Solid Gold Saturday Mornings

09/07/2025

Of all the birthday posts I have made this year, this one is definitely special! Happy Birthday to our General Manager, Opie the DJ Girl!

Since succeeding Duff Sheffield in the captain’s chair, she has continued on his legacy building up WFDU and getting us involved with our community. Every day I look forward to jumping in front of the mic on Saturday mornings before handing the controls over at 10. I hope we have many more incredible years together with this station!

09/06/2025

Good Morning, Retro Radio!

Time to vote for this week's WABC Pick Hit! Comment below, email me at [email protected], or call (201)-692-2012 to cast your vote along with your requests. The countdown begins at 9 AM EST.

Listen LIVE at wfdu.fm, 89.1 on your dial, or on any radio streaming service.

May the best song win!

09/05/2025

Today is a very special Heavenly Birthday - in 1946, the world was graced by the arrival of the legendary Freddie Mercury.

Born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, he and his family would flee to Middlesex, England in 1964 during the Zanzibar Revolution. In 1970, he would go on to form Queen with Brian May and Roger Taylor (and eventually John Deacon) and the rest was history.

To celebrate, I know I could pick any songs by Queen but I want to show you something from his solo projects. In 1987, he released his own version of the song "The Great Pretender." Originally done by The Platters in 1955, Freddie believed it to be the perfect song that represented himself and his career. It would reach #4 on the UK charts with a music video featuring Roger Taylor and actor Peter Straker in drag and Freddie portraying his various guises from some of Queen's most iconic music videos. See if you can name them all. Here is the music video for Freddie Mercury's "The Great Pretender."

(C) Freddie Mercury Solo YouTube Channel, Universal Music Group

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09/05/2025

Hello Everyone!

I'm back this week to begin the month of September with a brand new countdown from 1964 courtesy of 77 WABC! Check back here tomorrow at 7 AM EST to vote for this week's Pick Hit. The countdown begins at 9 AM.

Listen LIVE from 7 AM to 10 AM EST on wfdu.fm, 89.1 on your dial, or on any radio streaming service.

See you tomorrow!

09/02/2025

A very special Happy Heavenly Birthday to the prodigy known as Billy Preston!

Born in 1946, he developed a natural gift for the piano at a young age having been completely self-taught. By age 10, he was playing organ for Mahalia Jackson. By age 11, he appeared on the Nat King Cole show in 1957. By 1962, he played for Little Richard and then Ray Charles five years later. He was such a talented pianist that, through the recommendation of George Harrison, joined The Beatles during the “Get Back” and “Abbey Road” sessions to play keys.

Want to see how much of a natural he is? Here he is on the German music program “Beat-Club” busting out a jam of “Them Changes” with Manuel Kellugh (drums) and Robert Sam Jr. (piano) of Graham Central Station, Grady Manning (bass), and George Johnson (guitar) of the Brothers Johnson!

Happy Birthday, Billy! ♥️
(C) Beat-Club, Beat-Club YouTube Channel

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08/29/2025

Hey Everyone!

Just wanted to jump on here today to say that I will not be doing a show tomorrow. I’m taking the time to enjoy one last weekend of summer with my family. Next week, I’ll be back to do the first of September with another countdown as always.

See you next week, and have a great weekend!

08/26/2025

in 1978, Frankie Valli was at #1 on the HOT 100 with “Grease!” It would sell 7 million copies after being released as a single from the original soundtrack in May earlier that year. Also, you may or may not know, this song was written by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees.

As such, here’s something you might enjoy. This is the Bee Gees (Barry, Robin & Maurice) performing the song at their famous “One Night Only” special in Las Vegas in 1997. Barry sings the opening verse, followed by Frankie’s vocals (from the track), and even an appearance from the late Olivia Newton-John in the audience!

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08/25/2025

in 1986, Paul McCartney released his “Press To Play” album.

This album doesn’t get talk about much, which for Paul might be a bit of a blessing. The album became his lowest-selling album of his career selling just over 250,000 copies, it failed to certify gold and only peaked at #30 on the album charts. Plus, after the critical and commercial disaster of the “Give My Regards To Broad Street,” this was definitely not the follow up fans had been hoping for.

I just so happen to have a copy of the first single released from that album simply titled “Press.” It only peaked at #21 here in the USA, and yes the sleeve is a little banged up but so was Paul’s career at the time.

08/23/2025

Good Morning, Everyone!

Time to vote for this week's WABC Pick Hit! Comment down below, email me at [email protected] or call (201)-692-2012 to cast your vote along with your requests. The countdown starts at 9 AM EST.

Listen LIVE at wfdu.fm, 89.1 on your dial or on any radio streaming service.

May the best song win!

08/22/2025

Good Morning, Everyone!

Summer's almost over but, I promise, we're gonna continue the summer fun as long as we can! This week's countdown is brought to you by 77 WABC as we go back to the year 1965. Check back on this page tomorrow morning at 7 AM EST to vote for this week's Pick Hit.

Listen LIVE from 7 AM to 10 AM EST on wfdu.fm, 89.1 on your dial or on any radio streaming service.

See you tomorrow!

08/21/2025

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Just released today - In anticipation for the brand new The Beatles’ “Anthology 4,” you can listen to the updated remix of 1995’s “Free As A Bird” from Anthology 1. All part of the new and updated “Anthology Series” from The Beatles coming on November 26th!

(C) The Beatles YouTube Channel, Apple
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08/20/2025

It's International Beatleweek in this week! Brought to us by Cavern City Tours in Merseyside, it's an annual celebration of the music of the Fab Four with live music all week long at the famous Cavern Club.

To celebrate the beginning of the week, and inspired by the 60th Anniversary of their Shea Stadium concert, I popped on this legendary live album on my Yellow Submarine turntable. This is "The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" - Released on Capitol Records in 1977 it was the only official live album release from The Beatles at the time taken from their performances in 1964 and 1965. Brought to us by George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick as an intense labor of love, it is for those unlucky fans (like myself) who wanted to witness the magic of a live Beatles concert to the tune of 13 iconic songs and about 17,000 screaming girls.

Happy International Week!