Coppock's Topics
Dear Kent - I haven't weighed in since Mark Rubio and Chris Christie were presidential timbre, so here we go. May the bar stools remain secure. The views expressed here do not reflect those of the...
View ArticleCornerstones: Suggestions And Solutions (Let's Make This Right)
We've talked at great length these past few weeks about the disappointment fans felt when they received their WTTW / Cornerstones Of Rock DVD's ... Jimy Sohn's performance of "Gloria" was cut from the...
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The Friday Flash
Coppock's Topics Chet stated that "The Safaris'"Image of a Girl" is the most underappreciated song from rock's first golden era." I agree ... not sure if it's the "most", but it is a great song ......
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PAUL ANKA
Las Vegas came to St. Charles, Illinois Thursday Night ...And landed center stage at The Arcada Theatre. Paul Anka blew the doors off with a kick-ass two-hour performance to a full house of...
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The Monday Comments
Dear kk - The Paul Anka show was incredible. At 75, his voice was magnificent. I didn't detect even one questionable note. What a special ensemble of talent supporting him! The stories were...
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45 Years Ago Today (5-24)
This is an example of the chart I would look at when buying my favorite records at Saffells in Richland Center. when I was growing up. I used to get one every week. The chart info came from Record...
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Holiday Weekend Comments
It has been a VERY crazy week making daily postings impossible ... but I'm hoping to do a little catch up over the long holiday weekend. (Besides working on my upcoming interview with Bobby Rydell,...
View ArticleSWEET 16 - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
We ain't kidding around with today's list ... 16 Classic Tracks using language you just AIN'T supposed to use!!!According to the dictionary ... ain't: 1. Nonstandard except in some dialects. am not;...
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A Very Special Sha Na Na Reunion ... and Some Words From Henry Gross!
As we told you the other day, the surviving original members of Sha Na Na are getting together for a special concert event back where the whole thing started nearly 50 years ago ... they'll join the...
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Some Of Your Mid-Week Comments
Ain't That A Great Way To Spend Your Holiday Weekend? Regarding your "Ain't" songs, you might like to know that in the studio an argument broke out between producer-conductor-arranger Billy Vaughn and...
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Thursday This And That
Just enough comments to fill a Thursday This And That segment!Readers didn't take too kindly to Gary Theroux's Pat Boone comments that ran yesterday ... or Frannie's assessment of Mike Love's latest...
View Article50 Years Ago Today ...
... Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie BridgeYou remember, don'tcha??? It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day - I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin'...
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Muhammad Ali ... Dead At 74
As you grow up there are certain people who inspire you ... people who will influence you for the rest of your life. Often times these are bigger than life icons who you know you'll never meet ......
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The Sunday Comments ( 06 - 05 - 16 )
Muhammad Ali: I wept when I heard the news about Muhammad Ali. This electric and colorful figure arrived in the spotlight the same year the Beatles invaded Ed Sullivan. I was fortunate to see Ali...
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GOOD TIMES!
No, we're not talking about Jimmie "JJ" Walker here ...We're talking about the brand new Monkees album ...Their best album ... and first Top 20 Album ... since 1968!(Actually, I'm even going to go back...
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ODE TO BILLIE JOE ... The Mystery ... And The Controversy ... Continues
It seems like each new posting regarding this record just raises more questions ... Hey Kent, There has been a lot of coverage of the anniversary of Bobbie Gentry's hit, "Ode to Billie Joe". We all...
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A Few Of Your Mid-Week Comments
The Monkees Check this out ...When the new Monkees album was first announced, it was widely reported that while Michael Nesmith would appear on the LP, he would have very little to do with it ... yet,...
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More Bobbie ... And Billie Joe
Ode To Billie Joe: Hey Kent, Looks like you and I discovered some of the same online "info" on the recording of "Ode to Billy Joe". I thought it was a stretch for the song to be over seven minutes,...
View ArticleChet's Tear-Jerkers
Brother Kent --Just what is (or was) rock 'n roll? I don’t mean today's lackluster milquetoast, but the tunes we grew up loving ... songs that are just as important to us now as they were 40 or 50...
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The Beach Boys
We found this article last weekend in The New York Observer but forgot to run the link ... Seems quite a few folks have been talking about it ever...
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