![]() So, I was just out driving around listening to my ’60s station on Sirius radio, and a Lesley Gore hit was playing. “It’s My Party” singer, Lesley Gore dies at 68 Please share this if you deem it appropriate. Please feel free to add your comments, and please share this post with your Facebook friends if you like it. Finally, teenagers could listen to their own music, when they wanted, without disturbing their parents.Ī Regency TR-1 is on display at Washington DC’s Smithsonian Museum. Baby boomers, disposable income and rock ‘n roll music. Three social forces made transistor radios successful. Three months after the radio’s introduction, the first aftermarket leather case was available for $3.50. The Regency TR-1 also had an earphone jack, and its optional earphone retailed for an additional $7.50. The radios had a small speaker and produced a really tinny sound. The Sony model was ¼” narrower and ½” shorter. ![]() The Regency TR-1 received AM stations only, measured 3” x 5” x 1 ¼,” and initially came in black, ivory, Mandarin red and cloud gray, but were soon joined by mahogany and forest green. The Regency TR-1, and competitors’ versions, including Sony’s TR-63, introduced in December 1957, soon became the most popular electronic communication device in history, with billions being manufactured during the 60s and the 70s. It was released in October 18, 1954, and it cost $49.95 (equivalent to $439 today). In fact, the first transistor radios in America were produced through a joint venture by Texas Instruments from Dallas, Texas and Industrial Development Engineering Associates from Indianapolis, Indiana. Until I researched background information about transistor radios like the one I got, I mistakenly thought they came from Japan. Dad asked him to buy me one of America’s new hot items … a transistor radio. My father had a friend who regularly traveled to New York City. I can’t remember exactly how old I was, but I was probably eight or nine. I bought the CD after hearing a John Mueller perform a tribute song, “Hey Buddy,” during the show. He stopped to introduce the Ritchie’s actual sister and her granddaughters, Ritchie’s nieces, who just happened to be in the audience But there was a brief acknowledgement to several audience members during “Ritchie Valens’” performance. Richardson, and he had the character nailed from start to finish, didn’t bother to announce that he was actually Jay Richardson, the Big Bopper’s son. The Buddy Holly Story” opened at the American Heartland Theatre in Kansas City in January 1996. That’s why the Buddy Holly lead, John Mueller, didn’t bother to point out that he played the lead when “ Buddy …. Now, as Paul Harvey would have said, “The rest of the story.” If you’re an authentic baby boomer, and you’re anywhere in those areas, you’ve gotta be there! Between now and the end of the year, they will appear in Oklahoma, California (several times), North Dakota, Manitoba, South Carolina, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. ![]() The name of the show is “ Winter Dance Party,” and I’ve linked those words to their Website, where you can see the 2015 tour schedule. Last night, I went to see a tribute group that was performing at a Las Vegas casino. That music is a central theme in the book that I’ve written, Baby Boomer Reflections – Eighteen Special Years Between 19.” It was a time when you could understand the lyrics, dance to the beat and just have fun. Like almost every baby boomer, I appreciate not only their music, but also lots of music we listened to while we were growing up. If you wish to review that entry, click here. Richardson a/k/a The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens were killed. This past February, I wrote a blog entry about the plane crash, fifty-six years earlier, in which Buddy Holly, J.P.
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