Submitted by: Mike Carter      From: Port St Lucie, Florida

Memory: I became a fan of the "Hound Dog" as a young boy growing up in Buffalo. My father thought that Rock and Roll would destroy the world so I had to turn WKBW off quickly when he came home from work. I loved Goerge's theme song "Big Heavy". I finally got a copy of it from my wife for my 60th birthday. I play it all the time and it never fails to bring back fond memories of the Hound Dog and the great music he played. Thanks for your wonderful tribute to an American Icon.

Submitted by: Tom Krzeminski      From: East Aurora, NY

Memory: As I remember, one of the reasons The Hound left KB was because they wouldn't let him use the word FUNKY. While driving down Paderewski Drive in my Chevy convertible on the first night The Hound was broadcasting from his station WBLK, he opened the show by repeatedly saying FUNKY, FUNKY, FUNKY and continued to do so all night long between songs. It's great to hear his voice again. Thanks for the memories.

Submitted by: Jill Glaser      From: Dallas, Texas

Memory: My father,Ralph Glaser,owned the Zanzibar. On Sundays, my dad would take my brother and I to the club and George "Hound Dog" Lorenz would take the two of us into his booth and let us say a few words into the microphone. Those were the days of such innocent fun. When I was older, my dad told me many stories of all of the entertainers that performed at the "Zanz".

Submitted by: Hugh Guillaume      From: Amherst, NY

Memory: Commercials - as cool as the music was - the commercials were even more cool! Here are a few sponsors I remember: Rockin' Doc Abrams Drug Store, Herb Ross' Rhythmland Record Store, Sam the Wailin' Tailor, Ben Glaser's, Big Bob & Pal Al - The Happiness Boys, Mad Man Muntz TV, The Salad Bowl Restaurant, Tony Carruba's Good Gulf Station, Eddie & Jessie's Chicken on Wheels, Mama Goldstein's Top of the Vine Wine, Richard's Wild Irish Rose Wine(accompanied by Larry Liggett's instrumental version of My Wild Irish Rose), Al Maroone Ford, Cavage's, Rab's Righteous House of Rockin' Records,etc.
It would be really cool to hear those commercials again.

Other background music: Barrellhouse by Chuck Calhoun's All-Stars on Atlantic(actually the Atlantic house band), Night Life by Jesse Stone on Atco(almost always played behind The Hound talking), etc. I have a list somewhere - I know there are more.

One night after a Bison game at Offerman Stadium we came wheeling down Main Street just as The Hound was pulling out of the KB lot in his '56 Ford ragtop. We yelled out at him. He yelled back and waved frantically in a blue cloud of cigarette smoke and was gone down Utica Street, probably headed for The Zanzibar. Cool, very cool. Unforgettable!

Also very cool was "Make It or Break It" when he would ask listeners to call in on new records. If the tune was a loser he broke it - probably in those days it was a 78 - 45s were a little tougher.

Submitted by: herbert      From: Kelowna, B.C. Canada

Memory: I was a little boy, I'd bought a cheap transitor radio at Ralph's discount on Main Street, a long time ago, my father was and is a Baptist minister in Buffalo, although he's very sick right now. George would do the over night on BLK, and I would take that transistor radio and put it on the window ledge and lay looking out my window at the Kensington expressway from Grape St. ( you could see the Jefferon exit from my window where the old Nehi bottling plant used to be), listening to the Hounnnnnd dog - until I fell asleep.

It's funny I have a freind whose just revived the Old Cash Box Magazine, he lives in S.Carolina, and I was telling him about George the other day, explaining where my love of blue's came from, and that was George, he'd play Bobby Blue Bland, and anything else he wanted to play, you could always hear something different.

And I was telling him, that I wondered where some of those old tapes went to, because Cash Box has a label to now. And it would be wonderful to release Georges show, on CD. just a thought.

In anycase what a wonderful thing that you have this website.

Herbert Reid jr.

Submitted by: David Tomei      From: Roma, Italy

Memory: I have no idea why I suddenly thought of George Lorenz but I Googled him and was completely surprised by the site. Wonderful.

My earliest memories of him came from a day in 1955 when my dad took me to the Auto Show where I collected brochures for all the new 1955 cars. In the crowd waiting for hot dogs my dad found that we were standing behind a man dressed in a black suit. My dad whispered to me asking if I knew who this man was. I didn't but I remember how he looked but more so, how impressed my father was just standing next to him. Dad worked second shift in Niagara Falls and had a long drive home every night, a drive spent listening the the Hound. He told me that the man standing in front of us was the Hound Dog. Well, I was 10 years old, before the hormonal storms of adolescence and I hadn't yet connected with rock & roll. Yet, I kept a vivid memory of how I just stared at the guy thinking "whoa, the Hound Dog" although I had absolutely no idea what that meant. Soon after, I came to know him and lived many years with his shows from KB, WINE and BLK. Hearing his voice on your site brings chills, to unexpectedly hear once again what I heard so many years ago playing the radio in my bedroom in Cheektowaga.

Submitted by: Dick Aquino      From: Swormville, NY

Memory: While attending Williamsville Central in the 50's, used to soda jerk at Holmes Dairy and listen to the Hound. Yes, those were the best of years. Then our whole gang went into the service. Sure missed him...

Dick

Submitted by: Lou      From: Attica, NY

Memory: I remember the Hound talking about one of his sponsers,Mama Goldsteins Wine,for all you coolers and foolers out there,and the Zanzibar Lounge on William Street.Dig Man,The Hound...Then the theme song..............great memories..Thanks

Submitted by: Bob Walters      From: Cheektowaga, NY

Memory: Can't believe I didn't find this website sooner!! What can I add that hasn't already been said. After supper, from the start on KB, radio was on waiting for that famous "HOWL", all the cares of the day were set aside at least for a few hours. Growing up in the Bailey Delavan area listening to Patti Page, Dean Martin, etc. in the early 50's on the radio and already a Big Elvis fan at 9yrs, by 10 I got into the music of Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley and too many more to mention. To this day I still have alot of the LP's and now I listen to that music on CD's though.

The way he manipulated the volume controls fading in and out of music during his commercials and intros to the next song was great! Never had to walk away from the radio during his show because it was boring. Thanks Hound for the introduction into some great music whether it Jazz, Blues, R&B or RnR. Hope You're still "Movin' & Groovin" up there.........
Later!!

Submitted by: Alan      From: Dallas, GA

Memory: WOW! I grew up in Brooklyn and at night I would be able to listen to him after Alan Freed in the late 50's from WKBW. I always thought it was the Hound Dog but after all these years I wasn't sure. Thanks for reawakening my memories.