In a 1965 Post-Intelligencer poll, Seattle viewers voted “The Lawrence Welk Show” #1 for tv entertainment.
Notes On The Hits
BY PAT O’DAY
IT HAPPENS EVERY WEEK OR SO, someone will say to me, “Don’t you think Rock-and-Roll is on its way out?” The question is usually sponsored by some well-meaning fan of the Glenn Miller era who has never been able to discover the charm of contemporary (post 1955) music. Rock-and-Roll on its way out? Are automobiles here to stay?
We now have an entire generation of citizens who have discovered something in the rhythm and blues and rocking-beat that they were unable to find in the creations prior to 1955. Granted, there are those who have broadened their music tastes to jazz, classics, or never have or will care for the modern sound.
Let’s face it, not everyone liked the big-band music either. No one form of music can be all things to all people. Strangely enough, radio broadcasting parallels this irrefutable truth. No one radio station can be all things to all people. Those that attempt it, surveys list as the “also-rans.
Ironically, the Rock-and-Roll music fan does not necessarily suffer from a lack of appreciation of other forms of music. If you question this, look at the above list of popular tunes (KJR FAB FIFTY survey), you’ll find everything from Western to lush choral arrangements, from Tony Bennett solos to the Beatles. Popular music has never enjoyed a broader, more creative, spectrum. (1965)
PLAY “KJR SCRAMBLE SONG”
- Portions of five tunes will be played on KJR Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
- Figure out the songs in their proper order and jot them down on the official Scramble Song ballot shown below. It appears each Friday in the Post-Intelligencer.
- Winners will be judged on correctness of entry and earliest postmark.
- Grand winner will receive the KJR Fabulous Fifty, Ten runners-ups will each receive FIVE records from the KJR Fabulous Fifty.
- Entry must be postmarked by Friday midnight. Winners will be announced the following Friday morning in The Post-Intelligencer and on KJR.
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