Jim LaBarara, the music professor
Subtitle: a life amplified through radio & rock 'n' roll
By: by Jim LaBarbara
Publisher: Little Miami Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Milford, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781932250923
Subjects: Popular music; Musicologists; Radio broadcasters; Rock music; Popular culture; History and criticism; Biography
Other titles: Music professor
Description: Jim LaBarbara's career as a radio broadcaster began in 1959 in Pennsylvania and continues now, over 50 years later, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In this autobiography, LaBarbara recalls the times and people of the early years of rock and roll as well as how his career developed after that time.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. [357]) and index.
Table of contents: title: My first record hop; title: My defining moment; title: J. Bentley Starr; title: Cleveland wants me! Not holiday or Starr?; title: Creating Jim LaBarbara; title: Backstage; title: Cleveland's most eligible bachelor; title: A gift from the Hells Angels; title: I'm a WIXY superman and payola; title: WLW Cincinnati "the music professor"; title: My good friend Johnny Bench; title: Denver: what am I doing here?; title: Back to WLW and Cincinnati; title: Drugs, rock 'n' roll, and hanging with a legend; title: Am I dead yet?; title: Bill Randle: my friend and mentor; title: I was invited to a party with Elvis; title: A consummate radio interviewer; title: My obsession with jukeboxes; title: Reinventing myself talk show host/entrepreneur; title: Radio flimflam; title: WGRR calls; title: Motorcycle rider of the year; title: What are you going to do after radio?