Association for Original Rock & Roll

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.Join the over 2,000 members who have signed up since October!Click through slide show to see the benefits of becoming a member. Go to Slide 14 for a 17-track, 45-minute“Finger Poppin’ Time” Xmas Special! (Audio: Run, Run, Rudolph/ Church Berry.) Go to Slide 15 for FREE $350 CD maker. UNITED WE R CK! Original Association for Rock & Roll Original Dedicated to the Golden Age of Rock & Roll (1950-1969) Best Viewed in FULL SCREEN Site updated frequently. Visit often for new music and info.

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United We Rock! The Geator Goes Gold! In 2010, USA (Philadelphia) disc jockey Jerry Blavat, The Geator with the Heator, will celebrate 50 years of broadcasting! He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has received many other honors. Jerry can be seen on PBS’ doo wop specials. In many ways, Jerry epitomizes what our Association is all about – promoting and preserving the Golden Age of Rock & Roll. He is a bona fide “golden oldie, ”… in the bestsense of the phrase. Congratulations, Jerry. To quote your sign-off: “Keep on rockin’, because you only rock once!” For more information on The Geator and to hear some of his programs, see the December 2009 issue ofRockInfo and/or go to www.geator.net. Jerry Blavat Geator with the Heator Audio: Jam Up/Tommy Ridgley

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Welcome to the Association for Original Rock & Roll… created to promote and preserve The Golden Age of Rock & Roll (1950-1969)*focusing on NY/NJ/Philly Doo-Wop, Rare Motown & Memphis (Northern Soul), Classic and Updated R&B (Beach Music) --plus Rockabilly,and SwapRock (Cajun/Zydeco) *and rock music recorded later but with that “golden age” sound. Dedicated to the memory ofDouglas “Jocko” Henderson Go to www.gamble-huff.com to order biographicvideo. United We Rock! Audio: She’s Almost You/Billy Harner

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Benefits include: Discounts on recordings and videos, audio equipment, concerts, record marts, and publications, Monthly e-newsletter, RockInfo Eligibility to win valuable prizes such as shown at right. See Slide 15. Help in becoming a CyberJock so you can host your own Internet radio show United We Rock! Audio: I Don’t Need No Doctor/ Ray Charles

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Discounts on Audio and Video Recordings CDs, LPs and 45splus DVDs and video tapes on R&R and R&B, including documentaries and live performances.Plus books, posters, andother memorabilia. United We Rock! Audio: These Boots Were Made…/Happy Cats

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Discounts on Concerts and Record Marts The association will negotiate discounts with sponsors of selected concerts and record marts to ensure you get the best price! United We Rock! Need ice, body guard or lawyer? Audio: Clips from Marx Brother’s Films

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Discounts on Audio Equipment The association will negotiate with manufacturers and distributors to ensure you get the best price on CD players, turntables, iPods -- from manufacturers or through retailers that support the association. Your Company Here United We Rock! Audio: Lewis Boogie/Jerry Lee Lewis

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Discount on Goldmine The leading monthly magazine on oldies, where to get hard-to-find recordings (including vinyl!), notices of R&R events, performer profiles, etc. United We Rock! Audio: Happiness/Shades of Blue

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Monthly e-newsletter * New Releases: recordings, videos, books Upcoming Events Interviews with and bios on performers, producers disc jockeys, etc. Member-Comments RockInfo United We Rock! Audio: Recess in Heaven/Joel Katz

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Become a CyberJock! Produce and host your own Internet radio program. The association will help you create a web site, stream and archive your program, and monetize your site (help recruit advertisers).** Not part of membership dues. Additional fees charged. If interested, contact us at: jpozga@verizon.net United We Rock! Audio: Better to Have…/Huey Lewis & News

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…all for only $35 per year! (It’s the best bargain since the Phil Spector box set dropped about 60 bucks.) Disclaimer and Exhortation: Number and level of benefits subject to number of members. The more members we have, the more we can do. So encourage at least two friends to join and encourage them to do the same. United We Rock! Audio: More, More More of Your Love/Bob Brady & Conchords

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Send $35 in check or money order to: Association for Original Rock & Roll Post Office Box 453 Vienna, VA 22183 Or Pay By Credit Card through PayPal®(Questions? e-mail: jpozga@verizon.net) Win this CD maker. Go to Slide 15. Join my dad in the only groupcreated for REAL rock and roll! United We Rock! (Audio: 99 Pounds/Ann Peebles)

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“The music that keeps you forever young at heart…just ask my dad.” United We Rock! Go to next slide for latest edition of“Finger Poppin’ Time” Audio: Solitaire/Embers Call for Talent! Do you have a group who has that golden age sound? Send us a MP3 file and will insert it on this slide, along with your contact information.jpozga@verizon.net

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Finger Poppin’ Time: Playlist #2R&B/Doo-Wop Xmas Bonanza! 17 Songs/ 45 Minutes, including: * Christmas Long Ago/Echelons* White Christmas/Drifters* Hey, Santa Claus/Moonglows* Christmas Time/Five Keys…and 13 more by lesser known groups. Move button belowto access different tracks. Go To Next Slide to Win This CD Maker Finger Poppin' Time

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Test Your Rock & Roll Knowledge with our RockQuiz United We Rock! Answer questions below and win this $350 CD maker. In what movies did Vito Picone, lead singer of Elegants, appear? What is Chubby Checker’s real name? What song do these groups have in common: Cardinals and Wrens? The instrumental background to Bobby Rydell’s Old Black Magic is quite similar to what other song? Who is the only rock star to sing “live” on American Bandstand? What do these performers have in common: Gene Pitney, Fred Paris, and Nutmegs? On what classical composition is the Rays’ Magic Moon based? What group backed up Curtis Lee on Pretty Little Angel Eyes? The Students hailed from what city and state? Which record helped to launch the Record Museum>Oldies.Com?(In the event of a tie, a winner will be selected from a random drawing.) Stand Alone; Does Not Require Computer.Converts Vinyl and Tape to CDs. Send entries to jpozga@verizon.net by midnight 12/31/09

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United We Rock! Why is this man smiling?* *Doesn’t he realize that we are still recovering from the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression, health care is in crisis (again), he’ll soon be paying tuition at three colleges – and he’s sportin’ some nasty crow’s feet off his eyes? Who is the intrepid but misguided soul?He’s none other than Our Fearless (in most cases) Leader, aka the:Dilly from PhillyJersey JitterbugBoogie Woogie ManWizard of OzgaDaddy OThe product of a misspent youth, arrested development, and questionable priorities, he is trying to preserve and promotethe Golden Age of R&R but he needs your help. Join the association and cruise with us. It should be a fun ride! What was the motivation for creating the Association?“I couldn’t hold an honest job for any appreciable length of time,so I thought I’d see where a labor of love would take me. (Okay…it’s not quite an MBA business plan but you gotta start some place.)” Association for Rock & Roll Original

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Finger Poppin’ Time: Playlist #2 Jewish Rock Roll Dovells Tokens Roommates Concords Excellents Reparata & Doo Runs Joel Katz Jay & Americans Shangri Las Music from the Golden Age ofRock & Roll (1950-1969) or music recorded later with that Golden Age sound Soul, Doo-Wop, R&B (BeachMusic), Motown, Rockabilly,Pop, and Cajun/Zydeco Emphasis on the B sides of 45s,LP-only tracks, limited releases and, before the advent of CDs, tunes that were never released on vinyl.Some of your favorites, someyou haven’t heard for awhile,and some you may have missed along the way. United We Rock! Most R&B and R8R singers tend to be African Americans, and to a lesser extent, Italian-Americans, especially doo-wop groups. Jewish Americans were mostly the writers, producers, promoters, etc. However, there were several Jewish-American performers who charted during the Golden Age, including those featured in this medley, -- all of whom hailed from the NYC area, with the exception of Philly’s Dovells.

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Finger Poppin’ Time: Playlist #3 Latino Rock & Roll Ritchie Valens La Bamba, Come On Let’s Go 2. Dino & Diplomats I Can’t Believe. Hushabye My Love 3. Cannibal & Headhuntes Land of 1,000 Dances, Plus… 4. Sunny & Sunglows Talk to Me, Plus… Music from the Golden Age ofRock & Roll (1950-1969) or music recorded later with that Golden Age sound Soul, Doo-Wop, R&B (BeachMusic), Motown, Rockabilly,Pop, and Cajun/Zydeco Emphasis on the B sides of 45s,LP-only tracks, limited releases and, before the advent of CDs, tunes that were never released on vinyl.Some of your favorites, someyou haven’t heard for awhile,and some you may have missed along the way. It’s Rock for the Ages. So brothers and sisters, let us rock! United We Rock! Ritchie Valens (born Ricardo Valenzuela) was one of the first Latino R&R performers. But very few Latino performers followed in the late 1950s and early-mid 1960s. Notable exceptions are featured here with two tracks each, including the Headhunters’ remake of Chris Kenner’s Land of 1000 Dances and the Sunglows’ version of Little Willie John’s Talk to Me.