Had to be Thurl. He worked often with Johnny Mann. He did TONS of work for Disneyland and Disney World. Live hosting all summer for the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters. I was privileged to sit in the booth with him one night, then a personal tour backstage during intermission. And TONY THE TIGER was classic Thurl. What a kind and wonderful and gentle and talented man. (After his passing, the North American voice of Tony is performed by LA radio and wrestling announcer Lee Marshall.)
@gxgolden1
13 жыл бұрын
Love this stuff. Most of the jingles are good quality. When I used to collect this stuff in the 1960's, I could only get AM airchecks, never very good. Thanks for the collection.
@nanlisa
13 жыл бұрын
I listened to KHJ when I was last in Los Angeles back in 1983. It's a pretty good station.
@adoptfromarescue
14 жыл бұрын
OMG, I love your post. These jingles remind me of the Hi-Lo's style. I love the way that they tone it down, when singing the name of the city.
@nanlisa
16 жыл бұрын
I definitely remember CKLW. I used to pick it up at night right here in Philly. WIBG went off the air in 1977. It then became WZZD, which first featured the top songs of that day (the late 1970's), and it then switched to religious programming in 1980. It is now WNPT with Dennis Prager, Laura Ingram, and Rush Limbaugh. Besides WFIL, I used to listen to WIBG as well. We used to have WIBG on the school bus every morning.
@newhotman1001
13 жыл бұрын
I was a DJ at WJIM in Lansing, MI. while at MSU on the weekends. Our jingles were similar but not quite the Drake jingles. I did try to emulate the Big 8 (CKLW, the Motor City) jocks as closely as possible. We had the Sound Power survey (I don't know if anyone else used it or not) and after the news at 5 minutes after the top of the hour the jingle would say, "DJ's name, WJIM plays power sound and it would countdown 10,9,8,7,6,5,5,5" and you would play the no.5 song of the week. Grew up w/Big 8.
@tenquebaby
15 жыл бұрын
Grew up listening to the "Lucky 13" as a kid...and later worked there in the mid 70's...
@flagsin1965
17 жыл бұрын
Somebody must have a compilation of the famous Hit Parade 68 and 69 packages. Drake syndicated them to radio stations all over the U.S. This is a terrific compilation right here and they would add to it.
@blind_t2
15 жыл бұрын
that KSTN was 2005, also used a combination of the CKLW top of hour fanfare, and then, after "and the hits just keep on comin," used a jingle made by Gwinsound, also used for WTRY
@tenquebaby
15 жыл бұрын
I got a chance to work at 13/KYNO back in the early 70's...which was great, cause I grew up listening to the "Lucky 13" as a kid...Got a chance to work with Mike Novack, John Berry, Kris Van Kamp and Danny Romero...also worked for the rival station, KMAK...those were the days...
@jeffmissinne3866
11 жыл бұрын
Being that it's the Johnny Mann singers on these tracks, is it safe to assume that's Thurl ("Tony the Tiger") Ravenscroft as the bass voice in the chorus?
@Mingowildcat
16 жыл бұрын
What a thrill to hear the KAKC jingle! Wow. Thanks.
@djjas79
17 жыл бұрын
Such a great sound. Thanks for posting this!!
@ryan9570
11 жыл бұрын
I think 'Boss Radio' would work even today. but if you're too young to remember when it ruled the AM dial back in the late 1960s and early '70s, google "The Nine Tape" and you get a pretty good idea of how bad small-market radio sounded back in the early and middle l960s. Boss Radio just eliminated all the useless clutter and streamlined the top 40 format.
@kcphish
14 жыл бұрын
Love the Drake jingles, however I do take issue with KSTN being labeled an imitator. In reality, Boss Radio and the Bill Drake genius was given birth @ KSTN Stockton. A real imitator (and a poor one) was KAFY Bakersfield. They had the jings and not much else. There was no true understanding of the Boss Radio format. I worked for both. Bakersfield is where the "whole world would agree, I was no Dave Diamond, and never would I be".
@blind_t2
14 жыл бұрын
KCMO FM was kinda doing a drake-style jingle clone at once!
@TheRokjok
11 жыл бұрын
Classic Top 40 Radio ..... Jingles, Jocks, Breaks, Hitz ...... Real Radio The Way I Think It Should Be Done ..... RokJok
@ChuckJPC
16 жыл бұрын
Bill Drake passed away Nov 30, 2008.
@10TVMan
17 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I has inspired me to get out some of my old collections and post them.
@frankp3
13 жыл бұрын
@Glinkaism1 The Drake jingles were recorded by The Johnny Mann Singers. I believe at RCA studios in LA.
@biggfred999
15 жыл бұрын
WIBG was not Drake Chenault. It was a clone, consulted by Paul Drew, an ex-employee of Drake's. There were many other clones out there as well. Also, by the late 60's, just about any radio station could buy the jingle package.
@starjacko
17 жыл бұрын
wiping the tears from my eyes...cool shit!
@blind_t2
15 жыл бұрын
boss radio forever!
@suziesbro
13 жыл бұрын
CHICENMAN was certainly not created at CKLW. "The Big 8" may have leased CHICKENMAN from creator Dick Orkin at WCFL. His "Famous Radio Ranch" is now in the Sherman Oaks area of the City of Los Angeles. Orkin is still going strong, according to last reports, and he deserves the credit--along with several others--for creating and producing CHICKENMAN at WCFL.
@RetroJoe66
17 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Another great imitator was 1050 CHUM, Toronto.
@ChuckJPC
14 жыл бұрын
Noted, having known Dave Diamond (KFRC, KBLA) and Barry Shane (Salberg) of KSTN
@ChuckJPC
14 жыл бұрын
It is in Windsor, Ontario ...eh.
@metjohnVideo
13 жыл бұрын
A middle KHJ jingle (legal ID/Los Angeles) isn't Drake, it's the TM You campaign by Dick Hamilton. The rest are, tho... .
@blind_t2
15 жыл бұрын
one more drake station, WMEE 1380 fort wayne, in.
@martysanchez5338
10 жыл бұрын
Khj 93 am boss radio
@eurolease24
15 жыл бұрын
cklw at 3.12 was the best detroit/ windsor/cleveland/toledo
@Glinkaism1
11 жыл бұрын
What a racket! One basic catchy no-brainer jingle with donut. Same thing used by PAMS. You will not see the singers of these jinglalos getting residuals or driving pink Cadillacs. I know my truthful comments exposing this scam will never be posted. But I did so anyway.
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