Madison, if you heard Johnny Donovan in 1969, you were listening to WOR-FM. He was on WABC from 1972 until 2015 when he finally retired. Here is an aircheck from March 16, 1969:
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Ah Thank You. That radio picked up a lot of New York stations at night. and Cincinatti (WLW)
Madison, here is the June 7 1969 WABC survey with More Today Than Yesterday at #9. It would reach #5 the following week. I hope you can see this okay. They couldn't use black ink on a white background. No, it had to be brown on pale yellow!
Yes, I could see it fine. Looks good. Even has Harry Harrison. You mentioned in the 80's Madness thread that you kept all your past surveys. I regret I never kept mine. Or my Blue Panasonic Panapet
Panasonic introduced the Panapet, a round AM radio on a chain, in 1970. They came in eight colors: red, white, blue, black, orange, green, yellow and purple. Several are offered on eBay.
Mine was Blue. I had on here as my Avatar for a long time until we started the Avatar of the week. Now I'm just lost and leave the default "M" on
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Tuesday's catch on 60's Gold. "Sky Pilot" The Animals
I heard what I considered the original version of "Sky Pilot" on Pat St. John's show. A guy in college introduced me to the song. I never heard it in its prime.
After college, I started hearing it on Solid Gold Saturday Night with Dick Bartley. Then when Bob Worthington took over the show, he would play a split version of the song with the version I was use to and the 2nd half with a version with what sounded like a flute. Then I was beginning to wonder which was the original.
This is what 60's Gold played with my version than the flute like version at the end
I heard what I considered the original version of "Sky Pilot" on Pat St. John's show. A guy in college introduced me to the song. I never heard it in its prime.
After college, I started hearing it on Solid Gold Saturday Night with Dick Bartley. Then when Bob Worthington took over the show, he would play a split version of the song with the version I was use to and the 2nd half with a version with what sounded like a flute. Then I was beginning to wonder which was the original.
This is what 60's Gold played with my version than the flute like version at the end
Sky Pilot was 7:27 on the Animals' album The Twain Shall Meet. The single was 2:55 (Part One) and 4:30 (Part Two). The song peaked at #14 on the July 27 1968 Billboard Hot 100 and two weeks later reached #16 on the Cash Box Top 100. Both publications showed the song as Sky Pilot (Part One). I don't know of any top-40 station that played the entire song. On KHJ in Los Angeles, Sky Pilot got to #4 on their Boss 30 for the week of June 12 1968.
Eric Burdon performed the song in concert May 7 1998 at the Sala Kongresowa ("Concert Hall") in Warsaw, Poland. The drummer is Aynsley Dunbar, who recorded with John Mayall, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Keith Emerson, Whitesnake, Journey, Jefferson Starship and many others and released four albums with his band The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation.
Eric Burdon performed the song in concert May 7 1998 at the Sala Kongresowa ("Concert Hall") in Warsaw, Poland. The drummer is Aynsley Dunbar, who recorded with John Mayall, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Keith Emerson, Whitesnake, Journey, Jefferson Starship and many others and released four albums with his band The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation.
Another one I caught on the Pat St. John's 60's Gold. The T Bones. The Alka Seltzer song.
Like "Sky Pilot", I would hear this song on the great Solid Gold Saturday Night in the late 80's. Sometimes they would use it as a lead in, to the station identification and nationalized commercial break. So Bob Worthington would be talking for the last 15 seconds of the song.
Like "Sky Pilot", I would hear this song on the great Solid Gold Saturday Night in the late 80's. Sometimes they would use it as a lead in, to the station identification and nationalized commercial break. So Bob Worthington would be talking for the last 15 seconds of the song.
The T-Bones were a studio group: Dave Pell, Tommy Tedesco, Victor Feldman, Julius Wechter (founder of the Baja Marimba Band), Buddy Clark, Carol Kaye, Lyle Ritz, Ervan Coleman and drummer Hal Blaine.
Madison, do you remember Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds? Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carrollo and Tommy Reynolds are best known for the 1971 #4 hit Don't Pull Your Love. (The 1975 number-one hit Fallin' In Love was released as by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds but Alan Dennison had replaced Reynolds in 1972.) The T-Bones studio group never performed on television or in concerts. A completely different group of T-Bones was assembled for public appearances. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds were part of that group.
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) was adapted from an Alka-Seltzer commercial. Sippin' 'N Chippin', the follow-up single, was adapted from a commercial for Nabisco's Sip 'N Chips cheese-flavored crackers. This peaked at #62 on the April 16 1966 Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #64 on the Cash Box Top 100 that same week.
Madison, do you remember Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds? Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carrollo and Tommy Reynolds are best known for the 1971 #4 hit Don't Pull Your Love. (The 1975 number-one hit Fallin' In Love was released as by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds but Alan Dennison had replaced Reynolds in 1972.) The T-Bones studio group never performed on television or in concerts. A completely different group of T-Bones was assembled for public appearances. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds were part of that group.
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) was adapted from an Alka-Seltzer commercial. Sippin' 'N Chippin', the follow-up single, was adapted from a commercial for Nabisco's Sip 'N Chips cheese-flavored crackers. This peaked at #62 on the April 16 1966 Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #64 on the Cash Box Top 100 that same week.
I do indeed. On Super CFL, the Voice of Labor. With Dick Sainte. I never would have made the connection with the T Bones song. Thanks !
Dick Sainte (real name: Richard Arnold Middleton) worked at KBZY in Salem, KEX and KISN in Portland, WIFE in Omaha, WLS and WCFL in Chicago, KGB in San Diego, KFRC in San Francisco, KRLA in Pasadena, KHJ and KIIS in Los Angeles and KFMS in Las Vegas.
Dick Sainte and Doug Dahlgren hosted mornings at WCFL, 1974-76. On March 2 1976, they were fired during their morning show and escorted out of the building after they phoned WLS morning man Fred Winston and put the call on the air. Three days later they were guests on Winston's show! Here is some of the Dick 'N' Doug show from July 17 1975:
Dick Sainte and Doug Dahlgren hosted mornings at WCFL, 1974-76. On March 2 1976, they were fired during their morning show and escorted out of the building after they phoned WLS morning man Fred Winston and put the call on the air. Three days later they were guests on Winston's show! Here is some of the Dick 'N' Doug show from July 17 1975:
Dick Sainte was my favorite. They would show him on the Top 40 survey's with his sunglasses and white pants and I wanted to dress up just like him.
On WCFL, he had the 10pm-2pm and saturday afternoons then was switched to mornings 6am-10am after World Famous Tom Murphy left. Then Doug joined in a few months later. I think Doug married the first popular female DJ in Chicago at WIND-56, Connie Sersen. I thought that was way out line for Dick n Doug to be fired like that. They were one of the first morning teams that I recall. WLS didn't need it with morning mouth Fred Winston. Who I could have seen at a car show once, but I got the days mixed up and went on Sunday and he was there on that Saturday. Now it is so common through the years on FM and Hits 1 to have team DJ's.
Your video at 31:43, they gave the hourly jingle 7am where the DJ's would say "at the Voice of Labor" The best one doing this was Big Ron O'Brien from 6pm-10pm. He would scream at 7pm that it is 'Now Officially The Night Time at the Voice of Labor'. Dr, Brock took his place and claimed to be the ugliest mother in rock n roll. But he could not beat John "Records" Landecker at WLS so they brought Big Ron O'Brien back.
On WCFL, he had the 10pm-2pm and saturday afternoons then was switched to mornings 6am-10am after World Famous Tom Murphy left. Then Doug joined in a few months later. I think Doug married the first popular female DJ in Chicago at WIND-56, Connie Sersen. I thought that was way out line for Dick n Doug to be fired like that. They were one of the first morning teams that I recall. WLS didn't need it with morning mouth Fred Winston. Who I could have seen at a car show once, but I got the days mixed up and went on Sunday and he was there on that Saturday. Now it is so common through the years on FM and Hits 1 to have team DJ's.
Your video at 31:43, they gave the hourly jingle 7am where the DJ's would say "at the Voice of Labor" The best one doing this was Big Ron O'Brien from 6pm-10pm. He would scream at 7pm that it is 'Now Officially The Night Time at the Voice of Labor'. Dr, Brock took his place and claimed to be the ugliest mother in rock n roll. But he could not beat John "Records" Landecker at WLS so they brought Big Ron O'Brien back.
Ron O'Brien (real name: Richard Walls) is another WCFL disc jockey who also worked in Los Angeles – at KFI, KROQ, KIIS, KKBT, KOCM and KSRF. At KROQ he called himself "Eugene Oregon" – get it? He also worked at KBAB, KUDL, KYNA, KTLK, WQXI, WXLO, WOGL, WCAR, WRKO, WFIL, WPGC, WNBC, WKBQ, KWK, KZDG, KKBH and WYXR. Whew!
Channel 98
Would you know the origin of KLUV 98.7 Was it in Los Angeles?
I would listen to Solid Gold Saturday Night on Madison Magic 98 WMGN Great oldies show!
Would you know the origin of KLUV 98.7 Was it in Los Angeles?
I would listen to Solid Gold Saturday Night on Madison Magic 98 WMGN Great oldies show!
From 1961 to 1984, KLUV was a middle-of-the-road station at 1580 AM in Haynesville, Louisiana. In 1984, oldies KLVU 98.7 in Dallas purchased the KLUV call letters from the Louisiana station for $10,000. The original KLUV became KLVU. In 1984, they launched KLVU-FM, an R&B station at 105.5 FM. KLVU-AM/FM ceased broadcasting in 1998. In 2023, the Dallas station became classic hits "98.7 The Spot" KSPF.
98.7 FM in Los Angeles went on the air in 1948 as KMGM. It was owned by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. In 1954, KMGM was purchased by Art and Jean Crawford, owner of the Crawfords Of Beverly Hills record store, and it became KCBH. The station was beautiful-music "K-Joy" KJOI from 1970 to 1990, then was soft hits KXEZ for two years and since 1992 has been KYSR (originally "Star 98.7").
98.7 FM in Los Angeles went on the air in 1948 as KMGM. It was owned by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. In 1954, KMGM was purchased by Art and Jean Crawford, owner of the Crawfords Of Beverly Hills record store, and it became KCBH. The station was beautiful-music "K-Joy" KJOI from 1970 to 1990, then was soft hits KXEZ for two years and since 1992 has been KYSR (originally "Star 98.7").
Dick Bartley began the Solid Gold Saturday Night radio program in 1980 on WYFR 103.5 in Chicago. It went into syndication in 1982. One of the stations carrying it was KLUV 98.7 in Dallas. In Los Angeles it aired on "K-Earth" KRTH 101.1. Bob Worthington hosted the series from 1988 to 1997. He's worked at stations in Chicago, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities. From 1991 until January 2022, Dick Bartley hosted the Saturday-night syndicated program Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits.
One of the stations airing the 1980-88 Solid Gold television program was KTVT-Channel 11 in Fort Worth.
One of the stations airing the 1980-88 Solid Gold television program was KTVT-Channel 11 in Fort Worth.
I actually remember this night. The Neil Diamond spotlight. And I might have it on cassette tape somewhere. I use to record some of these because I said when I was an old man, I will play them back. Well that time has come so I better go through my old boxes and see if I can find them. When I saw "Song Sung Blue", I said they did not play "Shiloh" or "Longfellow Serenade" from Solid Gold Sat Night but I did not actually know The Esquires were from Milwaukee and they would always play "Get On Up" on the show. Some of the other songs on this video:
"Hitchin A Ride" Vanity Fair: When I use to hear this song on SXM Party Mega Mix and say hey Solid Gold Saturday Night
"You Baby" Turtles: One of the reasons I wanted to go to the Happy Together Tour Concert last year, and to see Susan Cowsill
"Keep On Dancing" Gentrys: I remember Bob Worthington saying Jimmy Hart was in the group, first time I heard this
"Kind Of A Drag" Buckinghams: They would later do a good spotlight on The Buckinghams
"I Fought The Law" and "Groovy Kind Of Love" no comments but I always enjoyed hearing on the show
"Stormy" Classics IV: When I use to hear "Save Room For My Love" by John Legend on the SXM Jazz Cafe, I would say that song sounds like "Stormy"
The jingles were the best. Maybe even better than Super CFL's or WABC's. I haven't heard a lot of KHJ but what I heard from the Hollywood movie is nice.
The 6345789 I heard first before the actual song. Then when "Blues Brothers 2000" movie came out and Wilson Pickett sang the song, I said hey
On Sat Nights, I would listen as long as could until I had to work my Bar Back job at the disco: Bogies, in Madison. The show had a 13-year waiting period before a song could be on the show. I said I have to wait 13 years to hear something like the Simple Minds or Tears For Fear, even Swing Out Sister on the show. Other songs I liked on the show "Rock the Boat" "Rock Your Baby" . I already mentioned "Sky Pilot" and the Alka Seltzer song.
And Hank Ballard "Lets Go" I heard on the show first, when it was in the movie "Joey", I said hey . And "Little Star" The Elegants, was in "Joey" and always played on the show. But my favorite was the night they did the Lou Christie spotlight
Also when they were making the switch between Dick Bartley and Bob Worthington, the local morning show on Magic 98 Pat O'Neil had a spoof where his
engineer Ed Mundo and his gag show Bruce the Carpenter were auditioning to take over host on Solid Gold Saturday Night. Bruce the Carpenter was using "Suspicion" Terry Stafford as his song. Kind've funny. Thanks!!