Lucky Cordell - WVON - 10:5:20, 1.38 PM

Photo credit: Tdl1060 Usage: CC BY-SA 4.0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVON#/media/File:WCEV_WRLL_WVON_AM_1450_tower.jpgTitle: Lucky Cordell - WVON, Chicago - January 29, 1966Usage: Public DomainFrom: https://archive.org/details/LuckyCordell-WvonChicago-January291966Hi! I'm Gail Nobles, and I hope you have enjoyed the podcast on Gladys "Gee Gee" Hill. Later on in the podcast there'll be another episode about some of the music she played in radio. Today we're going to talk about WVON's Lucky Cordell. According to archive.org, Lucky Cordell, "The Baron of Bounce", worked at WGRY in Gary and then at Chicago's WGES/WYNR (hosting his popular "House of Hits" program at both stations) before hooking up with WVON in the early 60's. Cordell's cheery disposition and fondness for reciting poems (he had several soul and gospel 45s throughout the 60s featuring his recitation) made him a favorite to listeners, but he was successful away from the mike as well: by 1965 Cordell was the station's program director, from which position he was promoted to Assistant General Manager in 1968 and to General Manager in 1970. Cordell stayed with the station until the mid-70s. And now let's listen to WVON's Lucky Cordell ....Music commentary news.