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The Lost 45s Annual Top 100

The Lost 45s Never Surrender: The Top 100 of 2017 By Sean Ross/Radio Insight on January 4, 2018 There are three former countdown chart-toppers that listeners to Barry Scott’s “The Lost 45s” don’t even vote for anymore, all from a five year stretch in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s: Abba, “Dancing Queen”; Rupert Holmes, “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”; and Rick Springfield, “Jessie’s Girl.” With the passage of time, those songs […]

todayJanuary 4, 2018

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12/30/17-Gibb & Starr UK award

Beatles legend Ringo Starr and the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb have been awarded knighthoods in Queen Elizabeth it's New Year's Honors List. Ringo was recently reported to be among those set to receive top honors in 2018, and on Friday, the news was confirmed. The rocker, who became a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1965, joins his old band mate Paul McCartney in […]

todayDecember 30, 2017

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12/28/17-McCartney #1 Tour

Paul McCartney ‘One on One’ tour was the highest grossing tour of 2017 with the tour earning over $132 million this year. McCartney played 37 concerts between April and December 2017 to 907,610 fans averaging $US145 a ticket. All shows in Australia and New Zealand were complete sell-outs. According to Billboard, It is estimated that over the past two years McCartney has sold 1.8 million tickets and earned over $240 […]

todayDecember 28, 2017

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12/7/17-Elton John's Mom Dies

Elton John dedicated his classic hit "Your Song" to his late mum Sheila during a concert in Germany on Wednesday night. The singer announced on Monday that his mom Sheila Farebrother had passed away earlier that morning, and he paid tribute to her onstage in Hamburg, Germany two days later - before singing Your Song in her honor. "It's a hard day for me because my mother passed away. I'm […]

todayDecember 7, 2017

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11/22/17-Stars pay tribute to David Cassidy

Brian Wilson and Marie Osmond were among those paying tribute to David Cassidy following his death on Tuesday. The 67-year-old The Partridge Family star passed away at a Fort Lauderdale area hospital in Florida, after being admitted with kidney failure and in need of a liver transplant. He had also been battling dementia. After publicist JoAnn Geffen confirmed the tragic news of his passing, hordes of celebrities took to social […]

todayNovember 22, 2017

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11/21/17-David Cassidy Dies

"On behalf of the entire Cassidy family, it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, our uncle, and our dear brother, David Cassidy. David died surrounded by those he loved, with joy in his heart and free from the pain that had gripped him for so long. Thank you for the abundance and support you have shown him these many years." David Cassidy, who came […]

todayNovember 22, 2017

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11/18/17-David Cassidy very ill

One of our favorite guests, David Cassidy, is in critical condition with organ failure, his rep confirmed to the Daily News. Cassidy, 67, was rushed to the hospital about three days ago and is in desperate need of a liver transplant. Both his liver and kidneys are failing, according to his rep. "The Partridge Family" star's health has been failing for more than two months, sources close to the family […]

todayNovember 18, 2017

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11/6/17-Robert Knight Passes

NASHVILLE — Robert Knight, who recorded the first version of Everlasting Love, one of the biggest songs to come out of Nashville, died Sunday after a short illness. He was 72 years old. He was born Robert Peebles in Franklin on April 24, 1945. As a young man, he was a member of the Fairlanes and sang lead for the Paramounts before becoming a solo artist. In 1967, while performing […]

todayNovember 6, 2017

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11/3/17-Heatwave lead dies

(Rolling Stone) Keith Wilder, the singer of the influential Seventies funk outfit Heatwave, died Sunday at the age of 65. Les Spaine, the group's manager, confirmed the singer's death to Rolling Stone. Wilder's cousin and bandmate, Billy Jones, told Dayton.com that Wilder was suffering from health problems and died in his sleep. No specific cause of death has been revealed. "He had an excellent compositional instinct and wrote great music […]

todayNovember 3, 2017

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