IT WAS ALL JUST ROCK 'N' ROLL. A Journey to the Center of the Radio & Concert Universe. A Memoir

O'Day, Pat with Jim Ojala

ISBN 10: 0970626495 / ISBN 13: 9780970626493

Published by R&R Press, Seattle, 2002

About this Item

Illustrated from photographs. 368pp. At radio station KJR-am in Seattle, Pat O'Day was the leading disc jockey in the Northwest in the 60s and 70s, and his station was one of the greatest in Top 40 radio history. There he influenced the musical tastes of an entire generation of teenagers (and their parents), on the air with his wit, off the air with his ground breaking work in the fields of concerts and dances. A company he founded, Concerts West, developed into the largest concert promotion firm in the world. They introduced a series of dramatic innovations that helped revolutionize the concert industry.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: IT WAS ALL JUST ROCK 'N' ROLL. A Journey to the Center of the Radio & Concert Universe. A Memoir
• Publisher: R&R Press, Seattle
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970626495
• ISBN 13: 9780970626493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: A fine copy in dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

The memoir of legendary radio man/concert promoter Pat O'Day, one of the key figures in the development of rock music and Top 40 radio in the Northwest.

O’Day’s memoir provides scores of fascinating stories about the radio and music business, featuring such figures as Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Lee Lewis, Paul McCartney and Frank Sinatra and such groups as the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Three Dog Night, the Beach Boys and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.