More in our series honoring Murray the K.
This only runs about 10 minutes long but you get a good idea about what Murray Kauffman’s show was all about. Son Peter Altchuler is interviewed about mid-way through this aircheck and comments briefly about his father’s career. Listen carefully to Ronnie Spector’s long comment’s about Kauffman’s career. Did you realize that a handful of these huge NYC DJs took their shows to the stage as an act? How many jocks today could be creative enough to create their own Broadway-type show? And one wonders what happened to radio? Listen to this. It’s truly a fascinating look at a man who really fashioned the early days of AM top 40 radio, and unfortunately we only get 10 minutes, cut off in the middle of Ronnie Spector’s comments.
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Excellent clip. I remember Murray on all the stations. He also was on NBC’s Monitor. WOR-FM should have been his final home, but it was not to be. The personalities that station had in 1966-67 would have lived on and on had it not been for Bill Drake and his modernistic ideas. Murray was a true class act. I also remember him on WMCA later on. He was there a couple of times. I recall reading that Scott Muni was at Murray’s funeral, which sadly was sparsely attended, if the information I read was correct.
The clip was great, I listened to Murry everyday. I went to most of his shows. I went to one Record Review at Sterns in NY on 42nd street, Tony Orlando was there and he sang Bless You. What a legend. I remember an article in the Daily News about Murry after he had died. I sent the article to his son. He thanked me. I asked him, why there was never a book or movie about his life. He said there wasn’t any interest. I can not understand, the world should know about the fifth Beatle, the man who started submarine race watching( still have my card). I am now a friend of New York’s Cousin Brucie, and he and Murry are what Rock and Roll is all about. Long live rock and roll, long live Murry the K.