The Doris Day Show – 1952 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
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Category: Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
It’s May 1979 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You Got Your First Car – Bragging Rights, Street Cred And Ten Gallons Maximum.
Gotta hand it to you – you’re dedicated. Got your learners permit, went to every Drivers Ed class all semester – stood in line for hours at the DMV. Finally got your license – worked your ass off and put in overtime being a bagboy at Daylight on La Cienega.
It’s 1973 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – Your Life Revolves Around The Phone, So Does Everyone Else.
– KMET – Steven Clean – December 27, 1973 – Rob Frankel Collection – Someday. Someday they may make a phone you can take with you anywhere. You will never miss a call, never miss an opportunity ever again. Someday. Maybe not in your lifetime. But for as long as
Dinah Shore, Harry James And Johnny Mercer – Call For Music – 1948 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
Dinah Shore, Harry James and His Orchestra and Johnny Mercer – Call For Music – March 12, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since it’s a holiday weekend, time to dust off a few classic examples of mid-century entertainment from the likes of Dinah Shore and Harry James. This
It’s April 1971 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You’re Graduating In Two Months – You Are Terrified.
April 7, 1971 – Dave Diamond – KRLA – Rob Frankel Collection – You remember. You were exited over the possibilities. Two months to go and you’ll never HAVE to wake up every morning – never HAVE to be home by 10 – never HAVE to sweat out mid-terms (except
It’s June 1965 – You’re A Teenager – You’re In L.A. – You Have A Pen-Pal – She Sent A Tape – It Has Changed Your Life.
– Radio London – June 25, 1965 – Stuart Busby/United DJs Collection – You have a Pen-Pal. Her name is Fern. Fern Lives in London. You were assigned Fern by your Social Studies Teacher when the semester started. You were all assigned Pen-Pals. It had something to do with knowing
It’s June 1968 – You Live In L.A. – You Work In L.A. – You Carry A Briefcase – You Listen To KMPC – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
– KMPC – Dick Whittinghill – 7-8:00 am – June 26, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Not every radio station in Los Angeles threw open its doors and welcomed Rock n’ Roll with open arms. No. Although, in an effort to attempt a modicum of hip, radio stations
It’s March 1959 – You’re A Teenager – You’re In New York – The World Is Strange, But Your Radio Isn’t – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
– WABC – Alan Freed and dial-hopping – March 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1959 – last year of a decade; a decade that started with a war in Korea and was ending with the Cold War. A nervous decade – and like most teenagers at the time,
You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – It’s March 1980 And Rodney Is On KROQ With The Go-Go’s.
KROQ – Rodney Bingenheimer with The Go-Go’s – March 30, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s Sunday night and your ears are glued to the radio. Why? Because Rodney is holding court, just like he has the past few years. Rodney is your weekly go-to guy for
It’s 1961 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You Know Something’s Happening, You Just Don’t Know What It Is.
– KRLA – Jimmy O’Neil Program – October 9. 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It’s 1961. You’re sixteen. You’re the one on the left in the picture. You’re brooding. There’s something in the air – maybe it’s Cuba, maybe it’s Berlin – you know it’s the world and