Does anybody else miss hearing, even if only occasionally, a real oldies show with phoned-in requests? I'm thinking of the long running one that Jim Sands did for many years on the old WHDH. There was something about the pace and variety of his show that made it easy to listen to. Maybe it was the very young callers he'd get all the time requesting songs that were hits many years before they were born...you knew it was the kid's parents who put him or her on the line to request "Mack The Knife" or something... BTW, I do realize that those phone requests on Jim's show were always recorded from the previous week so his show would be tightly produced, but it sounded great! Comments?
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ALL REQUEST OLDIES SHOWS OF THE PAST (e.g. Jim Sands on WHDH)
- Thread starter Early Byrd
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I used to listen to "The Famous" Jim Sands every Saturday night! The old WHDH was the place to be when you wanted to hear great oldies from the 50s and 60s. By the way, he'd always play the "Happy Birthday" song for those celebrating birthdays that night and would play the year when a song came out. He always had some very special Elvis memory segments, and his callers were fantastic!
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Hands down....Joe Donovan WHAS Louisville, 1983-97.
92% of the records that made Hot 100, he had. That equaled about 20,000 songs from 1955-89. You'd call in your request, and he would go home and get it for the next show. He always had a full list to take home; I doubt he had to "fill time" with other oldies....the requests were many.
I requested 5 or 6 of them, even though I was 850 miles away. It was always interesting to hear a song you hadn't heard in over 20 years!
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92% of the records that made Hot 100, he had. That equaled about 20,000 songs from 1955-89. You'd call in your request, and he would go home and get it for the next show. He always had a full list to take home; I doubt he had to "fill time" with other oldies....the requests were many.
I requested 5 or 6 of them, even though I was 850 miles away. It was always interesting to hear a song you hadn't heard in over 20 years!
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Joe Martelle WROR-FM Saturday Night Live At The Oldies
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Joe did a great show! I miss it! WROR was a great station at 98.5. Right before the days of "Golden Great 98!", the station experimented with "Flashback Party" and "The Son Of The Flashback Party", in late '72 and early '73. Ernie Anastos (known back then as Ernie Andrews) dug out some of the old "R-KO" voicers and the "Hit Parade" jingles. Because of the response of many listeners, WROR went all-oldies in the spring of 1973. And finally, John Long joined WROR and created "The Golden Great 98!" in November of that year. It's almost been 40 years and people STILL remember "The Golden Great 98!". I miss it too.
Also way back in time...The former WEIM-Fitchburg used to do a phenomenal Oldies show on Sunday evenings! They had a really large playlist that they worked from and that show ran for a few years....
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95.9 WATD has a few still spinning the "memories", Yesterdays Memories, with Ed Bowen and Bill Clark. 6-Midnight. Sunday night, "Bill Clark's Music Heaven" 10-2 am, J.K,s "Rock and Soul" Monday am 2-4:30.Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, "Anything Goes, with David Wolfson" 2-5 am. Wednesday 2-5 am, Kevin Boles, I think his show is called "At The Hop". Maybe not "All Request", but all do their best to find 'em and play 'em. www.959watd.com
Tune in to Paul Luzon's "Echoes of the Past", Mondays 9am-noon and Milton Cordiero's "Do-Wop All Night Long", Thursdays 5-9pm on community radio WCUW in Worcester, 91.3fm and streaming at wcuw.org.
Paul and Milton often sub for the weekend rock and blues shows, giving them a 50's flavor.
Paul and Milton often sub for the weekend rock and blues shows, giving them a 50's flavor.
Jack Diamond on WUNR, with "Million Dollar Mindstickers" for his kemosabes.
I've been told that Sands recycled and stockpiled requests, while Martelle taped them during one record and played it during the next.
Jim Sands may have had a few "evergreen" calls stashed, but for the 5 years i both preceeded and followed "The Famous One" on WHDH, and the years prior to that when I was a high school-aged fan & listener & caller - the calls you heard were made that evening. I was there and he had TWO Otari MTR machines rolling.... one to playback a stack of requests, and the other to record the next batch. He alternated all evening long. He did his own board with carts, reels and records.
The 105.7 WROR Saturday Night At The Oldies was short-lived, and Joe McMillan hosted the show for the period Joe Martelle had to sit out the non-compete thing.
great thread, by the way. thanks.
--Chuck Igo
The 105.7 WROR Saturday Night At The Oldies was short-lived, and Joe McMillan hosted the show for the period Joe Martelle had to sit out the non-compete thing.
great thread, by the way. thanks.
--Chuck Igo
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