By biggray1 (62.254.0.6 - 62.254.0.6) on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:42 am:

Just finished playing Deon Jacksons Lp=Love makes the world go round, wich is great,upon reading the cover notes i have a few questions that could spark off a good conversation piece.
Can anyone remember the Tv show Swing time,on CKLW-TV,the Broadcast of this station was in the winter of 65!and the Lp notes mention Record Hops! what was the format of them!! I know some of you guys will know all about the above mentioned and i apologize if this thread has been mentioned before.
Where did Deon record Some day the sun will shine! is it a Carla recording!!! awesome song. biggray1

By acooolcat (211.78.28.80 - 211.78.28.80) on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 02:31 pm:

Mel,
Record Hops were where acts would perform their latest song - often miming it. DJs would plug the 45 and it was basically a substitute for payola... as the DJ would collect ticket/door money.
Graham

By Sue (152.163.194.199 - 152.163.194.199) on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 02:40 pm:

And the show on CKLW was Swingin' Time, with Robin Seymour, a WKNR-AM deejay, as the host.

Each week would salute a different high school, and a lot of the great Motown artists appeared on Robin's show. If you do a search on Robin's name on this forum some more info will come up.