WATN is Watertown, New York’s oldest radio station, signing on February 3, 1941. Currently, they carry a news-talk format, but on January 22, 1955 they were a Top 40 station. Here’s their Top Ten from that day.
- The Crew-Cuts, “Earth Angel”
- Don Cornell, “No Man Is An Island”
- Jaye P. Morgan, “That’s All I Want From You”
- Tony Bennett, “Funny Thing”
- Billy Vaughn, “Melody Of Love”
- The Fontane Sisters, “Hearts Of Stone”
- Sarah Vaughn, “Make Yourself Comfortable”
- The Chordettes, “Mr. Sandman”
- The McGuire Sisters, “Sincerely”
- Joan Weber, “Let Me Go Lover”
And that’s Top Ten Tuesday for January 24, 2023.
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I remember hearing some of these, but I’m sure it was my mother doing the selection work.
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Most likely…I wasn’t even born yet…
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I was about 2 months old :-)
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Such a great list as per norm. I love Jaye P Morgan’s voice. Is she the one that used to be a judge on the Gong Show? I also love the voice on the last song too.
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That’s her, the one who got fired for taking off her blouse while Gene Gene The Dancing Machine was doing his act. I don’t know why they were that upset: there wasn’t much to see…
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Love Earth Angel, don’t remember who did popular version. Love Mr. Sandman, one of the first songs I was aware of. I loved the Lennon sisters and Andrews sisters back when I was little. Sincerely is sincerely nice. Happy Tues.
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The Penguins did the original “Earth Angel,” had a huge hit with it, and never charted again.
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My parents had music playing all the time in our house so I remember quite a few of these. Some real jewels here, John!
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Glad you liked them!
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Wow! Some real oldies and a great selection, John!
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Glad you liked it!
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Fourteen years old in 1955. Had a 45 RPM record player and could stack and play ten records. Love this list.
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I’m happy you like it! I need to get some newer surveys. I’m getting to the point where I’ve done a lot of the songs in recent weeks.
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Still good though
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Do you know the callsign of an Oklahoma rock n’ roll station from the early 1960s. You could hear it throughout the Plains states.
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Was it KOKC at 1520 from Oklahoma City? It used to be KOMA. They did Top 40 in the ’60’s and ’70’s and switched to country in 1980. They’re news-talk now…
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Yup, it was KOMA. It was a great station, and you could hear it way up in northern Wyoming and deep into Texas and points between in the early 60s.
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There’s a list of all the clear-channel stations on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear-channel_station). They’re the ones that are easiest to pick up after dark and have the widest range.
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Thanks for the link, John. Running through the list of callsigns brought back a raft of memories.
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