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The Sunday Comments (12 - 21-14)
re: The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Here's the list of this year's inductees ... they don't get much better than this. Lou Reed's already in as a member of The Velvet Underground who had, at best, a...
View ArticleLimited Postings Throughout The Holidays
We've got a FEW things planned ...Just a matter of whether or not they'll come thru in time.(Most people seem to have already written off the rest of the year!)Check back when you can. Meanwhile here...
View ArticleJoe Cocker
It's funny because growing up ... and going to a LOT of concerts ... it had never even dawned on me to go and see him ... I mean, I liked his music enough ... I guess I Just never felt it was worth the...
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Happy Holidays From Forgotten Hits
And, for our musically inclined Jewish friends (courtesy of Fred Glickstein of The Flock) ...
View Article50 Years Ago This Weekend
December 26-27-28: The Beatles close out 1964 on top as "I Feel Fine" becomes this week's brand new #1 Record on Billboard's Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart. "She's A Woman", the flipside, jumps up ten...
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The Saturday Surveys
Our special 2014 series draws to a close this week with this final batch of charts.Very special thanks again to Clark Besch, who supplied the lion's share of surveys featured this past year ... it made...
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The Sunday Comments ( 12 - 28 - 14 )
re: The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Hi Kent, Yes, admission into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is purely subjective. It is a club, and the powers that be will only admit those which they approve....
View ArticleDecember 29th
Top Ten On This Date ...1956:1966:1976:1986: No ... that is NOT a mistake ... after taking his hit "Stand By Me" all the way to #4 in 1961, Ben E. King watched his record climb back into The Top Ten 25...
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Helping Out Our Readers
Let's take one last crack at HELPING OUT OUR READERS for 2014 ... >>>I am a fan and listener of the 60's oldies music. I used to listen to the UK Top 20 as released by the New Musical...
View ArticleOur Last Few Words
Welcome to our last Comments Page of the Year, 2014 ...Thanks again to everybody for making this another great year.Lots more to come in 2015!re: The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Happy New Year Kent,...
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EXCLUSIVE: Forgotten Hits Interviews Barry Winslow of The Royal Guardsmen!
Not a bad way to kick off 2015, is it?!?!? Back on December 8th we ran a short interview that our buddy Carl Wiser did with Barry Winslow of The Royal Guardsmen for his Songfacts website.(You can find...
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Goodbye, Elly May!
Elly May Clampett has died. Now it may have been Ronnie Spector that sent a young Chet Coppock running to the bathroom after any given television performance ... but for me there were really only a...
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The Sunday Comments ( 01 - 04 - 15 )
re: Happy New Year!: Kent ... Don't forget --- all of our Oldies just got a year older! Frank B. Kent ... Happy New Year ... and all the best for 2015, buddy. Keep up the great work. Regards -...
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50 Year Flashback - January 5, 1965
WLS kicks off 1965 with something old and something new ...The Current Top 20 Hit Records here in Chicago ...Along with the 20 Biggest #1 Hits of 1964.Topping BOTH charts are The Beatles ... FIVE of...
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Tuesday This And That
re: The Little River Band:Got this email from at least a dozen Forgotten Hits Readers yesterday ... they all remember when we broke the story about the current line-up of The Little River Band a few...
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Talk To Jim Peterik!
Got this from our FH Buddy Clark Besch ... and wanted to pass it along! Hi all, This Thursday, January 8, is Elvis' 80th birthday! BUT, it is also a day for you to have the chance to talk with Jim...
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ELVIS / 80
Can you believe that The King Of Rock And Roll, had he lived, would have been 80 years old today??? (By the same token ... and maybe even harder to imagine ... is the fact that he's now been GONE for...
View ArticleMore Heartfelt Joe Cocker Memories
Got this email from our FH Buddy Henry Gross the other day ... a close, personal friend of the late Joe Cocker.Henry performed with Joe at Woodstock back in 1969 when he was part of Sha Na Na and,...
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Paul Revere's Raiders
We received an email from Tommy Scheckel, Drummer for Paul Revere's Raiders, the other day, bringing us up to speed on the current events of the band.Obviously, these guys have had to go through a...
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