Three Dog Night Concert Review
Hi Kent - Due to an electrical outage in the area, the Three Dog Night concert at Hoover Auditorium in Lakeside, Ohio almost did not happen ... but ... "The Show Must Go On" and power was restored 30...
View ArticleThursday This And That
re: OOPS!:We left the photo of headliner Tony Burrows off the website on Tuesday when we ran Shelley Sweet-Tufano's review of the "Feelin' Groovy" concert held in Jamaica Queens last week. ALL photos...
View ArticleHelping Out Our Readers
It's been a LONG time since we ran a HELPING OUT OUR READERS column in Forgotten Hits!Apologies to those of you who have been waiting MONTHS to see if our team of experts can come up with some answers...
View ArticleThe Sunday Comments ( 07 - 26 - 15 )
re: Me-TV-FM (and Radio In General These Days): Kent, I have to disagree with you about Me-TV FM playing Peter Allen's "The More I See You". I have loved his version ever since they played it on...
View Article50 Year Flashback - July 27th, 1965
Major chart action on this week's KDKA Chart, too ...The Beach Boys leap from #14 to #1 with "California Girls" ... and The Righteous Brothers are right behind them, climbing from #11 to #2 with...
View ArticleTONY ORLANDO - Live at The Arcada Theatre
>>>It's a big week for concerts here this week in Chicago ... we've already got FOUR shows lined up!!! Sunday we're off to see Tony Orlando at The Arcada Theatre. We saw Tony several years...
View ArticleGraham Nash
Unlike, I suspect, a good number of you reading this review this morning, I had never seen Crosby, Stills, Nash OR Young live in concert before ... in any context or configuration there of. (I had the...
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I'm not naive enough to believe that Tony Orlando doesn't have some 'enhancements' to improve his appearance, but Wikipedia tells us he is 71, and he looks FABULOUS. WTG on keeping it in the middle of...
View ArticleThe Friday Flash
re: Radio News Of Note: More comments about Chicago's new radio station sensation ... and a few OTHER radio comments as well ... Neil Sabin, I owe ya one, pal. 87.7 ME-FM has won me over. Any station...
View Article50 Year Flashback - August 3rd, 1965
Sonny and Cher are hot this week in Hartford, CT ... in addition to having the #1 Record with "I Got You Babe", they each have solo hits on the chart as well ... Cher shares (cool!) the #4 spot with...
View ArticleAnother Forgotten Hits Shelley Sweet Tufano Review ... This time around she...
Dear Ms Tufano,Blue is a skyGreen is a treeLet's all dance and sing for LIBERTY!OUR singers - they're drunkTheir lyrics - they flunkHenerey the 8thDoes NEVER stunk!(and never will)Watching TV on the...
View ArticleHappy Together - 2015
Our on-going coverage of The Happy Together Tour, 2015, continues today in Forgotten Hits ... Along with a VERY special announcement!!!Read on! So great to read Carl's comments in FH! Last summer I...
View ArticleThe Friday Flash
Another EXTREMELYLARGE Edition again this week ...Thanks to all of you who continue to write and share your musical memories with us ...It's what Forgotten Hits is all about!re: On The Radio: Kent...
View ArticleThe Chicago Experience
Jack Mongan has led an interesting life ...Working in television out in Hollywood, California ...Working as a school teacher ...Working as a freelance photojournalist (who also happens to love and...
View Article50 Year Flashback - August 10th, 1965
Check out the #1 Record in Milwaukee on WOKY for this week in 1965 ... it's TV Star Patty Duke's "Don't Just Stand There", always one of MY favorites, too (even if it is pretty much a note-for-note...
View ArticleTuesday This And That
re: On The Radio: Congratulations to our FH Buds Jimmy Holliday and Tom Kent who were both nominated for Radio Hall Of Fame Awards this past week. Best of luck to the both of you! (I can say that...
View ArticleA Double Dose Of Shelley
Frequent Forgotten Hits contributor Shelley Sweet-Tufano sent us TWO reviews recently.We pretty much expected at least ONE of them to feature a Peter Noone / Herman's Hermits concert ...But this time...
View ArticleHappy Together 2015
The Happy Together Tour returns to the Chicagoland area tonight with a show at The Paramount Theatre in Aurora.The show kicks off at 8 pm and, as we go to press this morning, there are less than 20...
View Article50 Year Flashback - August 24th, 1965
Here are The Kingsmen, on top AGAIN in 1965 with their 1963 Chart-Topper "Louie Louie", holding down the #1 Position on this week's KOMA Chart this time in Oklahoma!This puts them ahead of some of the...
View ArticleLou Christie
Third time's the charm! Twice before we've had tickets to see Lou Christie and BOTH times the concerts ended up being cancelled ... a HUGE disappointment because Frannie and I have ALWAYS enjoyed...
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