The Radio Pioneer Who Unleashed Rock 'n' Roll on the Airwaves and Ignited a Revolution!

Memories

August 1, 2009

Jill Glaser

from Dallas, Texas
My dad owned the Zanzibar where George broadcasted his radio show. The Hound was contacted by a promoter named Colonel Parker who was trying…...
June 29, 2009

Al Reiller

from McKee, Kentucky
I remember George "Hound Dog" Lorenz quite well. In fact he was the first DJ to play Rock & Roll on KB. He said…...
June 23, 2009

Dave Denberg

from toronto ontario m5r 3r2, ontario
I listened to The Hound alone, and his show filled my world with wonderful music, fascinating characters (imagine buying a used car from "Big…...
June 20, 2009

Jack Horohoe

from Town of Tonawanda, New York
I had the pleasure of getting my start in broadcasting working for the Hound.He had just gone on the air with WBLK. As a…...
April 27, 2009

Jill Glaser

from Dallas, Texas
The Hound Dog wanted my dad to bring an unknown singer to Buffalo and perform at the Aud. Dad said he never heard of…...
April 19, 2009

Jill Glaser

from Dallas, Texas
Hey, Mike McCormack. What info can I give you about the days of the Hound Dog broadcasting from my dad's club, The Zanzibar?...
April 7, 2009

jim Dandy

from Niagara, NY
I posted a note to Diana Krall regarding a recording project featuring the kind of R & B instrumentals that were such a large…...
March 16, 2009

Jim Farone

from Newman Lake, Wa
I grew up in Lakewwod,N.Y.in the1950's. I never would have known about real R&R if not for The Hound! We would listen to him…...
February 28, 2009

Earl P. Bell

from Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461
During 1955 and 1956, in my junior and senior years of high school, at 9 P.M. a group of us, every night, tuned in…...
February 25, 2009

Barry Chmura

from Utica, NY
Laying in bed with a mono earphone plugged into my Channel Master transistor radio waiting for that great howling sound and then "The Hounds…...
February 18, 2009

Joe Hamelin

from Riverside, CA
I spent my high school years sitting by my Zenith Trans-Oceanic radio, midnight to 6, taping WKBW and WLS on my reel-to-reel. Both stations…...
December 31, 2008

Douglas Dubose

from Buffalo, NY
I can remember The Hound as a young man on radio station WBLK in the early 70's,great memories he was a classic DJ....

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