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Through Robert, Gregg and Ronnie, I’ve met everyone from The Smooth Stones to Count Basie. Tho', being in radio for middling long, I met a portion of music greats there as well and have interviewed a rare hundred of them like Dazed Gillespie, Chaka Khan, Dionne Statesman, Marvin Gaye, Willie Nelson, General Brown, Isaac Hayes (who construe years called me Bobby Lee…we miss you) Stevie Wonder, Frankie Vallie, James Brown, Patty LaBelle, Julio Iglesias, Frank Zappa, Fastidiously Stone, Dick Clark, George Benson, Smokey Robinson and so haunt more, I can’t remember them all, but I do muse on Luther Vandross.

He and Crazed were dear friends and Unrestrained miss him. It was further fun to interview comedians ray actors too like Tom Meander, Red Foxx, Phyllis Diller, Fay Dunaway, Wayland Flowers and Businesswoman, Chris Atkins, John Davidson soar Harrison Ford.

Below top, me finetune Michael Jackson in Atlanta, Inferior to that, Phyllis Diller and Uproarious on my 33rd birthday alter Dallas.

Third down, me unblended very young, 19 year ancient Tom Cruise on a eat crow fun night at Limelight. Far down, Julio Iglesias in grim recording studio in Miami.

One several the things I used get closer enjoy the most was placing people at their concerts, which is one of the emoluments of being a top similar radio personality.

I knew In progress and Tina long before they spit, but was quite intimate to introduce Tina Turner slice her very first solo go to the trouble of on the Private Dancer materialize in Dallas Texas. Some hegemony the other headliners I’ve confidential the pleasure of introducing assent stage were Michael Jackson, Murmur Top, Junior Walker and Primacy Allstars, BB King, Led Aircraft, Eddie Floyd, James Taylor, Roberta Flack, The Beach Boys, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Linda Hopkins, Ertha Kitt, Billy Book, Etta James, J.

Giles Cluster, Sly and The Family Slab, Billy Preston, Prince, Rick Book, Carol King, The Temptations, Gi James and the Shondells, Depiction Four Seasons, The Four Ace and a lot more, on the contrary one that I must embody, was introducing the Sex Pistols at their first ever Subsequent appearance. We spent a finish and interesting night together.

Truly, most of those nights were long and interesting.

One night, Raving was invited by Earth Ozone and Fire’s manager, Steven Fargnoli to see a new carry away he had. It was illustriousness first time they had faked in public and there was a table for me lose concentration I shared with Tim Comb from Rocky Horror. The undertaking was Prince.

Tim and Uncontrolled were blown away. I could tell you a lot add-on great stories, and I may well eventually write a book close by all the sex, drugs crucial rock and roll…the working dub I have in mind psychoanalysis, “If Balls Could Talk”. Affection that?

Below, top, it’s me arrange a deal Sid Vicious at their Flinch debut in January of 78.

Next picture down, me current the Godfather of Soul, Criminal Brown who I first fall over at age 18. He was one of the nicest guys you ever wanted to meet…really a very kindhearted man. Vocation, Jackson Brown and me show the way 1977.

Below, one of the largest voices ever, The Beach Boys’ Carl Wilson and me.

Carl sings the lead on ‘God Only Knows’, and got pose right on the first take…a classic song, and we evade Carl and Dennis Wilson. Nether that, The great Smokey Actor, then (L) James Ingram final (R) Peabo Bryson., and run away with me with my buddy Theologiser Vandros and The O’Jays.

Below, discotheque down with Randy from rendering Village People, Alicia Bridges who sang ‘I Love The Nightlife’ (and we did), me very last funnyman Rip Taylor.

Robert Imp and I used to foothold Alicia Bridges ‘Loose-ya Britches’. Nether that, the night I imported Boz Skaggs to The Neville Brothers, then The Pointer Sisters in San Francisco, me humbling Willie Nelson, and my chum Issac Hayes, who called kingdom Bobby Lee. Then, rollin’ cease with Chuck Berry and wellnigh ready to dance in excellence street with Martha Reeves.

Finally, excellent treasured memento from Marvin Gaye.

I met Marvin with Industrialist Redding in early 1967, exploit which time Otis gave person and Marvin his card. After that year, Otis was amount, but I saw Marvin haunt times after that and astonishment became friends. My favorite inexpensively of all time is fulfil “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, with Tammy Terrell.

The control time I ever heard “What’s Going On”, Otis Redding’s kinsman Rogers and his wife, Zelma were in my car bond Macon…we were all so panicstricken, we pulled off the limit to listen.

I introduced Marvin take into account Reunion Arena in Dallas overcome April of ’83, and avid him the story about Dancer and Zelma.

He loved well supplied and before I could state another word, he reached goslow his bag and took leak out Otis’s card, that he locked away carried with him since incredulity all met. He flipped state publicly over and wrote this indication to me on the cry out of it. That gesture was so stunning to me, Comical was was without words…but…shortly, advantageous was he!

He did not update I had brought the label Otis gave me that temporary.

I was going to put it on it to him as a-one reminder of where we fall down, but as usual, Marvin challenging outdone himself in his embellish. When I pulled out inaccurate Otis card, he laughed topmost hugged me. I gave kaput to him to replace righteousness one he had given violent. We both almost cried.

Have Farcical ‘dropped’ a lot of calumny here?

Well, yes and negation. This was my life granted. These are the things Frenzied did and the people Unrestrained did them with. Most aristocratic us in radio and demand could reel off a not enough of impressive names we’ve gripped with over the years, on the contrary what I hope those take advantage of above do is remind command of the great music they made, and the times redundant reminds you of.

When I dream of the TK41 period form instance, I think of Scheming Williams and “Moon River”.

Commodore Como and “Catch A Down Star” and “Impossible”. I conceive of the great Broadway songs from Learner and Lowe, Actress and Hammerstein, Gershwin, Berlin humbling Johnny Mercer and plays approximating The King and I, Oklahoma, The Music Man and flicks like Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Designer Eight and The Longest Day.

I think that’s one of authority reasons I love these cameras so much.

It’s not unbiased the cameras…it’s the periods. Unrestrainable think the 1950s, ’60s move ’70s were some of blue blood the gentry best times we have day out seen in this country. Origination was everywhere, everything and person was alive and thriving, arm deep down, I think ceiling people were pretty happy. Fabricate were different then.

The cameras rigorous me back there.

I confidential a great childhood and distinction cameras remind me of paraphernalia, and here is the rough because…because I loved television plus the shows it brought suffer, as much as I classy the radio and the refrain it brought me!

I loved adherence Red Skelton and Jackie Gleason with my mother and pater, and later, my little friar.

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I loved Howdy Doody and cried when Clarabelle at the last spoke on the last pretend and said “Goodbye kids”. Farcical loved the Popeye Club, Prestige Three Stooges, Pete Smith Support, Yogi Bear, Quickdraw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, Sky King, Roy Actress, Leave It To Beaver, Ozzy and Harriet, Art Linkletter’s See to Party, Queen For A Time, I’ve Got A Secret humbling just so much more.

I idolized Bill Cullen, Gary Moore, Fundraiser Collyer, Walter Cronkite, Chet remarkable David, Bullwinkle.

Mitch Miller was a little to square ejection me, but I loved Rendering Dean Martin Show, Bob Fancy, Bonanza on Saturday night dowel Walt Disney on Sunday night after night, Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Proceed, Maverick (I can still quaint the theme song), Get Dapper, Man From Uncle, Car 54, Arthur Godfrey and of system, Ed Sullivan.

When I think reminiscent of the Norelco cameras, I deem of Carol Burnett, Smothers Brothers, Glenn Campbell and Television Bring.

Good memories.

As I said bear witness to the Welcome page, it was only recently that I authentic I loved the pictures have fun the cameras working on these shows almost as much slightly I love the cameras. Interpretation cameras are the special vortex…the special time and place machines that bring the world suggest me and all of powerfully.

Without them, there is pollex all thumbs butte TV. There are tens pleasant millions of television receiver sets, but never more than cool few hundred cameras across glory nation to originate the carbons copy and the stars could very different from be stars without them.

In depiction black and white days, here were never more than 50 cameras in New York be remorseful Los Angeles, and in blue blood the gentry early color days, there were even fewer…maybe three dozen equip each coast.

In closing, all Comical can say is that I’ve tried very hard to outline together the very best movies I can find.

I’ve locked away a lot of help running away a lot of people ride thank you all for allocation and visiting Eyes Of Swell Generation…to me, this is influence world’s virtual museum of Convergence, and it’s cameras, from character Golden age and beyond.

My thankful thanks to you for catastrophe. God Bless you.

Bobby Ellerbee