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Hey Kent –I have been running a series of "One Hit Wonder" games in our chatroom for the last several months. I think I have done seven or so by now, and have more coming.I have several hundred...
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Good Morning, Kent:Thank you for mentioning our One-Hit Wonder Weekend feature scheduled to begin in the 7:00 pm hour this evening. (Friday, September 24th)We wanted to make the concept of “one-hit...
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Noted music journalist David Fricke conducted a great interview with the remaining Rolling Stones on the eve of their new tour … their first ever without Drummer Charlie Watts …Mick, Keith, Ronnie Talk...
View ArticleTHE 1971 SUPER CHARTS: Week Ending October 2nd
Rod Stewart jumps into the #1 Spot this week as "Maggie May" climbs from #3 to #1 ... but the BIG mover this week in The Top Ten is "Yo Yo" by The Osmonds, which leaps from #21 to #6. (Will The...
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David Pack, lead singer and songwriter of the group Ambrosia’s biggest hits, is having some inner conflict of late with the band carrying on without him … but mostly because they are now rerecording...
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Watch The Rolling Stones pay tribute to Charlie Wattskk …First Show In St....
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The new Brian Wilson documentary that we told you about a couple of months ago will see theatrical release in November (no official date has been announced yet) and will also feature a brand new song...
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It's a Fractious Friday, as my man, the Real Don Steele would holler every Friday on KHJ! And fractious it is - Just wanna tell everyone that Joel Whitburn and the gang at Record Research have REALLY...
View Article1971 SUPER CHARTS: Week Ending October 9th
Donny Osmond has both the #3 and the #4 song this week as "Go Away Little Girl" slips down a notch from #2 to #3 and "Yo Yo" (by The Osmond Brothers) continues to climb, moving from #6 to #4.Rod...
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Looking over the new Ed Sullivan YouTube videos list, I have to say that Bobby Goldsboro's "Can You Feel It" is a huge fave of mine. Glad it was put up, even tho he fakes it, which is odd. Also, if...
View ArticleReader Concert Review: MARILYN McCOO and BILLY DAVIS, JR.
September 30th at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut, Marilyn McCoo celebrated her 78th birthday with her 83 year-old husband Billy Davis Jr. In reality, the two principal members of the Fifth...
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Kent:Doing some research in Billboard on a new project and I ran across this article from May 18, 1963. Thought you'd like it.Hope you're well.Bill Carroll Interestingly enough, I have been doing some...
View ArticleA Forgotten Hits Exclusive Interview with Author Mark Bego and the star of...
SPECIAL TO FORGOTTEN HITS:FREDA PAYNE’S “BAND OF GOLD” MEMOIR, WRITTEN WITH MARK BEGO / FORGOTTEN HITSWe've been telling you about Mark Bego's latest book (his 67th!!!), "Band Of Gold" (Yorkshire...
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Between the release (FINALLY!) of the brand new James Bond flick "No Time To Die" (the 25th in the series ... and the last featuring Daniel Craig as Bond) and a new, comprehensive Bond soundtrack...
View Article1971 SUPER CHARTS: Week Ending October 16th
"Maggie May" holds on to the top spot for the third week in a row. Most of The Top Ten hold steady, with only two new entries this week ... "Sweet City Woman" by The Stampeders moves up from #11 to #8...
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Say What?!?!The Rolling Stones have dropped “Brown Sugar” from their set list!Explaining that they’ve performed the song now in every show for the past 50+ years, Mick Jagger says he just wanted to see...
View ArticleConcert Review - BRIAN WILSON
Long-time reader and friend of Forgotten Hits, Tom Cuddy, tells us about his recent experience at a Brian Wilson concert at The Capital Theatre.I’m a huge fan of the Beach Boys, but by the time I was...
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Hi Kent! Brian Wilson is an American treasure. Wish I was there at the Capitol Theater. He is Why God Made The Radio.Jim Peterik Kent – It appears you and I have one of the few pictures of Brian...
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Did you happen to catch “Wonder Years Wednesday” last night on ABC???Billed as part of “Return to Wonder” Wednesday, the 2021 reboot (7:30 pm) was squeezed between episodes of “The Goldbergs,”...
View ArticleTHE WEEKEND COMMENTS
A little crazy here again of late ... (so much so that this nearly became the "Early Evening Edition" of The Weekend Comments) ... but this oversized posting gives us a chance to catch up a little bit...
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