JIM ROSE REMEMBERS RADIO Issue #680
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July 01, 2009 [Wednesday]
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1950S TV STAR SUCCUMBS
From 1952-56 our family never misses Gale Storm as My Little Margie on CBS TV and on NBC radio. From 1957-60 she stars in another TV series The Gale Storm Show: Oh Susanna! Gale comes to life as Josephine Cottle on April 5, 1922 in Bloomington, TX. She attends San Jacinto high school in Houston. Dot Records signs her to a contract. Her first record is I Hear You Knocking (#2 for 3 weeks-1955). Gale's other Top 20 hits include Teenage Prayer (#6-1956), Memories Are Made of This (#5-1956), Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (#9-1956), Ivory Tower (#6-1956) and Dark Moon (#4-1957). She appears in 36 movies at RKO, Republic, Monogram, Allied Artists and Universal. Gale Storm's son Peter Bonnell says that she dies at 87 on Saturday, June 27, 2009 of natural causes at a convalescent hospital in the Northern California community of Danville.
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TV PITCHMAN EXPIRES
We see those compelling TV infomercials about OxiClean which begin with the line Hi, Billy Mays here! over and over. Billy makes us want the Samurai Shark knife sharpener, Zorbeez super chamois and the Bay City Slider Station burger machine, too. After a U.S. Airways flight makes a rough landing on Saturday afternoon, Mays tells his wife, Deborah, that he doesn't feel well. He mentions to a local TV station that a falling object strikes him on the head as the plane lands: All of a sudden as we hit, you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping. Mays tells Tampa Bay's MyFox TV, It hit me on the head. According to Sgt. Christopher Ugles, spokesman for the Tampa Police Department, a fire rescue crew finds Billy unresponsive in his Tampa, FL home at 7:45 am on Sunday morning, June 28, 2009. Billy Mays dies at 50. A Discovery Channel spokesperson says that Billy Mays leaves his wife Deborah, baby daughter and son, Billy Mays Jr. His mother lives near Pittsburgh, PA.
TRIVIA QUESTION: Who has the 1st chart version of Santana's Black Magic Woman (Billboard #4-1970)? The answer appears below.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
•SHERYL CROW's Welcome America celebration concert broadcasts live at 8 pm on July 4, 2009 on WPVI-TV (ex WFIL) ABC CH6 in Philadelphia, PA. •BRUNO COHEN President-GM WBBM TV CBS CH2 Chicago, IL overhauls its news department, syndication & network shows from the ground up: We're underperforming in all programming. •MELANIE MORGAN 15 year morning host on Citadel Talk KSFO-560 San Francisco, CA leaves after 2009 budget cuts but returns by way of her new Talk Radio Network nationally syndicated show America’s Morning News which originates from studios inside the Times’ DC newsroom.
ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS MILESTONES
•1952 KITTY WELLS' It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels releases on Decca records on June 23rd. •1964 POL BURTON drummer with British Rock quintet Transvision Vamp born on July 1st. •1974 MICKEY GILLEY's single Room Full Of Roses is his first #1 Billboard's Country chart tune on June 29th. •1983 MICHELLE BRANCH (Beatles' Michelle) Pop singer/songwriter/guitarist born in Phoenix, AZ on July 2nd. •1996 TRACE ADKINS' debut album Dreamin' Out Loud releases on Capitol records on June 25th. •2004 HAL CARTER agent/manager/record producer dies of liver cancer at 69 in London, England on July 13th.
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ATTILA HONEY (NYC, NY) Hi Jim, Hope you haven’t taken me off your list – I’ve had computer problems. I’m also a monthly contributor to
www.TemerityMagazine.com. And Saturday night host for www.GrizzlyGroundSwellRadio.com. Time: 7–8 pm central 8–9 pm est. I have my Uncle Sam Honey on with me who plays and sings the guitar (86). I’m a conservative in high heels! The show is fun and topical. Best to you Jim (www.attilathehoney.com)WHERE DO YOU READ JRRR? Tell us how far away from Houston, TX that you read JRRR. Send your full name, city, state and country of residence to rosekkkj@earthlink.net.
JOHN HALE (Austin-Cedar Park, TX) Jim, It's with interest and sadness that I've watched all of the coverage these last few days of the death of Michael Jackson. He was, without a doubt, a cross-cultural phenomenon, and a huge influence on modern pop and soul music. He was a great dancer, and his performance at the 25th anniversary Motown show was beyond belief. That being said, I don't buy into the idea that his impact equaled that of Elvis and the Beatles. They set the bar for worldwide fame, and defined modern music in ways that I seriously doubt anyone else ever will. I would even place Sinatra slightly above Michael Jackson as a pop icon...to be placed in nearly the same company as Elvis, Sinatra, and the Beatles is pretty rarified company. I hope that when the furor over his death dies off, Michael Jackson will be remembered more for his dancing and music, and less for his controversial lifestyle. Yours Truly, John Hale, Mobile Magic Music "We're at the best parties!"
DAN MCCURDY (Sherman, TX) Subject: Ed, Farrah, Michael...and now Billy Mays... What the...why the...how the; is this sudden mass expiration a sign that the 'end times' are near? Nooo, sad stuff happens and it will happen to us all in time. Coming in threes and fours means nothing. Like Voltaire opined, "A witty saying means nothing." Nor does a strange, close grouping of human death. About the gagfest surrounding Michael Jackson, I am so SICK of seeing/hearing this icon of overindulgence and probable pedophilia revered by media sycophants, and compared, as I heard yesterday, as one who stands shoulder to shoulder with icons like Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Wagner; and the jaw-dropping claim by one fawning, tear-brimmed reporter who referred to him as the 'most creative genius of the 20th and 21st centuries.' This comment was, IMO, singularly the greatest hyperbolic homage ever uttered, and simply without a single shred of evidence as to its veracity. How truly, truly sad. Dan McCurdy - KLIF/KBOX, Dallas; WMEX, Boston; 2004 Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductee; freelance ad/PR writer
TEXAS RADIO HALL OF FAME nominations come in for me in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009. Appreciate your vote to finally make it official in 2009. Sign up to vote at www.texasradiohalloffame.com.
CHET MAXWELL (San Antonio, TX) Hi Jim, Don't feel uncomfortable about mentioning that you are nominated for TRHoF. I thought you did it very tastefully. I am pulling for you to make it this time. Hopefully you will receive so many votes that...will be unable to ignore them. You deserve it not only for your career at radio station level; but for what you are doing now for radio and for those of us who also worked in it, and still love radio as it used to be. 'Have a good weekend, Chet
BOB GRANT [Robert Hanger] (Houston-Jersey Village, TX) By the way, regarding 6/29 #679: Harold Melvin of Blue Notes death. In addition, an original member of his group, Lawrence Brown also died on 4/6/08 @ 63 from respiratory condition. Brown was 2nd tenor of The Blue Notes. Much success w/ TRHF voting; you deserve my vote too. BOB & Sonny Lee
JIMMY RABBITT (Grand Junction, CO) "Back On The Beach" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Saturday July 4th. 3pm-6pm PST, 6pm-9pm EST, 11pm-2am GMT on 101.5 KOCI FM Newport Beach, California. Streaming on http://KOCIRadio.com. Twittering at: http://twitter.com/elconejo09 The next "Rock 'n' Blues Lab" with Jimmy Rabbitt is Tuesday July 7th. 12Noon-3PM PDT 5PM-8PM EDT on KAFM-FM 88.1 Grand Junction, CO. Streaming on: http://KAFMradio.org/
TRIVIA ANSWER: Fleetwood Mac's album English Rose has a version of Santana's 1970 single Black Magic Woman that hits #37 in the UK in 1969.
BLAKE LINDSAY (D/FW-Addison, TX) In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else and perhaps even their job. If This past weekend at Kroger, we need 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. We are in the light bulb aisle. Right next to the GE brand we normally buy is an off brand label "Everyday Value". We pick up both types of bulbs…compare the stats…they are the same except for the price. The GE bulbs are more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprises me the most is GE is made in MEXICO. The Everyday Value brand is made in the USA. So let's throw out the myth…we cannot find products you use every day that are made right here from a company in Cleveland OH! On to another aisle. Bounce Dryer Sheets. Bounce is more money…made in Canada, the Everyday Value brand…less money…MADE IN THE USA! We do laundry…the dryer sheets perform just like the Bounce Free we use for years at almost half the price! My challenge is start reading labels when you shop for everyday things. See what you find made in the USA. The job you save may be your own or your neighbors! Let's all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Besides, you might save a little green in the process. Blake Lindsay, Blazin' Blake Productions: Making Certain Your Audio Production Is Fresh and Way Above Average! Hearing is Believing! (www.blazinblake.com/)
YOGI BERRA (May 12, 1925-p) A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Jim Rose and Tejas
Houston, Texas - En Dieu nous croyons
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