Dick Biondi "The Wild I-tralian" was a Top 40 pioneer who became a market legend in three cities: Buffalo, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Here he is in 1963, celebrating WLS/Chicago's third anniversary as a contemporary music station. It's May '63 on Boss Radio 66.
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Monday, May 19, 2025
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Boss City
The Sidewalk Sounds - The Born Loser’s Theme
Eddie and the Stompers - The Stompers’ Ride
The Sunrays - Hellcats
The Wild Rebels Trailer
The 13th Power - Shape Of Things To Come
Mushrooms - Burned
Roger & the Gypsies - Pass The Hatchet
Apollo’s Apaches - Boss (Be Good To Me)
Takeshi Terauchi & His Blue Jeans - Rising Guitar
The Jaguars - Dancing Lonely Night
Guilloteens - I Sit And Cry
Yvonne Barrett - Little People
Oscar & The Majestics - I Can’t Explain
Thin Lizzy - Rosalie
KYW - Chase Your Listening Blues Away
The Deverons - She’s Your Lover
The Left Banke - Let Go Of You Girl
Neal Ford & The Fanatics - Good Men (Are Hard To Find)
The Gants - Greener Days
The Caravelles - Self Service
The Moonrakers - I Don’t Believe
Big C - Come Along With Me
The New Colony Six - I Lie Awake
Dino, Desi, & Billy - She’s So Far Out She’s In
Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Sure Gonna Miss Her
Four Seasons - Coke
The Four Seasons - No Surfin’ Today
The American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me
The Mynah Birds - It’s My Time
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Saturday, May 17, 2025
Longboards N' Longhorns
With Rick Hamilton
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly (Main Theme) / UA
Deviants - Pappa-Oo-Mao-Mao / Stable
Dick Dale - The Victor / Capitol
Jimmy Dean - Little Black Book / Columbia
The Avantis - Wax 'Em Down / Chancellor
Duane Dee - When the Devil Rides the Wind / Capitol
The Telstars - Spaghetti Strap / RockBeat
Link Wray - Comanche / Epic
Brenda Byers - The Auctioneer / MTA Records
Light Crust Doughboys - Beer Drinkin Mama / Vocalion
Hank Williams - My Bucket's Got a Hole in it / MGM
Beach Boys - Catch a Wave / Capitol
Bill Monroe - Cheyenne / Decca
Jack Nitzsche - The Last Race / Reprise
Dara Chom Chan - Give Me One Kiss / Minky Records
Angelo Lavagnino - There Came a Hero / BMG Zomba
Joy Boys - Boots, Saddle, & Surfboard / Ace Records
Big Ben Hawaiian Band - Hey Jude / Polydor
The Decades - Strange Worlds / Janie
Speedy West - Railroadin' / Capitol
Los Panky's - Hanky Panky / Sono Radio
Lonnie Irving - Pinball Machine / Starday
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man / Epic
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Friday, May 16, 2025
Kogar's Jungle Juice Show #106
01 The Men of Chantz Count
Down GATEWAY CUSTOM
02 The Majestics Riding By
CHANSON
03 Fat Daddy Holmes
Chicken Rock JET
04 The Ramrods Boing AMY
05 Chaino Ubangi Rock
TAMPA
06 Wes Dakus Sour Biscuits
SWAN
07 Garnell Cooper and the
kinfolks - green monkey JUBILEE
01 The Five Blacks - Come
On B&C
02 Mr. Lee What's Your
Name WINTER
03 The Danderliers Chop
Chop Boom STATES
04 The Dukes Ooh Bop She
Bop SPECIALTY
05 Donald Woods and the
Vel-Aires Man from Utopia
06 Vernon Green and the
Medallions Behind the Door DOOTO
01 Guitar Slim - got
sumpin for you SPECIALTY
02 Mari Jones - Riba Daba
Doo TAMPA
03 Wee Willie Wayne I
Remember IMPERIAL
04 Baby Huey and the Baby
Sitters Messin with the Kid SATELLITE
05 Jay Jay Johnson -
Fannie Mae FROLIC
06 Riff Ruffin Hoop and
Holler ENJOY
01 The Vi-Kings She's Cool
VI-KINGS
02 Gene Terry and the Down
Beats No Mail Today GOLDBAND
02 Jimmy Lloyd You're Gone
Baby ROULETTE
03 The Ferros with Nick
and his Jaguars - Tough Cat HI Q
04 Johnny Sardo Take a
Ride With Me CHOCK -full of hits- RECORDS
05 Dall Raney and the
Umbrellas Fastback HOLLYWOOD
06 Ray Burden with Wayne
Johnson on guitar A Hot Rodders Dream ADONIS
07 Donna Lou White
Cadillac LOMAR
08 Homer Denison Jr.
Chicke Run BRUNSWICK
01 Blues Rockers Johnny
Mae EXCELLO
02 Arthur Gunter Baby
Let's Play House EXCELLO
03 Slim Harpo Strange Love
EXCELLO
04 Lightnin Slim Hoo Doo
Blues EXCELLO
05 Jerry Mcain and his
Upstarts - Bad Credit EXCELLO
01 The Tikis Popsicle Boy MINART ep in town tonight
02 The Tikis All That Talk
MINART ep in town tonight
03 The Dantes Can't Get
Enough of Your Love JAIME
04 The Trashmen Ubangi
Stomp ARGO
05 Jim Dickinson Monkey
Man SOUTHERN RECORDS
06 Elwood James Arkansas
Jane BONANZA RECORDS
07 The Sultans - Don’t you
Just Know It AFCO
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Monday, May 12, 2025
Aircheck Of The Week
"Ladies and gentlemen, memories are made of this." Specifically, Tony Taylor and Jim O'Brien on WOR-FM/New York. It's only 7 months into "The Big Town Sound", the slick Top 40 format that replaced the first-ever commercial album rock station in the U.S. For those who are wondering, that's the same Jim O'Brien who later went on to be a market legend in Philadelphia radio & TV...and also the father of Frasier's Peri Gilpin. It's May '68 on Boss Radio 66.
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The Strange World Of Planet X
With Spookshow Serenade
2 The Graveyard Shift - William J. Le Petomane
3 Spooky Shore - Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited
4 Ghoul Tango - The Route 66 Killers
5 Embrujo Amazónico - Sonido Gallo Negro
6 Dr. Crippen - The Spackles
7 Invisible People - The Slickee Boys
8 Hip-no-tyzed - The Gruesomes
9 Monster - The Shakewells
10 The Witch - The Fuzztones
11 Vampira! - Fortune and Maltese
13 Mexican Girl vs. Voodoo Witch - Twangozilla
14 Fantomasophobia - Messer Chups
15 The Man from Planet X - The Bomboras
16 Psycko (Themes from Psycho and Vertigo) - Laika and the
Cosmonauts
17 Die 1000 Wellen des Dr. Mabuse - Docteur Legume et les Surfwerks
18 Blood Drinkers Only - Beware The Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion!
19 Haunted House - Les Envahisseurs
20 In Love with a Ghost- The Mal Thursday Quintet
21 If You Have Ghosts - Roky Erickson and The Aliens
23 Surfin’ Dead - The Cramps
24 Night of the Phantom - The Gravedigger V
25 Psychic Voodoo Doll - Deadbolt
26 Lylythe - The Oujia Chords
27 Gutter Witch - Creepseed
28 I Got Nightmares - The Primates
30 Dead Eyes - Guadalcanal Diary
31 Bringing Back the Dead - The Evil Streaks
32 Nightmare - The Rebel Set
33 (She’s My) Vampire Girl - The Groovie Ghoulies
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Saturday, May 10, 2025
Longboards N' Longhorns
Stonewall Jackson - Wild, Wild, Wind / Columbia
Los Belkings - Bolido de Fuego / Virrey
The Ventures - Let's Go / Dolton Records
Riz Ortolani - The Hunting Party / United Artists
Lawrence Reynolds - Jesus is a Soul Man / Warner
The Debonairs - High Wall / Rockbeat Records
Hank Snow - Hula Love / RCA Victor
The Samoan Surf Riders - Mauga Ole Atuolo / Ocatgon
Glenn Garrison - Just For You / B-Sharp
Webb Pierce - I Don't Care / Decca
The Singing Guitars - 36/24/36 / Melodiy
John Ashley - How to Stuff A Wild Bikini / Hydra Records
Surfer Joe - The North Swell / Hi-Tide Recordings
Tex Fletcher - You Don't Know What Lonesome Is / Waldorf Music Hall
Vinnie Bell - Whistle Stop / Verve Records
Don Gibson - Just One Time / RCA
The Shades - Shady Lady / Ardent
The Hot Doggers - Surfin' U.S.A. / Epic
Sandy Posey - Single Girl / MGM
Johnny Sea - My Old Faded Rose / Philips
Mike Adams & the Red Jackets - Surfer's Beat / Crown
Riz Ortolani - Violenza Odito (Part 3) / Penta Music
Surfaris - Wipe Out! / Dot
Willie Nelson - Mountain Dew / RCA
Elton Britt - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain / RCA Victor
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Friday, May 9, 2025
Kogar's Jungle Juice Show #105
01 the del saints – tarzan
WHIRL
02 Johnny Parker And The
Zirkons - Oongawa CT
03 the four sharpes –
safari DARROW
04 ivan ward and the
swingsters - congo glide SAVOY
05 twistin kings - congo
part one MOTOWN
06 muvva (guitar) hubbard
- congo mambo ABC PARAMOUNT
07 the gaynighters -
jungle call YOUNG ARTISTS
01 The Creators - Booga
Bear HI-Q
02 The Classics Enie Minie
Mo MUSICNOTE
03 Benn Zeppa and the
Zephyrs Baby I Need SPECIALTY
04 The Bel-Aires Let's
Party Awhile FLIP
05 Rolling Crew Home on Alcatraz
ALADDIN
06 the vets wipe those
tears from your eyes SWAMI
01 Earl Wade I dig Rock n
Roll SWAN
02 little luther - du dee
squat – CRISS CROSS
03 Bobby Marchan and the
Clowns - Rockin Behind the Iron Curtain SPECIALTY
04 Bo Diddley Crawdad
CHECKER
05 Crawford Brothers It
Feels Good ALADDIN
06 Little Esther Hollerin’
and Screamin FEDERAL
01 Allen Page With The
Deltones Dateless Night MOON
02 The Jiants She's My
Woman CLAUDRA
03 Bobby Sykes Touch of
Loving DECCA
04 Ronnie Person She Bops
a Lot HERALD
05 The Matys Brothers Rock
Me Daddy BBS
06 Wally Jeffery Oh Yeah
DO RA ME
07 The Strikes I Don't
Want to Cry Over You IMPERIAL
08 Tony Shepperd Zach
-Zack- RCA VICTOR
01 Big Mama Thornton I
aint no Fool PEACOCK
02 Earl Gaines Sittin Here
Drinkin CHAMPION
03 Champion Jack Dupree
Drunk Again RED ROBIN
04 Joe Turner and his
Blues Kings The Chicken and the Hawk ATLANTIC
05 Jimmy Witherspoon
Endless Sleep RIP
01 Euel Box - The Frito
Twist FRITOS
02 Alf Newman Let's do the
Fink GOLDEN 12
03 Bobby Wilding Slide
Part 1 MAY
04 the harlequins -
everybody fish part one COLLIER
05 The Shondells Hanky
Panky SNAP
06 the Frantics - (do the)
jack-knife “PIC”
07 The Shanghais The
Crusher HAMMER LOCK RECORDS
08 Tony Ray - Bossa Nova
Baby IMPERIAL
Outro Laverne Baker Romance in the Dark
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Forgotten 45s
With David Bruce
Uniques - Not Too Long Ago
Steve Alaimo - Every Day I Have To Cry
Annette - Lonely Guitar
Redeye – Games
Lee Rogers - Boss Love
Peter & Gordon - The Jokers
Traits - Harlem Shuffle
Dick & Dee Dee - Turn Around
Pillow Talk Movie commercial
Twinkle - Terry
Every Mother's Son - No One Knows
Serendipity Singers - Plastic
Savoy Brown - Tell Mama
Ronnie Hawkins - Forty Days
Easybeats Coke commercial
Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger
Jay & The Americans - Strangers Tomorrow
Shacklefords - A Stranger In Your Town
Trade Martin - That Stranger Used To Be My Girl
Union 76 commercial
Drifters - He's Just A Playboy
Jose Feliciano - Hitchcock Railway
Fifth Dimension - Blowing Away
Ohio Express - Chewy Chewy
Eddie Holman - Don't Stop Now
Grass Roots - Baby Hold On
Patty & The Emblems - Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl
Supremes - The Composer
Hedgehoppers Anonymous - Don't Push Me
Richie Valens - Come On Let's Go
Johnny Rivers - Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Plymouth commercial
Chubby Checker - Lovely Lovely
Temptations - You've Got To Earn It
Blizzard - Keep A Knockin'-Get Back-Etc.
Royal Guardsmen - Baby Let's Wait
Bo Diddley - Road Runner
Astors - Candy
Dusk - Treat Me Like A Good Piece Of Candy
Al Hirt - Cotton Candy
Four Seasons - Candy Girl
Dr. Pepper commercial
Dino, Desi & Billy - I'm A Fool
Dave Clark 5 - You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
British Music
With Mark Ehmcke
1. Biff-Bang-Pow - The Creation;
2. Can The Can - Suzi Quatro;
3. Honey I Need - The Pretty Things;
4. Rain - Petula Clark;
5. So Sad About Us - The Who;
6. Teenage Depression - Eddie and the Hot Rods;
7. Mirror Star - Fabulous Poodles;
8. Amnesia - Fingerprintz;
9. Brickfield Nights - The Boys;
10. Coast To Coast - Ducks Deluxe;
11. From Home - The Troggs;
12. How I Wrote Elastic Man - The Fall;
13. Long Live Love - Sandi Shaw;
14. Someone To Love Part 1 - The Yardbirds;
15. Blackberry Way - The Move;
16. Do You Want To Touch Me There - Gary Glitter;
17. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Rod Stewart;
18. Little Things - Dave Berry;
19. Reward - The Teardrop Explodes;
20. Summer Nights - Marianne Faithful;
21. A Must To Avoid - Herman's Hermits;
22. I'll Cry Instead - Joe Cocker;
23. Sin City - The Mekons;
24. Medicated Goo - Traffic;
25. High In The Sky - Amen Corner
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Monday, May 5, 2025
Aircheck Of The Week
Boss had a moment in 1965. Boss Radio was the new game in town for Boss Angeles, as a revolutionary new radio format made its first big splash at 93/KHJ. Soon, the sound spread across the country at stations like CKLW, WOR-FM, and KFRC. This is the original sales demo KHJ used shortly after Boss Radio's launch. The demo was originally telescoped, but I've restored all of the music to give you the optimum listening experience. It's May, 1965 at Boss Radio 66.
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Longboards N' Longhorns
With Rick Hamilton
Riz Ortolani - La Notte Dei Serpenti / Digitmovies
The Monzels - Sharkskin / Rockbeat
Don Bailey - Natural Born Man / Solid Gold Records
The Buddies - Pulsebeat / Swan
Ray Kinney - Sweet Leilani / RCA Camden
Ned Miller - From A Jack To A King / Fabor
The Honeys - Surfin' Down The Swanee River / Capitol
Jack Barlow - Step Down / Soma
Red Simpson - Nitro Express / Bear Family
The Astronauts - Baja / RCA Victor
The String-A-Longs - Perfidia / Warwick
Luis Bacalov - Duello Nel Fango / Intermezzo
Bobby Wayne - Boy Named Sue / Crown
The Sunrays - I Live for the Sun / Capitol
St John & The Cardinals - The Rise / Shurfine
James Hendricks - Big Wheels / Liberty
Steve Rowe & the Furys - Minor Chaos / Self
Cliffie Stonehead & His Band - Cool Water / Bel-Tone
The Scarlets - Stampede / Prince
Jeannie Seely - Harper Valley PTA / Monument
The Mills Brothers - On A Little Bamboo Bridge / Dot Records
Hank Locklin - Geisha Girl / RCA Victor
The Hondells - You're Gonna Ride With Me / Mercury
Ennio Morricone - Tepepa / Cerberus Records
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