When phone numbers had names?

[Paladin1950]

Beechwood 4 - 5789.

I saw the Marvelettes at an oldies show. That was one of the songs that they sang.

 

[ohioboy]

I do not know how I forgot Chuck Berry's "Promised Land" Elvis did a cover.

"Los Angeles give me Norfolk, Virginia, Tidewater four ten O nine".

 

[ArnoldC]

Kenwood aka KE exchange early on for us. Later it changed to Prospect aka PR.

1950s-1960s era. For me, remember an alpha-numeric was easier than remembering a full numeric.

 

[Tempsontime65]

Oh yeah...Ra[Randolfh]- Ta[Taylor]...I miss em.

 

[mrstime]

Frontier
Don't remember the number.