Where Oldies Come Alive
By popular request, a special tribute to Dan Ingram will be featured on "The Grooveyard" this week. Host Alan Seltzer will feature recordings of Dan Ingram's classic moments on the air. The Grooveyard Top Ten features the hits of June 30, 1961, the date of the radio host's first "unofficial" show on WABC. You can... Continue Reading →
In memory of Dan Ingram, we featured the Top Ten Survey the week he first appeared on WABC. Here's the Grooveyard Top Ten for June 23, 1963 as played tonight by Alan Seltzer on "The Grooveyard": #10 "Tonight (Could Be The Night)" by The Velvets #9 "Those Oldies But Goldies" by Little Caesar and the Romans... Continue Reading →
The Honor Group of the Day will be Dan Ingram fans when The Grooveyard plays tribute to the legendary disk jockey Saturday night. Host Alan Seltzer will feature recordings of Dan Ingram's classic moments on the air and will share memories with Bill Mozer, an engineer at WABC who often worked with Ingram. The Grooveyard... Continue Reading →
The 46th anniversary of an iconic reunion performance by Dion and the Belmonts will be celebrated Saturday night on The Grooveyard. This was the first concert appearance in the 12 years since Dion left the group to begin a solo career. Along with sharing the entire reunion show, host Alan Seltzer will play other hits... Continue Reading →
Here's the Grooveyard Top Ten for March 10 1961 as played tonight by Alan Seltzer on "The Grooveyard": #10 "Once Upon a Time" by Rochell and the Candles #9 "The Touchables" by Dickie Goodman #8 "Where the Boys Are" by Connie Francis #7 "Surrender" by Elvis Presley #6 "Spanish Harlem" by Ben E. King Support 88.1... Continue Reading →
We'll celebrate Women's History Month Saturday on "The Grooveyard" when host Alan Seltzer features music by female artists and groups. Included will be a six-pack of songs written by Ellie Greenwich. The "Ladies Night" theme will continue with cover versions of hits written by Carole King in our Under the Covers segment. The Grooveyard Top Ten... Continue Reading →
Here's the Grooveyard Top Ten for January 13, 1961 as played tonight by Alan Seltzer on "The Grooveyard": #10 "I Count the Tears" by The Drifters #9 "Once in a While" by The Chimes #8 "A Thousand Stars" by Kathy Young and the Innocents Did you vote yet? #7 "Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Elvis... Continue Reading →
The spotlight will be on the Everly Brothers as we feature artist who were born in January this weekend on "The Grooveyard". A six-pack of hits by Don and Phil Everly will be offered and the cover versions of the duo's songs will be included in the Under the Covers segment. In addition, the Grooveyard Top... Continue Reading →
The survey for your favorites from 1961was a story of haves and have-nots. Ten different songs wound up within 2% of the top position. Included were three songs that just missed repeating in the Top Five, resulting in only one repeat song in that category. Last year's #1 song overall, Del Shannon's "Runaway" wound up... Continue Reading →
