Lorraine Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 This is a thread for the resident old farts. :codger: Or old fart wannabes. See how inclusive we are? ;) Anyway, this thread is primarily for songs that were top forty hits in the days of AM radio. Anyone from the NYC area will remember Cousin Brucey, Dan Ingram, Bobaloo, Ron Lundy and other AM disc jockeys who we listened to on our little radios long before the days of boom boxes. So, post videos of the songs. Or we can just talk about them. One song leads to another in conversation it seems. Troutman has quite the collection of them too. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) This is a thread for the resident old farts. :codger: Or old fart wannabes. See how inclusive we are? ;) Anyway, this thread is primarily for songs that were top forty hits in the days of AM radio. Anyone from the NYC area will remember Cousin Brucey, Dan Ingram, Bobaloo, Ron Lundy and other AM disc jockeys who we listened to on our little radios long before the days of boom boxes. So, post videos of the songs. Or we can just talk about them. One song leads to another in conversation it seems. Troutman has quite the collection of them too. That didn't take long. :7up: Get the party started Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead - Superfly Edited August 12, 2015 by troutman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 As long as you are doing Curtis Mayfield, post Shaft! :wub: I may not be able to watch or listen, but at least my brain still has the songs stored in it and I can bring them up at will! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I would sneak my am radio into bed with me at night and listen to Cousin Brucey and the WMCA guys !!! My parents never caught on. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Another favorite of mine. http://youtu.be/oIAzQ6M2Bow 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I still have this 45 somewhere in the house. http://youtu.be/9scsSgNNnBE 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 I would sneak my am radio into bed with me at night and listen to Cousin Brucey and the WMCA guys !!! My parents never caught on. Remember Frankie Crocker on WMCA? i used to love it at the end of the year when the other station, the one Cousin Brucey was on (was it WABC AM?), would have the top 100 hits of the year. I'd sit there with a piece of paper for hours at night trying to get all of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 I still have this 45 somewhere in the house. http://youtu.be/9scsSgNNnBE I had all of these 45s. In the late seventies, my friends in NYC and I had a 45s party. We all brought our old little records and listened to them for hours. We had such fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Remember these songs and am radio ?!?!? There was so many new songs coming out that you could keep up with them. FUN TIMES FOR SURE !!! :codger:http://youtu.be/LiQbtRYty1Q 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Isaac Hayes - Shaft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFvRvSxsW-I Fu** yeah!! :codger: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Isaac Hayes - Shaft https://www.youtube....h?v=nFvRvSxsW-I Fu** yeah!! :codger: Songs like Shaft don't come along often. It is just a great song. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I would sneak my am radio into bed with me at night and listen to Cousin Brucey and the WMCA guys !!! My parents never caught on. Remember Frankie Crocker on WMCA? i used to love it at the end of the year when the other station, the one Cousin Brucey was on (was it WABC AM?), would have the top 100 hits of the year. I'd sit there with a piece of paper for hours at night trying to get all of them. Yes, Brucey was on WAAAAAABC ( that's the way he used to say it.) I think WMCA guys were close to The Beatles and had them on the radio for interviews. If I remember correctly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Remember We Five "You Were On My Mind"? And I think it was The Vogues who did "Five O'Clock World"? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 This was the first song I learned how to play on the guitar. http://youtu.be/uE_MpQhgtQ8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 This was the first song I learned how to play on the guitar. http://youtu.be/uE_MpQhgtQ8 I think I was 10 or 11 when the song came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 LOUIE LOUIE... what a cool song http://youtu.be/4V1p1dM3snQ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 This was the first song I learned how to play on the guitar. http://youtu.be/uE_MpQhgtQ8 I think I was 10 or 11 when the song came out. I was 10 ... :sundog: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I was a proud member of the Monkees fan club. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 The Vogues - Five O'Clock World :codger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9Nm_c3GVY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 and these guys... I think they were on Saturday mornings. http://youtu.be/2xDkB5nD2UU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) I forgot about this one. The Fortunes - You've Got Your Troubles :codger: Edited August 12, 2015 by troutman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I still have this 45 somewhere in the house. http://youtu.be/9scsSgNNnBE This was so popular at our neighborhood slumber parties! We all used to bring stacks of 45's, it was so much fun. The station in Pgh was KQV, with Jim Quinn as the cool DJ. He used to play that Manfred Mann song, "The Mighty Quinn" for himself! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I'm 45. Am I an old fart? My oldest brother had a tape player and this band. To this day this music takes me back to the days of listening to these songs endlessly 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Herb Alpert - A Taste of Honey Cross country road trips. :7up: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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