Charlie Dore 1979 Pilot Of The Airwaves

[@epluribusunum9692]

Estupendo tema musical, remembranzas del año 1979 que afloran al escucharlo.

[@erikhassler9459]

I am so happy to hear that. I think of that time sometimes. Stay young. ❤

[@garylobo348]

Back when the radio was EVERYTHING! Especially for we night owls. Just a beautiful Song!

[@isherwoodme]

Little River Band (The Night Owls)

[@pepino735]

later .,Video killed the radio

[@davidklein7962]

Thought she was an American but I see she’s from Britain! Super cool! Love this song! Released in England in 1979 here in the states 1980. Very catchy tune. Thank you Charlie❤

[@zulubob5824]

I've always been amazed how those from the British empire always sound like Americans when they sing!

[@hedgemist691]

@@zulubob5824 Yes, it's annoying.

[@zulubob5824]

@@hedgemist691 I don't consider it annoying.....just interesting

[@eps0m1066]

Jeez. Its real simple guys. Popular music started in America and so its culture is American. So if you sing in English, you will sound American or at least mid atlantic. Thats it! Ive noticed this criticism comes from some Americans, who recognise that its part of their culture and therefore are pissed off that Brits have become equally good (and some cases better) than them. So its not a deception, its just how this music sounds.

[@zulubob5824]

@@eps0m1066 not sure about that but .....

[@nickey66]

I was 13 years old when this song was climbing the American Top 40. I was so upset when it hit #11 or 12 and didn't hit the Top 10. The chorus of this song with all their voices harmonizing together is so uplifting.

[@kevinsukdolak5007]

Me too loved it I am 56 too

[@ElkeBehme]

I am older😢

[@codzy3532]

thank god it didnt......godawful song 😁

[@dickwad1435]

Codzy u have ascended 2 ass hole

[@Ms.Lia431]

Its 2024 & still got my gooosebumps everytime i listening to it🥺🎧🎸🥁

[@mickeybernitt3869]

Back then I drove a semi delivering milk overnight. It was a very lonely job and listening to this song and others on am radio got me through it

[@bayouslots3143]

Me too! Driving in the early am 2 to 3 this song would come on. I seem like it was meant for truckers! Don't forget about the good old CB to keep you awake! And NO ELD's!

[@jaymatsui7318]

My God, this brings back so many incredible memories and feelings. Love this song

[@ghislaindemunter626]

Tof lied

[@delanoharris7805]

Sure does ❤

[@davidborgia2312]

Totally agree !!!!!!

[@fatheralex07]

I loved this song as a teenager. Still love it! Back in 1979, I turned 15. The vocals, especially the harmonization are unforgettable!

[@lapacesiaconvoi]

a song of gratitude dedicated to a disc jockey by a fan grateful just to hear their voice. this had to have been one of the most original ideas. i've heard some songs have subliminal messages. these lyrics always seemed pure with no hidden agenda.

[@mikesaccoia5748]

I was 20 in 1979. An orphan on my own. A song that brought so much pleasure and comfort.

[@AwesomeMustangGT]

I also turned 15 in 1979. This is the background music to my youth! Man, I miss those days.

[@drstrange1503]

I was also 15 in 1979. I loved this song, I think my Dad liked this somg too?! My Dad liked listening to American Top 40 hosted by Casey Kasem! 😊

[@sandro19691000]

​@@lapacesiaconvoi, agree.❤❤

[@michaelwall6213]

40 years later. Still... a great song, "soundin' good to me!"

[@momster64]

Holy crap I had completely forgotten about this song! Funny how I remember the lyrics after all this time ❤

[@rebbekkahholt2647]

So hard to find anyone who knows this song.. I've checked out covers and were disappointed.. Nothing like the original!

[@averagejoe7435]

Rebbekkah Holt I know this song.. Nice melodies!!

[@tonyfriend7413]

Rebbekkah Holt I remember when this song came out 1979/1980 my senior year of high school! Decades Ago NOW!

[@sofiabannon8552]

+Rebbekkah Holt I used to love this song when it came out up in Seattle. Still do actually, never knew who did it.

[@jonnybottle]

+Rebbekkah Holt I worked with her Dad at British Steel in the 70s. It was all he talked about.

[@rebbekkahholt2647]

I bet he was very proud.. I used to play the 45 on my little record player and sing my heart out.. To this day I remember every word and have sang it on Karaoke many times..

[@lynnwoolley8370]

Love this song. I've been a "Pilot of the Airwaves" for many years and I played this song over KTEM many times. There aren't many songs about radio jocks/newsguys/talkhosts -- and this one is so sweet. Thank you, Charlie!

[@marknc9616]

It's kind of the opposite of "Play Misty For Me".

[@marknc9616]

Donna Summer had one that same year - "On the Radio". These were in 1980 in the US.

[@radiodude4282]

That's awesome, I'm blessed to still be in the business going into my 28th year, man it's been a ride I've enjoyed

[@ireneimanil8376]

Company Manalo fell, didn't it? What happened to 5M construction in GU?

[@chip6523]

Awesome!

[@jheaphy88]

Charlie is still playing live, writing wonderful songs and wowing audiences. I saw her play last night in Guildford UK and it was wonderful. Her voice is still beautiful and clear. Check out her latest releases, wonderful stories, wonderfully told.

[@bambooorgan3154]

Wow💗

[@JG-ue2cv]

Good for her. This song was the narrative of my early childhood. The radio and my family farm were my best friends in elementary school. She deserved more success wonder why she only had one hit.

[@jheaphy88]

@@JG-ue2cv She wrote hits for other singers, so I assume she concentrated on that part of her career instead

[@RosaidaliaSerrano]

​@@bambooorgan3154❤

[@marshalllancaster2314]

Special song, the vocals and that guitar at the end.

[@alexricardosotovillalobos8634]

If I only had lived in the 70´s for just one day...

[@jamescornflake1542]

Are you a ghost who died in the late 60's?

[@TRguy64]

No, would have needed to stick around for the entire decade, CAUSE the MUSIC was soooo DAMNED GOOD !! 🥰👍

[@trafalgar624]

I lived through the 70's, I had the time of my life, loved every second of it! You'd have loved it!❤

[@blackwingvalleylover]

The music was great, but the communes were horrible.😅

[@justasmalltowngirl3841]

Heard this song played on " Son Of A Critch" Never would have remembered it otherwise.

[@messer1096]

Yea, me too! I had forgotten about it!

[@dallasheltzell]

I still love this totally charming song. It brings back memories of the '50s and '60s, when I'd fall asleep with the transistor under my pillow. Those pilots of the airwaves seemed like friends to me as well, there in the dark. You too? ... And I really hope Charile Dore, wherever she is,, stumbles upon this thread someday and reads these comments to learn how much joy and warmth and comfort and beauty and relatability her simple, gentle song has meant to so many of us over all these years.

[@RandyDowd]

We get chewed out if we left our pillow radio on & have to ask for a carbide 9 volt battery.😮 Radio $5 batteries pennies. Theees 1 for the Energiezer Bunny🎉😊

[@jason_berns]

Still listening to this stuff July 2023. Growing up in the 70s and 80s with songs like this is really awesome!

[@karladuncan4026]

Such meaningful memories! Gosh what a wonderful song! Im 57 and i still think its groovy! 😊 Love and light!

[@saintluisito]

This song feels like the best medicine for your soul. One of the sweetest songs EVER recorded!. What a great time for REAL music, the late 70's - early 80's were. Edit: August 2020 and, everytime they play the last notes on the guitar, I still find myself crying tears of joy for this song ...

[@MrHairyNeck]

+saintluisito Agreed

[@barrysullins4839]

+saintluisito There many great songs in the late 70s but this one was one of the best. I was 29, Vietnam vet and working at Coors. I grew up with the Beatles, Beach Boys--60s. By 1990 it had all kinda gone downhill.

[@c.d.7742]

+saintluisito A lady friend keeps telling me that 1979 was the best year for music. :-)CD

[@danhendrickson9572]

In the summer 1982 I was 13 years old and I remember that being the last year for this awesome era for music. Commercial music changed around 1983 with Madonna and Michael Jackson ushering in a new era. Also new wave music started to become popular around that time.

[@corvetcoyote443]

+C. Dillabough your friend has her facts in good order,most of my music is from 79,the best year of all time .

[@GaryLockhart-ic3mw]

Pure class.

[@lisalu7153]

This...this is the reason most days I can't tell you what I had for lunch the day before. Because that room in my brain is occupied by little ditties like this in the off chance I'll hear it one morning on the way to work, many years down the line, so that I'm ready to sing every single word. Every. Single. Word.

[@l.s.a1990]

Lisa...... I'm with you

[@paulrydermcbroken5260]

I love this song.. brings back my younger years... 70's... the best

[@ericnewsom8889]

I remember Uncle Bobby Rivers playing the opening acapella chorus every morning to open his morning show on WZZP 103.9 in Northern Indiana

[@janedowe8403]

I had forgotten about this song! Just came across it and clicked on it. STIIL better than the crap coming out today. Damn...I actually miss 1979.

[@SuV33358]

Me too

[@judesmoria]

Same here! Cant believe I remember the words

[@sabrinaphillips916]

‘79 was wonderful...might be the pinnacle of the great American century

[@wildcatkelly1966]

Me too, except for my bout with pneumonia.

[@crisgonzaba7751]

@Summer Rose , 💝💟🔥🎧🎼🎵🎶🎤🎻🎹🎸📢📢🎸 , 💝🔥🔥💟⬆

[@kurtpeterson2460]

My mom used to play guitar and sing this song to me when I was a little kid that memory never left me

[@Nevada_Dan]

I suppose if you gotta be a one-hit-wonder, you couldn't do any better than this golden gem of audio bliss. Thanks, Charlie!

[@christinaknauss4390]

This song popped up this morning on Spotify. I hadn't heard it in probably 20 years. I loved it back in 1979 and love it now.

[@missjeanba]

lovely song.. when radio is your only company!

[@randyleach7028]

The Radio was and is still my best friend . Music is my medication .

[@leojones22]

Along with the TV, the old phone and VHS.

[@Aramanth]

I loved this so much when it came out!! It was summer 1979 and I was 12. And I did call the *DJ* and requested this song... my first request on radio ever!! He played it! I was thrilled! Thanks for posting this clip, never seen it!

[@margarethogan5592]

I was 15. Great memories

[@stevocharlie1821]

@@margarethogan5592 I was 16. much better times even though I was skint .things were a lot simpler then,and the country wasn't as violent

[@SirLeDoux]

I was 10 and still love this tune. Oh those were the days!

[@sleekoduck]

The first time I heard this was when my family came back from vacation from Europe in 1980. I was 10. I couldn't get enough of it.

[@ShelbyFarrow]

I remember it well. I was 13 when it came out. I bought the 45 record of it.

[@randomyank7777]

Regardless of the charts , when a song remains so blissfully honest & true , for as long as this one has (44 years) , you know it was a great song . Well written , outstandingly well performed , & with harmonies that send it all of the way over the top , & into our souls . A few songs do that . This one still does . Thank you Charlie , wherever you are ! Your humble request of the pilot , made you one . The best songs remain true long after they are written , forever it would seem .

[@satcher2001]

What a beautiful voice.... like Carly Simon or Karen Carpenter. Can’t believe she didn’t have way more big hits. 😔

[@cherryprs]

Too me she sounds a bit like the great Olivia Newton John. At any rate-I always loved this song.

[@MrPastcha]

IMO more like Joni Mitchell

[@isherwoodme]

I love this song, but her voice isn't on par with the greats.

[@dallasheltzell]

@@isherwoodme Maybe not, but I think her voice -- and her appearance too -- perfectly fit the girl depicted in the song.

[@isherwoodme]

@@dallasheltzell I never said she wasn't good, my comment was directed to all those people comparing her and saying she was as good as - or better - than professional singers.

[@stefantaxacher5057]

What a great song! Just everything perfectly Made. Wonderful melody, nice harmonies, and I like the performance oft the whole band. Everyone seems to love the song. Thank you, Charlie Dore & band! 🎼🎵🎶

[@stefantaxacher5057]

Play that song 4 me...🙂

[@RubenTrongcoso]

Hindi pa ako pinapanganak sa kanta na ito pero nong bata pa ako paborito ko itong kanta hanggang ngayon😎😎

[@davidmaynard5092]

Who's still listening in 2023. I have always loved this song.

[@Jimmyzb36]

2024

[@BeautifulFire-fz3ri]

2024

[@aprilblossom9268]

Ken Bruce just played it near end of last show on Radio 2.. also played Giants - they surely have been Giants some of these presenters! No wonder it was once ‘station of the year’ ... good luck Ken xxx

[@dennisonmagnaye8063]

, 2020 still listening this 😂

[@SiBiChris]

Me2❤️

[@peterrodby2786]

Here!

[@tirol4302]

2021 Listening in Tyrol - Austria.

[@stephkof]

When there is love in your heart it comes out in your music and brings a tear to your eye. Thanks Charlie, love you too.

[@travis7310]

I remember hearing this in Kmart a lot. You know, back when they were a great store that played great music.

[@hughvane]

I've lost count of the number of times I've replayed this song. Charlie's plaintive voice tone, with the added a cappella backing, really made the song a classy item.

[@leopoldonotarianni8663]

It's very addictive I agree

[@dantepaule4311]

Pilot of the airwaves....one of the best song requests in most of Philippines FM stations on 1979-80

[@DenG611]

Definitely. This was big in the Ph way back when.

[@wadewilson9614]

The intro of this song was used on a certain radio station in the Philippines..

[@charliecatsantos8412]

Including Radyo5 morning shows on Weekdays

[@dyinginsidegaming5511]

Thats why I'm here, radio was the only social media back then. No mtv, no cd, just radio

[@leonardvicari2857]

Back in 1979 I turned 13 such a great song with great vocal harmonies Charlie you have a great voice

[@MrCBXer55]

I still love this song ohh so many years later!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@catfishandcoleslaw]

I was 12 when this song came out and I have just recently rediscovered it! I love it!

[@trevorpettingill4871]

Part of singapore airlines entertainment programme taken some time to chase this down,

[@nedthreestring1479]

And just like that I'm 14 again....people say I look weary but that's just the company I keep. A line I've never forgotten.

[@itsmovinfast]

15 for me. Not sure where 40 years went but it flew like the wind.

[@timsydlowski5208]

I’m 53 and remember it well. What happened to her?

[@PeMoFilm]

I'm still a night owl, "don't waste my time chasing sleep" ;-) .

[@johnnyappleseed5029]

@@itsmovinfast Damn, ain't that the truth?

[@MrHairyNeck]

Still sounds remarkably fresh

[@MrFRESH2207]

Sometimes a melody can bring back memories. This is absolutely one of those gems!

[@darlamitchell4039]

I just heard this song tonight. In the background on the t v Series son of a critch. So I had to look it up.

[@harmen-zu3sy]

70 yrs old, haven't heard this in 40 years, loved it then,love it still.

[@henrystanley511]

What a great song I remember when this song came out it was so nice back then I really wish I could go back there again 😭❤️❤️❤️

[@nickyshuler8820]

Charlie, GOD BLESS YOU and your Band Members and your families and loved ones always. Your beautiful singing of the song Pilot of The Airwaves always touches my heart, even now. May GOD BLESS AND PROTECT all of you, always. With a Lotta Love--- Ray Shuler

[@manfredneumaier-vh8xs]

Manfredo I love this song so very much!!!! Charlie Dore has such a beautiful voice! This voice reminds me of the great voices from Karen Carpenter, Sade and Carly Simon. The singers nowadays have voices that are absolutely boring. They have nothing special!!! I’m always so glad when I hear songs like this on the radio!!!

[@kakerukakeru8614]

Who still listen on 2019

[@rollygomez65]

me

[@dudelsack-w7k]

Rolando Gomez #metoo^^

[@MrFuninbiz]

me

[@marionpilapil4560]

Me

[@thaithommy]

I am...

[@steveyocum4254]

While in collage(Hunboldt State University 83-84) I would call my favorite DJ Joan Marie -local radio station in Arcata, Ca...the radio station was small and I could call and talk..and even run into her in town...it was small town especially back then. She found this song and I said I was trying to make Charlie Dorn a house hold name ...I loved this song and never heard it played much. Joan would deticate it to me and play it every few days... I'll never forget that time..and Thank You Joan Marie. I told my son many years later the story and this song...he loves it now...and says he plays it at times too.

[@mutley2271]

Just ... Love ... This.... Mum! I'm almost 60 and this so reminds me of me ma. 5And she's still with us...)

[@cathydasel3823]

I fell in love with this song ❣️❣️❣️. Played it 100x♥️

[@stefantaxacher5057]

I played it more than 1000 times. 🎶🙂 And still love it. So charming, so brilliant. Thank you, Charlie, and all.

[@davidmitchell443]

I'm listening to this in 2024...are you?

[@FieldBlaser]

It popped up in my suggestions. I forgot all about this song. Don’t think I’ve heard it since back n the day. What a blast from past.

[@xr6lad]

No. I just keep reading sad little people who go round videos saying ‘who is listening in…..’

[@stevensmith7447]

Yes

[@HeinoBartels]

Yes

[@JoeB.P]

Me too ❤ from Philippines 🇵🇭

[@leonardvicari2857]

I love the harmonies Charlie Dore has a great voice I always listened to the radio when I was a teenager They do not make great songs like this anymore Charlie Dore you.are great

[@imanichols1467]

I remember this song when it came out and the state of mind I was in. Thank you to all the Dee Jays who send out beautiful music to make this world a much better place.

[@RETROTV1394]

Great song from 1980 .Graduated High School that year. A great year for Country Western music.

[@mrshow1509]

A classic '70s track. I can remember hearing this on AM radio in the USA. Thanks for the memories!

[@mattanderson6336]

mrshow1 I miss those clear channel AM stations you could pick up from all over the country at night.

[@imoverthetop44]

1979 second year high school. It was the international year of the child. Roller scatting was fun and so was life. cruising around the neighborhood on your bikes with friends and not being home on the weekend until the sun went down. it was the time of talk-back radio and song requests and most of all. The music was good music even bad was good compared to some of today's. Such was life.

[@Lukeydookee]

This takes me back to wandering into the kitchen as young chap of a few years old, whilst mother was baking, and having this great tune etched on my mind for life.

[@DoIGetTube]

Sad to say, it has now become very unlikely that "The Pilots Of The AirWaves" who are all celebrated in this selection will be able to fly again any time soon, as they once did. Everything on radio is now so mechanized and so lacking in true humanity; those are days everyone SHOULD miss.

[@paulaward6764]

Loved this song back then still love it

[@theocold9256]

This song has great flow. Just sails along, smooth as silk.

[@suzanneseguin4186]

When I listen 2 this song, it brings me back 2 my childhood, being at our camp listening to the battery powered radio, because we had no electricity there, and it was all I had. Very few kids today can relate to this song in it's true meaning. I enjoy it. I realize I am lucky to know what's it like to have almost nothing. It makes me more appreciative of what I have.

[@robertendertonsr2255]

Suzanne Seguin me too!

[@heatherporterfield7343]

I still have this song on a 45 record.😀

[@DenG611]

Loved this song. being born in the early 70s gave me the privilege to know and savour this song til today. Still sounding good to me!

[@jamesbottomley2596]

So cleverly pitched to sucker the AM/FM jocks of that day and they totally fell for it. Beautiful song by a beautiful and brilliant young woman.

[@jheaphy88]

She is now a beautiful and equally brilliant older women. Still writing and performing songs telling perfect picture book stories.

[@ebayerr]

This is one of my personal guilty pleasures. I listen to this when no one else is around.

[@StudeSteve62]

Love that rich, bright harmonic sound that was so prevalent in the 70s and early 80s. Still have Charlie's LP "Where To Now" with this song on it, and also the 45 of the radio edit. Was pleased to find Charlie had kept writing songs, with, for instance, Celine Dion's "Refuse To Dance" to her credit in recent years...

[@leopoldonotarianni8663]

Well described

[@sirlew1951]

One of my all time faves. Thank you Charlie!

[@a1chemist1]

I remember hearing this song on one of those cheap fake rack systems Kmart sold under, believe it or not, the brand name of Pilot. My girlfriend in high school had one of those systems and it was a joke. It was fastened together in m the back but made to look like a rack in the front.

[@keithkrzemi8103]

Incredible!!!!! Loved this song FOREVER!!!!

[@heididjembe]

I woke up with this song in my head. Had to come here to find it and it gave me goosebumps!! I was 15 when this was a hit and I loved it then, seems I still love it now...... Great harmonies, great lyrics. Thanks for the memories x

[@tomhamilton4206]

Love this song and the lead singer. Sweet voice.

[@jimjordan6967]

Had this song in my head this evening. Had to stop by and listen. Another timeless beauty

[@Mauricio-vn6fl]

It has been a long time since I heard this song. Great memories

[@vlogsfavorsphileco8788]

Such soo cool melody harmony smooth voice and marvelous lyrics !

[@markkelley1996]

every radio station should sign on or off with this song. thanks mark

[@ernestborres6179]

I always hear this during commercial breaks whenever I listen to fm radio in my country.

[@susanandrew6453]

Great idea!

[@nigelchadwick994]

Radio Caroline, an off shore pirate radio station in the UK, used this song as their final air play!

[@neilgates995]

@@nigelchadwick994 Yes indeed. I was the DJ who played it. I was actually playing it every night to close down Radio Caroline for the night at the time!

[@someguywithvideos]

@@neilgates995 It was kinda chilling listening to the aircheck when you casually signed off and said that you'll be back in the morning and it turns out that was the last we heard from the Lady in Red from the North Sea...

[@rayshuler7293]

Charlie , You and the band are awesome here ! GOD BLESS all of of you , Always---- and here writng on Easter Sunday , thank you LORD , for letting us all live our lives here as we prepare to meet YOU one day !! THANK YOU LORD .

[@donaldwrightson]

Haven't heard this since '79,love this song!!!

[@フルリン]

1979年、日本でもラジオで流れて大ヒットしました。素晴らしい曲ですね。

[@pygkidz]

This was the first record I ever had, my sister bought it for me. I love this song forever.

[@beanobawz3432]

This song came on TV today, and I was instantly back in my childhood watching Top Of The Pops. THAT chord change in the harmonies never fails to bring a tear to my eye and make the rest of my day feel good

[@WingNuts2010]

Is it not amazing that hearing a song can time warp you back to an earlier time in your life? For me this song takes me back 30 years to when I was in Belize for two months. It was a popular request on one of the local radio stations. Thank you for the post.

[@aristia609]

Pilot of the airwaves... I was eleven back then and still remember the melody that brought me here to listen all over again. You're still sounding good to me...

[@ZhangHanzhong]

Moral lesson: radio never dies.

[@jonirving5606]

I was driving today from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This song came up on some oldies station. I had forgotten about it. But it is a really good song. Nice to hear these songs once in awhile among us old-timers.

[@ole9421]

Thanks for posting this! Super tune that brings back some wonderful memories of a much simpler time in my life. Charlie's got such a sweet sounding voice. Love it!

[@hersonramos3042]

I miss 70's and 80's whenvreal music and great artist exist....i there is time machine I would choose to go back my past.

[@MrBlueSkyMrNight]

Please check out some of my music lists.

[@ingkacharters3519]

Dear Charlie, You sang this beautiful song tonight with Plough Capella...LOVED it, thank you....and I sang along :)

[@davidmcgrath8228]

wow I stumbled upon this song ..I forgot about it ..until now I remember listening in the year 79-80 brings back memories when I was 16 and in jr high school in florida hanging out with friends ,,I never knew who sang this song till now....cant believe its been about 40 years now !!!whered the time go ..miss the simpler times though!!!!

[@alkahall3599]

Unforgettable .. a truly brilliant piece of pop music !!

[@nmwillow]

I head this song on the radio a few days ago and have singing it since - great song! and love the harmonies!

[@samuelsmith8964]

Wow! I'd forgotten all about this song until I saw the words at the beginning of a Peter Frampton song on KZbin. I searched the words and found this song again. Hadn't heard it for decades but I remember listening to it and liking it a long time ago. Thanks!

[@t.rayhenry1186]

I graduated in 1979 and I remember this song like it was yesterday. Great harmonies.

[@duncandmcgrath6290]

Puts me in a great mood just like it did when I was a kid .

[@tessrabuya4270]

Very beautiful lady,beautiful song ever,i live charlie Gore. thank u very much for this beautiful song, from the botton of my heart thank u and i love u.❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏

[@markserour9115]

Damn, this is an obscure oldie!

[@dabuilda2011]

Now its 2018 and im not tired of hearing this classic hit,it is as fresh as yesterday.Really love great oldies like this..

[@dabuilda2011]

CelticMusicFan7 I wish you can share some of your records. Oh else share some of favourite songs..