Me and Willie … Friends and Family … what Christmas means to me
Today is Christmas day, 2025 … I spent the whole morning reminiscing about my life, Christmases past, my friendships, family and especially how much I miss my partner for life … Moosch (Marylou). As many of you know Moosch past last week to join her other loved ones who passed before … hoping that one … Read more
Remembering Christmas with the Old 3WS Gang!
As I grow older, I reminisce more than ever … re-living those memorable days of our Family at 3WS Radio! That may sound rather weird, but we were a family of music and memories. The station provided music of our youth, musicians from all genres of music, family events, but especially a love for Christmas. … Read more
The Ice Man … Jerry Butler … I Saw It First Hand!
Why was he called the … The Ice Man? The proof is in the puddin! I had the honors of working with Mr. Butler several times and one of my favorite times was watching him from the wings of the stage. He was singing his hits, and you could hear the audience singing along with … Read more
Lou Rawls … Gentleman … Crooner … Friend!
One of my favorite exhibits at my “Johnny Angel Ginchy Stuff and Museum” is the Lou Rawls exhibit. I love giving tours of some of my favorite people I have worked with, sang with, performed with, broke bread with and have stories of good times together. One is my time spent with Lou Rawls. His … Read more
What does Bill, Fred and Johnny have in common ? … White Christmas!
One of my favorite Holliday movies is White Christmas staring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. The song “White Christmas” was written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 Musical “Holiday Inn” (another one of my favorite movies) but became popular by Bing Crosby in 1942. In 1954 it was the featured song in … Read more
Just some of the Guys sitting around singing DooWop!
What do DooWopers do after a show at the theater? Well, we sit at a round table and sing some a cappella DooWop tunes! Hard to believe? It’s true! Well last week I wrote a blog about my old friend Eugene Pitt of the Jive Five celebrating his birthday and kind of got lost in … Read more