July 9th  2026 

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Scheduled Shows Through Out The Week and Weekends 

Mickey Bo's Show ,

This week, Mickey "velcomes" you to a show of '50s-'60s oldies by doo wop groups with names starting with VEL — many being the same or similar. You didn't know there were so many VELS, did you? It's a "veluva" show.

Say hello, to  our new  Auto DJ'. Tee Mac Booth.

Welcome to our newest DJ. J. P. McCartney's show is called ABC Oldies JP. He will be airing on Thursday Morning 7:00 AM. His show features the 60's and 70's with a Beatles song each hour.  

Kick off your weekend with Mickey Bo’s Rock ’n Roll Revue every Friday at 9: 00 PM, with an encore Sunday at 10:00 PM. Mickey Bo is a long‑time radio personality known for his high‑energy mix of early rock ’n’ roll, doo‑wop, and rare classics.

Join Dave Edwards, veteran broadcaster and host of the internationally syndicated show That Seventies Sound, every Saturday 9:00 AM with a replay at 10:00 PM. His show brings the stories, memories, and music that defined the decade.

Welcome to Dickie Lee and the Iceman, great shows of the 60's and 70's progressive rock and soul. Monday, Wednesday and Friday  7:00 AM. The shows are one hour .

 

When the scheduled shows are not being aired. Listen to our Auto DJ's . The Gold Star Oldies library cloud is full of the greatest. oldies 60's 70's and More and a few new ones.  

JP McCartney  the home of ABC Oldies Thursday  Morning Show 3 hours  7:00 to 10:00 AM

Playlist :  Friday June 26, 2026

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Broadcast Bulletin (Daily Updates)

This week, Mickey "velcomes" you to a show of '50s-'60s oldies by doo wop groups with names starting with VEL — many being the same or similar. You didn't know there were so many VELS, did you? It's a "veluva" show.THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY
Events involving 1950s & '60s performers & their influences
 July 9, 1955 — Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" becomes the first rock 'n' roll record to reach #1 on the Billboard pop chart. It had languished when originally released in 1954, but its choice as the theme for the 1955 movie Blackboard Jungle propels it to the top, where it remains for eight weeks, igniting the rock revolution in earnest.

             1956 — Dick Clark takes over as emcee of the Philadelphia teen television dance show Bandstand from longtime host Bob Horn, fired by WFIL-TV after a drunk driving arrest. The show goes nationwide on the ABC network the next year retitled American Bandstand with Clark as host until 1989.
 

Sources:
Eight Days a Week (Ron Smith)
On This Day in Black Music History (Jay Warner)
Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000 (Frank Hoffman)

Birthdays Singers and Song Writers 

 

1929 - Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood, US male singer, (1967 US No.14 & UK No. 11 single 'Jackson', 1971 UK No.2 single with Nancy Sinatra). Wrote the Nancy Sinatra hit, 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin.' Died of cancer on 4th Aug 2007 at his home near Las Vegas aged 78.

 

 

1927 - Ed Ames
American pop singer and actor Ed Ames. He was known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone, and for his Easy Listening number No.1 hits of the mid-to-late 1960s including 'My Cup Runneth Over', 'Time, Time', and 'When the Snow Is on the Roses', (covered by Elvis Presley.) He was also part of the popular 1950s singing group with his siblings, the Ames Brothers. Ames died of Alzheimer's disease at his Beverly Hills, California, home on 21 May 2023, at the age of 95.

 

 

1925 - Alan Dale
Alan Dale, US singer. He had his own TV & radio show during the 50s and scored the 1955 US No.7 single 'Cheery Pink and Apple Blossom White'. Dale died on 20th April 2002.

 

Early Beatles News       

1969 - The Beatles

Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles recorded ‘Maxwell's Silver Hammer.’ John Lennon returned to the studio after recovering from a car crash in Scotland, and a bed was installed in the Abbey Road studio for Yoko, who was pregnant, and who had been more seriously injured in the car accident.

 

 

Albums having a birthday in July,  Steely Dan Countdown to Ecstasy  1973

Music History  UPDATE

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