ABOUT JOHN DOREMUS

Sadly,  John Doremus passed away some years ago.  He recorded the first series of THE PASSING PARADE but it was not widely successful in the USA.  However, the series was purchased by Grace Gibson Productions in Sydney, Australia and was played throughout the country and became quite popular.

So popular in fact that when the series folded in the USA Grace Gibson Productions contracted John keep going with the series.

Grace Gibson Productions in Sydney are still running today and still own the series.

Tom H. Jones is President & general mgr. of KNXR (FM) in Rochester, Minnesota. He wrote the following submission for www.tulsatvmemories.com

 I first made contact with John in 1962 and we met in 1966 when we began to produce a syndicated version of "Patterns In Music" using the music in the KNXR library.

"Patterns In Music" with John Doremus airs each evening from 7-10 on KNXR and is one of our most popular shows. It is now in its 34th year! We received many comments from folks visiting the Mayo Clinic from around the country who have heard John elsewhere. The program is actually assembled as you hear the show on KNXR. All of the music is from our library.

We bought all of John's material (voice tracks, scripts, etc.) about a year before he died. We have enough voice-tracks for about 8 years of shows.

I still keep in contact with John's secretary, Dorothy Miller, and his three boys, David, Fred and Paul.

We all know plenty of info about Sapulpa which John dispensed regularly on the program. Sometime I want to go to Sapulpa and see if the lady who gave young John the crank-up phonograph for mowing her lawn is still around. She is/was credited with getting John started in radio as a grade-schooler.

All the best and many thanks for the kind words about John.

Tom's staff has also assembled a 3 cassette "Best of John Doremus" anthology collection with 60 of his most asked-for bits. If anyone is interested in obtaining this, call him. Sorry I don't know the price. I think this is wonderful that John's work lives on - today.

You can reach Tom at:

Tom H. Jones
KNXR RADIO 97.5
1620 Greenview Drive S.W.
Rochester, MN 55902-1034
+ 507 288 7700