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TALK SHOW INNOVATOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1921

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             Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen  

                     (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000)

The Comedian, actor, composer. was the first host of "The Tonight Show”
from 1954 to 1957 on NBC-TV.

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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WITH ALLIED RADIO

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Allied Radio began in 1928 as a mail-order and parts distribution arm 
of Columbia Radio Corporation, selling radio sets, tubes, electronic   
components, CB radios and other miscellaneous radio communications  
equipment and electronic kits. In 1970 the retailer changed ownership 
when Radio Shack’s parent Company, Tandy Corporation, bought both 
Allied Radio & Allied Electronics. By 1973, due to legal action, the Tandy
stores were renamed Radio Shack.

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OL’ BLUE EYES, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1915

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Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra
(December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)



Recorded December 30, 1968

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BORIS KARLOFF WITH THE VENTURES!

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Boris Karloff was the host of a long running series of factual radio programs
based on stories published in the Readers’ Digest.The extremely rare 1967
interview (below) features Karloff talking with Don Wilson and Bob Bogle.
founding members of The Ventures. Included is an original rare 1959
version of the their hit “Walk Don’t Run” featuring George Babbett on
the drums with the late Bob Bogel on lead guitar and Don Wilson with
the rhythm guitar. An unidentified studio player is on the bass guitar.

 

          

READERS DIGEST JAN 1967
January, 1967

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Don Wilson and Bob Bogel of The Ventures

(Staff reporter J. Cool)

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‘’TONI FISHER’S WEIRD ONE’’

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The Big Hurt" (1959) is notable for it’s phasing effects, the first record
to feature the technique which made the song sound like a distant
shortwave broadcast. It was recorded at the Gold Star Studios in
Los Angeles. WKBW DJ Dick Biondi would introduce the single
as..”here’s Toni Fisher’s weird one”. The song went to No. 3 on 
the Billboard Hot 100.

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