October 21st, 2012 to
October 27th, 2012
October
21st, 2012 - what a day! And what a great 60th
Birthday Celebration we had on the show. I would immediately like to thank
my good friend Matt Meaney who lives
in Langley, BC. You came up with the idea of contacting
all the regular Nuts in the Hut, the
Treasure Island Oldies Chat Room. He contacted Eddy Fisher, our excellent Webmaster,
and got the additional help of the Old
Relic Retriever, Rick Canode in Madison, Wisconsin.
Together they conspired to get recorded birthday greetings from long-time
listeners and friends. Matt, thank you for all your hard work; and thank you
Rick and Eddy for making it all happen and come together for playback on the
show.
My thanks to the following friends for their recorded birthday wishes: Matt Meaney, Fay Greenwood, Rick Canode,
Red Robinson (what an amazing and
fun recording he made for me and all the voice characterizations are done by Red!), California Barb, Rich and Kitten Howe, and Radio 88
in Gothenburg, Sweden. They were the
very first station to carry Treasure Island Oldies on their station. Eight
years later and thanks to the late Ulf
Ligander, whose idea it was to carry my show on Radio 88, we are still on
the station every week. Additional thanks go out to Guylaine Côté for her greeting. She used to listen to my show in
1974 when I worked at CFOM in Quebec
City and has been listen to my show for several
years now. Thanks to Bruce Toews, Roy Geldart, Sunny, California Barb, Shirley, and Lenny Bronstein.
He and I both worked at A&M Records,
he was in Los Angeles and I was in Toronto. We've kept in
touch through the years and he never misses my birthday. And what a fun birthday
song he sent too.
I'd like to say thanks
to Linda Guy for her wishes and for
the Sheriff John's Birthday Song. He
was such a staple on TV in Los Angeles
with so many kids growing up with him. That song had a real classic Gene Autry feel to me. Great. And last,
but not least, my thanks to Paul Evans
for taking the time to send his greeting. He's such a nice guy and I'm pleased
he had those big hits like Seven Little
Girls (Sitting In The Back Seat) and Happy
Go Lucky Me. He's just a
nice guy. And if that wasn't more than enough, I received over 90 birthday
wishes from friends on facebook.
Wow! All in all, it was a wonderful 60th birthday celebration. Thank you very
much.
Speaking
of birthdays, my best wishes for a Happy
Birthday go out to Mike Dillon
in 100 Mile House, British Columbia,
Jimi Bertucci, from the group Abraham's Children, Jamie Anstey in Vancouver, and to Bette Carl
and Kern Walker. If you have a
birthday coming up, send the details of your name, city and birthday date to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com.
I'll help you celebrate by wishing you Happy Birthday on the show and I'll
also play Birthday by The Beatles
Be
sure to join us for the 16th Annual
Halloween Spooktacular. We'll be coming to you Live from the Island Crypt
Sunday, October 28 at 6 pm Pacific
time. The Halloween Spooktacular
is considered by long time listeners as one of the two best shows of the entire
year. The other being, of course, the Traditional Treasure Island Oldies Christmas
Special. So I invite you to join be as I turn into Count Michael for next
week's show. Listen - if you dare!
We're
keeping the party going at the Treasure
Island Oldies Blog with Lesley Gore
and It's My Party. It's our Song Of The Week. Enjoy!
There
will be no Voice Your Choice on next week's Halloween Spooktacular. Voice Your Choice returns Sunday, November
4 with Tommy Roe and two of his
many hit records. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page for either Sheila or Sweet Pea. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of the show.
Here
is this week's Rock & Roll News for the Week of October 21st,
2012
And
here's the Top 5 Countdown from this week in 1957.
Once again, thanks for a fun birthday party with
you. I had a great time.
See you next week for the 16th Annual Halloween
Spooktacular.
Bye for now.
Michael
P.S. My thanks to listener Jeff March in Davis, California for the photo of Happy Birthday Michael birthday cake.
