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1971 SUPER CHARTS: Week Ending Novermber 13th
As I think we all knew he would, Isaac Hayes takes over the #1 spot this week with his "Theme from 'Shaft'." Cher's "Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves" slips to #2 and John Lennon moves up another notch to...
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Concert Review: THE MONKEES FAREWELL TOUR - The Mike and Micky Show - THE...
We had the chance to see The Monkees Farewell Tour Friday Night (11/5) when The Mike And Micky Show stopped by The Rosemont Theater.[Special thanks to David Salidor, Micky’s PR Guy, for helping to make...
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Tuesday This And That
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! (Too Much, Too Soon???):Kent,In regards to your Merry Christmas, too much soon, today on the radio on our top adult contemporary radio station, Christmas songs were being played....
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Book Review: HOLLYWOOD EDEN
You can add my name to the list of critics and reviewers who have been singing the praises for Joel Selvin's new book "Hollywood Eden." (I just finished reading it for the SECOND time in the past...
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Thursday This And That
It's November 11th ...Happy birthday to all-time Chicago music legend Jim Peterik!Mike WolsteinHappy Birthday, Jimmy! You've been entertaining us now for 55 years ... and it all still feels as new and...
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I received this email recently from a long-time Forgotten Hits Reader. (If she wasn’t one of the first 35, she had to be pretty darn close … maybe #37 or #38!!!)I don’t think she necessarily sent it...
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The Weekend Comments
GRAEME EDGE: We lost Moody Blues Drummer Graeme Edge on Thursday (November 11th)Edge was with the band from their early blues bar band days, when Denny Laine was still onboard and they cut the Top Ten...
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THE 1971 SUPER CHARTS: Week Ending November 20th
"Shaft" holds on to The #1 Spot for a second week ... as John Lennon's "Imagine" inches closer to the top (moving from #6 to #4 to #3 to #2 in its fifth week on the chart.)But within this week's Top...
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Just Another Manic Monday
The anticipation continues to build as we near the Thanksgiving Weekend, bringing us one step closer to the premier of the new Peter Jackson film “Get Back,” a six hour tribute to The Beatles’ plans to...
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Some of Your Mid-Week Comments
Got this quick review from our old Monkees buddy Gary Strobl after Micky and Mike did their final appearance at The Greek Theatre Sunday Night. (November 14th)Hello Kent,I saw Michael and Micky this...
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The Friday Flash
Kent,Great feature on CBS News this morning.Richard Carpenter on documenting the Carpenters' musical legacy in his new book (yahoo.com)NickMore on the new Carpenters biography:Carpenters’ Approved...
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As you'll see on tomorrow's Super Chart, we have reached the 50th Anniversary of the premier of Don McLean’s nostalgic hit “American Pie” making the charts. As such, I thought we would do a special...
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Billy Hinsche
We lost a good friend of Forgotten Hits when Billy Hinsche passed away earlier today, taken by cancer. Incredibly, his mother Celia passed away on the same day.Billy enjoyed his own round of success...
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THE 1971 SUPER CHARTS: Week Ending November 27th
And it's Sly and the Family Stone's "Family Affair" that leap frogs everybody else to land in the #1 position, jumping six places from #7 the week before, in only its fourth week on the chart....
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Monday Morning
Kent:Thanks a million for posting this piece on American Pie. In fact, the entire post was great, as were the links.One of my proudest achievements is to have sung live with the artists on four of the...
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Turkey Prep
It’s a Forgotten Hits Thanxgiving Special from the Maniacal Mind of Chuck Buell!First, a "Forgotten Hits Dinner" Then and Now!What Well “Dressed” Forgotten Hitters will be wearing at dinner this...
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D.B. COOPER
50 Years Ago Today … November 24th, 1971 … a man known only as D.B. Cooper hijacked an airplane that he then parachuted out of, carrying a briefcase filled with $200,000. (If you’re wondering … and...
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A Token Of Our Appreciation
As we begin our 23rd year of producing Forgotten Hits, we are happy to share this '60's FLASHBACK ...Kent,In today's FH, you mentioned the passing of Philip Margo of the Tokens. It got me to thinking...
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THE WEEKEND COMMENTS
Last Monday, November 22nd, marked he 58th anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy in Dallas.Robert Feder ran his annual CBS / Walter Cronkite timeline (I remember it SO clearly,...
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