KFXM and KMEN the Top 40 stations of the Inland Empire (San Bernardino/Riverside)in the 1960's. This site will bring you information and pictures from these two stations KFXM 590 and KMEN 1290. For other musical and miscellaneous interests take a look at.........................http://djsgone.blogspot.com/
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Ah yes, 1-9-6-8 was such a great classic year for popular music on both K/men and KFXM. The peak era for the superb disk jockey personalities employed at both stations. What a time it was to have your transistor radio turned on and tuned in 24/7 to all the exciting happenings going on over the air. Too bad I didn't have the means then (or the foresight) to have tape recorded those exciting broadcast transmissions for listening to again half-a-century later!
The previous blogger caught my interest with his comment about "long songs over five minutes each" that charted on the pop music surveys. Got me to thinking about some of the other smash send-ups I heard over the radio during the latter 1960's:
1. Hey Jude - The Beatles 2. Light My Fire - The Doors 3. Atlantis - Donovan 4. Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival 5. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - The Iron Butterfly 6. Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells 7. Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin 8. Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers 9. Oh Happy Days - Edwin Hawkins Singers 10. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - The 5th Demension
Great list. Noticed all of them are within a 2 year period. Mid 67-69.
Mac Park was a tremendous record but who woulda taken such a gamble on a 7:20 record getting airplay. Dunhill took quite a chance. Tremendous record, both Harris and Summer versions.
Love the romantic/sad story behind Webb and MacPark and his girlfriend and breakup. See....that melting in the rain is symbolic of their affair falling apart. It has such embedded innuendos.
Well, once a few of the major recording artists had broken the tight Drake-imposed industry wide 2.5 minute music programming format in the late 1960's, this allowed the Seventies decade to flourish with countless now-classic songs by Elton John, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Eagles, The Moody Blues, Carly Simon, Tower of Power, and so many others. Not having to be tied in to some arbiitrary time limit on a record set free the creativity of writers, composers and musicians to really let it all hang out for as long it it took over the radio, especially when the F.M. stations came into prominence with their long sound sweeps!
Ah yes, 1-9-6-8 was such a great classic year for popular music on both K/men and KFXM. The peak era for the superb disk jockey personalities employed at both stations. What a time it was to have your transistor radio turned on and tuned in 24/7 to all the exciting happenings going on over the air.
ReplyDeleteToo bad I didn't have the means then (or the foresight) to have tape recorded those exciting broadcast transmissions for listening to again half-a-century later!
Interesting that 2 songs on
ReplyDeleteKFXM chart are long songs,
over 5 minutes each:
Sky Pilot and MacArthur Park.
The previous blogger caught my interest with his comment about
ReplyDelete"long songs over five minutes each" that charted on the pop music surveys.
Got me to thinking about some of the other smash send-ups I heard over the radio during the latter 1960's:
1. Hey Jude - The Beatles
2. Light My Fire - The Doors
3. Atlantis - Donovan
4. Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater
Revival
5. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - The Iron Butterfly
6. Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
7. Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin
8. Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
9. Oh Happy Days - Edwin Hawkins Singers
10. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - The 5th Demension
Great list.
ReplyDeleteNoticed all of them are within
a 2 year period. Mid 67-69.
Mac Park was a tremendous record
but who woulda taken such a
gamble on a 7:20 record getting
airplay. Dunhill took quite a chance. Tremendous record, both
Harris and Summer versions.
Love the romantic/sad story
behind Webb and MacPark and his girlfriend and breakup.
See....that melting in the rain
is symbolic of their affair
falling apart.
It has such embedded innuendos.
.....Im sure there are other
ReplyDeleteversions of that story.
Well, once a few of the major recording artists had broken the tight Drake-imposed industry wide 2.5 minute music programming format in the late 1960's, this allowed the Seventies decade to flourish with countless now-classic songs by Elton John, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Eagles, The Moody Blues, Carly Simon, Tower of Power, and so many others. Not having to be tied in to some arbiitrary time limit on a record set free the creativity of writers, composers and musicians to really let it all hang out for as long it it took over the radio, especially when the F.M. stations came into prominence with their long sound sweeps!
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