[78-L] More on Mitch Miller

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Yes and no.
I grew up in NYC in the 50s and 60s and we evidently had a much wider 
variety of rock n roll to choose from, as did the popular jocks. Yes, 
all the pop artists you mention were there, and more, but we also had 
material from as far away as Philadelphia (!) and New Orleans as well as 
all that early R&B. I still have tapes I made of the air from WOR (I 
think),  WMCA and WBAI. The WBAI stuff is esoteric, and so outside the 
scope of this thread, but the other two were mainline rock/pop. I 
specifically remember Murray The K (and his Swinging Soiree) and I guess 
he musta been progressive because a lot of the stuff out of New Orleans 
showed up there. Don't know how much Memphis material showed up in NY, 
though.
Hmm, I'll have to dig up some of the play lists of my tapes and see 
who's right here. Could be different views from different sources.
Mal

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On 8/3/2010 7:13 AM, Michael Biel wrote:
> If you listen to REAL rock station air-checks from the 50s and look at
> their published charts, you will find to your amazement that usually
> less than 25% of the records played on these formats were really what we
> now consider to be rock 'n' roll.  There was a LOT of Perry Como, Doris
> Day, Johnny Mathis, Pat Boone, Four Aces, Four Lads, Kingston Trio, and
> even Yellow Rose of Texas, and very LITTLE of Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck
> Berry, Little Richard, etc.  We are remembering the era thru the filter
> of oldies stations in the 70s and 80s, and those Oldies But Goodies LPs,
>
> Mike Bielmbiel at mbiel.com
>
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