He currently researches, writes and produces the two hour weekly series version of The History of Rock and Roll which he hosts with Wink Martindale and is syndicated by G Networks and Radio Express.
A longtime DJ, actor, narrator, commercial spokesman, scriptwriter, and UCLA instructor, Gary is also an entertainment historian, maintaining files (bios, photos, reviews, etc.)
[1] Theroux acquired all rights to the trademark name The History of Rock and Roll and in 2021 relaunched the concept via an all-new two-hour weekly series version hosted by Wink Martindale and syndicated by G Networks.
[3] Among other things, Theroux had Drake-Chenault chief engineer Mark Ford painstakingly assemble two kinds of annual montages: one of each chart-topping hit of a given year (in sequence) and the other of other key songs there was no time to play in full.
[1] The 1978 edition of The History of Rock and Roll debuted as a marathon broadcast over more than 400 domestic stations[3] and another 400 overseas, and won Billboard magazine's "Top Special Program of the Year" award.
Fourteen key hitmakers of the 1955-69 era were profiled in the production via historic performance clips, rare home movies, and insightful audio interviews with everyone from Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Elvis Presley, to Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion, The Ronettes, and Ray Charles.
The ten-hour radio special, hosted by Wink Martindale, counts down the 100 largest-selling, highest-charted and best-loved original hit Yuletide recordings (both singles and key album tracks), from Bing Crosby's 1942 "White Christmas" to the present.