Friday, August 21, 2020
Toot! Toot!
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
We're Counting Them Down ...
As voted on by The Forgotten Hits Readers and
Listeners to The True Oldies Channel.
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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.