Growing up in the shadow of the Motor City, everyone eventually listened to CKLW. Its 50,000 signal blanketed 28 states and 5 Canadian provinces with the famous Top 40 format promoted by Bill Drake and guided locally by Paul Drew. One dimension of the CK sound was 20/20 News (Video),…
For most of us who claim a modicum of musicianship, picking up an instrument and letting the music flow through us is as close as we will ever get to a studio where we could tell an engineer to, “just roll tape”.
On this date in 1985, Rick Nelson & six others died when his charted DC-3 aircraft crashed in Texas. A generation grew up with Rick and his brother David as co-stars on their parent’s television show, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”. When Rick showed interest in music, his bandleader…
My guess is that you’ve made your share of lists of things you hope to achieve in the New Year. The most common New Year’s Resolutions? According to Jonathan Fader, writing for Psychology Today, they are: Losing weight, exercising more, quitting smoking, managing debt, saving money, getting a better job…
Growing up in the 60s, I vividly remember Batman’s short prime as a hugely popular, if campy, television show on ABC followed by a 1966 movie iteration. Adam West and Burt Ward in the roles of Batman/Bruce Wayne and Robin/Dick Grayson rocketed to stardom and just as quickly faded into…
The transistor radio was the iPhone of its day. Smaller than anything we had seen before, allowing us to take our favorite music with us.
1966 was a year of innovation, from artificial hearts to The Mothers of Invention. Here’s the Keener 13 top 30 for this date in 1966.
Remember Breck? Herbal Essence? Lemon Up? Shampoo brands of the past haven’t held their popularity in the present.
As we say goodbye to 2020, lets look back 52 years to see what Chicago’s WLS dubbed “The Top 89 Hits of 1968”.
Let’s look at two lists of the most popular Christmas music from 1971 and 2018 to see how times and tastes have changed.