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watching Valley Girl time and again , even 30 years later . “ The music was fantastic ,” Heidi emotes . “ Martha ( Coolidge ) did an amazing job .”
In 1994 and 1995 , Rhino Records released 2 CDs containing all ( but 1 : Eddy Grant ’ s Electric Avenue ), of the songs actually heard in Valley Girl . The second volume also contains great filler material from the 1980s .
After talking to Heidi , it is clear that being a genuinely nice person is much more important to her than being “ successful ”. To me , that makes her one of the most successful people I know .
To hear my audio interview with Heidi , containing exclusive material , visit www . PositivelyEnergized . net , and search the keyword Holicker . :

Positively Energized with Dick Bartley

program Solid Gold Saturday Night to play us a song that she found uniquely eerie . It was on that occasion that I first heard , and fell in love with Dickey Lee ’ s 1965 recording of Laurie ( Strange Things Happen ). In 1996 , it came as no surprise to me that ( as I was converting my vinyl collection to CD ) the first CD release of Laurie was included on a disc called Collector ’ s Essentials : the 60s , which Dick Bartley helped produce & compile . It was the first time I ever heard Laurie in true stereo .

“ Radio is magic .” Those words were actually spoken by Dick Bartley toward the end of our interview . But they are so profoundly true I just had to start this article with them .

I first heard Dick on WLEV 96.1 FM in the Allentown , Pa market back in the
1980s . I still remember the day ( before ever tuning into a live broadcast ) when my aunt came over to our house with a cassette recording of Dick ’ s
Dick got hooked on top 40 rock and roll radio as a child living in Syracuse , NY . Around age 14 , after moving to Lynchburg , Virginia , Dick started working part time in radio as a “ gopher ”, filing records , getting coffee , etc . He did that until age 17 , when he got his first chance behind a microphone . Dick continued doing radio all through high school and college .
In 1979 , Dick was working six afternoons a week at Chicago radio station WFYR , including Saturdays . It was then that he presented his idea for a Saturday night call- in request show featuring 1950s-60s
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