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Thursday This And That
Jeff James did an excellent job of representing our Chicago-heavy WLS Chart yesterday on his Windy City Wednesday Program ... so thank you, Jeff, for that!Depending on how early you're reading this,...
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THE WEEKEND COMMENTS
Sounds like our little time travel back to this week in 1967 has been clicking with the listeners of the shows who’ve been featuring these. There was good response to Jeff James’ special spotlight...
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1971 SUPER CHARTS: Week Ending July 24th
Paul Revere and the Raiders, featuring Mark Lindsay (billed here simply as "The Raiders") score their first-ever National #1 Record as "Indian Reservation" takes over the top spot this week. (Here in...
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Monday Morning
Here’s my take on the new “McCartney 3-2-1” series running on Hulu …First of all, I was wrong … each of the six episodes only runs about 30 minutes … so it’s more like a THREE hour documentary than a...
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As to the McCartney special six part series, I was surprised when at the end of Episode 6, there was no closure of any kind. It was as if you could watch these in any random order, episodes 6 to 1 if...
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What's New Wednesday
C'mon ... I had to think of SOMETHING to call it!!!(It's all I could do to get something ready in time to post today! lol) As so many of us are, Ultimate Classic Rock is taking a look back at 1971 (on...
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A Love Of Chicago Radio
Last week we introduced you to Forgotten Hits Reader Ben Meijering from The Netherlands. Although he’s been a reader for years, this was the first time we’d ever heard from him. (This seems to be the...
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The Friday Flash!
As always great stuff, Kent ... Love the Chicago Radio memories!Kris Erik StevensIt's only Thursday, and I can't recall an entire week of FH delivering a wider variety of entertaining and informative...
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1971 SUPER CHARTS - Week Ending July 31st
Although it topped all three major charts, "Indian Reservation" only stayed at #1 for a single week in both Billboard and Cash Box. The Super Charts, however, are a conglomeration of points...
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Monday Morning
Hi Kent, Great feature and air-checks as per the gentleman from the Netherlands. Radio as it was meant to be before the signing of the infamous Communications Act Of 1996. Really enjoying the stellar...
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LOST (or Maybe NOT So Lost) '70's and '80's Hits
A couple of weeks ago, Disc Jockey Big Jay Sorensen, a self-proclaimed Record Pig, sent me this article … an interesting follow-up to the Ross On Radio Lost Factor songs from the ‘70’s and ‘80’s …(You...
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Thursday This And That
I don’t think anything other than the death of ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill could be our lead story this morning. I was very saddened by the news because, after being fans of the band for years, we...
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The Friday Flash
It sounds like Dusty Hill’s demise was not quite so unexpected by his band members. Discussions had already taken place regarding him leaving the tour, with Dusty insisting that the band go on without...
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1971 SUPER CHARTS: Week Ending August 7th
It's no big surprise really to see that James Taylor's version of the Carole King song "You've Got A Friend" has made it to the top of the charts this week. This always seemed to be the song's natural...
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August 1st, 1971
On August 1st, 1971, George Harrison and Friends staged two benefit concerts for The People of Bangla Desh.Responding to the sadness expressed by his good friend and sitar mentor, Ravi Shankar, at the...
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The Concert For Bangla Desh - Part 2
Frequent contributor Harvey Kubernik also wrote a piece celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Concert For Bangla Desh that is currently running in Music Connection ... but he gave us permission to...
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Tuesday This And That
Typically, we seem to close with a piece by FH Reader Chuck Buell …But this video is so cool, we decided to lead with it this time.Enjoy!(And just trying getting this song out of your head today!) 63...
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More Of Your Mid-Week Comments
More details are starting to come out about Dusty Hill’s health situation that may have contributed to his death last week...
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We're All About Good Radio
We've had quite a few discussions lately about "good radio" ... and how difficult it is sometimes to find it ...So when we happen to come across a station that is playing the kind of variety that we've...
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The Friday Flash
Watts this we’re hearing?!?! Charlie Watts is NOT going to tour with The Rolling Stones this time around???A spokesman for Charlie Watts said “Charlie has had a procedure which was completely...
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