I've compiled a list of the 211 Songs You SHOULD Have Heard in 2011 But Possibily Didn't.

There will be a countdown of The Top 91.3 on WVKR 91.3 FM www.wvkr.org

Part One airs Wednesday December 28 from 6 to 8pm
Part Two airs Saturday December 31 from 1 to 4pm.

Many Cold Spring/Hudson Valley acts and independent artists will be featured on Wednesday's edition while Saturday's show will highlight many veteran performers that released material during the past year but were often overlooked.

The program will conclude with The Top 10 Albums I heard while I was doing CSR and there will be CD giveaways of the Number One album.

Hope you'll tune in and Happy New Year!
~sam

Trying my hand at some production work on today's Lost And Found Oldies Show on www.wvkr.org or 91.3FM in the Poughkeepsie area.

We'll explore the "true" meaning of Christmas--heh heh. Lots of fun AND surprises guaranteed. No phone calls, though, but would LOVE your feedback at sam@coldspringradio.com

Thanks and Merry Christmas if you celebrate and Happy Holiday Season if you don't!

Ga La was today. Great to see the following WVKR staff:
Bill Eberle (and lovely wife Carol)
Cathy with a C
Frank of the Vinyl Triumph
Jonny The Boy
Judy
Lyn The She Devil
Nick DeLay
Owen
Pete Clark
Primitive George
Sarah Scott
Vince Vincent

Many of their pics are on the GALLERY page.
No ID--see if you can guess who's who.

Meanwhile, thought you might enjoy this pic of me and my biological half-brother. Yeah, THAT one. Below that, me again with birth mother's half brother 12/10/11.

Owen flying solo this weekend. On the air, that is.
Me--IN the air. On a plane.
Round trip NYC to Detroit--$63. Thank you, Spirit Airlines. Now stop charging me for luggage.

Looking forward to a quickie visit with mom and sis & bro-in-law but will also meet my BIRTH mother's brother. First time I've met a biological relative. Ever. Nervous, you bet....

"See" ya December 17!

Co-host Owen on a cruise so flew solo. Not that I didn't miss the big lug, but I LOVED doing the show today.

Since I came back on the air, I've been tweaking with the format, trying to find the right balance of music and talk, most of it (hopefully) humorous. Today, I think I got it just right.

One caller said I was a "communicator" and I was very flattered by that. Thank you.

Musical notes...I've got every Searchers album released in the States but oddly, none of them contained the B-side of "Love Potion Number 9" --a smokin' version of "Hi Heel Sneakers" that opened the show.......Had no idea that J. Frank Wilson of "Last Kiss" fame put out such great mid-60s power pop ala The Bobby Fuller Four and today's "Not This Time" with his band The Cavaliers is just a hint of more to come. ......Speaking of The BFF, "Never To Be Forgotten" deserves to be remembered and I WILL be playing that one again.......Someone tell me why The Tymes' "Here She Comes" in all its Motownish glory was not a big hit in 1964. This Parkway release peaked at #92? Shameful........Still on my Andy Williams kick. Was going to play Jack Jones' version of "Dear Heart", but Andy's is better. Sorry. It just is. ...........Also loved the Matt Monro and Eddy Arnold tunes I played. Speaking of MM, do yourself a favor and watch "POP GEAR". A must for Mid-60s British Invasion fans........The Greyhounds continue to delight--new CD. Lead Singer Stuart Millman's hiccuping powerful vocals are a highlight on the track I played today, their cover of "Wild Saxaphone".  SEEK THIS OUT!.............And where has that Bee Gees track "Could It Be I'm In Love WIth You" been hiding? Turns out not far from my record collection at all, on a comp called "The Bee Gees 60s Collection" but under the name "Could It Be" (1964)  which means I downloaded it from EMusic for nothing. Rats.

Hope you enjoyed the new feature "Letters To The Lost And Found".  Some of you totally got where I was coming from re: commercial radio. Not many of you watch "X Factor" from the sound of things. Smart people.

Thanks to ALL who had nothing but good wishes on my bio family journey. Phones rang OFF THE HOOK, and I'm grateful for your support.  I'll let you know what happens this weekend.
 
Mark from Wappingers, Tom from Marlboro, Jonny The Boy, Jim from North Carolina (?!), Jackie from?, Alice from Middletown, Bill from Goshen, Mark from Poughkeepsie, Brett from Poughkeepsie, Sam The Tattoo Man, Tony V from (i forgot), Lyn The She-Devil, Karen from Poughkeepsie and anyone I might have forgot....THANK YOU FOR LISTENING and see you in TWO weeks!

Sammy