Oldieslist was there! Chicago Radio Legend Clark Weber and Neal Samors of Chicago's Books were at the Frugal Muse Books & Multimedia Superstore in Darien, Illinois to kick off the release of their new book "Clark Weber's Rock and Roll Radio The Fun Years: 1955-1975". It was a real pleasure to meet with Clark and Neal at their book signing event.If you were a youngster in the 1960's and lived in the Chicago area, you grew up listening to some of the best DJ's of the era on WLS and WCFL. If you were not in the Chicago area, chances are you still heard Clark Weber, Dick Biondi, Art Roberts, Larry Lujack, Jim Stagg, Ron Brittain and many other talented DJ's in a "radio war" at night on these 50,000 watt AM "Clear Channel" stations. Yes, we heard these guys on our 6 and 8 Transistor Radios playing Rock and Roll Top 40 Hits just like the kids today listening to their MP3 Players. The BIG difference was, we had live radio personalities behind the music, that entertained us between songs and came out to visit us at Sock Hops to tell us their corny jokes. It was good, clean fun!
As I stood in line, I heard many stories and comments that brought back many memories. Whenever I visit an event that has a famous veteran WLS or WCFL DJ, I hear the "I grew up listening to you with my radio under my pillow!" or "you were my lifeline to home over the airwaves while I was away at college!" Our DJ's truly helped lay down the 'soundtrack's' of our lives!!!
I highly recommend picking up a copy of Clark and Neal's book. It is sure to bring back some great memories!
