[78-L] More on Mitch Miller

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com>
> 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
> 
>From about 1960 onward until 1966 (when I joined the USAF to avoid
being drafted) I listened to blues...on WLAC in Nashville. I also sometimes
listened to hits ("top 20 show" on WPEO in Peoria; their dj's sometimes
were featured at my high school's (McLean-Waynesville in Ill's.) "record
hops!"

Steven C. Barr