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Milestones
Today, August 7th, marks the day in 1961 when a Forgotten Hit song by Barry Mann debuted on Billboard’s Top100 that asked the Musical Question “Who Put the Bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp” along...
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1972 SURVEYS - August 9th - Oklahoma
A bit of a shake-up in this week's Top Ten on Tulsa, Oklahoma's KAKC chart!!!THREE new entries make their way into The Top Ten for the first time while the Top Three experience HUGE chart jumps to...
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Olivia Newton-John
The news of Olivia Newton-John's passing yesterday wasn't shocking ... But it sure was sad.Long a favorite of ours, Olivia had been battling cancer for many years now ... and put up a pretty brave and...
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Lots Of Catching Up To Do ...
And we'll try to do exactly that over the next few days ... If the death rate slows down a bit, of course ...My God, what is going on?!?!We didn't even have time to run our salute to Judith Durham...
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Thursday This And That
Incredible!Noise 11 (which is an Australian-based publication) is reporting that Olivia Newton-John and Judith Durham now have 52 songs in iTunes’ Top 100!!!Check it out …Olivia Newton-John And Judith...
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This Week Phil Nee Talks About THE HOLLIES
Today we go back to the WRCO archives and feature highlights from a 1999 interview with Terry Sylvester of the Hollies. He replaced Graham Nash when Nash left in 1968. Terry was a member of the...
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1972 SURVEYS - August 14th - THE SUPER CHART
As most of you know, we spent the better part of the past year trying to find a Top 40 Chart from a Vermont Radio Station in order to call this year's Coast-To-Coast Chart Sweep complete.In what has to...
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Insight Into ... B.J. THOMAS
Insights into … B.J. Thomas[26 Billboard Hot 100 singles, 1966–83; three certified RIAA gold]Billboard magazine has ranked B.J. Thomas among the 50 most-played recording artists of the past 50 years....
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Sweet 16: HONEY, I'M HOME!!!
As promised, here is this month's tribute to HONEY!!! (And I think we've put together a honey of a list!) ***** And just wait till you see what we've got cooked up for you next month ...And it'll all...
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More Catch-Up ...
... and maybe a bit of Mustard, too!There has been zero free time of late ... so not even able to put together a few words about our "Rock Radio Revisited" Dee Jay Weekend in time for today's posting...
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Henry Diltz's Journal ... and a Bob Rafelson Memorial
Can you even imagine living a life that would involve a schedule of conflicts and events like this?!?! Man, talk about living the dream!!!From Henry Diltz's Journal, dated July 25th, 1967 (courtesy of...
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Magical Monkees Moments and Memories
Gary Stobl has served up another appetizing dish of great Monkees memories from late July / early August of 1967 ...(which also features some more great Henry Diltz photos of the band!)MAGICAL MONKEES...
View ArticlePHIL NEE - August 20th - Forgotten Hits from 1972
Today we feature some forgotten hits from 1972 and clips to go along with them from my interview archives at WRCO. Although WLS in Chicago failed to chart it, Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody and...
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CHUCK BUELL JOINS US FOR A SUNDAY
Last weekend Chuck Buell came to town (his first visit to Chicago in over twenty years ... and a 50 year anniversary of sorts for when he last left the air here) to attend the Rock Radio Revisited...
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1972 SURVEYS - August 21st - MAINE
Once again we find the usual suspects at the top of the chart ... "Alone Again (Naturally)" holds on to the #1 spot in Bangor, Maine, while "Brandy" by Looking Glass is still clinging to #2. The...
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Tuesday This And That
Chuck and Kent KILL Chuckago! Looks as if a great time was had by all! Sorry to hear you have both been banned from future visits together.ShelleyAll in all, we were pretty well behaved for two wild...
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TOM CUDDY Tells Us About JOHNNY MATHIS
Kent: I’d like to share with you and the FH Readers some thoughts on a iconic singer that has never received the full recognition that he deserves ... John Royce Mathis.I started my radio career as a...
View ArticleAnd Another Concert Review from Shelley Sweet-Tufano!
I have poured myself into the attached movie-style connected to others' seat. I am not that big. I don't remember feeling this uncomfortable two years ago, BUT I do remember thinking this was one of...
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THE FRIDAY FLASH
As we inch closer to Labor Day Weekend, here’s some more info from Ted Smucker about what to expect during their WLS / WCFL Rewound celebration … 66 HOURS of original air checks by some of the greatest...
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