The Encore Show - Best of the 60s, 70s, and 80s

The Sixties provided us with a ton of great music – hundreds of Top Ten songs and a legion of new pop music artists. Most of us can remember bits and pieces of our own past whenever we hear a particular song from that era. There were a few of those songs that are now known as standards the world over. One of those rare birds was “Rhythm of the Rain” by the Cascades. We’ll meet the man who wrote and sang that hit record, John Claude Gummoe. John Claude wrote it when he was in the Navy, and on today’s show we’ll talk with him about all of his show biz memories.

Alan Haber’s Pure Pop Radio is the 24-hour Internet radio station playing the greatest melodic pop music from the ’60s to today. Starting with the Beatles, he features everyone from Gilbert O’Sullivan to Bob Lind (remember Elusive Butterfly?). His signature interview program, Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, presents the greatest pop music artists talking about their careers and playing their coolest tunes. And I have to let you know that last year, Alan interviewed me about my group, Harpers Bizarre and we had a ball talking about all that went on in the ‘60s.

Bob Ray grew up in Los Angeles, or Boss Angeles if you remember Boss Radio from the ‘60s, and spent his earlier years there in television production with the Gong Show and radio before becoming a DJ in Norther California at KSFO in San Francisco and KLIV in San Jose. Weekdays now, he’s on the air from 9AM to noon on BossBossRadio. When he’s not busy being a Boss Jock, he’s a professional photographer, or as he says, an artist with a camera, and he hosts week-long vacations to Italy for photography enthusiasts.

You remember Ted Baxter saying, "It all began at a small 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno."  For Peter Boam aka Peter B - Mr. Smooth, it all began at a college radio station in Sacramento, California. Back in the ‘60s, when Harpers Bizarre was in full swing, we knew most of the dj's in the Bay Area and one of our favorites was Peter B who's still on the air weeknights from 6 to 10PM on BossBossRadio. After KLIV in San Jose, he went from one major market to another (over 10 years at KVI in Seattle). Some great stories here.

They came out of the Sixties with three different band names doing all kinds of rock and roll covers until one day they had a chance meeting with Jan and Dean, and all of a sudden a new name emerged. They’ve kept that name for almost forty years – the hottest Beach Boys band around – Papa Doo Run Run. We’re talking with Don Zirilli, one of the group’s notable leaders who’s been with them since day one and tells stories of working with Brian Wilson and Mike Love and being the house band at Disneyland for fifteen years.