March 2nd, 1970
The Top Three Records remain the same this week ... while "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time),""House Of The Rising Sun,""Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" and "Kentucky Rain" continue to climb...
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March 3rd– Actress Julie Bowen is bornMarch 4th– Janis Joplin is fined $200 for obscenity after a performance in Tampa, Florida (JJ seems to be on a roll!!!)March 7th– A solar eclipse passes along the...
View ArticleSome Of Your Mid-Week Comments
Thanks for all the hard work you do, Kent, to get this mail shot out so regularly, Just wish I'd found out about you before I did, but as they say. better late than never.Well done keep up the great...
View ArticleMarch 6th, 1970
1970: March 6th– Charles Manson releases an album called “Lie” in an effort to help raise money for his defense in the Tate – LeBianca murder trial. Manson had earlier persuaded Dennis Wilson of The...
View ArticleTHE SUNDAY COMMENTS (3.8.20)
RECENT AND UP-COMING SHOWS: The Ides Of March took another victory lap around The City Winery last Wednesday Night (March 4th), playing to a full house of extremely satisfied fans (including several...
View ArticleMarch 9th, 1970
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" holds down the #1 spot for the FOURTH consecutive week as Frijid Pink peaks at #2 with their heavy metal version of the old blues classic "House Of The Risiing Sun." "Love...
View ArticleForgotten Hits Remembers Clark Weber
This one hurts …Clark Weber was such a good friend and supporter of Forgotten Hits over the years. We worked on several projects together, some public and some behind the scenes, and he never stopped...
View ArticleSome Of Your Mid-Week Comments ... And A Look Back At The Grammy Award...
Thank you for your great review of the Buckinghams / America concert ... and thank you so much for coming! I would have loved to introduce you to Dewey and Gerry of America … they are really nice guys,...
View ArticleMore Clark Weber Memories
WLS fanatic Clark Besch has put together his own piece on Clark Weber, who he communicated with for years. Some of those conversations, in Clark Weber's own words, are recounted below ... along with a...
View ArticleThe Friday Flash
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:Tonight’s Bay City Rollers concert at The Arcada Theatre has been postponed. (These are, after all, precautionary times)As soon as we have the official word on the rescheduled...
View ArticleWCFL Survey Dated March 16th, 1970
1970: March 15th– The Expo ’70 World’s Fair opens in Suita, Osaka, JapanAnd here in The Windy City ... After four consecutive weeks, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" finally vacates the #1 space ... and...
View ArticleMarch 16th, 1970 - Remembering Tammi Terrell
1970: March 16th– Motown Singer Tammi Terrell, who scored several hit duets with labelmate Marvin Gaye, died at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. She was only 24 years old.Tammi had collapsed in...
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March 17th– Eddie Holman receives a gold record for his hit “Hey There Lonely Girl”March 18th– U.S. Postal workers in New York City go on strike – the strike will eventually spread to the state of...
View ArticleAnd The Beat Goes On ...
Sharing some of your mid-week comments …But first, for any of those who may have missed it the other day …Another look at our "mission statement" ......
View ArticleThursday This And That
Well, it’s official …“How Long” by Ace has just hit the #1 Spot on Billboard’s Rock Digital Song Sales chart, all due to its use in a new Amazon Prime TV ad. (In the past two weeks it has sold over...
View ArticleAnother Forgotten Hits WORLD PREMIER EXCLUSIVE!
We may have missed The Ides Of March this year ... But we're making up for it today!!!Due to scheduling conflicts, we weren't able to run an Ides Of March piece ON The Ides Of March this year ...But...
View ArticleForgotten Hits Remembers KENNY ROGERS
We lost another one of the good ones ... the world was quite saddened as news of Kenny Rogers' passing circulated this weekend. He was 81. Rogers was an ensemble player in The New Christy Minstrels...
View ArticleMarch 23rd, 1970
Because 2020 is a leap year and 1970 wasn't, our calendar posts have been thrown off by the extra day. (So much for "The Sunday Survey"!!! lol)That's ok ... we'll persevere using the actual dates...
View ArticleAlso This Week In 1970 ...
March 24th– Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is bornMarch 26th– Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary was arrested in Washington, DC, for “taking immoral liberties” with a 14 year old girl. Yarrow pleads...
View ArticleBrand New Music From Tommy James!
With all this sudden, unexpected free time on his hands, Tommy James has just recorded a brand new single … which his manager Carol Ross sent us to share with our readers. (Another Forgotten Hits...
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