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| Ben Fong-Torres (2004) | |
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| Ben Fong-Torres was born in Alameda, California, in 1945, and raised in Oakland's Chinatown, where his parents owned a restaurant. He attended San Francisco State College from 1962 through 1966, majored in Radio-TV-Film and served as a reporter and editor of the campus daily.
He began writing for Rolling Stone magazine in 1968, in its eighth issue. He had a full-time job at another publication: Pacific Telephone’s employee magazine. By night, he was a volunteer editor at East West, a bilingual Chinatown newspaper. In May, 1969, Ben joined Rolling Stone as news editor. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Ray Charles, featuring Norah Jones | Genius Loves Company | Here We Go Again | (Concord) |
| # 2 | Jimmy Smith | Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith | Walk on the Wild Side | (Verve) |
| # 3 | Madeline Eastman | Mad About Madeline | Cheek to Cheek | (Mad Kat) |
| # 4 | Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Orchestra | Sinatra at the Sands | I've Got You under My Skin | (Reprise) |
| # 5 | Jenna Mamina | Under the Influence | Watching the Detectives | (Mamma Grace) |
| # 6 | Gene Ammons | Fine and Mellow | Play Me | (Prestige) |
| # 7 | Pamela Rose | You Can Have It All | You Can Have It All | (Three-Handed Records) |
| # 8 | Larry Ching | Till the End of Time | I Only Have Eyes for You | (Forbidden City Records) |
| Book | On CD-ROM, either a music encyclopedia or The Encyclopaedia Britannica | |||
| Luxury Item | A portable karaoke machine | |||
| Alternate Picks/Not Broadcast | ||||
| Alt 1 | Vince Guaraldi | Jazz Impressions of "Black Orpheus" | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | (OJC) |
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26 Apr Ben Goldberg 01 Mar Lua Hadar 08 Mar | Molly Holm
19 Apr Remy Le Boeuf 15 Mar Stephanie Nakasian 18 Jan | Marlena Shaw
29 Mar Ben Sidran 12 Apr |