UPDATE: EDDIE MONEY DIED THIS MORNING
We just got word that Eddie Money passed away this morning, just hours after we had posted today's Friday's Flash. A statement issued by his family said:“The Money Family regrets to announce that Eddie...
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September 15th
"Sugar Sugar" notches its third week at #1 on The WLS Hit Parade this week ... but other tunes are closing in.The Temptations continue to climb with "I Can't Get Next To You" (up from #14 to #5) and...
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Ric Ocasek of The Cars died yesterday ... as of this morning, no official cause of death has been announced. He was 70.The Cars first burst on the scene with their self-titled debut album in 1978. It...
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RIC OCASEK: Kent - Thanx for your great story on Ric Ocasek! Only correction is that the age of Ric was 75 not 70. He graduated from Maple Heights High School (in suburban Cleveland, Ohio) in 1963....
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Who Played The First Beatles Record In America? (Again) A HISTORY LESSON
I received the email below on Monday of this week ...Purely by coincidence, I am heading out to film an interview for the new Dick Biondi Documentary this evening, where I am certain to be asked about...
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THE FRIDAY FLASH
Good morning, Kent: I wanted to let you know that we're doing our first ever "K-Tel / Ronco Weekend," playing songs from the albums put out by those two companies in the '70s and '80s. K-Tel and...
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September 22nd
Three Dog Night takes over the #1 Spot on the WLS Chart this week with their song from the Broadway Hit Musical "Hair,""Easy To Be Hard." It is their second #1 Record this year here in Chicago.Nilsson...
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A Monday Morning Quickie ...
But first a plea for help!I spent the whole weekend working on THE TOP 3333 MOST ESSENTIAL CLASSIC ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME Countdown and keep running into the same snag, again and again and again.To...
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Guest Concert Review #1
Dick Fox is doing it again! Another Doo Wop concert with rocking performances by big leaguers. Emil Stuccio, dressed to the nines, with glitter shoes has become the resident emcee who knows,...
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HOT AUTUMN NIGHTS I understand. It isn’t Autumn until the end of this month. It wasn’t really a hot night either, weather wise. But it was a beautiful summer full moon evening that turned *HOT* inside...
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Saw this on Youtube today and thought I'd pass it along.I don't have any info about other than it's one that hasn't been released on anything that I know of, and would suspect it would have been...
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September 29th
The brand new WLS line-up is revealed on this week's survey ... Bill Bailey is now handling mornings from 6 - 10 am, followed by Art Roberts, who has become quite adept at talking to all the housewives...
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White Album Anniversary Concert Review (Clearwater, Florida)
Kent, I haven't written a concert review for Forgotten Hits in several years, but I had to mention the show I saw here in Clearwater, Florida, this past Tuesday night at the beautiful Ruth Eckerd...
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A Wednesday Morning Quickie (a nice way to break up the week, don'tcha think???)
kk:Huey Lewis and the News releases new song after ten years...
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IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY ... A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES' WHITE ALBUM Concert...
Tuesday night (October 1st) we got to see one of this year's most highly anticipated concerts as the White Album's 50th Anniversary Tour rolled into St. Charles, IL, for a sold out show at The Arcada...
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October 6th, 1969
Bobby Sherman hangs on to the #1 spot for another week as we see relatively little movement in regard to last week's Top Ten. (All ten of last week's top tunes are still holding down ten of the Top 12...
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MONDAY MORNING MADNESS!
The Top 3333 Most Essential Classic Rock Songs Of All Time:Today’s the day! FINALLY (after MONTHS of tabulating) the results are going to be revealed.It all starts this morning on the Classic Rock...
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50 years later, The Beatles have the #1 Album in the country with "Abbey Road" ... just like they did 50 years ago today! (Pretty fricking incredible!)And look at how well these songs have held...
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Otober 13th
Elvis jumps from #10 to #1 this week on the WLS Hit Parade as "Suspicious Minds" becomes only his second WLS #1 ... and first since 1960. (The very first WLS Silver Dollar Survey was published on...
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Brooklyn Charmers Concert Review
After a rousing version of "Bodhisattva," keyboardist / lead vocalist Colin Peterik addressed the crowd, "I hope you guys like Steely Dan" ... Uh ... yeah ... that's why we're here! (lol)Such was the...
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