My Place with Joel Najman
8 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday
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Saturday May 31, 2008
1950's Rockabilly From Capitol Records
Capitol Records was founded in 1942 in Los Angeles by singer and songwriter Johnny Mercer. Capitol quickly grew to major label status on a par with RCA Victor, Columbia and Decca, and over the years Capitol boasted a large and diverse roster of top artists including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys. In the mid-1950's many of Capitol's country music artists tried their hand at rockabilly flavored rock&roll in attempts to match the success that the phenomenal Elvis Presley was experiencing at rival RCA Victor. It's a hearty dose of 1950's "Capitol" rock&roll this week on Joel Najman's My Place Program from 8-9PM Saturday on Vermont Public Radio.
Saturday May 24, 2008
A Musical Profile Of Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell is one of Rock & Roll's earliest Teen Idol singers, recording some 34 nationally-charted hit singles in the late 1950's and pre-Beatles 1960's. Fifty years after his start as an entertainer, Bobby Rydell still performs and records today and he has legions of devoted fans. Tune in Joel Najman's "My Place" program for a musical profile of Bobby Rydell Saturday from 8-9PM on Vermont Public Radio
Saturday May 17, 2008
Surf Music Of The 1960's
Surf Music was an exciting and regionally popular sub-genre of early 1960's American popular music that rose out of the beachside dance clubs in southern California. It was the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean who recorded songs about the sport of surfing and turned them into nationally popular hits, but it was a slew of echo-laden guitar instrumentals locally popular in southern California that many purists say is the only "true" surf music. Regardless, a heavy dose of both styles is featured this week on Joel Najman's My Place program Saturday from 8-9PM on Vermont Public Radio.
Saturday May 10, 2008
A Collection Of Commercials Recorded By Famous Recording Artists Of Yesteryear
This week, Joel Najman's My Place program presents a collection of commercials and radio jingles recorded by famous recording artists of yesteryear; from Nat "King" Cole and Dinah Shore to Del Shannon and Elvis Presley, the commercials they recorded are oftentimes as entertaining as the artists' famous radio hits themselves. Featured are a baker's dozen of artists - first we hear a commercial from that artist, and this is followed immediately by a famous hit single from that same artist. Non-commercial radio goes commercial this week on Joel Najman's My Place program, Saturday from 8-9PM on Vermont Public Radio.
Saturday May 3, 2008
Hit Records In The USA That Are Partially In A Foreign Language
Every now and then a recording of a song that's partially in a foreign language becomes popular in the United States. This week's "My Place" program with Joel Najman is a sampling of more than a dozen such recordings that were big hits in the US spanning a time period ranging from the late 1940's into the early 1970's. "My Place" with Joel Najman, Saturday from 8-9PM following "A Prairie Home Companion" on Vermont Public Radio.
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