Don k reeds Doowop Shop Fan Club: First meeting of the club is set.

Saturday, December 12, 2015

First meeting of the club is set.

I received the approved facility permit today from The Villages Rec department. So far this is only for the first meeting, nothing ongoing just yet. It is scheduled for January 9th (Saturday) from 6pm till 9pm. It will be held at Captiva Recreation center at 658 Pinellas place. This is a newer rec center located just south of 466A. Pinellas place is off of Morse boulevard. This club is not official yet, we still have to go through the survey process in the rec news part of the Daily Sun. But in the mean time we can get organized and have some fun. At this first get together, I hope to get some folks to form a sort of steering committee for the club. We will talk about this and other club information before 7 pm. Then we will open the doors to the Doowop shop and play some music. I will take requests and dedications, and I will have some doowop trivia questions where prizes will be awarded. Our featured group of the week will be "The Paragons". Hope to see you there DJ Ken

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The Station

By the 1970's WCBS fm radio 101.1 on the dial was gaining popularity for playing top hits and oldies. It became a model for radio stations across the country who were trying to gain market share on the radio. The management team at WCBS fm hired DJ's who were members of singing groups, or experts about the doowop scene. That formula worked for many years but in 2002 the station management decided to change the format and not play oldies or doowop any longer. WCBS has never regained their former glory to this day.

Don K. Reed

Don is a radio DJ who started a program in 1975 on WCBSFM out of New York city. It was called "The doowop shop". It was on the air every Sunday evening for 27 years. He played oldies, mostly group harmony, and gave his listeners background information about the singing groups. He would also feature a particular group each week, by playing several of their recordings. He also took phone calls and sent out dedications on the air.
The vocal harmony groups that visited Don in the studio usually brought with them a Doowop jingle that they created especially for Don and his Doowop Shop radio show. Over the years Don garnered quite a collection of these jingles. He played several of these jingles every week on his show. As these jingles gained momentum, there appeared to be a sort of competition between the singing groups to bring Don ever better and more elaborate jingles. An enjoyable part of the show was listening to the Jingles. You will hear these jingles at the Fan club.

The Fan Club meeting plan