Category: Red’s Mail

  • More C-FUN Memories

    Red, my husband and I watch you often on Global TV in the mornings and you bring back to us memories of Vancouver Radio in the 1950’s. In 1956 I moved to Vancouver from Prince Rupert and hunted for my first job in the record business. I was trained in a record department from the…

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  • November mailbag

    Hi Red, I had the pleasure of meeting you many years ago a charity fun run for old classic cars. It was hosted by the Lions Club sponsoring Easter Seals. It started out at the Guildford Shopping Centre in Surrey and this would have been around 1997. And around that time the 3 act play…

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  • Beatles, Beach Boys, And Burgers

    Hello Red, I am writing in regards to the Beatles’ performance in 1964 in Vancouver. My sister (then 16) and myself (12) travelled from Cortez Island where we grew up, to Vancouver to see the show. Imagine, two country bumpkins arriving to all that hysteria. We were dropped off outside by our family and then…

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  • Incoming! Reading your email

    Hi Red, another great Sunday of the greatest oldies of all time. As strange as this sounds in some ways you remind me of Dick Clark playing the old tunes on American Bandstand. When I was growing up in the late seventies and eighties I watched that show every Saturday. Well buddy keep up the…

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  • Mail: From Rock to Brock!

    Dear Red, we have been fans of yours and your radio show for a long time. Your show and music are very special to lots of us out there. It is unfortunate that most radio stations have moved away from the music and real-time DJ programming. I go back to the days of Alan Freed.…

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  • Requests & Dedications

    I have to tell you, you really have me in stitches on a relaxing Sunday (aren’t they all??) while I lay back (a lazy Taurus), enjoying your show! Thank you for sharing your humorous wit, knowledge and experiences with your listening audience, I absolutely love your show. As I approach turning fff….f…fffff….. *sigh*…. FIFTY (augh!!),…

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  • Fiestas & Marathons: Mail

    Hi Red, how are you? I went to Kitsilano in the 60’s and I knew Fred Latremouille from Kitsilano and I have talked to you and met you over the years. I actually saw you a couple of months ago and I wrote in for a request (which you played), thank you very much. I…

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  • Red’s mailbag – February edition

    Did I hear you say some time ago that Roy Orbison and k.d. lang recorded Crying somewhere in Vancouver? Where and when? Thanks, Doug Kochen Yes, it was recorded at Blue Wave studios on 2nd Avenue. How do I know? Roy told me when he was in town for the session. Mr. Robinson, I enjoy…

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  • Putting The “Christmas” In “Merry Christmas”

    Red, we are listening to  your show this morning and loving every minute of it.  Not only because you play the best music but because you call Christmas, Christmas.  Not “the holiday” not “the season” and we really do appreciate that. With so many people, businesses and government so busy trying to be politically correct…

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  • A couple of nice letters…

    Dear Mr. Robinson: Recently, like many others, I had the opportunity of reading the article on the past half century of your life and it brought back a great deal of memories. To quote a few of the statements or, partial statements, “No story on Red Robinson would be complete” or to be more accurate…

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