Spotlight on #WilsonPickett
That wicked [picked?] Pickett
Singing Mustang Sally
Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Spotlight on #SamCooke now
From whom we swiped this song
HE WAS THE KING OF SOUL
Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
#SweetSoulMusic
rel 1 Feb 1967
based on Yeah Man
from Shake (Sam's last LP)

#TuesdayWeld appears
courtesy of #AlanFreed
#pop #soul #music #1960s
https://youtu.be/nrA1ODxqagc

Payola Then and Now

In November 1959 the U.S. House Oversight Committee initiated hearings. Back in those days of yore it was not about some political malfeasance or attempts to undermine the political order.

Rather it was about radio. Primarily AM radio. Although the first Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license for an FM station went to WDNG on November 14, 1938—in Anniston, Alaba...

Read more: https://gloriousnoise.com/2022/payola-then-and-now

#AlanFreed #FCC #FTC #iHeartRadio #payola #radio

Payola Then and Now

In November 1959 the U.S. House Oversight Committee initiated hearings. Back in those days of yore it was not about some political malfeasance or attempts to undermine the political order.

Rather it was about radio. Primarily AM radio. Although the first Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license for an FM station went to WDNG on November 14, 1938—in Anniston, Alabama*, which is...

Read more: https://gloriousnoise.com/2022/payola-then-and-now

#AlanFreed #FCC #FTC #payola #radio