From the Olde Disce Jockey site.
AUGUST 18, 1937: The first FM radio station, Boston's W1XO is granted a construction permit by the FCC and went on the air two years later. In the 1940s it became WGTR and is now WAAF. I had no idea FM went that far back, remembering it as starting up in the late 60s, early 70s.
AUGUST 18, 1961: Jimmy Dean recorded "Big Bad John."
AUGUST 18, 1962: Ringo Starr's first appearance with the Beatles at the 17th annual Birkenhead (England) Horticultural Society Show. Ringo rehearsed for just two hours with the band before taking the stage. Well, you have to start somewhere.
AUGUST 18, 1966: The Four Tops released "Reach Out I'll be There."
AUGUST 18, 1969: At approximately 9 a.m. this morning, a music and art fair ended with the song "Hey Joe." That song was played by one Jimi Hendrix, who had played his striking version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" a few songs earlier. That fair is better known as the Woodstock Music and Art Fair at Bethel, new York.
"At the bottom of that pit lies a mighty, mighty big ___." --RoadDog
SIGNS OF OLD AGE: You sing along with elevator music. (I've caught myself doing that more than I care to mention.)
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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