@kingsleyhsmith
Award winning author, former multi-decade radio program director and host, music & radio blogger, mobile app creator. Discover the books. www.kingsleyhsmith.com www.powerhouseradio.com www.quikthinking.com
Spaced out at the Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo in Oaks, PA on a snowy weekend afternoon. Mandalorians and team Blackman are in the house. So is Retired Wonder Woman. Despite the Saturday snow, the expo center was packed.
Jimmy Castor Bunch, Jose Feliciano, Friends of Distinction, Linda Hopkins, Main Ingredient, Wilson Pickett and Flip Wilson believed in the MLK dream. Here's my remix of an original longer video about the Keep The Dream Alive Benefit Concert for the King Center in Atlanta.
Saluting Sly Stone, Roberta Flack, Brian Wilson, Chuck Mangione, Jimmy Cliff and all the other talent we lost in 2025. Read Sly Stone's excellent book.
If you've never heard author Kingsley on the radio in New York City, Berlin, Germany, and other cities, listen and watch. He engages listeners and plays the music on three vintage Philadelphia FM music stations. It's really short, 3 minutes! youtu.be/ApqyMswmKTA?...
Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, and Merry Christmas to you! youtu.be/ubBKd99SSNU?...
In the year, 2025 - 2025! Some of you will get it! Enjoy!
I rediscovered Retired Wonder Woman in Vineland, NJ! One of her big fans created the rubber likeness onsite. Thank you cfcomedypolice (Chris Fraley).
Michael Jackson just passed crooner Andy Williams as the first music artist to have top 10 hits in six decades. Williams did it 5 times. Michael Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson stars as his late uncle in the biopic 'Michael.' “Thriller” returned to the Billboard November 15, 2025 top 10.
At the 2025 Independent Authors Book Experience in NJ. My memoir won the 2025 five-star Readers' Favorite Gold Medal for the best nonfiction book in the music/entertainment genre. It also won a 2024 Literary Titan Book Award recognizing outstanding nonfiction books.
October, 2025, with Denis McNamara and others in NYC who attended the WNYU-FM 50 year+ reunion! Thanks to Richard Roth who organized this event. RIP to others, including Mark Knoller, who passed one month before our gathering. Denis was the station general manager, I was the program director.
"Cannonball" is cued up on my turntable, my favorite track off of Supertramp's album, "Brother Where You Bound." RIP Mr. Rick Davies, co-founder, lead singer and songwriter of Supertramp.
In North Jersey, Saturday, September 6, celebrating Powerhouse Radio as the 2025 five-star Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Non-Fiction - Music/Entertainment book genre. Warinanco Sports Center, Roselle, NJ 07203 from 12 noon - 5 pm. New York City, Connecticut, NJ, stop on by!
I'll be hanging out at the 12th Annual Independent Authors Book Expo, Saturday, September 6 at the Warinanco Sports Center in Roselle, NJ. So NYC, North Jersey, stop on by and say hello! See you there.
10 Radio DJs Who Dropped Hot Wax Like Rock Stars
Who are my 10 Radio DJs Who Dropped Hot Wax Like Rock Stars? Once upon a time, it was a 'thing' for radio DJs to go into a recording studio and cut records, just like any musical artist. Discover more. quikthinking.com/powerhousera...
Buddy Miles. He was a musician - vocalist often criticized for skating on a fault line, juggling a delicate balance between his love for rock and R&B. Buddy eventually got his soul props, with two Billboard R&B chart hits. Here's my throwback interview with Buddy Miles youtu.be/4Y3VftYjbKQ?...
It's 1970, and Blues Image is in New York City to promote their soon to be top 5 contemporary pop-rock classic. Three Blues Image band members stop by Kingsley's college radio station show to promote their gig at Ungano's Club in Manhattan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnzs...
Why I've pitched this group for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! quikthinking.com/powerhousera...
Saying goodbye to Chuck Mangione, holding his vinyl record Chase The Clouds Away. Saw his ensemble once, at the Valley Forge Music Fair outside of Philadelphia. The performance stage continuously rotated 360 degrees, I did not get dizzy, his music was grand. RIP.
Have you stuck a sticker on your car bumper, or in a window? These, save for 5 (that I did not use), tell my radio story. Philly - South Jersey folks, stop by the PA Convention Center in Philly on Saturday, August 9, from 10 am - 3 pm for the Literacy Nation event. See you there.
Bumper stickers, and a trio of logos tell this story. I hope to meet many of you on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia for the free Literacy Nation book fair, 10 AM – 3 PM, 12th Street Entrance.
Hitting the streets to meet you, at these two book fairs. Philly on Saturday, August 9. Roselle, NJ – New York City area on Saturday, September 6. Stop by. I’ll sign my award winning book for you, Powerhouse Radio: Rough Roads, Radiance, and Rebirth.
One of my pre-teen song favorites. Lou Christie had one hit on the R&B Charts, "Two Faces Have I" in 1963, a #11 song. Critic Jason Ankeny says "Lou Christie's shrieking falsetto was among the most distinctive voices in all of pop music." Lou composed some of his own music too. RIP.
Celebrating the Juneteenth holiday at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Check out both Juneteenth books! It's USA history revealed.
Sly Stone, Brian Wilson, same week, RIP. Here are two Beach Boys albums I have. You also see in the photo the first Beach Boy's 45 RPM single I purchased, "Darlin!' Many people did not like "Here Comes The Night," a song they rerecorded in 1979. I loved the 4 minute dance version (edited from 11).
When I was 18, I interviewed legendary New York City radio host and writer Gary Byrd. Originally posted on my history website, here's Gary, after my introduction, talking about Curtis Mayfield and Sly Stone. It's 59 seconds, pulled from the 5-1/2 minute conversation. Sly Stone, RIP.
Whoo! Rassle Con 2025 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, with the nature boy Ric Flair. The vintage 'Eclipse Normal' tee is wrestler Ember Moon WWE swag. Ember is now Athena in AEW.
Wow! This one brings back memories. Love it!
It's my personal sonic story behind the microphone. Discover the audiobook, eBook, and paperback, tastefully written with authentic heart & soul. Mission, music, radio and people make all the memoir magic. You'll walk with me through the decades. kingsleyhsmith.com/press/index....
Come Get To This. Marvin Gaye.
Roberta Flack, she was the best. RIP 2025. Five number one songs on the R&B charts: "Where Is The Love" with Donny Hathaway - 1972, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - 1973, "Feel Like Makin' Love" - 1974, "The Closer I Get To You" with Donny Hathaway - 1978, and "Oasis" - 1988
