Submitted by: Steve Binkowski      From: Sarasota,, FL

Memory: I can remember waiting for "The Hound" to "come around". I guess I was lucky my parents didn't think that Rock & Roll was the devils music.

Submitted by: Gord McWilliams      From: Toronto, Ontario

Memory: Used to go down to Sunnyside Beach on Toronto's waterfront. Had about 100 ft. of extension speaker wire from my car running out to the beach. Sat there with friends almost every evening at 7 to hear "The Hound" Still some of the best memories of my teen age years.

Submitted by: Robert Urbaniak      From: Williamsville, New York

Memory: I first started to listen to George "Hound Dog" Lorenz back in 1956 when he was on WKBW 1520 radio. I was just turning the dial one evening and found someone who played Rock & Roll. He was fantastic, and of course he played a lot of Elvis Presley who everyone wanted to hear, and we all still do.

I went to the very first Elvis Presley concert here in Buffalo,NY on April 1,1957, when The "Hound" introduced him on stage in his gold suit.

We have had many DJ's here in Buffalo, but no one came close to George "HOUND DOG " Lorenz as he was the best ever.

Submitted by: Pat Kelly      From: Grand Island, New York

Memory: I remember him broadcasting from the Zanzibar Lounge. He also had "names" for things like your car was your "short" and you were told to buy some new "shoes" for your short meaning tires.

Just seems like things were better then!

Submitted by: Stephen Keast      From: Slaterville Springs, NY

Memory: I used to listen to The Hound as a young teenager;hearing for the first time those great songs by black performers that simply weren't available on the super square local stations. It was a musical breakthrough for me and I came to rely on WKBW and The Hound for the latest and greatest R&B. Of course, this was in the days before canned commercials and payola (top 40) radio.

The Hound was hip! Not only did he have his finger on the pulse of real music of the time, he knew how to talk to us in terms that we could dig. Cats and Chicks! Gillette blue blades were part of his story about that hot date tonight. That's how he read the ads.

What we need is a selection of his WKBW shows transfered to CD! Then folks would have an idea of what we're talking about.

Good Luck!

Steve

Submitted by: Jim Dallas      From: Oakland, California

Memory: I grew up in Buffalo, N.Y. and have great memories of listening to "The Hound". My cousin could even get him in Ocean City, N.J.!

The late 50's were my high school years (Kenmore West,class of 1959.)

Submitted by: Butch Hebert      From: St Albans, Vermont

Memory: In the mid 50's a group of us would climb into a the car of a friend who was old enough to drive and head up to the highest hill in the area at night where we could pick up The Hound on WKBW.

We would write down the sound title and artist and next day go to the local record shop and order the 45.

Great memories. Loved his theme song ("Big Heavy" I think)

Submitted by: Melvin Parker      From: Whitney Point, NY

Memory: I recall the time when in 1955 I had a tube AM radio I would listen to the Hound on WKBW. He drove around in a 1955 ford with the words Hound dog all over it. I never saw it but I heard it was wild.

If you wanted to hear a record you had to send a letter or post card and ask him to play it. So I did send in a letter. He said my name over the radio and where I was from. That was the thrill of my life when I heard that.He would advertise wine and you could hear him pouring it into a glass. He would call the guys cats and he would refer to your girl as your pretty.

Some times he would play a record three times. He would say one more once and play it again. The Hound and WKBW will live on forever.

Submitted by: Tim Mellenger      From: Depew, NY

Memory: Back in 1957 I went to the Masten Ave. Auto Show. I was 13 years old. It was my first time out alone. The hound Dog was doing an apperaence at the show. I had a bandage over my left eye, for what I don't remember. Mr Lorenz was signing autographs. I had a yard stick with me I had picked up at one of the car dealers. As I approached to get his autograph, someone stepped in front of me. The Hound said, and I quote: "hey My Man...Patch was ahead of you" and asked the guy that cut me off to move. He signed the yard stick, I thanked him and I left.

In the 60's I had the pleasure of working for Mr. Lorenz. I had brought the yard stick in to show him and he said to me "your patch". You could have knocked me over with a feather! I was SO impressed

The man was and still is a legend. He is missed very much by all his fans. I also have some original Photos of him when he worked at WUFO that I treasure. He was an amazing person.

Submitted by: Richard Carpenter      From: Adams, Massachusetts

Memory: I am 69 yrs old, I remember listening to the Hound on my AM radio as I lay on my bed in Adams Mass.

The signal would fade in and out , but some nights it was clear as a bell. I would swith from WKBW to WTRY a station from Albany NY which also played so cool rock & roll.

These were the only stations that played what we called our kind of music. It was great growing up in the 50's