In addition to playing the music, he did goofy skits as the Tooth Fairy and one called Super Chicken. (Hey! I wasn't but a tween at the time, so easily entertained.)

We picked up those playlists, new every week, in the record departments of the department store. What I really miss is that they played multiple genres so we were exposed to and gained appreciation all kinds of contemporary music.

ETA: Purely coincidental, I heard Hang on Sloopy by The McCoys incl. a young Rick Derringer, while I was out running a couple errands today.

Great bands way back when. Some had limited national success, others didn't. But it was all fun!

How about The Outsiders and Glass Harp?

We used to go to Snow Trails Ski Area just about every Saturday night to hear one of the bands. It was funny, too. I encountered the Music Explosion on a trip to Florida after leaving Ohio.

James Fox, later with the James Gang was the drummer for The Outsiders.

The guitarist for Glass Harp, Phil Keaggy lost part of a right finger at the age of 4.

I did know that about Keaggy (it sure didn’t hamper his enormous talent).

The Pretenders, The Michael Stanley Band and Alex Bevan.

Love this thread.

I think I was about 10 years old when I got a transistor radio for Christmas and I thought I was the coolest!

My brothers and sister loved WIXY. So did I. My parents didn't My sister would leave the car radio on full blast and my Dad was surprised, not delighted, when he drove it after her. Good times

Which just made me and my sis love it more!

They were called the Silver Dollar Survey. Every record store
had a stack of them on their counter.

And we’d pore over them every week. Curious to see if your favorite made it to #1.