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Post by retrodaddy on Nov 25, 2019 9:29:26 GMT -5
Debbie Gibson, Ed Roland of Collective Soul, and Diplo.
I met Debbie in 1995, after her run on the charts. I met Diplo in 2001, before he became the international star he is now. Diplo is the brother-in-law of a friend of mine, and I met him at my friend's wedding. I remember talking to him a little about his music.
Ed participated in a 2012 celebrity golf tournament in Atlanta our golf apparel company was sponsoring. He won one of our hats for being closest to the pin in his group, and later ordered shirts for family members. Sat at the same table at the awards dinner after the tourney. Nice dude.
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Post by dukelightning on Nov 26, 2019 18:32:14 GMT -5
In 1991 I met the guys in Mr. Big. Talked to Eric Martin and Billy Sheehan. I had backstage passes to a small show they did. At the time, they had recently been kicked off of a major tour in which the Scorpions were the headline act. It was a few months before Mr. Big had their big hit "To Be With You". So I had no idea at the time that I was talking to guys who would be hitting #1 on the Hot 100 in a few months.
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Post by chrislc on Nov 26, 2019 21:12:24 GMT -5
Does phone count? In 1980 I talked to Helen Reddy for a while before she hung up on me. Long story.
And no she didn't say "leave me alone". She didn't roar either. But I guess she might have thought the way I was handling the call was no way to treat her.
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Post by giannirubino on Nov 27, 2019 9:22:11 GMT -5
I met Dez Dickerson (of Prince & The Revolution) in the late 1990s, I wanna say 1999. He was promoting his "Oneman" project. I can't remember the single from it, but I *think* that this is it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G-E61TVhaQ
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Post by adam31 on Nov 27, 2019 12:23:58 GMT -5
Ted Nugent and Tommy Shaw when they were with d**n Yankees at a backstage meet and greet (I was working in radio). Also Henry Lee Summer before he made it big when he played my high school.
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Post by skuncle on Nov 28, 2019 8:03:04 GMT -5
Met and got a photo with Meat Loaf and his then background singer Patti Russo. He was doing an album signing for his then current release “Welcome To The Neighborhood”. If you wanted a picture with him (this was long before cell phones) his security had you stand behind the table where he and Patti were signing. When it was your turn you walked up behind them. As I got up there, standing between Meat and Patti, he turns around and yells “Security! Crazed fan on the stage!” Then he shakes my hand and says “Hi, I’m Meat!”
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Post by paulhaney on Aug 5, 2021 13:26:40 GMT -5
I met Don Henley after a concert in 1985. Me and my friends were hanging outside his tour bus and he came out and talked to us for a good 15-20 minutes. He has a rep for being a bit of a jerk, but he sure was nice to us that night.
I met Duane Eddy at the wedding of Joel Whitburn's daughter in 1994. We talked for over an hour and had a few beers to boot.
In my job at Record Research, I've talked on the phone to Kenny Loggins, Meco and Irene Cara, among others.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Aug 5, 2021 16:15:07 GMT -5
I have a funny story about two friends of mine that wanted to use my name to sneak into a Paul McCartney press conference held in Atlanta. The duo actually got in looking at the press list and claimed to be someone from one of the local Atlanta radio stations. They both have pictures with Sir Paul that were taken after the press conference ended and Paul agreed to stick around and take a few photos (this happened in the 1990's). By the way, those two have never let me forget that I told them they were crazy trying to sneak into the press conference and I didn't want to be any part of this hair-brained scheme. As Connie Francis sang--Who's Sorry Now...
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Post by JMW on Aug 7, 2021 16:27:32 GMT -5
I'm reminded of this while listening to It's Not Over Til It's Over on WTOJ, but does anyone remember the poster who said he somewhat knew Mickey Thomas and hated his guts because he came off as arrogant? It might have been someone who doesn't post anymore.
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 7, 2021 17:25:39 GMT -5
I think that was bestmusicexpert.
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Post by LC on Aug 7, 2021 20:04:21 GMT -5
A friend and I got to talk with the late John Wetton of ASIA on the phone a number of years ago. He recorded the call for posterity, and I'm glad.
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Post by woolebull on Jun 27, 2023 15:59:26 GMT -5
I have me three artists in person. One, was Bertie Higgins in a seedy hotel lounge in Las Vegas. I don't know about you all but if you have significant others in your life, then they probably are inundated with hearing old radio shows if they are around you. That happened to my significant other at the time in 2004: she said, constantly and continuously, she hated hearing old radio shows over and over and over. Anyway, I somehow convinced her to go with me while we were in Vegas to see Bertie. We got there, like 20 of us (if you want a great visual, watch the first minute of the "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" video by Loverboy. The setup is almost the same ). Bertie comes out, and like 10 minutes she is miserable. Like head on the table miserable. Finally Bertie gets to "Key Largo" and he prefaces it with something like, "this is my most popular song. It went to number one in America in 1982". All of a sudden, the voice beside me, coming from her head on the table, went, "EIGHT". Remember there are like 20 of us in there. Bertie heard it, kinda shook him as he is looking out to see where the voice came from, and he replied, "excuse me"? She then lifted her head and said, "it peaked at number eight on the hot 100 Bertie. You know it, I know, the guy beside me knows it. EIGHT"! Bertie smiled and said, "well little lady, you are correct. However, it did go number one on the Adult Contemporary charts here". I was stunned: osmosis must be a real thing, because there ain't no way she ever cared to study on what number any song ever charted ever! (BTW she broke up with me soon after. As she was breaking up with me the first thought I had, and I wish I had said it was, "baby, this can't be the end" My Man Bertie, even in a break-up, was still looming over my life) After the show, Bertie came and sat at our table for like 30 minutes impressed that she knew that. Embarrassed, she apologized and said the only reason she knew it is because she has had to hear AT shows time and time and time again. We all laughed...Bertie is a good dude and appreciated that someone knew him well enough to know where "Largo" charted. I also met Slaughter in their hotel room on June 1, 1991 in Charlotte, NC. I won't go into details here of how I got to their hotel room that night, but it was wild. Mark Slaughter, and more to the point guitarist Dana Strum, were really good people. I mean salt of the earth good. The final artist I met was Eliot Sloan from Blessid Union of Souls. I first met him in 1999 after a show in Roanoke, VA and he was as good of a guy as you can imagine. To this day, Elliot and I chat about various things. In fact, I messaged him the other day asking him a question about how Radio and Records celebrated artists hitting number one. He had a great response that I am going to mention in another thread. So three unique artists, three unique experiences, three moments in my life I wouldn't trade for anything in this world.
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Post by woolebull on Jun 27, 2023 16:12:39 GMT -5
Can't think of any from the Casey or Shadoe eras except Stacy Jones of American Hi-Fi, who hit AT40 in 2001, and he was also in Letters to Cleo who made Casey's Top 40 in 1995. If we include the Ryan Seacrest years, there's Panic! At the Disco, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Nick Petricca of Walk the Moon, All Time Low (fell just short of CHR AT40 twice; maybe they made the Hot AC one?) That's wild! One of my best friends in undergrad is the first cousin of Kay Hanley, who was/is the lead singer of Letters. I did see Cleo in concert in 1995 in Philadelphia however never had the chance to meet her.
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Jun 27, 2023 18:02:50 GMT -5
I met Debbie Gibson in 1995 and Tiffany in 2003. My teenage self would've been very excited to know that was going to happen. As for AT40 itself...Only through the telephone. I briefly chatted with Matt Wilson regarding a dedication and with Tom Rounds whom I asked about getting scripts for Shadoe era shows.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jun 27, 2023 21:19:56 GMT -5
Can't think of any from the Casey or Shadoe eras except Stacy Jones of American Hi-Fi, who hit AT40 in 2001, and he was also in Letters to Cleo who made Casey's Top 40 in 1995. If we include the Ryan Seacrest years, there's Panic! At the Disco, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Nick Petricca of Walk the Moon, All Time Low (fell just short of CHR AT40 twice; maybe they made the Hot AC one?) Funny you mentioned All Time Low, a little over a year before they finally hit AT40 CHR (with a really good track). My girl is from Baltimore but didn't know much of them. According to Wikipedia, they go back to 2003. I hope to eventually have the Hot AC shows from mid-2012 to the present. I only have year-ends past then.
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