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Message: [QUOTE="Bama fan, post: 3044649, member: 7757"] I listened to most of these recordings on the radio in Pittsburgh in the early Sixties. While Freed may have extorted money for air time in his markets, the songs were played in other places. By 1960 Art Laboe a dee jay from L.A. was producing collections on a series he called Oldies But Goodies. Several Pittsburgh area dee jays also began pushing the music, and other "hard to get" stuff. Porky Chedwick had a show on a small radio station called WAMO and he began publishing his own collections which he called "Dusty Discs". At the same time Terry Lee was playing his "Songs for Young Lovers" from a station in a small town upriver from Pittsburgh. Both of these guys did dances and shows around at local teen clubs throughout Southwestern Pa. Mad Mike Metrovich soon joined the action from a small station with WZUM as its call sign. He dug up old and not so old stuff from obscure groups and also had a regular series of teen dances around town. Most of the Doo Wop concerts one can see on Public Television are /were recorded in Pittsburgh by the local Public affiliate WQED. I am not sure why Pittsburgh became so enamored of that music genre, but I will be eternally grateful that I grew up listening to that classic sound. I think Napster and You Tube are latecomers , but they certainly helped keep it alive. Further, I am heartened by all the appreciation I see from the BoneYard crowd. And it just so happens that a met a lady in Alabama that likes it too. I was so impressed that I married her. Such good taste, I couldn't help it. :cool: [/QUOTE]

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