Please Enjoy Today's Edition of Forgotten Hits ... With No Strings Attached
In fact, we'll even give you a dozen chances to do so!
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Helping Out Our Readers
We haven't done one of these in awhile!Here are some of the questions that have come up recently in Forgotten Hits ... I remember the old radio ads for rock n roll shows in Charlotte. I often went to...
View ArticleI Guess We've Had A Pretty Good Run
Looking back, maybe we've been pretty lucky after all. Think about it ... we've been listening to and enjoying rock and roll music for nearly 60 years now. At no other time in pop music history has...
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50 Years Ago This Weekend (July 18 / 19)
7/18/64 - Big news this week as the title cut from THE BEATLES' first motion picture, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart at a very healthy #21. It's their second...
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The Saturday Surveys ( 07 - 19 )
Covering a couple of years we haven't looked at in a while this week in our Saturday Surveys feature.First up, 1976 ... where Paul McCartney has THREE of the Top 13 singles this week!"Silly Love Songs"...
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The Sunday Comments ( 07 - 20 - 14 )
re: On The Radio: Chicagoland Radio And Media has added a WCFL Tribute Station to their line-up this week. It's described as: Another fresh addition to the CRM website is yet another new station...
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Helping Out Our Readers
We haven't done one of these in awhile!Here are some of the questions that have come up recently in Forgotten Hits ... I remember the old radio ads for rock n roll shows in Charlotte. I often went to...
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Let's Live For Today
I got this email about a week ago ... I always find it interesting how new people continue to discover Forgotten Hits every single day, depending on what they may be searching for ... even if it's an...
View ArticleThursday This And That
re: This And That: Hey Kent, You weren't kidding -- that was one big-ass edition of Sunday Comments in Forgotten Hits -- you are now in the Lightning Round for the three-biggest publications to come...
View Article50 Years Ago This Weekend (7/25)
THE BEATLES' latest hit, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT leaps from #21 to #2 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart … it'll top the charts in another week. Its flip side, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER,...
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The Saturday Surveys ( 07 - 26 )
Every Friday we've been looking back 50 years to re-examine The British Invasion ... but here in St. Paul, Minnesota, it looks like it's America's Band that's topping the chart this week in 1964.The...
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The Sunday Comments ( 07 - 27 - 14 )
Here's a little tribute to Paul Revere - get well soon!ClarkIt was pretty obvious at the Arcada show that Paul Revere was not in the best of health. We hate to see our rock and roll heroes fall but...
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Happy Together - 2014
It's nearly that time of year again! The Happy Together Tour is heading into the Chicagoland Area on Friday, August 22nd ... and once again, we're looking forward to catching some of the biggest...
View ArticleHappy Together, 2014 - The Hit List
The 2014 Line-Up of The Happy Together Tour has amassed an INCREDIBLE 30 Top Ten Hits between them ... and nearly TWICE that many (56) made The Billboard Top 40. (In fact, SEVEN of these records went...
View ArticleKenny Loggins
I've been to a LOT of concerts over the years ... good ones ... bad ones ... incredible shows that literally took your breath away ... and some that left you feeling a bit disappointed (and perhaps...
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Thursday This And That
Can't wait to read this one ... I feel like I grew up with this guy!!! (Actually, I practically did! The Ides Of March were a HUGE part of my life growing up in Berwyn ... Jim Peterik and I graduated...
View Article50 Years Ago This Weekend (August 1st and 2nd)
8/1/64 - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT moves into the #1 Spot this week on The Billboard Hot 100 Chart as The Four Seasons fall to #2 with their monster hit "Rag Doll". Other Top 20 British Hits include WISHIN'...
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The Saturday Surveys (August 2nd)
It's a little funny in a way to see The Monkees topping the "Heavyweight Hits" list on KACY ... especially on a survey prominently featuring The Doors (the station was giving away tickets to see The...
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The Sunday Comments ( 08 - 03 - 14 )
re: Kenny(s): We all hear things differently ... as evidenced by two emails we received after our review of Tuesday Night's Kenny Loggins Concert in Elk Grove Village ... Kent - I have to...
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Happy Together
Here's a Happy Together Tour Concert Review courtesy of Forgotten His Reader Shelley Sweet-Tufano from a show she saw last week in Webster, MA. (The Happy Together Gang hits the Chicagoland area on...
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