KFXM Tiger Mag Feb 9, 1968

Groups at The March Of Dimes Show: The Seeds, The Knack (60's group of course), October Country, Rivingtons, Merry-Go-Round, Caretakers, Count Five, Kenny O'Dell Picture of KFXM's new magazine.

Anyone get one of the Philco Record players?

TopSelling Albums February 1968. Beatles, Rolling Stones and Herb Alpert

Article about Miriam Makeba. Her hit Pata Pata

#1 Love Is Blue-Paul Mauriat, and up to #2 October Country

Biggest Debut Ballad Of Bonne & Clyde-Georgie Fame. I liked his earlier songs, Get Away and Yeh Yeh

Also Foggy Mountain Breakdown-Flatt & Scruggs, theme from the movie Bonnie & Clyde debuting at #36.

#39 I Love You-People This one I still like. It was a remake of a Zombies song.

Good Presonal Picks The Mignty Quinn-Manfred Mann, Everlasting Love-Love Affair

Instrumental Soul Coaxin'-Raymond LeFevre. It was played quite a bit this year, but didn't go too high on the charts.

K/MEN is Coming

I heard that http://www.kmen129.com/ is coming. Should prove to be interesting.

K/MEN 1979 The Last Survey

September 29, 1979 The last K/mentertainer that contained a current survey (dated Sept 21) It was a newpaper about 7 inches by 7 inches. Were there any more after this one? Was there an Entertainment & Recreation Guide in the following months without the K/MEN identity? I don't know. It seems like this was a one shot deal.

Quite a mixture of songs on the thirty. KC & The Sunshine Band, Her Albert, The Knack, Eddie Rabbitt, ELO, Blondie, The Muppets. and even Barbra Streisand.

How about the K/MEN promotion The Klone Ranger!!!

The article mentions the reintroduction of The K/mentertainer. It seems that it was going to be more than a one shot issue, but...???

1968 Top Ten for May 1968

Bay City Rollers

A lot of original K/men art work and design

pictures of DJs would have been nice

The Last Surveys

The final days of the of The Top Ten on KMEN.


1973 was the last year K/MEN published a survey on a weekly basis.
A couple years earlier...
The last surveys called the K/mentertainer were published December 1971.
and before that...
The last newspaper style K/mentertainers were published February 1971.


But,
it was not quite the end.


In September 1979 the last K/mentertaner that contained a survey was published. By reading it, it would have appeared to be introducing the first of a new series of K/mentertainers. Never saw another one. This contained the last K/MEN-DOUS TEN (now, if anyone has seen any more of this series, please let me know)

Still not the end.

In 1982 there was another K/mentertainer published to celebrate KMEN's 20th anniversary. NO SURVEY, just some new articles, and reprints from old K/mentertainers. I've featured some of the photocopies of pages in prior years when mentioning K/men reunions. It did show the current lineup of the K/men at the time. Unfortunately I don't have an original.


Coming soon....
The 1979 K/mentertainer.

February 2, 1973.....35 Years Ago

#1 You're So Vain-Carly Simon on both KMEN and KFXM KMEN biggest jump into thre top 10 Dueling Banjos from Deliverance at #9
Hitbound
Jesus Is Just Alright-Doobie Brothers
Space Oddity-David Bowie
also
Ad for Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods at the Swing Auditorium

Future Hit Aint No Woman-Four Tops. My wife can't stand the song. She doesn't like the lyrics.
Marsh Carter's picture as the weekend guy. His picture will be rotating with Vic Moreno.
There is still Jock Talk about what the djs on KFXM have been doing, but nothing about the KMEN.

Can anyone tell me who was on KMEN in January 1973?

KFXM and K/MEN 45 Years Ago Feb 1, 1963

Walk Like A Man-Four Seasons #1 on K/MEN and Hey Paula-Paul & Paula still #1 on KFXMKFXM putting on The March Of Dimes Dance and Show at the Swing Auditorium.
KFXM Wax To Watch
How about First Rhapsody Of Knives, Forks and Spoons-Central Hi School Band? Sound like a hit?

KFXM putting on The March Of Dimes Dance and Show at the Swing Auditorium.

My favorite in the K/MEN top ten Don't Make Me Over-Dionne Warwick
on KFXM it's Pipeline-Chantays
It's Bill Watson vs. William F. Williams at the "Talk-a-Thon"


Honorable Mention on KMEN
My Son The Doctor-Bent Forcep. Has anybody heard that song? I assume it's suppose to be a novelty song.
Duane Eddy has a new one to follow Guitar Man, and it's Boss Guitar.

K/mentertainer Feb 3, 1968

Any winners of theses contests out there in the audience?

K/MEN Heavy Albums, featuring the Bee Gees new album.

Four Tijuana Brass albums best selling tape cartrifes, and most on A & M records. Who is buying tapes in 1968? But Aretha and The Beatles are in there, too.

a Groovy ad From The K/MEN Bullletin Board

#1 Love Is Blue-Paul Mariat, also a couple of other easy listening songs with Englebert Humperdink, Bobby Vinton in the top ten

#2 Darlin'-Beach Boys, doing much better on K/MEN than KFXM

Another Sagitarius song Hit Bound Another Time

Also interesting Cher and Sonny & Cher have a Hit Bound

KFXM Tiger Mag Feb 2, 1968

Announcement in Bits & Pieces about Elvis's NBC Special coming in December.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band picture. There are going to be at the "Purple Haze" in Riverside.

#1 Love Is Blue-Paul Mauriat keeping Cream-Sunshine Of Your Love at #2. Big difference in these two songs.

Big jump into the top ten at #5 October Country-October Country also Dionne warwick-Valley Of The Dolls at #8

Yes, this is the February 2, 1968 survey. It just has last week's date on it.

#36 Tomorow-Strawberry Alarm Clock, one of my favorites.

Notice a personal pick Love Is Blue, I believe three vocal versions by

Al Martino/Kellem/Claudine Longet (although I'm not sure about Kellem version being a vocal)
Another personal pick I like Melody For You-Grassroots

January 26, 1973.....35 Years ago

You're So Vain-Carly Simon #1
KFXM has new pictures of the DJs this week.

Doug Collins, Al Anthony and the winner of Rolling Stones tickets (R B Peters)

KFXM and K/MEN 45 Years Ago

January 25 1963
KFXM Hey Paula-Paul & Paula #1 once again. Up to #2 Walk Like A Man-Four Seasons
"Wax To Watch"
#43 The Isley Bros version of Nobody But Me, later a big hit by The Human Beinz
#55 Lonely Bull-Jack Jones. Is this the same as Herb Alpert/The Tijuana Brass version? And it has words? Somebody explain this to me.

KMEN
OK now for the K/MEN-DOUS TEN.
I don't have a survey this week, but based on the following weeks survey, these were among the Top Ten
1) Hey Paula-Paul & Paula
2) Walk Right In-Rooftop singers
3) Walk Like A Man-Four Seasons
4) ?????????
5) My Dad-Paul Peterson
6) Java-Floyd Cramer
7) Tell Him-Exciters
8) Don't Make me Over-Dione Warwick
9) Little Town Flirt-Del Shannon
10) ????????

These songs could have been #4 Half Heaven, Half Heartache-Gene Pitney and #10 Rhythm Of The Rain-The Cascades , but no guarantee. This only based on the prior weeks position.

If anyone out there has a copy of January25, 1963 K/mentertainer and could make a copy for me, I will put it on the blog. And I really would appreciate it. Thank You.

K/mentertainer January 27, 1968

K/MEN-Coachman Custom Car and Hot Rod Show article and some of the bands that played

Bob Hope article by Dave McCormick, plus speculation on Beatle Movies plus

T. Michael Jordon also wrote an article

Also a Disneyland Tomorrowland preview. I don't think any of the attractions are still there.

#27 last week #1 this week Love Is Blue-Paul Mauriat. Will the current #27 October Country-October Country do that? No.

The Young Psychadelic Hippie Flippy Folk and Funky..........(for whole title see Hit Bound) by Barry Mann won't be around very long.

Nights In White Satin-Moody Blues making its first debut as a Hit Bound

KFXM Tiger Mag Jan 26, 1968

Why didn't the winner get to keep the car? Article about The Rose Garden who has their hit Next Plane To London

What is the picture? Johnny Helm's Grandma? What is the story behind that?

Love Is Blue-Paul Mauriat jumping to #1

Theme From The Valley Of The Dolls-Dionne Warwick highest debut on the 40 at #32. The flip side I Say A Little Prayer was a hit back in October 1967.

Another debut on the 40 I Wish It Could Rain-Temptations, one of my favorites by the group.

Interesting that there's a second Otis Redding song as a personal pick, Glory Of Love

Johnny Helm on KFXM...Sunday!

Johnny Helm will be on KFXM (KFXM.com ) again this Sunday between 12 and 4 pm. He has let me know that.....well I'll let you read his message yourself.

Doug....you might mention that during the first half-hour of my show Sunday, between 12 noon and 12:30 I'll be playing a special LONG version of "Morning Girl" by the Neon Philharmonic. Most people have never heard it, including me, until a few weeks ago.
Take Care, Johnny

Morning Girl by Neon Philharmonic got up to #17 on the national charts in 1969. #6 on San Bernardino's KFXM and #7 on KMEN. Top 10 smash in the Inland Empire.

Listen to Johnny Helm on Sunday, should be interesting.