Not to mention the most awesome cars of the century.

Now you're talking my (motorhead) era :-)
'65 goat, hemi 'cuda, boss 302, etc. The list goes on.
The days when dual quads meant 2 x 4 barrel carburetors, not CPUs !!
And you could drive around all night on $2 worth of gas.

Mike

You know its kind of wierd that the more technology we seem to acquire the more expensive it becomes to just maintain a life (normal bills).

While I love computers and all, I would give anything for a more simpler lifestyle especially with much lower gas prices and 25 cent hamburgers.

Actually, Dickie Goodman did a whole slew of those kind of records. You can check them out at iTunes. Look under "Dickie Goodman."

Man, does that bring back memories!

I didn't realize the Nash Rambler song was Dickie Goodman. He definitely did "The Touchables."

No, you misunderstood. Goodman didn't do Beep-Beep.

Regarding Goodman and the copyright issue:

"Although 'The Flying Saucer' (1956) became a major hit, it also landed Goodman in court for infringement of copyright - e.g. the songs he used to create his 'break-in' records. The lawsuits were later settled out of court when the judge ruled that Goodman's records were burlesques and parodies, and were original creations in and among themselves." (Dickie Goodman, Wikipedia)

78's? I remember playing those huge 78s that were bigger than I was.
JJK

"Nash Rambler, which for you young whippersnappers was a car not much bigger than a MiniCooper that lived on the Earth back in the 1950's."

And what about the Nash Metropolitan. It was made by Austin of England and re-badged by Nash.

And I am the 'proud' owner of an original copy of "Cookie Cookie Lend Me Your Comb" sung by Ed 'Cookie' Byrnes and, was it Connie Stevens?

I wish they'd show a few re-runs of 77 Sunset Strip.

78's? I remember playing those huge 78s that were bigger than I was.

And I still remember dropping and breaking one of them. It was a recording of "Puss 'n Boots" and was recorded on three discs. Five years ago, in the early days of the Internet, I was able to find someone -- a collector of children's 78s -- who had the set. He agreed to record, onto cassette tape, the two sides of the missing record. I then used SoundForge to record my two remaining records and his tape, match the sound levels, do the 78 EQ (which was an interesting exercise because I didn't know what equipment he used) and ended up with a CD. I sent it to my dad, with an apology for breaking the record back in 1958. He got a kick out of it.

Cookie Cookie Lend Me Your Comb" sung by Ed 'Cookie' Byrnes and, was it Connie Stevens?

She might have. There were two related shows, "77 Sunset Strip," and slightly later, "Hawaiian Eye." She played "Cricket" on the latter, singing in the Shell Bar, if memory serves. Ed Byrnes played the car hop at the restaurant of the title name, but I don't think Stevens appeared in that show ... wait, quick check of IMDB ... wow, how about that. She DID appear in 77 Sunset Strip, as three different characters, the last one being Cricket. When the show morphed into "Hawaiian Eye" she got a permanent spot. I have a neighbor who, to this day, thinks she was the hottest thing that ever appeared on TV.

The one line from the 77 Sunset Strip theme song always sticks in my mind: "The most amazing people pass you by, including a private eye!"

"Every once in a while a tune from my past will pop into my head. Many times I remember the artist and title,
and some times I don't. Today was one of those times!"

How about laying in bed at night and listing to the late night DJs all across the country on an AM transistor radio.

I'm working on a documentary about drive-in theaters, so I been thinking about the past alot lately.

Man, I had fun as a kid!

Terry

How about laying in bed at night and listing to the late night DJs all across the country on an AM transistor radio.

I did that too.

A lot.

As a result, I have collected lots of airchecks, mostly from the Chicago area, but some of the trades have resulted in airchecks from many other locations. If you are interested in any of these for your documentary (although clearance may be an interesting challenge), let me know.

I loved drive in theartes as a kid. They are so few and far between. Last one I went to was in Cincinnati. I dont think FL has any at all.

How about laying in bed at night and listing to the late night DJs all across the country on an AM transistor radio.

Add me to that list. Growing up along the north shore of Lake Superior, the station I listened to most was WLS Chicago. There was another one from (I think) Little Rock Arkansas but I'm not positive.

Mike

Add me to that list. Growing up along the north shore of Lake Superior, the station I listened to most was WLS Chicago.

Click here to go to a page that has many of the PAMS station ID jingles for WLS:

PAMS Jingles

And, for the ultimate aircheck page for all North America radio stations (small donation required for listening), go here:

Reel Radio

"I dont think FL has any at all. "

Looks like FL still has 9 drive-in theaters.
Check this site out:

Drive-ins

The good old days (and nights) of clear channel AM. Probably one of the reasons I became a HAM.

Terry

For many “Eastcoasters” it was WKBW, Buffalo NY 1520 AM.
They had Dick Biondi who moved to WLS later, and Tom Shannon, whose theme song became a hit record.

“Tom Shannon was watching "The Simpsons" the other night when he suddenly heard his old radio theme, "Wild Weekend," being played on the program. "It flipped me out; that damn song just keeps playing," said Shannon, 66, who today caps a 50-year broadcasting career when he retires from WHTT-FM 104.1.
Shannon started at the old WXRA in 1955. A few years later, he became one of the hottest disc jockeys in the country working at WKBW-AM. While at KB, Shannon teamed with Phil Todaro to write "Wild Weekend." A local group called the Rebels recorded the instrumental version, and it became a Top 10 hit. "

Shannon spent nearly 30 years here in the Detroit/Windsor area, including my favorite era of rock, 1964 - 1969.


p@mast3rs - I'm 56 and lived through the heyday of many of those groups that you find so fascinating. There's been great music in every era that's come along, but there was a lot of great, great stuff back then, and you're right -- it was a totally different world back then.

I have children nearly your age, and it's a real treat when they show interest in music from the 60s. One of my daughters is just discovering it. I'm having a ball introducing her to my favorite groups of the day. It's always fun helping people learn about things in which you share a common interest!

(like video editing with Vegas...)

Shannon spent nearly 30 years here in the Detroit/Windsor area...

Chuck, someone else who remembers the glory days of the Big 8 and 20-20 News :-)
I moved to Windsor in 1974 and caught the station as it was going downhill.
Where in the Detroit/Windsor area are you? I work for the college in Windsor but live outside of Essex.
BTW, I'm your age.

Mike

"the station I listened to most was WLS Chicago"

Ah, the early 70's in Missouri, I'd listen to WLS Chicago and/or the Little Rock station all the time at night (didn't come in during the daytime).

Then FM got big, and I could ~barely~ pull in KSHE 95, one of the best radio stations of all time, in my mind.

And I also was a projectionist at the local drive-in and downtown theaters during high school.

Great to reminisce.

Edited: yes I was the one who you honked at at the drive in when it was out of focus, framed bad, or I missed a change-over.

How about laying in bed at night and listing to the late night DJs all across the country on an AM transistor radio.

Yep, guilty as charged.

I remember one Christmas my parents gave me my first transistor radio--bright red with a yellow metal grill over the speaker, white dials on the sides (the tuner on one and the volume on the other) and an antenna that I would have sworn was three feet long.

And yes, WLS (even for us hillbillies in West Virginia) was regular fare. I think it was on WLS that I first heard "Little" Stevie Wonder.

I played that radio almost every waking minute (except for school time, of course). That means I went through batteries like "crap through a goose."

Yes, those were the days.

I remember one Christmas my parents gave me my first transistor radio--bright red with a yellow metal grill over the speaker,

I still have mine. Got it in third grade (1961) and it sits here on my desk. A six transistor (remember when transistor count was the key spec?) Motorola. I have an even older Zenith that my sister got a year before that I listen to in the bathroom in the morning while shaving. Needed a few capacitors and a new volume/on/off control, but otherwise has been working the same for almost fifty years. Amazing.

Will AM radio ever go away? I hope not.

While in Greenland listened to CKLW New york, Waterloo, Iowa---autographed picture of Jesus Christ---and Del Rio Texas with the million watt transmitter in Mexico, at least it sounded like a million. It is getting all kind of foggy though with names and places.
JJK

Nightimes in the '60s from central Virginia:

WLS
WCFL
WABC
WNBC
WKBW
WBZ
WBT
WOWO
WKYC

Lots more smaller stations, too, when I wasn't working other hams on 40 meter CW late nights.

Yep, carefree early days . . . . ah, well . . . back to the day job.

As John says, check out reelradio.com for a great getaway.
Also check out www.airchexx.com.

For a great sampling of many years of PAMS jingles, go to my friend Dale Parson's website at:

www.alohanews.com/wgh.htm

I'm still digitizing tons of old airchecks and occasionally come across a gem I didn't know I had, and I'm instantly transported back in time.

Thanks for this memory lane thread everyone.

Tom