Point of order: La Rosa's tenure at WNEW began much earlier. He was one of the DJs I interviewed for a paper when I was in college in the mid-'70s, and he was there at least a couple of years earlier, according to this 1972 promotion: http://wnew1130.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/name-that-year-edit-text-copy2.jpg My faulty memory says he started there in the late '60s, but I can't confirm this.
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > The singer best known for "Eh Compari" was never completely able to shake > his most infamous moment in 1953 where, after two years as a cast member on > the radio and television programs hosted by the then-powerful Arthur > Godfrey, he was fired by Godfrey during a broadcast of Godfrey's CBS > morning show "Arthur Godfrey Time," allegedly for "lacking humility" (but > more likely for hiring a manager and stepping out on the weekly dance > lessons the "LIttle Godfreys" had to take)--he kept his career going in > nightclubs and on TV and radio (including a long stint as a DJ on New > York's WNEW when the station returned to its roots in the early 80s and > began the adult standards format). He, like other crooners, probably > would've been hurt by rock and roll no matter what, but at least he had the > satisfaction of seeing Godfrey's career steadily go downward after this > incident: > > > http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/singer-julius-la-rosa-fired-godfrey-show-dies-39126207 > > And a clip from an episode of "Biography" (narrated by Jack Perkins) > including Godfrey's actual firing of Mr. LaRosa (during the radio-only > portion of "Arthur Godfrey Time"): > > https://youtu.be/6s75wpdiri8 > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
