BFYP ROCKIN' NEWS: Read an eBook Day (Sept. 18th) SPECIALS!
All good things must come to an end. The book specials have ended, but the books are ready at great prices for your Holiday gift-buying!
BFYP’s Book 2: Rock Radio DJs of The
Swinging Sixties PRINT edition is available now at a new LOWER price at least through December 31, 2020. Plus, watch for the eBook sale coming in October!
And Book 1: The
First Five Years (1954-1959) with its pioneering Rock Radio DJ true tales is still at its lowest eBook price ... could there be another "free day" coming before Christmas? I love surprises, don't you?
Now, back to your regularly scheduled 50 Years Ago this Month!
Surf
the Wave of One-Hit Wonders
But
first, current news:
Many long-time/native San Diegans will fondly recall popular 1960s, ‘70s, and
mid-‘80s Rockin’ radio station, KPRI. Known in its heyday as a free-form
station, its call letters basically di
sappeared when it flipped to KLZZ
in 1984.
sappeared when it flipped to KLZZ
in 1984.
You might
like to know … it’s baaaack! The same, but different. The infamous call letters
found a new home in 2018, owned by the Pala Band of Mission Indians, with the
initials standing for "Kupa Pala Rez Indians." On-air, it’s known as "Rez Radio 91.3."
Sure, they play some Native American
music, but a mainstay of their eclectic format is variety, and Wolfman Jack’s syndicated shows. This month,
they’re adding popular local DJ Jim McInnes, whose acclaimed “Vinyl Resting Place” show follows Wolfman on
Saturday nights. Cool!
Even cooler, Jim is coming full
circle … he originally signed on the innovative KPRI 106.5, playing album
cuts, in 1973.
From the REZ website, Jim’s show
is, “Classic rock deep tracks from San Diego radio icon Jim McInnes' personal
music library every Saturday evening from 8 to 10p.” Enjoy!
And
now, back to 1970!
A familiar howl ruled the
California airwaves and floated well beyond, as we start the Fall windup of the
turbulent first year in the 2020s. Oops … I mean … 1970s! Tongue-in-cheek
Freudian slip, as we mimic events (protests, rioting, social unrest; minus the
pandemic) of …
50 Years
Ago this Month ~ SEPTEMBER 1970
Getting
into the songs of the day, I had to laugh when I realized this month’s Featured
Radio Survey for K-POI/Hawaii, includes a crashing wave of THREE
one-hit wonders. So what? Besides, somewhat of an anomaly, September 25th
is National One-Hit Wonder Day.* In order by chart number:
Yes, the
tune still headlining this chart is a summer hold-over, “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry, their only big hit. We all sang it, we all loved it, but
they just couldn’t follow through. You’ll also recall the soft and soulful love
song at #17 (down from previous week’s #11) by Alive and
Kicking, “Tighter, Tighter.”
The most unforgettable
one-hit-no wonder-why on the survey is “Neanderthal Man” (Hotlegs)
debuting on the bottom of the chart at #20. It never made it past #15 and dropped
off by month’s end.
*There is no link associated with National One-Hit Wonder
Day, so click on BFYP
Featured Radio Survey for more one-hit fun! ♪ Hold on, just a little bit tighter
now, baby … ♪
On
Your Tinny Transistor Radio ~ SEPTEMBER 1970
Perhaps gearing up for October, Wolfman Jack’s fave
screaming month, his publicist got him on the cover of K-POI/Hawaii’s
“Action 20 Records” 50
Years Ago this Month.
1380 on your island radio dial, “The
Hawaiian Word for Radio” didn’t just play Don Ho for
its music lovers. They played lots of Rock ‘n’ Roll with Creedence, Diana Ross,
and Three Dog Night. And Wolfman Jack stoking your luaus on Sunday
nights.
“In the Summertime”
and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” grabbed the attention of most Hawaiian and
Midwest listeners. Across the Pacific, and most of the way across the country, WLS/Chicago’s
“Hit Parade” shared only those two tunes out of the top ten with K-POI.
Celebrated bi-coastal DJ, Scotty Brink, slapped ‘em on the turntable to the
delight of Chicago’s fans. ♪
Ain’t no river wide
enough | To keep me
from you … ♪
The biggest difference, however, is WLS
proofread their chart before printing … which makes K-POI’s survey more
valuable 50 Years later, with their misspelling of “Spetember,” and double-R on
Edwin Starr’s name (#11’s “War”).
BFYP
Featured Radio Survey ~ SEPTEMBER 1970
I may have overdone K-POI/Hawaii’s
Action 20 Records feature for September 8, 1970 and throughout the BFYP
blog, but it was just such a fun survey. To top it all off, Wolfman Jack’s Joe-Cool image practically leaps off the front. What more could we want? It’s an
expanded feature this month, so Rock On! … 50
Years Ago this Month in Rock &
Roll Radio! Where were you that
groovy day
when your radio played …
Celebrate SEPTEMBER 1970 and … Rock On!
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LinDee
Rochelle is a writer and editor by trade, and author by way of Rock &
Roll. Two books (of three) are published in her Blast
from Your Past series, available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959; and Book 2 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties. Coming soon … The Psychedelic Seventies!
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