I watched it on channel 6 CBS until that contract was over then for a year on channel 4 NBC, then I had to wait from mid 1986 to mid 1987 for it to come back as The New Hot Tracks, so I missed a year of episodes.
@Nakia Jankee Hot Tracks was about diversity playing dance club videos by Pamela Stewart, Face To Face, Freeez, Robey, soul videos by Jeffrey Osborne, Shalamar, Marilyn Scott, pop videos by Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Rick Springfield, Wham, KC, Prince, but I never saw them play Duran Duran, The Cars, Billy Idol, Bryan Adams except with Tina Turner and they didn't play heavy metal, except one rock video: Burning Heart by Survivor was played once because Dolph Lundgren from Rocky was a guest. If you remember the 1986 Duran Duran album Notorious was produced by Nile Rodgers giving it a funkier Hot Tracks sound like "Skin Trade". Do you recall Hot Tracks playing any Duran Duran from Notorious in 1986?
@@wiscorpio72You might be confusing Friday Night Videos on NBC with New York Hot Tracks. Frankie Crocker hosted FNV at some point. This clip is from NYHT hosted by Carlos DeJesus
@bsmith9506 FNV was an NBC affiliate on all NBC channels live, unless a few didn't want to air it. That happened with other shows. I saw shows not air in Milwaukee thanks to Christian preacher Billy Graham, that made me mad. NYHT did originate on an affiliate station but unlike how FNV aired on all channels by satellite, NYHT was aired freely, tapes were sent to channels, the channels decided when they wanted to air it. The 2 channels in Milwaukee just so happened to be the CBS channel, then the NBC channel, Chicago was channel 50 independent airing a shortened 1 hour version. The voice actor for FNV sounds the same as Music Magazine, Great Record Album Collection, and The Record Guide. Can you find footage of those shows?
Check out my video 107.5 WBLS Frankie Crocker Tribute video for almost two hours of Frankie Crocker. Thanks for listening, Aarushi..... and stay safe.😷
Great piece of entertainment history right there. Only thing is, Hot Tracks debuted my freshman year of High school in 1983 on ABC along with Friday Night Videos on NBC.
Yes this was in summer or fall of 1983 (not 82). New York Hot Tracks debuted in July of 1983. Rick was a fuckin’ beast!! That was the first time I saw videos by Lionel Richie, Prince, and Michael Jackson. They played so many R&B videos that MTV didn’t even want to play. MTV played Michael and Prince, but never Stephanie Mills, Kool & The Gang, Shannon, Stevie Wonder, and Ray Parker Jr (prior to “Ghostbusters”). Hot Tracks did play some MTV heavy hitters like Madonna, Culture Club, and Hall & Oates regularly, but focused more on R&B, Underground Dance, and Hip-Hop.
@@jeffrey5165 you’re right. MTV in it’s early years didn’t play any R&B videos because of the man who was running MTV at the time, Robert Pittman. This prompted Ted Turner and NBC to launch 2 video shows around the same time as New York Hot Tracks. Those shows were Night Tracks, which aired on Turner’s WTBS (now TBS) and Friday Night Videos on NBC, and both shows playlist consisted of pop, rock and R&B videos. But, New York Hot Track was different from those 2 shows, as most of the videos on that program were by R&B and rap artists, although videos by pop acts such as Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Culture Club were shown. it aired for 6 years before being cancelled in 1989, while Night Tracks continued until 1992 and FNV would leave the air as Late Friday in 2002. The 80’s proudly lives on. Thanks, Jeffery.
@@rodneybuck5943 I remember Rick James publicly calling out MTV for not playing any of his videos from his Street Songs and Throwin’ Down albums. David Bowie (though a white artist with alot of MTV spins) even publicly humiliated Mark Goodman (of MTV) about a lack of black videos too. MTV would play some black videos but only Musical Youth and Eddy Grant because they were British and deemed “less of a threat” than Rick James and Prince (even though Prince had his first major crossover with “Little Red Corvette” though that video had a limited airplay before Michael Jackson released “Billie Jean” and “Beat It”). Before the spring of 83”, Prince, Tina Turner and Donna Summer were the only African Americans that MTV played but they were on very light rotation and only played after hours. BET’s Video Soul did exist, but BET wasn’t a 24 hour station at the time (unlike MTV) and had lackluster funding. BET did welcome some white artists like Hall & Oates and Madonna before it became 24 hours, but they wanted to focus on all black musicians (including those that MTV rejected).
@B Smith whole episodes if possible would be great right to the credits with Clothes For Carlos Furnished By to the syndication music after the closing video. That is nostalgic.
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Golden era of NYC radio! Legends!!
Thanks for listening!🎧
R.I.P Carlos Frankie n Rick James
I absolutely loooove the old NYC radios!!!!
Thanks for listening !
Watched it every friday night on ABC. NEVER MISSED IT!
I watched it on channel 6 CBS until that contract was over then for a year on channel 4 NBC, then I had to wait from mid 1986 to mid 1987 for it to come back as The New Hot Tracks, so I missed a year of episodes.
@@wiscorpio72 Oh wow
@Nakia Jankee Hot Tracks was about diversity playing dance club videos by Pamela Stewart, Face To Face, Freeez, Robey, soul videos by Jeffrey Osborne, Shalamar, Marilyn Scott, pop videos by Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Rick Springfield, Wham, KC, Prince, but I never saw them play Duran Duran, The Cars, Billy Idol, Bryan Adams except with Tina Turner and they didn't play heavy metal, except one rock video: Burning Heart by Survivor was played once because Dolph Lundgren from Rocky was a guest. If you remember the 1986 Duran Duran album Notorious was produced by Nile Rodgers giving it a funkier Hot Tracks sound like "Skin Trade". Do you recall Hot Tracks playing any Duran Duran from Notorious in 1986?
@@wiscorpio72You might be confusing Friday Night Videos on NBC with New York Hot Tracks. Frankie Crocker hosted FNV at some point. This clip is from NYHT hosted by Carlos DeJesus
@bsmith9506 FNV was an NBC affiliate on all NBC channels live, unless a few didn't want to air it. That happened with other shows. I saw shows not air in Milwaukee thanks to Christian preacher Billy Graham, that made me mad. NYHT did originate on an affiliate station but unlike how FNV aired on all channels by satellite, NYHT was aired freely, tapes were sent to channels, the channels decided when they wanted to air it. The 2 channels in Milwaukee just so happened to be the CBS channel, then the NBC channel, Chicago was channel 50 independent airing a shortened 1 hour version. The voice actor for FNV sounds the same as Music Magazine, Great Record Album Collection, and The Record Guide. Can you find footage of those shows?
Frankie is such a stylish man... I still love him soo much!! This video is a goldmine!! Can't get enough of such class :D :D
Check out my video 107.5 WBLS Frankie Crocker Tribute video for almost two hours of Frankie Crocker. Thanks for listening, Aarushi..... and stay safe.😷
@@bsmith9506 You also Stay safe!! Hope you are keeping well. Have a nice day and Take care of yourself 😊
Yeah, we don't have that kind of TV anymore 😕 Thanks for watching.... and listening!🎶
Man, this was Old New York personified....!
Thanks for watching!😃
R.I.P. Rick James, Frankie Crocker and Carlos DeJesus
Ricky Ricardo is doing sports play-by-play for New Jersey radio.
Great piece of entertainment history right there.
Only thing is, Hot Tracks debuted my freshman year of High school in 1983 on ABC along with Friday Night Videos on NBC.
Thanks for the clarification and Thanks for Watching!
Yes this was in summer or fall of 1983 (not 82). New York Hot Tracks debuted in July of 1983. Rick was a fuckin’ beast!! That was the first time I saw videos by Lionel Richie, Prince, and Michael Jackson. They played so many R&B videos that MTV didn’t even want to play. MTV played Michael and Prince, but never Stephanie Mills, Kool & The Gang, Shannon, Stevie Wonder, and Ray Parker Jr (prior to “Ghostbusters”). Hot Tracks did play some MTV heavy hitters like Madonna, Culture Club, and Hall & Oates regularly, but focused more on R&B, Underground Dance, and Hip-Hop.
@@jeffrey5165 you’re right. MTV in it’s early years didn’t play any R&B videos because of the man who was running MTV at the time, Robert Pittman. This prompted Ted Turner and NBC to launch 2 video shows around the same time as New York Hot Tracks. Those shows were Night Tracks, which aired on Turner’s WTBS (now TBS) and Friday Night Videos on NBC, and both shows playlist consisted of pop, rock and R&B videos. But, New York Hot Track was different from those 2 shows, as most of the videos on that program were by R&B and rap artists, although videos by pop acts such as Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Culture Club were shown. it aired for 6 years before being cancelled in 1989, while Night Tracks continued until 1992 and FNV would leave the air as Late Friday in 2002. The 80’s proudly lives on. Thanks, Jeffery.
@@rodneybuck5943 I remember Rick James publicly calling out MTV for not playing any of his videos from his Street Songs and Throwin’ Down albums. David Bowie (though a white artist with alot of MTV spins) even publicly humiliated Mark Goodman (of MTV) about a lack of black videos too. MTV would play some black videos but only Musical Youth and Eddy Grant because they were British and deemed “less of a threat” than Rick James and Prince (even though Prince had his first major crossover with “Little Red Corvette” though that video had a limited airplay before Michael Jackson released “Billie Jean” and “Beat It”). Before the spring of 83”, Prince, Tina Turner and Donna Summer were the only African Americans that MTV played but they were on very light rotation and only played after hours. BET’s Video Soul did exist, but BET wasn’t a 24 hour station at the time (unlike MTV) and had lackluster funding. BET did welcome some white artists like Hall & Oates and Madonna before it became 24 hours, but they wanted to focus on all black musicians (including those that MTV rejected).
Frankie is such a icon ....
Gone but never forgotten. Thanks for listening and stay safe.
Thanks B for uploading this : ))))
No problem T-Ski!
@B Smith If you have more tapes with you, please try to post it :-) Thank you!!
I'll do my best, and Thanks For Watching!
For sure!
@B Smith whole episodes if possible would be great right to the credits with Clothes For Carlos Furnished By to the syndication music after the closing video. That is nostalgic.
Ricky Ricardo still in New York radio but calling Yankees games in Spanish.
Yeah, he also did a radio commercial for some product a while back.
Yup. I would hear it on WFAN occasionally.
I don’t remember Ricki Ricardo he must have been early in the morning or late night
Ricky Ricardo was initially mid-days 12-4. He was Frankie Crocker's fill-in as well. At one point he was 8pm - midnight.
I listen early mornings and weekends. So I totally missed him