PURE with Howard Thompson

"DooWop" w/special guest Chuck Citrin (broadcast 3/21/14)

The Four Vagabonds: Rosie the Riveter 
Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Why Did You Waste My Time? 
The Five Keys: Rocking and Crying Blues 
The Three Chuckles w/Teddy Randazzo: Runaround 
The Five Blue Notes: Ooh Baby 
Drifters (ft. Clyde McPhatter): Lucille 
Billy Ward & The Dominoes (ft. Jackie Wilson): I'm Gonna Move                                     To The Outskirts Of Town 
Tempo Toppers (ft. Little Richard): Always
Whispers: Fool Heart 
Diamonds: Cherry 
Vernon Green & The Medallions: Buick '59 
Flairs: This is the Night for Love 
Shirley Gunter & The Queens: Oop Shoop 
The Five Blue Notes: My Gal is Gone
Elvis Presley: Good Rocking' Tonight 
Young Jessie: Mary Lou 
The Cadillacs: Let Me Explain 
Leaders: Stormy Weather 
Robins: If Teardrops Were Kisses 
Moroccos: Red Hots and Chili Mac 
Joe Weaver & the Don Juans: Baby I Love You So
The Velours: My Love, Come Back 
Little Richard: True Fine Mama 
The Paragons: Florence
Clarence ‘Bad Boy’ Palmer & the Jive Bombers: Cherry 
Del-Vikings: Hey Señorita 
Joe Therrien jr. & the Rockets: Hey Babe, Let's Go Downtown 
The Rob-Roys: Audry
Desires: Hey Lena 
 Students: My Vow To You
The Mothers Of Invention: Go Cry On Somebody Else’s Shoulder 
The Persuasions: Papa Oom Mow Mow 
The Channels: You Promised Me Love

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Airing twice a month on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport!

howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present

howard worked in the music biz so he could get more free records and meet wondrous people

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, the Star Spangles, the Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe and th’ Faith Healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young, the Sisters Of Mercy, and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and is grateful to Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President