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"Capitol's spinning purple dome
and Columbia's spinning red microphone started it all."
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Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Garrett spent his childhood
glued to the radio. According to his mother, " At three,
Garry could name every song and every artist on the air."
He played Mom's records, which she kept in a "Rinso"
box next to the record player. Nat "King" Cole's
Too Young, Frankie Laine's Jezebel, Rosemary Clooney's C'mon
à My House, and Jo Stafford's You Belong to Me started
his love affair with the spinning disc. His first very own
record, a 78 on Cadence, was Mr. Sandman by the Chordettes
1954.
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"Kind of a Casey Casum approach
to old pop," WMNR's Kurt Anderson.
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He read, he bought, he cataloged and data-based
thousands of recordings, and he approached WMNR with
a Cousin' Brucie kind of approach to old music. Chart
status, tid bits about the songs and artists, and
the year of the recording presented in a "Hit
Parade" manner. On July 2, 1988, the first Echoes
of the Past with Garrett Stack aired. |
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