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The Sunday Comments ( 02 - 08 - 15 )
re: This And That: If you've been listening to Rewound Radio this past week, you already know that the balloting has begun for the 2015 IRS - It Really Shoulda Been A Top Ten Hit Poll that Rich Appel...
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50 Year Flashback: February 9, 1965
Exactly one month ago today The Beatles made their historic first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. It is believed that as many as 72 million viewers tuned in to see The Fab Four perform six of...
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Kent,I saw rock 'n roll royalty Saturday night. Who can forget the erstwhile Cynthia Robinson wailing "All the Squares Go Home" on Sly and the Family Stone's classic "Dance to the Music?"Watching...
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More Buddy Talk!
All this recent talk of Buddy Holly inspired a few comments last week ...What a shocker to learn that Buddy's former bass player Joe Mauldin passed away last week as well....
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It's Our First Forgotten Hits Give-Away Of The Year!
Bill Buster of Eric Records just sent us copies of two recent releases he produced for a UK reissue label called Complete 60s ... and we're going to share a copy of eachwith two lucky Forgotten Hits...
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Tickets are on sale NOW for two great fund-raising events, starring some of the biggest names in Chicagoland Rock of the '60's.First up ... catch The New Colony Six at The Arcada Theatre on Sunday,...
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50 Year Flashback: February 16, 1965
This WGLI Chart from Long Island, New York, shows Reparata and the Delrons on top with their 1965 Hit "Whenever A Teenager Cries", a record that never climbed any higher than #60 on the Billboard...
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Lesley Gore
One of our favorite female singers of the '60's, Lesley Gore, passed away earlier today at the age of 68. Her #1 Hit "It's My Party" captivated every generation of young girls since it first topped...
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More Love For Lesley
I first met Lesley GORE in 1970. My Philadelphia band, WAX, was signed to BOB CREWE's CGC label (a divison of Atlantic). We went to NYC and in BOB's all white plush office ... where he literally sat...
View ArticleCatching Up On Some Of Your Mid-Week Comments
re: Lesley Gore: Kent; I had the good fortune to see the magnificent Lesley Gore at the world's most famous arena, Madison Square Garden, back around 1996. She was headlining a bill with Dion, Bo...
View ArticleBarry Manilow Concert Review
Between computer problems and health problems I probably should have just stayed in bed this morning!!!Fortunately FH Reader Scott Schultz sent us a review of the Barry Manilow Concert he saw on...
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The Friday Flash
With another absentee weekend looming (and a WHOLE lot of mail to still sort through), here is what I was able to throw together very quickly this afternoon to keep you till Monday's 50 Year Flashback...
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Got a nice surprise yesterday from David Beard, Publisher of "Endless Summer Quarterly" and Columnist for "Beach Boys Examiner" ...Not only did he provide a Google-Play link where you can sample bits...
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50 Year Flashback - February 23rd, 1965
This week we're off to New Hampshire where, just as we told you they would a couple of weeks ago, The Beatles sit on top of the chart again with their latest US Release "Eight Days A Week" / "I Don't...
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Hey Jimi!
A wave of Jimi Hendrix emails came through after our Friday post ... hopefully some clarification here on a few things ... re: Jimi Hendrix:>>>Just stumbled across your site and wanted to...
View ArticleChicago's Got A New Radio Station
Chicago's newest radio station signed on shortly after noon on Monday by playing two Chicagoland standards ... "Lake Shore Drive" by Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah and "Take Me Back To Chicago" by...
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re: Brian Wilson / The Beach Boys:It was announced this week that the new Brian Wilson biopic "Love And Mercy" will see national distribution in theaters when it is released on June 5th! The...
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The Sunday Comments (March 1st, 2015)
re: ME-TV-FM / RADIO: http://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2015/02/chicagos-got-new-radio-station.html Can't pick it up. Maybe once they are officially on the air, I can pick up.Mike De MartinoI...
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50 Year Flashback - March 2nd, 1965
We're back in Detroit this week for this WXYZ Chart.Kinda weird to see the new "Spotlight Sound" / Pick Hit ranked above the entire survey ... usually this is reserved for the space AFTER the week's...
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Helping Out Our Readers
Here's some answers to our last edition of Helping Out Our Readers ... http://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2014/12/helping-out-our-readers.html... along with some brand new questions and challenges!!!...
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