May 21st, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: 5/21/64 – After losing Rudy Lewis to a drug overdose the night before, The Drifters are back in the studio today recording one of their all-time biggest hits, “Under The Boardwalk.”...
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Some Of Your Mid-Week Comments
British / Australian Country/ Rocker Frank Ifield has passed away at the age of 86.Ifield made quite an impression on the US Charts in 1962 when his single “I Remember You” made The Top Five here.Two...
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May 23rd, 1970
♪♫ • "Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign!" •♫♪♫Chuck Buell here, posing this Musical Question . . . . .Which came first? The Sign . . . or the Song?! It was on this date, May 23rd, 1970, that a new...
View ArticleMay 24th, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: 5/24/64 – The Beatles make their fourth appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (on film), which features an interview and a pre-recorded performance of "You Can't Do That." (The Fab...
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The Saturday Survey (May 25th, 1964)
THE CHART:This week The Beatles manage to accomplish something that they were never able to accomplish at home ...When "Love Me Do" was released as their first British single, it peaked at #17 ... with...
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May 26th, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: 5/26/64 - Marianne Faithful recorded the first song that Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards ever wrote together, "As Tears Go By." Present and participating in the...
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THE BEACH BOYS - It Looks Like They've Still Got A Few Of Their Nine Lives Left!
At one time, The Beach Boys were just about the coolest cats on the planet …But they have used up more than their fair share of nine lives since then, staging comeback after comeback after comeback,...
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Tuesday This And That
Hope you all enjoyed your long, three-day weekend ... AND NOW IT'S TIME TO JOIN US FOR A BOUNTIFUL EDITION OF TUESDAY THIS AND THAT!!! Bruce Springsteen has postponed some more shows ... this time due...
View ArticleChuck Buell Tells Us About Another Special Anniversary
This Saturday (June 1st) marks another historical anniversary of special note, according to our In-Resident Forgotten Hits Music and Poetry Historian, Chuck Buell!Chuck tells us ... It was on this...
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May 30th, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:5/30/64 - The Beatles achieve another #1 single in the US when "Love Me Do" goes to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles ChartAlso on 5/30, race car driver AJ Foyt wins The...
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60 YEARS AGO TODAY: 5/31/64 - The longest game in Major League Baseball history up to that time, ended at Shea Stadium in New York at 11:24 p.m., seven hours and 23 minutes after it had started, with...
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THE SATURDAY SURVEY (June 1st, 1964)
The Beatles relinquish their #1 spot after only one week to The Dixie Cups, whose "Chapel Of Love" is being sung all over the country by music fans of all ages. (British artists still command 40% of...
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June 2nd, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:6/2/1964 - Filming begins on the movie “Ferry ‘Cross The Mersey” starring Gerry and the Pacemakers and Cilla Black
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June 3rd, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY: 6/3/64 – Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, just before the Beatles are about to embark on a World Tour. He is hospitalized … and drummer Jimmy Nichol is...
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June 4th, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:6/4/64 - The Beatles begin their first (and only) World Tour, performing two ten-song shows at the 4,400 seat KB Halle in Copenhagen, Denmark British drummer Jimmy Nicol replaces...
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June 5th, 1964
60 YEARS AGO TODAY:6/5/64 – The Rolling Stones begin their first US concert tour (with Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vee) in San Bernadino, California And they’re STILL out on the road touring The States...
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6-6
Always there with a “Sweet Story." Chuck Buell tells us that tomorrow (June 7th) is “National Donut Day!” The first Donut Day was created in 1938 as a fundraiser by the Salvation Army in Chicago to...
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60 YEARS AGO TODAY:6/7/64 – Jack Ruby is brought in to testify before The Warren Commission. The questioning took place in the interrogation room of The Dallas County Jail, with Chief Justice Earl...
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June 8th, 1964 - THE SATURDAY SURVEY
The Dixie Cups hold on to the #1 Spot for a second week with their hit "Chapel Of Love." There are still 17 British Invasion hits on this week's countdown but most of them are moving down rather than...
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The Sunday Comments ( 06 - 09 - 24 )
After a lengthy break from current events (and a bit of traveling) … and then being locked out of my account for four days (which still makes absolutely NO sense at all!!!), we’re finally back home and...
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