For many of us on this site, particularly our more senior members, we have been following the tread titled: "The Ventures/Days of Doo Wop", in the General Discussion section here.
A frequent contributor to that thread is a member who calls himself "memory master". His real name is Charlie T., and he is a good personnel friend to several members of this site.
We know that Charlie has retired from the FDNY/EMS and also worked within the former NYC Health and Hospitals EMS covering the city before that merger. During his years he worked in some of the busiest areas of the city, where he rose up in rank to I believe, Lt. Without any doubt in my mind, he has had a "direct impact" on saving thousands of lives and helping so many during those years.
How do you thank somebody who has done so much good for so many people ?
I have never actually met Charlie but I feel as though I've know him for years. We keep in touch quite often, mostly through email.
But what I also wanted to say is that Charlie T., aka "memory master", has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the music of those Doo Wop Days. Those of us who have viewed that thread, "The Ventures/Days of Doo Wop", can confirm that.
However, I recently learned that Charlie goes much deeper into it than posting his comments on there. I just received an email from him. He calls it "Memory Masters Music". As I went through it, I could NOT believe the huge amount of work he put into this. He has listed over 3,200 albums and cd's that he has in his collection. Not only does he have that entire list, but he has also broken down each album and cd containing the "artist", "title", "genre", "disc", "tracks", "release date", "label" and "added data".
It is an UNBELIEVABLE PIECE OF "CLASSIC" WORK. What a Great job he did.
I don't know if there's any way that he could post it on this site for ALL the members to see. But I'm sure there are other guys here that would certainly enjoy seeing it and be as impressed with it as much as I am.
THANK YOU Charlie, aka "memory master". Thank you for all you do for us here and we certainly THANK YOU for the Life Saving Job that you did for so many years. In most likely the "busiest and most dangerous EMS organization in the World".
During my younger buffing days, I saw you guys work too. "The Webster Outpost" on Webster Ave in the Bronx was a favorite of mine. Tough place to work.
Quick story, a civilian was hit by a car near the Butler Housing Project. A large crowd gathered around the only two NYC Health and Hospitals EMS workers on the scene and the neighborhood people weren't too happy about it. Not only did those NYC EMS guys have to worry about the patient, but they also had to worry about the crowd too.
Plus there was the "aids" thing that came out with thousands in NYC infected.
This is just one small story that so many people like Charlie T., "memory master", had to deal with.
Let me also say this. This "NEWS of MEMBERS" thread merely scratches the surface of some of our members here. There are so many more stories to tell. But where do we begin ?
