This past Sunday WDRV's Bob Stroud went back to May 6, 1969 on his Rock and Roll Roots show and since we didn't go on the Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor celebration, I got to listen to it.
May 6th, 1969, I was a senior at Palatine High School in Palatine, Illinois, getting ready to graduate in about a month. I had already been accepted at Northern Illinois University. I'm not sure if we had had prom yet, but Liz and I were going (I'll have to ask her). Liz was going to Harper College in Palatine, so we weren't sure how that would affect our relationship (going steady).
I was working at Burger King in Palatine on Northwest Highway (US-14) and earning a whopping $1.55 making those Whoppers. Liz would be working with her dad at general Finance Corporation in Evanston that summer (earning considerably more, but not having as much fun). The Burger King is now Photos.
These were the songs playing on Chicago radio 43 years ago (man, that's getting near HALF a CENTURY!!!
MORE THAN YESTERDAY-- SPIRAL STAIRCASE-- These first two songs were brand new this week back then.
SORRY SUZANNE-- HOLLIES-- A band we had been familiar with for the past 4-5 years. (And those great vocal harmonies.)
TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY-- MARVIN GAYE-- Brand new from the Motown legend.
MR. SUN, MR. MOON-- PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS-- from the West Coast. (Not one of their bigger hits.)
More to Come. --RoadDog
OLDSTER BUMPER STICKERS: Young at Heart. Slightly Older in Other Places.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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