I doubt if many of you will remember these songs from the Golden Days of rock-n-roll radio.
It was, after all, 59 years ago, 1961, at KCJB Radio in Minot, North Dakota.
It wasn't the birthing ground of my broadcasting career.
I had actually started out at KEYJ in Jamestown, North Dakota, while attending college.
Or, some would say, as a 15 year old ham radio operator while still in high school.
But this was where legend set in and I became "Bruce on the Loose"!
Actually Bruce on the Loose only reigned until 10:00, then a half hour of news, weather, sports, and I became the Franklin McCormack* of northwestern North Dakota, playing romantic ballads and speaking in a dulcet tone until midnight.
Ah, those were the days.
*McCormack was the romantic radio voice of Chicago radio on WBBM and WGN. And I copied him.
Hey, you're throwing me off my routine!
ReplyDeleteI don't recognize the titles of the songs, but do see some familiar artists. Bruce on the Loose! That is great. Do you still have those dulcet tones?
ReplyDeleteI don't recognize any. That could be a fault of my glasses. I misread #21, "Roses Are Red," as "Noses Are Bad." That intrigued me, so I moved closer to the screen. Nevermind...
ReplyDeleteI recognize ALL those hits. Listened to on a car radio or a small transistor radio. Eventually graduated to a clock radio. Pre-R&R days. I guess that makes us antiques!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I recognize some of those songs -- "Palisades Park" and of course "Moon River" and "Baby Elephant Walk" (though not the Welk version). And I know a lot of the artists if not those specific recordings. It would be fun to listen to that Top 40 list now! I didn't realize you were a radio DJ playing music -- I thought you worked more on the news side.
ReplyDeleteMargaret - No, that voice is long gone, I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteSteve - That was my last job as a d.j. though I did fill in in later years when the station I was working for then added an FM station.
That is so cool! I recognize some of those songs. I had a very brief stint as a dj, one three hour show. It was so much fun to put a list of music together, but talking on-air was not my favorite thing. Love seeing that photo of you, Bruce on the Loose!
ReplyDeleteI think I could sing along to most of these songs! Showing my age. My Mum loved "I can't stop loving you" and played the record so many times over & over. That was great to see the old chart! I have a collection of charts from the mid 60s - the Beatles, etc.
ReplyDeleteWell, I recognize some of the surnames, anyway...
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