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Al Jardine Concert Review - Part 1
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again … Al Jardine has the best singing voice of all The Beach Boys today … strong and clear without a hint of age.We’ve seen Mike Love where he could barely...
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Al Jardine Concert Reviews - Part 2
Photo by Howard GreenblattAl Jardine Concert • April 2, 2018 • City Winery, ChicagoPhil Miglioratti • phil@prayforsurf.net • PrayForSurfBlog.blogspot.comTHANKS! Kent, for the opportunity to attend the...
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The Friday Flash
This may be the ultimate “Helping Out Our Readers” segment …KENT, LET ME THROW SOMETHING AT YOU ... AFTER FINISHING DEAN MARTINS 2ND REPRISE ALBUM, I CAUGHT HIM ON AN INTERVIEW STATING : “THIS BAND IS...
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The Saturday Survey (April 7th)
Wow!Looks like "Denver" tops the Denver chart this week as Steve Alaimo holds off The Beatles for a second week on top of the KLZ Chart! (I'm guessing that whoever picked up this particular survey at...
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Michael Bolton Concert Reviews - And Our Next Free Ticket Offer!
Hey Kent – Are you going to review last night's "Scum Of The Earth" (WKRP) Concert for Forgotten Hits? Frank B.Nope … sorry, I missed it … In fact, I missed the Michael Bolton concert at The Arcada...
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A Monday Morning Quickie!
>>>Al Jardine will be teaming back up with Brian Wilson for a series of shows that’ll run through the end of the year. This time around they’ll be performing the entire 1964 Beach Boys...
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Thursday This And That
Hi Kent, Just a note to say THANK-YOU for the consistently great reads -- the entertainment and information gained reading Forgotten Hits is invaluable. Plus, when I hear the music legends and...
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Ann Wilson Concert Review
If you came to the Ann Wilson Soundstage Television Taping expecting to hear her perform a bunch of Heart songs, you probably came away from the show a little disappointed … she only did three....
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The Saturday Survey (April 14th)
4-14-68 - KBLW - Logan, Utah Logan is a city of about 50,000 situated along the Utah / Idaho border just half an hour from the Great Salt Lake. With Utah being the base of the Mormon religion, it is...
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The Sunday Comments ( 04 - 15 - 18 )
ANN WILSON: Hi Kent – Thank you for the review of Ann Wilson's Concert. It would be worth the price of admission just to hear her sing the fantastic song ”You Don't Own Me"!!Glad she has decided to...
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Feel Good Music Makes For A Fun Filled Evening Of Entertainment as '60's...
Lightning Strikes … Rhapsody In The Rain …And that was just on the way to the theatre … as a cold, wet snowy / rainy mix fell on St. Charles Sunday Night. (C'mon already … it's April 15th!!!) But the...
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Tuesday This And That
For the first time, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has begun inducting songs that revolutionized the music industry. It's a brand new category called The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Singles and the...
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After seeing Ann Wilson, formerly of Heart, perform one of my all-time favorite songs from the '60's (and any OTHER era for that matter) at the PBS Soundstage Taping at The Arcada Theatre, I decided to...
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame:Just saw your note on the six singles that were recently “inducted” into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I’m not sure if you’re aware that the Hall of Fame already did...
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The Saturday Surveys (April 21st)
4-15-68 - WQXI - Atlanta, Georgia As could be guessed, Atlanta's top 40 station's list in 1968 was top heavy on RNB music. In fact, I doubt you will see another top 40 survey in this year's FH feature...
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The Sunday Comments ( 04 - 22 - 18 )
With the 40th Anniversary of “Grease” upon us this was a cool find! (And be sure to read the whole interview!!!) kk(Thanks to Tom Cuddy for sending this one in)Barry Gibb reveals his long-lost Grease...
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As Part Of Our Never-Ending Service And Attempts To Always Please Our...
The always clever and creative Chuck Buell has come up with another great marketing idea for our Forgotten Hits Readers. It's not the Heartbreak Hotel ...Or Morrison Hotel ... Or the Hotel...
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Tuesday This And That
On the topic of "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore - that song was badly needed as an antidote to Pat Boone's "Technique" a few years earlier, which was released as the title cut on an EP. Hard to...
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Thursday This And That
A couple of folks on the list didn’t take too kindly to Pat Boone bearing the brunt of the blame for his recording of “Technique” back in the late ‘50’s …>>>On the topic of "You Don't Own Me"...
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Chuck Buell
One of the perks of doing Forgotten Hits has been meeting some of the artists and disc jockeys who filled our lives with musical joy during the most impressionable and formative years of our lives....
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