Les Vogt April 26, 2007

Les Vogt April 26, 2007


He was the lead singer in Vancouver's very first rock'n'roll recording band... "The Prowlers" who gained local popularity by playing "live" on the "Owl Prowl" radio program. He shared the stage with Bill Haley...Gene Vincent... Buddy Knox...Eddie Cochran... Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis. His recording of "The Blamers" (1960) knocked off Elvis Presley's "Its Now or Never" for the #1 position on the charts and remained #1 for 11 weeks. And when he came to Vancouver Island he played with ...!

Todays audio addition: Old Commercials: Red Robinson Dance Marathon with Les Vogt and ...)

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