C-FUN 1961 INDEX PAGE

C-FUN	1961	1410

THE SWINGING MEN AT 1410

Al
Jordan

Brian
Lord

Dave
McCormick

The Swinging Men at 1410 in 1961. Painting by Bruce Stewart. Click here or on the image for a larger view.

Frosty
Forst

Jerry
Landa
(tillSept.)

George
Morris
The Late
Daddy 'G'
(Joined
Sept.)

THE C-FUNTASTIC FIFTY introduced every weekend by 'Big Daddy' Dave McCormick Click on the dates below to view the surveys.
Jan. 7 Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25	Mar. 4 Mar. 11 Mar. 18 Mar. 25 Apr. 1 Apr. 8 Apr. 15 Apr. 22 Apr. 29	May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 Jun. 3 Jun. 10 Jun. 17 Jun. 24	Jul. 1 Jul. 8 Jul. 15 Jul. 22 Jul. 29 Aug. 5 Aug. 12 Aug. 19 Aug. 26	Sep. 2 Sep. 9 Sep. 16 Sep. 23 Sep. 30 Oct. 7 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28	Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30
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MORE JINGLES FROM
EARLY 'FUNLAND' RADIO

Survey scans courtesy of
Brian Tarling & Larry Morton.

Fun Again
At 1410

Giant Sound
of Canada's West

Singin' Swingin'
Funtastic 50

Swingin' Men
at 1410

C-FUN's Got the 'Go'
(Courtesy Owen Coppin)

Next News
at 55

C-FUN News
(Quite a racket)

Johnny Burnette plugs
the Dave McCormick Show
(from an aircheck)

Except where noted,
clips are courtesy of

Frosty Forst
plugs an upcoming DJ
Go Kart race at Westwood
Racing Circuit in Coquitlam

BRIAN LORD'S
RADIO STORIES
"Memories of nearly
50 years in the Biz"

From the members
forum at . . .

Part Five
"Jordan's Glimpse of the Underworld, The Manager's Secretary and Landa's Unreasonable Reasoning."

Part Six
"Frosty the Hypnotist, Dave Poops on Lord Recording Epic, Landa's Own Words."

Part Seven
"Big Daddy/BabyBlue, Forst/Bell, Jordan/Morris"

Part Eight
Bob Salter; the Consultant; Dave & Frosty: Vacation in Hawaii

Parts 1 - 4 of Brian Lord's
Radio Stories can be found
in the C-FUN 1960 section.

Survey scans courtesy of
Brian Tarling & Larry Morton.

COMEDY NIGHT ON C-FUN

Every Sunday night from 6 to midnight C-FUN deviated from its Top 40 format to give listeners 6 hours of comedy, everything from Steve Allen's 'Funny Fone Calls', the comedy of Shelley Berman, Bill Dana as Jose Jimenez, Bill Cosby, and so many more. Your host was Andy Laughland.

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THE CORRUPTIBLES

Following the success of Dickie Goodman's The Touchables, C-FUN produced its own variation, The Corruptibles. It was produced "in-house" as a novelty or "break-in" song using clips from other Top 40 songs with in-between narrations leading up to each clip. The Good Guys refers to Andy Laughland--Producer, Dave McCormick--writer, and "Baby Blue Eyes" Brian Lord as narrator. The record was on a C-FUN label and was available only at local Dairy Queen outlets. The flip side was blank. This record may possibly be the very first reference to the C-FUN DJs as the Good Guys, a term which would eventually replace the "Swinging Men at 1410".

Click here or on the label.

FUJIKAMI THE WARRIOR

The Hi-Fives, were normally touted as a serious blues band. It's members included Harry Walker (vocals); Freddy Carotenuto (saxophone); Tab Shori (guitar); Bill Papuc (bass); and Red Lewis/Larry Krashin (drums). Fujikami's" shrieks were those of guest deejay "Frosty" Forst. The group's OTHER single, "Mean Old Woman" was allegedly more representative of their sound. . .
Sourced from Answers.com.

Click on image to hear the promo. Courtesy RadioWest.

Battle of the Bands was a Dance Band competion sponsored by C-FUN 1410 and held monthly at Vancouver's Orpheum theatre.

Hear Al Jordan promote the event in this clip from 1961.

To read the article from
Box Office Showmandiser
click on the image
to the left.

AUTOGRAPHS

Three Swingin' C-FUN DJs
sign the back of Larry Morton's
survey in 1961

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