Al Brady (aka Al Brady Law) died of a brain tumor on July 30, 2012 in a New Hampshire nursing home. He was 67.
His long radio career blossomed in New York at WOR-FM in 1969, and over the years he appeared on, programmed or consulted a multitude of radio stations, including WXLO-FM (99-X), WABC, WNBC and WYNY-FM in New York, WWDJ in New Jersey, WUBE in Cincinnati, WBZ in Boston and KABC in Los Angeles. He was a precision and sometimes controversial manager, drawing disdain from some and praise from others.
On Memorial Day, May 30, 1969, he was filling in for regular Tony Taylor on The Big Town Sound. His Memorial Day show is now a tribute to his talent. This is a three-part presentation. In Part One, we hear the All Time Top 300 from hits #300 though 285.
These recordings are cursed with some nasty splatter (on high frequencies), but are accurate enough to reveal the rather sad condition of some of the WOR-FM vinyl.