Oh lawd, have moicey…this “Bacon Fat” is show nuff greasy! I listened to Taj Mahal’s 1969 double album Giant Step earlier this week for the piece I wrote on his cover version of “Take A Giant Step.” The album also has a version of the song “Bacon Fat” that is credited to J.R. Robertson and […]
3D Arfy Barkday II Elvis Presley
I’m your Uncle Marty, on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity number 517 as we continue the fun celebrating the birthday of a musical icon. RIAA credits Elvis Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the U.S., with total sales estimates ranging from 600 million to 1 billion, as we continue or party for him, by playing […]
Song Of The Day – “Little Bitty Pretty One” by Thurston Harris
It starts off so simple. Just a bunch of guys humming in harmony over an infectious backbeat, and that was the only hook “Little Bitty Pretty One” ever needed to be propelled into the pop charts and to be forever known as a golden Rock ‘n’ Roll classic. And if you’re going to be a […]
Happy 3D Birthday Elvis Presley
I’m everyone’s Uncle Marty, on The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, #516 as we prepare for and celebrate the birthday of a musical icon. Elvis is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recording. . He was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel. He won three competitive Grammys, received their Lifetime Achievement […]
Song Of The Day – “Woo Hoo” by The Rock-A-Teens
Every so often, when I’m jonesin’ for some ‘50s rockabilly or some good old rock ‘n’ roll, I need not look any further than Rhino’s exceptional Loud Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of The ‘50s box set. The set was compiled by Gary Stewart, James Austin and Bill Inglot and released in […]
Song Of The Day – “Chantilly Lace” by The Big Bopper
Jiles “Jape” “JP” Richardson became a radio D.J. in 1952 and worked for ten years (with a two year break in the middle for army duty) at Texas radio station KTRM where he ultimately became their music director. While working at a sock hop, he decided to change his name to The Big Bopper after […]
Song Of The Day – “Saddle Up The Palomino” by Neil Young
“American Stars And Bars” was one of Neil Young’s most patchy albums, but that’s not because the material on the record is lacking. Quite the contrary, the songs are pretty much top notch throughout this “Whitman Sampler” of styles and sounds. However, the record does seem to get unfairly knocked for several reasons… For one, […]
Heavy 3D Water
I’m everybody’s Uncle Marty here with The Award Winning 3D RadioActivity, and on the 510th chapter, we’ll get into our water logs with songs touching OCEANS LAKES, and SEAS in the titles, artists, and maybe a geographic location or two. We kept it wet on our nautical trip to the shores of the OCEANS LAKES, and SEAS. Join us […]
Song Of The Day – “Power Of My Love” by Elvis Presley
I vividly remember the day Elvis died. My too hip for the world sixteen year old friends and I realized that it was a big deal for some, but the Elvis fans we knew were so old and out of touch, that his passing wouldn’t have registered at all on our radar had it not […]
Song Of The Day – “At The Hop” by Danny & The Juniors
Three groups…three decades… three stories…one song! 1950s: Philadelphia school friends Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Maffei and Joe Terranova formed a group called The Juvenairs in 1957. They were discovered at a Record Hop by John Madara who changed their name to Danny & The Juniors and introduced them to local record label owner Artie […]
