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My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Garden Party

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 26 Sep 24

These two lists were done separate from each other, with different Whitburn reference books, so if a song ended up on “the other” chart, it was a fluke and not something I did intentionally. Given that I have no control over the...

100 favorite rock songs

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“Top” Ten Music Aviation Tragedies: Rick Nelson (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 24 Feb 24

Wow, that was a nap! I woke up, it was 8 AM, so I rolled over to sleep a little more…then it’s 10:15! Good thing I’m on central time. Before I head onward I’ll give you another one of those news reports that broke...

musical plane crashes

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Clear Channel Memo Songs: Travelin’ Man

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 19 Aug 23

Well, we did have a momentary lapse of sanity, to paraphrase a Pink Floyd album title, yesterday. For today’s song that was on the Clear Channel Memorandum list of songs that might be inappropriate to play after 9/11,...

clear channel memo songs

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1972 Songs Top Ten: Garden Party (#2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 30 Jul 22

It’s been a lot of fun going back 50 years to some of these great songs, and I hope you’ve enjoyed the ride with me. Some of the music from any era sounds incredibly dated, but so many of these songs sound good today just as they...

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1962 Songs: Teen Age Idol

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 17 May 22

The songs I’ve picked as my favorites from 1962 probably won’t ring the bells that these songs I’m using for the rest of the month will, but that’s okay. It was a pretty good year for music! Thanks for all the nice comments...

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The Poor Top Ten: Poor Little Fool (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 21 Feb 22

Into the top five we go in the countdown of my favorite songs with “poor” in the title. This is the song I believe that most people have been waiting for, given previous comments. You just have to be patient! ...

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April Fools Songs Top 15: Poor Little Fool (#2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 15 Apr 21

Well, we’re almost finished with this foolishness of songs with “fool” in the title, celebrating April Fools Day. There are songs that I’m sure came to mind when I said I was doing this subject, and this is probably one of them....

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Songs You May Not Know Were Covers (Round 7): Hello Mary Lou (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 21 Mar 20

For the seventh time I fold the covers and put them away. As usual, I’ve saved what I perceive as the “biggest surprise” for last. With that in mind, here’s the #1 song from this round of big hits that were covers. [b]#1: Hello...

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Travel Song Top Ten: Travelin Man (#7)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 1 Nov 19

Sometimes in these countdowns we have “Captain Obvious” show up because of the artists I use. Let’s face it, we all have favorites, and they’re our favorites for a reason. Anyway, other obvious things are with songs that fit the...

road trip countdowns

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May 8 - Let's talk about what happened today

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 8 May 19

National Give Someone a Cupcake Day No Socks Day 1886 - Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named Coca-Cola as a patent medicine. 1940 - Ricky Nelson (Eric Hilliard Nelson) is born. He was an American...

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Starting the new year with old songs.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 9 Jan 19

I have seen a lot of songs with links placed by my fellow mylotters. Most of them are unknown by me as either I´m too old or they are too young I was quite young when I saw the show Ozzie and Harriet where Ricky...

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Top Ten Real Event Songs: Garden Party (#2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86755) • United States 12 Nov 18

On a gloomy Monday morning with the threat of that dirty "S" word in the weather forecast I'm going to brighten up things, at least momentarily, with another song on my list of songs inspired by real events. If you've noticed,...

historical songs

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Ricky Nelson in Melbourne

lilaclady @lilaclady (28206) • Australia 28 Dec 06

I was lucky enough to be invited along to the second last concert that Ricky Nelson made to Australia before he died in a plane accident. I was given the front row ticket to take photos for an avid fan. I got some great shots of...

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