Authors: Ben Fong-Torres
ISBN-13: 9780879306649, ISBN-10: 0879306645
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Leonard, Hal Corporation
Date Published: October 2001
Edition: BOOK & CD
This lively blast from the past peels back the many layers of the Top 40 phenomenon: the DJs, fans, singles, jingles, dedications, contests, requests and more. The book features interviews with such renowned radio personalities and programmers as Casey Kasem, Dick Clark, Wolfman Jack, "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, Gary Owens and many others, and includes an exclusive CD with "airchecks" - rare recordings from 16 legendary DJs on actual Top 40 broadcasts - so that readers can hear the crazed, creative and compelling voices that made Top 40 so memorable. Also includes lots of fantastic black-and-white photos to help readers put faces to the voices they know so well, a bibliography and index, and a special Top of the Pops section featuring the Number One records of Top 40 radio from 1957 through 1997 as calculated by the staff of Gavin.
Preface: In the Still of the Night | 4 | |
Acknowledgments: This Is Dedicated ... | 8 | |
Introduction: Radio Ga Ga | 11 | |
1 | Video Killed the Radio Star | 15 |
2 | The First Time ... | 19 |
3 | The King of the Old Moondoggers | 31 |
4 | The Founding Daddy-os | 37 |
5 | The Good Guys | 47 |
6 | Bill Gavin: Let's Work Together | 59 |
7 | Hey, Mr. Deejay, I: The Initial Buzz | 65 |
8 | You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio | 81 |
9 | Busted | 93 |
10 | Hey, Mr. Deejay, II: I'm Sorry | 117 |
11 | Listen to the Music | 127 |
12 | Hey, Mr. Deejay, III: East Side, West Side | 133 |
13 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 147 |
14 | Big Boss Man | 167 |
15 | British Radio: Sink the Pirates | 193 |
16 | FM (No Static At All) | 199 |
17 | Just Running Scared | 211 |
18 | Video Killed the Radio Star (Reprise) | 223 |
19 | Different Strokes ... | 245 |
Top of the Pops | 252 | |
Bibliography | 264 | |
Index | 268 | |
Credits | 271 |