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I just got done listening to a sound check for Allison Steele of WNEW fame and I got Jeff to thinking about all the old DJ’s that were responsible for the beginning of Rock and Roll. I hope some of the names we mention and pictures bring back some memories or at least enlighten some of the younger readers as to who really made Rock and Roll. First up the man who was first to use the words Rock and Roll to describe the new form of music that kids were listening to in the early fifties. The time was 1954; the place Cleveland OHIO, the song Bill Haley and the Comes Rock a Baby Rock thus began the music that’s still with us today. The next big thing in Rock and Roll was probably Wolf Man Jack who use to broadcast the music from Mexico, on what was maybe the first Pirate Radio Station in the world. Then there was Murray the K and his famous submarine race watching program from NY. These were the first really famous DJ’s and the sad thing they all died broke Freed was said to die of a Broken Heart.Then of course there was Cousin Bruce who’s still around somewhere I think he started on WINS but I’m not sure the next big thing in radio was WNEW the first station to play album cuts, you know the songs that were too long for top 40 radio they introduced the country to what people called Psychedelic music The DOORs, Jefferson Airplane. King Crimson among others and they also brought together some of the most educated and poetic DJ’s ever Allison Steele. Scott Muni, Rosko, Jonathan Schwartz and Pete Fornatale, there are many, many more and I regret not mentioning them if you remember some or I left out a favorite leave a comment. Today’s music is all about dance music the classic album music is left to the oldies stations, which of course are Jeff and mines favorites. Time for me to get some rest all this talk of the old days is making me tired CIAO