K/MEN and KFXM March 30, 1973

Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1 on KMEN and KFXM

New in the top ten on KMEN

The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence #5

The Twelfth Of Never-Donny Osmond #10

Highest debut

Hallelujah Day-Jackson 5 #27

new

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life-Stevie Wonder

Wildflower-Skylark

New in the top ten on KFXM

Break Up To Make Up-Stylistics #9

Dead Skunk-Loudon Wainwright III #10

Highest debut

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree-Dawn #27

New

I'm Doing Fine Now-New York City

Frankenstein-Edgar Winter Group 

Concert at the Swing auditorium Deep Purple Fleetwood Mac Rory Gallagher

K/MEN 20th Anniversary 29 Years Ago

In 1982 there was a 20th Anniversary K/MEN Concert (a little later than March, but still in 1982).  It did get good newspaper coverage.  Besides the concert, a whole truckload of former and current KMEN.

Be sure to click on each picture in order to enlarge and read the articles.

The concert with The Drifters, The Coasters, Dick Dale, Donnie Brooks, The Rivingtons, Marvin and Johnny, and Al Wilson,

KFXM and K/MEN March 30, 1962

Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares #1

New in the top ten

She Cried-Jay and The Americans #6

Love Letters-Ketty Lester #9

Highest debut

P.T. 109-Jimmy Dean #23

Check out the

TRIPLE INSTRUMENTAL PICK HIT

including Moon Goon Stomp-Moongooners

also new

I Cried-Dodie Stevens

Just Keep It Up-Bob Conrad

The Prince-Jackie DeShannon

Big concert at the Swing Auditorium including Dodie Stevens, Paul Peterson, Dick and DeeDee and more!

The First K/MENTERTAINER from 1962 All songs premiering 3/10/1962 on K/MEN

Want to see more?  I have all the 1962 K/MEN  (that I have) after this one, posted starting April 2008 through December 2008 

KFXM March 24, 1980

Working My Way Back to You-Spinners #1

New in the top ten

Ride Like The Wind-Christopher Cross #9

Fire Lake-Bob Seger #10

Highest debut

With You I'm Born Again-Billy Preston and Syreeta #23

Zappa In Concert Swing Auditorium

DJ Lineup

Dr. Don Murray

Charlie Webb

Craig Powers

and weekends

Jason McQueen

Randy Rabbitt

Don't know if Ron Sanchez is still around.  He was on Midnight - 6 am beginning of February

K/MEN and KFXM March 25, 1966

Soul and Inspiration-Righteous Bros #1

New in the top ten

Baby, Scratch My Back-Slim Harpo #9

Kicks-Paul Revere and the Raiders #10

New

Sloop John B-Beach Boys

Eight Miles High-Byrds

Frankie and Johnny-Elvis Presley

Message To Michael-Dionne Warwick

Rhapsody In the Rain-Lou Christie

Picture of Mark Denis

John Ravencroft interviewing Chris Montez

 at The National Orange Show

KFXM Tiger Mag Nancy Sinatra

Bang Bang-Cher #1

New in the top ten

Soul and Inspiration-Righteous Brothers #2

Inside - Looking Out-Animals #9

Highest debut

Sign Of The Times-Petula Clark #29

New

KFXM-Squad Personal Picks

My Little Red Book-Love

A Groovy Kind Of Love-Mindbenders

Loves Made Afool Of You-Bobby Fuller 4

Try Too Hard-Dave Clark 5

The Knickerbockers

K/MEN and KFXM March 23, 1973

On both stations Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1 (Will this song never die?)

New in the K/MEN top ten

Sing-Carpenters #8

Highest debuts

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence #14

Tie A Yellow Ribbon-Dawn #28

New

Cherry Cherry-Neil Diamond (live version)

Daisy A Day-Judd Strunk

New on the KFXM top ten

Neither One Of Us-Gladys Knight #6

Space Oddity-David Bowie #9

Highest debut

Walk On The Wild Side-Lou Reed #26

New

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life-Stevie Wonder

Reeling in The Years-Steely Dan 

KFXM March 23, 1962

Notice that in two places on the survey it states #1 KFXM.  At this point KMEN has only existed for a couple weeks.

Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares #1

New in the top ten

Smoky Places-Corsairs #4

Tuff-Ace Cannon #6

Uptown-The Crystals #9

Highest debut

Anything That's Part Of You-Elvis Presley #33 (Good Luck Charm not listed!)

New

Old Rivers-Walter Brennan

Operator-Gladys Knight

Soldier Boy-Shirelles

All You Had To Do-Chris Montez

Shout-Joey Dee

KFXM March 17, 1980

Second Time Around-Shalamar #1

new in the top ten

Off The Wall-Michael Jackson #6

Three Times In Love-Tommy James #8

Special Lady-Ray, Goodman & Brown #10

Highest debut

Think About Me-Fleetwood Mac #22

New

Pilot Of The Airwaves-Charlie Dore

Gee Whiz-Bernadette Peters

KFXM March 18, 1966

Sonny & Cher

Bang Bang-Cher #1

New in the top ten

Darling Baby-Elgins #9

Highest debut

Little Latin Lupe Lu-Mitch Ryder #32

Bits & Pieces: The next Elvis movie will be entiltle "A Girl In Every Port".  The Beatles will be going to Japan this summer.  Hullaballou will not be back on television next season. Lou Christie broke his nose.
Someone has their own jungle of KFXM Mascots.  Dolline Sanchez where are you now?

Jim Conniff with Bill Medley

K/MEN March 18, 1966

Bang Bang/Our Day Will Come-Cher #1

New in the top ten

Follow Me-Lyme & Cybelle #7

Secret Agent Man-Johnny Rivers #10

New

Good Lovin'-Young Rascals

Shapes Of Things-Yardbirds

634-5709-Wilson Pickett 

K/MEN on the air at The National Orange Show

KFXM March 16, 1973

Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1

New in the top ten

Danny's Song-Anne Murray #8

Sing-Carpenters #9

Aubrey-Bread #10

Highest debut

The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence #28

Yes there are some rock & roll songs on the survey

includint the Moody Blues, David Bowie and The Sweet, but not much else.

new

The Twelfth Of Never-Donny Osmond

Walk On The Wild Side-Lou Reed

Seymour pictures

K/MEN March 16, 1973

Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1

New in the top ten

Cisco Kid-War #4

Neither One Of Us-Gladys Knight & The Pips #10

Highest debut

Peaceful-Helen Reddy #25

New

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence

Drift Away-Dobie Gray

KFXM March 16, 1962

Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares #1

New in the top ten

She's Got You-Patsy Cline #8

I'm Blue-Ikettes #9

Highest debut

Cinderella-Jack Ross #31

New

Love On Your Lips-Tony Orlando

What'd I Say-Bobby Darin

You Talk About Love-Barbara George

So This Is Love-Castells

Big Bo's Twist-Big Bo

KFXM will be at the Orange Show!

KFXM March 11, 1980

No copy of any survey this week, but based on next week's, these are the numbers. 

Second Time Around-Shalamar #1

New in the top ten

Too Hot-Kool & The Gang #9

How Do I Make You-Linda Ronstadt #10

Highest debut

Sexy Eyes- Dr Hook #26

On next week's survey the above "OFF" had fallen off, four this week, the rest next week.  I see I had  made a mistake on this OFF list #14 Three Times In Love and #21 Special Lady still on the survey.

K/MEN March 11, 1966

Bang Bang/Our Day Will Come-Cher #1

New in the top ten

Monday Monday-Mamas and the Papas #7

Soul and Inspiration-Righteous Brothers #8

Lovely Kravezit-Everly Brothers #9 Everly Brothers top 10 in 1966!!

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry-B.J. Thomas #10

Anyone ever hear Duckman-Buddies listed on 2/20?

Notice Secret Agent Man by the Ventures was added before Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers

New

Spanish Flea-Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass

You Were On My Mind-Crispian St. Peters

The thoughts of John Ravencroft

Johnny Darin hospitalized

KFXM March 11, 1966

The Batman Issue

Bang Bang-Cher #1

New in the top ten

Ballad Of The Green Berets-SGT Barry Sadler #3

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry-B.J. Thomas #6

Daydream-Lovin' Spoonful #9

Walkin' My Cat Named Dog-Norma Tanega #10

Highest debut

Shapes Of Things/I'm Not Talking-Yardbirds #30

This is last small survey I have for KFXM while they were publishing two. May have been more, but after this week all I have are the Tiger Mags Mags  

new

Time Won't Let Me-Outsiders

Memories Are Made Of This-Drifters

Rhaposody In The Rain-Lou Christie

Secrte Agent Man-Johnny Rivers

K/MEN and KFXM March 9, 1973

Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack #1 on both stations

new in the KMEN top ten

Aint No Woman-Four Tops #8

Call Me (Come Back Home)-Al Green #9

Danny's Song-Anne Murray #10

Highest debut

Break Up to Make Up-Stylistics #25

New

Little Willie-Sweet

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree-Tony Orlando & Dawn

KFXM

New in the top ten

Aint No Woman-Four Tops #5

Call Me-Al Green #8

Big City Miss Ruth Ann-Gallery #9

Hummingbird-Seals & Crofts #10

Highest debut

Dead Skunk-Loudon Wainwright III #27

Anyone see The Beach Boys concert at UCR March 16, 1973?

New

Cisco Kid-War

Twelfth Of Never-Donny Osmond

Seymour at The California Theater March 17

Debut K/MEN 129 March 10, 1962

Can you believe it? It has been 49 years ago today.  K/MEN signed on the air with Huckleberry playing Chip Chip by Gene McDaniels #10 on this Top TEN.  Huckleberry and Bill Watson talked about the song at the 35th Anniversary. Thanks to a regular reader of this blog for the copy, but someone may have been fooling him with this.  The next week's top ten on KFXM is a perfect match for this top ten. Most likely K/MEN probably borrowed the top ten to get started.  The first official survey (about three weeks later) will be dated March 30, 1962 with only one of these songs still in the top ten.  

Before K/MEN it was  KITO.  Hours before leading up to the debut of K/MEN you got to hear Fannie Mae-Buster Brown playing over and over again. I've heard some say it was Hit The Road Jack, but I've talked to people who actually heard Fannie Mae.

The first lineup of the K/MEN were Chuck "Huckleberry" Clemans-Donn Tyler

Andy (George) West-Bill Watson-Brian Lord-Dean Webber-George Babcock-Jim Markham

Gary Price

Here is the KFXM survey.  Next week you'll get the whole thing.

KFXM March 9, 1962

Let Me In-Sensations #1

New in the top ten

Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares #4

Twistin' The Night Away-Sam Cooke #9

Highest debut

Uptown-Crystals #29

new

Anything That's Part Of You/Good Luck Charm-Elvis Presley

Teach Me How To Shimmy-Coasters

Mashed Potato Time-Dee Sharp

Shake Shake Sherry-Edsels

KFXM March 4, 1980

Crazy Little Thing Called Love-Queen #1

New in the top ten

Him-Rupert Holmes #8

Working My Way Back To You-Spinners #9

Fool In The Rain-Led Zeppelin #10

Highest debut

I Can't Tell You Why-Eagles #24

so what exactly does this blurb at the bottom mean?

*This is a compilation of survey information accumulated by KFXM.  It is not intended to reflect actual airplay. 

How did they calculate the top 30?  The playlists top 30 were the same as these surveys.

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