Friday, August 21, 2020

Toot! Toot!


You know how much we love 1967 …

(We dedicated the entire YEAR back in 2017 to reliving ’67 day by day …

If you missed ANY part of it, set your time machine back to our posts beginning here:  http://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2016/12/december-30th.html ...

And then just continue to scroll forward for the next 370 days or so to enjoy the whole thing.  It is, by far, our most ambitious series EVER ... over a year in the making!)

And, for the Best of the Rest of 1967, featuring many of your comments collected along the way, be sure to check out THIS site, too:  https://forgottenhits1967bonus.blogspot.com/

The reason we bring this up (other than the fact that this entire series really shouldn’t be missed by ANYONE!) is because Best Classic Bands is running a piece today on the 50 Most Essential Rock and Roll Albums of 1967 on their site.

Now I can’t say that I agree with ALL of them … but then again who could possibly agree 100% with ANY list like this??? … I don’t even agree 100% with the lists that WE run!!!  (lol) …

But it still gives you an interesting time capture of what the music of 1967 had evolved into.

Definitely worth checking out …

And, while we’re on the topic of great Forgotten Hits series, you definitely don’t want to miss THIS one … 

Please be sure to bookmark and check our brand new
TOP 200 ALL-TIME FAVORITE SUMMER SONGS COUNTDOWN Page daily …

We will continue to count down YOUR TOP 200 SUMMER FAVORITES
thru Labor Day.  (Monday, September 7th)

(Reminder:  Scott Shannon will be playing selections from this list all Labor Day Weekend long on The True Oldies Channel … https://trueoldieschannel.com/)

[Yeah, OK … so maybe we’re tooting our own horn a little bit today …
But this is GOOD stuff … and you’re not gonna wanna miss a thing!]

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

We're Counting Them Down ...

THE TOP 200 ALL-TIME 
FAVORITE SONGS OF SUMMER ...

As voted on by The Forgotten Hits Readers and 
Listeners to The True Oldies Channel.

New results posted every morning thru Labor Day, September 7th, right here ...

https://fhsummerfavorites.blogspot.com/


ON THIS DATE IN 1970:  
August 18th – Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is born

First rising to fame as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, Malcolm went on to enjoy adult fame as well in the cable series "Sneaky Pete" and Fox's medical drama, "The Resident."


Monday, August 17, 2020

August 17th, 1970


"War" hangs on to the #1 spot for another week ... but Diana Ross is right at its heels as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" climbs another ten spots this week to land at #2.

No major movement within The Top 20 this week other than Gene Chandler jumping 15 spots with "Groovy Situation" (from #35 to #20).  This is Chandler's first (and only) WCFL hit record as the station hadn't switched over to Top 40 Music yet when Gene topped the charts in 1962 with his mega-hit "Duke Of Earl."  "Groovy Situation" will out-perform its national showing when it hits its WCFL peak in a few weeks.




"Cracklin' Rosie" moves up 14 places this week (from #37 to #23), putting it just four spots behind "Solitary Man," which currently sits at #19.

We've got an unusual premier at #27 this week as "Neanderthal Man" debuts for Hot Legs.  (The band will eventually evolve into 10cc.)

 


And a personal favorite that we played the heck out of around our house is this week's #35 record ... "Go Back" by Crabby Appleton.