Doo-Wop Time

It’s doo-wop time this week on Triple-R Radio. Roy spins some familiar and unfamiliar vocal group sides from the fifties and early sixties by the likes of the Medallions, Donald Woods & The Bel Aires, Etta James & The Peaches, the Pearls, the Harptones, the Coasters, The Robins and more.

That’s Sunday, August 29th, 1 PM, Mountain, for Doo-Wop Time on Roy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. Fifteen years and counting.

Bluesy Gals at 78 RPM

BLUESY GALS AT 78 RPM ON ROY’S RECORD ROOM

This week, the bluesy gals rule the roost on Triple-R Radio. You’ll hear uptown and lowdown shellac from Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Lil Green, Trixie Smith, Blue Lou Barker, Big Maybelle, Georgia White, Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton and more, all from the original 78s (except two which are on the RRR 78 want-list).

That’s Sunday, August 22nd, 1 PM, for an hour of bluesy gals at 78 rpm on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve and reveal. Fifteen years and counting.

Shuffling 78s From The Crates

Yep, more 78s from the crates this week on Triple-R Radio. You’ll hear an eclectic batch of sides from Grandpa Jones & His Grandchildren, Muddy Waters, Roy Milton & His Solid Senders, Annie Laurie, Lena Horne, Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson with the Gotham Stompers and more.

Tune in on Sunday, August 15th, 1 PM, Mountain, for a bunch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals. Fifteen years and counting.

A Dance Date

Roy invites you to shake that thing this week as he spins a bunch of lively sides from his extensive stash of 78 and 45 rpm records.  You’ll hear some early 50s Alberta rockabilly from Scotty Stevenson; some frantic 20s dance-band sounds from Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra; dining and dancing tips from Aretha Franklin; calypso from Lord Flea; some boogie bossa nova from Quincy Jones; a soulful report on the land of a thousand dances from Wilson Pickett; an invitation to dance in the streets from Martha & The Vandellas, and more.

There’ll be swinging, swaying and records playing this Sunday, Aug 8, 1 PM, Mountain, for a Dance Date on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that likes to bust a few moves. Fifteen years of revolving and revealing.

Shuffling 78s From The Crates

This week, more 78s from the crates on Triple-R Radio with a diverse batch of shellac from J B Lenoir, Cliff Edwards aka Ukulele Ike & His Hot Combination, the Carolina Tar Heels, Fred Astaire, Ed McCurdy, Memphis Minnie and more.

That’s Sunday, Aug 1st, 1 PM, Mountain, for more 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room – fifteen years of revolving and revealing. Fifteen years and counting.

A Mid-Summer Rockin’ 78s Dance Party

Tune in This Sunday for Triple-R Radio’s annual Mid-Summer Rockin’ 78 Dance Party. All rock ‘n’ roll 78s from the dawn of the genre, featuring caffeine-driven sides from Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, LaVern Baker, Ivory Joe Hunter, Janis Martin, Elvis Presley and many more – spinning off the original 78s. Roy’s managed to squeeze twenty-three tunes on the playlist. Less talkin’, more rockin’!

That’s Sunday, July 25th, one PM Mountain on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals. Fifteen years and counting.

Shufflin’ 78s From The Crates

Roy’s back in the 78 crates this week on Triple-R Radio. He’ll be genre-hopping with an eclectic stack of sides from Mickey & Sylvia, Perez Prado, Jimmy Heap & His Melody Masters with Perk Williams, Johnny Hodges, the Charms, Ted Lewis & His Band, Maddox Brothers & Rose, Nat King Cole, Rosco Gordon, and more.

That’s Sunday, July 18th, 1 PM, Mountain, for a few 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the program that revolves and reveals. Fifteen years and counting.

Jazzy, Bluesy R&R Roots

This week, Roy dives deep into the jazzy, bluesy, big-band roots of rock ‘n’ roll, Triple-R Radio style. You’ll hear trailblazing sides from Sister Rosetta Tharpe (from a V-Disc), Jay McShann with Charlie Parker, the Mills Brothers, Duke Ellington, Tiny Bradshaw, Joe Turner & Pete Johnson, Benny Goodman with Charlie Christian, Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack, and so much more.

That’s Sunday, July 11th, 1 PM, Mountain, for some Jazzy, Bluesy R&R roots on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve, and reveal. Fifteen years and counting.

Jazzy 78s From The Crates on Roy’s Record Room

Roy’s back in the 78 crates this week with nothing but jazz spinning on Triple-R Radio. You’ll hear the Bud Henderson Trio on the first bop 78 recorded and released in Canada, a two-part cultural collision between jazz and classical music as reported by Ella Fitzgerald, cowboy jazz from Bob Wills, Fats Navarro and Miles Davis/Charlie Parker sharing a 1947 Savoy be-bop 78, as well as a 1955 side from Blossom Dearie’s first group.

And that ain’t all. Tune in for more hot jazz sides from the Kansas City Six, Willie Smith with Les Paul, the 5 Red Caps, Jackie Cain & Roy Krall with Charlie Ventura, Dinah Washington and more.

The joint will be jumping this Sunday, July 4th, at 1 PM, Mountain as the jazzy shellac spins on Rooooy’s Record Room – fifteen years of revolving and revealing.

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