This Week On Treasure Island Oldies

This week on Treasure Island Oldies

September 26th, 2010 to October 2, 2010

What another treat it was to spend time with you once again this week on Treasure Island Oldies. As usual, the Chat Room was hopping and the Nuts in the Hut commented many times about particular songs. For example, this week's Memory Test was Noel Harrison and A Young Girl. Matt commented that not only was he the son of actor Rex Harrison, but that the song was written by the world famous French chansonier, Charles Aznavour. Several eyebrows were raised when hearing The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp by O.C. Smith; now that's another fine example of a Lost Treasure, a song you remember but one that you have not heard in a long time. That's why I love doing this show every week. It is lots of fun for me to awaken your memories when you hear a particular song. And if you have a particular song you'd like me to play on the show, just let me know. You can click the Requests button on any page of the website or call the Listener Line at any time of day and record your message for the song you'd like to hear. Feel free to share a memory with all the other Islanders. The number to call is 206-203-4678.

I am glad you are having fun with the recent new feature on the show, the Music Link. Listener Parl Carter Jr. in Ellicott City, Maryland, has sent an excellent list of songs that have a link in the song titles. This week is was Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen and Rockin' Robin by Bobby Day, with the Music Link being Bird and Robin. We'll have another Music Link for you next week.

If you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know by sending the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday by The Beatles for you as well.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing the "Wicked" Wilson Pickett in a high energy, soulful, live concert performance of Mustang Sally. There's a complete horn section and the group is as tight as can be. It's our Song of the Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice is featuring Mr. Five By Five, the legendary Fats Domino with two "blue" tunes for your votes: My Blue Heaven and Blue Monday. Make your selection for the song you'd like to hear at the Voice Your Choice page. The winning song will be played in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Did you know you can download the weekly Rock & Roll News as a Podcast? It's easy; go to iTunes and search for Treasure Island Oldies Rock & Roll News. There are now over 12,000 downloads of the Podcast every month. You can also listen to the Top 5 Countdown at any time, when you only have time to listen to a few songs. Go to the Listen page and click Top 5 Countdown.

The Listener Gallery has is ready to hang your photos. Send in your picture, name, city and province or state to michael@treasureislandoldies.com and our webmaster, Eddy Fisher, will post it on the Listener Gallery page.

I hope you have a great week and see you next Sunday for the live show.

Bye for now.

Michael

Fats Domino - Voice Your Choice

Fats Domino was born Antoine Domino on February 26, 1928 in Jambalaya town, New Orleans, Louisiana. Starting out with the Dave Bartholomew Band in the mid-1940s, he signed with the famous Imperial Records in 1949, and his first recording, The Fat Man, reportedly was a million seller. He continued his association with Dave Bartholomew as the co-writer of the majority of his hits.

Even before he achieved his first pop hit, he had already collected a dozen Top Ten R&B hits. And did Fats Domino ever have hits! He charted no less than 66 times between 1955 and 1968. Now, get this. He had 11 Top Ten hits, 9 Gold Records, and yet surprisingly, not one Number One record! The closest he came to the top of the charts was in 1956 when Blueberry Hill remained at Number Two for 3 weeks.

His popularity continued even in the movies and he appeared in several including Shake, Rattle and Rock!, Jamboree!, The Big Beat and The Girl Can't Help It. Fats was recognized for all his achievements when he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. The following year in 1987 he received The Grammy's Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Awards.

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice presents Fats Domino with two "blue" tunes: My Blue Heaven and Blue Monday. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page. We'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show. Go vote now!

Wilson Pickett - Song of the Week

Oh my, here is the Wicked Wilson Pickett in a fantastic live concert performance of the R&B Soul classic, Mustang Sally. Be sure to check out the players in the band; they are so tight! And it sure sounds like it's the Memphis Horns adding to the energy. Fasten your seat belts!

Here then is Wilson Pickett and Mustang Sally. It's our Song of the Week.

Enjoy!

Michael

1950s Singing Sensation Eddie Fisher Has Died

Long before the era of Brangelina, TMZ and around-the-clock celebrity obsession, Eddie Fisher had a leading role in arguably the most explosive sex scandal of Hollywood's golden age. He was a music superstar and household name to millions of teenage girls who adored his crooning love songs. He was married to Debbie Reynolds — a megawatt movie star in her own right and the star of "Singin' in the Rain." They had a daughter Carrie who would one day go on to fame of her own.
Then Fisher left Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor, and what resulted was a scandal that left no doubt about America's love of a good-old-fashioned Hollywood romance story. The affair became a national obsession — and an early forerunner of the scandals that are now so common in the current celebrity-crazed world.
Fisher died Wednesday night at the age of 82 of complications from hip surgery, and he was remembered as much for his musical triumphs as his romances with Reynolds and Taylor.
Fisher sold millions of records in the early 1950s with 32 hit songs including "Any Time," "Oh, My Pa-pa," "Wish You Were Here," "Lady of Spain" and "Count Your Blessings." His romantic messages resonated with young girls in the pre-Elvis period.
Fisher's fame was enhanced by his 1955 marriage to Reynolds, and they quickly became known as "America's favorite couple." Four years later, Fisher divorced Reynolds and married Taylor amid one sensational headline after another.
He was Taylor's fourth husband, and the marriage lasted only five years. She fell in love with co-star Richard Burton during the Rome filming of "Cleopatra," divorced Fisher and married Burton in one of the great entertainment world scandals of the 20th century.
An example of the obsession over the affair came in 1964 when Taylor and Burton arrived at the Los Angeles airport to what AP movie writer Bob Thomas described as a "seething, shouting, throng of newsmen." Taylor was trying to divorce Fisher at the time, and the two camps were exchanging a war of words in the media in what Thomas called "filmdom's most famous — and lengthiest — love epic."
Fisher's career never recovered from the notoriety. He married actress Connie Stevens, and they had two daughters. Another divorce followed. He married twice more.
"The world lost a true America icon," Fisher's family said in a statement. "One of the greatest voices of the century passed away. He was an extraordinary talent and a true mensch."
"He was loved & will be missed by his four children as well as his six grandchildren," Carrie Fisher said on her Twitter account.
Carrie Fisher became a film star herself in the first three "Star Wars" films as Princess Leia, and later as a best-selling author of "Postcards From the Edge" and other books.
Edwin Jack Fisher was born Aug. 10, 1928, in Philadelphia, one of seven children of a Jewish grocer. At 15 he was singing on Philadelphia radio.
After moving to New York, Fisher was adopted as a protege by comedian Eddie Cantor, who helped the young singer become a star in radio, television and records.
Fisher had legions of teenage fans. Publicist-manager Milton Blackstone helped the publicity by hiring girls to scream and swoon at Fisher's appearances.
After getting out of the Army in 1953 following a two-year hitch, hit records, his own TV show and the headlined marriage to Reynolds made Fisher a top star. The couple costarred in a 1956 romantic comedy, "Bundle of Joy," that capitalized on their own parenthood.
In 1960 he played a role in "Butterfield 8," for which Taylor won an Academy Award. But that film marked the end of his movie career.
After being discarded by Taylor, Fisher became the butt of comedians' jokes. He began relying on drugs to get through performances, and his bookings dwindled. He later said he had made and spent $20 million during his heyday, and much of it went to gambling and drugs.
In 1983, Fisher attempted a full-scale comeback. But his old fans had been turned off by the scandals, and the tour was unsuccessful.
He had added to his notoriety that year with an autobiography, "Eddie: My Life, My Loves." Of his first three marriages, he wrote he had been bullied into marriage with Reynolds, whom he didn't know well; became nursemaid as well as husband to Taylor; and was reluctant to marry Connie Stevens but she was pregnant and he "did the proper thing."
Another autobiography, "Been There, Done That," published in 1999, was even more searing. He called Reynolds "self-centered, totally driven, insecure, untruthful, phony." He claimed he abandoned his career during the Taylor marriage because he was too busy taking her to emergency rooms and cleaning up after her pets, children and servants. Both ex-wives were furious, and Carrie Fisher threatened to change her name to Reynolds.
At 47, Fisher married a 21-year-old beauty queen, Terry Richard. The marriage ended after 10 months. His fifth marriage, to Betty Lin, a Chinese-born businesswoman, lasted longer than any of the others. Fisher had two children with Reynolds: Carrie and Todd; and two girls with Stevens: Joely and Tricia.
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Associated Press Writer Bob Thomas in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies

This week on Treasure Island Oldies

September 19th, 2010 to September 26th, 2010

While this is the last official weekend of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it sure has lost the feel of the hot sunny days with warm temperatures. The days are becoming shorter with earlier sunsets; days and nights are cool and the leaves are starting to fall. And on Treasure Island Oldies, we are getting ready for a fantastic fall season with more specials coming your way. Our Canadian Thanksgiving Special will happen on Sunday, October 10th, followed by our 14th Annual Halloween Spooktacular, live on Halloween Sunday, October 31st. I am pleased to also present the Music By Numbers Special; that show on Sunday, November 14th, will feature songs with numbers in the song title. Here's where you come in. You listen to every song played on the show and keep a running total of the value of all songs you heard. (For example, Twenty-Five Miles by Edwin Starr plus Sixteen Candles by The Crests, and add A Hundred Pounds Of Clay by Gene McDaniels and they all add up to 141.) You add up all the amounts of the song titles then email your answer to contest@treasureislandoldies.com. In case of multiple correct answers, a random draw will be made from all correct answers received and one listener will be awarded a prize. This is going to be a very fun special, one you don't want to miss. We'll close off 2010 with our 14th Annual Christmas Special, my absolute favourite show of the entire year, will be on Sunday, December 19th. Here's to a great fall for all!

If you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know by sending the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday by The Beatles for you as well.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing a fantastic song by The Casinos, featuring the great lead vocals of Gene Hughes. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye is our Song of the Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice is featuring Fabian with two of his late '50s hit songs: Tiger and Hound Dog Man. Cast your vote for the song you'd like to hear at the Voice Your Choice page. We'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Did you know you can download the weekly Rock & Roll News as a Podcast? It's easy; go to iTunes and search for Treasure Island Oldies Rock & Roll News. There are now over 12,000 downloads of the Podcast every month. You can also listen to the Top 5 Countdown at any time, when you only have time to listen to a few songs. Go to the Listen page and click Top 5 Countdown.

The Listener Gallery has is ready to hang your photos. Send in your picture, name, city and province or state to michael@treasureislandoldies.com and our webmaster, Eddy Fisher, will post it on the Listener Gallery page.

I hope you have a great week and see you next Sunday for the live show.

Bye for now.

Michael

Fabian - Voice Your Choice

Fabian, a late '50s heartthrob, was born Fabian Forte on February 6, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was only 14 when he was discovered because of his good looks and intriguing name. The man who discovered Fabian was Bob Marcucci, the owner of Chancellor Records. Simultaneously to his recording career, he also began an acting career in 1959 and starred in the movies Hound Dog Man and Ride The Wind Surf.

He appeared on the charts a total of ten times between 1959 and 1960. While not a lot, he managed to garner three Top Ten hits.

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice features Fabian with two of his Top Ten hits for your votes: Tiger and Hound Dog Man.

Cast your vote for the song you'd like to hear at the Voice your Choice page. I'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

The Casinos - Song of the Week

The Casinos and their lead singer, Gene Hughes, has one enormous hit song that everyone remembers so well. Here they are in a great live concert performance of their smash hit Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye. It's our Song of the Week.

I just love this song, and Gene drives it home in the last verse after the great organ solo.

Enjoy!

Michael

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies

September 12th, 2010 to September 18th, 2010

I am going to begin this week's update by repeating what I wrote about the death of our friend Craig Smith earlier this week: I am very saddened to pass on the news to you that long time listener, friend and Chat Room regular, Craig Smith passed away peacefully at 9:05 pm on Monday, September 6th. He was 54. Craig loved radio and music and was passionate about both. He was the Moderator of SOWNY.ca, the "Big Yellow Board"  that was all about radio in Southern Ontario and Western New York. Craig had been on the waitlist for a liver transplant; however, his conditioned weakened and he was unable to go through the transplant procedure. Consequently, he was moved to palliative care where his condition worsened. Craig will be missed by the Treasure Island Oldies Chat Room regulars, affectionately referred to me as the Nuts In The Hut. Craig, we will miss your great sense of humour, your love of music and all things radio, and your terrible typing skills. Rest well, my friend.

Our webmaster, Eddy Fisher has asked me to pass on his thanks and appreciation for your kind thoughts he has continued to receive. It is very encouraging during this time of recovery. The "Bionic Man" is enjoying his new knee. LOL

Happy Birthday wishes to long time listener and Chat Room regular, Scott Harman in Phenix City, Alabama. If you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know by sending the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday by The Beatles for you as well.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing the amazing Darlene Love in a live performance of her classic hit, He's A Rebel. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice spotlights Don and Phil, The Everly Brothers, with two of their big yet not often played hits: Don't Blame Me and Take A Message To Mary. Which song would you like to hear? Do you even remember them? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page. We'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Did you know you can download the weekly Rock & Roll News as a Podcast? It's easy; go to iTunes and search for Treasure Island Oldies Rock & Roll News. There are now over 12,000 downloads of the Podcast every month. You can also listen to the Top 5 Countdown at any time, when you only have time to listen to a few songs. Go to the Listen page and click Top 5 Countdown.

The Listener Gallery has is ready to hang your photos. Send in your picture, name, city and province or state to michael@treasureislandoldies.com and our webmaster, Eddy Fisher, will post it on the Listener Gallery page.

I hope you have a great week and see you next Sunday for the live show.

Bye for now.

Michael

Everly Brothers - Voice Your Choice

Among the many popular recording artists of the 1950s and 1960s, the Everly Brothers, Don and Phil, rank pretty high up on the list. Don was born Isaac Donald on February 1, 1937 in Brownie, Kentucky. Phil was born January 19, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Both their parents were in show business as folk and country singers. The Everlys first recorded for Columbia Records in 1955, but it wasn't until they signed with Archie Bleyer's Cadence Records in 1957 that their career took off. And what a way to take off; their debut record for Cadence, Bye Bye Love went to Number 2 on the charts and became a gold record.

Between 1957 and 1984, they hit the charts a total of 38 times, including 14 Top Ten, 4 Number 1 and four Gold Records. Phew!

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice is pleased to feature The Everly Brothers with two of their well known but rarely heard Top Twenty hits: Don't Blame Me and Take A Message To Mary. Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page. We'll play the winner in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Darlene Love - Song of the Week

We all know and love one of the greatest voices of the 1960s, Darlene Love. She sang many hit songs as lead singer for The Blossoms as well as for The Crystals records. She performs every Christmas on the David Letterman Show to rave reviews.

Here she is in a relatively recent live performance. I know you will enjoy Darlene Love singing He's A Rebel.

Enjoy!
Michael

Craig Smith - R.I.P.

I am very saddened to pass on the news to you that long time listener, friend and Chat Room regular, Craig Smith passed away peacefully at 9:05 pm on Monday, September 6th. He was 54.

Craig loved radio and music and was passionate about both. He was the Moderator of SOWNY.ca, the "Big Yellow Board"  that was all about radio in Southern Ontario and Western New York.

Craig had been on the waitlist for a liver transplant; however, his conditioned weakened and he was unable to go through the transplant procedure. Consequently, he was moved to palliative care where his condition worsened.

Craig will be missed by the Treasure Island Oldies Chat Room regulars, affectionately referred to me as the Nuts In The Hut. Craig, we will miss your great sense of humour, your love of music and all things radio, and your terrible typing skills. Rest well, my frfiend.

Michael

This Week On Treasure Island Oldies

September 5th, 2010 to September 11th, 2010

Our Webmaster, Eddy Fisher, has had successful knee replacement surgery and is now back home. He asked me to pass on his sincere thanks for the kind words of encouragement from listeners and friends via email, e-cards, and good wishes from the folks in the Chat Room, the Nuts in the Hut. I would ask both the listeners and our Broadcast Partners Network affiliate stations to be patient for the next week or so, as Eddy begins the recovery process. It may take some extra time to have the website updated for the Archives and for the private pages for our affiliate stations. As I said last week, thanks for your patience as our patent recovers.

Thanks also to the many listeners who commented during the week about how much they enjoyed listening to the special feature on the show last week with Tom Locke, recognizing 10 years of the Moment In Time. Long time listener in Cincinnati, Dave Polley, commented on "how great it was to hear the Sorrells Pickard jingles again. They were so well done that I remember walking around the office humming them instead of some of the songs." Thanks, Dave. I will keep you and all the listeners informed of any news I receive regarding the reintroduction of Sorrells Pickard Gourmet Peanut Butter.

What a fun time we had this week on the show with our Annual End of Summer Back To School Labour Day Weekend Special. It was good to hear songs that reflected summer, work and school. I appreciated receiving your requests and phone calls too. And as always, anytime you'd like to make a comment, just send an email to michael@treasureislandoldies.com. For any requests, just click the Requests button on any page of the website or call the 24/7 Listener Line at 206-203-4678. I'd love to hear from you.

A big welcome to yet more new radio stations joining the Treasure Island Oldies Broadcast Partners Network: SelkirkRadio.ca in Selkirk, Manitoba, QCCR 99.3 FM in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and OldiesRadio88.com in Columbia, South Carolina. Please check out the Broadcast Partners Network page for details of the day and time when you can hear the show on their stations. We now have 27 FM, AM and Online radio stations in the USA, Canada, England, Sweden, Scotland and Singapore airing Treasure Island Oldies. Thank you very much!

Happy Birthday wishes go out to Kitten Connie in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and to Sara Fisher in Vancouver, British Columbia. If you have a birthday coming up, be sure to let me know by sending the details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday by The Beatles for you as well.

The Treasure Island Oldies Blog is playing a song that is in keeping with our Annual End Of Summer Back To School Labour Day Special. It's Bobby Rydell with Swinging School, our Song of the Week. Enjoy!

Voice Your Choice spotlights the very soulful Etta James with two of her amazing "torch songs" for your votes: Trust In Me and At Last. This is going to be very interesting. Which song will win? Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page. We'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of next week's show.

Did you know you can download the weekly Rock & Roll News as a Podcast? It's easy; go to iTunes and search for Treasure Island Oldies Rock & Roll News. You'll be among the over 12,000 downloads this past month of the Podcast. You can also listen to the Top 5 Countdown, when you only have time to listen to a few songs. Go to the Listen page and click Top 5 Countdown.

The Listener Gallery has is ready to hang your photos. Send in your picture, name, city and province or state to michael@treasureislandoldies.com and our webmaster, Eddy Fisher, will post it on the Listener Gallery page.

I hope you have a great week and see you next Sunday for the live show.

Bye for now.

Michael

Etta James - Voice Your Choice

R&B pioneer Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, Nicknamed "Miss Peaches", she scored her first hit, the #1 R&B song The Wallflower. She has had a tough go of it at times with frequent bouts of addiction to heroin, but she was cured in the late 1970s. She has been acknowledged for her career triumphs with an induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1993 and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy's in 2003.

Between 1960 and 1970, she hit the Billboard charts a total of 28 times, despite never reaching the Top Ten. While she could wail away on uptemo numbers such as Tell Mama, it is her ballads that have stood the test of time vand made her familiar to fans all around the world.

This week on Treasure Island Oldies, Voice Your Choice spotlights Etta James with Trust In Me and At Last. I think it could be a nail biter, waiting for the results. Cast your vote for the song you'd like to hear at the Voice Your Choice page.

The winning song will be played in the 3rd hour of next week`s show.

Bobby Rydell - Song of the Week

In keeping with our Annual End Of Summer Back To School Labour Day Special on Treasure Island Oldies, here is the pride of Philadelphia, Bobby Rydell with Swinging School.

It's our Song of the Week.

Enjoy!

Michael

Treasure Island Oldies Welcomes More New Radio Stations

I am so pleased to let you know that yet again this week, three new radio stations have joined the Treasure Island Oldies Broadcast Partners Network and will be airing the show on their stations. This past three weeks have seen unprecedented growth for Treasure Island Oldies and I am thrilled. A big hello to OldiesRadio88 in Columbia, South Carolina, Selkirk Radio in Selkirk, Manitoba, and QCCR 99.3 FM in Liverpool, Nova Scotia!

The interesting thing is all of the radio stations, including 1053 Capital FM in Iqaluit, Nunavut, 247 Music Radio in Singapore, and HTS Home Team Sports in Saint John, New Brunswick, contacted me inquiring as to the possibility of airing the show on their stations. I am very flattered and honoured.

I know you join me in welcoming our new and recent radio stations and for inviting us to become part of their stations' programming.

Cheers.
Michael