Monday, October 26, 2009

Charlie Okle: Tommy Riggs' Obit

Charlie Okle and Tommy Riggs were great friends, according to Charlie.  Charlie wanted me to share this with everyone:

From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette: "His name was Tommy Riggs but many fondly remember him by his radio moniker, "Rock Robbins", or by his nickname, "the Prom King"."

"In the 1960's and 1970's, Riggs' voice was broadcast over Little Rock's KAAY-AM, his humor transmitted across radio waves from Canada to Havana, Cuba."



Readers should be able to click on the picture and enlarge it, but if you cannot, just drop me a line via e-mail and I'll return with a .pdf file for you.

BTW, for those who didn't know of Tommy Riggs, he had a beautiful voice and wrote many songs.  Several KAAY deejays here worked with Tommy and he's been mentioned here and on A. J.'s blog many times.

Keep those memories coming!

Bud S. (staceys4@hotmail.com)

4 comments:

  1. I have the record My Little Girl safely preserved. I will treasure it always.

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  2. Rock n Roll Heaven just got a great DJ and song writer, RIP Charlie Okle.

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  3. And now sad to say Rock n Roll Heaven just got a great DJ and song writer, RIP Charlie Okle.

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  4. Rock n Roll Heaven just got a great DJ and song writer, RIP Charlie Okle.

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