Subj : The Cowsills
To : Martin Ridgley
From : Bill Riley
Date : Thu Aug 17 2000 10:00 am
Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:
MR> What were their hits again? I seem to recall, "1, 2, 3, Red
MR> Light", and "Simon Says". I suspect Riley will remember those,
MR> too (even if he doesn't actually come out and admit it). <cheeky
MR> grin>
Oh I remember them. I grew up in a small town in the desert of Idaho. All we
got was top 40 crap on AM radio. The only way you could hear anything decent
was to wait until midnight when all the local stations were off the air. Then
you could get Wolfman Jack on XERB. Also KOMA out of Okalahoma City, (anybody
else remember them at midnight when they would go directional? They'd say
"we're going coast to coast and border to border" and suddenly the volume on
your radio would jump 100%. 50,000 am watts coming at you from 9 diectional
towers. Man, the days of clear channel stations.
MR> The Cowsills were a family of musical siblings who became the
MR> model for the Partridge Family. The producers originally wanted
Damn, you're as warped as Gilmore...and that's saying a lot. :)
MR> Okay now..., while we're on this bubblegum trivia thing, does
MR> anyone remember The Ohio Express? ;-)
Not me, never heard of them? :))
Bill
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* Origin: Bill's Point, Beaverton OR (1:218/704.6)
