Wax Museum Radio
Next broadcast April 24th, Friday Night at midnight and Saturday night at 10pm on WRGG.
Wax Museum Radio
Next broadcast April 24th, Friday Night at midnight and Saturday night at 10pm on WRGG.
Hear Today In Rock and Roll History
April 22nd - Today In Rock and Roll History
Daily Rock and Roll History, Birthday and short music clips.
A year long, day by day look back at this date in Rock History in 3-5 minute segments. Now airing three times daily on WRGG in Greencastle, PA, weekday mornings on KSRQ in Three River Falls, Minnesota, KIYU in Galena, Alaska, KPUP in Patagonia, Arizona and WMMT in Lexigton, Kentucky.
April 22nd, Rock and Roll Birthdays
April 22nd birthday
Singer, guitarist Glen Campbell, born in Billstown, Arkansas in 1936.
April 22nd birthday
1946 Frankie "Cannibal" Garcia of Cannibal And The Headhunters, born in Los Angeles, California.
April 22nd birthday
Solo artist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter Peter Frampton, born in 1950 in Bromley, England.
April 22nd birthday
Ace, Squeeze and solo artist singer, songwriter, keyboardist Paul Carrack, born in Sheffield, England in 1951.
April 22nd, Today In Rock and Roll History
April 22nd, 1967
MGM Records release the 1st single by Every Mother's Son "Come On Down To My Boat" on 45 in the US. Led by brothers Larry and Dennis Larden, who played for four years as a folk duo in New York City's Greenwich Village. Introduced to songwriter and record producer Wes Farrell, who had written "Hang on Sloopy", "Boys", and others, Farrell helped the band record a dozen demos that were shopped to labels, eventually signing with MGM Records. Written by Wes Farrell and Jerry Goldstein, "Come On Down To My Boat" was recorded at Allegro Sound Studios in New York City. The record entered the charts on May 6th and went to No. 6 in July.
April 22nd, 1967
Kama Sutra Records in the US release "Six O'Clock" by The Lovin' Spoonful on 45. The song was recorded during sessions for the group album "Everything Playing", the first Spoonful Lp with new guitarist Jerry Yester. Recorded at Mirasound Studios in Manhattan using a prototype 16-track tape recorder which was custom built for the studio by Ampex, it was one of the earliest recordings to use 16-track technology. The record went to No. 18 on the singles charts.
April 22nd, 1967
Roulette Records release "Mirage" by Tommy James and The Shondells. During a songwriting session producer Bo Gentry accidentally inserted a master copy of the Shondell's "I Think We're Alone Now" backwards in his reel-to-reel tape player. Tommy and the group instantly liked the reverse chord progression and wrote and recorded it as "Mirage" with new lyrics by Ritchie Cordell, who had also written "I Think We're Alone Now". The record entered the US singles charts on April 29th, went to No. 10 in the US, No. 2 in Canada.
April 22nd, 1969
Paul Revere And The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay release "Let Me" on 45 in the US. The song was written and produced by Lindsay.
The record entered the charts on May 17th, and went to No. 20 on the singles charts.
April 22nd, 1969
Bob Dylan's "I Threw It All Away" is released on 45 in the US. The record entered the singles charts on May 17th.
April 22nd, 1969
The Who give their first complete live performance of the Rock opera Tommy at a show in Dolton, England.
April 22nd, 1971
The Grass Roots release "Sooner Or Later" on 45. Written by Mitchell Bottler, Edward McNamara, Adeniya Paris, Ekundayo Paris, and Gary Zekley; "Sooner Or Later" was produced by Steve Barri. Group bassist Rob Grill shared lead vocals with keyboardist Dennis Provisor. Along with Provisor's organ, most of the instrumental backing track was made by the studio session members of The Wrecking Crew and was the third and last Grass Roots Top 10 US hit, charting at No. 9.
April 22nd, 1972
"Isn't Life Strange" by The Moody Blues enters the US singles charts. Written by bassist John Lodge, the melody is based on classical composer Johann Pachelbel's Canon In D. It was the second single released from the Moody Blues' "Seventh Sojourn" Lp.
April 22nd, 1972
"Diary" by Bread enters the US singles charts on Elektra Records. Written and produced by singer David Gates, "Diary" reached No. 15 in the US, No. 12 in Canada.
April 22nd, 1972
Motown Records release "Automatically Sunshine" by The Supremes on 45 in the US. Written by Smokey Robinson, the single featured Jean Terrell and original Supreme Mary Wilson sharing lead vocals on the song. "Automatically Sunshine" entered the charts on May 6th, reached No. 21 and was the Supremes' pentultimate top 40 hit in the US.
April 22nd, 1972
Former Steppenwolf front man John Kay enters the singles charts with a solo single "I'm Movin' On". The recording is a cover of the Hank Snow song, produced by Richard Podolor.
April 22nd, 1978
Former Stealers Wheel vocalist Gerry Rafferty enters the singles charts with his biggest solo hit, "Baker Street". Released in March, it was first release after the resolution of legal problems surrounding the break-up of his old band, Stealers Wheel, in 1975. In the intervening three years, Rafferty had been unable to release any material because of disputes about the band's remaining contractual recording obligations.
This Week In Rock and Roll History!
This Week In Rock and Roll History week of April 18th
This Week In Rock and Roll History is a weekly one hour look back at the songs, the artists, and the stories behind the music of the rock and roll era.
Jackie At The Mic!
Episode 38 Grace Slick is Sick of Grease or Pure Gravy on the Brownie
Episode 38 Grace Slick is Sick of Grease or Pure Gravy on the Brownie
Episode 38 Grace Slick is Sick of Grease or Pure Gravy on the Brownie
Jackie, the imaginary Morning Show guest and his comedic wordly observations from the shadow world
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Episode 38 Grace Slick is Sick of Grease or Pure Gravy on the Brownie
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Jackie's Corner of The Basement
Currently making Thursday morning appearances, if you want to call them that, usually around 8:15am edt, on The WRGG Morning Show.
Woody Lissauer Wax Museum Interview 2/22/20
Baltimore based Woody Lissauer steps up to the Wax Museum microphones for this in depth interview!
Click picture to listen to the Wax Museum interview with Woody Lissauer and his latest album "Trouble The Water" with Barbara Ireland and Steve Caplan.
RIP Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Band, the Rutles, Monty Python )
Neil passed December 29th, aged 75. We'll miss the man, his music and his humor.
Nektar / Derek "Mo" Moore Wax Museum interview 11/17/19
Nektar bassist interviewed by Chris Palladino
Click image to hear Nektar bassist, vocalist, keyboardidt Derek "Mo" Moore in this 2019 interview for The Wax Museum. Mo discusses the new Nektar single and Lp, the 50th anniversary tour, future releases and discussion about the band's long career.
Robert Fripp Radio Oz interview 7/25/85
King Crimson guitarist interviewed by Chris Palladino
Click Fripp's image to hear the King Crimson guitarist, record producer, solo artist in this 1985 interview for the WARX Sunday night Radio Oz program. Fripp discusses his then current Guitar Craft courses, King Crimson stories, his start in the music business, and more.
Annie Haslam 2019 Wax Museum interview
Renaissance singer interviewed by Chris Palladino
Click picture to hear Annie Haslam "In Words and Music". The iconic Renaissance singer talks at length about music, her life, and artwork for an exclusive interview in The Wax Museum.
Replaced By Robots Wax Museum Interview 4/26/19
Doug Miller interviewed by Chris Palladino
Hear Doug Miller, vocalist, blues harpist and keyboard player for Baltimore, Maryland based Replaced By Robots in this Wax Museum interview. The band have a new CD out "In Storage". Doug previews tracks from the new disc and news of upcoming show dates. Click the band photo to hear the entire segment as it aired.
Replaced By Robots info
Check out the Replaced By Robots website and their Facebook page "Replaced By Robots".
Tommy James Wax Museum Interview January 2019
Tommy James with Chris Palladino
Click picture to hear Tommy promoting all his planned 2019 activities; new album, Sirius XM radio show, touring, new movie, etc.
From Chris Palladino's Radio Oz interview archives
Recently released 1980 Firesign Theatre interview
Click picture to listen to this archival interview with The Firesign Theatre recorded during their 1980 Fighting Clowns tour of the US for Chris Palladino's Radio Oz program, now available for purchase in the Firesign Theatre's "Fighting Clowns" of Hollywood" collection!