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The Sunday Comments ( 03 - 23 - 14 )
re: This And That: A Real Hodge-Podge Of Oldies Info ... Right Before Your Very Eyes!!!: Joel Whitburn has done it again ... come up with another way to repackage the Billboard Hit Information he's...
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Three Dog Night (the Two-Dog Version) hits The Arcada Theatre this Friday Night ... and we can't wait to see them. Danny Hutton and Cory Wells tore things up on a very rainy and soggy night in Elk...
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Sharing Our Love For The Beach Boys
Kent, Can we ever get enough of the Beach Boys? Are we just nine years away from their 60th anniversary tour? Wouldn't you just kill to see "Classic Radio" play deep cuts off songs by Brian Wilson...
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re: THE NEW JOEL WHITBURN BOOK ...AND ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE RECORD RESEARCH / FORGOTTEN HITS GIVE-AWAY OFFER:You can still pre-order Joel's new "Top Pop Playlists" book for only $22.95 ... but you need to...
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50 Years Ago This Weekend
Another look back at the Evolution of The British Invasion ... exactly as it happened ... Fifty Years Ago This Weekend! March closes out with THE BEATLES holding down the Top Four spots on the chart:...
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The Saturday Surveys (3-29)
Canadian R. Dean Taylor (best known here in The States for his #1 Hit "Indiana Wants Me") tops the CHUM Chart in Canada for this week in 1971 with a track called "Gotta See Jane". The #2 Spot is held...
View ArticleThe Joel Whitburn / Record Research / Forgotten Hits Oldies Quiz
I know Joel Whitburn is a busy man, but what are the chances he'll do another quiz for us trivia nuts, in conjunction with the release of his latest book.Mike OgilvieMississauga ON LOL ... clearly...
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re: RADIO REPEATS: Well, I can't say that I didn't see this one coming ... Cumulus Media Networks has revealed they will stop distributing Scott Shannon’s True Oldies Channel at the end of June....
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April Fool's Day
While looking through his HUGE stash of radio station surveys from all over the country (and beyond!), Clark Besch found THIS gem from CHUM in Canada, spotlighting the biggest hits of "April Fool Week,...
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Some Of Your Mid-Week Comments
re: REGULATED RADIO: From what we understand, we turned more than a few "radio heads" after we presented our "what if" scenario the other day ... an interesting concept, no? And a MAJOR violation of...
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We Had One Hell Of A Rock And Roll Weekend!
Yes we did!!! (In fact, thanks to the entertainment on hand, we partied like it was 1957 ... or 1971 ... or 1980 ... depending on which night you happen to be talking about!)I don't think I've been...
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50 Years Ago This Weekend (April 4th)
April 4th, 1964 ... THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS … For the first (and ONLY) time in pop music history, an artist occupied THE TOP FIVE POSITIONS on The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart at the same...
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The Saturday Surveys: April 5th
This was the week that The Beatles did the impossible ... They occupied the Top Five Positions of The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart!This week "Can't Buy Me Love" was the #1 Record in the Country,...
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The Sunday Comments ( 04 - 06 - 14 )
re: LOVED YOUR CONCERT REVIEWS!: It was great meeting you at the Rick Nelson Tribute. That was one heck of a show. He would be so incredibly proud of his sons ... they are quite the showmen let alone...
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Kinda Quiet For A Monday ...
re: THIS JUST IN ... : Big news for Forgotten Hits fans going to the Paul Revere and the Raiders concert on Sunday at The Arcada Theatre ... We just booked The New Colony Six as the opening act!...
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Helping Out Our Readers
>>>I'm looking for the title and composer of a gorgeous classical guitar composition that came along right around the same time as Classical Gas. I believe it also made the top 40 but I'm not...
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re: On The Radio: Robert Feder tells us about the 90th Birthday Celebration of WLS-AM ... Click here: The Big 89 turns 90: Recalling WLS in all its glory | Robert Feder (In fact, original 'LS...
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The British Invasion ... Then ... And Now!
THEN ... 50 Years Ago This Week: After owning The Top Five Spots on Billboard's Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart the week before, THE BEATLES maintained five Top Ten Hits the following week, too, with CAN'T...
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The Saturday Surveys (April 12th)
We WAY overdid it last week ... SEVEN Charts in all!!! But there was just SO much GREAT music to choose from.This week we work our way back to a little bit closer to normal ... with FIVE charts...
View ArticleThe Dave Clark Five Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Scandal
During the course of the nearly fifteen years I've been putting together Forgotten Hits now, there have certainly been some milestone moments ... "Game Changers" that took our little publication to new...
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