Wa’sup Wednesday: Ray Charles … America!
Mornin’ Ginchers, Time again for Wa’sup Wednesday … “Ray Charles … America!” Before I address my opening statement, I want to say Happy Birthday to one of the greatest entertainers of all time …born Ray Charles Robinson, September 23, 1930 in Albnany, Georgia … often called “The Genius” but referred being called “Brother Ray’ … … Read more
Tune In Tuesday: Bob Mack … Hanky Panky!
Mornin’ Ginchers, Are you ready to Tune in Tuesday? Welll then, how about a little flashback on Bob Mack and … the Hanky Panky? Some of my fondest memories of growing up in Pittsburgh during the 1960’s were the Teen Dances, the music, going to the dances and performing at the dances. We were so … Read more
Mo’ Music Monday: Shout! it’s the modern craze!
Good afternoon Ginchers, It’s Mo’ Music Monday and on this very day in 1959 the Isley Brothers charted with the new modern craze … SHOUT! Who hasn’t been to a wedding, dance, party or event with music that didn’t dance to the song SHOUT? A little bit softer now, a little softer now … hey, … Read more
Soul Sunday: Ben E. King, Drifter to stardom!
Mornin’ Ginchers, Welcome to Soul Sunday … as you all know Sunday’s are special to me and always have been since my days as a young man going to Sunday school, stopping at Aunt Kate’s on the way home to have a morning breakfast of Kiska and eggs all the way through my adult life … Read more
Wa’sup Wednesday: The Movies … what happened???
Mornin’ Ginchers, Time once again for Wa’sup Wednesday … what happened to the movies??? Here I go trippin’ back to the good old days again when watching a movie was fun, exciting, made you use some of your imagination… I’l expand on that a little later. I was channel and movie searching recently and saw … Read more
Tune In Tuesday: 3WS Summer Oldies Concerts!
Mornin’ Ginchers, Are you ready to Tune in Tuesday? Let’s go back 30 years … Three Rivers Stadium, Saturday morning til night … the annual 3WS Summer Oldies Celebration! So let me set the stage… about two weeks ago while at my Ginchy store and museum, a young man, I would guess in his late … Read more