The Review Continues ...
We left Shelley hanging at the Intermission in yesterday's post ...(It just tied in SO well with the piece that Tom Cuddy had sent in on The Association, I had to let it flow!!!)So ... Picking up where...
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Thursday This And That
Donald Fagan / Steely Dan (these days, they’re one and the same) was hospitalized and had to miss several shows opening for The Eagles. Filling in for a few dates were Sheryl Crow and then Steve...
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"Dragostea Din Tei,” or “Love from the linden tree," a tree often used as a metaphor for a deep and intense affection, is a song by the former Moldovan pop group O-Zone, originally released twenty...
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OK, So This Book Looks Awesome
All of a sudden, The Rolling Stones are everywhere again! (Their new album, "Hackney Diamonds," their first album of all new material in eighteen years, is out next Friday, and the advance press has...
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OCTOBER 14, 1960 ... 63 years ago today
This is it ... the very first WLS Silver Dollar Survey ... from October 14th, 1960!Although the station had switched over to Top 40 Rock on May 2nd of that year, this was the first week where they...
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The Sunday Comments ( 10 - 15 - 23 )
Rudolph Isley, founding member of The Isley Brothers, passed away on Wednesday, October 11th. He was 84. (Rudolph had a hand in writing some of their biggest hits, including “Shout,” “It’s Your...
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The Lords of 52nd Street: A Concert Review
My son is, and always has been, a huge Billy Joel fan. Bringing things around full circle, he copied Joel's cover picture of The Stranger for one of his senior picture shots. AND the photographer who...
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Tuesday This And That
You can add Suzanne Somers to the growing list of celebrities we’ve lost in 2023 …She passed away on Sunday, October 15th, the day before what would have been her 77th birthday.Suzanne, of course, is...
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The Friday Flash
The Rolling Stones’ new album is out today and by many accounts, it just might be the best album they’ve ever done. You can imagine all the press they’ve been getting over this … So it wasn’t a great...
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THE SUNDAY COMMENTS ( 10 - 22 - 23 )
There have been no shortage of anniversaries to celebrate of late … The 30th Anniversary of this … the 50th Anniversary of that … But I have to admit that this week’s announcement about “Monty Python...
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A Monday Morning Quickie
kk …TOMMY JAMES JUST TOLD COUSIN BRUCIE ---STORY #1= 1969, Tommy James Is In Hawaii. He Gets A Call From His Secretary.She Tells Him He Just Got An Offer To Appear At A Concert At A Pig Farm In Upstate...
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Tuesday This And That
Kent,You mentioned in FH today that there was no shortage of anniversaries coming up, as well as you receiving some weekly surveys from readers in various radio markets. So, I thought I'd combine...
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News You Can Use!
Calvin Lynch, who holds court on Saturday Nights on MemoryLaneOldies.com, will be playing selections from our list of The Top 200 Biggest Two-Sided Hits of All-Time on his program this Saturday Night....
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Chuck Buell Gets Us Ready For Halloween
Today, Forgotten Hits’ “Mr. Social,” Chuck Buell, gives us some Hot Halloween Facts so that you can be the fascinating and scary-good conversationalist at any Halloween Party!Halloween is the second...
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THE FRIDAY FLASH
The Eagles have added six more dates to their farewell tour schedule, including Chicago on March 8, 2004. (I’m guessing at least another night or two will be added here in The Windy City as they have...
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Tonight's The Night!
Tune in tonight to listen!SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER 2023 7PM PACIFIC 10PM EASTERNwww.memorylaneoldies.com View the complete list here ...http://forgottenhits.com/the_top_200_two-sided_hits_of_all-time One...
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THE SUNDAY COMMENTS (10 - 29 - 23)
The brand new Rolling Stones album “Hackney Diamonds” debuts at #4 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart this week. (I have been listening to it … and nothing else … non-stop since my copy arrived … I...
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A Halloween Round-Up From Chuck Buell
Tomorrow's the big day ...And Chuck has a few more thoughts to share ...So now, from deep in our Official Forgotten Hits Vampire Crypt, take some time to devour this "Pre-Halloween Treat" from our...
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Tuesday This And That
It sounds like Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman have finally reached the boiling point regarding other members of The Guess Who use of the name.They have filed a $20 million lawsuit to reclaim the...
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CRIMSON AND CLOVER
>>>Billboard Magazine recently named "Crimson And Clover" one of The Top 500 Greatest Pop Songs Ever ... it wasn’t crafted with that purpose in mind. (kk) Nor Kent, as you know, and have...
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