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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tommy Smalls (1926/27 - 1972), known as Dr. Jive, was an influential African-American radio disc jockey in New York during the early days of rock and roll.Born in Savannah, Georgia, he attended Savannah State College, and, after a period in the US Coast Guard, became the first black disc jockey in Savannah in 1947 on radio station WSAV. In 1952 he moved to New York, and became the original Dr. Jive on radio station WWRL. His weekday afternoon radio shows - with the slogan Sit back and relax and enjoy the wax / From three-oh-five to five-three-oh, it's the Dr. Jive show - became popular with teenagers and featured vocal groups, blues, rock and roll and Latin music. In 1955 he began to present live rhythm and blues revues from the Rockland Palace and the Apollo Theater, and in November 1955 presented an unprecedented 12 minute segment on the nationally-networked Ed Sullivan Show featuring Bo Diddley, LaVern Baker, the Five Keys, and Willis Gator Tail Jackson.

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