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November 28th, 1971

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WPGC Music Survey Weekly Playlist - 11/28/71 - Outside

 

On the Front Cover:

Caption reads: 'Bob Raleigh (#5 - Bill Miller) Says Keep Those Cards And Letters Comin'.

'Bob Raleigh' was a House DJ Name at WPGC, with half a dozen different guys using the moniker over the years, despite the fact the original one, Raleigh Ferreira continued to use it at WWDC at the same time! More on the various 'Bob Raleigh(s)'.

Arriving for nights at WPGC in December, 1965 from KOIL in Omaha, by 1968, he had been promoted to Morning News with Harv Moore and also held the position of Production Director in addition to a weekend air shift of his own.

He would go on to become WPGC's second longest serving Air Personality (behind Harv) in the station's history and left the station following 'The Great Strike (That Struck Out)' in May, 1977 for Mornings (as the jock, not News Guy) at WPOC in Baltimore.

Seen above in the News / Production Room facing the Control Room in the Parkway Building in Bladensburg, WPGC-FM was still broadcasting in Mono (notice the one meter on the board behind him) and wouldn't begin Stereo broadcasts until the Spring of 1972 to fight off AM competitors.

Sadly, he passed away due to complications of pneumonia at age 78 on 01/29/18. Read his obit in the Frederick News Post.

Incidentally, there was a rare typo on the date of this playlist, mistakenly attributing it to Sunday, November 28th instead of Saturday, November 27th, 1971.

 

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WPGC Music Survey Weekly Playlist - 11/28/71 - Inside

 

#1 on WPGC Today in 1971

Moving this week from #3 - #1 for its first of two consecutive weeks at the top spot on WPGC, Sly & the Family Stone's, 'Family Affair' had debuted at #40 just four weeks earlier and would wind up at #15 on the WPGC Top 100 of 1971. It became their biggest hit ever.

In 2022, a longer version of the song which included content from the original session that was not heard on the original release was issued. The tune had been inspired by Sly's future wife, Kathy Silva.

Earlier, he had been an Air Personality at KDIA and other stations in San Francisco in the mid '60's. During that same period, he had played keyboards for artists such as Dionne Warwick, the Righteous Brothers, Marvin Gaye and many others.


In 1969, Sly and the group appeared at Woodstock. By the mid 1970's however, Stone's drug use and erratic behavior effectively put an end to the band. In 1993, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2017 was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tragically, on June 9, 2025, he died at his home in Los Angeles, at 82 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 'other underlying health issues'. He was cremated at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

 

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