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This week I have the privilege to speak to one of the guys who was there when R&B; vocal groups reigned supreme. Terry Johnson began as port of the much storied Baltimore vocal group, the Whispers. After they failed to achieve success, Terry joined The Flamingos and the rest is history. He wrote, sang and played guitar on many Flamingos classics including “The Ladder Of Love”, “Mio Amore” and “I Only Have Eyes For You”. My interview with Terry Johnson will air all week on “Harlem”.

Harlem Airs:

Monday 3/24 at 1pm ET

Tuesday 3/25 at 9pm PT – Midnight ET

Friday 3/28 at 6pm ET

Sunday, 3/30 at 11am ET

-MTC

Tonight’s show features a Top 50 countdown of a record survey from Buddy Deane’s Baltimore TV show from this week in 1958. Buddy Deane was the “Dick Clark” of Baltimore/DC and hosted a daily teen dance show on Channel 13, WJZ from 1957-1964. We’ll be countin’ ’em down beginning at 8pm ET – 5pm PT. Some of these songs receive very little airplay as they were regional hits in Baltimore, so you should hear a few that you’ve never heard before.

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Part 2

Harlem just can’t be satisfied. We’re still thirsty for some Whiskey, Gin & Wine, so we’re headin’ back to the bar, pub and juke joint for some more Rhythm & Blues Drinking Songs. This week, you’ll hear a new set of drinkin’ songs from Wynonie “Mr. Blues” Harris, Stick McGhee, The Clovers, Big Jay McNeely and many many more. Harlem’s philosophy: What’s the use of getting sober, when you’re only gonna get drunk again?

Harlem Airs on The 50s on 5:
Monday, 3/17 at 1pm over a juke joint in Mississippi
Tuesday night 3/18 at 9pm over a dive in LA and midnight over a pub in Boston
Friday 3/21 at 6pm over a gin mill in Baltimore
Sunday 3/23 at 11am for the morning after

Who drank my beer, while I was in the rear?
-MTC