Today
we have a post from the Spark News archive. We are taking today and Friday
off. New posts will return on Monday,
May 13th.
Every
once in a while someone will ask about my first job in radio. Sometimes I
hesitate because it makes me feel older than dirt. You see, I started in radio
October 1, 1967. The first record I played on the air was Get Off My Cloud by
the Rolling Stones.
As
you can see in the image on the left, fall of 1967 was a “golden” time to work
in Top 40 radio.
There
were some great artists and tunes on the chart in October of '67: Brown Eyed Girl by Van
Morrison, Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson and People Are Strange by the
Doors are still played a my house today.
Some
of the entries on the chart are embarrassing in 2019.
Bill
Cosby topped the chart back then.WTF?
Though
I started in the biz in a small market, I worked with some real pros. I feel
grateful today to have had such mentors.
A
few years ago I produced this YouTube video about the experience:
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