Tag: Eddie Peabody

Segue To Sweet Swing Sounds

by BG, posted in Big Band, Boomers, Easy Listening, Jazz, Music, Nostalgia, Retirement, Seniors, Video

I first learned the meaning of 'segue' while working as a young radio DJ in the early 1960s. The veteran broadcaster who was my boss would explain how the process of smoothly flowing from the end of one record into the beginning of the next would help avoid 'dead air', a forbidden sin for radio … Continue reading Segue To Sweet Swing Sounds

Eddie Peabody Will Now Play For You

by BG, posted in Boomers, Country, Music, Nostalgia, Retirement, Seniors, Video

Remember those 'bloopers' records that were popular back in the 1950s? A guy named Kermit Schafer had a lot of success by compiling entire albums of bloopers -- mostly from radio in the early days, but later from TV too. The slightly naughty nature of some of the excerpts probably helped make them more popular, … Continue reading Eddie Peabody Will Now Play For You