K/mentertainer June 15, 1962

#1 Wah-Watusi-Orlons I prefer #2 Palisades Park-Freddie Cannon
Highest debut on the K/MEN-DOUS TEN Theme From Dr. Kildare-Richard Chamberlain

NEW this week

Twist and Shout-Isley Brothers The Locomotion-Litle Eva A couple songs you may even hear regularly on the radio today. These versions and their remakes.

How about Slow Pokey Joe-Bobby Day Cleapatra Brown-Day Bros A couple songs you may have never heard.

KFXM and K/men June 12, 1970

#1 Love On A Two Way Street-Moments Double sided hit bound for Crosby, Stills Nash & Young-Teach Your Children/Carry On I liked Westbound #9-Flamin' Embers and I actually bought a copy of The Witch-Rattles at the same time I bought Westbound #9

Below: Maybe I'm Amazed-Paul McCartney It wasn't released as a single until many years later when a live version was released.
#1 Mama Told Me (Not To Come) - 3 Dog Night

Cinnamon Girl-Neil Young Future Hit. K/men has the Gentrys version at #27

KFXM Zodiac lists the KFXM jocks adding Don Mann and Bill Pepper

Looks like Don McCoy and Gary Evans are gone.

Non Radio News

Usually you see radio stuff here, but I have an exception to the rule, today.
My daughter had her high school graduation last night, and in yesterday's Sun newspaper they published San Bernardino's Valedictorians, which she was one of four from Cajon High School.
My wife and I are very proud of her, and I wanted to share this with you.

If you're wondering about a 4.9 GPA She was in the International Bacculaureate Program, where most classes ranked at 5.0 rather than 4.0. All four of the Valedictorians had 4.9. That did not exist when I was in high school

P.S. There was an article in her school newspaper asking questions of each of the Valedictorians. One question was: What was your favorite musical artist? She said The Beatles. I had more influence on her than I thought.

Having said that back to the music!

June 7, 1963 & June 14, 1963

Giving you two weeks worth of 1963.
The number Ones seem to agree on both stations
June 7th Sukiyaki-Kyo Sakomoto
June 14th Surf City-Jan & Dean It's about time for more of that surf sound at #1 New
Come Go with Me-Dion
Without Love-Ray Charles
A couple of songs not usually associated with these singers

Lot of animals on June 7 KFXM #26 Birdland #32 Green Monkey #40 Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport over at K/men you also had Harry The Hairy Ape
June 14 Big surprise at #50 The Beatles making their second appearance in 1963 on KFXM!

K/men How about new at #10 Johnny Surfboard-Barry Mann?

Little Stevie Wonder debuting with Fingertips --Part 2 or would you rather hear Hilly Billy Ding dong Choo Choo by Soupy Sales

Look!! K/men is also playing From Me To You-The Beatles

K/men is also having their Treasure Hunt with a 2,000.00 prize, but go back to KFXM, they are having a Crazy Place contest

K/mentertainer June 8, 1968

The 1968 Soundathon. A K/men tradition for many Memoruial Day Weekends

#1 Light My Fire-Doors knocking down to #2 last years number one Cherish-Association

Pictures, descriptions of the Top Ten

The Entire Soundathon Top 300

There will be people that will be Happy that Happy-The Sunshine Company made the 300.

Some favorites in the first half of the Soundathon 300 Then and Now

#18 Dirty Water-Standells

#30 Sherry-Four Seasons

#43 Little Black Egg-Nightcrawlers

#198 Rock & Roll Woman-Buffalo Springfield

#143 Psychotic Reaction-Count 5

A few other favorites

#170 Little Girl-Syndicate of Sound

#187 Music Box-Light

#193 Sit Down I Think I Love You-Mojo Men

#207 Im So Lonesome I Could Cry-B.J. Thomas

#217 Itchycoo Park-Small Faces

#251 I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night-Electric Prunes

#267 Peggy Sue-Buddy Holly

#284 Let Me Be-Turtles

#1 This Guy's In Love With You-Herb Alpert

Hit Bound

Baby You Come Rollin' Across My Mind-Peppermint Trolley Company Local group

What is intereting is that none of the Most Requested are in the top half of theTop Thirty.

K/mentertainer June 8, 1962

#1 I Can't Stop Lovin' You-/Born To Lose-Ray Charles
Highest debut Wah-Watusi-Orlons
Honorable K/mwntion
409/Surfin' Safari-Beach Boys
Let's Dance Chris Montez
Boom Boom-John Lee Hooker
Ahab The Arab-Ray Stevens

KFXM Tiger Mag June 7, 1968

Iron Butterfly In Concert at Swing Auditorium Rolling Stones-Jumping Jack Flash Both sides of the picture sleeve

Cilla Black and Paul McCartney

#1 This Guy's In Love With You-Herb Alpert

Personal Pick

Tuesday Afternoon-Moody Blues

K/MEN June 6, 1970

Soundathon Edition This is the K/men Event I looked forward to each year The Top Ten Soundathon hits for 1967, 1968 and 1969 #1 for the second year Hey Jude-Beatles
Theme From A Summer Place-Percy Faith still high up there a t #20 The oldest song in the top 99. Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & The Comets made #100, the highest rated 1950s song.
Lots of Iron Butterfly, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Buffalo Springfield represented.
Notice #91 Nights In White Satin-Moody Blues waiting for it's second time around in a couple years

Some of my favorites

#151 I Love You-People#193 Rhythm Of The Rain-Cascades #197 Live-Merry-Go-Round

#217 Fortune Teller-Rolling Stones, #267 Outer Limits-Marketts #271 Walk Away Renee-Left Banke

2nd Week #1 Which Way You Going Billy?-Poppy Family

Hit Bound

Mississippi Queen-Mountain

KFXM June 5, 1970

#1 The Long And Winding Road-The Beatles

What do you think about Gimme Dat Ding-Pipkins up to #3 from #15?

Highest debut #25 The Love You Save-Jackson 5

Future Hit

Close To You-Carpenters

How about La Nave Del Olivido-Jose-Jose? Any stories on how much airplay this song got? I never heard it on KFXM

New guy Don Mann 3-7 PM replacing Don McCoy. There is a background about Don Mann under his picture.

Before Radio (at least for me)

A comment from Jonny Bruce about songs he first heard on the radio such as Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como made me start to think.

Before I listened to the radio I did hear and remember hit songs. They were from other sources besides the radio, usually the television. I probably knew more Perry Como songs than anyone else's music. Perry Como was probably my mother's favorite show in the fifties, and she watched it weekly. I knew Don't Let The Star's Get In Your Eyes, Magic Moments, Round and Round and especially Catch A Fallin' Star by heart.

My dad's favorite was Lawrence Welk Show, so I did get to know some of the popular songs of the fifties and early sixties ftom watching Lawrence. I remember Larry Hooper sing 16 Tons. My mother also watched Polka Parade/ I did like the guy who did the songs with the Swedish asscent.

Also I remember the teenage girls next door played their 45s like The Witch Doctor, Purple People Eater and Hound Dog.

My parents also had a small record player and had some 45s and 78s, and of course Bing Crosby's White Christmas album

I also knew Rock Around The Clock. This probably came from television.

I remember hearing The Twist-Chubby Checker (on television) and I knew Beatle songs in the sixties. My cousin had a bunch of Beatle records.

When I was in the Cub Scouts we went on a field trip to KFXM out in the field (1962 or 1963) They gave each of us a 45. It went into a drawer and I didn't even play it.

What is sad is that I don't even remember much about the field trip, just going in and seeing the secretary at her desk. We probably met the dj and toured the station. I still had no interest in radio.

What would be nice if one of these days, the memory of that day would come back, but I'm not counting on it.

With all this exposure...why did it take me so long to discover the radio? Even the little red transistor radio my parents bought me in the early sixties didn't seem to help.

K/mentertainer June 1, 1968

It appears KMEN has taken over the #1 spot in June 1968

#1 This Guy's In Love With You-Herb Alpert

Highest debut Indian Lake-Cowsills #19

Hitbound

Jumping Jack Flash-Rolling Stones also one of the most requested

She's A Heartbreaker-Gene Pitney His last top 40 hit, went to #16 mationally. It was an unusual song. Didn't think it sounded like Gene Pitney. A real different vocal fot him

For The Very First Time

There is a music website that had an interesting question about the first record/music you bought http://popdose.com/ with the posting on May 28th

How about what was the first song you remember hearing on the radio as a regular listener?

As I mentioned before I started listening to the radio on a regular basis in 1966.

I don't remember the first song I heard on KFXM or K/MEN in 1966, but I do remember that in 1962 when I had the chicken pocks, all I was allowed to do was stay in bed and listen to a little red transistor radio.

The only song I actually remember hearing was Return To Sender-Elvis Presley. Why that song stuck with me, I don't know, and why it took 4 more years to get back to the radio I also don't know.

I also remember hearing That's All She Wrote-Rick Nelson (flip of For You), and that came out in 1963 (the two songs do have a similar theme). That one I don't know why I was listening to the radio, but I do remember hearing it.

But of course, I do remember the first music I bought.

I've mentioned this before, but here I go again with an expanded answer.

First single Batman-Marketts (39 cents jukebox 45) at Lyles Record City

First current single I'm A Believer-Monkees and Snoopy Vs The Red Baron-Royal Guardsmen at White Front 59 cents each

First album The Swallows Sing The Beatles and others cheapie rack 1.79 (Lyles Record City)

First new album More Of The Monkees (Lyles) (on sale for 2.98 and Lyles didn't have many sales)

First Cd Buddy Holly From The Original Master Tapes (probably 12.99) I bought this before I even had a CD player. So at least when I bought a CD player, I knew I would have something to play on it.

Comments and contributions welcome!

KFXM and K/MEN 45 Years Ago May 31, 1963

On both K/MEN and KFXM
Surf City-Jan & Dean on the way up a perfect compliment to Surfin' USA-Beach Boys coming down the charts. Johnny Surfboard-Barry Mann going up the charts. If you've ever heard it, he's a little more sophisticated than Surfer Joe, the Surfaris other surf song.. Another novelty song that will be a big hit, Tie Me Kanagaroo Down-Rolf Harris

#1 Sukiyaki-Kyo Sakomoto #1 on both stations

K/mentertainer June 1, 1962

Ray Charles with a double sided #1 hit I Can't Stop Lovin' You/Born To Lose
Debut at #7 Palisades Park-Freddie Cannon One of my favorite songs by Freddie. I saw him in concert One and 1/2 times.
New at #9 Goodnight Irene-Jerry Reed Was there a big potato thing in the early 1960s? NEW Potato Peeler-Bobby Gregg
Shelley Fabares followup Johnny Loves Me, Pat Boone back with a hit Speedy Gonzales