K-Hits has been promoting that they are going to carry "The History of Rock and Roll" all New Year's weekend starting Thursday morning. I remember hearing this back in the 70s and I was very impressed with the production and quality of the show. The show was produced by Bill Drake (RIP) and has his stamp all over it. I can't wait to hear it again this weekend.

Didn't KGW carry that show too? I enjoyed the show.

Yes; KGW carried in in 1973 or so.

It's interesting that they would acknowledge that the 50s even existed!

A terrific retrospective with top notch content and tight editing! The late, great, Bill Drake's voice in many sets on 106.7 FM. Every student of Rock & Roll (and top-40 radio) needs to hear this.

The History Of Rock And Roll was originally voiced by Robert W. Morgan. Drake voiced the 1976 remake.

Been listening for the last couple hours. I could listen to this stuff constantly. If they played this kind of stuff from this era more often, I might listen to them more.

This airing, however, sounds distorted. Like something was overdriven in the chain somewhere. I know the originals sound better than what it sounds like on 106.7 because I have the original discs. Currently playing Beach Boys Good Vibrations. Sounds distorted on all my radios.

I must have missed the '50's part.

Hear it NOW:

http://player.play.it/player/player.html?id=147&onestat=klth2

It isn't chronological.

The final partof thatprogram is an assembly of slices of all number ones from 1957 to 1973 in chronologic order(?)

I really have enjoyed the show although it sounds like they remade parts of it. Its fun to hear the interviews of rockers some of which are no longer with us. You learn things with a show like that. I didn't know that Good Vibrations was about a dog that Brian had.

That's not what I got out of it. I thought he said his mother was talking about how a dog would bark at some people but not others because of the vibrations they were putting out. This was given as an example. 16 years later, he wrote the song.

Which is what I heard too. We are saying the same thing.

Wow. I haven't heard it since I played the original version on the air in the early 70's.

Nice to hear Bill Drake's voice again, too, narrating.

Is it still 50 hours long? I'm curious about the credits at the end. I know they revised it in the late 70's.

I'm guessing that it is now longer (in its entirety) since it went to 1980 this time. A great show! Great to hear Bill Drake.