Jumpin' Jack Sanders '61 Aircheck

[Travis]

Surprisingly, the Jumper's delivery sounds like most imitations of a top-40 DJ whenever someone is asked to do one. Perhaps, this is where that style of delivery originated. I had based the sound of Sanders on commercials and records that he had recorded, so it was quite a shock when I finally heard the aircheck. Sanders is so up in tone that his voice actually sounds nasal at times, but the energy level is certainly there and it was great to hear the legendary Jumpin' Jack Sanders.

Also, just as surprising, Tom Hall's newscast could just as well have been a newscast from today. Tornados, flooding, robbery, murder, teen violence and foreign conflict (Leopold's campaign and the Congo free state). Just goes to show that the more things change, the more they remain the same. If these things are truly the signs of the end of time then the world should have ended 50 frickin' years ago.

By the way, when Tom Hall "wowed" the start of the comments of an MSD spokesman, it was pure heaven for me. That's radio as I remember it: mistakes, mistakes, mistakes. Nothing expresses our humanity like mistakes (at least on the radio). This was a fun listen and I'm grateful to Vee Lamb for getting this to John Quincy for all to hear via 79WAKY.COM

[1240WINN]

An amazing aircheck! I am glad Vee Lamb shared it with us.

What is especially interesting about the aircheck to me is Jack introducing a record by the Tren-dells. I also enjoyed the New Albany High School jingle--I wonder if at one time WAKY had jingles for all the local high schools?

Again, what a great piece of Louisville radio history!

[bpflederer]

Yes, WAKY had a full package of the high school jingles. Those jingles were later put on cart. They original were on a big disc, if I remember 33-1/3rd RPM. If I recall, it was on one of those big carts too, at the beginning and later went to a 5 minute cart. They were mostly played on the nights and the winners were aired abound sports scores. Rudy liked them, and aired them more often. I do not remember them being reel-reel for the maggie in the mid 60's.

[bpflederer]

Thank you VLJ for telling me about the tape.

[bruiser]

Jan 23, 2012 15:48:50 GMT -5 1240WINN said:

An amazing aircheck! I am glad Vee Lamb shared it with us.

What is especially interesting about the aircheck to me is Jack introducing a record by the Tren-dells. I also enjoyed the New Albany High School jingle--I wonder if at one time WAKY had jingles for all the local high schools?

Again, what a great piece of Louisville radio history!

Speaking of the Tren-dells, or in this case, The Trend-els, here is the tune from the aircheck:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-73QUpm5MC8

[Travis]

I seem to recall that Jack Sanders had ties to the Tren-dells, but may be way off. If he did, it would probably explain his enthusiasm when he intro'd the record. Paul Penny was a member of that band and it was he who told of how Sanders got his name by jumping wildly about on the stage whenever he was introduced and the teenagers would go crazy. Jack was also one of the founders of SAMBO (Sanders, Allen, Martin... can't remember what the "B" and "O" were for).

What a guy. Wish he were still with us today; what stories he could tell and questions he could answer.

[bruiser]

The B and O stand for Booking Office. They were a bunch of bookies. J/K The name was later changed to Triangle Talent, because of the perceived racism of the SAMBO name.

Ray Allen and Hardy Martin were part of The Carnations. They wanted to get into the big time, and wanted a radio connection, preferably with someone in the radio biz who had the right connections. They hoped that Jack was the man, so they approached him about joining in a business deal to help promote themselves and other local artists. That's how SAMBO came about.

The Carnations were primarily an instrumental group, although Ray Allen did some singing, and had done some recording. The Tren-dells were a vocal quartet who started appearing with The Carnations. Paul Penney was a single act, who also joined up with The Carnations. So, you had a package show, with an instrumental band, a quartet, and a "teen idol". The formula worked well until the British Invasion, then the old ways just fell apart.

Here's a little trivia: The Sultans, with Cosmo singing lead, had the first local number one hit. In fact, it was a double sided number one. The sides were "It'll Be Easy" and "You Got Me Going". Think they're both on youtube, if anyone is interested.