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DICK BIONDI ... We're Getting Closer!!!
As more fans are having the opportunity to see the final cut of the long-awaited Dick Biondi Documentary, we’re getting all kinds of positive feedback on the film … Dear Friends, On Thursday evening,...
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April 1st
From Mike Wolstein ...50 Years Ago today (???)Why it seems like only yesterday!I used to love these April Fools Surveys!!!Thanks, Mike! (kk)
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The Sunday Comments ( 04 - 02 - 23 )
Hey Kent!I'm well aware of the Creative Effort it takes to come up with something like this, especially the volume and variety this list presents! Some Songs and Artists pairings quite possibly came...
View ArticleA Monday Morning Quickie
We got a couple of responses to yesterday's post that we can share real quickly this morning ...>>>HELPING OUT OUR READERS: Back in the early 60's there was a song which had the line of "I...
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Tuesday This And That
Offering up a few more "short takes" with your pancakes this morning ... In response to my earlier comment in Forgotten Hits that I don't remember playing "shortened" versions of many songs on air at...
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More Cool Stats and Stuff!
I remember well the shorter radio versions. The special call letter drop ins. The Pointer Sisters Fire ...I'm riding in your car, you turn on WLS. I recall a special mashup song WLS would play. When...
View ArticleShelley's Back!
And you won't believe who she's seen this time.(Well, actually, you probably will ... but that's OK ...We're feeling especially generous today in a sharing sort of way!) kkWe recently wrote...
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Coming Up ...
Watch for a special Weekend Comments posting TOMORROW in Forgotten Hits ... And don't miss our special look back at every Easter #1 Hit of The Top 40 Era ... Coming up THIS Easter Sunday - April 9th...
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THE WEEKEND COMMENTS
This headline certainly caught my eye … Sting Now Paid $5,000 a Day for Diddy's Police Sample Back in 1983, Sting and The Police topped Billboard’s Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart for eight weeks with their...
View ArticleEASTER SUNDAY
We recently did a feature spotlighting every #1 Record on Friday the 13th during The Top 40 Era.This time around, we're looking at Easter Sunday #1's.Since Easter Sunday seems to be kind of a...
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A Monday Morning Quickie!
Such a Great List of Number One Easter Day Songs in Forgotten Hits Sunday! So many memories for me as a young teen through my early years of being on the radio! I played every one of those on air...
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Thursday This And That
Ron Onesti is bringing Priscilla Presley back to town for a Q&A at The Des Plaines Theatre. This should be an especially interesting return in light of the recent death of her daughter, Lisa Marie,...
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The Friday Flash
Congratulations to Micky Dolenz, who will be inducted into The Southern California Music Hall Of Fame this weekend. (He’ll also be performing at the event.) WTG, Mick! (kk) We saw the new May Pang...
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51 Years Ago Today
From Our Forgotten Hits Music Historian, Chuck Buell ...It was 51 years ago this week that Roberta Flack scored her first Number One hit with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."The song was nearly...
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The Sunday Comments ( 04 - 16 - 23 )
I was NOT a big fan of the Roberta Flack #1 Hit “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” … I remember commenting at the time … and, more recently, on Phil Nee’s WRKO “Those Were The Days” radio program …...
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A Monday Morning Quickie
>>>I never liked the Roberta Flack song "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"… but when I hear the songwriter's wife sing the song he had written for her some 66 years ago in 1957, done in a new...
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It's Tax Day
Now from our Forgotten Hits Chief Tax Advisor, Chuck Buell, for Income Tax Day Today … These Tax Facts, Jack! Comedian Chris Rock summed it up pretty well when he said, “You don’t pay taxes — they take...
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Sneak Preview
I had a 45 minute phone interview a few days ago with Pat Boone ... and he has some amazing stories.He has a new novelty country tune called 'Grits.' It reminds me of a Roger Miller song and Roger's...
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420
Now this from our Forgotten “Hits” Current Events Director, Chuck Buell … This From the Mile “High” City in Colorado! Today is Officially “420 Day!” OK, this is a bit lengthy so pour yourself a Full...
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The Friday Flash
Tax Day??? First off, EVERY DAY is tax day! Second:>>>Here's something very few people know. This little pocket in our jeans is for the money we have left over after we’ve paid our taxes!...
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