Definitely not the same song, plus it was a decade earlier.
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What Defined "Your Parent's Music"?
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As I was growing up, the grandparents and my Mom always listened to the middle of the road station in Erie, PA in the 1960s/1970s. WICU Radio 1330AM (later became WRIE)
Not a lot of description necessary in my case: country. Especially my dad. When we lived in Albuquerque, his radio was practically glued to "Krazy" KRZY, the pioneering country station in Albuquerque, and the ancestor of modern-day KRST(FM). Later on, he was thrilled when I got a part-time job as a DJ at KWRE in Warrenton, Missouri (by that time we lived about halfway between Warrenton and St. Louis). I actually didn't care much for most of the music I played but I realized that listeners to the station got some pleasure out of it thanks to the example close at home. On TV, independent KPLR in St. Louis would have country music shows on Saturday nights, so that's what we often watched until the CBS comedy lineup became so good that we didn't want to miss that. When the Nashville Network came along on cable TV, my mom watched it constantly. She especially loved "Crook and Chase".
Generally, in situations when we were together, I got away with tuning the station to one of the Top-40 stations of the time...WHB, KIOA, KTGR, KXOK, depending on where we were. Our cars only had AM, so when I switched over to FM, I basically did without when in the car. My parents never did latch on to FM, though they never minded that I did, and they never paid much attention to the choices I made at home. My parents were big news consumers, as was I, so we often found common ground with news and talk programming. Oddly, though, once we got to St. Louis, I really didn't listen much to KMOX, thinking it was too fuddy-duddy.
Generally, in situations when we were together, I got away with tuning the station to one of the Top-40 stations of the time...WHB, KIOA, KTGR, KXOK, depending on where we were. Our cars only had AM, so when I switched over to FM, I basically did without when in the car. My parents never did latch on to FM, though they never minded that I did, and they never paid much attention to the choices I made at home. My parents were big news consumers, as was I, so we often found common ground with news and talk programming. Oddly, though, once we got to St. Louis, I really didn't listen much to KMOX, thinking it was too fuddy-duddy.
Neither you nor they were sports fans, eh?
There aren't any pro sports leagues in Iowa
In states like Iowa, the big state universities are like pro teams in terms of fan interest, especially in football and basketball. Hawkeyes and Cyclones games are on plenty of stations. Iowa also has radio affiliates of pro teams in neighboring states. The Cubs are very popular there. Thinking that no one in Iowa is interested in sports just because the state has no "pro sports leagues" (you mean major league teams) is illogical.
Oh, and Iowa borders Missouri, too. More big league teams for Iowans to follow.
I'm in Vermont. Not even a professional minor league team within our borders, but the radio dial is full of Red Sox and Patriots affiliates.
Good Lord....
We weren't big into sports. I'll pay attention to the baseball Cardinals every once in a while (as well as the SF Giants from my time in the Bay Area) but I have no passion about it. I also find baseball play-by-play hard to listen to. It was hard for me to listen to even when Jack Buck was doing it, and Jack Buck could read the phone book and make it seem interesting. The football Cardinals were still around in those days, but Bill Bidwill, the owner, was just about the biggest whiner on earth, and, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's whining from a rich guy who's engaged in an unserious business. Pro basketball had already left. Hockey had some impact, and Dan Kelly's play-by-play on KMOX could be worth listening to.
But, honestly, I had far more important things to attend to. The highlights on KSD-TV or KMOX-TV newscasts were enough. And none of it takes away from the general fuddy-duddiness of KMOX.
As someone who was originally from one of those college towns, and who lived there for several years after graduating from the university, I viewed football games as a gigantic pain in the you-know-what. The amount of money and effort that goes into college sports that could go to something more productive....
First, I grew up in three states. The Iowa location was just ten miles from the Missouri border. Then we moved to the St. Louis area.
We weren't big into sports. I'll pay attention to the baseball Cardinals every once in a while (as well as the SF Giants from my time in the Bay Area) but I have no passion about it. I also find baseball play-by-play hard to listen to. It was hard for me to listen to even when Jack Buck was doing it, and Jack Buck could read the phone book and make it seem interesting. The football Cardinals were still around in those days, but Bill Bidwill, the owner, was just about the biggest whiner on earth, and, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's whining from a rich guy who's engaged in an unserious business. Pro basketball had already left. Hockey had some impact, and Dan Kelly's play-by-play on KMOX could be worth listening to.
But, honestly, I had far more important things to attend to. The highlights on KSD-TV or KMOX-TV newscasts were enough. And none of it takes away from the general fuddy-duddiness of KMOX.
College sports is a big deal in the Midwest generally. That's how Learfield got to where it was today.
As someone who was originally from one of those college towns, and who lived there for several years after graduating from the university, I viewed football games as a gigantic pain in the you-know-what. The amount of money and effort that goes into college sports that could go to something more productive....
Yes. I think 63 Big WAYS plays it. Different song.
The Neil Sedaka song, "Stairway to Heaven," was his follow-up top 40 single to "Oh! Carol," and peaked at #9 on the Billboard hot 100 in May 1960. It was composed by Neil Sedaka (who wrote the music) and his usual songwriting partner, Howard Greenfield (who supplied the lyrics).
Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," was written by Jimmy Page and featured on the band's 4th album released at the tail end of 1971. Though KHJ played the song a lot in Los Angeles in June of 1972 (before I made the final move to Phoenix), it never showed up on the station's top 30 survey precisely because a 45 single of the song wasn't available at the time for purchas. (If I remember correctly, a 45 of the song was issued in 2000 or 2001, long after the song's prime days of radio play on top 40 stations was over.)
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Ted, I think he knew that and his choice of punctuation was intended to indicate incredulousness at anyone confusing the two ...
Well, actually I didn't know anything about Neil Sedaka's "Stairway to Heaven" until now, but yes, incredulousness was totally my intent.
That said, I actually like the Led Zeppelin song. I don't really care to listen to any of their other records though, so I very well might be like @CTListener 's father in that I only like exactly one song from a group.
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I always preferred the 711 inch version. https://files.catbox.moe/6ah40p.opus
My dad's taste in music, in the opinion of his children, was awful. Patti Page. Percy Faith. Perry Como. The Ray Conniff Singers. etc.
He had a large record collection and after he died we just couldn't give it away.
He had a large record collection and after he died we just couldn't give it away.
Those records used to show up at Goodwill thrift shops all the time, but I suppose they're not welcome as donations now.
There's a buy and sell used record store near me that I regularly frequent, and have become good friends with the owner. He told me there is such a glut of Easy Listening viny out there that people bring in hopes of selling (their now deceased parent's record collection), that he immediately turns it away regardless of whether or not it's in good condition. Why? Because there's no one interested in buying it!
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Wait ... it was released in a format that was 59 feet in diameter?
(I know, I know ... but since you didn't put it in quotes, as in "7-Eleven", you left yourself open to a punch line. Especially since you kept the word "inch" in there.)
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A 59 foot (well, technically 59.25 foot) album would probably hold quite a lot of something!
But where would anyone put such a huge disk? You'd need a player that's about the size of a modest warehouse!
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Every song ever to hit the Hot 100, all on one oversize disc!
Yeah, but you'd only need one player, since there would be no practical way to store the disc other than leaving it on the turntable.
Sadly, after my mother's house burned, she wanted me to see if any of her 45s were worth money. I got a book and went through her collection (some of which survived the fire) and the answer was no, not worth anything.