Just Heard At Starbucks® • FLEETWOOD MAC: ‘Black Magic Woman’ + Santana’s Cover Hit [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Jan 1, 2016 | #JustHeardAtStarbucks®, 60's, 70's, American Artists, Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists

Sponsored   #JustHeardAtStarbucks® Welcome to 2016 and my first blog of the new year. I trust that you had a great holiday season and are now looking forward to the next 366 days (leap year) which hopefully will find you healthy, happy and prosperous throughout!...

Post • GEORGE HARRISON: ‘Ding Dong; Ding Dong’ in HD! /

by KingoftheHits | Dec 24, 2015 | #Posts, 70's, Beatles, Holiday Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists

Sponsored     Ding Dong; Ding Dong was a 1974 holiday season offering from George Harrison from his new 1974 album Dark Horse. Many music critics panned the single, calling it “repetitive and dull” or “a raspy stab at ‘Auld Lang...

Post • JOHN LENNON and the PLASTIC ONO BAND: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in HD! /

by KingoftheHits | Dec 22, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 70's, Beatles, Classic Hits, Holiday Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists

Sponsored   Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was the culmination of two years of peace activism and bed-ins on behalf of the cause by John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono. The lyrics, written by Ono and Lennon, are set to a traditional English ballad called Skewball. Recorded...

#Post • PAUL McCARTNEY: Wonderful Christmastime in HD + RARE Macca Holiday Track! /

by KingoftheHits | Dec 22, 2015 | #Posts, 70's, Beatles, Classic Hits, Holiday Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists

Sponsored   Paul McCartney recorded Wonderful Christmastime by himself in 1979 during the sessions for his second solo album called McCartney II. Following its release that year, Wonderful Christmastime peaked at #6 on the UK singles chart for the week ending...

#OnThisDay… December 8, 1980 • JOHN LENNON: His ‘Dream’ Died 35 Years Ago [News Video+Articles+Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Dec 8, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 70's, 80's, Beatles, Classic Hits, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos

Advertisement   December 8, 1980 John Lennon was a dreamer, for sure – “but I’m not the only one” as he correctly states in the John Lennon Plastic Ono Band classic song Imagine. His dreams died 35 years ago in the foyer outside his New...

Just Heard At Starbucks® • ARETHA FRANKLIN: Until You Come Back To Me [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 25, 2015 | #JustHeardAtStarbucks®, 60's, 70's, American Artists, Motown, Oldies, Pop, R&B, Soul, Top 40

Sponsored   #JustHeardAtStarbucks® Another ‘souled-out’ day (thanks ex-CHUM/Toronto radio jock and colleague Duke Roberts!) on the outdoor patio of Starbucks at Little Road in New Port Richey, FL. (from where my daily blog is produced)...