… That’s how we grow in Sacramento …
One of my duties at KROY was to re-cart the station jingle using the
original 15ips master from Heller-Ferguson. I recall it was the second-to-last cut on the 10-1/2-inch reel and was a pain to cue properly
without ‘wow-ing’ the BUMP! at the beginning.
When I ran across a couple of copies of the ‘That’s How We Grow In Sacramento’ 45-RPM record, I immediately noticed it, too, was from
Heller-Ferguson. The label reads: “Performed by the Hi-Lo’s and Heller-Ferguson Orchestra, Created and produced by Marty Paich, Jacques Wilson, Allyn Ferguson and Hugh Heller.
Station coordinator Bob Morgan.”
I’ve always wondered if that was the famous Robert W. Morgan, since he once worked at KROY around the time the record was created.
[Uncle Ricky adds:]
This jingle is courtesy of Sacramento voice talent Tom Buck, and we weren’t certain of the origin until Martin provided the information above. The first few comments on this exhibit include some speculation.
I suspect that this jingle was customized and provided to stations
other than KROY in Sacramento. (TM had a similar offering years later,
with their City Song.)