Posted on 11/12/2021 8:04:20 AM PST by raccoonradio
You may have heard KKHV Hill Valley, Calif. They’re the station playing in the car when Marty McFly and Lorraine Baines arrive at a dance. It’s also the station that Biff Tannen listens to for sports scores. It’s a pretty widely heard station considering that it didn’t exist.
KKHV is the station in the “Back to the Future” movies. But until Nov. 19, you can hear a tribute to it, thanks to Sydney-based Richard Phelps, whose full-time job is Senior Digital Producer for Xperi’s All In Media.
Phelps’ sister is a fan of the “Back to the Future” movies. She’s in New Zealand. They’re unable to celebrate her birthday in person because of COVID lockdown. Phelps created the station as a birthday present for her.
The station features music from the mid-to-late ‘50s, as well as ads for the businesses seen in the movies. Beyond the movie connection, it’s also a good listen just as a source for ‘50s hits. (Phelps says the site Pop Music Anthology, a project of ROR reader and industry vet Josh Hosler, was a great resource.)
Here’s a First Listen to KKHV on its first day, November 1:
Little Richard, “Lucille”
Fabian, “Turn Me Loose”
Etta James, “The Wallflower”
Dee Clark, “Hey Little Girl”
Jerry Lee Lewis, “Great Balls of Fire”
Les Paul & Mary Ford, “How High the Moon”
Eddie Cochran, “Summertime Blues”
Penguins, “Earth Angel”
Sammy Davis, Jr., “Something’s Gotta Give”
Bobby Darin, “Beyond the Sea”
Miller Sisters, “Ten Cats Down”
Fats Domino, “I’m Walkin’”
Clarence “Frogman” Henry, “Troubles Troubles” Harry Belafonte, “Jump in the Line” Everly Brothers, “Bye Bye Love”
Song "Turn on your love light" by Bobby Blue Bland actually came out several years after 1955 but we'll let that go. Doc, this is heavy. Only on "air" till Nov 19, 2021
Carl Perkins Boppin the Blues now playing as I type this
Wonder if they will mention the sports scores featuring only six teams in the NHL, when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn and the Giants still in New York, etc.
It's from the late fall of '61. Fifties on Five on Sirius XM also plays an occasional song from the sixties.
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