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Lotsa Lou ... And More Reviews!
LOU CHRISTIE:When it comes to prayer, I used to reply, "I don't do weather." Meaning I thought it should just take its course. Then I realized: If I don't ask, how will God know? So, now I ask. I...
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Still getting lots of comments on this year's Happy Together Tour ... most feel that ALL of the artists perform too short a set ... but felt especially cheated by the four songs performed by The...
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Danbury Fields Forever, 2015 - The Full Report
IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, SGT PEPPER HADN'T LEARNED TO PLAY! But the first concert at Shea Stadium was shocking the world with the effects of Beatlemania. Sid Bernstein didn't make it to the 50th...
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The Sunday Comments ( 08 - 30 - 15 )
re: Happy Birthday To Me:This year's birthday concert was The '70's Pop Fest at The Arcada Theatre, featuring Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, The Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, Elliot Lurie...
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50 Year Flashback - August 31st, 1965
Depending on where you did your record shopping in Chicago back in 1965, you MIGHT find the Top Tunes Of Greater Chicago list displayed on the regiter counter next to the WLS Silver Dollar Survey....
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The '70's Pop Fest
I will admit to being baffled throughout most of the '70's Pop Fest held at The Arcada Theatre last Friday Night (August 28th) For starters, two of bubblegum music's best known acts, The Ohio...
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Jimmy Greenspoon
A few months back, we ran a poll asking which Mark Bego rock and roll biographies we'd most like to see back in print.Well, now comes word that this may soon be a reality! Bego's book on Jimmy...
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KYLE VINCENT
Got a GREAT email from Kyle Vincent after we ran our review of the '70's Pop Fest held at The Arcada Theatre last weekend. Sounds like a really fun guy ... I wish I had the time to talk to him after...
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The Friday Flash!
We'll be taking the long holiday weekend off ... but have a BOATLOAD of comments to share with you today! (Heck, this might be enough reading to keep you busy all weekend!) Back in the early "email...
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50 Year Flashback - September 7, 1965
KIMN in Denver, Colorado, was showing a big comeback for The Kingsmen's record, too ... once again we find "Louie Louie" at the top of this week's chart.Local band The Moon Rakers can also be found in...
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Tuesday This And That
Kent ... Ron Smith's Labor Day 500 ... http://www.oldiesmusic.com/500-15.pdf My first pick checked in at # 11. Frank B. Yep, we ran a sneak peek of the list on Friday ... I sent it to a few radio...
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Jeff Lynne - Live In Hyde Park DVD Concert Review
Two word review: Fucking Incredible!!!Sorry, but no matter how many times I've tried to rephrase it, I just HAVE to go with that ...Because I must have said it out loud at least 24 times during the...
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The Friday Flash
re: Here We Come ... Again:Rhino is releasing the complete Monkees television series again ... on BluRay this time around ... all 58 episodes plus their theatrical release "Head" (with...
View ArticleYesterday We Told You ...
>>>9/11/1945 = Happy Birthday Dennis Tufano (Frank B.)>>>"The Buckinghams: The Complete Hit Singles" is available today. We told you last week that we'd be running the complete,...
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Mitch Aliotta
Tonight is the party for Mitch Aliotta of Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah (and formerly of The Rotary Connection, featuring Minnie Ripperton), being held at WIRE in Berwyn, IL. Aliotta passed away a...
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50 Year Flashback - September 14th, 1965
This KFXM Chart from this week in 1965 shows The Beatles on top of the heap with their latest, "Help" (the title track from their brand new motion picture ... in color this time!) coupled with the...
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Tuesday This And That
Congratulations to Ed Kocjan of Channahon, IL, who won a copy of the brand new Buckinghams CD "The Complete Hit Singles"!Ed tells us ...Thanks, Kent!I enjoy reading your website every day. Thank YOU,...
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Thursday This And That
Can't wait to see Burton Cummings at The Arcada Theatre this Friday Night ... He's sold out all three times he's played there ...ALWAYS a great show (and Burton tells me the band is tighter than ever...
View ArticleTop 10 On This Date ... In 1968
Here's the way Billboard Magazine ranked 'em on September 18, 1968 ... 10. Hey Jude - The Beatles First week in The Hot 100 and already a Top Ten Hit! Two weeks later it would top the chart ......
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David Cassidy
DAVID CASSIDY TODAY: Over the past several years we've had virtually nothing but bad news to report on the David Cassidy front. (Talk about your fallen idols!)We've run story after story of his DUI...
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