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

Recorded December 30, 1968

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.

January, 1967

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.

From left: Howard Cosell and John Lennon in October of 1974 at the New  
York headquarters of ABC Radio. Lennon appeared on Cosell’s syndicated
talk series, “Speaking Of Everything”.

December 1974