Joel Najman
Music Host (My Place)Joel has been a part of Vermont's radio scene since 1964. He began his career at WIPS in Ticonderoga, New York. In 1965, he moved to WFAD in Middlebury, Vermont, where he attended Middlebury College. Over the years, Joel worked at radio stations WJOY, WQCR, WDOT, WDEV and WVAA where he served at various times as Morning Announcer, Program Director and News Director.
None of his radio gigs allowed him to express his love for 50s and 60s rock 'n roll music - until Vermont Public. Joel began his association with Vermont Public in the early 1980s, and since 1982 has been the host and producer of Vermont Public's weekly My Place program. Self-taught, he weaves musicology, anthropology, sociology and even psychology among the music, creating a snapshot of life at that time.
Joel was inducted into the Vermont Association Of Broadcasters Hall Of Fame in 2004.
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This week, My Place revisits an old theme with a new take and many new examples. Married Couples Who Recorded Together looks over the past half-century… -
The songwriting team of Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett not only wrote many popular hit songs of the pre-rock & roll era, but also over 40 songs that were… -
The Twist was the biggest dance craze of the early rock & roll era, taking teenage America by storm and catapulting a then-twenty-year old singer with the… -
"The Twist" was the biggest dance craze of the early rock & roll era, taking teenage America by storm and catapulting a then 20-year-old singer with the…
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On Jan. 20, 2015, singer and songwriter Rose Marie McCoy passed away at age 92. As a tunesmith, her first original song was recorded in 1946 and her most… -
From a tin-top shack in Oneida, Arkansas, to the center of New York’s songwriting and music publishing industry, the Brill Building, was the journey of… -
Several weeks ago, My Place presented an hour of vintage popular songs about houses. Since then, My Place listeners have written with many excellent… -
Each year, the Librarian of the Library of Congress designates 25 recordings for inclusion in the National Recording Registry. According to the provisions… -
Each year the Librarian of the Library of Congress designates 25 recordings for inclusion in the National Recording Registry. According to the provisions… -
This week, My Place presents an hour of vintage popular songs about houses. Memorable recordings by Rosemary Clooney, Elvis Presley and Loggins & Messina…
