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Rockin' Rochester: The 1960's: 1960 "Rockin'
Rochester" b/w "Lemon Lime" The Tempests-Lifetime 1010 "Love Letters" b/w "You Can Fall in Love" Steve Alaimo &
the Redcoats-Dade 1805 "Blue fire" b/w "My
heart never said goodbye" Steve Alaimo & the Redcoats-Dickson 6444/5 & Imperial
X5699 (August/October) "Dum Dee Dee Dum"
b/w "Night Cap" Mickey Lane-Laurie 3071 (September) "Record Hop Dream" b/w I Cried a Teen Age Tear" Lonnie
Mae w/Gene (Cornish) & his Satelites-Fine (December) 1961 "Perkin(s) b/w "Hi Ho-The Redcoats-Kite "Unchained Melody" b/w 'It happens ev'ry time" Steve Alaimo-Imperial 5717
(January) "Spooky"
b/w "The Redcoats Are Coming" Count Stephen (Steve Alaimo)-Marlin 6103 "Big Bad Beulah" b/w " b/w 'I cried all the way home" Steve Alaimo-Checker
981 (June) WHEC becomes the sole occupant of the channel 10 frequency in Rochester, as the WVET group purchases WROC
channel 8. WHEC becomes a full-time CBS affiliate in 1962. "All night long" b/w "I'm thankful" Steve Alaimo-Checker 989 (August) "The Waiting's
So Hard" b/w "You Got Me Whistling" Steve Alaimo-Checker 998 (November) 1962 "Since
I Lost You" b/w "Winner Takes All" Gene Cornish with the Gene Cornish Nobles -Vassar V-319
(January) "Ft.
Lauderdale, USA" b/w "Johnny come home" Bill Friel & his Fabulous Furies-Joker 45 (Released
January 27, 1962) "Mashed
potatoes (Part one)" b/w ""Mashed potatoes (Part two)" Steve Alaimo-Checker 1006 -(February) Debuted on Record World 3/12/62, # 100 for 1 week, Billboard
Hot 100 March 17, 1962 for 1 week at # 81 "My
Friends' b/w "Goin' back to Marty" Steve Alaimo-Checker 1018 (June) "One good reason" b/w "Cry myself to sleep" Steve Alaimo-Checker 1024 (September)
"Let's Do The
Capri" b/w "Lonely Will I Stay" Gene Cornish w/the Tomlin Sisters-Dawn
550 (September) September 8, 1962:WROC-TV
moves from channel 5 to channel 8 on September 8, 1962, as part of another channel allocation change, while WHEN-TV in Syracuse
moves from channel 8 to channel 5, to allowed a new station on channel 9 to enter the Syracuse market. WROC becomes Rochester's
full-time NBC affiliate. September
15, 1962: Channel 13, WORK-TV, signs on the air as Rochester's ABC affiliate. "Everyday I have to cry" b/w "Little girl" Steve Alaimo-Checker
1032-(December)
Debuted on Billboard Hot 100 1/5/63. Highest position: # 46, -10 weeks on charts, Cashbox 1/19/63 #45 -11 wks, Record World
1/19/63 #36 -9 wks. Steve
Graduates from the University of Miami and he stays in Miami. The Redcoats follow suit, where they will stay until 1964 when
they move to San Francisco and become The Mojo Men.
Midtown Plaza, America's first indoor shopping mall, opens.
1963 "My misery" b/w "Be mine" Catalinas-Novart "Last days of Kinzua" b/w "Redskin rumble" Red Arrow & the Braves-Kinzua
101 (October) "One more day, one more
night" b/w "Lord, my cell is cold" Kack Klik-Kack Klik/House of Guitar Records (December) 1964
Armond & Bruce Schaubroeck open up the House Of Guitars
at 645 Titus Avenue. "Lightning" b/w "May
You Walk Alone ?" Don & Tony & the Nighthawks-Star Artists 101 "I Wanna Be A Beatle" b/w "Oh, Misery" Gene Cornish & the Unbeetables-Dawn
551 (March) "The Chiller" b/w "Chiller
Limbo" Vic Plati Quintet -Brave Hearts (March) "Take off with the Stingrays" 10" LP The Stingrays (with
Brad Wheat, later of the Heard) "I'm Allright" b/w "Stuff"
The Invictas -Bengel 113 (March 1964) WACK-AM in Newark,
NY lists 'Stuff" as Ferde Smith's (later to find fame as Ferdinand J. Smith) Pick of the Weeks on 2/15/65.
"Stuff/I'm Allright/Ooh Poo Pah Do/Long Tall Shorty" The
Invictas -Bengel DIS-1980 EP (Rec. 1964, released August 1980) "At The Beach" b/w "Summer's Comin'" Bobby Francis-Centaur
45 (May) "As Time Goes By" b/w "Tomorrow" The Groop
Ltd.-Integrity 213 (June 1964) "Summertime"
b/w "Teenager" Bill Friel & his Fabulous Furies Integrity 214 (June 1964) "Echo" B/W "Desert Wind" The Vaqueros-Audition
6102 (June 1964) July:
3 days of race rioting devestates the city. "Shaggy
Dog" b/w "Oo-Oo" Mickey Lee Lane-Swan 4183-Debuted Billboard 10/10/64, reached
#38, 9 weeks. Cashbox 10/10/64, #38, 10 weeks,
Record World 10/24/64 # 43, 8 weeks. "Live at
Palisades Amusement Park" Gene Cornish & the Unbeatables-Fawn LP Gene
Cornish joins Joey Dee & the Starlighters, and meets Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere, and Dino Dinelli, who form the
Young Rascals late in the year. "Dance Time"
EP (Peanut Butter/You Can't Do That/Green Fields/Good Lovin')-Bobby & the Bombers-Century Custom 20017
'No return" b/w "Moon Relay" The
Vistas-Tuff 451965 (September) 'Little
Girl You Look So Fine" b/w "Together" The Noblemen-Epic 5-9723 (September)
Wednesday, September 16th: "Shindig"
debuts on ABC. Guests are Sam Cooke; The Everly Brothers; Jackie &
Gayle; Bobby Sherman; The Blossoms; Alan Sues; The Wellingtons & The Righteous Brothers. "Never Again" b/w "Who Are The Baby Dolls" The Baby
Dolls-Skyline single (December) "The
Zoo" b/w "(They're All In) The Senior Class-Mickey Lee Lane-Swan 4199 (December) 1965 Tuesday, January 12th: "Hullabaloo"
debuts on NBC. Guests Host is Jack Jones; Headliners are Gerry & The Pacemakers, with guest artists the
New Christey Minstrels; The Zombies; Woody Allen; Joey Heatherton; Jocelyne. The Rochester Americans win the American Hockey League's Calder Cup.
"The Hump" b/w "Long Tall Shortie" Sahara 107
(March 1965; # 1 on WSAY-AM, Rochester; also # 1 in Miami. Banned in Boston, of course.) (Available
on The best of Herb Gross & the Invictas-Forevermore CD, 1996) "Do
It" b/w "The Hook" The Invictas -Sahara 110 (May 1965) (Available
on: The best of Herb Gross & the Invictas-Forevermore CD, 1996; Garage Monsters comp. Vault LP 1986; Oil Stains # 1 comp.
dB LP 1982) Monday, June 28th: "Where
The Action Is" debuts on ABC. Guests are Jan & Dean. Dick Clark hosts, regulars include: Paul
Revere & The Raiders, The Knickerbockers, The Robbs, The Hardtimes, Steve Alaimo, Linda
Scott, Keith Allison, Tina Mason, & The Action Kids. The show airs 5 days a week after school. The show
runs through March, 1967. "Little Girl (I Was Wrong)"
b/w "When You're In Love-Mickey Lee Lane-Swan 4210 "College
Psychology on Love" b/w "Babe, we are not part of society" the Churchmice-House of Guitars
Records "Never again" b/w "Who are the Baby Dolls"
The Baby Dolls-Skyline "Hey Sha-Lo-Ney"
b/w "Of Yesterday"-Mickey Lee Lane-Swan 4222 The
Invictas 'A Go-Go-Sahara LP 101 Monday November
1st: The Rolling Stones play the War Memorial. Police stop the show after seven songs because of the
unruly crowd. Patti Labelle & the Blue Belles open the show. WBBF 950 AM chart for the week ending November 13, 1965 has the Rolling Stones "Get
Off of My Cloud" at #1. Future actor Jerry Fogel has the 6pm-10pm shift. He will soon leave for Hollywood and end up
with a starring role in 'The Mothers-In-Law' on NBC Saturday
November 20th: Bob Dylan plays the War Memorial (the Hawks are his band). 1966 The
Blizzard of 1966 leaves 34 inches of snow, and shuts down city for five days. "It's No Use" b/w "Somebody To Love" The Playboys-Bengel
PK-122765 (February 1966) "Mean Willy"
P.B & the Staunchmen (Dansville, NY) Lee Records (February 1966) "Laugh with the wind" b/w "Stop it baby" The Heard-Audition
Records (March 1966) WBBF 950 AM chart
for the week ending March 25, 1966 has the Beatles "Nowhere Man" at #1. Also notable is The Heard at #6 with "Laugh
With the Wind". "Gloria" by the Shadows
of Knight is listed as a "Pick To Pop"!!! The
Rochester Americans win the American Hockey League's Calder Cup. "Land
of olden" b/w "Drambuie" The Coachmen (April 1966)
(No label) "Warning" b/w "Take A Taxi" The Humans
(Albion, NY) (May14, 1966) Audition "Bright lights, big city" Steve Alaimo-ABC-Paramount 10764 "The Only Thing To Do" b/w "She Don't Want To"-Mickey
Lee Lane-Swan 4252 "Bad Trip" b/w "Wait
For Me" The Darelycks Fine FI-111 (June 1966)
" It Can Happen!!" b/w "Since You've Gone Away"
Little Peppy & Bare Existence Fine Records 45(September 1966) "I Don't Want to Cry" b/w "Move Girl" Soul Brothers Six Fine Records 45(September 25, 1966) "Time
after time" b/w "Free as the wind" The Method-Fine Records "I don't want to cry " b/w "Move girl" Soul
Brother Six-Fine FI-9M25661 (September 1966) "Weird"
b/w "Give Me A Try" Nu Sound Ltd. 6111 The Wee Four (October 1966) "All About Love" b/w 'Bo Diddley" The Cavemen-Capitol
Star Artist 18285/86 (November 1966) Although recorded at Fine Recording Studio in
Rochester, this group is from Buffalo,NY September 6, 1966: WXXI-TV, channel 21, signs on the air as a full-time
educational station from studios at East High School in Rochester. "Nothing To Say Today" b/w "Turn On Your Love Light" The
Show Stoppers-Columbia 43914 (November 14, 1966) 1967
WBBF 950 AM chart for the week ending February 18th, 1967
has the Monkees "Mary Mary/She, others" at #1 (which means the entire "More of the Monkees" LP). Future
NBC newswoman and current WBBF DJ Jessica Savitch's Pick to Pop is "Yellow Baloon" by the Yellow Baloon. "Come With Me (to another world)" b/w "Love Is Gone" The
Angry Men -Torch T-1001 -#12 for the second straight week on WBBF's 2/10/67 "Busy Bee Official
Super Hit Survey" "Live For Today"
b/w "Sad Boy " Vick Pernell (with The Hangmen ) Century 45 "My Rights" b/w "I Want Your Love" The Acoustics (Palmyra,NY)-Canaltown
"It's Not That Way" b/w "You Wouldn't Believe Me" Terry
Pillitere (of the 'Wee Four') Nu-Sound Ltd. 6112 (March 1967) WBBF 950 AM chart for the week ending March 10th, 1967 again has the Monkees
"She, others" at #1 (which means the entire "More of the Monkees" LP). "Some Kind Of Wonderful" b/w "I'll Be Loving You" The Soul
Brothers Six-Atlantic 2406 (May 1967) Debuted on Billboard Hot 100 June 24,
1967. Highest position: # 91, spent 1 week on chart. "If You Want To, Why Don't You" b/w "Once More With Love" The
Show Stoppers-Columbia 44184 (June 27, 1967) Moves from #12 to #5 on WBBF's 8/4/67 "Busy Bee Official Super Hit Survey" July 27th: The Monkees play
the War Memorial, with the Sundowners opening the show. August
30th: Herman's Hermits, The Who & the Blues Magoos play the War Memorial.
"She Don't Got The Right" b/w "I Try!" The
Young Tyrants-In Records 11M67101 (September 1967) ("She Don't Got The
Right" is available on "Class Of '66" Wanted LP, 1995; "I Try" is available on "Open Up Yer
Door!" Frog Death LP, 1984 & "Project Blue # 3: Nevermore-USA Teen Punkers 65-67" Project Blue LP, 1996)
October 28th: The
Mothers Of Invention play the War Memorial. "Lost"
b/w "If You See Me" Pete Morticelli Nu-Sound 45 "Tobacco
Road" b/w "Cat Squirrel " Beethoven's Dream Group In Records (November 1967)
(Batavia, NY group) WBBF 950 AM chart for
the week ending November 13th, 1967 has the Association's "Never My Love" at #1. An interesting debut at #22 is
"From The Underworld" by The
Herd (with Peter Frampton) "Blow On" b/w "New
World " America's Children Rondquoit "What
Can You Do When You Ain't Got Nobody" b/w "You Better Check Yourself" The Soul
Brother Six-Atlantic 2456-Debuted on Billboard "Bubbling Under" charts Jan. 27, 1968.
Highest position: # 107, spent 2 weeks on charts. 1968 "The Detroit Move" b/w "Shake
A Tailfeather" The Invictas-Sahara 117 (February 1968) (Available on The
best of Herb Gross & the Invictas-Forevermore CD, 1996) The
Rochester Americans win the American Hockey League's Calder Cup. WBBF
950 AM chart for the week ending March 10th, 1968 has the First
Edition (featuring Kenny Rogers) at #1. "Tapioca Tundra/Valleri" by The Monkes is at #3. March 21st: The Jimi Hendrix
Experience play the Rochester War Memorial. April
7th: Cream play the Eastman College Theater. "Queen Alice" b/w "News" The Trillium-Mr. G (June 1968) "Your Love Is Such A Wonderful Love" b/w "I Can't Live Without
You" The Soul Brother Six-Atlantic 2535 (July 1968) "Give Me One More Chance" b/w "Get It" Wilmer &
the Dukes Aphrodesiac SME 260- -Debuted on both Cashbox & Record World charts June 22, 1968. Highest
position CB: # 78, 6 weeks on chart, RW #65 weeks on chart. Debuted on Billboard Hot 100 July
20, 1968. Highest position: # 80, spent 6 weeks on charts. WBBF 950 AM chart for the week ending August 18th, 1968 has Ray Stevens "Mr. Business
Man" at #1. "Charlie
& Fed/Light" by Bat McGrath and Don Potter is at #49. "My
Song" b/w "Hell Will Take Care Of Her" Brass Buttons -Cotillion 44013 (November 1968)
WBBF 950 AM chart for the week ending September
8th, 1968 has Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A."" at #1. "Charlie & Fed/Light" by Bat McGrath and Don
Potter moves up to #15. "RU sure" b/w
"Foxy Lady" Whey -Century "Leaving
Here' b/w "When I Get home"-The Rustix Cadet 5628 (November 1968) #25 and
moving upon the 11/17/68 WBBF survey "Tutti
Frutti" b/w "With Your Love-Mickey Lee Lane-Mala 12032(December 1968) The Xerox Tower and Irondequoit Bay Bridge are completed. 1969 WCMF-FM changes format (thanks to Herb Hamlett) to R&B from 6am to 3pm and Underground rock from 3pm to
sign off at midnight. "Thank
You Baby For Loving Me" b/w "Somebody Else
Is Loving My Baby" The Soul Brother Six-Atlantic 2592 (January)
"Heavy Time' b/w "I'm Free" Wilmer &
the Dukes Aphrodesiac SME 261 (February 1969) March:
The Mothers Of Invention play the War Memorial. Wilmer
& The Dukes (LP) Aphrodesiac (Available on: Wilmer & the Dukes-Forevermore CD, 1993)
July 15th: Led Zepplin play Rochester.
"Living In The USA" Wilmer &
the Dukes Aphrodesiac 162 -Debuted on Billboard August 23, 1969. Spent 2 weeks on the chart, highest
position #114. (Available on: Wilmer & the Dukes-Forevermore CD, 1993) (#22 WKNR,
Detroit) "What You Got (is so good for me)" b/w "Drive"
The Soul Brother Six-Atlantic 2645 "Bedlam"
(LP) The Rustix Rare Earth RS-508 -Debuted on Billboard Album chart November
15, 1969. Highest position: # 200, spent 2 weeks on the charts. "Can't you hear the music play?" b/w "I Guess This Is Goodbye" The Rustix
-Rare Earth 5011 (December 1969). The single makes both WBBF and WHFM's charts in early 1970. *-Special
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