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« Reply #200 on: June 26, 2011, 07:29:13 PM » |
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Movement to have Dick Biondi emcee the Paul Macartney concert in Chicago. Biondo was the first DJ to inroduc the Fab Four..
Biondi was also the first DJ to play a Beatles record in the US. He also introduced them at Hollywood Bowl. Actually it was Carroll James at WWDC Washington in December 1963 (insert Four Seasons comment here). Biondi introducing the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl did happen since he was at KRLA at the time. Nope not true. James was the first to play "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in Dec 63, but Biondi played "Please Please Me" in Feb 1963 on WLS a year before the British invasion took place. If you check copies of the WLS survey from early March of 1963 you'll see that "Please Please Me" was on the WLS charts for several weeks. It never got above #34. Biondi played all the new records below #30 on the WLS chart on his evening show. In July of 63 Biondi took "Please Please Me" with him to KRLA (it was on Chicago's Vee Jay records). He played it on KRLA and was swamped with calls from listeners to get that crap off the air and play the Beach Boys. Obviously America wasn't yet ready for the Beatles in early 1963 when Biondi played them. You're right. http://www.users.qwest.net/~oldiesloon/wls030863.htm |
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« Reply #201 on: June 26, 2011, 07:50:25 PM » |
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Movement to have Dick Biondi emcee the Paul Macartney concert in Chicago. Biondo was the first DJ to inroduc the Fab Four..
Biondi was also the first DJ to play a Beatles record in the US. He also introduced them at Hollywood Bowl. Actually it was Carroll James at WWDC Washington in December 1963 (insert Four Seasons comment here). Biondi introducing the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl did happen since he was at KRLA at the time. Nope not true. James was the first to play "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in Dec 63, but Biondi played "Please Please Me" in Feb 1963 on WLS a year before the British invasion took place. If you check copies of the WLS survey from early March of 1963 you'll see that "Please Please Me" was on the WLS charts for several weeks. It never got above #34. Biondi played all the new records below #30 on the WLS chart on his evening show. In July of 63 Biondi took "Please Please Me" with him to KRLA (it was on Chicago's Vee Jay records). He played it on KRLA and was swamped with calls from listeners to get that crap off the air and play the Beach Boys. Obviously America wasn't yet ready for the Beatles in early 1963 when Biondi played them. You're right. http://www.users.qwest.net/~oldiesloon/wls030863.htmAdding to this the label was Vee-Jay, a Gary, Indiana based record label. They had the original distribution rights for Beatles recordings. So getting the record to WLS was just a short drive. |
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« Reply #202 on: June 26, 2011, 10:01:34 PM » |
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Movement to have Dick Biondi emcee the Paul Macartney concert in Chicago. Biondo was the first DJ to inroduc the Fab Four..
Biondi was also the first DJ to play a Beatles record in the US. He also introduced them at Hollywood Bowl. Actually it was Carroll James at WWDC Washington in December 1963 (insert Four Seasons comment here). Biondi introducing the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl did happen since he was at KRLA at the time. Nope not true. James was the first to play "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in Dec 63, but Biondi played "Please Please Me" in Feb 1963 on WLS a year before the British invasion took place. If you check copies of the WLS survey from early March of 1963 you'll see that "Please Please Me" was on the WLS charts for several weeks. It never got above #34. Biondi played all the new records below #30 on the WLS chart on his evening show. In July of 63 Biondi took "Please Please Me" with him to KRLA (it was on Chicago's Vee Jay records). He played it on KRLA and was swamped with calls from listeners to get that crap off the air and play the Beach Boys. Obviously America wasn't yet ready for the Beatles in early 1963 when Biondi played them. You're right. http://www.users.qwest.net/~oldiesloon/wls030863.htmAdding to this the label was Vee-Jay, a Gary, Indiana based record label. They had the original distribution rights for Beatles recordings. So getting the record to WLS was just a short drive. As you can see from that listing, The Beatles wasn't spelled correctly. I wonder if that was Vee Jay's or WLS' fault? |
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« Reply #203 on: June 28, 2011, 05:00:31 AM » |
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Adding to this the label was Vee-Jay, a Gary, Indiana based record label. They had the original distribution rights for Beatles recordings. So getting the record to WLS was just a short drive. As you can see from that listing, The Beatles wasn't spelled correctly. I wonder if that was Vee Jay's or WLS' fault? ...Vee-Jay's. That's how they misspelled the band's name on the record label. http://www.pophistorydig.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/1963-vj-please-230.jpg shows it... |
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« Reply #204 on: June 28, 2011, 05:03:45 AM » |
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Now, tthatt's a collecttor's ittem!  (Oh, and thanks for clipping the clutter, Ultimajock!  ) |
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« Reply #205 on: June 28, 2011, 06:30:08 AM » |
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Adding to this the label was Vee-Jay, a Gary, Indiana based record label. They had the original distribution rights for Beatles recordings. So getting the record to WLS was just a short drive. As you can see from that listing, The Beatles wasn't spelled correctly. I wonder if that was Vee Jay's or WLS' fault? ...Vee-Jay's. That's how they misspelled the band's name on the record label. http://www.pophistorydig.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/1963-vj-please-230.jpg shows it... WLS is now vindicated.  |
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« Reply #206 on: July 15, 2011, 02:00:26 PM » |
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Cisco Cotto released after this mornings show on WLS 890
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« Reply #207 on: July 15, 2011, 02:12:18 PM » |
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Bruce Wolf and Dan Proft takes over Cisco's time slot at WLS-AM (890
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« Reply #208 on: July 15, 2011, 02:20:01 PM » |
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June ratings... Looks like WLS FM loss some listeners to KHits.
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« Reply #209 on: July 15, 2011, 04:09:02 PM » |
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How long are Don & Roma under contract at WLS-AM?
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