KFXM and K/men August 7, 1970

Make It With You-Bread #1 on both stations
Highest debut Westbound #9-Flaming Ember #24 Hit Bound
Groovin' With Mr Bloe-Cool Heat A pretty good Rock & Roll instrumental

Highest debut Only You Know And I Know-Dave Mason #25

KFXM has 5 Phone numbers WOW! Listed as Toll Free

K/mentertainer August 3, 1968

David Pond wins the Acapulco trip

It appears that 83 people bowled a 129 at the K/men Bowlathon. The first three received 129 dollars the last 80 received 10.00

#1 Classical Gas-Mason Williams

Highest debut Midnight Confessions-Grassroots #21

Hit Bound

Hush-Deep Purple remaking Billy Joe Royal's hit

KFXM Johnny Helm from Sunday to Saturday

A note sent to me from Johnny Helm on KFXM 96.7 Lancaster.

Hi Doug.....love your website! Brings back some great memories. Today (Sunday, Aug. 3rd) is my final Sunday show on KFXM, after a week hiatus, I'll be back on Saturday August 16th. I hope your readers will listen to my show beginning at noon today.....hope it brings back some great memories! Tune to http://kfxm.com/ and just click on the meter!
Thanks again Doug for keeping the memories coming!
Johnny Helm

K/mentertainer August 3, 1962

#1 Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow-Rivingtons
New this week
Green Onions-Booker T & The MGs
Teen-Age Idol-Rick Nelson
Softly As I Leave You-Matt Monro(e) This song didn't hit the national charts until 1964, and at that time it was by Frank Sinatra, but the Matt Monro version played as an oldie regularly until about 1968 in San Bernardino, I never did hear the Sinatra version on the radio.



If you notice the blurb at the end of the survey August 3, 1962 was the date of the first K/men San Bernardio-Riverside Walk Back and Forth

KFXM Tiger August 2, 1968

Steppenwolf makes the cover of the Tiger Mag Great lineup for The Newport Pop Festival listed

#1 Born To Be Wild-Steppenwolf

Highest Debut Pictures Of Matchstick Men-Status Quo #22

New Strawberry Alarm Clock-Barefoot In Baltimore

Future Hit

In-A Gadda-Da-Vida-Iron Butterfly (from LP, not yet a single) KFXM had a superior single edit which had about a minute to a minute and an half drum solo. I would love to hear their version again.

K/MEN August 2, 1963 (a better scan)

Better scans for your reading enjoyment

KFXM and K/men August 2, 1963

New Number One songs on both stations this week
#1 KFXM Denise-Randy & The Rainbows
Biggest jump into the top 10 Groovy Baby-Billy Abbott I have never heard this song. #28 to #7 I did some research, its Billy Abbott & The Jewels on the Parkway label.



Highest debuts
#25 Summertime Nights-Happytones By the title, sounds like a good song, but another one I haven't heard
#26 Surfer Girl/Little Deuce Coupe-Beach Boys Another double sided hit.
"Wax To Watch"
Hello Muddah-Allen Sherman A novelty hit that made it big.
My Boyfriends Back-Angels
How about Surf Bunny Beach by The Surf Bunnies ?



#1 Blowing In The Wind-Peter, Paul and Mary
Two debuting at #10 this week Surfer Girl-Beach Boys and Til Then-The Classics

New this week Martian Hop-Ran-Dells and My Babe Righteous Bros
Will try to get the back of the survey on later.

KFXM and K/men July 31, 1970

Close To You-Carpenters #1Hit Bound
Joanne-Mike Nesmith
Candida-Dawn with the annonymous Tony Orlando

The current K/men lineup

Here's a review of an album I bought new Cosmo's Factory-Creedence Clearwater Revival

#1 Make It With You-Bread

Couple protest songs in the top 10 #5 War-Edwin Starr #7 Ohio-Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Future Hit Creedence with a double sided hit Lookin'Out My Back Door/As Long As I See The Light

K/mentertainer July 27, 1968

More winners... and you know what? I think I knew the guy that identified Jose Feliciano. It was Mike Byrum! I don't even remember him as a winner of the contest in 1968. I'm sure I went to elemetary school with him, and at least through the 8th grade.

Anyone out there go to the K/men Bowlathon in 1968?
#1 Classical Gas-Mason Williams

I like all four new songs on the top 30 this week

Pictures Of Matchstick Men-Status Quo

And Suddenly-Cherry People

Don't Give Up-Petula Clark

Do It Again-Beach Boys

Hit Bound
Sunday Morning Six OClock-Camel Drivers on Buddah Records. Another bubble gum song? Don't know, never heaed it.

K/mentertainer July 27, 1962

#1 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do-Neil Sedaka
#2 Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow-Rivingtons
Highest Debut
Locomotion-Little Eva #7 New this week
He Hit Me-Crystals
She's Not You-Elvis Presley
How about Just Like The Movies-Jackie DeShannon


There's an announcement about the First Annual K/men Walk Back and Forth!

KFXM Tiger Mag July 26, 1968

Article about The Cherry People

#1 Classical Gas-Mason Williams

#10 Double sided hit for Jose Feliciano-Light My Fire/California Dreaming

Personal Picks

Beatles did not release Fool On The Hill as a single, so Sergio Mendez was trying for a hit with it

Never heard Candy by Rabbit MacKay

KFXM and K/men July 26, 1963

#1 again! Lovers-Blendtones big jump up to #2 Til Then-Classics
Highest debut #22 Denise-Randy & The Rainbows
From Me To You-Beatles down to #11 also still listed as an Honorable K/mention on K/men "Wax To Watch"
Dina-Dore Alpert
How about He's My Surfing Guy-Beach Girls
There is a big hit among all these obscure songs listed Heat Wave-Martha & The Vandellas




K/men #1 Lovers-BlendtonesThe new Jim Mitchell Show 9-Noon starting July 29!
An earlier comment by Bill Earl had correctly identified Jim as the new guy on K/men replacing Donn Tyler



New this week: Surfer Girl-Beach Boys When I'm Walking-Fats Domino (a followup?)
Two Figures-Pat & Lolly Vegas (early Redbone?)

KFXM and K/men July 24, 1970

#1 Close To You-Carpenters
Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett debuting at #30
HITBOUND New Ray Stevens-America, Communicate With Me. Ray seems to be on most of the surveys I've put up lately. Also Joanne-Mike Nesmith
Soul Shake-Delaney, Bonnie & Friends was a single I bought new

Tighter Tighter-Alive & Kicking #1

New pictures of the KFXM jocks this week.

K/mentertainer July 20, 1968

K/men Beautiful People contest Winners. Anyone recognize any of the winners?

#1 Hello I Love You/Love Street-Doors

Wayne Newton up there in the top 10 with the Doors, Moody Blues, Donovan and Rolling Stones

Like KFXM highest debut Light My Fire-Jose Feliciano at #19

Ray Stevens also on the charts with Mr Businessman #30

New this week Nilsson's first hit Everybody's Talkin'

KFXM Tiger Mag July 19, 1968

Hugh Masekela making the cover

#1 Hello I Love You/Love Street-Doors

Highest debut #11 Light My Fire-Jose Feliciano

Bill Medley-Brown Eyed Woman 1/2 of the Righteous Bros new on the charts

K/mentertainer July 20, 1962

#1 Breaking Up Is hard To Do-Neil Sedaka
This is the first week on the K/MEN-DOUS TEN where you are told where the record placed the previous week. Good feature!
New at #6 Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow-Rivingtons Why was it that this group never had a national top 40 hit?
New listings: Point of No Return-Gene McDaniels Rambling Rose-Nat King Cole Cry-Paul Anka Careless Love/You Don't Know Me-Ray Charles
Mostly male vocalists being added this week.