This
is not the article I had intended to post next. The Universe, however, has its
own plans for us as we learned again recently, when it welcomed another
American icon into its Rock
& Roll Heaven.
Casey Kasem, 82, the
"Father of American Top 40"
found his peace last Sunday – Father’s Day, a fitting tribute for his ascent – finally
escaping the spectacle of family squabbles that dogged his final year(s) on
Earth.
Casey’s
“guy next door” voice served him well from his start in Armed Forces Radio
Network in 1950s’ Korea, to finish, as co-creator of the perpetual American Top 40 — which has endured for decades and leaves a fitting
legacy for the man behind the microphone.
There
was a lot of living in between. Let's celebrate
Mr.
Kasem's accomplishments, dedication, and contributions to Rock & Roll music!
In
the mid-1950s that blasphemous, new-fangled boob-tube was
taking the world by storm. Radio simply did not know what to do next.
A
vital part of the early Pop and Rock music scene, Casey and other DJs of the
era helped shape the genre, as a wave of technology enveloped our world.
Television
threatened to drown radio in its salty wake. But Rock & Roll rescued radio …