#Post • PHIL SPECTOR: Preview Medley #1: ‘A Christmas Gift For You’ in HD STEREO! [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Dec 3, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, American Artists, Holiday Hits, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40

Advertisement A holiday tradition for pop music lovers since 1963, A Christmas Gift For You from Philles Records (aka ‘The Phil Spector Christmas Album’) will be presented here track-by-track. But what’s special is that all 13 songs will be featured...

#Post • LITTLE EVA: Happy Thanksgiving … Let’s Turkey Trot! [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 26, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40

I’ve had this one roasting in the oven of the HOTH music vault since last Thanksgiving, so it’s well done – figuratively and musically. (and pretty darn timely I’d say!) After two hits in 1962, The Loco-Motion (#1) and Keep Your Hands Off My...

#Post • P. F. SLOAN: ‘Eve Of Destruction’ Co-Writer Passes Away + 8 More of His Songs by Others [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 16, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

The songwriter who penned a number of great Top 40 hits in the mid-60’s, including Barry McGuire’s Eve Of Destruction, has died. P.F. (Phil) Sloan passed away on Sunday evening (11-15) in Los Angeles at the age of 70 after being diagnosed with pancreatic...

#Post • GORDON LIGHTOOT: 40th Anniversary of the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ Tragedy [AUDIO+VIDEO] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 10, 2015 | #Posts, 70's, Canadian Artists, Folk, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, Videos

A legendary shipping disaster on Lake Superior (called “Gitche Gumee” by the Chippewa Indian tribe) occurred on this day in 1975. Named after the insurance company that owned her – and once the largest ship on the Great Lakes – the Edmund...

#Post • THE ROLLING STONES: Stones RARE Stereo! [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 8, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Rolling Stones, Top 40, UK Artists

This past summer I published a piece (from July 15) on the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones biggest single (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction reaching #1 in America. And since then, I’ve been meaning to get to something related – posting the true...

#POST • JEFF LYNNE’s ELO: Jeff Discusses Their New Album ‘Alone In The Universe’ /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 3, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, 70's, Classic Hits, Pop, Rock, UK Artists

On November 13th, Jeff Lynne, the founder of the 70’s UK symphonic rock band Electric Light Orchestra, will release the first album of new ELO music in 14+ years – and the first to contain anything recorded in a studio by Jeff in three.   In a recent...