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The Sunday Comments (January 30, 2022)
>>>Of special note for Chicagoland music lovers: the first appearance in the series of The New Colony Six (pictured). Gary TherouxTruth in advertising: 1968 NC6 lead singer of their biggest...
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DR. JOHNNY FEVER HAS DIED
Howard Hesseman, who portrayed the legendary Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati (for which he was nominated for two Emmys) passed away on Saturday (1/29) after complications from colon...
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1972 Survey - January 31st - New York
This week we visit The Big Apple, where Don McLean once again has the top album and the top single on the charts ... this time on ABC's mega-station, WABC out of New York City.There are only fourteen...
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Tuesday This And That
They did it for Sgt. Pepper …And then a couple of years ago, a group of A-List Performers did their tribute to The Beatles’ White Album. (We saw the show TWICE at The Arcada Theatre!)And now, many of...
View Article2-2-22
It's a VERY special Groundhog's Day today ... as all of the planets align to give us a date of 2-2-22. (In this case, it'll happen again in just under three weeks when we hit 2-22-22!)Looking back...
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Nominees for The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Class of 2022 were announced yesterday ... SEVENTEEN in all! (That's gotta be some kind of new record!) And, as usual, you'll find the annual...
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The FRIDAY FLASH
Coming up this weekend (February 5th and 6th) on THE HISTORY OF ROCK 'N' ROLL: "Motown In The '70s."The magic of Motown music continued into its second decade with these 24 unforgettable hits released...
View ArticlePHIL NEE Remembers Buddy Holly ... And The Day The Music Died
February 3rd, 1959 has been forever immortalized due to the plane crash that took the lives of three up-and-coming stars ... Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.Between them, they had...
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The Sunday Comments ( 02 - 06 - 22 )
THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME (2022 NOMINEES)Kent: This might be my favorite headline of the week!Tom Cuddy>>>My endorsement of Eminem may come as a surprise to some of you ... but for the...
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1972 Survey: February 7th - DELAWARE
Check out THIS February 7th chart from WAMS Newark / Wilmington, Delaware ... Here we find The Osmonds at #1 with their smash hit, "Down By The Lazy River." (I'm presuming it was the #7 hit the week...
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Just Announced ... “MICKY DOLENZ CELEBRATES THE MONKEES” TOUR DATES Micky Dolenz Pays Tribute To The Iconic Group And Focuses On The Contributions Of His Bandmates In A Series Of Exclusive Concert...
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Tuesday This And That
Big Bumper sheet, Kent, well done!I will throw my two pence worth into the argument about the Hall of Shame. Look how easy that flowed … I put in fame and my spell checker corrected me lol. Our mutual...
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MONKEES MAGICAL MOMENTS (February, 1969)
From Gary Strobl ... 58 years ago today, The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.Purely by coincidence, also appearing on the program that night was young Davy Jones,...
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Yesterday marked the 58th anniversary of The Beatles’ first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show … and The Beatles Channel’s Chris Carter treated listeners of his “Breakfast With The Beatles” program to...
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Your Forgotten Hits Valentine's Day Gift Guide
As has pretty much become our way around here lately when it comes to special events, we've got some GREAT Valentine's Day Gift Ideas to share with you, courtesy of our EXCLUSIVE Forgotten Hits Secret...
View ArticleToday, We're Dropping A Nee ... which, of course means the latest installment...
Today we feature a 'two hit wonder' from our Those Were The Days archives. I first heard of the group Sugarloaf in the late summer of 1970 playing a song called Green Eyed Lady. The single version...
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HENRY DILTZ's JOURNAL: February, 1969 - Shooting Crosby, Stills and Nash
This next installment comes from a very special time in music ... The formation of one of rock's greatest Super Groups ...The coming together of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash who, by...
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1972 Survey - February 12th - SOUTH CAROLINA
This week we move from Delaware to South Carolina, where we see The Carpenters holding on to the #1 spot from the week before with "Hurting Each Other." Nilsson's hit "Without You is still climbing...
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Insights Into ... PETER AND GORDON
Insights into … Peter and Gordon[14 Billboard Hot 100 singles, 1964–67] While the Beatles-led “British invasion” of 1964 infused the American pop music charts with scores of recordings by artists from...
View ArticleSWEET 16: Oh No You Didn't!!!
Oh yes, we did!!!We found sixteen songs with the word "Didn't" in the title ...So they form the basis for this month's SWEET SIXTEEN feature!(Now DIDN'T that make your day???)And I'll tell you what...
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