Don k reeds Doowop Shop Fan Club: January 2016

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

February Meet is scheduled for February 13th.

Hi Doowop Fans, I received approval today for our February meet. It again is to be held at Captiva Rec. center from 6pm till 9pm. The date is February 13th , Saturday evening. I have some plans to upgrade your experience this month. Instead of relying on the rec. centers sound equipment I have contracted with the Professor at the Wizard of Rock & Roll Castle to borrow some of their DJ. equipment. We will again have some trivia questions with prizes of unspeakable value, But in addition, I have a new game for you called "Rate the Record". This will involve listening to several recordings of the same song sung by different groups. Then you will vote on your favorite. I won't go into further details now but there will be cash prizes. I am not providing the cash, you are, by paying a dollar to vote for your choice of group. If you are interested in playing, please bring along some dollar bills (2). I hope you can all make it on the 13th., till then Yours in Harmony DJ Ken

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Initial meeting proclaimed successful by attendees

The first meeting of the Club had a few early hitches but was enjoyed by those attending. The clubs sound system was somewhat disappointing but we managed to have great sing along events and trivia questions. Prizes were described as prizes of unspeakable value by DJ Ken. Participants staked their claim on many of these prizes. Next months meeting is already in the planning stage. I will have to initiate a room request from the Villages rec dept. and then I will announce the date and location. To make things better the second time out I have secured the loan of some of the Castle DJ equipment from "The Wizard of Rock & Roll" . Also besides trivia questions there will be a new game called "Your opinion matters" See you soon DJ Ken

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