… All 45 records, just 88 cents each, at Sams in Compton …
[By Uncle Ricky]ÂÂ
The Godfrey Show was heard on KTYM (1460) in Inglewood (L.A.)
for at least two years every weekday from 3 to 4 PM. He was heard by many
listeners in the Los Angeles area. On this aircheck from March 31, 1966,
Godfrey is broadcasting live from Sam’s Records and promoting the Big Dance
and Show at Saint Alfonso’s Hall in East Los Angeles. Godfrey’s playlist is
prominently R&B, but hits from The Who and Paul Revere and the Raiders are included, as well as Top 40 “crossovers” from Bobby Bland and The Temptations. It’s also apparent that Godfrey paid his way. In addition to Sam’s Records, Godfrey is pitching John’s Menswear, The Montebello Ballroom and The Record Inn (in East Los Angeles, of course.) And Otis Redding is opening tonight at The Whiskey A-Go-Go on the Sunset Strip. He said he
would be there, and we bet he was.
Don Barrett’s Los Angeles Radio People reported in 1999 that
Godfrey Kerr, who says his mentor was Huggie Boy, was working for City Hall Distributors, a wholesale distributor in the Los Angeles area.