Comments on: Today In Four Seasons History

By: Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:00:36 +0000

I remember listening to WABC that day. They had just played “Rag Doll” as that week’s Pick Hit in the last half-hour, but the survey changed at, I believe 2 PM. They played it again just after 2 as #1. I remember being amazed that it went from Pick Hit to #1 before my ears!

Paul

By: David Cace

David Cace — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:37:34 +0000

I was just relating the Scott Muni story as he told it during one of those old DJ retrospectives on the radio that took place sometime during the ’90s. Thanks Jim for checking the hisorical records. Ted mentioned the Richard Neer book that apparently also casts some doubt about Scottso’s recollection from the ’60s.

By: JIm Hicks

JIm Hicks — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:47:15 +0000

You may need to revisit the Scott Muni story on Rag Doll.

Visit the musicradio77.com web site where all of the WABC and WMCA surveys are.

Rag Doll was the WABC Pick Hit of the Week, June 2, 1964. The next Tuesday night (Tuesday was the WABC new survey day) Rag Doll was number 1, where it stayed for 6 weeks.

Rag Doll was the WMCA Sure Shot June 3, 1964 (apparently Wednesday was the WMCA survey day, which explains why WABC picked Tuesday!). June 10, 1964, it was number 1. I remember clearly the first time I heard Rag Doll. It was Sunday night May 31, 1964 during the SCOT MUNI SHOW! Scottso announced it was the “Pick Hit of the Week.” When it hit number 1 Tuesday, it was the first time that had happened in WABC survey history.

By: David Cace

David Cace — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:25:15 +0000

Thanks Ted for that bit of information. The book sounds interesting for more than just “Rag Doll,” WABC and Scott Muni. It is a very interesting topic and Richard Neer is a very interesting guy. Did you know that Richard Neer is a weekend sportstalk host on WFAN 660 AM in New York?

By: Ray Ricci

Ray Ricci — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:09:21 +0000

David, boy do you bring back memories.

It was concerning to have “Sunday Kind Of Love” cut from the “Entertain You” LP. I had to wait until that odd Pickwick release(Brotherhood of Man)before
I could get it back. Of course these were the pre-cd days.

On “Toy Soldier”, it was a good track. Reminiscent of the Shirelles “Soldier Boy” especially on the guitar work. To me it marked the end of the beat-ballad formula of song style that had worked so well, but began to wain in popularity. I think “Girl Come Running” was the final straw before Callelo turned everything upside down with the “Let’s Hang On ” arrangement.