be committed to it. Hey, do you know of anyone in favor of hunger? Other than Newt Gingrich?

Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran later looked back on it as a concert that did nothing to help Africa's most fundamental problems. If Simon Le Bon could figure out something wrong with Live Aid, it had to be a crock!

Phil Collins - Phil Collins! - shamelessly grabbed a lot of attention by playing the same two songs at both the Philadelphia and London concerts. Phil Collins?

People who were at Live Aid - like me - don't brag about having been there like Baby Boomers brag about being at Woodstock, even though a lot of these same Boomers never were at Woodstock.

This was not a sociopolitical revolution that helped the world's poor. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: As Gil Scott-Heron noted, the revolution will not be televised. Live Aid was.

vashti1999

07-22-2004, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
When Live Aid comes to DVD next year (apparently the entire show is going to be released as a DVD box set), I might get it, whereas I really couldn't care less about buying Woodstock. The performances by Tina Turner, Madonna, Queen and Led Zeppelin would be worth it alone IMO

I'm considering buying the dvd as well (by the way BuffySlayer, it's coming out November 2). The Tina Turner/Mick Jagger performance is the one that has stuck in my mind all these years.

Dean Winchester

07-22-2004, 09:59 PM

Originally posted by vashti1999
I'm considering buying the dvd as well (by the way BuffySlayer, it's coming out November 2). The Tina Turner/Mick Jagger performance is the one that has stuck in my mind all these years.

will it be a mammoth box set featuring the entire show, or just a "the best of" compilation?

vashti1999

07-22-2004, 10:19 PM

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
will it be a mammoth box set featuring the entire show, or just a "the best of" compilation?

Not mammoth, it'll be four discs. Here's a press release:

Warner Strategic Marketing is pleased to announce that the biggest concert in Rock n' Roll history, Live Aid, will be released on DVD worldwide on November 2nd, 2004. The unforgettable global event, staged in London and Philadelphia on Saturday, 13 July 1985, was watched on television by over 1.5 billion people around the world. These concerts led to pledged donations and royalties of over $140 million towards the devastating famine in Africa.

Billed as The Greatest Show on Earth, Live Aid was described by the world's media as "The Global Jukebox," "The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World" and "The greatest live show ever."

Live Aid was cited as the second most memorable event in two generations and only two weeks ago was defined, in a consumer poll, as the single greatest moment in the 50-year history of rock 'n' roll, beating not only the launch of MTV and Elvis' first record but also topping the poll ahead of the seminal festival of the '60s, Woodstock.

Live Aid, the greatest artists playing the greatest music for the world's poorest people and changing the global political agenda forever.

Live Aid was uniquely staged simultaneously on two continents and features an unbelievable line up of major Rock & Pop acts that took to the stage in July 1985 at London's Wembley and Philadelphia's JFK Stadiums.

Even today, after almost 20 years, the line up of stars put together by Bob Geldof in a matter of months remains both remarkable and unsurpassed. It is a who's who of contemporary music; united in their unequivocal support for Live Aid to prevent mass death for starving people.

The extraordinary line-up includes: U2, Sting, David Bowie, Elton John, George Michael, The Who, Madonna, Queen, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Duran Duran, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath, Spandau Ballet, Dire Straits, Paul Weller, Sade, Paul Young, Adam Ant, The Boomtown Rats, The Cars, Bryan Ferry, Bryan Adams, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Beach Boys, Judas Priest, The Style Council, Simple Minds, Thompson Twins, Nile Rodgers, Hall & Oates, Status Quo, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Howard Jones, Teddy Pendergrass, Alison Moyet, and Kenny Logins.

Since that great day this historic concert footage has remained locked away and the announcement of its imminent DVD release is therefore indeed momentous. Unscrupulous bootleggers have tried to sell the concert on the black market but have been shut down and prosecuted on a number of occasions.

This has forced the Band Aid Trust to seek permission from all the artists to be included in the four-disc Live Aid set, an eventuality that was never anticipated at the time of Live Aid.

Now in time for the 20th anniversary of Live Aid and after 19 years in the vaults, Warner Strategic Marketing will release those unforgettable performances on a Live Aid, 4 DVD package out on November 2, 2004.

Currently in production with the master videotapes and over 10 hours of performances the DVD will be superbly presented and re-mastered in multi-channel surround sound and stereo audio options. Within the set additional gems include the "Food, Trucks & Rock 'n' Roll" documentary (sub-titled in 8 languages) and inspirational Live Aid performances from other parts of the globe.

Live Aid on DVD is the most eagerly anticipated music DVD of the decade.

Dean Winchester

07-22-2004, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by vashti1999
Not mammoth, it'll be four discs. Here's a press release:

Warner Strategic Marketing is pleased to announce that the biggest concert in Rock n' Roll history, Live Aid, will be released on DVD worldwide on November 2nd, 2004. The unforgettable global event, staged in London and Philadelphia on Saturday, 13 July 1985, was watched on television by over 1.5 billion people around the world. These concerts led to pledged donations and royalties of over $140 million towards the devastating famine in Africa.

Billed as The Greatest Show on Earth, Live Aid was described by the world's media as "The Global Jukebox," "The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World" and "The greatest live show ever."

Live Aid was cited as the second most memorable event in two generations and only two weeks ago was defined, in a consumer poll, as the single greatest moment in the 50-year history of rock 'n' roll, beating not only the launch of MTV and Elvis' first record but also topping the poll ahead of the seminal festival of the '60s, Woodstock.

Live Aid, the greatest artists playing the greatest music for the world's poorest people and changing the global political agenda forever.

Live Aid was uniquely staged simultaneously on two continents and features an unbelievable line up of major Rock & Pop acts that took to the stage in July 1985 at London's Wembley and Philadelphia's JFK Stadiums.

Even today, after almost 20 years, the line up of stars put together by Bob Geldof in a matter of months remains both remarkable and unsurpassed. It is a who's who of contemporary music; united in their unequivocal support for Live Aid to prevent mass death for starving people.

The extraordinary line-up includes: U2, Sting, David Bowie, Elton John, George Michael, The Who, Madonna, Queen, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Duran Duran, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath, Spandau Ballet, Dire Straits, Paul Weller, Sade, Paul Young, Adam Ant, The Boomtown Rats, The Cars, Bryan Ferry, Bryan Adams, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Beach Boys, Judas Priest, The Style Council, Simple Minds, Thompson Twins, Nile Rodgers, Hall & Oates, Status Quo, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Howard Jones, Teddy Pendergrass, Alison Moyet, and Kenny Logins.

Since that great day this historic concert footage has remained locked away and the announcement of its imminent DVD release is therefore indeed momentous. Unscrupulous bootleggers have tried to sell the concert on the black market but have been shut down and prosecuted on a number of occasions.

This has forced the Band Aid Trust to seek permission from all the artists to be included in the four-disc Live Aid set, an eventuality that was never anticipated at the time of Live Aid.

Now in time for the 20th anniversary of Live Aid and after 19 years in the vaults, Warner Strategic Marketing will release those unforgettable performances on a Live Aid, 4 DVD package out on November 2, 2004.

Currently in production with the master videotapes and over 10 hours of performances the DVD will be superbly presented and re-mastered in multi-channel surround sound and stereo audio options. Within the set additional gems include the "Food, Trucks & Rock 'n' Roll" documentary (sub-titled in 8 languages) and inspirational Live Aid performances from other parts of the globe.

Live Aid on DVD is the most eagerly anticipated music DVD of the decade.

oh ok, that kicks ass. I was just dreading it'd be a lame single disc "the very best performances" disc, but 10 hrs and 4 discs sounds worth it to me

Steve M.

07-22-2004, 11:27 PM

On this day (July 22) in 1972, the year of country rock, Asylum Records released the Eagles's self-titled debut LP. Although the Eagles were immediately dismissed by the pop press as a bland retread of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, this album spawned three major hit singles - "Take It Easy," "Witchy Woman," and "Peaceful Easy Feeling."

Also, today is Don Henley's birthday - he's 57 today. :)

Steve M.

07-30-2004, 08:29 AM

Oops, I almost forgot. . . :o

Thirty years ago yesterday - July 29, 1974 - British rocker Steve Harley's backing band, Cockney Rebel, resigned en masse. Was Steve deterred? Not at all. he got himself a new Cockney Rebel band - including future Rod Stewart guitarist Jim Cregan - and recorded the single "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)," a Beatlesque tune that made it to number one in the U.K. in 1975. :)

Dean Winchester

07-30-2004, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
Oops, I almost forgot. . . :o

Thirty years ago yesterday - July 29, 1974 - British rocker Steve Harley's backing band, Cockney Rebel, resigned en masse. Was Steve deterred? Not at all. he got himself a new Cockney Rebel band - including future Rod Stewart guitarist Jim Cregan - and recorded the single "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)," a Beatlesque tune that made it to number one in the U.K. in 1975. :)

oh ok.. I only knew the song from the Erasure remake from last year, so I finally know who sang the original.

Steve M.

07-30-2004, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
oh ok.. I only knew the song from the Erasure remake from last year, so I finally know who sang the original.

I didn't even know someone remade it! :) :wave:

P.S. On this day in 1792, July 30, the French national anthem "La Marsiellaise" - the only national anthem more arrogant than "The Star-Spangled Banner" - was performed for the first time.

Steve M.

08-01-2004, 09:23 PM

On this day in 1981, August 1, MTV went on the air, changing the course of popular music for worse or for even worse.

The first video MTV played was the promotional clip for "VIdeo Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. (Actually, Clear Channel killed the radio star, but that's another thread.)

musicradio77

08-02-2004, 09:24 PM

It's 8 minutes after 6 AM, August the 2nd, 1983. (ringing of phone) Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, radio station WHTZ signs on the air. WHTZ is owned and operated by Malrite Communications and broadcast a frequency of 100.3 Mhz. WHTZ is licensed to the city of Newark, N.J., the studios and offices in Seacacus, N.J., transmitting tower and transmitter located in West Orange, N.J. Signing on the air. This is WHTZ, Newark (BOOM!!!) It's time to wake up!

On this date, August 2nd, 1983. Z100 made its debut. Scott Shannon was announced at appoxmately 6:08 AM and then the first song that was played was "The Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor, the song was also featured in the movie "Rocky 3". Z100 was born, and it became the FM first Top-40 radio station in New York City. The station made its debut a year after Musicradio WABC ended its Top 40 legend in 1982. Today, Z100 continued to become a Top-40 radio station in FM history. If you want to listen to this aircheck of the first day of Z100 as a Top-40 station, here it is!
http://home.att.net/~tomasheski5/z100FIRSTDAY1.wav

Steve M.

08-02-2004, 09:35 PM

On this day in 1921, August 2, opera singer Enrico Caruso died in Naples, Italy. :(

Steve M.

08-05-2004, 10:08 PM

On this date in 1957, August 5, "American Bandstand," hosted by perpetual teenager Dick Clark, premiered on Philadelphia's ABC-TV affiliate. (Moving to LA later on, it lasted until 1985.)

On this date in 1966, the Beatles released Revolver in the United Kingdom. (It was released in the United States - albeit with three fewer songs that had already appeared on an American album - three days later.)

musicradio77

08-07-2004, 08:03 PM

For those of you who love Cousin Brucie, he left WABC 30 years ago today in 1974 before he made the move to WNBC until 1977. If you like to listen to his last show click here to listen (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/Morrow8-7-74lastshow.ram).

(Aircheck courtesy of musicradio77.com)

Steve M.

08-08-2004, 09:08 PM

On August 8, 1974, thirty years ago today, President Richard Nixon, brought down by Watergate, announced that he would resign the Presidency effective at noon the following day. At a concert on the 1974 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young reunion tour, an elated Stephen Stills announced the resignation to an equally elated audience, and CSNY played "Ohio."

Steve M.

08-12-2004, 08:43 PM

On this day in 1966, August 12, the Beatles arrived in Chicago to begin their last tour, a seventeen-day gig in the United States and Canada. At a press conference that afternoon, John Lennon explained his six-month-old quote about the Beatles being "more popular than Jesus Christ now," which went unnoticed in Great Britain but aroused a wave of hateful anti-Beatles hysteria throughout the American Bible Belt. "I'm not anti-God or anti-Christ or anti-religion," Lennon insisted. "I wasn't knocking it. I wasn't saying we were greater or better."

The tour went ahead as planned and, apart from a firecracker exploding in the sudience at a Memphis concert, went without a hitch.

Steve M.

08-15-2004, 07:18 PM

On this day in 1969, August 15, the Woodstock Art (what art?)and Music Fair opened on a field owned by farmer Max Yasgur in Bethel, New York. During the three-day concert, Yasgur told the young audience, "You have proven to the world that you could come here for three days of fun and music and have nothing but three days of fun and music!"

musicradio77

08-15-2004, 09:10 PM

I forgot to go back to 27 years ago this past thursday, August 12th, 1977 I perhaps. We mentioned about Bruce Morrow (aka Cousin Brucie). But on August the 12th, 1977, Cousin Brucie did his very last show on WNBC like the way WABC did that since 1974. It was a very sad one.:( You might listen to it besure to click here for a complete description (http://www.reelradio.com/dc/index.html#cbwnbc77) and also click here to hear his last show on WNBC.

Dean Winchester

08-16-2004, 03:16 PM

on this day in 1958, Steve's favorite singer was born

:D

vashti1999

08-16-2004, 04:02 PM

Yep, I think I heard something about Steve M. hosting a "Madonnathon"

musicradio77

08-16-2004, 07:07 PM

Elvis Presley died. He was 42 years old.:(

Steve M.

08-16-2004, 08:39 PM

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
on this day in 1958, Steve's favorite singer was born

:D

YOU KEEP QUIET!

:p

Steve M.

08-16-2004, 08:42 PM

Originally posted by vashti1999
Yep, I think I heard something about Steve M. hosting a "Madonnathon"

AND THAT GOES DOUBLE FOR YOU!!

:mad:

Steve M.

08-16-2004, 08:49 PM

Now where were we? :D

Oh, yeah. . . .

On this day in 1962, August 16, Pete best was fired as the Beatles's drummer and replaced by one Richard Starkey, better known today as Ringo Starr. So how did John, Paul and George break the news to Pete? They didn't; they made Brian Epstein do their dirty work for him! :eek:

Dean Winchester

08-16-2004, 09:12 PM

today a female artist celebrates her birthday

one of the most controversial celebraties of our time
she is beloved by many and hated by many also
her last album didn't sell very well but she is still famous
she is outspoken about her children
definately a true icon of the 80's and 90's

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHIE LEE GIFFORD!!!
wait, who else did you think? lol

Steve M.

08-16-2004, 09:18 PM

Also, on this day in 1968, August 16, the Beatles began recording George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."

vashti1999

08-18-2004, 01:39 PM

1997 - The Rolling Stones launched their Bridges to Babylon album/tour package with a news conference -- and a full production number -- under the Brooklyn Bridge. Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood and Keith Richards cruised in from Manhattan in a cherry-red 1955 Cadillac convertible with a police escort leading the way.

Steve M.

08-21-2004, 04:01 PM

One hundred years ago today, August 21, 1904, Count Basie was born in Red Bank, N.J. :)

Steve M.

08-23-2004, 10:20 PM

On this day in history, August 23, Who drummer Keith Moon was born.

Also, on this day in 1960, Broadway composer Oscar Hammerstein II died in Doylestown, Pa.

Steve M.

08-24-2004, 06:44 PM

On this date in music history, August 24:

1968 - Family played their first Hyde Park concert in London. (They would open for the Rolling Stones at their Hyde park gig a year later.)

1972 - Neil Diamond performed at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and recorded his show for a live album. Because the concert was on an August evening, and because Diamond's song "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" (which he performed at this concert) began with the line "Hot August night. . .", the album was called. . . Hot August Night.

http://www.chaosmusic.com/product_images/642273.jpg

Critics - even those who don't like Neil Diamond much (i.e., most of them) - agree that Hot August Night is one of the better live albums of the early seventies.

BowWowsBaby

08-25-2004, 11:22 AM

on this day in 2001, Aaliyah passed away in a plane crash in the Carribean :(

Steve M.

08-25-2004, 08:44 PM

On this day in 1970, August 25, Elton John played his first American show at the Troubadour Club in Los Angeles. His gig wasn't going well at first; after a couple of ballads, the clubgoers were talking to each other over their drinks and treating Elton's music like background noise. Then as Elton started performing "Burn Down the Mission," his temper snapped and he yelled, "Right! If you won't listen, you'll bloody well listen to this." He kicked away his piano stool and started banging on the piano like Jerry Lee Lewis.

Elton got the audience's attention. He gave a fiery performance of "Burn Down the Mission" that had the normally reserved Troubadour patrons applauding and cheering and yelling for more. Elton gave them more - and performed the show of his life. His new album flew off the racks in California's record stores as a result. Los Angeles Times rock critic Robert Hilburn proclaimed Elton the "New Messiah."

A star was born. :) :rock:

musicradio77

08-26-2004, 09:14 PM

I forgot to go back to yesterday since my internet was not working. It was on that date, August 25th 2002. Don K. Reed did his final show on CBS-FM as Don played the traditional 50's music on the "Doo-Wop Shop", a show features a whole bunch of 50's doo-wop harmonies like the Moonglows, the Flamingos, Dion & the Belmonts, the Chantels, the Harptones and a whole lot more including phone calls from the group talk about the memories of the show and ended the show with Don wishes thank yous and goodbyes and played the very last record after 26 years was "Memories of Days Gone By" by the Five Satins. The "Doo-Wop Shop" on CBS-FM was over. And it was a very sad one.:(

Steve M.

08-26-2004, 09:26 PM

On this day in 1970, August 26, the third annual - and final - Isle of Wight festival commenced in England. :rock:

Steve M.

08-28-2004, 10:47 AM

I almost forgot this one. . .

Thirty-seven years ago yesterday - August 27 - Beatles manager Brian Epstein was found dead in his house from an overdose of sleeping pills. :(

Steve M.

08-28-2004, 10:52 AM

The third Isle of Wight festival included performances from Jimi Hendrix (his last) the Doors (Jim Morrison's last U.K. appearance), Joni Mitchell, Rory Gallagher's band Taste, and. . . Family. ;)

On this day in 1970, August 28, Family played their stint at the '70 Isle Of Wight festival and offered a nasty, violent, ferocious version of their death-rock song "The Weaver's Answer" that brought the house down. . .or would have if the concert had been held indoors! :lol:

:guitar: :rock:

vashti1999

08-29-2004, 12:12 AM

Before he was Wacko Jacko, before sleeping in hyperbaric chambers and owning a monkey named Bubbles, before living in an amusement park and wanting the elephant man's bones, before alledgely molesting children and dangling babies, before his skin turned blank, he was born Michael Jackson, 46 years ago today in Gary Indiana. Happy birthday, weirdo. :)

musicradio77

08-29-2004, 01:05 AM

I LOVE MICHAEL JACKSON!!! :yippee:

musicradio77

08-29-2004, 01:10 AM

The Beatles performed their last US concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It was a very sad one.:( There will be no more Beatles concerts for the rest of their life after 4 years of performing on stage.

musicradio77

08-29-2004, 01:20 AM

Disney's musical triumph "Mary Poppins" was released in theatres nationwide. They had a world premiere two days before the released. It stars Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Karen Dotrice, Ed Wynn and David Tomlinson. The soundtrack album was a massive success. It has a couple of songs from the film like "A Spoonful of Sugar", "Jolly Holiday", "Step in Time", "Feed the Birds", "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and the most popular song from the film "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". The film had given 13 nominations and won 5 Oscars and it become the most popular Disney film ever to date.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000026WE4.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Steve M.

08-30-2004, 09:27 PM

I almost forgot another August 29 anniversary. . . .

On August 29, 1970, the Who played on the last night of the last Isle of Wight festival. :)

Full House - Thanks for posting the Beatles anniversary! :cool:

Steve M.

08-30-2004, 09:37 PM

And now, another Beatles anniversary for today! :D

On this day in 1968, August 30, the Beatles released their first record on their Apple label - "Hey Jude," backed with "Revolution" - in the United Kingdom. The former song was a hopeful ballad offering advice to a friend, while the latter reflected the chaos of the times - political assassinations, the Mexico City Olympics, the Paris and Chicago riots, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. . . . As always, the Beatles reflected their age.

"Hey Jude" was released in the United States on August 26, four days earlier than the U.K. issue date. Here, it spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard singles charts, becoming the most commercially successful U.S. Beatles single ever. :cool:

Steve M.

08-31-2004, 10:40 PM

On yesterday's date in 1964, August 30, the Beatles played their only New Jersey concert at Convention Hall in Atlantic City, less than a week after the Democrats nominated President Lyndon Johnson for a full term there. (Several LBJ posters were still hanging in the hall when the Beatles performed.) The Beatles spent August 31 and September 1 at the Lafayette Motor Inn, receiving guests and learning how to play Monopoly. :) :D

Steve M.

09-01-2004, 10:25 PM

On this day in 1932, September 1, New York City mayor Jimmy Walker resigned his office due to a political scandal.

What does this have to do with music? Walker was a songwriter before he became mayor. His best-known song was "Will You Love Me In December as You Do In May," from which the term -"May-December" romance - meaning a romance between a younger man and an older woman or one between a younger woman and an older man -came. :)

Steve M.

09-04-2004, 03:55 PM

On this day in 1962, September 4, the Beatles had their first proper recording session at EMI's Abbey Road Studios for their debut EMI single. They recorded an outside original song, "How Do You Do It," along with one of their own songs - "Love Me Do," with Ringo Starr on drums. The group lobbied successfully for the rejection of "How Do You Do It" as their debut EMI single, but George Martin decided that a remake of "Love Me Do" was in order.

Steve M.

09-05-2004, 08:22 PM

On this day in 1997, September 5, conductor Sir Georg Solti died in France at 84. :(

Steve M.

09-09-2004, 09:34 PM

On this day in 1956, September 9, Elvis Presley played on "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first of three times. A cautious Ed Sullivan only showed Presley from the waist up. :lol:

musicradio77

09-10-2004, 02:13 PM

It was on this very date, September 10th, 2001:

Michael Jackson performed live at Madison Square Garden for its 30th Anniversary Solo Concert. I have the special on video. It was taped the day right before the attack of the World Trade Center came on September 11th, 2001.

I remember I was watching the movie called "Man In the Mirror - The Michael Jackson Story" on VH1 that Michael came to see the manager at the backstage concert what time it is? Michael's manager says "It was 12:00 midnight. September 11th, 2001." And then the next day, Michael Jackson saw news footage of the World Trade Center attack on TV and he was devestating about the tragic events. And his mother says, "It's armeggedon!" and Michael said "What is it?" and she goes "It's the beginning of the end!". That was what had happen since Michael saw the news footage of the World Trade Center attack since I was watching that movie.

Steve M.

09-10-2004, 10:29 PM

On this day in 2000, September 10, the horrid musical Cats closed on Broadway. :dance: :woohoo:

The long-awaited day capped the longest run of any musical in Broadway history - :eek: - but at least we'd be rid of it now and forever. :D

And so now, let us bash Cats! :bash:

musicradio77

09-10-2004, 11:35 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
On this day in 2000, September 10, the horrid musical Cats closed on Broadway. :dance: :woohoo:

The long-awaited day capped the longest run of any musical in Broadway history - :eek: - but at least we'd be rid of it now and forever. :D

And so now, let us bash Cats! :bash:

That was sad.:( "Cats" has been in its initial Broadway run for 18 years. I love the song from the show "Memory". I like the Barbra Streisand's version better. I forgot to go back to yesterday, it was on that date, September 9th, 1974, George Michael, the DJ (not George Michael, the singer) came to WABC in New York City replacing Cousin Brucie. Here is an audio portion of George Michael's 1st Show (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/gmicsep974.ram).

NOTE: Aircheck is scoped (not unscoped). The aircheck starts with the last minutes of Johnny Donovan fills in for Dan Ingram including Dan's closing music "Tri-Fi Drums" by Billy May & his Orchestra.

(Aircheck courtesy of musicradio77.com)

Steve M.

09-11-2004, 10:33 PM

On this day in 1962, September 11, the Beatles recorded "Love Me Do" for the second time at Abbey Road, this time with Andy White on drums. Although both this take and the September 4, 1962, take (with Ringo on drums) both got out, the Andy White take is the definitive take.

Steve M.

09-11-2004, 11:00 PM

Thirty-nine years to the day after that recording session, Paul McCartney and his finance, Heather Mills, were on an airplane detained on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport, where the Beatles made their entrance into the United States back in 1964. Paul looked out the window and, in the distance, saw the World Trade Center towers ablaze.

http://www.thegully.com/essays/america/nyc/img_nyc/WTC1.jpg

Paul wondered what he could do to help the rescue and recovery effort that would follow. He quickly thought of a benefit concert to help pay for the operations. . . .

Plans for The Concert For New York City were quickly underway.

September 11, 2001 - Never forget. . . .

Steve M.

09-12-2004, 08:36 PM

One year ago today, September 12, 2003, Johnny Cash died of complications from Parkinson's disease. :(

musicradio77

09-12-2004, 09:24 PM

On this date, September 13th, 1999:

Radio station WNEW-FM concludes its broadcast day after 32 years as a progressive rock station since the station started back in 1967.:( The last song that was played was called "The End" by the Beatles, from the album "Abbey Road". The station had changed its format to a talk format. That lasted until 2003 before station changed again to Blink 102.7. That station also lasted more than 6 months until they made the change again to a Christmas format which lasted through the holidays and then, the station had changed once again to Mix 102.7 FM playing the best music ever. In May, the station shifted its format from AC to a classic dance station which it plays more rhythmic, featuring many of its great artists like Donna Summer, Barry White, Ricky Martin, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and even today's artists like Beyonce and some many artists of today.

Steve M.

09-13-2004, 08:21 PM

Originally posted by Full House
On this date, tomorrow, September 13th, 1999:

Radio station WNEW-FM concludes its broadcast day after 32 years as a progressive rock station since the station started back in 1967.:( The last song that was played was called "The End" by the Beatles, from the album "Abbey Road". The station had changed its format to a talk format. That lasted until 2003 before station changed again to Blink 102.7. That station also lasted more than 6 months until they made the change again to a Christmas format which lasted through the holidays and then, the station had changed once again to Mix 102.7 FM playing the best music ever. In May, the station shifted its format from AC to a classic dance station which it plays more rhythmic, featuring many of its great artists like Donna Summer, Barry White, Ricky Martin, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and even today's artists like Beyonce and some many artists of today.

And we shouldn't expect a decent rock station in New York ever again, because New York is, now and until the end of time, a disco town. (Gene Simmons pointed this out. Really.)

musicradio77

09-15-2004, 05:53 PM

I must forgot to go back since I didn't post it for the last two days. It was September 13th also of 1997. Ron Lundy did his last Saturday show on WCBS-FM.:( Here are two parts of his last Saturday show. This is from Allen Sniffen's Musicradio 77 website:

In part 1: CBS-FM DJ Mike Fitzgerald introduces Ron's last Saturday show, Ron comments onhis "handsome" newsman, the special "top-of-the-hour last Saturday" intro, the trademark "Hello Love!" and Ron working his usual magic moving in and out of the songs. Ron is not the sentimental type but he acknowledges that he is leaving and speaks about it.

At WABC Ron had an engineer but at CBS-FM hedid all of his own broadwork. As our favorite WABC engineer Bill Epperhart pointed out, listen to the way he works the songs together.

Here is Part 1 (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ronsat1.ram) of Ron's last Saturday show.

In part 2 of this show:

CBS-FM Program Director Joe McCoy (before Dave Logan took over in 2004) calls Ron on the telephone (and comments about how Ron's retirement was "all over the internet..."), a Cousin Brucie promo and Dan has been doing at the end of Ron's Saturday show for several years now. Ron speaks of his former WABC collegagues as "He" (Dan Ingram) and "Him" (Cousin Brucie).

Ron plays "Everybody's Talkin'" from the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0064665) WABC fans will remember that it was Ron's voice that it was used in that movie when John Voight and Dustin Hoffman arrive in New York and are listening to a transistor radio on the bus. Ron does not specifically mention this here, but this song has special meaning to him for that reason.

Ron has a wonderful one on one connection with his audience. No one on radio is more likeable. He has a very special rhythm which always comes through when he is on the air.

Notice also the Series #27 PAMS jingles made so famous by WABC that are being used on CBS-FM.

This is Part 2 (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ronsat2.ram) of Ron's last Saturday show.

On this date, September 15th, 1997, Ron Lundy did his last four days of CBS-FM before he retires. Here is an aircheck of Monday (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ronmon.ram) show. Tomorrow will have more on Ron Lundy and his final days at CBS-FM.

(Airchecks are all courtesy of musicradio.77.com)

NOTE: All airchecks are scoped

Steve M.

09-15-2004, 09:49 PM

One hundred and ninety years ago yesterday - September 14, 1814 - Francis Scott Key, having watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry near Baltimore, wrote the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" after seeing the U.S. flag still flying after the battle.

Set to the music of an old English drinking song, with the world "free" set to a note too proposterously high for any singer to reach, it quickly becaem a popular patriotic song and was made the national anthem in 1931, angering advocates for "America The Beautiful."

musicradio77

09-16-2004, 05:54 PM

On this date, September 16th, 1997:

Ron Lundy has 2 more days to go before the party is over. That's right! Ron does his Tuesday show on Ron's final week on CBS-FM. You can listen to it here. (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/rontues.ram)

(Aircheck courtesy of musciradio77.com)

musicradio77

09-16-2004, 06:51 PM

Also this same date in 1997, Newsday in NYC has an article about his last days with Ron Lundy. This is what the article says about 8 years ago, today:

RON LUNDY'S DRAWL VANISHES FROM N.Y.
By Peter Goodman

"I DON'T KNOW if anybody has been luckier that I have been in the business," exclaimed Ron Lundy in the sweet Tenneesse drawl with which he's caressed New York's airwaves for 32 years. "I've worked with the best people, I've been in the same places so long, and I love the mail I get. You couldn't ask for better listeners."

But after noon on Thursday, Lundy's cheerful voice won't be heard over WCBS/101.1 FM anymore - or any other radio station, for that matter. That trademark greeting, "Hello Love!!!, This is Ron Lundy in the greatest city in the world," which got a landmark cameo in the 1969 film "Midnight Cowboy" (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0064665) and was worked into Starship's 1985 hit "We Built This City," is going to become history.

Ron Lundy, 63 is about to retire "I don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm not going to work anymore," Lundy said in a phone interview last week from his studio at WCBS. "I've got no plans. I'll just try to get settled on the farm, about 100 miles southeast of Memphis. I'll probably write a book or two."

Memphis is where it all began - the music and Lundy's own career, which just about parallels the life of rock and roll. "It was my music," he recalled. "We started listening to it around 1950, when I was just coming to high school. Guys like Dewey Phillips, all black music, rhythm and blues. There was the W.C. Handy Theater in Memphis. On Friday nights at midnight there was midnight ramble, and all the kids would be there. It would be something, really - Laverne Baker, Ruth Brown, Louis Jordan."

Lundy had no idea he wanted to be a disc jockey, but he got a job as a gofer ("assistant record librarian, maybe not even that") at WHMM in Memphis. One night about two months after he started, a newly hired DJ got his work schedule mixed up and didn't show for the 7 to 11 PM shift, so Lundy was pressed into service. "I was on the air for one night, and this guy station. He heard me on the radio, gave me a call that night and they gave me a job in Greenville [Miss.] the next day."

From WDDT in Greenville, Lundy's path took him to WLCS, Baton Rouge, LA.; WIL, St. Louis; and then to New York - first at WABC from 1965 until it switched from music to talk in 1982, and then at oldies-format WCBS from 1984 until this coming Thursday. (His replacement will be another veteran, Dan Daniel of onetime rival WMCA.)

"I never liked anything the first time I heard it," Lundy asserted. "I'd have to hear it three or four times." Except the Beatles' 'Help!'" At WIL in St. Louis, I played that twenty-five times in the first two hours the afternoon I got it." You can't do that on the radio anymore, what with playlists and formats and fragmented audiences and tremendous competition. "Those were different times, when I was coming up," Lundy said.

And now he's leaving, though he hasn't talked about it on the air. "I don't want to do that till the last day. Hope they haven't got much planned. It's going to be sad enough."

musicradio77

09-17-2004, 10:38 PM

On this date, September 17, 1997:

Ron Lundy is almost right next to the last show on CBS-FM. Here is an aircheck of Ron Lundy's third next to last show. (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ronweds.ram)

Also on this same date, David Hinckley wrote about Ron Lundy and his final show taken from the Daily News:

SAYING "BYE-BYE" TO A LUNDY-FUL WORLD
By David Hinckley

Joe McCoy, program director of WCBS-FM (101.1) suggests "Bye Bye Love" might be appropriate as Ron Lundy's last record as a full-time disc jockey in New York.

But Lundy, who retires tomorrow after 32 years split between WABC and WCBS-FM, says he doesn't know yet just what the last record will be. He does figure that, at some point during his 9 AM-noon shift, he'll play "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones, the first record he played in New York back in 1965.

What he knows for sure is this: By sunset Friday, he'll be down in Mississippi, slapping his feet up on the porch railing "and probably thinking to myself, 'Where are all the disc jockeys?'"

One of the big ones will be gone. Lundy's booming "Hello, Love!!!" is a signature of New York radio, and some of the jocks who have been on the radio alongside him since WABC say it's not just a line.

"What you see is what you get with Ron," says Bruce Morrow. "He's one of the sweetest, gentlest people you'll ever meet. Not having Ron on the air, after all these years, is going to be a strange feeling."

"Ron doesn't know only follow me on the radio, he's my friend," says Harry Harrison. "Years ago, I'd bring my kids in to work and they'd sit on Ron's lap. He's still Uncle Ron to them. He's a super deejay and a super guy."

"Ron's probably my best friend in the whole world," says Dan Ingram. "I'v eknown him since I was the PD [program director] at WIL in St. Louis and I brought him up from Mississippi. Then we were both lucky enough to get to New York.

"Ron's always been an urban kind of Southern guy. I think he enjoyed New York for what he could get out of it, like most people do. But I think he'll be happy to get back down home. I think he'll enjoy the hell out of retirement."

Lundy says he intends to do just that. WCBS-FM, where he started in 1984, "has been the best 13 years of my life. I'm leaving just the way I want to."

(Aircheck courtesy of musicradio77.com)

musicradio77

09-20-2004, 05:56 PM

I must forgot to go back to over the weekend because the internet won't work.:( It was on that date, September 17th, 1997, Ron Lundy says goodbye for the last time on CBS-FM.:( Ron's final show started right before 8:53 AM where Harry Harrison (the DJ who left CBS-FM last year) played a montage of several WABC airchecks followed by a goodbye to Ron. At 9:04 AM, Ron Lundy his final farewell show featuring a segment called "This Is Your Life: Ron Lundy" (a spoof of Ralph Edwards TV classic) narrated by former CBS-FM program director, Joe McCoy and it features Ron doing the voice of "Momma". During the show, Ron called former WABC morning show host and former "Music of Your Life" Sunday afternoon host, Herb Oscar Anderson and then Don K. Reed makes an appearences with Lenny Cocco on the phone. This is Part 1 (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ronlast.ram) of his last show.

On the second part of the show, Ron called former WMCA DJ, Gary Stevens about he got the job at WABC. At 10:02, Ron says "Hello Love!!!" for the last time.:( Ron brought in his special guest, Chuck Leonard (who passed away back in August) discussed about a woman toll collector friend of Chuck's taking Ron's ring off at a tollbooth at the George Washington Bridge.
Ron told Chuck that the song "Don't Be Cruel" was sung by Elvis Presley and Ron yelled "ELVIS!!!", kinda like Dave Seville who his trademark "ALVIN!!!" from the Chipmunks. At 10:17 AM, Dan Ingram played his German hard nosed program director about having a meeting on Monday. That a joke! Ron brought in Dan Ingram to the mix has been on the radio for 37 years. Ron had a phone called by former WABC DJ, George Michael (not George Michael, the singer) by telephone about his "Wile Child" days in St. Louis at WIL. This is part 2 (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ronlast2.ram) of his last show.

On this third part, Ron brought in former program director for CBS-FM, Joe McCoy about starting at CBS-FM, 20 years ago back in 1984. Ron called Jim Kerr at WPLJ, WPIX-FM (not WPIX-TV) and those other ones to wish Ron well for his retirement. as well as Ed Baer. And then former WABC news people Kathleen Maloney stops by. In addition to that, Ron makes a brief appearence by the voice of "Willard", the one who sounded like Donald Duck. Former mayor of NYC, Rudolph Guiliani calls Ron to wish him well. Harry came back with some hugs and goodbyes and then Ron, Hary and Dan discusses about the Beatles and Elvis. He also tells the story about Dan Ingram where he was from his formative years at KBOX in Dallas before Dan moved to St. Louis where he met Ron. Dan Daniel talks about his replacement after taking Ron's place. At 11:22 AM, Cousin Brucie stops by and the studio was filled in with radio and TV people scattered across the way. This is part 3 (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ronlast3.ram) of Ron's last show.

Around this time, Norm N. Nite gave Ron a copy of his book "Rock On Almanac" filled with lots of autographs by celebrities. Jimmy Clanton called in on the phone, one of Ron's best friends. After he finished talking, Jimmy sang a rendition of Dionne Warwick's tune "That's What Friends Are For". At 11:35 AM, Irv Gikofsky (aka Mr. "G") of CBS-FM and WPIX-TV says goodbye along with Bill Brown, Bob Shannon and Bobby Jay. At 11:40 AM, Harry came back for saying goodbye to Ron with his plaque with a picture that was taken since Ron first came to CBS-FM back in 1984. Maura Mason, CBS-FM GM drops by and at 11:55 AM, Ron says goodbye to as many CBS-FM staffers as he can and tells one last story about collect calls to McCoy. Ron Lundy was saying that he'll be back to the Radio Greats Reunion Weekend the following year and Ron thanked to all the listeners who came by for the past years. And finally, at 12:04 PM, Ron Lundy plays the last song by the Everly Brothers called "Bye Bye Love" and played a montage of songs that wished goodbye to Ron Lundy. This is part 4 (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ronlast4.ram) of his final show.

An era had finally come to an end.:( It was the beginning of a new one.

It was also yesterday, September 19th 1997, Dan Daniel arrived at CBS-FM to do his first show since Ron's retirement. You can listen to it here. (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/dandy.ram) Dan stayed at CBS-FM until his final show in 2002. Dan Daniel on CBS-FM lasted about 6 years.

And it was on this date, September 20th 1997, Dan Ingram had started doing his show where he did his announcent saying "Ron Lundy has Left the Building" a parody of "Elvis has left the building." This was the last one you'll ever heard. You can also listen to it here. (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/danhand.ram)

As I said before, Ron's retirement came to TV. Here is a news clip (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ch2.ram) of Ron's retirement. (Courtesy of WCBS, Channel 2)

(Airchecks courtesy of musicradio77.com

NOTE: All airchecks are scoped.

Steve M.

09-20-2004, 08:23 PM

On this day in 1973, September 20, singer-songwriter Jim Croce boarded a small plane in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to fly to the last stop on his 1973 tour. He never made it there; right after the plane took off, it crashed into a grove of trees, killing everyone on board. :(

Steve M.

09-23-2004, 08:48 PM

On yesterday's date (September 22) in 1965, the Who's Roger Datlrey punched Keith Moon during an argument. Pete Townshend decided to forgive Datlrey and let him stay in the band after seriously considering firing him, an action that would have affected rock history in unfathomable ways! :lol: :eek:

Steve M.

09-28-2004, 05:59 PM

On this day in 1991, September 28, jazz legend Miles Davis died. :(

AKA

09-28-2004, 11:01 PM

On this date in 2004, Brian Wilson finally released his legendary SMiLE album after 37 years.

vashti1999

09-28-2004, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by AKA
On this date in 2004, Brian Wilson finally released his legendary SMiLE album after 37 years.

I had a feeling that was what your post was about. :) I was going to ask you how'd you like it, but needless to say, that's a dumb question.

AKA

09-28-2004, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by vashti1999
I had a feeling that was what your post was about. :) I was going to ask you how'd you like it, but needless to say, that's a dumb question. It's absolutely gorgeous. It should be in everyone's collection.

Steve M.

09-30-2004, 08:38 PM

On this day in 1791, September 30, Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiered in Vienna. :)

Steve M.

10-01-2004, 08:34 PM

On this day in 1969, October 1, the Beatles released Abbey Road in the United States. (Abbey Road had been issued in the United Kingdom on September 26, five days earlier.)

http://www.moneyblows.com/My%20Pictures/LPs-beige%20crate/the%20beatles-abbey%20road.jpg

Except for a few recordings made in January 1970 to finish up Let It Be, Abbey Road was the last collection of recordings that the Beatles would ever make together. :(

Abbey Road sold five million copies in the United States, making it their best selling U.S. album ever. George Harrison's "Something," the single from the album, became the Beatles's third-largest selling single in the United States (after "Hey Jude" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand").

musicradio77

10-05-2004, 09:00 PM

Whoops! I forgot to go back 16 years ago. It was September 22nd, 1988. A frequency swap that eventually took place in New York City. First, WYNY 97.1 (also known as "Country 97") moved its dial position to 103.5 and then 103.5 "Hot 103" also moved its dial position down to 97.1. That's why NBC sold it to Emmis Broadcasting while NBC corporate bought by GE from RCA (before the network also purchased by Universal Studios). Emmis is still a broadcasting company who currently owns some stations in New York City like WQHT, WRKS and WQCD. There you go. I found it on that site for "Format Change Archive". If you want to hear the station swaping, click here (http://radio-info.com/airchexx/wyny-swap.ram) to hear what happened.

Steve M.

10-05-2004, 10:01 PM

Eighteen years ago yesterday, October 4, 1986, CBS newsman Dan Rather was accosted by a well-dressed man who subsequently beat him up while repeatedly shouting, "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"

Eight years later, R.E.M. included a song inspired by the incident, "What's The Frequency, Kenneth," on their Monster album. The song was a satire of mass news media, and Dan Rather himself enjoyed the song and hung out with Michael Stipe. He jokingly insisted that the band's name stands for "Rather's Electric Minstrels." (In fact, it was taken from an acronym meaning "rapid eye movement.")

In 1997, the man who beat up Rather - a deranged fellow who harassed famous media personalities because he thought they were involved in some kind of mind-control plot or something - was apprehended.

Steve M.

10-05-2004, 10:05 PM

On this day in 1962, October 5, the Beatles, after two separate recording sessions and two separate drummers, the Beatles finally released "Love Me Do" in Britain. The single sold best in Liverpool - naturally - and rose to number seventeen in the Britiah singles charts. :)

musicradio77

10-06-2004, 08:36 PM

16 years ago, tomorrow. October 7th, 1988. The date which wil live in infamy. That's right! I'm talking about 66 WNBC. The station has been ruled the airwaves for 66 years are finally come to an end.:( It all started with a special looking back at 66 years of WNBC. Reelradio has a section on the first 66 years of a great radio station. Here is the link.

WNBC: The First 66 Years (http://www.reelradio.com/mpf/index.html#wnbc66)

It all started at 12:10 PM until 1:40 PM. It was a spectacular 90-minute documentry about WNBC. Terry Carman wrote about it according to the Reelradio site:

This is an aircheck from the day the music died: "WNBC - The First 66 Years". It was contributed by Peter Kanze who provided the bulk of actualities and airchecks for the special, which is narrated by Dale Parsons. Dale is now in Hawaii, doing consulting, voiceovers and enoying the weather.

I remember sitting in my car, in the rain, listening to Alan Colmes do the final ID. They played the NBC chimes (the musical notes G-E-C, for General Electric Company)... followed by the start of Sports Radio 66 - WFAN.

WNBC started in 1922 as WEAF and then in the 30's and 40's came an era of such radio classics like Burns & Allen, Jack Benny and a bunch of others. After the special documentry came Alan Colmes who did his final show on WNBC featuring the cast of many like Bruce Morrow, Joe McCoy and a bunch of others and finally ended with Alan Colmes saying his last words on WNBC after 66 years. You should listen to it here. This is a sad one.:(

The Last 45 Minutes of WNBC (http://musicradio.computer.net/other/wnbclast10-7-88.ram)

General Electric (who by then owned NBC now owns Universal Studios) decided to sell of its radio properties around the country including Emmis who now owns a couple of NYC stations like WQHT, WRKS and WQCD.

(Airchecks courtesy of musicradio77.com and reelradio.com)

musicradio77

10-09-2004, 02:46 PM

On this date, October 9th, 2004:

After 1 year of hosting his last weekday morning show on CBS-FM, Harry Harrison is back on CBS-FM to do his Saturday morning show. Congratulations!!!

WELCOME BACK, HARRY HARRISON!!!:clap :clap: party: :woohoo:

Steve M.

10-13-2004, 02:12 PM

On this day in 1973, October 13, the British rock band Family played their final concert in their hometown of Leicester, at DeMontfort Hall on the campus of the Leicester Polytechnic (now DeMontfort University).

During the show, Roger Chapman fell off the stage while singing "Burlesque." :lol: And when they performed "The Weaver's Answer" for what would be the last time, drummer Rob Townsend thought to himself, "I'm glad I don't ever have to play that damn song again!" :D

At the after-show party at the Leicester Holiday Inn, people jumped in the pool; those who didn't were pushed in. Food and drink literally flew everywhere. Family indeed went out with a bang!

Steve M.

10-16-2004, 10:28 PM

35 years ago this past Tuesday, October 12:

October 12, 1969. Just another Sunday in Detroit. Suddenly, in the middle of Russ Gibb's radio show on WKNR-FM, an anonymous caller urges Gibb to play cuts from the Beatles's White Album backwards and to listen carfeully to the fadeouts of other Beatles tunes. Gibb thinks he hears "I buried Paul" at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever," and hears "Paul is dead, miss him, miss him" when he plays the end of "I'm So Tired" backwards. The voice uttering "number nine" on "Revolution 9" says "eh neon rebmun" backwards, but it sounds more like "Turn me on, dead man" to Gibb. The piano backing the voice at the beginning of "Revolution 9" takes on an eerie, funereal tone when played in reverse.

Soon, visual "clues" pop up in pictures, showing Paul McCartney in a casket-like trunk, Paul wearing a black lapel flower, Paul sitting behind a sign that says, "I WAS YOU. . . ." :confused:

The "Paul McCartney Is Dead" rumors have begun! :eek:

musicradio77

10-17-2004, 12:14 AM

Originally posted by Steve M.
35 years ago this past Tuesday, October 12:

October 12, 1969. Just another Sunday in Detroit. Suddenly, in the middle of Russ Gibb's radio show on WKNR-FM, an anonymous caller urges Gibb to play cuts from the Beatles's White Album backwards and to listen carfeully to the fadeouts of other Beatles tunes. Gibb thinks he hears "I buried Paul" at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever," and hears "Paul is dead, miss him, miss him" when he plays the end of "I'm So Tired" backwards. The voice uttering "number nine" on "Revolution 9" says "eh neon rebmun" backwards, but it sounds more like "Turn me on, dead man" to Gibb. The piano backing the voice at the beginning of "Revolution 9" takes on an eerie, funereal tone when played in reverse.

Soon, visual "clues" pop up in pictures, showing Paul McCartney in a casket-like trunk, Paul wearing a black lapel flower, Paul sitting behind a sign that says, "I WAS YOU. . . ." :confused:

The "Paul McCartney Is Dead" rumors have begun! :eek:

Tha was 35 years ago this week. I have a few Beatles albums like "Sgt. Pepper", "Magical Mystery Tour", "White Album" and "Abbey Road". I looked at the album covers and I played some of the elements about the Paul McCartney's death rumor. One of my favorite cuts from the "White Album" was "Revolution 9". I played it in reverse since I touched the label with my finger, as I know, I have a turntable and a the "White Album" on vinyl. That's where Paul McCartney's death rumor started 35 years ago this week.

Steve M.

10-19-2004, 06:32 PM

On this day in 1781, October 19, George Washington's Continental Army and the French navy defeated the British at the battle of Yorktown, ending the American Revolution. The musical connection? At the surrender, the Redcoats played the English traditional song "The World Turned Upside Down."

Steve M.

10-20-2004, 12:13 AM

On this day in 2001, October 20, Paul McCartney staged, at New York's Madison Square Garden, the Concert For New York City, benefitting rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site where the Twin Towers had been felled in terror attacks 39 days earlier. McCartney performed last, and David Bowie opened the show, which included perfromances from Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the Who, Melissa Etheridge, Macy Gray, and Five For Fighting, among others. Nonmusical perfromers included Howard Stern and Will Ferrell (as George W. Bush), and short films from Edward Burns, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, and Jerry Seinfeld were screened.

Jim Carrey introduced Macca. Actor Richard Gere got booed for asking for peace, love and understanding, and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), who introduced Seinfeld's film, got booed simply for being herself. ohno:

musicradio77

10-20-2004, 06:57 PM

It was on this date, today, October 21st, 1969, Roby Yonge has left Musicradio WABC. That show lasted about one year because of his remarks about "Paul McCartney is Dead" rumor. Over 30 states had some of its rumors that the death of Paul McCartney was false.ohno: Here is a clip of Roby's last show featuring many of its rumors.

Roby Yonge's Last Show - 1969 (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/robylast.ram)

(Aircheck courtesy of musicradio77.com)

Steve M.

10-22-2004, 11:28 AM

Four score and seven - 87 - years ago yesterday - October 21, 1917 - jazz great John Berks "Dizzy" Gillespie was born. :)

Steve M.

10-22-2004, 05:50 PM

On this day in 1883, October 22, the New York Metropolitan Opera held its grand opening with a performance of Gounod's "Faust."

Steve M.

10-29-2004, 09:00 PM

On this day in 1967, October 29, the hippie musical "Hair" premeired on Broadway - the first Broadway musical to feature a nude scene! :eek:

Steve M.

10-30-2004, 07:51 PM

On this day in 1970, October 30, Elton John released Tumbleweed Connection in the United Kingdom.

http://got.net/~jdobres/tumbleweed.jpg

Tumbleweed Connection, Elton's third album, was released in the United States in the spring of 1971. An album comprised of ballads and country rockers, it weas also the first Elton John LP to feature a cover version: Lesley Duncan's "Love Song" . Duncan played acoustic guitar and sang backing vocals on Elton's remake. :)

Steve M.

11-01-2004, 12:36 PM

On this day in 1946, November 1, rock bassist Rick Grech, who played in Family, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force, and Traffic (and also played on albums from Rod Stewart and Muddy Waters), was born in Bordeaux, France. (He died in England in 1990.)

musicradio77

11-01-2004, 08:49 PM

It was last night, Halloween night, 1969. That was 35 years ago. WKBW in Buffalo ran a special on Paul McCartney's death rumor. The special was entitled "Paul McCartney Is Alive and Well... Maybe". It was host by such notables as Danny Neaverth, Sandy Beach, Stan Roberts and KB's program director Jefferson Kaye. If you want to listen to this special, here is a link:

"Paul McCartney Is Alive and Well... Maybe" (http://www.reelradio.com/gifts/pmwkbw69.html)

It was also on that same date, Halloween night in 1971, WKBW in Buffalo aired a retelling of a 1938 radio classic of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds". The special was narrated by Dan Neaverth who also did the opening and closing for this special and included in the cast such as Jack Armstrong and a bunch of others in a science fiction story about martians invated Buffalo. If you want to listen to the 1971 remake of a radio classic, here it is:

"War of the Worlds (1971)" (http://www.reelradio.com/gifts/wkbwwotw71.html)

Steve M.

11-04-2004, 11:58 AM

On this day in 2003, November 4, this thread was started! :D

That's right, this thread is one year old! :)

Let's see if we can fill in missing dates in this second year, and not repeat what we've already done.

Steve M.

11-06-2004, 06:20 PM

One hundred and fifty years ago today - November 6, 1854 - composer, conductor, and marching band leader John Philip Sousa was born. :)

Steve M.

11-12-2004, 12:52 AM

On this day in 1938, Veterans Day, November 11, Kate Smith premiered Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on national radio.

patriot:

angel91

11-12-2004, 04:28 AM

2 days ago (wendesday 10th of november)
it was ricki-lee's birthday (ricki-lee, 7th place in australian idol this yr, my fave but she got voted out :( )

Steve M.

11-15-2004, 01:06 AM

One hundred and four years ago yesterday - November 14, 1900 - classical composer Aaron Copland was born. :)

Steve M.

11-17-2004, 05:18 PM

On this day in 1970, November 17, Elton John performed a radio concert for rock station WABC-FM (now pop station WPLJ-FM) in New York. Elton played his latest songs as well as the Beatles's "Get Back" and Elvis Presley's "My Baby Left Me."

The concert was released as an album to discorage bootlegging, and the LP was named after its recording date: 11-17-70.

http://www.1069thefox.com/Classicartists/eltonjohn/1971_111770.jpg

Or 17-11-70, if you lived in England! :lol:

http://www.eltonography.com/albums/pix/17-11-70.gif

(Some mascohistic completists buy both the U.K. and U.S. editions for the title discrepancy alone!)

Steve M.

11-18-2004, 11:05 PM

On this day ten years ago, November 18, 1994, band leader Cab Calloway died near Wilmington, Delaware. :(

Steve M.

11-22-2004, 12:40 AM

One hundred years ago today - November 21, 1904 - jazz legend Coleman Hawkins was born. :)

Steve M.

11-22-2004, 11:42 PM

On this day in history, November 22:

1963: While the eyes of the world were on Dallas Texas, and the Kennedy assassination, the Beatles released their second album, With The Beatles, in Britain. Released with a different song selection and a different title - Meet the Beatles - in the United States in January 1964, it was the album that helped kids in America get over JFK's death.

1968: The Beatles released the White Album in the U.K. (It was issued in the U.S. three days later.)

Steve M.

11-23-2004, 12:29 PM

On this day in 1903, November 23, Enrico Caruso made his U.S. debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera performing "I Rigoletto."

Steve M.

11-26-2004, 03:39 PM

On this day in history, November 26:

1968: Cream played their farewell concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. (Or so we thought!)

1972: Family played their last American concert at the Bay Front Center in Saint Petersburg, Florida, as the warmup act for Elton John.

Steve M.

11-26-2004, 03:41 PM

Thirty years ago today - November 26, 1974 - British singer-songwriter Nick Drake died of an accidental overdose of antidepressants. He was 26. :(

Steve M.

11-28-2004, 04:59 PM

Thirty years ago today, November 28, 1974, John Lennon joined Elton John onstage during an Elton concert at New York's Madison Square Garden, keeping a promise to appear with Elton after his and Elton's song "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" topped the Billboard singles charts. The pair played that song, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, and "I Saw Her Standing There."

It was John Lennon's last concert performance. :(

Steve M.

12-01-2004, 12:08 PM

On this day in 1958, December 1, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song opened on Broadway. :)

Steve M.

12-03-2004, 11:01 AM

On this day in music history, December 3:

1960: The musical "Camelot" opened on Broadway.

1979: Eleven people died in the infamous trampling incident at the Who's concert at the Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. :(

Steve M.

12-06-2004, 08:26 PM

On this day thirty-five years ago, December 6, 1969, the Rolling Stones played their disastrous concert at California's Altamont Speedway, in which four people were killed, one stabbed by a Hell's Angel on security duty. :(

musicradio77

12-08-2004, 09:44 PM

It was on this date, December 8th 1980:

John Lennon was killed by murderer Mark David Chapman at the Dakota home near Central Park in Manhattan. Fans were shock about his death of a legendary Beatle. On the radio, WABC was on the air with this bulletin. Click here (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/lennonshot12-8-80.ram) to listen.

As a added bonus, click here (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/coselllennondeath.ram) to hear Howard Cosell's announcing the death of John Lennon in which ABC News broke the story during the "Monday Night Football" telecast.

RIP: John Lennon (1940-80) :crying:

ABlairican Pie

12-08-2004, 10:40 PM

May he never get out and never receive a penny for "I Shot John Lennon" bios and NEVER get appearances on the 700 Club.:mad:

ABlairican Pie

12-08-2004, 10:49 PM

On this date in 1984, while making a beer run, Motley Crue vocalist Vince Neil caused a high-speed multiple-car collision in Los Angeles which not only killed his passenger, drummer for Finnish glam band Hanoi Rocks Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, but seriously injured passengers of two other vehicles. The tragic event not only broke up Hanoi Rocks as they were making serious headway into popularity in America, but gave Neil a jail sentence of only several months--after which time he was released due to "good behavior" and on the condition he perform community service and make an anti-drug video. The reverse of the sentence was widely criticized as being too lenient for a rock star convicted of vehicular homicide.

Steve M.

12-08-2004, 11:22 PM

Thrity-three years ago yesterday - December 7, 1971 - members of Deep Purple attended a Frank Zappa concert at the Montreux gambling casino on the Lake Geneva shoreline while recording the Machine Head album there with a mobile studio. Then, some stupid person with a flare gun - probably British shock rocker Arthur "I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE!" Brown - fired a flare at the bamboo roof, causing a major fire that burned the complex to the ground. Deep Purple escaped the pandemonium, retreated to an empty summer hotel nearby, and finished their album there - which included a song about their experiences in Montreux, Switzerland - "Smoke On the Water."

:guitar:

Steve M.

12-09-2004, 01:04 AM

This day, December 9, is considered by Spin magazine to be the anniversary of one of the worst events in rock and roll. Here's how the magazine explained it years ago:

December 9, 1957 - Donny Osmond is born and his parents decide not to drown him.

Hey, one bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch! :lol:

ABlairican Pie

12-09-2004, 01:40 AM

Tonight, reports are coming out of Columbus, Ohio, that a gunman
jumped onstage at a DamagePlan show and shot and killed guitarist Dimebag Darrell, former guitar player for Pantera, along with killing three members of the audience and another member of DamagePlan. The gunman is now dead. Details forthcoming.

THIS IS THE SADDEST DAY IN ROCK AND ROLL. TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THIS DAY. :crying:

Dimebag Darrell was one of the nice guys in rock and roll, a kind of a partying type of guy, who played great guitar with such energy. He had just started DamagePlan with his brother former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul, and former members of Rob Halford's solo band Halford. This is the biggest tragedy so far this year.

It is SO not fair. Dimebag's playing was so awesome.

musicradio77

12-09-2004, 01:55 AM

It was on this date, December 9th, 1980 (Listen to this AKA):

Dan Ingram was doing a show on WABC on a Tuesday morning when the news came out of the city that John Lennon was dead. You can listen to it AKA, you'll love it!

Dan Ingram on a Day after John Lennon Died (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ingramlennon12-9-80.ram)

Here is another one while Dan Ingram was on his show on his passing.

Dan Ingram's John Lennon Remembrance (http://musicradio.computer.net/images/ing12-9-80.ram)

Note: This scoped aircheck contains a bunch of commercials.

(Aircheck courtesy of musicradio77.com)

Steve M.

12-13-2004, 06:43 PM

On this date in 1928, December 13, George Gershwin's musical work "An American In Paris" debuted at New York's Carnegie Hall.

Steve M.

12-15-2004, 11:10 PM

Sixty years ago today, December 15, 1944, bandleader Glenn Miller boarded an airplane in England and flew off to Paris over the English Channel. His plane never made it to France; he was never heard from again. :(

Steve M.

12-16-2004, 11:33 PM

On this day in 1770, December 16, Ludwig von Beethoven was born near Bonn, Germany. :)

http://www.eleganza.com/media/busts/classical-composers/composer-beethoven-portrait-mb-m.jpg

Steve M.

12-21-2004, 01:13 AM

Damn, I almost forgt this!

It was on this past Saturday's date (December 18) in 1892 that Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite first premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Steve M.

12-25-2004, 10:37 PM

On this Christmas in 1818, "Silent Night" was first performed for the first time at the Church of Saint Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.

Steve M.

12-26-2004, 10:40 AM

On this day in 1967 - Boxing Day, December 26 - the Beatles's TV film Magical Mystery Tour aired on the BBC in Britain. In terms of drawing an audience, it was a success - fifteen million Brits, roughly 27 percent of the U.K. population, tuned in to watch, and even more people watched it in countries such as Japan and Argentina. In terms of pleasing an audience, well. . . .

The plotless film had been made up as the Beatles went along, and even those it was fun to look at in color, it aired in black-and-white 37 years ago today. The following morning, the London Daily Mirror declared that he never seen such "blatant rubbish" as Magical Mystery Tour, and other British TV critics agreed.

An American TV deal was canceled as a result of the British showing and headlines in the States like BEATLES BOMB WITH YULE FILM from the Los Angeles Times. Since then, Magical Mystery Tour has become a cult favorite in the United States, showing up in art movie theaters and on local TV stations at 1:30 in the morning. Its camera effects became an influence on MTV and Steven Spielberg's movies. Ironic, no? :lol:

Steve M.

12-30-2004, 06:43 PM

. . .and start quoting him now!

On this day in 1948, December 30, Kiss Me, Kate, Cole Porter's musical take on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (not to be confused with Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, which is a different kettle of fish altogether! :D ), premiered on Broadway. :)

musicradio77

12-30-2004, 11:12 PM

It was on this date, tomorrow, New Year's Eve, 1974:

Dave Thompson, Ron O'Brien, Jay Stone, Brian White, Gary McKenzie and last but not least, Steve "Smokin'" Weed hosting a New Year's Eve show on WXLO or 99X (long before WRKS joins the format in 1981 as Kiss-FM for urban music). The special counts down the Top 99 songs of 1974 beginning with song #99 called "Sugar Pie Guy" by the Joneses right up to the #1 song by Barry White "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe". The shows ends with the welcoming of 1975. The DJ's were crazy celebrating a one heck of a New Year while playing a Barry White song. The aircheck was done in 2 parts and it was telescoped (means the songs are being edited out). Thanks to reelradio.com for this monumental anniversary aircheck. Here it is!

WXLO's Top 99 Songs of 1974 (http://www.reelradio.com/1999.html)

musicradio77

01-01-2005, 05:58 PM

On this date, January 1st, New Year's Day, 1962:

The Beatles went for an audition at Decca Records in England to record a few songs that were from that period. Here they are:

1. "Three Cool Cats"
2. "The Shieks of Araby"
3. "Hello Little Girl"
4. "Like Dreamers Do"
5. "Besame Mucho" (a cover of a 1940's classic)
6. "Searchin'" (a cover of a Coasters classic)

Pete Best was the drummer for that group until Ringo Starr joined a few months later. After a couple of songs, they left Decca and went on to EMI Studios to record "Love Me Do" in the fall.

Steve M.

01-01-2005, 06:29 PM

Originally posted by Full House
On this date, January 1st, New Year's Day, 1962:

The Beatles went for an audition at Decca Records in England to record a few songs that were from that period. Here they are:

1. "Three Cool Cats"
2. "The Shieks of Araby"
3. "Hello Little Girl"
4. "Like Dreamers Do"
5. "Besame Mucho" (a cover of a 1940's classic)
6. "Searchin'" (a cover of a Coasters classic)

Pete Best was the drummer for that group until Ringo Starr joined a few months later. After a couple of songs, they left Decca and went on to EMI Studios to record "Love Me Do" in the fall.

The Beatles never "left" Decca because Decca never signed them. Producer Mike Smith wanted to sign them on the spot, but his superior, Dick Rowe, overruled him. Rowe insisted that electric guitar groups were on the way out and would never be big in the sixties. Rowe thus became known as "the man who turned down the Beatles," his decision rivaled for the title of "worst showbiz career move" by the decision of this man -

http://members.lycos.nl/mash4077/mclean.gif

to leave "M*A*S*H!" :eek2:

It was all well and good, because Brian Epstein wanted EMI to have the Beatles anyway. Decca later signed the Applejacks, who recorded "Like Dreamers Do" (theirs was the first recording of that Lennon-McCartney song to see commercial release), and they also signed, at George Harrison's advice, a group you probably never heard of, the Rolling Stones. :D

Steve M.

01-02-2005, 04:00 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
January 1, 1962 - The Beatles - John, Paul, George, and Pete Best - audition for Decca Records and record several fifties rockers and two original tunes, "Hello Little Girl" and "Like Dreamers Do." Decca producer Mike Smith wants to sign them on the spot, but Dick Rowe, his boss, overrules him and turns the Beatles down. "These boys won't make it," Rowe tells Beatles manager Brian Epstein. "Four-groups are out. Go back to Liverpool, Mr. Epstein, you have a successful business there."

Only McLean Stevenson's decision to leave "M*A*S*H" in 1975 for his own show rivals Rowe's nixing of the Beatles as the worst decision made in the history of popular entertainment.

This post is from January 1, 2004. Oops, we've repeated ourselves here! :eek:

Steve M.

01-02-2005, 04:08 PM

Well, here's a Beatles anniversary we didn't cover last year:

On this date in 1969, January 2, the Beatles arrived at London's Twickenham film studios to begin rehearsing for a live TV speical, in which they planned to play some rock and roll oldies and ten new songs, including a couple of Paul's tunes, "Let It Be" and "Get Back." The special was expected to be played in an exotic locale, like a Greek ampitheatre or near the Egyptian pyramids.

But, umm, it wouldn't quite turn out like that. :(

By the time January 1969 was over, the project degenerated into recording an album in their new studio, which ended up in the vaults for over a year before finally seeing release in May 1970 as Let It Be.

You know the details, I won't repeat them.

musicradio77

01-02-2005, 11:26 PM

Originally posted by Steve M.
Well, here's a Beatles anniversary we didn't cover last year:

On this date in 1969, January 2, the Beatles arrived at London's Twickenham film studios to begin rehearsing for a live TV speical, in which they planned to play some rock and roll oldies and ten new songs, including a couple of Paul's tunes, "Let It Be" and "Get Back." The special was expected to be played in an exotic locale, like a Greek ampitheatre or near the Egyptian pyramids.

But, umm, it wouldn't quite turn out like that. :(

By the time January 1969 was over, the project degenerated into recording an album in their new studio, which ended up in the vaults for over a year before finally seeing release in May 1970 as Let It Be.

You know the details, I won't repeat them.

I know that. I have the album "Let It Be" since it came out in 1970 just a year after they recorded until the plan for an album scrapped until producer Phil Spector put out the finishing touches of the "Let It Be" album. The "Get Back" rehearsal was heard in numerous bootlegs and other stuff including "Anthology - Vol. 3". Nice info.:) It also have a movie of the same name came out the same year as the album came out.