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Jimy Rogers And The Mauds (Part 3)
I didn't know Jimy Rogers and The Mauds the first time around ... I was too young to ever get the chance to see them ... but I certainly remember hearing their music on the radio here in Chicago....
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Congratulations to Scott Shannon and his WCBS-FM Morning Team ... they just hit #1 in New York City! It's Scott's first time at #1 since 1988 when he had the top-rated show with Z100, according to The...
View Article50 Years Ago This Weekend (August 29 - 30 - 31)
The Supremes hold down the #1 spot for one more week on The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart as THE ANIMALS move into the #2 position with their first American Chart Hit, THE HOUSE OF THE RISING...
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The Saturday Surveys (August 30th)
Here's a K-Mart Chart from 1977. It kicks off with a couple of disco-tinged songs at the top ("I Just Want To Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb and "You Made Me Believe In Magic" by The Bay City...
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The Sunday Comments ( 08 - 31 - 14 )
re: Recent and Up-Coming Shows: ZZ TOP bassist Dusty Hill slipped and fell on his hip while aboard his tour bus last week. As a result of Hill’s injury, which requires immediate attention, the...
View ArticleLabor Day
How's this for putting a different spin on "Labor Day" this year???Born on this date ...1935 - Conway Twitty (the country superstar started his career in rock and roll!)1941 - Roy Head (a timeless...
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Johnny Rivers - Live At The Arcada Theatre
Neither one of us had ever seen Johnny Rivers perform live before ... for whatever reason, he just doesn't seem to get up Chicago way very often ... in fact, I can't even remember the last time he was...
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Another Concert Review: The Beach Boys with Herman's Hermits Starring Peter...
Guest columnist Shelley Sweet-Tufano has written numerous reviews for us over the years ...Here comes her latest on what sounds like an TERRIFIC double-bill ... The Beach Boys with Herman's Hermits...
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Rockabilly ... Then And Now
We've been singing the praises of The Cadillac Casanovas ever since the first time we saw them open up the show for Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Rick Nelson's twin sons who put on the tribute show to...
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50 Years Ago This Weekend
9/4 - 9/5 - 9/6 - 9/7 - THE ANIMALS hit #1 on The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart with THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN, their first American Hit. BECAUSE by THE DAVE CLARK FIVE, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT...
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The Saturday Surveys ( 9 - 6 - 14 )
We've got charts from 1963, 1964 and 1965 to kick things off this week in our Saturday Surveys Feature!First up ... this KMBY "Swingin' 60" chart from 1963.The Beach Boys make a HUGE leap from #14 to...
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The Sunday Comments ( 09 - 07 - 14 )
re: Recent Passings: Of course the BIG news last week was the passing of Joan Rivers ... but we ALSO received quite a few emails about the passing of one-time Survivor front man Jimi Jamison...
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We ALL love lists ... any type of rankings, especially when it comes to music. Today we share a few that came across our desk last week ... Because if there's anything we love more than reading...
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Lou Christie Concert Review
Labor Day with Lou! I love Mohegan Sun, and I don't gamble. I love The Wolf Den, and I don't like to stand in line waiting for seats. I had reserved seats in The Wolf Den to see Lou Christie...
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>>>We ALL love lists ... any type of rankings, especially when it comes to music. And if there's anything we love more than reading these lists, it's DISAGREEING with these lists!!! (kk)...
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Thursday This And That
re: DAVID GATES AND BREAD: Totally loved the David Gates medley from Scott Shannon's radio program. Just a man and a guitar ... what a beautiful voice. I immediately broke out my "Retrospective"...
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50 Years Ago This Weekend
9/11, 9/12, 9/13, 9/14 - THE ANIMALS hold on to the #1 Spot with THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN while THE DAVE CLARK FIVE slide up a notch to #3 with BECAUSE. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT holds steady at #8 but...
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The Saturday Surveys (09-13)
We've got some GREAT '60's Charts to share this week, courtesy of FH Reader Clark Besch! First up, this KIX Chart from 1968 with The Queen Of Soul on top with her remake of the recent Dionne Warwick...
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The British Invasion 50th Anniversary Tour
We've been talking about this one for nearly a month now ... I am SO disappointed that this show isn't coming to Chicago! And then, right before it started, we got some sad news that due to more...
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9/18, 9/19 , 9/20, 9/21 THE ANIMALS are #1 again this week (for the third week in a row) on The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart. New in The Top Ten is DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY by MANFRED MANN, up from...
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