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Old 10-08-2016, 09:43 AM
 
Location: Bronx, New York
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Oh, yeah, he was as ecclectic as I've ever heard when it came to music choices.....

He'll play the R&B/Disco, but he'll play the jazz, rock, anything. He played Sinatra, Jimmy Smith, Rolling Stones, Led Zep, everything!

I still believe that the Stone's "Miss You" and "Emotional Rescue" are not their biggest hits, ever, without Frankie Crocker. Remember how segregated radio was: rock stations didn't want to play anything with a disco beat, and R&B stations didn't play much of the white rock cats! Frankie Crocker didn't care. If he liked it, he played it!
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Old 10-08-2016, 09:49 AM
 
Location: On the phone
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Now there's a blast from the past, I remember him from when he was on WABC.
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Old 10-08-2016, 01:34 PM
 
Location: Harlem, NY
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That man was the OG legend. Used to listen to him on WBLS from time to time
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Old 10-11-2016, 12:28 PM
 
Location: Vinings/Cumberland in the evil county of Cobb
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Too bad he missed the boat on hip-hop music back in the day.
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Old 10-11-2016, 02:28 PM
 
Location: NYer in VA
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OMG, yes!
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Old 10-11-2016, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Bronx, New York
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Too bad he missed the boat on hip-hop music back in the day.
As program director, he hired Mr. Magic from independent WHBI, in effect bringing hip hop to mainstream radio.....!
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Old 10-11-2016, 03:27 PM
 
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I remember his show on WMCA right after Jimi Hendrix died. He was friends with Hendrix and had spoken to him a few days before he died.
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