RIP Clay Cole!!!

[stephanie]

I felt this was too important to put in the clubhouse. Its not officially announced but I woke up this morning and Mary Weiss of the Shangri las said it, It was on Artie Waynes blog and a good friend of Clays said he had a heart attack and died, its also on his WIKI so its gotta be true. If you google it you will see several things. One of the best djs and dance shows out of NY.

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/masa...M5C37F6N543GST

[stephanie]

Here is something more official AND under youtube there are friends of his who have heard of his passing.....RIP

http://www.theimproper.com/music/217...show-host-dies

[daddyacey]

One of my early influences of music. I was gonna grow up to be a radio DJ ,like Clay ,Murray The K ,Eddie O Jay and Frankie Crocker
R.I.P Clay , thanks for the many hours with my am radio.

[randy_russi]

Clay Cole had a book come out about a year ago, I believe. Anyone?

[randy_russi]

October, 2009 his book was released--Sh Boom! The Explosion of Rock & Roll, 1953-1968.

[cdiii]

Clay Cole was one of my favorite personalities when I was growing up. I don't remember him on radio--but I remember vividly his teen dance show. Saw so many great acts on his show! One memory that stands out is seeing the great Joe Cuba Sextet play on the show [[live!!!) "Bang! Bang!" and "El Pito [[I'll Never Go Back To Georgia)."

Charles

[ladyvanaye]

Too much. i did not hear of his passing. What a pioneer for R&B music on the radio and live performance. Sigh... I wonder if any of his stuff is on DVD.

[nysister]

Is this the same Clay Cole that had a local TV show on Channel 5 in New York, and he would come out dancing?

[cdiii]

Hello, nysister!

Clay's show was actually on Channel 13 [[until 1963), then on Channel 11 [[WPIX-TV) 1964-1968.

Charles

[nysister]

Hello, nysister!

Clay's show was actually on Channel 13 [[until 1963), then on Channel 11 [[WPIX-TV) 1964-1968.

Charles

I don't know why I thought it was Channel 5. I guess because it was an odd number..lol Thank you Charles!