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Post by Rodney on Oct 17, 2023 20:25:28 GMT -5
We had a Cooks department store and a J.M. Fields in Merritt Island, Fl. Bought 45's from both… wonderful memories :-)
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Post by mga707 on Oct 17, 2023 20:31:38 GMT -5
Here are some more possible past "rack jobbers" that I remember... Ayr*Way Fedco Fedmart The Treasury White Front Yes, FedMart! Founded by Sol Price, the 'father of the warehouse store'. He later founded Price Club, which today is Costco.
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 17, 2023 21:46:22 GMT -5
Optional extras for October 26, 1974:
Hour #1: Promised Land - Elvis Presley Hour #2: Fairytale - Pointer Sisters Hour #3: After The Gold Rush - Prelude
Optional extras for October 22, 1977:
Hour #1: We Will Rock You – Queen Hour #2: It’s So Easy – Linda Ronstadt Hour #3: Come Sail Away – Styx
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Post by jmack19 on Oct 18, 2023 14:48:38 GMT -5
WQCY (Sun 11 am) goes with October 22, 1977.
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Post by cursereversed on Oct 18, 2023 14:51:33 GMT -5
In the "Whatever Happened To Gene Pitney" story Casey mentioned his two movie themes, "Town Without Pity" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". The latter song was actually NOT in the movie-it was supposed to be but apparently got cut for some reason.
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Post by trekkielo on Oct 18, 2023 17:07:55 GMT -5
Here are some more possible past "rack jobbers" that I remember... Ayr*Way Fedco Fedmart The Treasury White Front Yes, FedMart! Founded by Sol Price, the 'father of the warehouse store'. He later founded Price Club, which today is Costco. Yeah, and it was Fedco that influenced him to start Fedmart!
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 18, 2023 17:26:37 GMT -5
Let's hope for no mix ups (like a portion of current Ryan Seacrest AT40 by mistake) this time! The only thing I noticed was the station ID playing over the Barry Manimellow intro.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 18, 2023 17:27:48 GMT -5
KOKZ going w/1974.
Hoggy should be a good 77 bet.
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Post by mkarns on Oct 18, 2023 17:35:34 GMT -5
Let's hope for no mix ups (like a portion of current Ryan Seacrest AT40 by mistake) this time! The only thing I noticed was the station ID playing over the Barry Manimellow intro. "Magic 103.1 WTOJ---This station's for you."
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Post by lasvegaskid on Oct 18, 2023 17:43:01 GMT -5
Yes, your wish is granted. Also, Supersized on WTOJ Sunday morning at 9 Eastern A supersized October 1976 show likely means over seven minutes of "Do You Feel Like We Do", as that's the length of the official single version (on "Frampton Comes Alive!" it goes on for over 14 minutes.) And the complete six minute story of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. My unofficial tally was approx 5 minutes on the Supersized version or one minute longer than elsewhere. Maybe the radio promo was different than the commercial 7"?
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 18, 2023 18:42:13 GMT -5
Yes, FedMart! Founded by Sol Price, the 'father of the warehouse store'. He later founded Price Club, which today is Costco. Yeah, and it was Fedco that influenced him to start Fedmart! And even before the chain expansions in the 2000's-2010's-2020's nationwide, were Dollar General and Family Dollar then located mostly in Southern USA States once Rack 45 single store chains?
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Post by mga707 on Oct 18, 2023 20:48:50 GMT -5
Yeah, and it was Fedco that influenced him to start Fedmart! And even before the chain expansions in the 2000's-2010's-2020'snationwide, were Dollar General and Family Dollar then located mostly in Southern USA States once Rack 45 single store chains? None of the 'dollar store' chains has ever carried any form of pre-recorded music AFAIK. Maybe 'back in the day' some carried cassettes and/or CDs. Doubt if any ever carried vinyl records.
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Post by rayshae3 on Oct 19, 2023 0:02:41 GMT -5
Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids performed in the 1973 movie "American Graffiti"-The sock hop scene in that movie was choreographed by Toni Basil whose lone top forty hit "Mickey" can be heard on the countdown from 10/16/82. The film featured a brief but memorable big screen role for Suzanne Somers (‘Three’s Company’s Chrissy Snow). The mysterious blonde drives off after mouthing ‘’I Love You’’ to Richard Dreyfuss' character. We lost Suzanne Somers a few days ago at the age of 76. RIP
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Post by rayshae3 on Oct 19, 2023 0:08:51 GMT -5
Oops, it is RACK not ROCK singles best sellers--racks was an industry term used to indicate singles sales at retailers like Sears (etc) that were not primarily music stores only. Makes more sense. I thought it said rock.
To make things confusing: When R&R first came out in October 1973, there were only 3 formatted charts, Pop, Rock and Country. What was ‘Rock’ was really Top 40/Contemporary, and what was ‘Pop’ was technically AC. It took some time before its terminology was updated.
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Post by LC on Oct 19, 2023 8:09:39 GMT -5
Whenever the next 1975 show is, maybe they will play "I'm On Fire" as an extra in memory of Dwight Twilley, who died this week.
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