JINGLES PAMS Series 30 Jingles KEYN, Wichita, Kansas
PAMS was an incredible production company out of Dallas, Texas that created, or in the word of the company, "Imangineered" some of the most amazing jingles composed for top 40 and other radio stations. Those jingles could really make a huge difference in how a station sounded. They could help with the flow between songs, give a station and even it's listeners an image to take pleasure in. Jingle companies would come up with packages of jingles and sold them as a "series." PAMS came out with Series 30, "The 'N Set" in 1965. With this package, a radio station and those who were faithful listeners were identified as being part of the "IN crowd." You were "IN" and you knew it! What is unique about this package is the vocal sound. The norm for jingle packages was to have a "mixed" vocal group- perhaps 3 men and 2 women or 4 men and 3 women. An all-male vocal group was also popular. Here, the vocals were handled by 4 ladies who were dubbed "The Gold Pussycats" (at the time, the movie and song, "What's New Pussycat" were big and the theme of "top cats" and "pussycats" found their way into a few of the jingles.)"The Gold Pussycats" were Jean Oliver, Camilla Duncan, Judy Parma and Tinker Rautenberg- a member may have been substitued at times depending on work schedules, but for the most part, these ladies created the fantastic sound on the cuts.It would be easy to compare the vocal style to the McGuire Sisters, and on some jingles the style may be similar, but for the most part, these women created a unique style all their own. Part Roaring 20's singing Flapper Girls, part "singing cheerleaders," whatever it was, it sold lots of stations on the package. The sound was very upbeat and full of youthful fun. For added color, on some cuts, a male vocal group sang wordless phrases- do-di-di-dii-dit-dit-das and such, often following the horn lines. The music tracks were unbelieveably tight, brassy and could really rock the Big Band Sound that many jingles were based upon. The arrangements could be complicated (at least for the skills of limited musicians like yours truly!) and very inventive. Listen often and you'll marvel at how that music was created and recorded. So, if you're a fan of 60's jingles, if you're a fan of PAMS jingles, hopefully Series 30 will become one of your favorites too!
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Author: tomovox
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tomovox
(cont.) there is a guy who plays Big Band music on his show and he let me do some jingles for him! Was such a kick to hear them played on the station for awhile! I've heard those "voice tracked" stations- what a drag that is!
tomovox
@JangleRadio365 Yes indeed it was AM! The station may have gone away, but the building remains. Funny- the radio station housed in an old Tastee Freeze and that window! There is a local station here that is pretty interesting. Everyone is a volunteer/amateur and from what I understand, if you have an idea for a show you want to do, there is a good chance you'll get to do it. It's nice because, the presentation has just the right mix of professionalism and rough edges to be fun. In fact...
JangleRadio365
@tomovox I guess it was a AM station? I've seen stations in built shopping malls, in old banks and a old Tastee Freeze (with drive up request window!) My favorite was KELi in Tulsa "Satellite Building" that was in a building in the 60's to 1981 that looked like a old sci-fi spaceship.Nowdays It really is sad to visit a station that sounds great only to find every DJ has been "voice tracked" and running off a computer in a empty control room.
tomovox
@JangleRadio365 Sometimes it can be a shock to see where a radio station's Big Sound is actually coming from. We used to have local station that played oldies and doo-wop. The on-air talent sounded professional and everything overall sounded tight and great. I was invited to the station by one of the DJ's and was shocked to see that the station was in an old movie theater! Like the building you saw, this place was as unglamorous as it gets! Shortly afterward, the whole staff was canned!
JangleRadio365
I used to listen to KEYN 103.7 in their Top 40 days in the late 70's and thought it was a HUGE professional radio station.Then in 1986 my family moved to Wichita and it was kind of a shock to go to the studios of KEYN and then oldies 1410 KQAM off 29th street to find a very unglamorous building that looked like it was built in the 50's next to the towers. The building later was vacated and sadly burned to the ground about 11 years ago, nobody knows what caused the fire.
tomovox
@JangleRadio365 I did wonder about how big KEYN was. It's great when people can color in the details with their recollections. Thanks for adding your comment!
JangleRadio365
From what I heard when I worked in Wichita in 1986-8 (ironically at KSGL) that KEYN-FM was always the runner-up to KELO 1480 Top 40 dominance in Wichita until FM radio took over in popularity in the late 70's.
tomovox
@kiki5803 hi kiki! those two are just amazing packages. I don't think anyone could ever come up with stuff like that anymore.
kiki5803
Love the PAMS especially 29 & 30. |
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