Thursday This And That

One last time, over easy …

 

>>>And, yes, we did check the "Sell By" date. It was the next day. I checked with my Friend Google and because store-bought eggs are supposed to be good for three to five weeks after their "Freshness Date," we picked up two cartons!  I had a recently rare, but wonderful three-egg Omelette this morning!  (Chuck Buell)

I’m not sure I would have been so bold …

I just keep thinking about that whole “This tape will self-destruct in five seconds” thing …

And can only imagine that happening to my stomach after such a risk!  Lol  (kk)

 

And now this Egg-citing Forgotten Hits TV Announcement!

Sunday Night at 6 Eastern – 9 Pacific on Forgotten Hits TV, a Very Special Edition of “60 Seconds!”

 

Forgotten Hitter Chuck Buell continues with his Egg-ceptional and Eggs-troidenary Eggs-posé on “The Egg Cartel – What it Means to US Eggs Music!”

 

You’ll hear his Eggs-clusive 60 Minutes 60 Seconds Egg Minute Medley Uncover “Songs You Know by Heart”…

About Eggs.

 

You’ll hear ~~~

 

 

“60 Seconds” Sunday Night - on the Forgotten Hits TV Channel in your area.

 

Check Local Your Listings for Times and Cancellations.

 

CB ( which stands for “Curried-egg Boy!” )

 

I almost held this one back ...

I mean I've heard of the "two minute egg" ...

But really, a minute and a half egg?  Is there such a thing???

Meanwhile, enough of the egg talk for now …

I think we may have over-eggstended our welcome with this one!  

(And, quite honestly, I'm eggshausted!!!)  kk

 

>>>When Paul Simon stopped at a Chinese Restaurant for dinner, he found an interesting Chicken and Egg dish on the menu … cleverly called the “Mother And Child Reunion.”  The rest, as you know, is history!  (kk)

HA!  Good one, Kent!  I like it!  AND, perhaps hard to believe, I actually had not heard that one before!

 

You also provided an update on the upcoming Eagles tour mentioning that Deacon Frey, who has been a part of the Eagles for the past four and a half years, will NOT be a part of the band on this tour.  When I saw them in concert several years ago, it was and still is, one of my all-time favorite performances with "young" Frey and Vince Gill fitting in just as they should!

 

Anyway I, and many other Forgotten Hitters, are aware that ~~~

 

I'd better set my Official Eagles Clock!

 

CB ( which stands for "Clock Boy!" )

Hey, some of us (myself being one) never thought Joe Walsh would last as a member of The Eagles ... so who knows.  I LOVE the idea of Vince Gill being onboard ... and am still quite amazed that they even thought to ask him.  (My guess is Vince's time in Pure Prairie League might have had something to do with it ... and he is completely honored to be a member of the band ... even if only as a "hired hand.")  Under the circumstances, the decision allowed the band to keep going after Glenn Frey's passing a few years ago.  (Think about how many shows they done since then ... for a while there, they were ready to call it quits, stating that it couldn't really be The Eagles without both Don Henley and Glenn Frey aboard ... but they still sound just great ... an INCREDIBLY talented band ... and always one of our favorites.) 

We’ve seen The Eagles a couple of times now … but not since Glenn Frey’s passing … and would LOVE to see them with Vince Gill (who is another one of our favorite singers.)

No Chicago date on the 2023 tour as of yet … but that could change.  I figure we’ve got one last chance to see them … and with Vince taking on a larger share of the load on lead vocals, I think it would be a great show to see.

But these shows ain’t cheap!!!  Not by a long shot.  Still, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better band to see live in concert … and hearing them perform the entire “Hotel California” album start-to-finish with an orchestra … and then come back with a set of Their Greatest Hits holds a WHOLE lot of appeal to me!  We’ll see what happens!  (kk)

 

Kent,

In Sunday's FH about three lines above the cartoon you posted at the bottom, you had written from "Poop" to "Pop" … and that reminded me of Chuck Berry's 1960 record TOO POOPED TO POP. Also, the other day it apparently was national DJ day. That reminded me of 1963 Anthony and the Sophomores PLAY THOSE OLDIES MR DJ and the Sensations 1956 PLAY THOSE OLDIES MR. DJ. It seems to me there was one or two other records with DJ in the title, but I can't remember them offhand.

Larry

That’s funny … because you mentioning TOO POOPED TO POP reminded ME of “Vitameatavegamin!!!”  (lol)

 

And, after reading your eggsceptional pieces regarding the current prices and availability of eggs, the only record (song) I could think of was CHINESE ROCK AND EGG ROLL by comedian Buddy Hackett (remember him?) from 1956 (Coral)

Larry

I actually HAVE that Buddy Hackett 45, a #87 hit in Billboard that somehow made it all the way up to #44 in Cash Box!  Search around on YouTube and you’ll find some absolutely hilarious television appearances by this guy!  (kk)

 

kk …

It's Official -- June 23, 2023, in Battle Creek, Michigan – Three Days Of All Del Shannon Events.

-- FRIDAY (6/23/23) = Del Shannon Concert

James Popenhagen + Brian Hyland + Bobby Holly (local Talent)

-- SATURDAY (6/24/23) = Misfits Car Club - 1^st Annual Del Shannon Car Show

10 AM – 4 PM, At Lila Arboretum … 15 Trophies To Win

-- SUNDAY (6/25/23) = Del Shannon Presentation + Meet & Greet At The Battle Creek Regional Museum

Ticket Info Soon

Remember, This Will Be A Yearly Event, So Being Part Of The First Year Will Make You A Part Of History.

Shouldn't We Be Singing "RUNAWAY?”

I Have A Better Idea -- Play You Tube Clip Of Del Singing "RUNAWAY."

FB

The first series of Happy Together Tour Dates has been announced …

The line-up this year includes headliners The Turtles (actually, Ron Dante and Mark Volman again … Howard Kaylan retired from the road years ago), The Cowsills, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, The Vogues, The Classics IV and first-timers Little Anthony and the Imperials.

 

May 31st – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
June 3rd – Hiawassee, GA – Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds
June 4th – Myrtle Beach, SC – Carolina Opry Theatre
June 5th – Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre
June 7th – Englewood, NJ – Bergen PAC
June 9th – Morristown, NJ – Mayo PAC
June 10th – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre at Westbury
June 11th – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
June 13th – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent
June 14th – Cohasset, MA – South Shore Music Circus
June 15th – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak
June 16th– Staten Island, NY – St. George Theatre
June 17th – Lancaster, PA – American Music Theatre
June 18th – Lowell, MA – Lowell Memorial Auditorium
June 20th – Alexandria, VA – Birchmere
June 21st – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
July 9th – Beverly Hills, CA – Saban Theatre
July 13th – Ojai, CA – Libbey Bowl
July 16th – Costa Mesa, CA – Pacific Amphitheater
July 28th – Atlantic City, NJ – Ovation Hall
July 30th – Lynn, MA – Lynn Auditorium
August 4th – Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre
August 8th – Wabash, IN – Honeywell Center
August 11th – New Buffalo, MI – Silver Creek Event Center
August 19th – Saint Charles, MO – Family Arena
August 23rd – Effingham, IL – Effingham Perf. Center
August 25th – Wisconsin Dells, WI – Crystal Grand Music Theatre
September 1st – Evansville, IN – Victory Theatre

More dates are expected to be added.  (kk)

 

And, speaking of concerts …

 

And another Great Show Review from Shelly!  The Bowzer Rock and Doo-Wop Concert!

 

She described and shared all her Concert Fun so well, it was like being at yet another special "Shelly Show!"

 

Nicely Done!

 

Again.

 

CB ( which stands for Concert-Review-'Review' Boy!" )

 

And this from Gary Theroux ... 

Producer of The History of Rock 'n' Roll ...

 

Eggscetera ... And More Eggsceptional News!!!

Chuck Buell here ... eggs-panding on a Theme ...

 

You wrote of the current high prices for eggs in your part of the world, Kent. Prices here for eggs are just eggs-asperating also! And here's how crazy this eggs-perience can be.  

 

While we, too, generally would need to pay over five bucks for a dozen, the other day we got word that one of the major grocery stores here was running a sale price on eggs.  Ninety-nine cents a dozen!  So, as we were making a grocery run anyway, we went there only to discover when we arrived that the price had changed to a "Manager's Special" Price --- one half off!  Yep!  Fifty cents for a dozen!

 

And, yes, we did check the "Sell By" date. It was the next day. I checked with my Friend Google and because store-bought eggs are supposed to be good for three to five weeks after their "Freshness Date," we picked up two cartons!

 

I had a recently rare, but wonderful three-egg Omelette this morning!

 

BTW, your comment about your neighbors now buying chickens to raise for personal egg production and that we have that around here also, I was eggs-pired to order from Amazon, a chicken and an egg.

 

I'll let you know.

 

Now, in closing, I'll see your "Dueling Tubas" and raise you this 1977 HenHouse Five plus Two (Ray Stevens) with "In the Mood!"  This one at least pecked peaked at Number 40!

 

 

CB  ( which stands for "Chicken Boy!" )

 

EGGSELLENT CHOICE, CHUCK!!!  Way to keep things going!  (kk)

 

[BTW, for any of our readers out there who may not have had their second cup of coffee or their first "eggs-presso" yet, when Chuck said he ordered a Chicken and an Egg from Amazon and that he’d "let me know," what he was REALLY saying was that he'd let me know which came first ... The Chicken ... Or the Egg!]

 

Which, of course, leads me to MY song choice for this morning …

 

Well-known tale that it is, it still bears repeating …

 

One night many years ago, when Paul Simon stopped at a Chinese Restaurant for dinner, he found an interesting Chicken and Egg dish on the menu … cleverly called the “Mother And Child Reunion.”  The rest, as you know, is history!  (kk)

 

 

Noise 11 is reporting that with Deacon Frey NOT joining The Eagles on their 2023 “Hotel California” tour, Vince Gill has picked up a few more lead vocals.

 

Gill will now sing lead on “New Kid In Town” and “Try and Love Again” from their “Hotel California” LP (performed in its entirety as Set One of their concert), as well as “Take It To The Limit,” “Lyin’ Eyes” “Heartache Tonight,” “Take It Easy,” “Already Gone” and “Tequila Sunrise” from their Greatest Hits set.  “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” also formerly sung by Deacon is now being sung by Timothy B. Schmit.  (kk)

 

Kansas is celebrating their 50^th Anniversary with an extensive tour running throughout 2023 and into 2024.

 

They’re calling it “Another Fork In The Road” (after their recently released 3-CD commemorative set) … and these guys are going to be performing just about everywhere!!!

 

Check out this schedule:

March 11th – Tampa, FL – Busch Gardens
March 17th – Shawnee, OK – Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center
March 23rd – Winterhaven, CA – Quechan Casino
March 24th – Pala, CA – Pala Casino
March 25th – Queen Creek, AZ – The Good Life Festival
April 1st – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino Resort (with Blue Oyster Cult)
April 20th – Marion, IL – Marion Cultural & Civic Center
April 22nd – Forrest City, AR – EACC Fine Arts Center
May 19th – Decatur, IL – Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater
May 21st – Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheater

June 2^nd -Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Center for the Perf. Arts
June 3^rd - Baltimore, MD The Lyric
June 9^th and 10^th - Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre
June 16^th - Fort Wayne, IN Embassy Theatre
June 17^th - Detroit, MI Fisher Theatre
June 29^th - Toronto, ON Massey Hall
July 1^st - Rochester, NY Kodak Center
July 7^th - Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
July 8^th - Indianapolis, IN Clowes Memorial Hall
July 14^th - Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
July 15^th - Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre
July 21^st - Wausau, WI The Grand Theater
July 22^nd - Milwaukee, WI The Riverside Theater
July 27^th - Kansas City, MO The Midland Theatre
July 29^th - St. Louis, MO The Fabulous Fox Theatre
August 4^th - Des Moines, IA Hoyt Sherman Place
August 5^th - Omaha, NE Orpheum Theater
August 18^th - Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre
August 19^th - Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
August 25^th - Denver, CO The Paramount Theatre
August 26^th - Salt Lake City, UT Eccles Theater
September 6^th - Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
September 8^th - Seattle, WA The Paramount Theater
September 9^th - Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
September 12^th - Boise, ID Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
September 14^th - San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Theatre
September 16^th - Los Angeles, CA The Orpheum Theatre
September 17^th - San Diego, CA Balboa Theatre
September 20^th - To Be Announced  (this is the day I invited them to perform at our Family BBQ … stay tuned!)
September 22^nd - Albuquerque, NM Kiva Auditorium
September 24^th - El Paso, TX The Plaza Theatre
October 12^th - Worcester, MA The Hanover Theatre
October 13^th - Brookville, NY Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
October 20^th - San Antonio, TX Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
October 21^st - Sugar Land, TX Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
October 26^th - Huntsville, AL Von Braun Center – Mark C. Smith Concert Hall
October 27^th - Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre
November 3^rd - Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
November 4^th - Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
December 1^st - Savannah, GA Johnny Mercer Theatre
December 2^nd - Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
January 12, 2024 - Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
January 13, 2024 - North Charleston, SC North Charleston Performing Arts Center
January 19th, 2024 - Fort Myers, FL Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
January 20th, 2024 - Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
January 27th, 2024 - Melbourne, FL Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts
January 28th, 2024 - Fort Lauderdale, FL Broward Center for the Performing Arts

And finally, the other day we ran a list of artists who were now past the age of 90 …

And Willie Nelson’s name came up because this April, he will be celebrating HIS 90^th Birthday.

And he’s going to do it in style by throwing a big two-night concert … featuring some of his favorite friends …

Like Neil Young, Beck, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett, Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, Norah Jones, Roseanne Cash, Snoop Dogg, Sheryl Crow, Tom Jones, Ziggy Marley, The Chicks, The Lumineers, Bob Weir, Edie Brickell, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Orville Peck, Particle Kid, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Russell, Billy Strings, Charley Crockett, Leon Bridges, The Avett Brothers, Tyler Childers, Warren Haynes and more.

They’re calling it LONG STORY SHORT … and tickets go on sale this Saturday (January 28^th):  https://blackbirdpresents.com/concert/willie-nelson-90/

It’ll all take place on April 29^th (Willie’s Birthday) and 30^th (the day after) at The Hollywood Bowl …

And many more artists are expected to be added to the guest list!

(Boy, I sure hope they film this … or broadcast it live so the rest of us can see it, too!)  kk

And who can forget this oldie but goodie from Mike Wolstein ... 

Tuesday This And That

If you've been to the grocery store lately, you already know about both the shortage and often crazy prices of EGGS!!!  (What the hell is going on here???  Seriously, people in Schaumburg, a fairly affluent suburb, are starting to raise chickens!!!)

Chuck Buell hits the nail squarely on the head with this International News Report ...

This seems to be EGGSactly what's been going on here lately!!! 

(This isn't just something he's hatched up ...

It's for real!!!)

[Quite honestly, we don't buy a whole lotta eggs ...

But the ones we DO buy are typically on sale for $0.99 per dozen.

Today, those eggzact same twelve eggs cost five bucks!!!

FIVE TIMES the normal price!!!  (and those were the cheap ones!)]

 

Now the United States Has to Deal with a Mexican "Egg Cartel"

According to US Border Officials, current high prices are driving an increase in attempts to smuggle eggs into the US from Mexico. 

 

The San Diego Field Office has recently noticed an increase in the number of eggs intercepted at US Mexico-US Ports of Entry!"  ( True Story! )

Now then, here are some of the areas I'm following up for "This Developing CBs News Story" :

 

Is this a Yoke?!

 

Is this new Cartel an International "Shell" Corporation?!

 

How did they "Crack" this case?!

 

Were these illicit eggs discovered during a routine Border "Eggs-am?!" 

 

Are these Eggs the Border Patrol confiscated categorized as "Poached" Eggs?!" 

 

When detained, did those suspected Egg Smugglers suddenly "Scramble?!" 

 

To be on the Alert for more of this activity, will the US Border Patrol designate a special "Eggs-press" Lane?!

Stay Tuned!  More Details as They Become Available!

CB's "CBs News, where the 'S' stands for "Sensationalism in Eggs-cellence!"

On Sunday, we ran a VERY cool clip from the late ‘60’s / early ‘70’s TV Series “This Is Tom Jones,” featuring Jones performing with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Jones, like Johnny Cash on HIS short-lived variety shows, went out of his way to present acts that weren’t your normal television “fixtures.”  This is why an artist like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young would appear on a show like “This Is Tom Jones” (which was actually a British import leased to ABC Television here in America) and Johnny Cash could capture an extremely rare performance of Derek and the Dominoes and an act like Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Other artists to appear on Tom Jones’ show include Mary Hopkin, The Moody Blues, Davy Jones, Lulu, Herman’s Hermits, Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66, The Bee Gees, The Fifth Dimension, Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and the Trinity, Dusty Springfield, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Foundations, Paul Anka, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Cass Elliot, The Dave Clark Five, Jerry Lee Lewis, Donovan, Bobby Goldsboro, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Hollies and Sonny and Cher … and that was just in Season One!!!

Season Two featured acts like Bobby Darin, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Tony Bennett, Wilson Pickett, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Glen Campbell, Janis Joplin, Judy Collins, The Rascals, Joni Mitchell, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Joe Cocker, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Bobbie Gentry and Ray Charles …

And in Season Three we were treated to Burt Bacharach, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Sinatra, Jerry Reed, The Supremes, Ray Stevens, Joey Heatherton, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Bassey, John Denver and Petula Clark.

That’s quite an impressive mix of entertainment over the years!

Typically, Jones sang at least one song with most of these acts … it was, after all, HIS show … and the guy had a pretty dynamic voice and stage presence … and still does by all accounts!

Some of these performances were released on home video (both VHS and DVD) but are now long out of print.  You WILL find a variety of clips on YouTube, however, including Tom’s performances with CSNY, Janis Joplin, The Moody Blues, Cher, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Dusty Springfield, Joe Cocker, Wilson Pickett, The Rascals, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Smokey Robinson and many more.  (kk)

Sean Ross offered up some good listening choices for ‘70’s music in last week’s “Ross On Radio” column …

(I have to admit that I have been THOROUGHLY enjoying listening to these old WLS and WCFL air checks from 1972, a year we just finished honoring in Forgotten Hits.  To hear these tracks again as they were presented when they were BRAND NEW … and NOT in the context of oldies radio … is quite enlightening … and, until Phil Nee and I counted down our Top 40 Favorites from that year a few months back, I had forgotten about just how much great music hit the airwaves in ’72.  TOTALLY diggin’ it … the second time around!)

Anyway, here’s Sean’s report …

(And be sure to check out the variety being offered by Tucson’s version of “The Drive,” which here in Chicago is a Classic Rock station) …

https://radioinsight.com/blogs/247551/70s-on-7-gets-poppier-the-drive-gets-even-bigger/

We got this Nashville chart from 1967 from FH Reader Timmy C … along with the subject line:

Talk about being out of touch and disconnected with reality ...

Well, it certainly isn’t Top 40 Rock and Roll … and despite being from Nashville, it isn’t exactly Country either.

What we’ve got here seems to be a chart from Nashville’s premier Adult Contemporary radio station (although a FEW legitimate pop songs have seemed to “cross over” … The Association are at #17 with their #1 Pop Hit “Windy,” the Fifth Dimension fall a few spots lower at #19 with “Up, Up And Away,” and Petula Clark brings up the rear at #24 with “Don’t Sleep In The Subway” (mis-titled here, a trend we’ve seen on SO many Top 40 Charts from coast-to-coast over the years.)

I guess you can consider “Jackson” by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (#3), “The Happening” by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (#4) and “There Goes My Everything” by Engelbert Humperdinck (#6) as pop cross-over hits, too … heck, “Jackson” may even qualify as a country entry.

Hard to say what most of US would have considered this play list to be back in 1967 … but what it most definitely ISN’T is “The Sounds of Modern America”!!! (So much for truth in advertising!)  It looks like one of those stations where, if it happened to come on in the car while channel-surfing, I couldn’t hit the “next” button fast enough … and we did a fair amount of traveling down to Nashville back in the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s.

1967 was one of the most exciting years in music ever.  (We devoted an entire year to reliving it six years ago!)

But THIS chart has got me scratching my head!

As you look down the list, every once in a while you stumble across a pop hit … although in THIS case, it seems to be much more the exception than the rule.

And look at their Top Albums List ..

Ramsey Lewis’ “Movie Album” is #1 … old-time crooner Frankie Laine has the #2 Single and Album this week on WLAC … you’ve got Bobby Darin’s “Inside-Out” LP at #4 (I can’t believe it ever charted this high on ANY radio station!!!), Top 15 Hit LP’s by The Ray Charles Singers, The Midnight Strings and The Lettermen …

And I don’t think I’ve EVER seen an album of Beach Boys hits … BY THE HOLLYRIDGE STRINGS … show up on a local survey chart before!!!

You can check it out here:

UPDATE:  WLAC was a 50,000 watt powerhouse beaming out of Nashville, Tennesee.  Today, it still broadcasts with 50,000 watts of power as a talk radio station.

They first signed on the air in 1926 and two years later became a CBS Radio affiliate (which it clearly still was on this 1967 chart)

Surprisingly, according to Wikipedia, evenings in the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s, WLAC was one of the country’s premier Rhythm and Blues stations (!)  They spent the ‘60’s playing “Middle-Of-The-Road” music during the daytime … and, in the ‘70’s flipped to a Top 40 Format in an effort to compete with WMAK for the teenage audience.  (WMAK is the station that I would listen to while I was down there … eventually became home to Scott Shannon, which provided a HUGE boost in his career climb up the DJ Ladder.)

By contrast, look at the WLAC Chart from 1975 vs. the one that Timmy sent us …

(kk)

Lin Brehmer, a Chicago radio fixture for nearly forty years, passed away this past weekend after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.  He was 68 years old.

He joined WXRT in 1991 … and became his “listeners’ best friend” over the years … just a “regular guy” who enjoyed the music as much as they did.

A devoted Cubs fan, this will be the first Cubs Opening Day Game he has missed in decades.  He often brought a group of listeners with him.  (A couple of folks on our list have told us about trips they won with Brehmer … who really WAS just a regular guy who LOVED to play and listen to the music, enjoy a beer and watch the ballgame.)

On and off the air several times during the past year as he fought his illness, seeking more aggressive treatment, he will be missed by the millions who welcomed him into their daily routine.  (kk)

Kent --

One of my readers (I blog and write books and articles) sent me this photo, of a Hi-Flier promotional kite.

I collect kites, and I have never seen a pop song (or any kind of music) promoted on a kite. The song is nice in a goofy kind of way, especially the part about flying kites in

the rain. (Don't do that!)

Kites may not be the best way to promote pop  songs, given that "Kites Are Fun" peaked at #114 on the bubblers chart at the end of 1967. WIND radio used to play the song to promote their annual kite fly in Grant Park. I've attached the MP3 in case you've never heard it.

Good luck and keep it coming!

--73--

--Jeff Duntemann K7JPD

  Scottsdale, Arizona

 

While I’m not particularly familiar with it, I know this song has come up before in Forgotten Hits.  (Jeez … after 24 years, what HASN’T come up!!!  Lol)

Its #114 peak was in Billboard during its two week run at the very end of 1967 …

But incredibly, it was already charting a full month earlier in both Record World and Cash Box, logging NINE weeks on the Record World chart but only flying as high as #116.  A seven week run in Cash Box launched it to #119 … so no, not a hit by any stretch.

Still cool to share ‘tho … and a pretty clever promotional idea, too! 

Thanks, Jeff!  (kk)

UPDATE:  LOL … a random search turned up THIS posting from 2013 …. OMG, TEN YEARS AGO already!!! … and I just had to share it.

The conversation started when FH Reader Steve Sarley mentioned that hearing the Bobby Goldsboro song “Summer (The First Time)” was enough to make him want to shove sharpened pencils into his eyes, which elicited this response from FH Reader C.W. Martin …

I saw your comment the other day about a song that left one of your readers compelled to drive sharpened pencils through his eyes and thought, now there’s a nice topic to bring up!  I have two opening candidates for “sharpened pencil songs” - The Sunrays’ Andrea (a worse use of harmony I’ve rarely heard) and the Free Design’s Kites Are Fun (Which I think even toddlers would turn the station on.  How about yours? 

CW Martin

(I’m guessing kites will NEVER be fun again for this guy!!! Lol)  kk

 

The REAL Marshall Tucker died on January 20^th at the age of 99.  (While not a performing member, Tucker provided the namesake to the popular rock and country band.  As such, his name didn’t make our list of 90+ year olds the other day!)

The group formed in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 1972.  Original members included Doug Gray, Toy Caldwell, Tommy Caldwell, Jerry Eubanks, George McCorkle and Paul Riddle.  Crossover pop hits included “Heard It In A Love Song” (#10, 1977), “Fire On The Mountain” (#38, 1975) and “Can’t You See” (#70, 1977.)

A statement from the band read:

“Our band’s namesake, Mr. Marshall Tucker, passed away peacefully yesterday morning at the age of 99. Though he was never a member of our band, we wouldn’t be here today without his historic name.

“In the early days when we were rehearsing in an old warehouse in Spartanburg, we found a keychain inscribed with his name. We needed a name ASAP … and the rest is history!

“Marshall was blind since birth but amazingly could play the heck out of the piano. He always said his talent was simply God-given. He tuned pianos in South Carolina for decades.

“We are thankful for Mr. Marshall Tucker and the life he lived! Sending blessings to his wife and family.”

From Davie Allan …

Thanks for all the nice reviews.

On the inside of the cover (page 2), facing the disc there is a typo:

Track 14 (not 15) is by Jim Pewter / Davie Allan and Published by Playground Music / Arrow Dynamic Music

Thanks again,

Davie

 

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>>>A properly played flute can enhance any recording ... there may be no sound more beautiful.  Besides Chicago’s “Colour My World,” here are a few other great rock tunes that immediately come to mind, prominently featuring the flute.  (kk)

Good points, Kent!  And just to be Clear-er to "The Flutists at the Gate ~~~"

I have nothing against a fine flute performance!  I truly appreciate the talent of an accomplished flutist. My story was about the "Recorder," and the recorder only.  I did not mention or cast any disparaging comments on flutes or flutists at all nor did I suggest the "sound" was out of place in any of the hit songs exampled. I only wondered, in Fun, if the artists may have been influenced at an early age by the sound of young recorder musicians playing its unique sound ( leading to the use of a more sophisticated flute, or even a recorder, in their professional music endeavors later on ) and successfully incorporating that sound in their hit songs.  And I like the sound in those songs!

I think a Flute can even sound Great performing that Super Forgotten Hit Classic . . . "Louie Louie!"

Listen . . . 

 

 

Meanwhile, next, I'm taking on the Tuba!

 

No.  Wait.  Supporters and players of that instrument could cause me severe personal injury . . .

 

CB ( which stands for "Cacophony Boy!" )

 

OK, now you’ve done it …

You’ve forced me to dip WAY back into my Martin Mull collection and dig out this 1973 chart hit … no, I’m not making that up … this record actually got to #92 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart.

Mull, who would soon become a nightly fixture for us fans of “Fernwood Tonight,” released THIS record in response to the #1 Hit “Dueling Banjos,” the Theme to the “Deliverance” movie.  (Now let me hear you squeal like a pig!!!)  kk