Welcome, Dick Biondi fans!
First, let's give credit where credit is due. Thanks to Annette for suggesting the long-overdue Dick Biondi tribute for Easter Sunday, 2009. She's a super Beatles fan and an intern for Dick Biondi's Friday Night request party.
His
podcast page on the WLS-FM web site is the best place to hear the complete original version of his hard-to-find 1962 single
"The Pizza Song".
The panel above is the cover art for Dick Biondi's 1970 LP which was edited down for my broadcast. The complete LP with the original song lineup can be heard on the
REELRADIO website along with the other twelve volumes in the series. Avoid the poorly re-edited versions available on CD.
The WLS and WCFL airchecks are available unedited on CD on Ebay's highly rated
Rockit Radio online store. Years ago, they were available on cassette from Tom Konard's Aircheck Factory mail-order service, but Tom was forced to close up shop due to family health concerns. My co-producer Wayne Bryman not only supplied the cassette, but also his personal memories of his friendship with Dick Biondi. Thanks, Wayne.
The May 2, 1962 clips came from the first edition of Programmer's Digest on LP, which is currently available on
Ebay if you can afford the asking price. Audiophiles should note that the LP was mastered from a tape with annoying low-level hum. The version I played was digitally cleaned for broadcast.
Next Sunday is the birthday of
Dickie Goodman, best remembered for his break-in comedy singles. I'll be playing his 1956 smash hit "Flying Saucer Parts One and Two", of course, but I'll also be playing some of the rip-off versions by other troublemakers from the late fifties.
See you next Sunday!
Welcome back, Dick Biondi fans! To celebrate our three-day memorial weekend, this week's show is a rebroadcast of a complete hour with Mr. Biondi from May 16, 1969 as heard at the start of WCFL's three-day "Golden Weekend". The photo on the left was taken at WCFL during his 1967-72 stint there. The show is available in its entirety on CD from Ebay's Rockit Radio store.
