Re: Bob Clayton, RIP

["Joe Pappalardo" <Joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>]

Was this the Bob CLayton that also worked at WLLH?

JoePapp


----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:43 PM
Subject: Bob Clayton, RIP


> From the Cape Cod Times:
>
> Robert H. Clayton, 87
> Attorney; worked in radio, TV; host of 'Boston Ballroom'
>
> WEST HYANNISPORT - Robert H. "Bob" Clayton, 87, of West Hyannisport, died
> Monday at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington of complications following
surgery.
>
> He was the husband of Selma E. (Liptzer) Clayton, who died in 2000. They
> were married for 63 years.
> Mr. Clayton was a practicing attorney and member of the bar, at the time
of
> his death.
>
> Before retiring to Cape Cod in 1973, he was a well-known radio and TV
> personality. His radio program, "Boston Ballroom," broadcast on WHDH, was
> long the most popular show on Boston radio. During its successful 30-year
> run, hundreds of students appeared with him to introduce their high
> schools' favorite songs and recording artists.
>
> In 1955, a delegation of state senators and representatives, led by House
> Speaker John Powell, presented the results of their record poll on the
air.
> An equally successful version of the show was telecast on Channel 5 from
> 1957 to 1963. The most famous recording artists of the day appeared on
both
> programs. Many acknowledged that the records Mr. Clayton played on "Boston
> Ballroom" had launched their careers.
>
> He was also the host of a call-in request program, "Juke Box Saturday
> Night," which became popular during the Korean War when servicemen wrote
in
> dedications to their loved ones, which were read on the air.
>
> Before beginning his career in radio and TV, Mr. Clayton, a 1936 graduate
> of Northeastern University, had been an attorney in Boston. He returned to
> the practice of law after retiring to his former summer home in West
> Hyannisport in 1973. He took great satisfaction from this second
successful
> career, which, like the first, lasted almost 30 years.
>
> Until December 2001, he continued to be an active member of the bar.
>
> Surviving are a son Arnold Clayton; a brother Saul Clayton; two grandsons;
> and several nieces and nephews.
>
> There will be no funeral.
> A memorial service will be held at a later date.
> Memorial donations may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod,
> 923 Route 6A, Yarmouthport, MA 02675; or to the Cape Cod Hospital
> Foundation, 4 Bayview St., Hyannis, MA 02601.
>
>
>


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