Phil Collins, Elton John, and Gloria Estefan dominated Adult Contemporary radio back in the 1980s and '90s, yet have disappeared from modern radio. Seemingly, the only time you ever hear them is at the grocery store or your local CVS. This blog remembers the music, the stories and the quirky characters from my days working in Adult Contemporary radio.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Kenny G - "Forever in Love"
Saturday nights during my high school years meant working as a busboy at a local banquet hall in Schererville, Indiana. The hall consisted of three decent-sized rooms that usually played host to wedding receptions. My evening started at 5pm with my first task being to fill carafes with wine and place them on all the tables. During this time, each disc jockeys would set up and test their equipment. This usually involved each DJ putting a CD into the player, pressing "play" and letting it run for the next hour while they walked around the room to do sound checks. More often than not, the CD was "Forever in Love" by Kenny G. It became an ongoing joke among the busboys that just as every DJ played "Celebration" by Kool And The Gang or "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge, they were also required to play Kenny G's CD during weddings (especially during dinner). One particular night, I remember someone at one of the tables asking fellow busboy, Nick, if he knew what kind of wine was in the carafe. Nick paused and said, "Cheap?".