As the 45th Anniversary of WOR-FM's July 30th 1966 going on the air approaches, I'll continue with some fun old airchecks and music only from 1967 and before.
And I know there are radio freaks like myself who LOVE those old airchecks.
In many cases they bring…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 28, 2011 at 12:17am —
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No theme, group or artist featured for the next few weeks- but a Radio Station!
A now-defunct Radio Station, WOR-FM, that had really only about 14 months of glory- and sadly, it's call letters no longer even exist.
But it was the FIRST FM to play Rock &…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 26, 2011 at 1:33am —
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Oh man, it is HOT!
This always happens when I am on vacation.
I was supposed to be on a historic battlefield tomorrow, but that's called off- there would be one more fatality... from the heat...ME, LOL!
Looks like I will…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 20, 2011 at 10:49pm —
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I am taking part of my vacation time this week, so this comes to you from SOMEWHERE, U.S.A.
A time for fun, and this show will reflect that and be fun- a relaxed, chilled out edition of Rockollections with a lot of music and little of me.
There are hundreds of…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 19, 2011 at 12:28am —
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Funny, when I did the Volume One show of Covered By The Beatles it was Winter and cold.
Now I am dying from the heat, lol!
Listen for the air conditioner.
I'll finish the album, With The Beatles, right…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 14, 2011 at 12:30am —
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Here's the next Volume and episode of a now-and-then series I started in February, Covered By The Beatles.
As you should be aware, the Beatles put many older Rock & Roll songs, mostly from America, on their early albums and EP's.
So the simple idea is to…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 12, 2011 at 12:28am —
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The final episode of all songs with “America” in them.
We wrap things up with a few more songs Giving The British Their Say.
Then some info on interesting people who were born or died on the 4th Of July.
After that Hard Times…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 7, 2011 at 12:52am —
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These next final episodes in the Celebration Of America, will not all be so warm and fuzzy.
But make no mistake, I LOVE my country!
First off in Pt. 3, a good long set of music regarding the American Dream- which will include a duet by Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan that you may not have been aware of.
I have some…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 5, 2011 at 7:41am —
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Moving on with Part Two of our expansive Celebration Of America, we make a side trip to Broadway for a famous musical- don’t get nervous, it was a COOL one, lol!
Then, does anyone remember the KBC Band (Kantner, Balin, Casady)?
Well, we are gonna play them.
We will have a little more trivia.
And then a good long set of music about People-Americans!
We will conclude this chapter with a song that was a huge hit in the 60’s, that…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 1, 2011 at 12:59am —
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