The Friday Flash
Man, we've had TONS of postings this week ... hope you guys have been following along.Scroll back just to be sure you haven't missed anything!Here's a brand new batch of comments to take you into the...
View ArticleFebruary 17th
Joe South continues to make big strides on this week's countdown, climbing from #16 into The Top Ten at #8.Other big movers this week of eight places or more include "Proud Mary" by Creedence...
View ArticleA MONDAY MORNING QUICKIE!
Did you watch the Elvis Comeback Special Tribute Show last night???Man, what a line-up of Super Star Guests, paying tribute to The King of Rock And Roll!Yolanda Adams, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley,...
View ArticleThe Discovery Challenge
Here's something we'd like you all to try this week ...Type any music topic you may be interested in ... want to learn more about ... or just really enjoy ... into the search engine right up there at...
View ArticleSome Of Your Mid-Week Comments
THE ALL-STAR SALUTE TO ELVIS: I very much agree with you on the Elvis special. Blake Shelton was the weak link compared to most of the other performers. Keith Urban performing Burning Love, and...
View ArticleThursday This And That
Just in case you happened to miss the complete media blitz of the past 24 hours, it's official ...Queen will open The Academy Awards Oscar Ceremonies on Sunday Night.(What made them change their minds?...
View ArticlePETER TORK
We lost another big part of our youth yesterday when Peter Tork of The Monkees passed away at the age of 77. (Peter had just celebrated a birthday the week before.)The Beatles first opened my eyes...
View ArticleFebruary 24th
Check out "newbie" Kris (Erik) Stevens, gracing this week's WLS survey. Kris had just started at the station ten days earlier (on Valentine's Day!) Scroll back to our February 14th post to read all...
View ArticleHappy Birthday To George Harrison
Although George left us nearly eighteen years ago, his music lives on ... and may be even more popular than ever.George was highly insulted (and more than a little bit enraged) when Capitol Records...
View ArticleTuesday This And That
By now, the whole world knows that "Bohemian Rhapsody," the little movie that could, scored big at the Academy Awards this year, scoring Oscars in four of the five categories it was nominated,...
View ArticleForgotten Hits Interviews Paul Evans
Singer / Songwriter Paul Evans has been part of our Forgotten Hits Family for several years now. In addition to enjoying his early 1960’s hits “Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat” (#5, 1959),...
View ArticleThe Winter Dance Party - 60th Anniversary of the Plane Crash That Took Buddy...
It was the first real Rock And Roll Tragedy ...Dubbed "the day the music died" in his song "American Pie," Don McLean launched a catch-phrase that his been associated with February 3rd, 1959, ever...
View ArticleThe Friday Flash
See, I knew you guys wouldn't let me down!!! LOTS more postings to share today thanks to all your responses ... So let's get down to it!Diggin’ Forgotten Hits: Kent,Great stuff … a veritable rock 'n...
View ArticleMarch 3rd
Wow! Check out THIS chart!!!Tommy Roe jumps from #17 all the way to #1 with his latest hit, "Dizzy" ... a feat virtually unheard of at the time for a Top 40 Radio Station.Once again, a very strong Top...
View ArticleDIZZY
Tommy Roe's latest hit "Dizzy" jumped from #17 all the way to #1 this week on the WLS Hit Parade Chart.It was a comeback hit of sorts for Tommy, one of the nicest guys you could ever meet in rock and...
View ArticleStill Dizzy!
Tommy Roe ... ridin' the top of the charts in 1969 ...And a few years later ...And, just a few years ago ...
View ArticleBrand New Tommy Roe ... Another Forgotten Hits Exclusive!
How cool is it that Tommy Roe is recording again??? In yet another Forgotten Hits EXCLUSIVE, Tommy shares a couple of tracks from his brand new EP, "Tommy Roe Meets Barefoot Jerry" with our readers!Hi...
View ArticleThursday This And That
Due to some pre-scheduled pieces, we haven’t run a new comments page in about a week … So here is just some of what has been on your minds recently … Yesterday we gave you a "sneak peek" of two brand...
View ArticleTHE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION - Concert Review (Saturday, March 2nd, 2019)
After seeing so many concerts over the years, I have learned to never dismiss the opening act without first giving them the benefit of the doubt because some of these acts just may be right on the...
View ArticleMarch 10th
"Dizzy" holds down the #1 spot for the second week in a row ... while we get three brand new entries into The Top 10 ... "No, Not Much" by The Vogues (up from #12 to #7), "This Girl's In Love With You"...
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