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Porky Chedwick … Pittsburgh Legend … Friend

This past Monday, March 2, 2026 was the day the music died in Pittsburgh. That was the day we lost our Dadio of Radio … Porky Chedwick. The man who turned us, so called juvenile delinquents, onto the greatest music ever recorded … Rhythm and Blues. He was described as the “Platter Pushin’ Papa”, “Pork … Read more

Ida’s Sandwich Shop … Northside Strong!

As many of you know I am a born and raised Pittsburgh Northsider and although I’m getting up there in years, I remain loyal to my community. As the old proverb states: “It takes a village to raise a child” emphasizing that a child’s upbringing is a collective community effort, rather than solely the parents’ … Read more

JIMMY MERCHANT … 1st Teenager!

This Tuesday past was Jimmy Merchant’s Birthday … founder of the legendary Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. I did a special show on my weekly radio show … Johnny Angel’s Heavenly Soul Show on jukinoldies.com … and during that show I played an interview I did with Jimmy Merchant years ago. During that interview, Jimmy … Read more

That day I met and sang with Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night!

This past Monday, February 2, 2026 , we lost another legend to Rock N’ Roll Heaven … Mr. Chuck Negron, lead singer of Three Dog Night. I have loved this group since the first time I heard them and were basically the soundtrack of the late 60’s thru the early 70’s. I/my bands covered many … Read more

Meeting the Queen of R&B … Ruth Brown!

I was sitting here in my studio today playing records and getting some ideas for this week’s show on jukinoldies.com and for some strange reason I dipped into my stash of great 78 RPM records. After spinning a few Ruth Brown records realized that this month was Ruth’s Birtday. I went to my photo archives … Read more

What ever happened to “Penny Candy?

What ever happened to Penny Candy … better yet … what ever happened to Kids Birthday parties at their house? We didn’t have a Chucky Cheese, Dave and Busters or a kid drop off facility to throw a birthday party … we had our house’s and in my case a basement with a large folding … Read more
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