… Everyday People, that’s who we hire …
Tape #2 was a special ongoing feature, recorded in production at WMCA, the
formerly Fabulous 57. The jocks we’ll hear are Jack Spector
and “Dandy” Dan Daniel  they are doing a half-hour Top 10
countdown show especially for the armed forces in Vietnam, based on the WMCA
surveys from the weeks of February 19, 1969 and April 1, 1969 (listen for the
reference to how they could no longer refer to themselves as “The Good Guys”…
that odd period after their heyday, and before they brought the slogan back,
captured for posterity!). The sincerity and warmth of Spector and Daniel are quite apparent.
It’s sponsored by Coca-Cola, and the company gets one commercial in the
middle of each program: those now-legendary Coke jingles, sung by the pop
artists of the time, fashioned after the production of their actual hits. It
was from this series that you’ll remember the breakout recording by The
Fortunes, “It’s The Real Thing”, which became an Advertising legend.
COMMENTS FOR JACK SPECTOR, WMCA 2/19/1969