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The Sunday Comments ( 05 - 04 - 14 )
re: High Praise For The Cryan' Shames: >>>I haven't heard the CRYAN' SHAMES record for years so can't really remember it but would have been very pleased to have them cover it. Pretty good...
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Baby Boomer Legends Concert Review
Baby Boomer Legends The Franklin Theater, Tuesday April 29, 2014Artist / writer / producer / studio owner and Nashville’s “go to” guy for benefits, Buzz Cason, put this show together as a fundraiser...
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More Concert Reviews: MICKY DOLENZ and THE COWSILLS
Thanks to the kindness of Ron Onesti and Onesti Entertainment, we were able to send five lucky winners to The Arcada this past Friday Night to see Micky Dolenz of The Monkees with The Cowsills. There...
View ArticleMy Comments On Your Concert Comments and Reviews
Thanks again to Ron Onesti for giving away FIVE free pairs of tickets to the Micky Dolenz / Cowsills Show this past weekend. And thanks to our five winners for supplying their honest reviews of the...
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Thursday This And That
David Beard tells us about a great, free concert coming up this weekend, featuring The Surf City All-Stars, starring Dean Torrence ... along with a couple of VERY special guests ... Al Jardine, son...
View Article50 Years Ago This Weekend
5/8, 5/9, 5/10, 5/11, 1964:For the first time in fifteen weeks, THE BEATLES did NOT have the #1 Record in the country. This week, that distinction belonged to LOUIS ARMSTRONG, who was, at this time, a...
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The Saturday Surveys (May 10th)
Reaching back to 1960 for our first chart this week as we take a look at the 40 most popular records in L.A. according to the KFWB Fabulous Forty Survey. "Cathy's Clown" by the newly-signed Everly...
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The Sunday Comments ( 05 - 11 - 14 )
re: The Cryan' Shames: Kent, I most certainly enjoyed reading Gary Theroux's commentary on the Cryan' Shames' version of "Sugar & Spice." I agree that Tony Hatch's song and the other Searchers'...
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THE ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT - Concert Review
Artistic Rock at its Absolute Finest ... WithoutQuestion, One of the Greatest Shows I Have Ever Seen It's difficult finding the right words to tell you just how incredible and fantastic this show...
View ArticleNEIL SEDAKA - A Guest Concert Review
Forgotten Hits Reader David Lewis saw Neil Sedaka live in concert over the weekend ... and couldn't wait to tell us all about it. (Sounds like one hell of a show!) I haven't seen Neil since the '70's...
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Another Great Concert Review From One Of Our Readers
Kent, It is just wonderful to see all the concert reviews! For one thing, it is great to see so many concert opportunities. For another, it is heart-warming to read someone else's words on the...
View Article50 Years Ago This Weekend
American Artists would continue to control the top spot on the Billboard Pop Charts for 23 of the remaining 33 weeks of 1964 … but The British Invasion Artists continued to give us a good run for the...
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The Saturday Surveys (May 17th)
A pretty cool looking KYA Chart from 1967 - love the psychedelic background ... and the fact that they've even dedicated a special spot to promote their own (Sounds of San Francisco ... heard daily on...
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The Sunday Comments ( 05 - 18 - 14 )
re: The Wrecking Crew: GREAT turn out for "The Wrecking Crew" screening held at The Arcada Theatre last week (considering the deck was severely stacked against them ...a Blackhawks Playoff Game ......
View ArticleMemorial Day
Some time today ... Between the BBQ and the yard games ...Please take a moment to remember what today's holiday is REALLY all about. We The People here don't want no war. You may not have agreed with...
View ArticleHelping Out Our Readers
It's been a while since we did one of these ... so let's tie up a few loose ends this morning.>>>The Deep End in Park Ridge came up in conversation the other day among some 60-something...
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Some Of Your Mid-Week Comments
e: The Saturday Surveys: Keep the Saturday surveys.... I don't often get to them due to lack of time but they're a neat feature...and unique (you want to stand out from the crowd, right?) Tom...
View Article#1 On This Date (May 29th)
As May draws to a close, let's take a look back at some of the records that topped the charts on this date over the past 60 years!In 1955, it was Cuban Band Leader Perez Prado with his monster...
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THE BEATLES regained the top spot this week on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart when LOVE ME DO hit #1. A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE by PETER AND GORDON climbed to #7 and LITTLE CHILDREN (by BILLY J....
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The Saturday Surveys (May 31st)
A little something different this week ... Three charts from the same week in 1970 ... with completely different #1 Records! (This is what made our local charts so exciting!)The KAAY Chart out of...
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