Herb Oscar Anderson
…Todd Storz and his P.R. staff dreamed up a myriad of crazy contests where listeners could win big bucks. (See the 1956 Contest Craze.) One contest involved a check that…
Continue reading →…Todd Storz and his P.R. staff dreamed up a myriad of crazy contests where listeners could win big bucks. (See the 1956 Contest Craze.) One contest involved a check that…
Continue reading →On September 19, 1958, the Minneapolis Spokesman reported that “300 St. Paul Youngsters ‘Rock’ For Freedom & NAACP.” “WE’RE GONNA ROCK FOR FREEDOM” might well have been the cry of…
Continue reading →…complex called the Lilac Lanes Shopping Center, which had a prime location at the Northeast corner of Highway 100 and Excelsior Blvd. The 30,000 square foot shopping center was the…
Continue reading →…Steve Tibbetts – “Exploded View” Minnesota Composers Forum – “Free Fall” Brian Bart – “Future Vision” Yanni – “Out of Silence” Glenn Helgeson – “Zero Gravity” CLASSICAL CONDUCTORS…
Continue reading →…promoter, producer and engineer, both locally and nationally. (The link downloads a pdf that no doubt needs updating.) In 2008 David was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame….
Continue reading →…De Conge, popular exotic dancer. In August 1957 Jimmy Binkley and his Popular Combo, the Dutch and Dutchy comedy team, and Lottie the Body were the featured performers at…
Continue reading →…The Awards were held on April 9, 1979, in the Grand Ballroom of the St. Paul Hotel. A comedy group called Modern Entertainment emceed the program. (Mike Steele, Minneapolis Tribune,…
Continue reading →…health commissioner shut it down. $5,000 was divided among the final eight couples. This event was followed by many others around the country, which featured room for an audience, a…
Continue reading →…CLUB The following account comes from several sources: contemporary newspaper accounts, research by Jeff Neuberger, and a contemporary account by the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis: On February 3, 1928,…
Continue reading →To call attention to its new identity, on its first day as the new Top 40 station, WDGY kicked off a cash giveaway contest craze that would involve almost every…
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