Enjoy the Moment ... again!
Let's take a rousing romp down Memory Lane ...
Blast from Your Past! Series, Book 2 -
More than 30 DJs and 2 bands reveal what it was really like seeking fame and fortune behind the microphone in the 1960s! In addition to their stories, the series is dedicated to the infamous Wolfman Jack - learn about his early days and how his howwwlll got started.Available in Kindle/all eBook formats, paperback - black-and-white, and color. Look for sales on our Facebook site and/or follow on Twitter @BlastFromYourPastBk! Post an Amazon review or congratulate me personally, and your comments may become promo material! (So include a business link, if available.) Signed copies available here, soon.
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Scroll below for info and links to BFYP Book 1 - Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959
A sneak peek at BFYP Book 2 ~ Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties!Excerpt 1: Tom and Raechel Donahue / FM radio comes alive ...
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Were you there? Reminisce! Sure you can grab it conveniently in eBook or print format at Amazon or pick up your SIGNED print book, here (or below).
But first, learn more about the book and the Blast from Your Past series through its history and scroll below for a Book 1 Table of Contents, with a few excerpts linked for your reading pleasure.
We are all the sum of our experiences and ancestors ... remember as you tackle your daily tasks to enjoy the past as much as the present. Our motto at BFYP: Enjoy the Moment ... Again!
I guarantee you'll recognize at least a few of the early Rock Radio DJs who spun the platters and influenced our listening pleasure
in the dawn of Rock & Roll, 1954 ~ 1959.
Like the happy guy on your right, Dr. Don Rose - infamous at KOIL/Omaha (late '50s), WFIL/Philadelphia ('60s-'70s), KFRC/San Francisco ('70s), and other Rockin' stations of yesteryear!BFYP Books 1 & 2 are here - Book 3: The Psychedelic Seventies in the writing process. Check out the links on DJs' names in Book 1 TOC below! Full DJ excerpts from the book - enjoy!
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Book 1 (First Five Years 1954-1959) in the Blast from Your Past series ...
(Contents)
Foreword:
Lonnie Napier/Wolfman Jack VP
Special Introduction: Bill Gardner/DJ Extraordinaire
Idiosyncrasies & Idiocies (Preface)
Special Introduction: Bill Gardner/DJ Extraordinaire
Idiosyncrasies & Idiocies (Preface)
The Wonder Years of Rock & Roll Radio
Rock’s
First Half-Decade
Rock & What?! 1954~1959
Rock & What?! 1954~1959
(♪ = DJs who Rock on into Book 2, The Swinging Sixties)
Best known, WLS/Chicago, Illinois
Best
known, KISN/Portland, Oregon
Forrest “Frosty” Mitchell ♪
Best
known, KIOA/Des Moines, Iowa
Kent Burkhart ♪
Best
known, KOWH/Omaha, Nebraska
Bill Bailey ♪
Best
known, WAKY/Louisville, Kentucky
Bob Doll
Best
known, WCPO/Cincinnati, Ohio
Best
known, WMCA/New York City
Norm Prescott ♪
Best
known, WBZ/Boston, Massachusetts
Best
known, KFRC/San Francisco, California
Cousin Bruce Morrow ♪
Best known, WABC/New York City
Jack Vincent ♪
Best
known, KCBQ/San Diego, California
Jim Stagg (aka
Johnny Gray) ♪
Best known, WCFL/Chicago,
Illinois
Terrell Metheny (aka
Mitch Michael) ♪
Best
known, WOKY/Milwaukee, Wisconsin
William F. Williams ♪
Best
known, KMEN/San Bernardino; KPPC Los Angeles, California
Best known for sexy song, “Come a Little Bit
Closer” Wolfman Jack, You Da Man! ♪
The Early Adventures of Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith)
Conclusion ~ it Ain’t!
Acknowledgements ~ Save the last dance for me
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Glossary ~ What does that mean?!
Remember When ~ Memory Test!