But as much as WE love hearing how great we are ... (who doesn't love that?!?!) ... I figured that you guys reading this can really only take just so much of this on-going praise.
So we've added a page to our other Forgotten Hits website which we will continue to build throughout our 20th year. Today's comments are also being posted there ... and new accolades we receive throughout the coming year will go there as well ... so please feel free to check it from time to time. You'll find lots of other great stuff there, too.
http://forgottenhits.com/20_years_of_memories
If you've got something nice to say about Forgotten Hits, please email us at kk@forgottenhits.com and we'll post your on-going comments there. (If you've got something NOT so nice to say about Forgotten Hits, go ahead and send those, too ... they may not make our new web page but we're always looking for ways to improve what we do!)
So, if you will, please indulge us for just one day of praise ... and thank you all for your continued loyalty and atta-boys!!! (kk)
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Kent,
On Behalf of The
Buckinghams, Happy 19th Anniversary! We hope Forgotten Hits has as much success
in the next 20 years!
All the best,
Carl Giammarese
The Buckinghams
Hey
Kent …
HAPPY
ANNIVERSARY!!!
Your
blog is a must read for music fans, and old guys like me who are still rock’n
and love the music.
Keep
up the good work, and who knows, maybe I will be around to celebrate with you
on your 40th.
Rock
On, Pal,
Tommy
Roe
Congratulations on your latest anniversary.
We are all truly blessed because you get to share your passion on the internet
with all your MILLIONS of fans. I know it is hard but hope you keep it going
for at least a few more years.You are a real OLDIES pleasure!
Art Walicki
Hi, Kent –
You have no idea how much it means to me to have a friend
like you whose views on non-current hits is an exact match with mine.
The music of any era is mostly comprised of disposable tunes --
especially today in an era when "hit music" is far more formula than
creative. On top of those tracks is a layer of records which spark
comments like, "Wow! I remember that! How come radio stopped
playing that song?" Above music in both of those strata is a thin
layer of tracks which are also good but for one reason or another (or none)
have become completely burned out as the result of mindless overplay as oldies
by programmers too young to remember when those hits were new. Forgotten
Hits remembers the music in the middle -- which still eloquently speaks to and
for our hearts and souls decades after it was produced.
Gary Theroux
"The History of Rock 'n' Roll"
Good morning, Kent:
First of all, thank you for mentioning the station in the Friday
Flash! It was quite a pleasant surprise. You’ve placed the station
in select company. We don’t take that for granted.
Second, and more important, CONGRATULATIONS on 19 years of Forgotten
Hits. May your 20th year see you scaling new heights.
Just like the music that is your passion, your newsletter is aging like fine
wine.
All the best to you and your family this holiday season.
Rick O’Dell
Program Director – Me-TV-FM
Congratulations, Kent, and thanks for your great contribution in
sustaining the legacy of an awesome era of radio and rock.
Ron Riley
WLS - “the 60’s”
Thanks,
Ron … love having you onboard … please continue to share your amazing memories
with our readers from time to time. You
had your finger on the pulse of the most exciting time in music … and we all
want to hear more! (kk)
Congrats on a well done rock and roll job!
Talk about a labor of love!
Clark Weber
And
thanks to you, too, Clark, for becoming a very good friend over the years of
pulling all of this together! Your
contributions have been nothing short of amazing and enlightening. Our best to you. (kk)
Wow!
Twenty Years!
Congratulations, Kent ...
Amazing!
Kris Erik Stevens
Congratulations on your anniversary. I know I was one of those 30+ people who was
on your list back in the beginning and it is always a joy to go to the site to
see things about friends and people we all admire. Thank you, Kent!
Clay Pasternack
You were one of the early birds for sure … and I know
you have referred several others along the way.
It has been an honor to provide the forum for fans to share their
passion and great memories of this music and magical era. (kk)
Congrats, Kent.
I wonder if anyone
has a Forgotten Hits newsletter from the '90s floating around in their inbox.
The oldest one I can find is from 2007.
Carl Wiser
The readers did a better job of hanging on to this
material than I did … thanks to numerous computer crashes over the years, I’ve
lost it all more than a few times now … but there were readers early on who
were saving EVERYTHING … some even printed out each issue and kept it in a
binder (which I imagine by now may be taller than the Sears Tower!!!) Many have helped me rebuild the archives over
the years … but even so I don’t think I have anything earlier than 2001 at this
point … which is still pretty amazing when you consider that the website didn’t
begin until 2008.
I thought about saving all of this stuff, too, just in
case … but would probably need a hard drive bigger than NASA’s to do so!
Thanks for hangin’ in there with us, Carl … I truly do
appreciate it! (kk)
Kent –
Is there ever going to be a regular emailed newsletter with
the current posts? I looked forward to it in my inbox, and it was my first read
when it was. Now I hardly ever visit the site, since I have nothing to prompt
me anymore.
Donald Rehrer, Jr.
Hi Don -
Great to hear from you again.
No, we won't be going back to an
email format ... although we do send out occasional reminders for special
features and such ... I’ll be sure to add your name to that list.
It just became impossible to manage
… too many names … too many bouncebacks … I was having to break the list into a
dozen separate “sends” because even with a bulk mail account and being able to
send out to a couple of hundred at a time, there was still threats of “spam,”
even though every list member REQUESTED they be added to the mailing list. Just WAY too much hassle.
What we've found is that if you
simply start your day with Forgotten Hits each morning, it'll become
habit-forming all over again! (Think about how much you've already
missed!!! You've got YEARS of catching up to do.) Just make us part of your daily routine …
maybe we’re the ones you have coffee with each morning! My guess is that if you start now, it'll
become a conditioned way to start your day within a week. And, in the
event that a day or two go by where we haven't posted anything new, you can use
that time for catching up!
(Last year we recreated 1967
day-by-day ... EVERY major event, fifty years later ... and we've got something
similar planned for next year for 1969. Right now we're running Saturday
Surveys from Top 40 radio stations in every state ... by year's end, we will
have featured all 50 states. All this plus our regular features and
comments. God, you’ve missed SO much!!!)
Give it a shot for a week or two and
see what you think. Would love to have you back onboard. (kk)
Kent –
Thank for keeping all
this great music alive. You have done something
very special.
Thank you!
Billy J. Kramer
Happy Anniversary.
Keep up the great work.
You make my
mornings brighter.
Ira
kk:
Happy Anniversary.
How many "20
SONGS" can you think of ?
How many concerts were
you invited to that first year ?
Frank B.
Thanks, Frank … I think you’ve been a regular here
longer than I have!!!
To answer your questions …
Not Many …
And Not Any!!
(lol)
kk
You think it would be
possible to contact the original subscribers and see what they're doing now?
Frank
Believe it or not, I tried to do
exactly that … nearly all the email addresses are no longer valid … a few are
still on the list for nineteen years and counting … and a few have sadly passed
on. I sent a website notice to anybody
else that I could from those early days and got a ton of responses … but let’s
face it, there are VERY few who can claim to be one of the original 35 … it’s
not like “Oh yeah, I went to Woodstock” is gonna work in this case! (lol)
kk
Congrats to one helluva man ...
Are you going to see the New Colony Six
at Pheasant Run?
I'm emceeing the show ... C'mon out, kk!
Chet Coppock
Oh wow, I didn’t even know about this one! This Saturday Night at The Pheasant
Run??? Let me see what’s cookin’. (Nope – can’t go – folks in from out of town
– who are completely unprepared for the batch of bitter cold we’re about to go
thru!!!)
For other folks on the list who may be interested,
here’s the link:
And, speaking of The New Colony Six …
Hi Kent -
Congratulations on this milestone.
This morning I was remembering how I first became a member
of the Forgotten Hits family.
While interviewing Ray Graffia about a New Colony Six cd
compilation called 'Sides' in 2007, he mentioned you. I
contacted you and started getting the email version. While the emails are long
gone, I still have some of the songs that you included. There were some rare gems that I still spin
on my Those Were The Days radio show.
The first time we teamed up for a radio program was for the
instrumental favorites countdown. I believe that was 2009 (?) I read from your script on the air from time
to time and get ideas for show themes. What would us 'poor old
radio guys' do without you?
Good luck on your next 20 years!
Thanks for all that you do!
Phil Nee – WRCO
I’ve probably done your show more
than any other at this point (now that Jim Shea is no longer on the
air!!!) Whether it’s a phone in,
pre-taped or just an inspiring topic, we have always found ways to share these
creative ideas with your listeners … and I appreciate your support. (In fact,
we’re probably about due for another one! Now I just have to come up with
another great idea! Lol)
Thanks, Phil! (kk)
Congrats, and of course, "Do Be Colony!"
Walt Kemp
New Colony Six
Happy, Happy, Happy 19th Anniversary to Forgotten Hits!
The only reliable source for the most accurate truth about
the music and the artists we still love.
I know FH has caused 19 nervous breakdowns, too, Kent - but
you keep plugging away and bringing us the best, week after week after week.
Kudos, and thank you sir!
David Lewis
Thank you, David … you’ve been a long-time
supporter … and we’ll FINALLY get to meet in a couple of weeks when we head
down to Nashville to see Vince Gill and Amy Grant present their Christmas Show
at the Ryman Theater! Really looking
forward to it! (kk)
Outstanding, Kent ... so proud for you, my friend.
May the next 20 be even better.
Take care and be blessed -
Barry Winslow
Take care and be blessed -
Barry Winslow
The Royal Guardsmen
Hey Kent ...
Happy 19th / 20 Year Anniversary!
Has it really been 19 years that I've been reading your
great newsletter????
Thanks for all of the great info … and thanks for your
support thru the years! The Rip Chords have been on a two year break from the
road, but hope to be out there on the road in 2019. I'll keep you informed.
Congratulations once again!
Mitch Schecter / The Rip Chords
Happy Anniversary Kent!
I think I might be one of the first 35???
Mark Zimmerman
Not the first 35 … but a long-time reader
for sure!
Thanks for your continued support
after all these years! (kk)
Happy
Anniversary! Hardly seems that 19 years have gone by.
Here's
to 19 more!
Sharon
Thanks, Sharon … although you
weren’t part of the original 35, I’ll bet you guys were part of the first
60! (kk)
Congratulations
Kent for hanging in there for so many years.
Stacee
Congratulations!
Great
Respect for your tireless devotion to promote the most played, most bought, most
danced to, most listened to, and the greatest music of ANY
generation.
Rock
and Roll is Here to Stay ... and you're a primary reason why that's so.
Guitar
Jim Nowoc
Well done, Kent!
We celebrate with you on this milestone.
Surf's up at Forgotten Hits,
Phil
Hey Kent,
Congratulations on 20 years of Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Well, you know what I mean.
Well done,
Paul Evans
Kent,
Congrats and thank you for
mentioning all my releases when they are released.
Davie Allan
Dear Kent and family,
HAPPY TWENTIETH
ANNIVERSARY and a whole lot more!
Ron and Belle Kolman
Thanks, Ron … you’re certainly one
of the “long-timers” on the list. Thanks
for sticking with us all these years! (kk)
Speaking of which …
I
still don’t know how you do it …
The
time, the love and the energy that goes into each issue of Forgotten Hits
continues to show the passion that existed on day one.
How
you have been able to keep up the quality and consistency is what amazes me …
it never wavers.
Thanks
for the first twenty years … and here’s to another twenty as well!
Phil
Phil
It is the passion that drives me …
and great encouragement like this that keeps me going. (That and the fact that I think I’ve slept a
total of about 48 hours in the past 19 years!!!
Lol)
Thanks, Phil! (kk)
Hi Kent -
Happy Anniversary with Forgotten
Hits! Reaching 20
years is quite a Milestone.
All your
readers and fans are very fortunate
for your hard work in "KEEPING
ROCK AND ROLL ALIVE"!!
I look forward to the next 20
years, my friend.
Carolyn
Kent:
Many congrats on your
"Forgotten Hits" anniversary!
I have tremendous respect
for all of the work you've put into it through the years. I had
enough trouble coming up with my 1,000-word blog once a week and couldn't
keep pace … (once or twice a month is more my speed now) … but you've been
amazingly consistent, informative, and entertaining, year after year. But I
still think you're destined to commit your knowledge and passion for the genre
into book form! Just my two cents.
In any case, keep up the
good work!
Garry Berman
I think if you tally up all the
pages I’ve probably written two dozen books by now … maybe even more! (I’ve just published them one day at a time!)
The thought occurs to me to try and
organize all these thoughts in some fashion … but most days I find it hard
enough keeping up as it is. But who
knows … you may be right. And if these
ever caught on with the public at large I could become another one of those
twenty year overnight success stories!
(kk)
Wow, Kent … 20 years!
However for some of us
those "Hits" will never be forgotten.
Drew Paul
Which was EXACTLY the premise for
starting Forgotten Hits all those years ago.
Radio has GREATLY underestimated, underappreciated and insulted us for
SO many years … but now thanks to formats like Me-TV-FM and Rewound Radio, we
have been proven right all along. (kk)
Congrats, and many more years!
We are going into our 18th year on the air with our Tiki Lounge TV show on California Central Coast and Hawaii.
Best,
Merrell Fankhauser
Kent:
You are absolutely the man.
Thank you for 19 years of dedication to a noble and
worthwhile idea and for being the repository for so much information we wish we
had 50 years ago.
All the best,
Bill Carroll
Congratulations
on nineteen years of doing Forgotten Hits.
While I wasn’t there from the beginning, I’ll bet I’ve spent at least
the last 12-15 years on the list … and it never ceases to amaze me how you keep
coming up with interesting topics for discussion.
Best
of luck to you on your next nineteen years!John K.
