Play All The Oldies

[jfrancispastirchak]

Mister landtuna, instead of making another attempt at humor or sarcasm, I'm going to give you---and anyone else who may be interested---a link to a tribute site for Tucson's legendary "Color Radio Channel 99," KTKT:
http://www.ktkt99.com/
If you want a link to the video for Send Me Down To Tucson by Mel Tillis, let me know.

It's a great site. As for the content.....I was there. I r-r-r-r-remember M-M-M-Mel b-b-but n-n-n-not t-t-the s-s-song.

Here's Send Me Down To Tuscon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbsLQBj_cYk

 

[landtuna]

T-U-C-S-O-N (pronounced TOO-sahn or two-SAHN)

 

[Thomps2525]

I know we're getting off topic here---so what else is new?---but the name of the town should be pronounced "tuke-sōn." The word is Spanish and is properly spelled Tucsón. The town was named for Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón, which was completed in 1783. We Americanos anglicized the name to Fort Tucson.

Please learn this information---it will be on Friday's history exam.

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

I know we're getting off topic here---so what else is new?---but the name of the town should be pronounced "tuke-sōn." The word is Spanish and is properly spelled Tucsón. The town was named for Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón, which was completed in 1783. We Americanos anglicized the name to Fort Tucson.
Please learn this information---it will be on Friday's history exam.

Not so off topic as you may think-- Tuscon is the birthtown of Linda Ronstadt, whose lengthy list of hits since the '60s still get plenty of airplay. There. I bailed you out...

 

[davideduardo]

I know we're getting off topic here---so what else is new?---but the name of the town should be pronounced "tuke-sōn." The word is Spanish and is properly spelled Tucsón. The town was named for Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón, which was completed in 1783.

Actually... "Tucson" comes from the name of the O'odham village of S-cuk Son, near present day Tucson. The Spaniards has a habit of naming locations and places after a saint (and when they didn't, they named them after a place or town in Spain or some Spanish noble) and would add a location name. So San Agustín Prison near S-cuk Son became "Presidio San Agustín de Tucsón".

The Spaniards hispanicized the O'odham name, and then it was americanized to the current pronunciation.

A good example of that custom is San Francisco de Quito, now known just as Quito, the capital of Ecuador. "Quito" is from an Inca name for the place where the city lies, which was originally the name of the area "Quitu" from an earlier civilization. So even the Incas did that name conversion thing.

We now return you to the regularly scheduled program.

 

[Thomps2525]

Speaking of Spanish city names, can you imagine program director Ron Jacobs going ballistic if Bill Drake had told him to record jingles that said "KHJ, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles"?

 

[landtuna]

I know we're getting off topic here---so what else is new?---but the name of the town should be pronounced "tuke-sōn." The word is Spanish and is properly spelled Tucsón. The town was named for Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón, which was completed in 1783. We Americanos anglicized the name to Fort Tucson.

Please learn this information---it will be on Friday's history exam.

Not quite right Mr. El A.

The name Tucson is derived from the Indian word, 'Chuk-son,' meaning village of the dark spring at the foot of the mountains. It is referring to the confluence of the Santa Cruz and Rillito (ree EE toe) rivers which used to flow year round. The Santa Cruz flows past the base of Sentinel Peak ('A' Mountain) on the west side of Tucson.

Since its days as an Indian village Tucson has been under four flags including Spain, Mexico, Confederate and USA.

Now, regarding the Ronstadts - one of the pioneer Tucson families - Mexican-German and Dutch. Linda the Singer - only one of a number of her family to be associated with music. The family also owned and operated a pharmacy, a hardware store and a blacksmith shop (wagon makers). Brother Peter served the community as Chief of Police.

Tucson is an island of progressives in a very otherwise red state.

In the state's early days there was a big contest between Phoenix and Tucson as to which would receive the new land grant university, the University of Arizona, and the state insane asylum. The major prize was considered the asylum which Phoenix won and Tucsonans have been laughing ever since. Both institutions are still where originally located.

 

[unitron]

"The major prize was considered the asylum which Phoenix won ..."

Must resist urge to make remark about Arizona politics.

 

[Thomps2525]

...or how the Suns are doing this season.

 

[hornet61]

...or how the Suns are doing this season.

my daughter was a Sun Cheerleader her name was Melanie..nicknamed the Meln8tor....I didn't visit her much (too brown for Maricopa county, oh sorry, they did say no politics)

 

[desertv]

...or how the Suns are doing this season.
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...or how bad the Lakers are this year 8)

 

[hornet61]

Mister landtuna, instead of making another attempt at humor or sarcasm, I'm going to give you---and anyone else who may be interested---a link to a tribute site for Tucson's legendary "Color Radio Channel 99," KTKT:
http://www.ktkt99.com/
If you want a link to the video for Send Me Down To Tucson by Mel Tillis, let me know.

It's a great site. As for the content.....I was there. I r-r-r-r-remember M-M-M-Mel b-b-but n-n-n-not t-t-the s-s-song.

Here's Send Me Down To Tuscon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbsLQBj_cYk

Guys ..If you have ever been busted by your wife for cheating......this is not the song you want coming on the car radio on a sunday drive with the mrs...same goes for "Nobody" by Sylvia.

 

[Thomps2525]

A year after Sylvia topped the country chart with Nobody, she had a hit with Snapshot, in which her cheating husband is soon to discover she's gone...but left an incriminating photograph. Ooh-wee!!! You can also add Who's Cheatin' Who, a number-one country hit for Charly McClain in early 1981 and a #2 country hit for Alan Jackson in 1997.

Now I'm wondering---and getting even more off-topic---if there have been any other cheating songs that became a hit for both a male singer and a female singer.

 

[unitron]

...or how the Suns are doing this season.

my daughter was a Sun Cheerleader her name was Melanie..nicknamed the Meln8tor....I didn't visit her much (too brown for Maricopa county, oh sorry, they did say no politics)

So you should really be known as Melanin8tr?
;D

 

[hornet61]

...or how the Suns are doing this season.

my daughter was a Sun Cheerleader her name was Melanie..nicknamed the Meln8tor....I didn't visit her much (too brown for Maricopa county, oh sorry, they did say no politics)

So you should really be known as Melanin8tr?
;D

I don't get it?...her cousins nicknamed her Meln8tor..half woman-half terminator, because her boyfriends were left in her wake.

 

[firepoint525]

I don't get it?...her cousins nicknamed her Meln8tor..half woman-half terminator, because her boyfriends were left in her wake.

Melanin is skin pigmentation. Melanoma is skin cancer. I always get melanin confused with melatonin, which is an herb that you take to help you go to sleep. Important information for someone who worked the overnight shift for 10 years, like me!

Back to Sylvia, I have on old album of hers that has a "snapshot" of her on the cover photograph in which she looks like Brooke Shields! ;D

 

[hornet61]

...or how the Suns are doing this season.

my daughter was a Sun Cheerleader her name was Melanie..nicknamed the Meln8tor....I didn't visit her much (too brown for Maricopa county, oh sorry, they did say no politics)

So you should really be known as Melanin8tr?
;D

I don't get it?...her cousins nicknamed her Meln8tor..half woman-half terminator, because her boyfriends were left in her wake.

now that firepoint defined melanin.....I get It "So you should really be known as Melanin8tr?" that's pretty good. Of course my "too brown for Maricopa county" is my jab at Phx, which I do every chance I get.

 

[klutch00]

Most oldies stations limit their format to "rock 'n' roll" oldies. They don't play Gene Pitney, Dean Martin, Petula Clark, Connie Francis. I wish there was a station that played all the oldies. If they did play all the oldies, they might last longer. There is music outside of rock 'n' roll.

I'm all for oldies stations playing artists like the ones you mentioned. However, I would lay off the 'crooners' such as Pat Boone, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como; probably even Andy Williams, too. I say let the pop-standards stations handle those artists.

 

[landtuna]

Most oldies stations limit their format to "rock 'n' roll" oldies. They don't play Gene Pitney, Dean Martin, Petula Clark, Connie Francis. I wish there was a station that played all the oldies. If they did play all the oldies, they might last longer. There is music outside of rock 'n' roll.

If this is a dupe response please forgive me.

If it's Oldies (and we're talkin' Golden Oldies) from a wide variety of artists I would suggest KOY-AM on the Internet (iHeartRadio). They stream a very good signal in full stereo and it is one of the more eclectic stations I've found. Other than a bad habit of running a current every now and then to try to induce you to download they have limited commercials, frequent commercial-free periods and real DJ's (kind of a throwback to the MOR stations of 30 years ago).

They could play Dean Martin followed by Fleetwood Mac and then Percy Faith. I find that variety very nice and I've heard some songs recently that I haven't heard anywhere else in many years.

 

[Biondi4Mayor]

That's a-ok Landtuna, cause I'm about to provide a lousy response as well!!

Click the link below my post for internet-only PopGoldRadio.

Nothing new (except they play some stuff off the newest Beach Boys album - what a concept huh?) , no commercials, 50's - 70's (limited 80's).

ALL Oldies, ALL Genres - you really can hear Dean Martin, followed by Lynn Anderson, Brenda Lee, then some Motown, then some AC like Petula etc etc etc.

Best listening I've found online!

Again, pardon my "advertising" - but it is not my station - I'm just a crazy fan!