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September 22nd, 1970
War FINALLY relinquishes the #1 position, falling to #4 this week as "Candida" moves into that spot from #6 the week before."Lookin' Out My Back Door" and "Cracklin' Rosie" continue to climb and now...
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Some Of Your Mid-Week Comments
SAYING GOODBYE:Tommy DeVito, founding member of The Four Seasons, passed away on Monday, September 21st… he was 92 … and apparently a victim of Covid-19.If you saw the incredible hit musical “Jersey...
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This Week in 1970
September 24th– Ringo Starr’s second solo album, “Beacoups Of Blues” is released. (It’s the country album he always dreamed of doing!)Also on this date, “The Odd Couple” premiers on ABC.September...
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September 25th, 1970
1970: September 25th– The Partridge Family, a television show about a musical family, based loosely on The Cowsills, debuts on ABC-TV. It stars David Cassidy (who’ll become an overnight teen...
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What's Next?
During the past year we've counted down Your Top 200 All-Time Favorite Summer Hits ...https://fhsummerfavorites.blogspot.com/As well as The Top 3333 Most Essential Classic Rock Songs Of All-Time...
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The Sunday Comments ( 09 - 27 - 20 )
Let's just call it the Sunday Brunch Edition!!! TOMMY DeVITO:After the passing of original Four Season Tommy DeVito, Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio issued a joint statement:It is with great sadness...
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September 28th, 1970
"Candida" hangs on to the #1 spot for another week.Meanwhile, EIGHT of the remaining nine Top Ten Records have all moved up this week ... a pretty incredible feat in and of itself! (And 7 of the Top...
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Elton John
Elton John announced last week that he will be resuming his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour ... in 2022!!! (Are we REALLY writing off all of 2021 already?!?! God, I hope not! We need to get a...
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We lost two of the '70's brightest shining stars during these past 24 hours
A few days ago, I received the very sad news that singer / songwriter Mac Davis was critically ill due to complications after some recent heart surgery.Due to prior publishing commitments, I figured...
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October 1st, 1970
1970: October 1st– Jimi Hendrix is buried in The Greenwood Cemetery at the Dunlop Baptist Church in his hometown of Seattle, Washington. His tombstone is inscribed: “Forever In Our Hearts, James M....
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The Friday Flash
We've been experiencing a bit of "overload" this week with the unexpected deaths of Mac Davis and Helen Reddy ... (We were already "overbooked" BEFORE this happened!) ... So we're doubling up on a...
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TEEN IDOLS: With the Spotlight on David Cassidy!
Last Friday we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the debut of The Partridge Family on ABC.The program created overnight teen idol status to actor / singer David Cassidy, who played Keith Partridge on...
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October 4th, 1970
1970: October 4th– Just three days after laying Jimi Hendrix to rest, Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood. She was 27 years old. She had just recorded what would go on to become her...
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October 5th, 1970
The Jackson Five take over the top spot on this week's countdown with "I'll Be There." This is their third straight #1 Record on the WCFL Big Ten Countdown.R. Dean Taylor and Free move up right behind...
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Tuesday This And That
Some mixed reviews on the Herb Alpert documentary, “Herb Alpert Is …” …We heard from nearly two hundred FH readers after we sent out the notice about the free screening on Thursday Night on Herb’s...
View ArticleIt's Been A Rough Couple Of Weeks
Once again we find ourselves preempting our regularly scheduled programming to bring you some more sad news about the loss of another one of our musical heroes.The news of the death of Eddie Van Halen,...
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Thursday This And That
More rock stars praise the influence of Eddie Van Halen …https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/eddie-van-halen-remembered-social-media-jimmy-page-john-mayer/Billboard salutes both Van Halen and Johnny...
View ArticleYour Favorite TV Themes
Here's a quick update on our latest Favorite TV Themes Poll ...As of this morning, we have received just under 6000 votes, spread out over 360 titles.During the weekend of November 21st and 22nd, we...
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Now Here's A Really Cool Idea
Radio Big Wig Tom Cuddy told us about a TV Themes promotion he was involved with back when he was VP of Programming at WPLJ-FM in New York. (Actually, the idea came from a happenstance on Scott...
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The Sunday Comments ( 10 - 11 - 20 )
The list of artists we’ve already lost this year is staggering. (At a time of the world’s worst pandemic in history, only a small handful of these deaths are covid-related … but the headcount of those...
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