By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Friday, April 11, 2003 - 11:37 pm:| By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Friday, April 11, 2003 - 11:37 pm: |
THIS SINGER HAD A SINGLE ON ARGO "BABY SINCE YOU WENT AWAY"/ "I JUST KEPT ON DANCING"
ANYMORE INFO ON DOUG BANKS? IS HE RELATED TO WGCI'S DJ. DOUG BANKS?
| By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.84) on Friday, April 11, 2003 - 11:44 pm: |
Soulpuss,
I could go on about the time my mate got almost the first copies of the tracks you mention above and also a 45 by Douglas Banks and the superb 45 called
'aint that just like a woman/never say goodbye'
on Guyden Records(no.2082)
but I wont bore you.
mel.
| By dvdmike (12.84.118.189) on Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 01:11 am: |
They are the same Doug Banks, that is if you're talking about the DJ.
| By Mark Speck (65.57.22.10) on Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 02:35 am: |
He was a member of the Dreamlovers as well.
Best,
Mark
| By Art Vuolo, Jr. (64.12.97.7) on Sunday, April 13, 2003 - 01:32 pm: |
Doug Banks got his start at WSHJ 88.1 FM at Southfield (MI) High School way back when. He WAS at WGCI-FM Chicago (107.5) when Tom Joyner was there too. He's now at ABC Radio Networks in Dallas and is syndicated to dozens of stations throughout the country and doing VERY well!
| By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Sunday, April 13, 2003 - 01:56 pm: |
Art....
....good to hear from you. For those folks who don't know ARVjr., if there's ONE guy to talk to about Detroit radio (or radio in general), it's him. Just don't tell any Newton Manor stories, OK?
| By jamguyer (151.197.56.98) on Sunday, April 13, 2003 - 05:05 pm: |
Both sides of Doug Banks's "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" and "Never Say Good-bye" are included in The Northern Side of Philly Soul CD that Jamie/Guyden put out last year (Jamie 4019). The liner notes say that the Guyden single "was released in February 1963 as Guyden 2082, just as Doug was being inducted into the U.S. Army, which may explain why it was ignored at the time." The CD is available in stores or at www.jamguy.com.
| By Vic Doucette (209.69.221.253) on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 03:28 pm: |
If the Doug Banks single was released in 1963, radio's Doug Banks would have been about 7 years old at the time.
Doug (the radio guy) and I worked together at WSHJ-FM 88.3 (not 88.1 as previously posted) at Southfield High School in 1973-74. Doug went on to a long, distinguished career as a broadcaster. I went on to a long, undistinguished career as a broadcaster, and am now in the newspaper biz.
| By DF (208.27.111.121) on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 05:35 pm: |
This isn't the same Doug Banks who worked at WBLS in NY, did he? Even though I'm from NY, I don't know if he's still there, because I don't listen to 'BLS any more.
| By Vic Doucette (209.69.221.253) on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 05:51 pm: |
| By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Friday, May 16, 2003 - 06:04 pm: |
DOUG BANKS: WOW!!!...I SAW THE NAME...AND SAID...THIS CAN'T BE THE SAME GUY THAT I KNEW IN THE MID-70'S FROM SOUTHFIELD!!!...I HELPED MY COUSIN LANIE (ARNIE GELLERS SISTER) MANAGE HER CLOTHING STORE AT FAIRLANE TOWN CENTER IN DEARBORN FOR A FEW MONTHS IN ABOUT 1975...AND DOUG BANKS...I CAN STILL SEE HIM...SORT OF A "PUDGY" LIGHT COMPLEXION YOUNG GUY...AND HE WAS WORKING PART TIME AS A D.J. ON FOR A LOCAL STATION( THIS WAS BEFORE MY OWN RADIO DAYS)...AND HE EITHER SOLD BLUE JEANS FOR US...OR SOMETHING...AND I GOT TO KNOW HIM BACK THEN!!!...IS THIS THE *SAME* DOUG BANKS???...WOW...SMALL WORLD!!!...STUBASS