Singing about good dads and funky fathers

KNKX Public Radio | By John Kessler,

Published June 14, 2012 at 4:30 AM PDT

This week we honor our Dads with a kaleidoscope of music videos. Starting on the sentimental side, here’s former Mouseketeer Paul Peterson singing, without a trace of irony, scorn or contempt, a ballad called “My Dad”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-vYuV3OmhE

Mambo-mania fell on the US in the early 50’s and Perry Como was right there to catch it. From 1954, here’s “Papa Loves Mambo”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYEgC2gI7hQ

James Brown may not have been the world’s greatest Dad, but he was the world’s Funkiest Father: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAp7uqnUYSA

Another Bad Dad stars in this Temptations classic:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s3SNHIH0bs

More early 50’s camp ‘n’ vamp from Marilyn Monroe oozing her way through “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QKK47bK_WA

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John Kessler

John has worked as a professional bassist for 20 years, including a 15 year stint as Musical Director of the Mountain Stage radio program. John has been at KNKX since 1999 where he hosts “All Blues”, is producer of the BirdNote radio program, and co-hosts “Record Bin Roulette”. John is also the recording engineer for KNKX “In-Studio Performances”. Not surprisingly, John's main musical interests are jazz and blues, and he is still performing around Seattle.

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John Maynard

John Maynard started working in radio in the seventies as a DJ at Seattle’s KJR AM which at the time was the dominant AM station in the Seattle market. After a brief stint as a restaurateur and night club owner, Maynard returned to radio with Robin Erickson, creating the hugely popular “Robin and Maynard Show.” In the more than 20 years under that marquee, Maynard flew with the Blue Angels, piloted the Goodyear Blimp, sang with Donny Osmond and hung out in a Universal Studios bar with Kojak (Telly Savalas).

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