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

Memories

July 3, 2008

Ken Munson

from Old Lyme, Ct
Spending the entire summers at Hammonnassett State Park in the mid 50's introduced me to Alan Freed on WINS in NYC. He was every…...
June 28, 2008

hifitommy (tom roy)

from Sylmar, california
I once won tickets to see elvis by entering the number of times marty robbins sang the phrase 'a white sport coat and a…...
May 23, 2008

Dr. Rick Ferris

from Rochester, New York
My early musical influences were big band,C&W, and early RnR ( mostly the Sun recording artists,i.e.,Elvis,Jerry Lee, Carl & Roy,etc. ), while growing up…...
May 12, 2008

Lou

from Wichita, Kansas
Late 50's a buddy and I stayed up all night and snuck out of the house early in the am and went to the…...
May 7, 2008

Mike Carter

from Port St Lucie, Florida
I became a fan of the "Hound Dog" as a young boy growing up in Buffalo. My father thought that Rock and Roll would…...
May 6, 2008

Tom Krzeminski

from East Aurora, NY
As I remember, one of the reasons The Hound left KB was because they wouldn't let him use the word FUNKY. While driving down…...
April 26, 2008

Jill Glaser

from Dallas, Texas
My father,Ralph Glaser,owned the Zanzibar. On Sundays, my dad would take my brother and I to the club and George "Hound Dog" Lorenz would…...
April 4, 2008

Hugh Guillaume

from Amherst, NY
Commercials - as cool as the music was - the commercials were even more cool! Here are a few sponsors I remember: Rockin' Doc…...
March 29, 2008

herbert

from Kelowna, B.C. Canada
I was a little boy, I'd bought a cheap transitor radio at Ralph's discount on Main Street, a long time ago, my father was…...
March 16, 2008

David Tomei

from Roma, Italy
I have no idea why I suddenly thought of George Lorenz but I Googled him and was completely surprised by the site. Wonderful. My…...
February 24, 2008

Dick Aquino

from Swormville, NY
While attending Williamsville Central in the 50's, used to soda jerk at Holmes Dairy and listen to the Hound. Yes, those were the best…...
February 11, 2008

Lou

from Attica, NY
I remember the Hound talking about one of his sponsers,Mama Goldsteins Wine,for all you coolers and foolers out there,and the Zanzibar Lounge on William…...

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