Montana Mel and the Sunset Pioneers WTOL Toledo, OH

About The Artist "Montana Mel" was fronting the "Sunset Pioneers" over WTOL in Toledo, Ohio in 1954, a band he had formed about a year earlier. A 1954 article mentions he had been doing personal appearances and had been a member of various bands in the area in the five years prior to that. A 1953 article tells us he was being heard over the air at WTOL at 7:30pm each Saturday night. Timeline & Trivia Notes Group Members: Montana Mel Jimmy Estys Carolina Pete Red Anderson Herman Credits & Sources Country Song Roundup; No. 27; December 1953; American Folk Publications, Inc.; Derby, CT Country Song Roundup; No. 31; May 1954; American Folk Publications, Inc.; Derby, CT

Printer Friendly Version