Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Don't Bring Me Down (Songs with Down in the Title)-- Part 2: 'Downtown'

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11.  SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN--  Johnny Cash--  1970 12.  DOWN BY THE SEASIDE--  Led Zeppelin  1975 13.  ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE ...
Monday, July 1, 2024

Don't Bring Me Down-- Part 1: 'East Bound and Down'

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See if you can figure out what these songs have in common. 1.  DON'T BRING ME DOWN--  ELO 1979 2.  DOWN ON THE CORNER--  CCR  1969 3.  D...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

WLS Top 10 for Week of June 29, 1974: 'Band on the Run'

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That's right.  Fifty years ago, half a century if anyone's counting. 1. BAND ON THE RUN--  Paul McCartney & Wings 2.  SUNDOWN-- ...
Friday, June 28, 2024

Every Blooming THing: Late June: About That Monarch Butterfly and the Cicadas

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Grass still growing fast as it has been fairly wet and cool around here. Regular daisies are blooming.  I have been planting a lot of gerani...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

WXRT Saturday Morning Flashback (1973)-- Part 3: 'Ramblin' Man'

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BREATHE/ON THE RUN--  Pink Floyd MIND GAMES--  John Lennon GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE)--  George Harrison OHH LA LA--  Faces HYPNOTIZED--  ...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

WXRT Saturday Morning Flashback-- Part 2: 'Sail On, Sailor'

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THE OCEAN--  Led Zeppelin SAIL ON, SAILOR--  Beach Boys GROWIN' UP--  Bruce Springsteen FEELIN' STRONGER EVERY DAY--  Chicago THE HA...
Monday, June 24, 2024

WXRT Saturday Morning Flashback for 1973-- Part 1: 'Rocky Mountain Way'

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From the June 15, 2024, show hosted by Annalisa. THE REAL ME--  Who BODYHISATTVA--  Steely Dan KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE--  Queen YOUR CASH AIN...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

WLS Top Ten (and Debuts) for Week of June 22, 1974: 'For the Love of Money'

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1.  SUNDOWN--  Gordon Lightfoot 2.  BAND ON THE RUN--  Paul McCartney & Wings 3.  BILLY DON'T BE A HERO--  Bo Donaldson & the He...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

It's Officially Summer Today: Ten Songs from Bob Stroud to Mark the Occasion

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Bob Stroud on his Ten at Ten show on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM just finished playing ten songs about the you-know-what season that has jus...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Songs from the Summer 1974-- Part 2: 'Sundown'

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PRETZEL LOGIC--  Steely Dan DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT A THING--  Stevie Wonder SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE--  Aerosmith BENNY AND THE JETS--  El...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Songs from the Summer 1974-- Part 1: 'LaGrange'

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These were the songs on the radio and in your record collections on June 2, 1974.  Fifty years ago.  From the June 2, 2024, Rock and Roll Ro...
Monday, June 17, 2024

2024 Indy 500-- Part 3: A Delayed Race, Newgarden Wins Again

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The big question on everybody's mind was about the approaching rainstorms set to hit the Indy area at race time.  They wouldn't post...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

WLS Top Ten for Week of June 15, 1974: 'Dancing Machine'

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Fifty years ago in Chicago. 1.  BAND ON THE RUN--  Paul McCartney & Wings 2.  BILLY DON'T BE A HERO--  Bo Donaldson & the Heywoo...

2024 Indy 500-- Part 2: 'Emo'

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SATURDAY, MAY 25 Drove back to the IMS (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) and parked by Tom's.  Walked the short distance to the race track a...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

2024 Indy 500-- Part 1: No Legion for Us This Year

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This will be a short account of the days at the Speedway.  I will go into more detail later in my RoadDog's RoadLog blog. FRIDAY, MAY 24...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Playing With Cicadas

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I sure can hear masses of cicadas off in the distance.  It is a regular roar. Last Saturday I was doing yardwork around two trees in the fro...
Monday, June 10, 2024

WLS Top Ten LPs and Tapes for Week of June 8, 1974: 'Band on the Run'

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These were the Top ten albums on both LP and 8-Track format in Chicago fifty years ago.  How many are in your collection? 1.  THE STING (6th...
Saturday, June 8, 2024

WLS Top Ten (and Debuts) for Week of June 8, 1974: 'The Entertainer: Music from The Sting'

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These were the Top ten songs in Chicago according to WLS, 890 AM fifty years ago this week. 1.  BILLY DON'T BE A HERO--  Bo Donaldson ...