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More Of Your Brand New Comments - Part Two
Lots more comments came in after yesterday's post ... so we've added several of them into today's batch ... with more to come next week ... so keep 'em comin', folks! We're still reeling from all the...
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Even More Of Your Comments ...
As mentioned the other day, we have been absolutely SWAMPED with comments since the new year started.Don't get me wrong ... I couldn't be happier ... and we're going to get to as many as we can ... but...
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More Of Your Comments ... and a Sneak-Peek Preview of WLS, 1969
Spilling into our fourth straight day of reader comments, we're running a few more of them today. (Maybe in some ways The Sunday Comments HAVE moved to Saturday after all!!!) Or in this case, instead...
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January 6th
By 1969, the only "street sheet" that you could pick up in a record store measuring The Top 40 Hits in Chicago was the WLS Hit Parade.WCFL had stopped printing and distributing charts early the year...
View ArticleIn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
With Forgotten Hits now featuring the music and times of 50 years ago, namely 1969, I had this happen today and it took me back to January, 1969. I was driving across town today and my MP3 player was...
View ArticleGuest Concert Review #1
Forgotten Hits East Coast Correspondent Shelley Sweet-Tufano has submitted three final reviews from her late 2018 concert agenda. We're featuring the first of these today. (kk)Tarrytown, NY, is the...
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Here is the second of Shelley Sweet-Tufano's Year-End Concert Reviews ... NELSON: RICKY NELSON REMEMBERED Headline News! Nelson will be back on tour next year! But that also means that Gunnar and...
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The concert I didn't see and more ...I wasn’t going to include this piece at all, but it is the only way I have of bringing attention to this. I have back-to-back concerts the middle of November. I am...
View ArticleMy New Year's Music Resolution - 2019
I have decided to appreciate and celebrate the music of our lives to a fuller extent this year.That means no more complaining about who is or isn't in which band ...Let's face it ...At this point in...
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The Weekend Comments
And it's a big one this week ... so take your time! IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA: One-hit wonder Iron Butterfly has the distinction of being the only such act to be featured in two different episodes of the...
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January 13th, 1969
Tommy James takes over the top spot with "Crimson And Clover," a track that WLS secretly recorded when Tommy visited the station several weeks before. (Tommy heard them playing it on his way to the...
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1969: ELVIS IS BACK
By 1969, Elvis was ready to reclaim his throne. The 1968 Comeback Television Special put him right back up on top ... fans wanted more and Elvis was ready to give it to them. After not touring for...
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Tuesday This And That
Found this great clip while working on our 1969 series ...It comes from the short-lived television show "Music Scene," hosted by David Steinberg, with frequent appearances by Lily Tomlin and the comedy...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolution (aka To See ... Or Not To See)
As expected, I got quite a few responses to my new outlook on life regarding artists performing their work live in concert. (And, as you'll see, some hit a little "closer to home" than others!)Here...
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WORLD STAGE - 2019 (Part One)
Last year's World Stage Show made our Top Ten Best Concerts of 2018 list ... it was an incredible display of music. (You can read the full review here ......
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WORLD STAGE - 2019 (Part Two)
It was an incredible show, put on by an incredible array of singers and musicians, that had the whole place rockin' for three solid hours last Saturday Night (January 12th). Jim Peterik has been...
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THE WEEKEND COMMENTS
WORLD STAGE: >>>I wish the Ides would have played a few more songs, but there was no disappointment in the rest of the show. I cannot give enough credit to Jim Peterik and his whole behind...
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January 20th
Tommy James holds on to the #1 spot this week with "Crimson And Clover" ... but it looks like The Doors are nipping at his heels with their latest, "Touch Me," which climbs from #8 to #2. Meanwhile,...
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A Monday Morning Quickie!
We've already heard from enough of you to fill another Comments Page!!!So let's get to it ... Hi Kent - Regarding bands who continue to perform without the original lead singer, many years ago I saw...
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Tuesday This And That
Sam Cooke would have been 88 today.Chuck BuellGood one! HUGE Sam Cooke fan here ... I have always wanted to do an in-depth profile of Sam ... and have started it several times but have never been able...
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