By LinDee Rochelle

To start the New Year 1962 - The Beatles botched an audition for Decca Records on Jan. 1st. No worries.  By Jan. 24th they signed a contract with Brian Epstein and the rest is Rock & Roll history.  More importantly (in my book-literally) - Jan. 21st Wolfman Jack celebrated his 23rd birthday in 1962, having just arrived in Shreveport (LA) for a radio  gig at the 250-watt peanut whistle station, KCIJ. But late nights while making the several-day move from WTID/Newport News (VA), Bob Smith  (not yet the Wolfman) caught wind of his future, tuning in to the 250,000-watt blaster, XERF/Mexico: "To somebody normal, it probably sounded like  bedlam. To me, it was the biggest stage in the world." (Have Mercy! Confessions of the Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal, 1995.)

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Author, LinDee Rochelle invites you to cruise down Memory Lane to revisit life in bobby sox and malt shops! Cool, man. 25-year 1954-1979 edition / coming in 2012.   *see below for photo & book cover design credits  ~ Foreword by Lonnie Napier, Wolfman Jack's 25-year friend and VP of Wolfman Jack Enterprises ~ Special Introduction by Bill Gardner, popular "morning guy" DJ/Program Director (Philly-WIBG; San Diego-KCBQ; Phoenix-KOOL; and still today!) DJs interviewed include Cousin Bruce Morrow, Bill Gardner (w/ DJ bros, Andre & Al) Joey Reynolds, Shotgun Tom Kelly, Dr. Don Rose (son, Jay), Frosty Mitchell, Ron Riley & tons more! Read excerpts. ♫                              ♫ DJ promo trivia answer: Cousin Brucie was fast-talkin' his way through WINS/New York when Sandy Deanne, of the Harborlites (later, lead singer of Jay & The Americans) realized they were dating sisters. It was 1959 and shortly after, the Harborlites' "Is That Too Much to Ask" hit the radio airwaves, bigtime. Brucie liked it! ♫ When can you read Blast from Your Past? Get the BFYP Fuzzy Dice News e-letter - 1st notification of publication. FDN publishes only when I have book or DJ news to share! (Every 2 months or so.) Sign up now: Write@BlastFromYourPast.net! (We don't share addresses with anyone.)

Let me take you back ... to the dawn of Rock & Roll seen through the eyes of Cousin Brucie in New York, Ron Riley in Chicago, Dr. Don Rose in San Francisco, and many more. Dedicated to Wolfman Jack - the consummate Rock & Roll DJ! BFYP ... the First Five Years sets the mood and attitude for the upcoming 25-year edition: BLAST FROM YOUR PAST! TM Rock & Roll Radio DJs who ROCKED Your World! 1954 ~ 1979, Vol. I  Be the first to learn its release date - sign up for the Fuzzy Dice News! The 1950s, '60s & '70s are bound together by a fantastic music phenomena. Rock & Roll music explored its babyhood, discovered its power, and exploded into its own universe in these three amazing decades. About Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs: the First Five Years 1954-1959 ... Wow! Put on your poodle skirt and slick back your hair. LinDee Rochelle provides fascinating portraits of the DJs who introduced us to rock & roll. Great writing, great insights. LinDee's passion for the topic shows on every page, and as a result, you'll find it difficult to put down. Great job! ~ Melanie Rigney, Editor for You Who were the most influential people to stoke the Rock & Roll fire? Musicians, record moguls, ambitious advertisers, and Radio Disk Jockeys. We spun the radio dial as they stroked our musical senses, introduced us to our wings and sent us soaring through life. Nationwide, more than 40 DJs interviewed! Periodic News & Notes about radio and DJs ♫ Blast from Your Past! the series, pays tribute to the men and women of the Golden Era of Rock & Roll Radio who rocked our world! Coast to coast, border to border, these energetic keepers of the music world - DJs, disc jockeys, announcers, broadcasters, jocks, whatever term you remember them by - told us what to listen to, what records to buy, what to dance to, and listened to us when we phoned in to ask why. Remember when ... beehive hairdos, slicked-back guy-hair and slick cars ('50s) led into a decade that changed the world ('60s), into the next trippy decade of barely controlled confusion ('70s). Witness the Rock & Roll explosion broadcast 24/7 by fast-talkin' slow-walkin' DJs from 1954 to 1979 in Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs who ROCKED Your World! Enjoy the moment ... again! Receive fun and lively Blast from your Past email updates in the Fuzzy Dice News, and be the first to learn the release date of Blast From Your Past! Vol. I (25-year edition). Submit your email address today! *Absolutely no address-sharing goes on here! No self-respecting '59 pink caddy was without fuzzy dice! New for Boomers! Check out the Rock & Roll Baby Boomer Gift Guide! Gift-giving for you and your friends will never be the same!

Remember when?! Take the Rock & Roll Radio Poll! 1 out of every 25 rockin' pollsters receives a FREE copy of BLAST FROM YOUR PAST! on publication. (But have the most fun with questions #2, #3, #7, & #10--must complete, in full, to qualify!) Ahhhh, the memories! Chocolate malts ... nights at the diner ... bitchin' cars ... fuzzy dice ... psychedelic synergy ... and Boss Jocks! A social network of unparalleled music-lover unity, live radio is quickly fading in today's automated programming and anonymous online substitutes. Blast from your Past is a legacy to the wild-n-crazy guys (and a few brave gals) of the mid-1950s, through the 1960s and '70s.

Shimmy & bop on over to the Rock & Roll Radio Poll: 1950's, '60s, & '70s (Or copy-n-paste:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WGMP2_2f2RJefRfp8D8T_2fy7w_3d_3d) From a Rock & Roll fan: I grew up in South Dakota, and listening to the big-watt rock stations made places like Chicago come alive for me... and expanded my music knowledge. Larry Lujack... Dick Biondi... and so many others were my connection to the world beyond. For Baby Boomers, this was the golden age of radio. LinDee Rochelle has talked with people and jocks from all over the country to bring back those memories. Find yourself a bottle of your favorite soft drink, put on your saddle shoes or love beads, and rock on with LinDee and the jocks! ~ Melanie Rigney, EditorForYou.com     Past Writer's Digest editor A note from the author ... I am determined to ensure at least some of the att-i-tudes and moods of "the good ol' days" are preserved for a future world that without these memories, would not begin to grasp the craziness, creativity - and FUN - that defined the era, and real Rock & Roll Radio.   Rock & Roll Radio's Fervent Fan Check out BFYP's Notes & News and the weekly (or as often as possible) blog about the Blast from Your Past! projects, and news of the people, places, and prattle that was or is Rock & Roll Radio. Book cover design by Christopher Master, *Photo credits (l-r): ~ Jim Higgs, WKMI Kalamazoo MI, with Wolfman Jack    c. 1972 ~ Mike Korgan/aka Ken Chase produced the Kingsmen's    version of "Louie, Louie" - this photo, c. mid-1950s

DJ: Don Owens; October 1, 1959; Tidewater, VA (Not interviewed for BFYP. Survey from BFYP Collectibles.) Interviewing this capricious cadre of DJs was a pure pleasure; especially when they imitated other DJs they worked with or idolized. What fun! LR Coming eventually - listen to your fave DJs and enjoy the moment ... again! October 27, 1963; Milwaukee, WI DJs: Bill McCullough, Bill Ericksen, Lee Rothman, George Michael, Eddie Doucette, Buddy Carr (These DJs not interviewed. Survey from BFYP Collectibles.)

Remember when?! Take the Rock-n-Roll Radio Poll!

1 out of every 25 pollsters receives a FREE copy of BLAST FROM YOUR PAST! on publication. Shimmy & bop on over to: Rock-n-Roll Radio Poll! 1950's, 1960's, 1970's