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Reeves 6 Thanks Gordon KILT - KTSA - KLIF Bill Haley gave us the sound and how to structure the band. Alan Freed, the DJ Studio 7/10/2018 at WJW 850 in Cleveland, gave it the name Rock and Roll. Your Hit Parade supplied the countdown, and on January 1, 1955, Billboard Magazine debuted 1 Rock Around the Clock • Bill Haley and His Comets • 2:07 2 Crying • Roy Orbison • 3:40 The Top 40. The stage was set but one more thing was needed. 3 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do • Neil Sedaka • 2:22 4 Poor Little Fool • Ricky Nelson • 2:29 Gordon McLendon, the Old Scotsman, took three obscure radio stations, KILT 5 Little Deuce Coupe • The Beach Boys • 1:37 610 in Houston, KTSA 550 in San Antonio, and KLIF 1190 in Dallas and 6 Are You Lonesome Tonight? • Elvis Presley • 3:04 created the first Top 40 powerhouses. Overnight, they commanded better than a 7 You Can't Sit Down • The Dovells • 2:06 50% share of the market. The other flabbergasted radio executives quickly 8 Come Softly To Me • The Fleetwoods • 2:09 jumped on the bandwagon and Top 40 stations swept the nation, playing the 9 Willie and the Hand Jive • Johnny Otis • 3:31 songs I grew up loving and changing music forever. 10 Twilight Time • The Platters • 2:35 11 I Get Around • The Beach Boys • 2:12 12 All I Have To Do Is Dream • The Everly Brothers • 2:24 Gordon also created "personality" radio with Hutson and Harrigan on KILT. An 13 My Boyfriend's Back • The Angels • 1:57 off the wall maniac cross between Monty Python and Good Morning Vietnam. 14 His Latest Flame • Elvis Presley • 3:04 "Let's take a look at the baseball scores - we've got 6 to 5, 3 to 2, and 2 to 1 - 15 Travelin' Man • Ricky Nelson • 2:34 back to more music!" 16 Little Honda • The Hondells • 1:51 17 Our Day Will Come • Ruby and The Romantics • 2:26 So take a trip back to 1964 while H and H spin some classic 45 vinyls. They 18 Palisades Park • Freddy Cannon • 1:44 had about a 2 to 1 mix of Top 40 and Golden Oldies. 19 12th of Never • Johnny Mathis • 3:40 20 Johnny B. Goode • Chuck Berry • 2:45 But just as music changed in 1955, a new revolution was on its way - - - 21 In My Room • The Beach Boys • 1:57 22 This Magic Moment • The Drifters • 3:04 23 The Loco-Motion • Little Eva • 2:28 The British were coming. 24 You Don't Own Me • Lesley Gore • 2:32 25 Viva Las Vegas • Elvis Presley • 2:14 Reeves 26 Johnny Angel • Shelley Fabares • 2:25 27 Surfin' Safari • The Beach Boys • 2:00 www.Reeves-Music.com 28 Who Put the Bomp? • Barry Mann • 2:10 Copyright 2019 Reeves Music - All Rights Reserved

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