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Thursday This And That
It’s been a week since our last confession … I mean publication … of current material so some of this information is likely out of date for some of you … but we still don’t want these events to go...
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears
This month, we wish a happy birthday rock-a-versary to "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears," complete with soon-to-be-censored toilet cover, released 2-14-1966. When the Mamas and Papas subsequently...
View ArticlePHIL NEE: Remembering Gene Pitney
Gene Pitney was born February 17th of 1941. I had the chance to catch him on the phone in 1994 and I asked the future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member about the start of his career and the songs he...
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THE SUNDAY COMMENTS ( 02 - 20 - 22 )
Loggins and Messina are reuniting for two shows only (at The Hollywood Bowl) on July 15thand 16th. Billed as “Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin’ In, 2022, the duo will perform their entire first...
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1972 Survey - February 21st - NEW JERSEY
And here on WWDJ in Hackensack, New Jersey, it's the Climax hit "Precious And Few" that sits at #1 on our February 21st, 1972 chart.(Doing a little bit of research, WWDJ only lasted about three years...
View Article2-22-22 - It's A Countdown That's Second To None!
Well, actually, it's a countdown that's second to ALL ...Because today we're counting down The Top #2 Records of The Forgotten Hits Era, 1955 - 1989.I kicked around several different ideas when trying...
View ArticleThe Top 47 #2 Hits, 1955 - 1989
#47The countdown kicks off with this classic from 1963 by Peter, Paul and Mary."Puff The Magic Dragon" spent a collective three weeks at #2 (that means one week each in Billboard, Cash Box and Record...
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#41The Isley Brothers reached #1 in various parts of the country with their big 1969 hit "It's Your Thing" ... but OFFICIALLY it only peaked at #2 ... and it did so in all three major trade publication...
View ArticleWe're Counting Down The Biggest #2 Records Of All-Time (1955 - 1989) #'s 35 -...
The countdown continues now as we make our way thru The Top 47 #2 Records, 1955 - 1989.#35Cher's got dibs on the #35 spot with her 1966 #2 Hit "Bang Bang."This was Cher's second Top Ten Hit as a solo...
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The countdown continues ...#29The #29 #2 Song on our countdown belongs to Warrant, who took the soft rock / power ballad route with this one, kicking their hard rock, headbanger rock aside to score the...
View ArticleWe're Counting Down The Biggest #2 Hits, 1955 - 1989 (This Hour: #23 - #18)
Every hour we're getting closer and closer to the Biggest #2 Record as we celebrate 2-22-22 ... which, as you can see is a WHOLE lotta 2's ...And we're counting down a whole lotta 2's as well ...47...
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#17Drifting back to 1959, here's one of those early rock tunes that I call a "mood" record.There's just something about the dark and sinister groove of Phil Phillips'"Sea Of Love" that sucks you in....
View ArticleThe Biggest #2 Hits of The Forgotten Hits Era, 1955 - 1989: #11 - #6
#11Here's another one I wasn't really familiar with ... but coming from 1989, that's really not all that surprising to me. Way before he was Mr. Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown was Bobby Brown ... a VERY...
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#5
The 5th Biggest #2 Hit from 1955 - 1989 comes from 1981 and belongs to Pop and Country Singer Juice Newton.Juice's hit "Queen Of Hearts" collected a total of ten weeks in the #2 spot between the three...
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#4
Much like Carole King, who we talked about earlier in the countdown, the number of hit songs written by the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller is nothing short of staggering.They...
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#3
The Top 5 biggest #2 Records released between 1955 and 1989 is heavy with late '50's tunes.We just heard The Coasters doing "Charlie Brown" last hour ... and now comes ANOTHER #2 Hit from 1959...
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#2
The second biggest #2 Record of The Forgotten Hits Era (1955 - 1989) ...The #2 #2, if you will ...Belongs to Jim Lowe and his 1956 novelty hit, "The Green Door."This record spent an incredible...
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#1
We have made it to the top of our very special Biggest #2 Hits of The Forgotten Hits Era, 1955 - 1989 ... and boy, what a big hit it was!Foreigner accumulated an unprecedented 23 weeks in the #2...
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Harvey Kubernik Profiles BARBARA ACKLIN
Celebrating Black History Month, February & Women’s History Month, BRUNSWICK RECORDS HONORS SINGER-SONGWRITER BARBARA ACKLIN By Harvey Kubernik Singer and songwriter Barbara Acklin became one of...
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Thursday This And That
How about “Two for Tuesday” renamed as “Two, Two, Two Two Two Tuesday?”RichOr TWOsday!!! This was a fun one to put together … although, due to the criteria, in many ways tougher than most! (kk) Man,...
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