Robert “Red” Robinson at the mic in the KGW radio broadcast booth, 1959 

Before coming to Portland, Oregon in 1959, Red Robinson was the first DJ to play
rock ’n’ roll music on a regular basis in Canada where he interviewed such stars as 
Buddy Holly And Elvis Presley. Red held down the 2-6pm slot on radio 62 KGW
and was also the host of Portland Bandstand, a KGW-TV teen music and dance
show on Saturdays. After a hitch in the US Army, Red returned to Canadian radio 
in 1961 and retired from full time air work in 2001. He continues to host a Sunday
radio show.

Red Robinson was elected into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, along
with the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Rockabilly Hall of
Fame in 2000.

Red Robinson with Elvis Presley

Boz Scaggs (left) poses with Red in June of 2013

Visit Red anytime at…www.redrobinson.com

Your Hit Parade early cast and orchestra

Main vocalists from left: Eileen Wilson, Snooky Lanson, and Dorthy Collins

The music show Your Hit Parade premiered on NBC-TV and featured vocalists
covering the top hits of the week. It had been on radio since 1935. It moved to
CBS in 1958 but was canceled the following year, unable to cope with the
rising popularity of Rock ‘n’ Roll.  

The Ames Brothers

Ed Ames (Edmund Dantes Urick)

Ames is best known for his pop and adult contemporary hits of
the 1960s such as "My Cup Runneth Over". He was part of a
popular 1950s singing group called the Ames Brothers.

Host Dick Clark

Dick Clark made his debut as permanent host of "Bandstand" on Philadelphia TV 
station WFIL when original host Bob Horn was arrested for driving while intoxicated
and was subsequently fired by the station. Clark had been a disc jockey on WFIL
radio and had substituted for Horn when he went on vacation. The name of the 
show was changed to "American Bandstand" in August of 1957 when it went
national to ABC-TV.

This song is ranked No. 158 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list
of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Bill Haley (left) shaking hands with Elvis Presley