Jess Cain
Jess Daniel Dennis Cain II (June 17, 1926 – February 14, 2008) was an American radio personality.
Career
[edit]For 34 years, from 1957 to 1991, Cain was the morning drivetime personality on WHDH/850 in Boston.[citation needed] Cain also was a professional actor and appeared in theater and musical theater productions, and appeared in early television on the Sergeant Bilko - a.k.a. The Phil Silvers Show.[citation needed] A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a graduate of Northeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia and the University of Notre Dame.[citation needed]
Cain's song about Carl Yastrzemski — which he adapted from an old ragtime tune called "Shoutin' Liza Trombone" — appeared on "The Impossible Dream," a WHDH-produced album commemorating the 1967 Boston Red Sox season and later as part of the soundtrack of the 2005 movie Fever Pitch.[citation needed]
He was a World War II veteran, serving under Audie Murphy at the Battle of the Bulge and earning the Silver Star.[citation needed]
In 1970, Cain criticized Johnny Cash's anti-war song "What is Truth?". He called the song "junk" and "Trash".[1]
Cain died from prostate cancer in his Beacon Hill home at the age of 81.[2] He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November 2008.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "NAMES & FACES IN THE NEWS". Boston Globe. 2 April 1970. p. 2. ProQuest 366928048.
- ↑ Marquard, Bryan (2008-02-14). "Radio legend Jess Cain is dead at 81". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Radio pioneer Jess Cain gets Hall of Fame honors - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger". Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
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