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Frankie Crocker
Frankie Crocker was the flamboyant kingpin of disco radio, though he had never singled out dance music as a specialty. He played rhythm and blues and jazz on the radio in his hometown of Buffalo, New York; in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and in Los Angeles before joining WMCA in New York as one of the “Good Guys” in 1968. He was the Top 40 station’s first African-American deejay. “New York was alive with rock and roll as well as soul and R&B, and everybody went to see everybody else,” he said. “The only place it was segregated was on the radio, ...(100 of 183 words)