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The Sunday Comments ( 08 - 28 - 16 )
Kent:You might want to advise your readers that the Cornerstones of Rock concert that PBS filmed in Chicago is starting to air in other U.S. markets. It will be broadcast in New York this weekend...
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50 Years Ago Today (August 29, 1966)
Although they claim that they never officially discussed it, all four of them knew ...Once they finished their concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the touring days of The Beatles would be...
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Tuesday This And That
Well while I'm waiting for midnite for the Sunday Comments to post, I thought I'd make mention that roughly ten months after the show took place, The Cornerstones Of Rock PBS show is finally airing...
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Happy Birthday To ...ARCHIE BELLBARRY GIBBThe Late CONWAY TWITTYROY HEADAnd, Goodbye on this date, to JERRY REED ...Who ironically died of emphysema.
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THE FRIDAY FLASH
OK, so we did get to finally have the Cornerstones of Rock show shown here in Lincoln, but while I watched it, I kept thinking there were a few songs here and there that were missing. I checked my DVD...
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Here's our Labor Day Top Five ...#5#4You know, I've probably seen this clip close to 200 times over the past 50 years ... and it STILL chokes me up nearly every time I see it! (kk)#3#2#1
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Cornerstones Of Rock - The Live Show
Thanks to our FH Buddy Ron Onesti (who was able to squeeze me in to the completely packed and sold out Cornerstones Of Rock show Saturday night at his Arcada Theatre), we FINALLY got to see this...
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The Everly Brothers - Harmonies From Heaven
I just had the pleasure of viewing an advance screening of the new Everly Brothers Documentary "Harmonies From Heaven" from Eagle Rock Entertainment. (It hits the streets commercially this Friday,...
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Cornerstones:Thank you -Your concert review was spot-on (as usual)We were there Saturday Night and were equally blown away by The Ides Of March - I swear they just keep getting better and better - so...
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The Sunday Comments ( 09 - 11 - 16 )
re: The Everly Brothers: Hey Kent, In looking at the promo for the “Everly Brothers, Harmonies From Heaven”, reminds me of back in the radio days when our dad had his band, “Russ Pike and His Prairie...
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Glenn Berger - NEVER SAY NO TO A ROCK STAR
We've got a special guest column today from FH Reader Bob Rush (aka Dr. Robert) ... Enjoy! Fortunately, there has been a plethora of behind-the-scenes tell-all books in the past couple of decades, from...
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Some Of Your Mid-Week Comments
It Could Be We're In Love: Nice; good to have a lively discussion; keep up the good work. James Fairs I'll offer a little different perspective on this dialogue of "note for note exact" vs. artistic...
View ArticleSweet 16 - The "Bobby" Edition
We saluted Bobby Darin with a month-long series a few years ago (now permanently posted on the other Forgotten Hits Website here : http://forgottenhits.com/the_bobby_darin_story)...Then earlier this...
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The Sunday Comments ( 09 - 18 - 16 )
The BeatlesMy plan was to go see the Ron Howard - Beatles movie this weekend. When I did not see it listed as showing anywhere, I checked with my buddy that works for a Madison, Wisconsin newspaper....
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A Monday Morning Quickie
>>>Several people commented about how Howard's film credits Washington, DC, Disc Jockey Carroll James with being the first in America to play The Beatles on the air, a story we disproved...
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A Couple Of New Concert Reviews
We heard from a couple of folks on the list who saw shows last week and wanted to share the experience with our Forgotten Hits Readers ...IT'S NEXT WEEK ALREADY??Wow, time goes so quickly when you are...
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THE FRIDAY FLASH
More hype for the new Ron Howard / Beatles film ... including this interview sent in by FH Reader Frank B ...>>>Several people commented about how Howard's film credits Washington, DC Disc...
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Forgotten Hits Interviews Billy J. Kramer
I've been trying to interview Billy J. Kramer for a couple of years now thanks to a connection made for me by Forgotten Hits Reader Bob Rush, who has known Billy for quite some time … but for one...
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Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James is The King of Feel Good Music ... between 1966 and 1970 he scored 19 consecutive Top 40 National Hits ... and then went on to add five more to that tally under his own name as a solo...
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