Lamplighters..Hug A Little Kiss A Little ..Federal 45

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Lamplighters..Hug A Little Kiss A Little ..Federal 45

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Hug A Little Kiss A Little / Don't Make It So Good

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This is an historic piece. as you can see this comes from the collection of New York disc Jokey Dr Jive

Doctor Jive was in reality disc jockey Tommy Smalls. He broadcasted from WWRL, a small AMer from the Queens section of Woodside. The station was easy enough to find-it was all the way at the end of the dial at 1600 ("the high spot on your radio dial"). The show was on from 3-5:30 every afternoon (three-oh-five to five-three-oh) Mon-Fri so it was a great after school listening experience. The opening theme song for the show was "Listen To Doctor Jive" sung by vocal group great Dean Barlowe. Beside the great R & B tunes of the time, Smalls also had a Latin music section on most shows. It was here that many listeners found out about some truly memorable tunes such as "Speakup Mambo" by Al Castellanos, and "Smoke" by Randy Carlos. The show solidly presented all new releases by vocal groups from all over the area and presented rock & roll reviews at area theaters. One very memorable feature of the Dr. Jive show was the huge number of fan clubs that sprung forth supporting the music. Some that I can recall were the Jovial Delinquents, The Cleftone Sweethearts, and The Channel Jivaleers. The show also was heavy with dedications and requests for the music. It was common for a neighborhood vocal groups to get a record released and hear it the next day on the Dr. Jive show. The closing theme for the show was a very unique tune that was sung by a then unknown Tommy Edwards called "Goodbye, Farewell, and So Long." Unfortunately, the same fate that befell Alan Freed also comsumed Tommy Smalls. He was snared in the same payola scandal that did in Freed. And so in one fell swoop, the two major radio voices playing rhythm & blues music on New York radio were stilled. Into this void came Dick Clark who somehow escaped the punishment and banishment that brought down the others. The result was that the music suffered for the next few years until the rise of Motown, Stax/Volt, and the British invasion.