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[kelber at mindspring.com]

There was a reference to Wolfman Jack in the movie American Graffiti (1973).  The kids are listening to Wolfman and one girl says her parents don't want her to listen to him because he's black.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Aug 18, 2009 12:03 AM
>To: Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net>
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: IV  "oldies"
>
>Okay guys -  who remembers Wolfman Jack?   Although I was never a huge  
>fan,  I did get a kick out of him.  He was a DJ out of Mexico or LA or  
>somewhere who played late at night on AM radio station XERB.    He had  
>an incredible voice and played lots of "soul-type" stuff which was  
>also popular at the time.  Many folks thought he was black because of  
>his voice and song titles.   I remember him from the mid/late 60s -  
>'66?  (thinking where I was re HS).    Had no idea at all he was  
>white.    His name so up front and prominent in IV really took me back  
>- who else could it be,  but ...  ???
>
>There's a lot out there in the cybers about him but not much of the  
>old stuff.  This is good -  (He interrupted the music a lot and on AM  
>the reception was spotty sometimes.):
>http://airchexx.com/markets/mexico/wolfman-jack-xerb-1090-rosarito-bc-mexico-1967
>
>Bekah
>
>http://web.mac.com/bekker2/
>
>On Aug 17, 2009, at 7:25 AM, Doug Millison wrote:
>
>> "Moldy Oldies from the Golden Grooveyard" comes booming out of  
>> youthful memory in the voice of a radio DJ.
>>
>> I'm a The Beatles/Beach Boys kind of guy, but it's all good.
>>
>> First time I heard The Beatles was "Love Me Do" on the radio, at a  
>> backyard swimming pool party in Lafayette, Louisiana, with my  
>> friends.  A sound to crack open the sky - almost that dramatic for  
>> my young mind.
>>
>> "No child of mine will spend a goddam DIME on records by these  
>> freaks!" Dad swore, shaking his fist at the Ed Sullivan Show.
>>
>> Robin Landseadel:
>> Top 40 radio, as I recall*, often had such reliable gimmicks as
>> "Million Dollar Weekends" featuring "Million Dollar Oldies." …
>>
>>
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