Jacky Ankeles, weekdays 10am-4pm I never thought I'd end  up being a Rock 'n Roll DJ when I grew up.  I always thought I'd marry a prince from some European country, attend balls, wear glittering gowns, and have servants feed me bon-bons all day. Or I thought I'd be a famous actress, or a  ballet dancer, or a  keyboard player for a rock band. ( I always fantasized about playing with The Doors.)      But Fate works in strange ways- and  so does reality!  I did have a life filled with the performing arts- have degrees in Music and Drama.   (Nursing too, but  that seems like a lifetime ago.)  Ballet has indeed been an important part of my life, and I danced for a number of years with the Boston Ballet Company. I love playing piano (classical) -always have-- and still do play.   I grew up in Marblehead and have never lived in any state other than Massachusetts. I am NORTH SHORE through and through!       My radio career began here at WBOQ 104.9 in 1988. It's been an amazing and exciting and wonderful (let me grab my Thesaurus) and fulfilling journey.  I've been somewhat of a chameleon.  Originally, I was the mid-day Classical music announcer.  When the format changed to Jazz, I happily remained in the mid-days as host of the Jazz programming.  And when Northshore 104.9's format became "Good Time Favorites",  I was thrilled to be able to play all these great songs and artists--the greatest in Rock history!  And,  just like they say here on the station,  "It's the  music I grew  up with !"  And it is!    I love all kinds of music and listen to a wide range-from Led Zeppelin to Beethoven, from Eric Clapton  to John Coltrane, from Muddy Waters to Pink Floyd.      So here I am, still on the North Shore, playing the Good Time Favorites,,,,and I can't imagine why I ever wanted to be a European princess wearing ball-gowns instead of being a Rock'n Roll DJ wearing my jeans and a Northshore 104.9 T-shirt.... Email Jacky - jacky@northshore1049.com   Features Jacky's Daily Trivia - know your musical trivia and win great prizes. What's Cookin' - Jacky's Daily Recipe 1 0'Clock Beatle Block - Four Beatles Songs 2pm Request Set - Get your requests and dedications in for Jacky's Request Set.	See my music picks on our music page. Trivia Contest Winners Click here to see if you won or for bragging rights
From the desk of Jacky A.      I always have had a soft spot in my heart for Doo Wop music. The tight-knit harmonies - exquisite harmonies!-  are a PLEASURE to hear.   But it's the use of 'nonsense syllables' that always makes me smile.   e.g. 'yip-yip-yip-yip',  'pa pa ooh mow mow',   'Dip de Dip de Dip'....   They are just so much fun to hear AND sing along with! And they are so distinctly,,,the Doo Wop music of the 50's.   The Flamingos, and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers were a couple of well-known Doo Wop groups that epitomized that era .        Well, then I started to think of a number of the songs in OUR library of Good Time Favorites- even songs from the early 80's- that also make use of nonsense syllables- in some fashion.  A lot of backup vocals contain syllables that aren't... real! And once I made the connection, I consciously started listening  for those nonsense syllables in songs from our playlist (lyrics and/or song titles). Here are some of the ones I found:          1) The Chiffons: Doo Lang Doo Lang Doo Lang  2) Randy and the Rainbows;  Scoo-be-ooh   3) Jimmy Jones: A tick a tick a tick a.... 4) Friends of Distinction; Shig-a-digga-digga 5) The Police:  De Do Do Do De Da Da Da 6) Stevie Wonder: Shoo Bee Doo Bee Doo  Da Day 7) Manfred Mann: Do Wah Diddy Diddy 8) The Tymes: DOO de Doo DOO da Doo DOO 9) The Happenings: Dip Dip Dip Dip 10) Beach Boys;  Ba Ba BA Ba Barbara Ann!    --to name a few!        It is no secret that the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons were greatly influenced by the music of the Doo Wop era.  Jan and Dean too.  Think of the close harmony of those groups! Besides the nonsense syllables!   So even though Doo Wop was no longer a pure genre of music beyond the 50's decade, it was, in many ways, ABSORBED into rock and soul music.  So I've been having some fun just picking out the little remnants of the Doo Wop period in some  of our Good Time Favorites.  And it  has given me a greater appreciation of how our period of music followed Doo Wop (chronologically), evolved into a fresh new period of music, and yet it borrowed (or maintained) some of the elements of Doo Wop.  I like noticing these crossovers; and it shows the respect our Good Time Favorites artists and groups had for their predecessors.
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