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FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 9 Feb 2013
Our Troops Rock!!!!
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Posted on 03/08/2013 5:56:31 PM PST by AZamericonnie
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troopsupport
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That is indeed a reversal. I wish I could tolerate the heat down there because I love Florida otherwise.
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03/09/2013 5:33:54 PM PST
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Lady Jag
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
To: LUV W
Thank Gloria! :-)
“Gloria” translates as “Glory”!
To: AZamericonnie; All
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03/09/2013 5:54:29 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; left that other site
In the last days of my college radio career in Philadelphia in 1971, I came up with the idea of recreating one week of popular music with songs, rock trivia and items in the news that week. Lacking a name, I simply labeled it Rockumentary and tried it out a few evenings. I thought it played well.
When I worked professionally at KING in Seattle a few years later, I bounced the idea off the Program Director, but inasmuch as we were a Top 40 station, not Oldies, he didnt think much of it. My professional radio career could be summarized as a meteoric rise followed by an equally meteoric fall. By late summer 1974 it was over.
In later years, a number of DJs tried something similar, and some even found success in syndication. I was working in computers for large banks and insurance companies, so I barely noticed.
So lets have some fun.
ROCKUMENTARY: MARCH 9, 1965Where were you on Tuesday, March 9, 1965? I was in my junior year at a grossly overrated Catholic prep school in New Jersey. (I could have gotten a better education at the local public high school.)
If youre going to do a show like this, you need a theme. The one I used in college still works. When Motown held recording sessions at their studios at Hitsville USA, quite often musicians from the Detroit Symphony were brought in to supplement the Funk Brothers. Work like this was considered desirable for the money brought in. Berry Gordy went so far as to brand this amalgam of musicians the San Remo Golden Strings. They released a few singles and drew a little bit of attention. One of their items struck me as perfect for this project. So heres my theme song.
San Remo Golden Strings: Festival Time
Petula Clark had started as a child actress in British cinema after the war. In November 1964, she released a song written by husband Tony Hatch and topped the British and American charts. By March, her first hit was on its way down, and it logged in this week at #10. Its a beautiful song, and it blew me away the first time I heard it.
Petula Clark: Downtown
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03/09/2013 6:10:12 PM PST
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Publius
To: AZamericonnie; All
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posted on
03/09/2013 6:15:35 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:15:45 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:15:51 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:16:04 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; left that other site
Gerry Marsdens group, Gerry & the Pacemakers, had been around since 1961. Thanks to the first wave of the British Invasion, their hits from that year got their first hearing in the US in 1964. Now with the second wave, Americans and Brits caught up with the band. This theme from the movie of the same name came in at #9 on March 9, 1965.
Gerry & the Pacemakers: Ferry Cross the Mersey
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03/09/2013 6:16:51 PM PST
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Publius
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03/09/2013 6:17:58 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:20:33 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:26:17 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:29:04 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:29:17 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; left that other site
The Beach Boys had made their first splash in 1962 and hit their stride in 64. This time they turned to Bobby Freemans 1958 hit, Do You Wanna Dance?, which had been a hit again a year earlier for Del Shannon. This week, it jumped to #57 on the charts on its way up. Catch the drum work!
The Beach Boys: Do You Wanna Dance?
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03/09/2013 6:32:16 PM PST
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Publius
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03/09/2013 6:37:37 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:37:44 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:37:49 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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03/09/2013 6:41:32 PM PST
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Drumbo; Kathy in Alaska; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; left that other site
Jewel Akens died last week at the age of 79. He is remembered for his one real hit, which came at in #8 on March 9, 1965. He was a protégé of Sam Cooke.
Jewel Akens: "The Birds and the Bees
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03/09/2013 6:46:43 PM PST
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Publius
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