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.
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.
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.
Don Wilson and Bob Bogel of The Ventures
(Staff reporter J. Cool)
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.