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Donna Halper..Rush...Cleveland rock radio...Denny Sanders...and the rock n roll hall of fame
Donna Halper..Rush...Cleveland rock radio...Denny Sanders...and the rock n roll hall of fame
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Donna, Rush, Cleveland rock radio and the R&R Hall of Fame
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Wiki.: "Rush had limited local popularity until the album was picked up by WMMS, a radio station in Cleveland, Ohio. Donna Halper, a music director and DJ working at the station, selected "Working Man" for her regular play list. The song's blue collar theme resonated with hard rock fans and this new found popularity led to the album being re-released by Mercury Records in the U.S."
Before she helped to discover Rush while in Cleveland, Donna Halper was the afternoon drive personality at the old WCAS-740 in Cambridge during the Summer of 1973.
And of course, she now lives in Boston and is a programming consultant and broadcasting historian.
By the way, the late disco star Donna Summer---a Boston native---was also named to the Hall.
And of course, she now lives in Boston and is a programming consultant and broadcasting historian.
By the way, the late disco star Donna Summer---a Boston native---was also named to the Hall.
Yes and Donna's book on Boston radio shows her at WRBB, Northeastern, in the 60s (first female
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Congratulations to Rush and Heart. Both very deserving of induction. But last time I checked, this was the "Rock & Roll" Hall Of Fame, not the "Top 40 Hall Of Fame." The hall lost all credibility with me when ABBA was inducted. How does Deep Purple not get in? Donna Summer is not Rock and Roll.
The pioneers from the 50s thru the 60s should be enshrined. That was the true era of "Rock & Roll." But one criterion from the late 60s on should have been..."Were you played regularly at Album Rock Radio? If the answer is yes, then inclusion should be considered.
There is a new "pop music" Hall of Fame opening in Canonsburg, PA..outside of Pittsburgh. Canonsburg is home to Perry Como and Bobby Vinton. Pop artists like ABBA belong there, not in Cleveland.
And where the heck is Chicago? How are they not enshrined in Cleveland?
The pioneers from the 50s thru the 60s should be enshrined. That was the true era of "Rock & Roll." But one criterion from the late 60s on should have been..."Were you played regularly at Album Rock Radio? If the answer is yes, then inclusion should be considered.
There is a new "pop music" Hall of Fame opening in Canonsburg, PA..outside of Pittsburgh. Canonsburg is home to Perry Como and Bobby Vinton. Pop artists like ABBA belong there, not in Cleveland.
And where the heck is Chicago? How are they not enshrined in Cleveland?
raccoonradio said:
Denny Sanders, a native of Needham, was on the air at then-WTBS (now WMBR), Cambridge and WNTN, Newton (early 1970s) before heading to Cleveland.
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