Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Rick Astley
Rick Astley gets a bad rap. He's been the subject and punchline of a "Rickrolling" trend which started in 2007 as an online...
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Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Miami Sound Machine
We're more than a week into March, but someone needs to get that memo to Old Man Winter: it's snowing to beat the band in New Eng...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Patti Page
Photo via Wikimedia and Salon.com Patti Page, who passed away this week, was responsible for what I consider one of the most depressing ...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Kid Creole and The Coconuts
I've had two songs by Kid Creole and the Coconuts stuck in my head all week, which makes me wonder why I never seemed to hear them on...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Buddy Holly
Photo via The Beatles Rarity It's amazing to me that Buddy Holly was considered enormously successful for only a couple of years bef...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Herb Reed and the Platters
Photo from latimes.com . Photo credit Gilles Petard/Redferns) We've been losing musical heavyweights at an alarming rate this year....
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Hall and Oates
Photo copyright Billboard.com I long for the day when the man of my dreams puts his arm around me and says, "Pamela, me without you ...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Twitter has Follow Fridays, and Go Retro has Forgotten Friday Favorites. Actually, my song picks for today are not exactly forgotten, just a...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Heart
Before I get into today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites, I wanted to let everyone know that there's going to be another giveaway...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Terence Trent D'Arby
When I heard Sheryl Crow's cover of "Sign Your Name" I knew I had to eventually choose Terence Trent D'Arby for Two Forgot...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Sheila E
A few random things I learned about Sheila E (Sheila Escovedo) while researching her bio for today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: she...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Lene Lovich
Decades before Lady Gaga donned crazy ass outfits on stage, Lene Lovich was making a name for herself with equally outrageous clothing, make...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Mary Hopkin
I think that a 60s singer like Mary Hopkin is the true definition of a songstress: no costumes, no embellishments, just a lovely voice with ...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Ink Spots
Apparently a whole slew of gamers are familiar with the singing group The Ink Spots. A few of their hits have been featured in the soundtrac...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Foreigner
I must spread some love for Foreigner this morning. They are, without a doubt, one of my favorite bands of the 70s/80s. I think the ultimat...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Nu Shooz
Those crazy DSW commercials with the stop-motion shoes remind me of the music video for The Point of No Return , which was a hit for Nu Shoo...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Bobby "Boris" Pickett
It's definitely that time of year when the oldies stations start playing the 1962 novelty hit song Monster Mash . I've often seen it...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Since I've pretty much failed to acknowledge Halloween on my blog this year, today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites is of the truly ...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: John Lennon
A graphic artist "imagines" Lennon at 70 years old You'd have to be living under a rock to not know that tomorrow would hav...
Off to the Land of "Newhart"
I hate to blow off today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites, but I'm afraid there's not going to be any Go Retro posts until somet...
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