Thankfully, we didn’t lose quite so many rock and roll legends this past month as we did in January and February (Whew.) Those known primarily for their TV work, however, didn’t have it quite so lucky in March…Ken Howard (THE WHITE SHADOW); Larry Drake, the endearing Benny from L.A. LAW; Joe Santos (THE ROCKFORD FILES); THE original Governor (BENSON), James Noble, before a fiercer and far less cuddly guvna came along (WALKING DEAD); Patty Duke, successful in both TV and movies but of course totally charming on THE PATTY DUKE SHOW; Garry Shandling (THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW; IT’S THE GARRY SHANDLING SHOW); and more. But this blog is about music and not the ‘boob tube,’ so — that is what we’ll focus on, and I’m happy to present a brand new feature I launched last month denoted in red below. Read on…
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MARCH 2016 — When I look at this past month of #SongOfTheDay entries, I see the usual eclectic mix of genres, timeframes and vocal styles, and I definitely see our very busy concert lineup (3 artists in one month…wow!) I also am excited about the addition of a new feature, every week as part of #ThrowbackThursday. I received such overwhelmingly positive feedback for featuring “Coming Up,” the little-played hit song by Paul McCartney that everyone agreed was just not played enough compared to “Band on the Run” played far too much. And it gave me an idea — what if every week, I took one day to spotlight a song that was on the radio a lot while it was out but hasn’t gotten the same airtime from the “oldies” radio stations decades later, not compared to what other overplayed songs have received. So I created #ForgottenTunes, every Thursday. #ThrowbackThursday seemed like the perfect occasion to rock and remember, and give some tunes their proper limelight. So far, there have been only two official #ForgottenTunes but I’m declaring “Coming Up” one, too, since after all, it did inspire me to launch the feature in the first place. Without further delay, I invite you to help yourself to a hearty serving of March 2016 #SOTD. Rock on, my Friends. xo ~ CK
#ForgottenTunes (gold italics)
| 03/31/2016 | Sometimes a Fantasy | Billy Joel |
| 03/30/2016 | Locked Out of Heaven | Bruno Mars |
| 03/29/2016 | I Just Can’t Stop Loving You | Michael Jackson |
| 03/28/2016 | Somebody Told Me | The Killers |
| 03/27/2016 | Boogie Wonderland | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| 03/26/2016 | 25 or 6 to 4 | Chicago |
| 03/25/2016 | Friends of Mine | Duran Duran |
| 03/24/2016 | Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) | Icicle Works |
| 03/23/2016 | Fast As You Can | Fiona Apple |
| 03/22/2016 | Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley |
| 03/21/2016 | America’s Sweetheart | Elle King |
| 03/20/2016 | Secret Garden | Bruce Springsteen |
| 03/19/2016 | Confident | Demi Lovato |
| 03/18/2016 | Coming Up | Paul McCartney |
| 03/17/2016 | Linger | The Cranberries |
| 03/16/2016 | Weeds or Wildflowers | Parsonsfield |
| 03/15/2016 | No More I Love You’s | Annie Lennox |
| 03/14/2016 | Stolen | Dashboard Confessional |
| 03/13/2016 | No Time | Guess Who |
| 03/12/2016 | I’ve Seen All Good People / Your Move | Yes |
| 03/11/2016 | Nothing Really Matters | Madonna |
| 03/10/2016 | Eleanor Rigby | The Beatles |
| 03/09/2016 | I’m Alright | Kenny Loggins |
| 03/08/2016 | Keeps Gettin’ Better | Christina Aguilera |
| 03/07/2016 | Genghis Khan | Miikie Snow |
| 03/06/2016 | Steve McQueen | Sheryl Crow |
| 03/05/2016 | I Want You to Want Me | Cheap Trick |
| 03/04/2016 | Are We Ourselves? | The Fixx |
| 03/03/2016 | Dreams | Brandi Carlile |
| 03/02/2016 | I’m So Tired | The Beatles |
| 03/01/2016 | Roar | Katy Perry |
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