WFDU's Vintage Rock & Pop Shop

[carlosgateleaper]

Hey guys, just to let you know, I've been hosting "The Vintage Rock & Pop Shop" on 89.1 WFDU fm (Teaneck, NJ) for about 6 months ago. The focus is pop/rock from 1955 through 1966 or as I call it "top hits, lost gems and then some". Requests fuel the show so if you want to make any, come like our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vintage-Rock-Pop-Shop/233076326819738

We're on every Sunday from 11amET to 1pmET.

You can check out a recent show here. The guest was Tommy Roe : http://wfdu.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/62730/the-vintage-rock-pop-shop


-Ghosty

 

[Thomps2525]

Thank you for sharing that, Mister Ghosty! Ain't in amazing how most FM oldies/classic-rock stations have quit playing the 1950s and early '60s because the program directors insist that nobody wants to hear those old songs anymore...and yet some of the most popular Internet stations play the 1950s and early '60s? Go figure!

 

[carlosgateleaper]

Thank you for sharing that, Mister Ghosty! Ain't in amazing how most FM oldies/classic-rock stations have quit playing the 1950s and early '60s because the program directors insist that nobody wants to hear those old songs anymore...and yet some of the most popular Internet stations play the 1950s and early '60s? Go figure!

Indeed! What's more is that this show found it's audience really quickly, proving that there IS an audience out there that's just waiting to hear 50's/60's music. They're a large and loyal one too. It boggles the mind to think that commercial radio and advertisers are missing the boat like this.

 

[oldies76]

Indeed! What's more is that this show found it's audience really quickly, proving that there IS an audience out there that's just waiting to hear 50's/60's music. They're a large and loyal one too. It boggles the mind to think that commercial radio and advertisers are missing the boat like this.

I call it a LOST OPPORTUNITY for radio. So what, if the song is from 1955 or 1961 or 1963...it's all rock and roll.

"Moody River" by Pat Boone is just as classic as "Hound Dog" by Elvis.

 

[carlosgateleaper]

Indeed! What's more is that this show found it's audience really quickly, proving that there IS an audience out there that's just waiting to hear 50's/60's music. They're a large and loyal one too. It boggles the mind to think that commercial radio and advertisers are missing the boat like this.

I call it a LOST OPPORTUNITY for radio. So what, if the song is from 1955 or 1961 or 1963...it's all rock and roll.

"Moody River" by Pat Boone is just as classic as "Hound Dog" by Elvis.

And the sad part is there are so many young listeners who wouldn't mind listening to Pat Boone and Elvis on the radio.

 

[Thomps2525]

How many people---of any age group---could hear the music of the 1950s and '60s and still prefer the music of the 2000s and 2010s? I'm guessing the number wouldn't be very high.

 

[carlosgateleaper]

How many people---of any age group---could hear the music of the 1950s and '60s and still prefer the music of the 2000s and 2010s? I'm guessing the number wouldn't be very high.

I know there's a certain young hipster element out there that likes 50's rockabilly, 60's garage rock, etc. Most likely they discovered it after growing dissatisfied with hearing Lady GaGa, Keisha and that ilk. Can't say I blame them.

I grew up listening to 50's and 60's music because it was all over the radio in the 70's. When I was a kid, I didn't think in terms of this music is "old" and that music was "new". For all I knew, The Beach Boys wrote "I Get Around" that afternoon when I got home from school. I had no idea the song was 10 years old at the time. I just knew it was better. 8)

 

[oldies76]

Carlos,

There is a link to a K-Earth 101 special that aired in 1985 that played L.A. number one songs over a holiday weekend from 1955 onward. (I've shared this before) What do you think? Variety?


http://crl.ucsd.edu/~buff/krth/

 

[oldies76]

I grew up listening to 50's and 60's music because it was all over the radio in the 70's. When I was a kid, I didn't think in terms of this music is "old" and that music was "new". For all I knew, The Beach Boys wrote "I Get Around" that afternoon when I got home from school. I had no idea the song was 10 years old at the time. I just knew it was better. 8)

I can also remember being in school (3rd grade??) kids bringing Beatles 45's "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to class and playing them on those generic classroom record players. This was in 1976. Amazing huh?

 

[Thomps2525]

Who are these "Beatles" and "Beach Boys" you guys are writing about?

Soon after I Want To Hold Your Hand was released in the US on December 26, 1963, it became the first---and only---song to debut at number one on the KFWB (Los Angeles) Fabulous Forty Survey. (The station was top 40 from 1958 to 1968.) Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place had been number one for ten weeks in 1960; the Beatles' song broke that record---no pun intended. It stayed number one on KFWB for eleven weeks.

 

[carlosgateleaper]

Who are these "Beatles" and "Beach Boys" you guys are writing about?

Soon after I Want To Hold Your Hand was released in the US on December 26, 1963, it became the first---and only---song to debut at number one on the KFWB (Los Angeles) Fabulous Forty Survey. (The station was top 40 from 1958 to 1968.) Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place had been number one for ten weeks in 1960; the Beatles' song broke that record---no pun intended. It stayed number one on KFWB for eleven weeks.

Have you ever heard the US radio debut of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"? Allegedly it was on December 10th 1963 on WWDC. The clip is here...http://www.thefab40.com/media/audio/clip2.mp3

 

[radioman148]

Who are these "Beatles" and "Beach Boys" you guys are writing about?

Soon after I Want To Hold Your Hand was released in the US on December 26, 1963, it became the first---and only---song to debut at number one on the KFWB (Los Angeles) Fabulous Forty Survey. (The station was top 40 from 1958 to 1968.) Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place had been number one for ten weeks in 1960; the Beatles' song broke that record---no pun intended. It stayed number one on KFWB for eleven weeks.

Have you ever heard the US radio debut of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"? Allegedly it was on December 10th 1963 on WWDC. The clip is here...http://www.thefab40.com/media/audio/clip2.mp3

Maybe the first time for "I Want To Hold Your Hand", but definitely not the first time a Beatles record was heard in the US. On February 23, 1963 Dick Biondi played "Please Please Me" on WLS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W26aSVEwxY

 

[benale]

I grew up on 50's and 60's music, and I think the 60's, particularly 1964-1969 was the greatest era for music. Of course, I could be a bit biased, and I always wonder if I was born in 1969 instead of 1949 would I feel the same? If I was twenty years younger the 80's would be my sweet spot, ten years later, the 90's.

Having played current music from 1972 until 2010 I've heard them all. I started getting tired of current music in the mid 80's. To my jaded ears the 60's and 70's gave us timeless classics. Can the same be said of the music from 1990 through today?..and does a 34 year old or 44 year old feel their teenage years gave us the best music of all time? Music is all subjective,obviously. but when you have the 50's and 60's that gave us Elvis, The Beatles,The British Invasion, Motown,Classic Soul and some of the greatest 45's in history, how can you compare that incredible period to the music of the last twenty years? Granted, there is some good music as there is in every era, but will classic hits stations(if there are any left)in 2020 be playing Lady Gaga as one of their core artists?

Just my 2 cents. It is good to know that Satellite radio and Internet radio still plays 50's and 60's music. It's a shame if people who weren't exposed to this music when it first came out and listen to commercial radio, will never hear some of the greatest music of all time.

 

[doowopvault]

Glad to hear another show on the radio playing the new sound of the old sound. We have fools on this board who say "it's old" and people don't want to hear it. As I said, radio is THE ONLY area where music isn't treated as an art form. Do you think art galleries would say "let's stop showing all this "old" art work" or book stores saying "let's stop carrying all these "old" classic works and only sell new younger authors"? NO!!! only radio. That's why they are destroying radio, they care nothing about art, nothing about music, culturally they are dead from the neck up.

 

[hornet61]

Who are these "Beatles" and "Beach Boys" you guys are writing about?

Soon after I Want To Hold Your Hand was released in the US on December 26, 1963, it became the first---and only---song to debut at number one on the KFWB (Los Angeles) Fabulous Forty Survey. (The station was top 40 from 1958 to 1968.) Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place had been number one for ten weeks in 1960; the Beatles' song broke that record---no pun intended. It stayed number one on KFWB for eleven weeks.

Have you ever heard the US radio debut of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"? Allegedly it was on December 10th 1963 on WWDC. The clip is here...http://www.thefab40.com/media/audio/clip2.mp3

Maybe the first time for "I Want To Hold Your Hand", but definitely not the first time a Beatles record was heard in the US. On February 23, 1963 Dick Biondi played "Please Please Me" on WLS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W26aSVEwxY

wow...goes to show the stroke Biondi must have had back then, he got it pretty quick..the LP was recorded on 2/11/1963...interesting Biondi intro's the song was very simply "The Beatles Please Please Me"..the listeners must wondering "Who the heck are The Beatles".

 

[radioman148]

Who are these "Beatles" and "Beach Boys" you guys are writing about?

Soon after I Want To Hold Your Hand was released in the US on December 26, 1963, it became the first---and only---song to debut at number one on the KFWB (Los Angeles) Fabulous Forty Survey. (The station was top 40 from 1958 to 1968.) Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place had been number one for ten weeks in 1960; the Beatles' song broke that record---no pun intended. It stayed number one on KFWB for eleven weeks.

Have you ever heard the US radio debut of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"? Allegedly it was on December 10th 1963 on WWDC. The clip is here...http://www.thefab40.com/media/audio/clip2.mp3

Maybe the first time for "I Want To Hold Your Hand", but definitely not the first time a Beatles record was heard in the US. On February 23, 1963 Dick Biondi played "Please Please Me" on WLS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W26aSVEwxY

wow...goes to show the stroke Biondi must have had back then, he got it pretty quick..the LP was recorded on 2/11/1963...interesting Biondi intro's the song was very simply "The Beatles Please Please Me"..the listeners must wondering "Who the heck are The Beatles".

Vee Jay Records which distributed "Please Please Me" in the US was located in the Chicago area. That didn't hurt Biondi's chances I'm sure.

 

[hornet61]

We discussed this a couple of years ago, it's amazing in 1963 the Beatles couldn't get arrested in the US, 14 months later they scored the greatest domination of the US charts in history and no one has been close to that achievment since.
Well maybe the Bee Gee's at the peak of "Sat night Fever"-fever. RSO artists Bee Gee's and Evonne Elliman had a hand in 4 or 5 of the top 6 songs in one week and the #1 LP. If memory serves me.. I'm starting get senile , not getting facts straight.

 

[radioman148]

We discussed this a couple of years ago, it's amazing in 1963 the Beatles couldn't get arrested in the US, 14 months later they scored the greatest domination of the US charts in history and no one has been close to that achievment since.
Well maybe the Bee Gee's at the peak of "Sat night Fever"-fever. RSO artists Bee Gee's and Evonne Elliman had a hand in 4 or 5 of the top 6 songs in one week and the #1 LP. If memory serves me.. I'm starting get senile , not getting facts straight.

Yes the Beatles couldn't get the time of day in the US in 63. Biondi has often told the story of when he went out to LA in the summer of 63 he again tried playing the Beatles. All he got for his efforts were angry phone calls from listeners telling him to "get that crap off the air and play more surfing songs".