This was the day before my 16th birthday. Absolutely amazing music and Dan Ingram totally on top of his game! And what a treat to hear a commercial about my favorite car - the 1968 GTO - Motor Trend’s car of the year! And in the backdrop, not even a week after the horrific assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
APRIL 10,1968 and the 1969 cars were not out there yet!! Chevy would get a whole new body style as well as FORD as that SQUARED stylying period was on the way with most makes:SQUARED GRILLES/SQUARE HEADLAMP FRAMES/MASSIVE BUMPERS/SIDE MARKER LIGHTS!!/TAILLIGHTS IN THE BUMPERS***APRIL 10,1968 TOP SONGS: MRS ROBINSON.SIMON GARFUNKEL/TIGHTEN UP!.ARCHIE DRELL/BEAUTIFUL MORNING.RASCALS/GOOD BAD UGLY.HUGO MONTENEGRO/MASTER JACK.4 JACKS &JILL/HONEY.BOB GOLDSBORO/COWBOYS TO GIRLS.INTRUDERS/UNICORN.IRISH ROVERS/DELILAH.TOM JONES/LOVE IS ALL AROUND.TROGGS/I WILL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT **YOU.NEW** COLONY 6/DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE?.DIONNE WARWICK/YOUNG GIRL.UNION GAP/MAC ARTHUR **PARK.RICH** HARRIS/THIS GUYS IN LOVE WITH YOU.HERB ALPERT/ANGEL OF THE MORNING.MERRILEE RUSH/LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU.SPANKY & OUR GANG/LOVE IS BLUE.PAUL MAURIAT (#1 song all of MARCH 1968)/CRIED LIKE A **BABY.BOX** TOPS/SHOO BE DOO.STEVIE/I WISH IT WOULD RAIN.TEMPS/LA LA LA I LOVE YOU/DELPHONICS/VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.DIONNE/VALERIE.MONKEES (#1 song APRIL 3,1968)/JUST DROPPED IN.KENNY ROGERS & FIRST EDITION/NOBODY.HUMAN BIENZ/MIGHTY QUINN.MANFRED MANN/DANCE TO MUSIC.SLY STONE ******* There they are the TOP POP SONGS of APRIL 10,1968!!!! 111,000 allied troops SWEEPING TRU VIET NAM and they/we were already in thier country with out having to hit the beach as they say and we and allies still couldn,t get the damn thing over with!!! I try not to be political but something was surely not right there as the old timers in the neighborhood would say back in 1968!!! And it was not considered a full fledged war but a helping hand to an ally! The old timers would tell you as another CEASE FIRE is in effect that means the WHOLE U N ASSEMBLY now enjoys the best restaurants/hotels by the UP SCALE/POSH/TONY/RITZY 42 street MANHATTAN areas $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that is until another gun dischargers and HERE WE GO AGAIN for the next 7 YEARS!!!!
I loved listening to WABC Radio 77 with all its great deejays. Dan Ingram, Cousin Brucie, Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, to name a few were my music heroes in the 60's and '70's. The promos and music bring back memories of a time when music was great and fun to listen to. The deejays made it a great time. RIP Dan. Your legacy will go on forever like those you worked with.
T. Grant me too Grant. Their will never be talent like that again that had fun on the radio. Do remember the strike and Wabc ran promos on who people could see outside there building. I grew up in Levittown.
I know the pitch is lower than normal, but even so, Dan sounds pretty mellow on this aircheck. This was shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, and I'm sure the nation was still hurting a week later
This was the day before my 16th birthday. Absolutely amazing music and Dan Ingram totally on top of his game! And what a treat to hear a commercial about my favorite car - the 1968 GTO - Motor Trend’s car of the year!
And in the backdrop, not even a week after the horrific assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Big Dan, Ron, Harry, Cousin Brucie, and Lucky Chuck - the best ever!! And Dan's humor - inimitable! 77 - MUSIC - WABC!
They were one of a kind.
Jay Reynolds was great too ! :-)
The Tet Offensive was running amok in Vietnam by then...it was constantly in the news but it seems no one paid any attention...
Dan was the best; I grew up listening to WABC all through the 60’s and 70’s.
RIP Big Dan
I would have been 11 when this was broadcast. Loved Dan and Cousin Brucie and all the rest of them.
RIP Big Danny. I was 12 yoa, he was great, I listened to WABC daily.
APRIL 10,1968 and the 1969 cars were not out there yet!! Chevy would get a whole new body style as well as FORD as that SQUARED stylying period was on the way with most makes:SQUARED GRILLES/SQUARE HEADLAMP FRAMES/MASSIVE BUMPERS/SIDE MARKER LIGHTS!!/TAILLIGHTS IN THE BUMPERS***APRIL 10,1968 TOP SONGS: MRS ROBINSON.SIMON GARFUNKEL/TIGHTEN UP!.ARCHIE DRELL/BEAUTIFUL MORNING.RASCALS/GOOD BAD UGLY.HUGO MONTENEGRO/MASTER JACK.4 JACKS &JILL/HONEY.BOB GOLDSBORO/COWBOYS TO GIRLS.INTRUDERS/UNICORN.IRISH ROVERS/DELILAH.TOM JONES/LOVE IS ALL AROUND.TROGGS/I WILL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT **YOU.NEW** COLONY 6/DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE?.DIONNE WARWICK/YOUNG GIRL.UNION GAP/MAC ARTHUR **PARK.RICH** HARRIS/THIS GUYS IN LOVE WITH YOU.HERB ALPERT/ANGEL OF THE MORNING.MERRILEE RUSH/LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU.SPANKY & OUR GANG/LOVE IS BLUE.PAUL MAURIAT (#1 song all of MARCH 1968)/CRIED LIKE A **BABY.BOX** TOPS/SHOO BE DOO.STEVIE/I WISH IT WOULD RAIN.TEMPS/LA LA LA I LOVE YOU/DELPHONICS/VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.DIONNE/VALERIE.MONKEES (#1 song APRIL 3,1968)/JUST DROPPED IN.KENNY ROGERS & FIRST EDITION/NOBODY.HUMAN BIENZ/MIGHTY QUINN.MANFRED MANN/DANCE TO MUSIC.SLY STONE ******* There they are the TOP POP SONGS of APRIL 10,1968!!!! 111,000 allied troops SWEEPING TRU VIET NAM and they/we were already in thier country with out having to hit the beach as they say and we and allies still couldn,t get the damn thing over with!!! I try not to be political but something was surely not right there as the old timers in the neighborhood would say back in 1968!!! And it was not considered a full fledged war but a helping hand to an ally! The old timers would tell you as another CEASE FIRE is in effect that means the WHOLE U N ASSEMBLY now enjoys the best restaurants/hotels by the UP SCALE/POSH/TONY/RITZY 42 street MANHATTAN areas $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that is until another gun dischargers and HERE WE GO AGAIN for the next 7 YEARS!!!!
I loved listening to WABC Radio 77 with all its great deejays. Dan Ingram, Cousin Brucie, Harry Harrison, Ron Lundy, to name a few were my music heroes in the 60's and '70's. The promos and music bring back memories of a time when music was great and fun to listen to. The deejays made it a great time. RIP Dan. Your legacy will go on forever like those you worked with.
T. Grant me too Grant. Their will never be talent like that again that had fun on the radio. Do remember the strike and Wabc ran promos on who people could see outside there building. I grew up in Levittown.
He could make a toilet paper commercial entertaining. There hasn't been talent like that in 4 decades.
Until we hear you again, don’t RIP, tear heaven up and have a fantastic time with all your friends. Miss ya pal, miss ya big time.
Big Dan Ingram Was the best.
April 10 1968 Was a Wednesday.
Dan had a chance to "joke" after/during that first commercial. Not so fast Danny boy that would likely get you fired!
I know the pitch is lower than normal, but even so, Dan sounds pretty mellow on this aircheck. This was shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, and I'm sure the nation was still hurting a week later
Rick Sklar. End of statement.
Goodbye Kemosabe! You were the best!
Too bad you had to cut out the actual music.
I used to leave all the music in until the record industry started cracking down.