Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Electric Light Orchestra
You may or may not have heard the news a few weeks ago that a former member of ELO died in a freak accident. Mike Edwards (pictured above in...
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Showing posts with label Two Forgotten Friday Favorites. Show all posts
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Because I'm still high on Glenn Miller, today's Two Forgotten Friday Favorites is an easy one. Both of these clips come from a 1941 ...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
This sweet looking little boy's name was Frankie Lymon. Lymon was sort of the Justin Bieber of his time (I say sort of because I think h...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Captain & Tennille
I cannot lie about it - I love Captain & Tennille! Even though they recorded one of the most awful pop songs ever ( Muskrat Love - whi...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Basia
I'm not sure who else remembers or who is a fan of this lady from the 80s, but I've been meaning to post about Basia for months now....
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Everly Brothers
The Beatles loved The Everly Brothers - Paul McCartney paid tribute to "Phil and Don" in his 1976 hit "Let 'em In." ...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Perry Como
In honor of the Perseid meteor showers this week, I really wanted to highlight two star related songs. Fortunately, we have the smooth Perry...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Tribute to John Hughes
I had a funny feeling that today marked the one-year anniversary of director John Hughes' death. Kind of eerie that I was correct. So in...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: REM
As if I didn't need another reason to feel old older, I heard on the radio the other day that Michael Stipe has turned 50 years old. Th...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Sam Cooke
Like Roy Orbison, I believe the late Sam Cooke deserves his own movie biography. He wrote and sang several hits that topped the charts in th...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Turtles
I love the Beatles, but I also love me some Monkees on occasion and some Turtles, too! Where did all of the animal related 60s band names (i...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Bananarama
Yeah, I know just last week I highlighted a female 80s girl group, The Bangles, but I realized that we're a few weeks into summer and no...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Bangles
I think The Bangles were my favorite 80s girl group - moreso than The GoGos and Bananarama (though those two are still in my top list.) When...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: The Mills Brothers
Never heard of The Mills Brothers? Well, neither did I until I looked up the song "Glow Worm" on YouTube, as it's one of my fa...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites: Roy Orbison
There really needs to be a movie made about Roy Orbison's life. In recent years we've seen Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, and Johnny Cash...
Two Forgotten Friday Favorites
I'm starting a new recurring feature on Go Retro: Two Forgotten Friday Favorites. Every Friday, I'll choose two songs that never see...
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