Burt Schneider:
CLASS OF 1959
Catalina High SchoolClass of 1959
Tucson, AZ
Treehaven SchoolClass of 1975
Tucson, AZ
University of ArizonaClass of 1963
Tucson, AZ
Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle SchoolClass of 1955
Tucson, AZ
Green Fields Country Day SchoolClass of 1953
Tucson, AZ
Burt's Story
"Rock Around the Clock" was the top song in the land the day they started high school in '55.
By graduation day four years later, teen-agers Ray Lindstrom and Burt Schneider had their own record company. "Zoom" was its name, home to such stellar bands as the Nightbeats, featuring future Tucson Police Chief Pete Ronstadt as lead singer.
Oh, to be 17 again.
In their senior year, they formed Zoom Records.
Then they found a recording studio in Phoenix. "I bet the whole thing didn't cost $250," says Lindstrom.
Swell. Now all they needed was a band.
"We went to a high school dance and saw Jack Wallace and the Hi-Tones," says
Lindstrom. "Jack kinda sounded like Elvis."
Three hours in the studio and the teens had their record: "I Think of You"
and "You Are The One."
Lindstrom and Schneider rushed the acetate copy ...Expand for more
to Tucson radio.
"They played it as a KTKT exclusive for an entire week," says Lindstrom.
Sales were strong enough to pay for another record.
This time, they picked the Night Beats, five fellow students at Catalina,
who recorded "Lonesome Road Rock," along with their theme song, "Night
Beat."
"Lonesome Road Rock" did well enough to hit the Billboard charts, says
Ronstadt.
Zoom also recorded the song "Scandal" by King Rock and the Knights.
After high school graduation, Schneider visited Australia and met a singer
Down Under who had brought out the song "Doreen."
"We brought it to the States and Pete recorded it," says Schneider.
Flip side: "Crying All Night," written in 15 minutes by Ronstadt and a
fellow band member suffering from a broken romance.
Excerpted from Arizona Daily Star story by Bonnie Henry
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