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HAPPY TOGETHER
WE ARE FINALLY HAPPY TOGETHER IN CONNECTICUT!I have read and listened to all your comments about your own Happy Together experiences. Now it is time for me to give mine. I remind us that each concert...
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THE SUNDAY COMMENTS ( 08 - 06 - 23 )
Just a few weeks ago Rewound Radio presented a salute to Dick Biondi, with six hours of vintage radio from one of the best known DJs in America … andthe hits just keep on comin!’We are just one month...
View ArticleNOT #1 in Billboard
There are a number of times over the years where I felt that, for one reason or another, Billboard missed the boat in properly reporting the #1 Record in the Country.This becomes especially evident...
View ArticleTuesday This And That
Hi Kent,Just a quick correction to your post this morning ..."Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" did indeed hit #1 in Billboard (and the other two trades as well).Paul HaneyRecord ResearchThanks, Paul …...
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Thursday This And That
Another Rock Icon has left us …Robbie Robertson of The Band died on Wednesday (August 9th) at the age of 80, after a long illness.Robertson was The Band’s principle songwriter (he wrote their early...
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WLS / WCFL REWOUND - 2.0
We are so excited to be able to tune and listen to Rewound Radio's WLS / WCFL Rewound Labor Day Weekend again this year. (The 2nd Annual, I might add!)I had the chance to talk with Ted Gorden Smucker,...
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Another Anniversary! (who knew???)
Today, August 12th, is an Official Forgotten Hits Holiday! A Day Off for Forgotten Hitters everywhere! For today is NATIONAL VINYL RECORD DAY, a day to acknowledge Thomas Edison’s invention of the...
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THE SUNDAY COMMENTS ( 08 - 13 - 23 )
More weekend goodies ...ROBBIE: Bob Dylan on the passing of his long-time friend (and former bandmate) Robbie Robertson: “This is shocking news. Robbie was a lifelong friend. His passing leaves a...
View ArticleCHARTBEAT ... IT'S A LOVEBEAT!
Hi Kent, Being a lifelong chart fanatic and devoting the past 31 years to working for Record Research, I read with great interest your thoughts on the various trade magazine charts. It reminded me of a...
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Tuesday This And That
Kent - Thanks so much for the excellent piece on the blog on Friday. I have heard from many of the WLS and WCFL DJs, including Fred Winston, Lyle Dean, Chuck Buell, Ron Riley and Scotty Brink. All...
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Yesterday ... And Today
The events that happened over the 48 hours that encompassed August 15th and 16th during the course of Rock And Roll History are really quite amazing ... Woodstock … The Beatles at Shea Stadium … the...
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THURSDAY THIS AND THAT
I was VERY sad to hear about the passing of Jerry Moss, one half of the "M" in A&M Records.There is no question that Herb Alpert garnered the lion’s share of the attention (the fact that he was one...
View ArticleAnother Concert Review!
East Coast FH Correspondent Shelly Sweet-Tufano just sent us this "Peter and (Noel) Paul" concert review ... so we wanted to share with it with you ...A) Because it's finally a DIFFERENT Peter ...and...
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The Sunday Comments ( 08 - 20 - 23 )
The tributes to A&M boss Jerry Moss continue to pour in from the various artists whose careers he helped over the years.A&M took the rare approach of allowing their artists to pursue their own...
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It's A Cryan' Shame That This Wasn't A Much Bigger, National Hit
From long-time Forgotten Hits Reader (and MAJOR Cryan' Shames Fan) Clark Besch ...A friend of mine sent me the below WLS survey from the internet, showing that this week, 56 years ago, The Cryan'...
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Tuesday This And That
According to Chuck Buell, our resident Forgotten Hits Historian, we missed a key anniversary the other day ...Sunday, August 20th, was “National Radio Day,” the day that recognizes the great invention...
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THURSDAY THIS AND THAT
Kent – Thank you for the wonderful write-up on It Could Be We’re In Love. I got a copy of the WLS survey yesterday from a couple of fans. It's amazing that we were number one in Chicago … but it’s...
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WLS / WCFL REWOUND
We're now just a week away from the big Labor Day Weekend Event!!! When something feels THIS good, you just wanna do it again … and again … So this year, Rewound Radio is presenting the 2nd Annual WLS...
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THE WEEKEND COMMENTS (aka Our Saturday MORNING Post)
Kent - Thanks so much for running the WLS/WCFL Rewound promo yesterday.As you know (and as you stated), we are counting down the days to the 2023 Edition of WLS/WCFL Rewound. Labor Day Weekend is sort...
View ArticleHappy Birthday To Me!
This one's a big one, guys ...#70!!!(I sure don't feel like 70 ... Unless, of course, I'm trying to get back up off the floor after playing with the dog or something!)So on THIS special day, we're...
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