Robert W. Morgan, KHJ History of R&R, February 23, 1969 Hour 38 (0:47:37)

… I can hold my breath three times as long, if I want to …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]Norm Garr contributed Hour 38 of the First and Original History Of Rock And Roll, and it concludes the two-hour presentation of vocalists. Norm’s recordings are copies from the tapes given to listeners who won a complete set of this original HR&R. They are one generation down from the masters, containing program content only – no news, no commercials. This hour was broadcast early Sunday morning, between 1 and 2AM, on February 23, 1969.
Beginning with Bob Dylan (“I’m just as good a singer as Caruso”), working up to Tina Turner (with words from Ike Turner) the hour wraps up with Lou Rawls.

Host Robert W. Morgan announces the next two hour segment (which started at 2AM that morning) will feature The Blues.

This hour orginally included a ten-minute newscast.

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I met Richard Irwin, aka Uncle Ricky, when we were freshmen at East Carolina University.  We both had worked at local stations in our hometowns.  No one was more passionate about radio, especially Top 40 radio, than my friend Richard. 

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