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THE 2020 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME NOMINEES
It's that time of year again ...The biggest story in Music News yesterday was the announcement of this year's sixteen candidates for induction into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.A few of the artists...
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Thursday This And That
re: ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME NOMINEES ... AND SUGGESTIONS:>>>So who jumps to the top of the Ignored, Deserving and Denied List now? (My immediate answer to that one is The Guess Who ......
View ArticleTHE FRIDAY FLASH (Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Edition)
Happy Birthday to Clark Weber, a fixture on Chicagoland radio for over 40 years.Clark just reached "the big 89" ... and sent in this little clip to commemorate the event!Let’s go back of mid-September...
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October 20th
Big shake up in The Top Ten this week where fully half the tunes are new entries into this very elite territory."Wedding Bell Blues" by The Fifth Dimension (up from #17 to #6), "Baby It's You" by Smith...
View ArticleGuest Concert Review: SHEENA EASTON
Kent, Last night my wife Barbara and I rolled down to the Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Casino near downtown Milwaukee to see Sheena Easton in what appeared to be a sold-out concert. This is my...
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Tuesday This And That
DON'T MISS THE A SIDE / B SIDE - CATCH YOU ON THE FLIPSIDE WEEKEND ON ME-TV-FM THIS WEEKEND!: After 2 1/2 years of badgering ... (OK, well maybe not badgering ... but you get the idea) ... Me-TV-FM is...
View ArticleTwo-Sided Hits and Favorite B-Sides
As most of our readers already know, Two-Sided Hits and Favorite, Forgotten B-Sides have always been a passion of mine.Several years ago we put together two lists ... one, the definitive list of The...
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A Few More Favorite, Forgotten B-Sides
From Rob Feder's column this week ... It’s a “45s and Flipsides Weekend” at MeTV FM. Look for the Weigel Broadcasting soft-rock oldies station at WRME 87.7-FM to spotlight a select group of records...
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October 27th
Elvis holds on to the #1 spot for the third week in a row ... "Suspicious Minds" will become one of the biggest hits of his entire career. Breaking into The Top Ten for the first time (finally!) are...
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MEET THE FAB FOUR
This Friday Night, November 1st, THE FAB FOUR pay a visit to The Arcada Theatre to perform their incredible Beatles Tribute Show. (We love these guys ... and this time we are taking a bunch of...
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CONCERT REVIEW: The Ides Of March 55th Anniversary Party at The Genesee...
Review in a word: OMG![Wait a second ... is that even a word??? And if it is, how is it only ONE word?!?!]Sorry ... no nitpicking allowed ... This show was simply AMAZING!!!The Ides Of March are...
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More Ides Of March Concert Pix ... Courtesy of Gene Steinman
Here are some absolutely BEAUTIFUL shots taken by Gene Steinman at The Ides of March 55th Anniversary "Play On" show at The Genesee Theatre last Saturday Night ... with special guests Mark Farner, Bo...
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (And Happy Fall ... Or Would That Be Winter, Now That We've...
Here are a couple of really fun pieces that Chuck Buell sent in to share ...First, a little Sugar Sugar for Halloween ...As previously noted in a recent Forgotten Hits three-day salute, this year is...
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THE FRIDAY FLASH!
LOOKS LIKE OUR ME-TV-FM / TWO-SIDED HITS WEEKEND WAS … WELL … A HIT!:Last weekend we were celebrating Me-TV-FM's A Side / B Side Weekend ... and I saw a WHOLE lot of positive response on both their...
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November 3rd, 1969
As expected, The Beatles rise to the #1 spot this week with their latest two-sided hit, "Come Together" / "Something." (While "Something" was the designated A-Side of this single ... a first for a...
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Concert Review: THE FAB FOUR
Friday Night (November 1st) we were joined by 16 other Forgotten Hits Readers to see The Fab Four Concert at The Arcada Theatre. (VERY special thanks to Ron Onesti ... and Fab Four PR Person Jeanne...
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Concert Review: ZZ TOP
I have been to a LOT of concerts over the years ... hundreds and hundreds, in fact ... but in all that time, I have never had the pleasure of seeing ZZ TOP, probably the premier boogie band of all...
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THURSDAY THIS AND THAT
A HAW, HAW, HAW:We didn't have our photo with Tres Hombres (aka ZZ Top) in time to run with Tuesday's review ... so here it is again for those who didn't notice that it had been re-posted on Wednesday...
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November 10th
Not many changes in this week's Top Ten (other than Blood, Sweat and Tears' move from #13 to #7 with their latest, "And When I Die."Steam is up 14 points (from #28 to #14) with what has gone on to...
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A Monday Morning Quickie
FORGOTTEN HITS FIELD TRIP:For years we've been talking about getting a bunch of our readers together to do a pilgrimage to The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland but have never been able to...
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