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THE SATURDAY SURVEY
The Beatles hold down the #1 spot for the 7th week in a row. ("I Want To Hold Your Hand" has been #1 for 7 of the 8 weeks it has charted!)"She Loves You" is still in the runner-up spot at #2 for the...
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THE SUNDAY COMMENTS ( 03 - 03 - 24 )
I guess you could say U2 has had a somewhat successful run at The Sphere in Las Vegas ... After 40 shows, they’ve now taken in just over $256 million. (A coworker saw them last weekend and said it was...
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A Monday Morning Quickie
Taylor Swift (who we’ve reluctantly been referring to as “This Generation’s Beatles”) just broke another Beatles record …On the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart dated March 2nd, Swift had three albums...
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Tuesday This And That
In addition to being nominated for The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, it was just announced that Cher will be the recipient of the Icon Award at this year's iHeart Radio Awards.According to a press...
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March 6th, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: 3/6/64 - Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to Muhammad Ali, declaring his former name his "slave name"Ali had just won the Heavy Weight Title ten days ago...
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Thursday This And That
In a completely unexpected move, the judge threw the Eagles’ lyrics case out of court on Wednesday (3/6) after prosecutors for Don Henley abruptly dropped the charges against the three men accused of...
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March 8th, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:3/8/64 - The Dave Clark Five make their first of eighteen appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show”Also on 3/8, Malcolm X resigns from the Nation of Islam
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THE SATURDAY SURVEY
Eight weeks and counting ... "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is STILL the #1 Record in the Country!In fact, The Top Six Records this week are EXACTLY the same as the were last week ..."She Loves You" still...
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The Sunday Comments ( 03 - 10 - 24 )
We lost Steve Lawrence last week at the age of 88. Ironically, I had just ordered a brand new “Best of Steve and Eydie” CD after reading about it in The Second Disc. Steve topped the charts in all...
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CONCERT REVIEW: The Eagles and Steely Dan at The United Center, Chicago, IL -...
There’s an old saying in the music business: You’re only as good as your last record … Well, for artists like The Eagles and Steely Dan, their entire body of work produced in the ‘70’s and early ‘80’s...
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Tuesday This And That
I heard the sad news late last night that Eric Carmen had passed away at the age of 74. No cause of death was given.He was one I had always hoped we would get the chance to see again ...Rumors of a...
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More of Your Mid-Week Comments
I loved the Raspberries the first time I heard Go All the Way on the radio. The group’s albums were full of great songs. Eric's solo work was also steady. She Did It was a favorite. There were a...
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3-14 ... 60 Years Ago Today ... (and a little something for now!)
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: 3/14/64 – Jack Ruby is found guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald and sentenced to death. That conviction will later be overturned when it is ruled that Ruby did not receive a...
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March 15th, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: 3/15/64 – Actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor are wed in Montreal, just six days after her divorce from Eddie Fisher is granted.Burton and Taylor met while filming...
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The Saturday Survey
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" FINALLY falls out of the #1 slot, replaced by "She Loves You" ... and, since the #3 Record is "Please Please Me," The Beatles now have The Top Three Songs in...
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The Sunday Comments ( 03 - 17 - 24 )
Lou Gramm, former lead singer of Foreigner, is retiring … again.It seems like only yesterday that we ran Lou’s announcement that he was through with live shows. (He had been having some health issues...
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A Record Collector's Dream!
A look at a couple of remarkable collections ...(and I will tell you that these are both MUST WATCH videos!!!) Can you even imagine having access to this kind of...
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Concert Review: THE IDES OR MARCH
I couldn't imagine a more enjoyable evening ...The Ides Of March ... performing ON The Ides Of March ... at The Norris Cultural Arts Center in St. Charles, IL, in celebration of their 60th Anniversary...
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A friendly reminder ...Hi Kent, It's this weekend and next. John Records Landecker is being saluted in a two-part special on the Rewound Radio DJ Hall of Fame. John's birthday is March 28th, and we...
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March 21st, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:3/21/64 – The Beatles’ single "She Loves You" goes to #1 in the US and stays there for two weeks, displacing their first US hit, “I Want To Hold Your Hand.”Also on 3/21, Dean Martin...
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