Bill Randle TV Show 1956-WEWS-TV 5 Cleveland
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Real rarity-Audio from The Bill Randle TV Show from March 4, 1956. Included here are Billy Eckstine, Nick Noble, Dick Duane, Lou Busch (aka Joe ;"Fingers" Carr and The Four Coins, who cover The Platters' Hit,,"The Great Pretender" .Randle, as a DJ on WERE, was known for Introducing Elvis Presley to Northern Audiences..He offers a picture of Elvis at the end of the show. Announcer Alan Douglas hosted many talk and interview shows in Cleveland over the years.
Recorded live off TV by Jerry Immel
I was a broadcasting student at the University of Cincinnati when Bill Randle became the head of the broadcasting department..learned a LOT from him. Remember one day he was just leafing through a Billboard magazine, and on each page he had an idea of what he could promote or create music/group wise. The guy was ALWAYS thinking, always in control, and had quite a "presence" about him.. He spoke quite a bit about his experiences in promoting/discovering many of the big names in rock from the 50's and 60's... Very inspiring just to be around..
My twin sister and I were privileed to meet Bill when we were all night students at Wayne University in 1949. We'd have coffee together and just hang out. I didn't even think of him as a disc jockey, but as kind of a chum. It was a short but memorable time just before he moved to Cleveland. He was extraordinary.
Bill Randle was possibly the finest DJ ever. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of music.
Agreed! He knew everything about music and he knew many in the industry who made the music!
I was fortunate to move to CLE during his final years on WKNR AM and my wife and I listened to him at every opportunity. As I recall the final two records he played the day he retired were "Somewhere over the rainbow" and "What a wonderful world" by the equally great Louis Armstrong! A giant on the radio, people!
Whenever I hear “Dry Bones” by Tommy Dorsey, makes me think it’s time for the Bill Randle Show. I remember talking to Bill on the phone in the early 1990’s, when he was between records. Nobody like Mr. Randle. Much missed!