Aircheck Of The Week

 

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.

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

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

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

 Outro Lavern Baker – Romance in the Dark

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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