Roy's Record Room on CKUA
Tune in every Sunday at 1 PM Mountain Time / Noon Pacific Time, to Roooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. You can stream it live at www.ckua.com. Fifteen years and counting!
Roy’s Record Room is a weekly radio show on the CKUA Radio Network, Hosted by singer/songwriter/performer/broadcaster, Roy Forbes. RRR is a program that unravels and reveals the roots of today’s tunes, for the pure joy of it. Roy spins some familiar but mostly obscure 78s, 45s and LPs from his ever-expanding record collection – sides that don’t show up on many other stations. He loves all kinds of music and explores that eclectic passion weekly on Triple-R Radio.
Roy first came to CKUA at the age of twenty in 1973, when he was invited to guest on Holger Petersen’s legendary ACME Sausage Company program. CKUA has supported Roy and his music since those early days, with his new album, “Edge Of Blue”, having recently spent some time in the upper reaches of CKUA’s Top 20 album chart. Roy’s Record Room (RRR) launched in 2006.
"I love the sense of history that CKUA gives me as a listener as well as the sense of the now and the future," says Roy. "CKUA is the sound of surprise. You never know what you'll hear next”.
Roy’s record collection is more like a record library - running into the thousands of discs, with some even sent in by loyal RRR listeners. His appetite for music is virtually unlimited and he finds creative revelations everywhere.
More 78s From The Crates (#63)
Hecks-a-popping this week on Triple R Radio as Roy digs deep into another crate of 78s. You’ll hear a 1956 Fats Domino B-side of one of his biggest hits as well as Gene Autry’s 1940 recording of that huge Fats hit. You can check out the roots of harmony vocal doo-wop singing via a 1934 Mills Brothers Decca disc. You’ll marvel at the first notable recording from an 18-year-old guitarist, Hank Garland, who’s fretwork would grace countless important country and rock recordings in the 1950s. You’ll be deeply moved by a stunning spiritual performance from Marian Anderson, the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. And there’s more…
The spin begins this Sunday, August 13th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for an eclectic batch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.
78s From The Crates
Get ready for instalment # 62 of the continuing ‘78s from the crates’ series this week on Roy’s Record Room. Roy pulls out a stack of jazzy shellac from the likes of Kai’s Krazy Kats, the Four King Sisters, Tony Bennett, Joe Venuti’s Blue Four (vocal from Harold Arlen), the Country All-Stars (Chet, Homer, Jethro, Jerry Byrd), Peggy Lee with the Capitol Jazzmen, the King Cole Trio, and more.
The spin begins this coming Sunday, Aug 6th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA. Dial in for a cool stack of Jazzy 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.
Summer Songs
Roy dives into an eclectic batch of Summer Songs this week on RRR. You’ll hear all about beach parties, hot dogs, solid potato salad, heat waves, picking blackberries, going fishing, walking on a sidewalk hotter than a match head, and more
The spin begins this coming Sunday, July 30th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for an eclectic batch of Summer Songs on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.
17th Annual Mid-Summer Rockin’ 78 Dance Party
We’ll be rockin’ in the record room this Sunday as Roy pulls out a stack of red-hot shellac from the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll. See if you can sit still as he plays classic sides from Little Richard, Buddy Holly, LaVerne Baker, Fats Domino, the Hollywood Flames, Billy Lee Riley & his Little Green Men, Ronnie Self, Brenda Lee and many more – all blasting from the grooves of the original 1950s 78s.
The spin begins this Sunday, July 23rd, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a Mid-Summer Rockin’ 78 Dance Party on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.
Jazzy Gal Shellac Shack Shuffle
Roy is in the mood for a bunch of Jazzy Gal 78s this week on Triple-R Radio. He’ll pull out a grand batch of shellac featuring stellar singers like Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington, Gladys Palmer with Roy Eldridge, Laura Washington with Erskine Hawkins, Anita O’Day, Doris Day, Lena Horne, Nellie Lutcher and more.
The spin begins this coming Sunday, July 16th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for an all-78 Jazzy Gal Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.
Rhythm & Blues 78 Shellac Shack Shuffle
If you like your blues with a bit of rhythm or your rhythm with a touch of blues, you’ll be right at home this week as Roy spins a stack of R&B 78s on Triple-R Radio. You’ll hear stellar sides from Anisteen Allen, Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters, Jay McShann, Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy, Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & The Clowns, Big Maybelle, Lonnie Johnson and more.
That’s Sunday, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for an R&B Shellac Shack Shuffle on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.