CKLW - Bob Seger - Rosalie (Trombley)

[signofintent77]

Love this video and all the vintage pics. Rosalie was hot back in the day.

[sbenson500]

I can't believe all the Seger treasures that I'm finding on Utube. Even though I've been a huge fan since the mid 70's, I'm drop-jaw astounded. He is absolutely brilliant.

[CyberWolf36]

I attended Assumption High School in Windsor graduating in '63. Holy cow, my 50th is coming up soon! We listened to CKLW as I was a boarding student from Vassar, Michigan. Great memories.,

Jim Oss ( retired science teacher )

Wa Keeney, Kansas

[megjonaslove333]

Why is Rosalie Trombley NOT in the R&R Hall of Fame? Her influence on pop music during CKLW's heyday was astounding.

[MrTuireland]

there is some kind of reunion I think end of this month or in july there advretising on 580 am in detroit it is for rosaile trombley with tony orlando burton cummings and lots of others sound very cool its going to be in Windsor

Thanks for posting great job

[Hunley1961]

I was born in Detroit...raised in Ypsilanti, about 25 miles west of Detroit...CKLW was my station to listen to :-)

[KFodor]

It's simple...Rosalie Trombley for induction in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame!

Jan Wenner...are you listening?

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

when I was growing up in the detroit area in 1964 cklw policy was to play a beatle record every ten munites. wow! I was 15 or 16 when seger, really started to sore locally.what a great time and place for people my age to have been part of,and cklw was" the" station that brought the music to us. radio could never be agian what it was then. it's all run by corperations and everything is "canned ". the last thing corps want is some free-wheeling rosalie hanging round.give me a boo for corps booo

[bikecopjoe]

@TheBabyboomkidof53 That's because it's all about money today. Then, people really cared about the music. It is a time and place that will never be repeated. 100 years from now, nobody will even care.

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

@bikecopjoe corporations ruined radio. they are like a viking raid on a defenceless village. rape,pilage,and burn the place to the ground.then move on to the next one. but the internet at least allows us to both play the music the corps wont and tell the true story of the old days as we know it to have been. plus step all over the history revisionists out there at the same time. I hate history revisionists!

[BillPierce48]

@TheBabyboomkidof53, I think you're missing the point. History isn't revisionist so much as it demonstrates the quote often credited to Napoleon that it is written by the winners. Top 40 radio dominated the airwaves for almost 20 years, and CKLW was one of the best examples. Some artists, such as Bob Seger, succeeded because of it; others were suppressed by it. Eventually it was made obsolete by other formats that in some ways were more diverse, but also narrower in their audience segment.

[BillPierce48]

@TheBabyboomkidof53, to continue: Today there are other options for distributing content, which makes the situation better for many independent artists, but the age of the huge popular mass market appeal of radio stations such as CKLW is gone. Moreover, is radio any better today when giant media conglomerates such as Clear Channel own more than 850 stations?

And you are ignoring the fact that anyone who ever met Rosalie Trombley will tell you she was--and still is--a classy lady.

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

@BillPierce48 I'm afraid you lost me. I cant tell what your on about. I looked at my previous posts to see if I could tell where your coming from but failed. I'm anti large conglomerates holding stations by bunches.their is no room for a "rosalie" in that sitting. they stick their finger in the air to see which way the wind blows then cater to it. vision is the first victim to go in their system.no dj has freedom to play songs other then what the system preselects. as to revisionists, no better.

[BillPierce48]

@TheBabyboomkidof53, my point was that if you want to cite CKLW in the Big 8 days as an example of corporate radio, the situation is far worse today. Formats and corporate control are now much tighter than those Bill Drake and RKO enforced back then. And Rosalie Trombley was no Viking raider, but instead a very personable young woman and homegrown employee who was bitten by the radio bug--and who turned out to have extraordinary skills at pickling and predicting what the public would like.

[lukemanify]

Been around for ages and heard the Lizzy version fresh. Til today didn't know it was a Seger piece. Thanks. Live'n learn!

[fmlaker1]

This is one of greatest classic rock songs..

[wasthere1]

I lived near Flint and we grew up on the rock of CKLW.  These guys were great. Thank you for putting this up. Nice... very very nice.

[davey4557]

Thanks for the flash back !!!!

I grew up on CKLW

[TheFloridaPappy]

@davey4557 CKLW, WKNR and WXYZ. Man, what a time to grow up in Detroit.

[davey4557]

@TheFloridaPappy

brother i grew up on it

born in 58 and lived in the best Radio on planet earth

[Doubleknotspy]

Rosalie Trombley was a family friend and my sisters boss. Please look for the Facebook link to Rosalie entered into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

[AceBG27]

Rosalie Trombley lived up the street from me - I went to school with her kids and played hockey with her son Todd...........many years ago.

[miketheshanmanmangan]

CKLW,The canadian great serving two nations ,four provinces and twenty seven states.I dont think this was actually ever played on the BIG 8 but it did get airplay quite regularly across the lake at WIXY in CLeveland....

[chrapko1]

period, DETROIT IS ROCK CITY ///

[Nakedaza]

Hey nitemoovs: This is true. Thanks for the comments.

Detroit Rocked in the 60's.

Rosalie Trombley and CKLW played a Big Part of the Motor City Sound!

[OldRUSHfan]

@Nakedaza

I grew up in Ypsilanti, MI, and I grew up with CKLW. Born in '58, I heard my first Beatles on CKLW! My older sister had it on all the time. Boy do I miss those times! Bought the CKLW Solid Gold double LP in 1970, or whenever it came out!  Still have it, too!

[nitemoovs]

Windsor Canada's CKLW was one those mega stations that broadcasted all over the midweast USA. It was legendary and was the coolest station in the Motown area. Ironically it was sacrificed for Canadian content regulations that paved the way for dozens of Canadian artists we never would have heard.

[StratGT]

As a kid I lived close by the radio station and never knew the impact the station had until later on when it was reported to have the largest audience of any radio station in the area. Then I found out CKLW had one of the largest audience's anywhere in North America. I hate hearing whats happening these days in the Windsor Detroit area.

[forgedrive]

Some lyrics aren't too clear and I've read and heard numerous interpretations :

"no-one dares disobey, disuade,???, her openly"

"she's got the plastic? the classics?"

"Come from all the cornerstones or corners, corners of the world?"

etc...Can anyone post the proper lyrics to this song please? Thanks!

[mdumas43073]

As to the latter, I'm pretty sure it's "She's got the plastic (i.e., records) that comes from all the corners, corners of the world..."

[asianwatcher]

I was just surfing through the "related videos" and it makes me wonder. WHY do other bands INSIST on ruining Seger classics? I think it was Metallica that did a poor imitation of "Turn the Page" and now I see Tin Lizzy and Iron Maiden have attempted to do a rendition of this song. If you're not talented enough to come up with your own material you don't deserve recognition as a recording artist.

[KOSMICKEN09]

now that's silly. bob seger did a lot of covers over the years, heck, most of his SMOKIN OP'S lp is cover songs. everyone does covers at one point or another...and thin lizzy's version kicks ass btw!

[asianwatcher]

It does something with ass alright....

[eruptionmat]

actually Seger wrote this song. Thin Lizzy covered it a few years later. But yes Seger has done lots of covers.

[bud4207]

Music was so for real then!

[kangtheconqueror]

Just LOVE this vid. I don't know who Rosalie Trombley is, but I'm gonna check her out. I am, like most people, more familiar with the Lizzy version of this song, but Bob is a class act, and no mistake. Thanks for this vid Nakedaza. K

[asianwatcher]

WOW! You talk about a flashback! Bob Seger....Detroit in the 70's....800AM....GOOOD STUFF! :)

[MarkhamStreetMichael]

Many of the images in this come from the documentary

"Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", an entire feature length film about Rosalie and CKLW, the radio station that had the "Tower and the power". do a web search and check it out for yourself.

[newhotman1001]

The Big 8, CKLW was music in the midwest during the late 60's into the

70's. Canadian law killed this giant of a radio station. She was the music director at CKLW. Remember Big Jim Edwards, Scott Regen, Steve Hunter, Hal Martin, Tom Shannon and Walt "Baby" Love to name a few? Still remember the jingles and even listened to the 20/20 news. It has never been duplicated since.

[eaglebower]

as a kid growing up in mi.the first station you heard was CKLW 800 on your dial.god this takes me back.

[ShowMeMyRival]

Man, what I wouldn't give for a forklift and about an hour in that record library.

[bud4207]

OH THANKS nakedaza you rock!

[goodtogonow3]

Is it true that her radio station would not play this song? Supposedly it was a conflict of interest. I love this song.

[Nakedaza]

Rosalie, as the Music Director of CKLW would not add the song to the radio station's playlist when it came out. She was embarrassed by the attention it received and If she added it to the playlist, it would be like tooting her own horn.

Despite her embarrassment, the song was added to the "Gold Book" and was occasionally heard on CKLW years latter.

[carter84262]

@goodtogonow3 Rosalie told Seger she didn't want a song about her and held it against him for many years.

[shanekiad]

I know its his song ,but i prefer thin lizzys version

[fa4452]

Rosalie is a great lady and this is a great song. I had the honor of meeting Rosalie Trombley when I was trying to break into radio. She was charming and gave me great advice that really helped me.

We love Bob Seger here in Detroit and Windsor. I really miss CKLW too.

Thanks for posting this.

[bud4207]

She knows music! and so does Bob!

[KatradioNY]

Rosalie trombley..perhaps the world's most famous radio station music director and quite rightly so!

Many a night or early morn..I'd be out in my Mom's Dodge Dart DXing..listening to CKLW from New York. When I couldn't get the name of an artist or song..I'd call her and she not only gave me the info..she sent me a copy!

Great lady. A consummate professional!

Thanks for posting!

[openroad88]

I can't stop listening to this song. Cool Stuff. Seger rules.

[99ONTGUY]

I cant stand sobbin bob

[videoholic90s]

Great job, great tribute, great music - nice to finally hear this song in stereo! I am a BIG CK fan, even have an aircheck from 1964 (!!) before Drake took them over - I have Johnny Williams and the incomparable Don Patrick doing the news!! ( am I showing my age)? Check out my CKLW videos on my "videoholic1980s" channel, which has footage from the great 1985 WNIC/CKLW Reunion Weekend!!

[Nakedaza]

Hey videoholic90s: Thank's for the kind words. I posted this video in stereo and when I first listened to it, it was in mono.

I listened to it after your post and noticed that it was indeed in stereo.

I just clicked on it again and now it is back to mono.

I don't know what to make of this!

I'm a big fan of cklw from the 1960's. I especially enjoy listening to airchecks from before the Big 8 came to be.

Nakedaza

[videoholic90s]

Thanks for your message! The "Rosalie" song is still in stereo, at least on my computer, as of today May 4th. Did you ever see the great documentary "The Rise and Fall of the Big 8" that was shown a few years ago on the Canadian History Channel? It's an incredible look back at CKLW!!

[WambliPeta]

I have to amend that comment...In the 80's they started with Celine Dion...granted she was young and very talented.....but yeah I remember that.......she still sang in french.....

[WambliPeta]

Detroit Rock And Roll....I miss those day's.

I grew up aroud Toledo, and in the 70's/ early 80's FM couldn't touch CKLW. They played it all.....better days

[bud4207]

jojo and the traffic coopter ah the memories thank you man! thank you nakedazza you rock !

[railbuggy]

Forgot all about this song! I never knew Bob did it though.

[satanlivesinmybowels]

Seger wrote it and recorded it before anyone. The version you're probably familiar with is Thin Lizzy's cover version. Seger's version was on the LP Back In '72 which he refuses to allow to be re-released. Bootleggers sell "digitally remastered" copies transfered from vinyl to CD all over the net. A great album.

[raypsi]

It was a sad day when cklw's tower came crashing down.

[railbuggy]

When did they demolish it raypsi? I used to pick up CKLW when I was a kid during the 60's in NE OH. I'd take my transistor radio to bed & listen to Motown & english invasion hits.

[raypsi]

it was the wind, I remember it happening, but searching could only find one article. I'll have to make a trip on the tunnel bus and find out.

[chichymama]

Rosalie is a legend and cklw is legendary...loved it as a kid.

[rowlffffff]

i grew up there too...with CKLW ..WXYZ..WABX..AND WRIF..Detroit..where the weak are killed and eaten!

[fandust1]

Great job. I haven't heard that song for a long time.

[austinhara]

I rather thin lizzys version of this song but i still love bob seger

[kmsdadog]

i named my 2nd daughter after this song....her mom is still pissed at me to this day!!!! too freekin bad i say.....

[michbiker]

Great tribute to a great station! I grew up in Detroit and CKLW was a huge part of my life.

Detroit was the first, and will always be, ROCK CITY....

[whitebengal987]

Like Bob Lusk said in the CKLW documentary movie, Radio Revolution: Rise and Fall of the Big 8...You could drive up Woodward Avenue, CKLW was being played in all the stores and in all the car radios. You didn't have to have your radio on...It was in the air like humidity. An era never to be repeated or relived. We were lucky enough to have been there. Yeah us!!

[moosewelch]

I can prove you wrong in the future... the transmitter is still there and the signal does the same thing at night now as then. The things which destinguish any radio station from an mp3 player are all of the things that station was. All a group of people need to do is be bold enough to put that same idea back on the air... be hungry for a wee bit... and people who haven't heard anything like that before in their lives will tune in ... in throngs... for the same reason you did then. I'm 30.

[ditchchicken]

great job on this.. awesome...

[ZenDogRadio]

The radio station that changed my life!

Thanks for posting this...great job!

[helloimbill]

As a child growing up to CKLW I just gotta say that I have to be one of the luckiest people on the face of this earth! Great tribute - I love DETROIT!!

[whitebengal987]

This was an era never to be repeated. Rosalie is one of a kind. I'm proud to have her and her kids as my friends. Its been a 30+ year friendship. One I treasure. Love you Rosalie, Tim, Todd and Diane....Carol

[yourlonestar]

I'm a friend of Todd's and marvel at the stories he tells us about growing up with this legendary lady. We ride with Todd and hang out most weekends when he comes up from Atlanta where he works. I'll send him to this link.

Rick

[MusicMike2]

Excellent tribute to one of radios most amazing woman....working as the Music Director for the legendary CKLW. Rosalie helped make hits out of many artists....including Bob Seger. I miss the great radio days of "CKLW....The Motor City"!

[Nakedaza]

Thanks for the kind words Mike.

Roasie ruled radio back in the day.

I also enjoy your excellent video productions.

You have the knack!

[yourlonestar]

Very nice tribute to Rosalie Trombley. I am a friend of her son Todd. I passed on the link to him. He has passed on many stories of growing with this legendary lady.

[Nakedaza]

I know Todd as well.

[troyboy1971]

This song was never aired on CKLW. Rosalie threated to quit her job if it was ever played.

[jerryg1964]

Considering she personally controlled what got played, it was more likely that someone else would get fired for playing it rather than Rosalie quitting!

[THINLIZZYFANno1]

haha this is cool

[lizzyfan1986]

Philo did this song justice!! Even Bob agreed to that in the late 70's!

[FredDude27]

Even Motorhead has done a cover of it. Though I think that had more to do with Lemmy and Phil being aquainted than Bob. :-)

[mikemijal]

Didn't the canadian version of the FCC say that CKLW had to play 70% to 80% Canadian sourced music. And didn't that spell the end of CKLW.

[Nakedaza]

The CTRC required 30% Canadian Content between 6am & midnight.

[DetroitD60]

Yes that is very true. I remember when all that went down. I believe it was in 1977 or 1981, but pretty sure it was in '77.

[maraflore]

during the top 40 days,she was the most powerful woman in broadcasting.

[bunzy11]

this station would've survived the times and changes if the crtc hadn't been such a bunch of arrogant stronzo's