August 29, 2011

Last week was not a good one in music. We lost two of the best songwriters of the Rock era. Jerry Leiber's lyrics and Mike Stoller's melodies gave Rock~N~Roll some of it's greatest memories. From Hound Dog and the unique songs of The Coasters through The Drifters and Ben E Kings' classic Stand By Me they helped create the music that became part of the very fabric of our lives.


Jerry Leiber
















Nick Ashford, along with his wife and co-writer Valerie Simpson, gave us so many great Soul Music songs. It seemed they could "Reach Out And Touch" the things we were feeling. The things we wished we could say.



Nick Ashford

















We'll devote about a quarter of this weeks show to the music these two men gave us.
It just seems right.

Thank you, gentlemen. You truly touched the lives of millions of people.


And I didn't forget, I just didn't know.

Happy Birthday, Paul Craver - August 30th
Happy Birthday, Dino Fair of Sea Cruz - September 2