History of WMMT; A Series of Rock and Roll Tunes from the 1950s and 1960s

This is Patrick Esman White for New Voices radio. Join us this week as we look at some of the most important [music/singing] song...Love is not a gadget........... I don't know where I am.

I've got C.D.s lying all over this place. [Music/singing] song Oh Donna........... (music and singing) That's hard to believe that I have. I've done a lot of stuff wrong but I haven't lost the

total output here yet everything still seems to be working. The biggest problem I'm having now while here is trying to get me straightened out on this stuff is to figure out how to operate these two different. Compact disk players that are sitting here staring me right in the eye. And I'm trying to be cool enough to remember which machine I'm on while I figure this all out at same time here. I want to try to play something now. And we'll just have to see what happens. I don't know what's going to come out of this thing. We'll soon see. [Music/singing] [Music singing]

[Music singing] [Music singing] [Music singing] [Music singing] [More singing] [More singing] [More singing] [More singing] I'm trying to get something going right here.

We're trying to figure out always, switches, (laughs) one of these things I've been turning down I just figured out was the card they put on the public service announcements and I have you know what. . . . or road map, or to read a simple story to their child . . . IF you are one of the many adults who would like to learn to read, in order to get a job, a promotion, or to read the

Bible, there are programs to help you. Volunteer tutors are trained and waiting to help. Call 633-9617, or stop in at the Learn To Read office in the courthouse basement. You are not alone. Learning to read can make a big difference in your life. [Music continues to play: Dream Lover (Bobby Darin)] [Song] Don't you give me no dirty looks..... your father's hip, he knows what cooks just

tell your hoodlum friend outside ...... You ain't got time to take a ride... Yakety yak (Don't talk back) Yakety yak.... yakety yak.... Okay I'm 'onna try ta' . . . get back on here and get back in the GROOVE . . . playin' Yakety Yak from, some time here, from 1958, that's by the Coasters . . . and, if you remember 'em you remember 'em and if you don't, [laughs] (you) cain't. And that's just the way that is. Le's see we're tryin' to get some things organized here and, And we're trying to play some things from some other, records and CDs which makes the job about . . . 3 times more interesting; and this is Ol' C.E. here on, WMMT, in search

of the greatest . . . Rock and Roll, record of all time so (le's) see what we come up with here. Le's see if anybody, can remember this one . . . [Bo Diddley "Song"] OK we're trying to do some of the stuff right now. That was "Bo Diddley," by Bo

Diddley, of course. One of the, I think one of the real great early Rock and Roll tunes, and, uh one of the greatest, of the early guitar players, and I'm going to do somethin' now if I can get the machines goin' here, on, a 'nother one that you'll probably remember from about the same time, about the same place . . . Le's see what we get here [Rebel Rouser, (Duane Eddy)] [Music continues to play]

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actually it was a kind of a interesting thing that happened to me--I reached for this tape called "Family Violence: It's a Crime," and as I was doing that I opened the door, of this, magic CD player, and away we went off there. I mean. Here we stayed, whatever. Well anyway let's see what we can do with this one here. All right . . . [I'll Be Home by The Flamingos starts to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play, begins to fade out] [Family Violence: It's A Crime tape begins to play] [Sweet Little Sixteen by Chuck Berry plays]

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Hudson River Keeper, a man who acts as the conscience of the people, on this historic New York River. [Sweet Little Sixteen by Chuck Berry starts to play again] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play, begins to fade out] [C.E.:] Oh ok . . . Sweet Little Sixteen Chuck Berry.

Now I'm trying to figure out something to do here I don't know what I got loaded or what I don't anymore I got so many CD's laying around me see I, I watch Wiley do this all the time but he's a master. He can throw these things around these long-plays and, tapes and, he's got 'em, in his pockets and, hanging on his head and, one stuck under the earphone phone 'n' I'm just not that good yet I'm trying to figure out what to do here I think I've got one loaded in here and I don't think it's the one I want. But we'll just have to play it anyway I don't know what may come out of this thing this time let's see. I want to try this thing here and see what we git . . . Oh here goes nothing. [Rock n Roll is Here to Stay by Danny and the Juniors starts to play] [Music continues to play]

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off of that. [laughs] What the hey . . . I've only been off (out?) there one time and that was for, one brief moment so I think I'm doing ok just hanging on here. Tooth, and nail. Let's see 't's eight oh three, WMMT and, that kinda rhymes. And, what I'm trying to do here is to ask the Great question as to who, made that little number . . . back in whatever year it was, 1950- something, 57 58, 59 That's Danny and the Juniors; Jim, Wiley Keyoe (?) played At the Hop on his show earlier, and it's the same group. Usually this day and time that's about the only one we ever hear about anymore is at the hop and it's probably just as well. Well anyhow we'll play a little something here and I'mma see what I can get. See what I

can get goin' on . . . this CD player number one here, whatever . . . I guess I'm supposed t' tell you that I'm doin' this, with all these long-play albums, that I'm floppin' around but I'm really not doin' that, I don't know what's gonna come up here we'll just, see what happens . . . [Oh, Boy! by Buddy Holly and the Crickets starts to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play] [Music continues to play]

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[Music continues to play] [Music continues to play and then ends] [C.E.:] Not knowing where I am on this board now, we were discussing an extremely important technical point here for the operation of this radio station Jim Webb's teaching me again how to tell, Zulu time an' how to behave . . . and how to talk, but this question that was just being discussed is . . . is really something, I- there's two or three things here that I did not, know at all . . . and I'm trying to stop this machine and talk at the same time . . . and what do you think's happening to me . . . not too bad; I'm 'onna take that one out there while I have a chance while I still have a chance. OK, one of the great tunes, in the search of the, of the greatest Rock and Roll tune of all times, I would have to rate this one somewhere in the top hundred even though I don't think it made, Billboard's top hundred list in any, stretch of the imagination; I'm 'onna try to get it back

on air again here. Ray Charles, What I'd Say, you'll either remember this one or you won't. [What I'd Say by Ray Charles starts to play] [Music continues to play]

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[Music continues to play and then ends] OK, Ray Charles and that really is, the first record by him that I ever remember hearing, that was identified and a . . . a friend of mine who, bought that record for me back, some years ago, I believe in, 'bout 59, 58 or 59 . . . is, still around and he introduced me to, this particular, music of this fellow he'd been listening to in (a) Rhythm and Blues, radio stations for a, good, while, having lived in the south and, was passing back this way, and I remember buying that record, him buying that record for me, a little record store somewhere down 'n' Hazard . . . and, wish I'd 'a kep' it, but, somehow you know from, some of the good ones you get, separated from them

and, in the last couple of minutes here we've had a couple of calls from folks who've been real kind to us sayin' a, an encouraging word, and, the oldest Campbell Society, called in and, said they were enjoyin' listenin' to the music and keep on doin' whatever I'm doin' which is hopefully just kind of stayin' on air . . . and, and, seein' what happens. I don' know what I got here, le's see, number, 8 number 8 . . . le's see, let's just, figure out what's going on I'm, lost here, here altogether. So I'm gonna-- [voice off-mic:] . . . are YOU Otis? [C.E.:] Am I Otis? No (laughs) I'm really not but it it sounds interesting to me that whole concept appeals to me that somebody would, [voice off-mic laughs] would would step in there Jim asked me if I know- if I knew who Otis was and I said no but I knew Will--does anybody out there know Will Campbell, the great, preacher from the,

1960s who did a lot 'a work in the South and, I think was asked to leave most organized churches; but, Will's still around still writin' a good book ever' now and then, and I'm sure Otis is goin' to be around forever [laughs] and some of these great horseshoe games and I hope ever'thing's going well and, nobody's gettin' hit by any of the shoes or anything . . . so we'll just, have to play somethin' here till I figure out kinda what's goin' on . . . get my feet back under me again here. [Announcer:] WMMT, Homegrown radio, in Whitesburg Kentucky. [C.E.:] [off-mic laugh] Just pick the shortest one in the history of the radio station 'n' I needed one about eight minutes long [laughs] I'm right back where I started from again here. I'm just gonna' to hit this thing and see what plays, it may be something that I played before well hopefully

not 'cuz I can't I can't, I can't breathe and do this at the same time. We'll see what happens here. [I Cried a Tear (LaVern Baker)] [continues]

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This month's featured bands are Albert Elliott and the Blue Ridge Partners; Jim Hartzog and the Clinch River boys, and much much more. [music continues to play] Ticket prices are, three dollars for adults, two dollars for students, and senior citizens, and as always, kids are free. Join us live in the audience, or tune in to 88.7 FM, WMMT, on January 26 at 7:30 p.m. for, the Bluegrass Express, Live. [ Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis)] [continues] [continues] [continues].

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