FORGOTTEN HITS: Thursday This And That

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Thursday This And That

From our Forgotten Hits Sick Bay Report:

Local media is running adverts that Heart, who had to pull out of an Allentown (PA) Fair performance last year due to Ann's cancer treatment, will return for this year's fair. Hope she isn't still in a 'chair by then!

Bob Frable

Billy Joel has postponed several dates on his current tour to recover from an undisclosed surgery …

One cannot help but wonder if after he took that fall on stage last month he decided to have a few things checked out.

The current tour will be postponed for four months to allow him to recover from recent surgery and to undergo physical therapy under the supervision of his doctors. Joel is expected to make a full recovery. The tour will resume at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 5, 2025.

In an official press release, Joel said:

“While I regret postponing any shows, my health must come first. I look forward to getting back on stage and sharing the joy of live music with our amazing fans. Thank you for your understanding.” – Billy Joel

Tickets for the original postponed shows will be honored at all of the rescheduled shows (shown below in red) Tour dates will now extend into 2026 (kk)

7/05 – Pittsburgh, PA Acrisure Stadium with Rod Stewart (tour resumes here)
7/18 – Bronx, NY Yankee Stadium with Rod Stewart
8/08 – East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium with Stevie Nicks
8/21 – Queens, NY Citi Field with Sting
9/05 – Washington, DC Nationals Park with Sting
9/20 – Cincinnati, OH Paycor Stadium with Rod Stewart
11/01 – Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live
November 15, 2025 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field (with Stevie Nicks)
March 14, 2026 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
April 10, 2026 – Syracuse, NY – Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome (with Sting)
May 22, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rice Eccles Stadium (with Sting)
June 6, 2026 – Edinburgh, UK – Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
June 20 2026 – Liverpool, UK – Anfield Stadium
July 3, 2026 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Bank of America Stadium (with Sting)
TBD – Milwaukee – American Family Field (with Sting)

Rick Springfield, meanwhile, told People Magazine that he just recently discovered during a full-body MRI scan that he had suffered brain damage in a fall he had in Las Vegas back in 2000 … some TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO!!! (Ironically, Frannie and I saw Rick while we were in Vegas on our honeymoon in 2001 when he was filling in for David Cassidy at the EFX show.)

“I fell 25 feet, hit my head and then wood came down and hit my head, and then my head hit the stage again. I thought I had just broken my wrist, but on the scan I found out I have some brain damage from the fall, so I’m working on trying to repair that.”

Springfield acknowledges that “While many people don’t want to know what’s wrong with them, I’m the exact opposite.

“My dad died from not wanting to know. He thought he had stomach cancer for years and never got it checked out. When he finally collapsed one day at home, they found out it was an ulcer that burst, and he died from the loss of blood. It could have been fixed if he had gotten it checked out.

“That was a giant message to me: If you want to live long, you have to be prepared for some bad news now and then. I could find out I have terminal cancer tomorrow and be dead in a year, but I can only do all I can do.”

THIS AND THAT:

Clark Besch tells us about a brand new Rock And Roll Heaven song by The Spin Doctors …

Here's a pretty cool "Amps go up to 11" song about the above! #40 first week on Heritage Chart!

Week 242 9 March 2025 — Heritage Chart

kk ...

Kent, Are You Sitting Down? I Didn't Listen To Cousin Brucie Last Saturday.

Instead I Went With T J Lubinsky's Latest P B S Concert.

SATURDAY = " BEST OF THE 60's "

Roger McGuinn (of the Byrds) & I Think Early In His Career He Played Guitar For Bobby Darin

Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) + Grass Roots + Association + Eric Burdon & the Animals (My Favorite British Group) ...

John Kay & Steppenwolf + Vanilla Fudge + Iron Butterfly + Jackie DeShannon + Monkees

Paul Revere & the Raiders + Vogues + Gary Lewis & the Playboys + The Ventures + The Miracles + Peter Noone + Jeferson Starship + Steam.

SUNDAY = " SOUL & R & B (60's & 70's) "

James Brown + Temptations + Sam Moore + Eddie Floyd + Percy Sledge + Billy Paul + Gloria Gaynor

Spinners + Trammps + Taste Of Honey + Yvonne Elliman + Hues Corporation + Stylistics + Chi-Lites + Sister Sledge.

I Won't Feel Right If I Don't Mention Cousin Brucie. This Saturday Night (3/15) He Will Interview Tom Austin, An Original Member Of The Royal Teens.

The Group Was Formed In 1956 in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

"SHORT SHORTS" & "BELIEVE ME"

Bob Gaudio Was Also A Member Of This Group. He Quit The Royal Teens To Join The Four Seasons ...

Smart Move.

I'm glad to see TJ's shows back on PBS ... it must be Pledge Season!!! (lol)

With so many of these artists no longer with us, it's great to raid TJ's incredible library of clips ... at one time or another, he's had just about EVERYBODY on his program! (kk)

>>>Also on 3/12/65, James Darren appears as the guest voice (of singer Jimmy Darrock) on the fifth season finale of “The Flintstones” (kk)

Kent,

You probably won't believe this but just yesterday I watched online the 26th episode of Season 5 of the FLINTSTONES. I have been watching that show for a week or two. I never watched it when it was originally on. The ending credits were cut, so I didn't really know, offhand, that the cartoon character, Jimmy Darrock, was being sung by James Darren.

Now in episode 1 of Season 6, the Flintstones are watching some teens dancing and singing on television. It showed a snippet of one singing ROSES AND RAINBOWS, and yes, it is Danny Hutton's voice. The primary song being sung by the cartoon kids is OPEN UP YOUR HEART (AND LET THE SUNSHINE IN). That was originally a hit by the Cowboy Church Sunday School, recorded in 1955 on Decca records. If you play that 45 record by the Cowboy Church Sunday School at 33 1/3, the normal voices are heard.

But the LET THE SUNSHINE IN sung by the cartoon characters on the FLINTSTONES was apparently sung by two kid actors sounding very similar to the original recording of 1955. I checked online it came out in 1965 on Hanna Barbera records. That's one I don't have and didn't know about.

Larry Neal

The Danny Hutton connection makes sense … he recorded for Hanna Barbera Records and his recording of “Roses And Rainbows” became a #57 Hit in 1965 on the Cash Box Chart. (It only made it to #73 in Billboard … but was a Top Ten Hit here in Chicago.

Here’s the James Darren / Darrock clip …