VARIOUS ARTISTS - Frankie Crocker's Sound Of New York - The Big Apple's No. 1 Soul Spinner [CD]

CHARLY

£14.38

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: CHARLY641CD
Barcode: 5060767444658
Release Date: 11 Oct 2024
Genre: Soul

Do It Frankie Do It!

Radio legend Frankie Crocker was the star of New York's airwaves for two decades, leaving behind him a legacy that saw him described as the 'Muhammad Ali' of radio, not just for his fame, but for his arrogance and confidence. Whilst heading up stations not just as a DJ, but as an influential programme controller he parlayed his notoriety into film appearances as both a personality and an actor, and as a recording artist, fronting up his Heart & Soul Orchestra. He also skirted around controversy before leaving radio to become a presenter on MTV's more adult station VH-1 on its launch in 1985. However, none of this would have happened without his taste in music, which saw him pioneering a presenting style that he described as 'The Total Black Experience In Sound', encapsulated here.

If Frankie Crocker isn't on your radio, your radio isn't really on!

SIDE A
1. LEE DORSEY Yes We Can - Part 1
2. BARRY WHITE Where Can I Turn To
3. AL WILSON Show and Tell
4. THE WINSTONS Color Him Father
5. RAZZY BAILEY I Hate Hate
6. BARBARA McNAIR More Today than Yesterday
7. CAROL DOUGLAS Doctor's Orders
SIDE B
1. SIR JOE QUARTERMAN & FREE SOUL (I Got) So
Much Trouble In My Mind
2. PROFILE Shaft
3. GRADY TATE Moondance
4. VAN MORRISON Brown Eyed Girl
5. ERNIE K-DOE Here Come the Girls
6. JOE SIMON The Chokin’ Kind
7. NEW BIRTH Fallin’ In Love