Category Archives: People

My friend and pop music legend Pat Boone is celebrating his 86th birthday today! We go back a long way. My November 29th, 1957 Vancouver Sun column saluted Pat: “Pat Boone, contender for the top vocalist of 1957, was on hand for the gala premiere last week at the Roxy of his second motion picture…

Little Richard, a true rock’n’roll original, passed away this morning (5/9/2020). He was 87. This interview was recorded June 12, 1957. Little Richard was appearing at the PNE Exhibition Gardens, and I persuaded him to visit CKWX. There, Richard submitted to the interview, but it wasn’t long before he walked over to a piano sitting…

My friend Terry Moore recorded this interview with Charlton Heston and his son Fraser in Vancouver back in 1981. Terry was a terrific interviewer who knew how to bring out the best in his subjects. Here’s a preview of the first of two parts from Red Robinson’s Legends, yours to enjoy from our friends at Spotify!…

Dave Keeley writes: “Your Portland venture was my favorite in your first book. Why? Because I lived there, heard you on radio and watched your show. At nine years old getting my taste for Rock’nRoll. I have a question for you. In May of 1959 KISN started up. I’m wondering if you or anybody at KGW…

I moved to Portland in 1959 for a job offer from Mrs. Dorothy Bullitt, owner of KGW Radio and TV. It was a chance to get TV exposure I couldn’t get in Vancouver, with only CBC-TV on the air here. Portland Bandstand, sponsored by Coca-Cola, followed Dick Clark’s American Bandstand live on KGW-TV Monday nights…

This Rolly Ford photo with Eddie Cochran showing me how to hold a guitar was taken backstage at the Georgia Auditorium in October 1957. Eddie was killed in a car crash in England while on tour with Gene Vincent. It happened April 17, 1960 – 60 years ago today. Eddie, girlfriend Sharon Sheeley and Gene…

Brilliant update on a classic from the legendary Paul Anka. Stay safe this weekend!…

“Jack Cullen and Red Robinson were cut from the same cloth: both were East Vancouver kids. So was I, and in the early days that meant black music reigned, due to the demographic of the neighbourhood. That went a long way in Red embracing the music and later insisting he play it on the air…

Kelly Latremouille is the late Fred Latremouille‘s younger brother! We worked together at Rogers Media’s FUN-FM and he’s now at Stingray’s 104.3 – The Breeze. Kelly called to wish me a happy birthday, and if you missed it “live” here’s the call. Thanks Kelly!…