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Jimmy O'Neill
O'Neill as the host of Shindig! , 1964
Born
James Franklin O'Neill
(1940-01-08 ) January 8, 1940Died January 11, 2013(2013-01-11) (aged 73 ) Occupations
radio personality
TV host
producer
Years active 1957–1999 Spouse
(m. 1961; div. 1966)
James Franklin "Jimmy" O'Neill (January 8, 1940 – January 11, 2013) was an American DJ and broadcaster who hosted the ABC television musical variety show Shindig! [1] Pandora's Box , an influential Sunset Strip music venue in West Hollywood, California that was the center of the 1966 Sunset Strip curfew riots .
Life and career [ edit ]
O'Neill was born in Enid, Oklahoma .[2] Enid High School , he began his career in radio at KGWA in Enid in 1957 and then moved to WKY in Oklahoma City in 1958. One year later O'Neill landed a job at KQV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at age 19.[3] WCAE . He was hired at KRLA in Los Angeles, California a year after working at KQV.[citation needed
O'Neill was the first voice heard on KRLA-AM when it switched from a country-western format to top 40 .[4] KFWB from 1963 to 1967. He spent two years at KDAY from 1969 to 1971. He also hosted The Jimmy O'Neill Show on KCOP-TV .[citation needed
After O'Neill moved to Los Angeles, Chuck Barris , then-ABC daytime programming executive, green-lit the pilot for Shindig! ; the show ran from 1964 to 1966.[5] The Flintstones sitcom in the season six episode "Shinrock A Go-Go", which originally aired on December 3, 1965. This episode featured O'Neill, as "Jimmy O'Neillstone", hosting the Bedrock analogue of Shindig , called "Shinrock"; that program featured as one of the guest performers The Beau Brummels (as "The Beau Brummelstones") performing their recent hit, Laugh, Laugh [6]
In the 1970s, he worked at KOB in Albuquerque, then it was on to Omaha, Nebraska , radio stations WOW (now KXSP ) and KOIL . He returned to Los Angeles for two more stints at KRLA from 1984 to 1985 and from 1990 to 1993.[citation needed
He retired in the mid 1990s and lived in West Hollywood, California ; he died at his home there on January 11, 2013, aged 73.[7]
Personal life [ edit ]
O'Neill was married three times, including to songwriter Sharon Sheeley , to socialite Eve I. Johnson, and to Renee Whitman.
He had one son (James) and one daughter (Katy), as well as one stepson (Robin) and one stepdaughter (Megan).[1]
References [ edit ]
^ Thompson, Ruth E. (May 29, 1965). 'Shindig's Jimmy O'Neill started as chorister , Gettysburg Times
^ Kienzle, Rich (January 16, 2013). Jimmy O'Neill, ex-'Burgh DJ & ABC "Shindig!" Host: 1940-2013 , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
^ Staff report (September 16, 1994). Shake, Rattle, and 'Shindig!' Entertainment Weekly
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Childs, T. Mike (2004). The Rocklopedia Fakebandica St. Martin's Press . p. 14 ISBN 978-0-312-32944-0 The Rocklopedia Fakebandica
^ Joyce, Ed (January 15, 2013). LA DJ Jimmy O'Neill dead at 73, hosted TV's 'Shindig!' , KPCC ; accessed November 24, 2021.
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
