Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year (Part 2)

We promised to feature a couple of tracks we received as part of our Christmas Celebration over the New Year's Weekend ... so here goes!!!



Wanted to send you a tune in keeping with "the spirits" of the season you may enjoy.  
For something unusual, here's a New Years song from my May 2011 CD "Right as Rain", "Happy New Year" (To Almost Everyone).

Rock on! 
Here's to a great holiday season. Let the champagne flow and here's to a healthy and happy 2012 to you And all your readers.
Henry Gross  

Hi Kent, 
I've been enjoying my daily Forgotten Hits.  I wonder if you are aware of Bob Lind's Christmas song, "A New Year's Carol?"  I'm attaching it just in case you haven't heard it.  It's a song everyone should hear this time of year. 
Happy Holidays,
Jill  
www.BobLind.com
 
Actually, we've featured Bob's "New Year's Carol" for the past two or three years now ... and it's always played to a great response from our readers. I think THIS year we'll save it for New Year's Weekend ... give you guys something to look forward to!!! Thanks again for sending ... and have a very happy holiday season!  (kk)  

Kent man -
Sure enjoying the rather special Christmas music you have up on FH. 
As you know we, The Fifth Estate, recently released our new Time Tunnel album and have sent it around to only some select radio stations so far ... and several of these have written back and said they intend to use our new Time Tunnel tune, the first one on the album, as a New Years tune for their stations. 
Don't know if you are planning some New Year's specific music (???), but if so maybe Time Tunnel would work for you in this sense.  I know it strictly speaking is not a forgotten hit, but we, The 5E, are forgotten hit makers and TT sounds like it could be a forgotten hit - someday anyway!  I know listening to forgotten hits is so great, but actually being in the process of creating a Forgotten Hit could be totally cool also maybe!!?? 
Furv 
I wouldn't have thought of this one as a New Year's Tune ... but hey, who am I to argue?  I just think it's great that so many of our favorite '60's hit makers are still cranking out brand new music in the millennium ... and we're ALWAYS happy to help spread the word.
So ... without further adieu ... here is The Fifth Estate ... with the title track from their BRAND NEW album, "Time Tunnel"!!!  (kk)



JAY & THE TECHNIQUES APPEARED ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW DOING "KEEP THE BALL ROLLIN'" ON NEW YEARS EVE, 1967!!!  HERE'S A CLIP!
RICK LEVY

I was hoping that Jay would share a memory or two with our readers during our recent Ed Sullivan Series.  No reason he can't still send something in ... I'd be more than happy to add it to our website tribute:
Meanwhile, we'll be featuring Jay and the Techniques in one of our "One You Know ... One You Didn't Even Know You Forgot" segments next year!  Thanks, Rick!  (kk) 

Another one that missed the cut this holiday season was "Same Auld Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg ... a #7 Hit right after the first of the year, 1981.




And finally, MY favorite version of "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" ... sung by ... (believe it or not!!!) ... Donny Osmond!!!



HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY!!!