"Murray the K"
Jun 20, 2023 13:52:21 #
Chiroman8 wrote:
Jerry,
Lets tweek it back just a little further, how about Alan Freed ,moondog music and also jazz from Small's Palm Cafe" in Harlem !
Lets tweek it back just a little further, how about Alan Freed ,moondog music and also jazz from Small's Palm Cafe" in Harlem !
Just distant recollections.
Jun 20, 2023 14:09:01 #
Oh, yes! I used to go “submarine race watching” with my girlfriend under the Tri-borough bridge. 
Jun 20, 2023 14:39:49 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Do any of you remember "Murray the K and the Swinging Soiree" from the NYC area?
Jerry. That was when music was great to listen to. Not the crap RAP they have today. They sang about love & you could understand the words. You danced with your honey slowly & held her tight as the two of you kissed.
Jun 20, 2023 14:55:03 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Do any of you remember "Murray the K and the Swinging Soiree" from the NYC area?
Jerry. I also remember the submarine races. In Brooklyn you parked by the beach parking lot with your girlfriend to watch the races. Never did see a submarine. They sure were memorable times. Hickies & all. Those were the good old days when a woman meant something to you. I sure as hell miss those days. Also holding hands, kissing & listening to the music in-between the the kisses. We actually sang the love songs to each other. We also stood on the stoops with alot of guys & gals singing & dancing. "Make love not war" was our motto. We also dressed a different way too.
Jun 20, 2023 17:03:40 #
Yes I do. And his shows at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn. I think he was on WINS before it went all news.
Jun 20, 2023 17:27:41 #
Jun 20, 2023 18:19:11 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Do any of you remember "Murray the K and the Swinging Soiree" from the NYC area?
We were blessed with a plethora of great disk jockeys to grow up with in NYC. While Murray the K is at the top of my list who can forget Alan Freed, the Father of Rock n Roll, Dan Ingram, Herb Oscar Anderson, Charlie Greer, Scott Muni, Chuck Dunaway, Jack Carney, Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, Harry Harrison and Bob "Bobaloo" Lewis. And we forget that before he went into talk radio, Dom Imus was a spinner. And more I've forgotten. Great time to grow up.
Jun 20, 2023 18:21:16 #
rdemarco52 wrote:
Yes I do. And his shows at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn. I think he was on WINS before it went all news.
Yes, he was on “1010” WINS, NY!
Jun 21, 2023 09:17:34 #
Michael Sabetsky wrote:
Jerry. That was when music was great to listen to. Not the crap RAP they have today. They sang about love & you could understand the words. You danced with your honey slowly & held her tight as the two of you kissed.
That's why I listen to the 50s Channel on XM.
Jun 21, 2023 19:27:37 #
HistoryLover
Loc: Landenberg,Pa.
I'm from the Phila. area. Grew up with Hi Lit and Jerry Blavat( The Boss With The Hot Sauce, The Geator with the Heater! Great times for sure! Heard about Murry the K from guys in the service who were from NY.
Jun 21, 2023 21:13:54 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Murray Kaufman. 1010 WINS NY. It was the radio station for rock and roll in the 1950s. Unfortunately, it switched to all news - doubly depressing.
Before WINS Murray was on WMCA in the 1950s. He did a show every night and played mostly MOR, songs like "Patricia" or "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White." He played at least one Sinatra song every night, something he carried over to his RR days. He was the guy who played "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" for his whole show one night. That song worked in with his schtick which was that he was from the South and always talked about Atlanta and Peachtree Street. He had a faux contest where the winner would get his recipe for hushpuppies! Yet even then he was collecting bits and pieces that he would take to his R&R shows later. Remember him playing "One of these days someone's gonna jump out the bushes and gra-a-ab you! Grab you! One of these days." He was using that clip from a novelty song back then!
Jun 22, 2023 06:19:21 #
mr spock wrote:
Big Dan Ingram was part of the WMCA Good Guys
No, Dan Ingram was on WABC-AM, 770kh. He called his show The Ingram Flingram.
Jun 22, 2023 07:21:07 #
bw79st wrote:
Before WINS Murray was on WMCA in the 1950s. He di... (show quote)
Remember the Payola protest, with a station playing nothing but Sinatra?
I liked those novelty songs. I also liked the composite songs, made up of clips from other songs. I guess copyrights have eliminated them forever now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59vxgTW7-uU
Jun 22, 2023 18:57:18 #
SyracuseOrange
Loc: Manlius,NY
While WKBW was almost local, I remember picking up a rock station from Acuna Mexico in the early 50's when camping out in the back yard during the summer....
Jun 22, 2023 19:09:39 #
Thanks to the ionosphere, at night AM radio frequencies experience skip. I could listen to WINS from NY while living in the Boston area.
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