The Countdown Continues (#80 - #61)
#80 - P.S. I LOVE YOU - The Beatles ( 1964)Speaking of B-Sides, this was The Beatles' first flip side to their first British hit ... it proved to be a Top Ten Winner here in The States, too.#79 -...
View ArticleThe Countdown Continues (#60 - #41)
#60 - I GO TO PIECES - Peter and Gordon (1965)Another beautiful gem by these two ... this time a Del Shannon tune. #59 - HEART FULL OF SOUL - The Yardbirds (1965)#58 - YOU'VE GOT YOUR TROUBLES - The...
View ArticleWe've Reached The Top 40!
#40 - SILHOUETTES - Herman's Hermits (1965)#39 - HAVE I THE RIGHT - The Honeycombs (1964)#38 - YOU REALLY GOT ME - The Kinks (1964)#37 - WISHIN' AND HOPIN' - Dusty Springfield (1964)#36 - GLAD ALL...
View ArticleThe Biggest And The Best
Our Countdown of The Top 100 Hits of The British Invasion, 1964 and 1965, concludes today with the VERY BIGGEST HITS OF THIS ERA.(Is it any surprise that The Beatles have TEN of The Top 20...
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British Invasion Comments
Forgotten Hits Subscribers received comments updates throughout our Top 100 Countdown. Not a subscriber ... and want to receive periodic updates regarding new postings? Just drop us an email at...
View ArticleJust Plain Folks
Our tribute to the '60's continues with a genre of music that seems to be completely ignored by oldies radio today ... and I'm not sure why ... as it certainly had a profound impact on the sounds we...
View ArticleHelping Out Our Readers
>>>Does anyone remember a comedy record, spoken over music, with a sort of Maynard G. Krebbs type 60's hipster who kept repeating, "Like man, I'm a musician, and I blow drums." Driving me...
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Thursday This And That
Playing some MAJOR catch-up here today ... trying to find some of the comments we missed during our Top 100 British Invasion Hits Countdown that are still semi-relevant!!! Plus, we've still got one...
View ArticleBURTON CUMMINGS
Two weeks from tonight we'll be going to see Burton Cummings, performing live at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL, and, from what I understand, this is a VERY hot ticket. Complete ticket...
View ArticleBurton Cummings - Part Two
Former Guess Who Lead Singer Burton Cummings will be performing at The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois, on Friday, September 27th ... and we were fortunate enough to be able to talk to Cummings...
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Burton Cummings - Part Three
We wrap up our interview with Burton Cummings today in Forgotten Hits. Remember you can catch him at The Arcada Theatre on Friday, September 27th. (Link below for more ticket information) And be...
View ArticleGUESS WHO / BURTON CUMMINGS HIT LIST
As promised, here is a recap of the chart history of The Guess Who ... as well as Burton Cummings as a solo artist. Peak positions shown for are for the US Charts, the Chicago Charts and the Canadian...
View ArticleComments On Our Burton Cummings Series
We received a phenomenal response to our Burton Cummings interview ... more comments than we could possibly run. Here are some of the best ... Just finished your Burton Cummings interview ... it's...
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Some Of Your Mid-Week Comments
We'll spend the next few days catching up ... We fell behind during the Burton Cummings interview ... but I wouldn't have traded it for the world.Thanks again to everybody who stuck with us throughout...
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Thursday This And That
re: THIS AND THAT: Kent ... On April 5, 2006, Gene Pitney died. There was an article in my newspaper. It was about Wild Wayne doing a two hour tribute to Gene Pitney on his show. Since Gene's one of...
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The Sunday Comments ( 09 - 22 - 13 )
re: BURTON CUMMINGS:We've got a WINNER!!! Congratulations to Forgotten Hits Reader Steve Sarley ... he just won TWO FREE TICKETS to see Burton Cummings perform live in concert at The Arcada Theatre...
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Six Degrees Of Separation - Gotham Style
So a couple of weekends ago, I was flipping thru the channels and I found that MeTV was running an entire one-hour, complete episode of "Batman", the television series ... and not only that, but it was...
View ArticleBack to the '60's ... This Week In Forgotten Hits!
Contrary to what radio today would lead you to believe, the 1960's did NOT begin in 1964 with The Beatles and The British Invasion. While I would be the first to agree that these new sounds did more...
View ArticleThe 1960 - 1963 Countdown Kicks Off Today!
This week we'll be featuring The Top 100 Singles, 1960 - 1963, based on information collected from Dann Isbell's new book "Ranking The '60's", available now through Amazon.com ... Click here: Ranking...
View ArticleThe Countdown Continues
We're counting down The Biggest Hits of 1960 - 1963 this week in Forgotten Hits ... Today we pick up the countdown with #80 ...#80 - Chain Gang - Sam Cooke (1960)One of my favorite artists of the late...
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