2007 Silent Voices

As 2007 fades away, Oldieslist remembers those who have passed. It is always sad each year to learn who has left us. Thanks to my wife Margaret for putting this list together.

We pay tribute to:

January 19 - Denny Doherty, singer in the original Mamas and Papas, Age 66.

February 6 - Frankie Laine, singer known for "Rawhide", "Moonlight Gambler" and other hits, Age 93.

March 9 - Brad Delp, lead singer of Boston singing such hits as "More Than A Feeling" and "Long Time", Age 55.

April 14 - Don Ho, singer/performer and songwriter with his big hit "Tiny Bubbles", Age 76.

April 25 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett singer of the "Monster Mash", Age 69.

April 30 - Zola Taylor, Singer with the Platters, Age 73.

July 2 - Beverly Sills, Brooklyn-born opera diva, Age 78.

August 4 - Lee Hazlewood, singer and songwriter of such hits as "These Boots are Made for Walking" and "Tell Me About Phaedra", Age 78.

September 6 - Luciano Pavarotti, legendary Italian tenor, Age 71.

October 17 - Teresa Brewer, singer "All Alone Am I" and "Music, Music, Music", Age 76.

October 30 - Robert Goulet, Singer/actor most famous for his run in "Camelot" and tv show in the 1960's, Age 73.

October 28 - Porter Wagoner, Country singer and Grand Ole Opry star famous for his early commercials with Dolly Parton for 'Breeze' detergent, Age 80.

December 12 - Ike Turner, controversial Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Age 76.

December 17 - Dan Fogelberg, singer and songwriter of such hits as "Leader of the Band" and "Same Ole Lang Syne", Age 56.

Christmas Music

Oldieslist is gearing up for the Holiday Season. It is very easy to find sites streaming your Holiday Favorites, just search "Christmas" at our main page www.oldieslist.com Ho Ho Ho!

New CD by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

My lovely wife Margaret (I prefer "Peg") bought me a present a few days ago. (she spoils me) She bought "Raising Sand" by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at our local Walmart after hearing it on NBC's morning Today Show during the week. They played their version of The Everly Brothers "Gone Gone Gone" live on the show and Peg and I were completely blown away. The rest of the CD is excellent as well, but my absolute favorite is this cut. The harmonies are hauntingly brilliant with a touch of Plant's Led Zeppelin "Immigrant Song" accent. He tastefully slips the unique Plant sound on other tracks as well. If you were a Zeppelin Fan, you'll recognize it immediately.

Peg's little story about a Walmart employee that was helping her find the new CD was typical of today's generation. Peg asked her "Do you have the new CD by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss?" She replied "Who is Robert Plant? I've never heard of him, but Alison Krauss would be in the Country section." Peg tried explaining that Plant was in the group Led Zeppelin from the late 60's, but it went right over her head. When she finally found the new release (which was NOT in the Country section) she opened one and put it in a player to listen and also thought it was fantastic.

You can Preview the WHOLE Album FREE here or click the CD image. I guarantee you'll like it. I would say it is Rockabilly. What do you think?

Listen to this Everly Brothers version on YouTube:

New Book by Neal Samors and Eric Bronsky

Oldieslist friend Neal Samors has co-authored a new book with Eric Bronsky "Downtown Chicago In Transition". If it is anything like "Chicago In The Sixties", I guarantee you will be mesmerized for hours on end.

The book is now available at Chicago's Books Press . Neal and Eric will be having book signings and have provided the following dates and locations:

Sunday, October 28, 2PM at Barnes and Noble Old Orchard Shopping Center

Saturday, November 3, 2PM Bookstall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka, IL.

Sunday, November 4, 3PM to 4:30 PM Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant in Wheeling

Monday, November 5, 7PM at Indian Trails Library, Wheeling, IL.

Tuesday, November 6, 9:30AM - 11AM Chicago Sun-Times Store

Tuesday, November 6, Noon at Barnes and Noble, DePaul University, at State &
Jackson, Downtown Chicago.

Saturday, November 17, 1PM at Burkes Books, Park Ridge, IL.

Sunday, November 18, 2PM at Borders, Wilmette, IL.

Wednesday, December 5, Noon at Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, IL.

Thursday, December 13, 7PM Oak Park Library, Oak Park, IL.

Saturday, December 15, 1PM to 3 PM at Read Between The Lynes Bookstore, Woodstock, IL.

Also, I would like to remind everyone that Neal is working on his next Chicago book and would like our readers to contact him. Here is our previous Blog entry on that project.

TrueOldies 94.7 Adds Greg Brown!

WZZN 94.7 Chicago's TrueOldies Station has added Greg Brown to the afternoon drive 4pm - 8pm. Welcome back! Greg Brown takes the afternoon slot that John "Records" Landecker had occupied for the last year. John will still be on TrueOldies 94.7 as host of "Into the '70s," from 7 p.m. to midnight Sundays, starting Oct. 21. He will continue to fill in on news/talk WLS-AM (890).

Greg Brown had been filling in at 94.7 and other stations since the layoff of Dick Biondi, Fred Winston, and Connie Szerszen at WJMK when they changed to the "Jack" format. Greg was at WJMK for 11 years doing "The Brown Bag Lunch".

Good-bye Summer!

What a FANTASTIC summer! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did this year! We will be making some more Blog entries now that Summer is leaving us.

I would like to make a request of our visitors. If you have any interesting Oldies related pictures from visiting summer festivals please send us a few photos or links to photos you may have to share with our visitors. We will post them to our Kodak Gallery site for all to view. Sort of a "What I did on my Summer Vacation" theme.

Also, I would like our visitors to notify us on dead or changed links. It is very tedious work to check links that no longer function or web addresses that change. I would also like visitors to notify us about sites that have annoying ads and such.

Well, that's about all for now. Thanks for visiting our site!

Elvis Week

August 12 - 18, 2007 marked the 30th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's death in 1977. Oldieslist paid tribute to The King by visiting Graceland and Sun Records along with Special Events held in his honor.

Here are some of our photos from Elvis Week 2007.

This probably was the last celebration of this magnitude. Oldieslist friend Phil Arnold sums it up best in his fantastic Blog. Also, take a look at our friend Red Robinson's great site. Red was Emcee at events we attended and we had a great time! Red Robinson is host of "The Red Rock Diner" on 650CISL every Sunday.

Oldieslist and Friends did a lot of "Walking in Memphis". Once you have walked down Beale Street, watching and listening to this video takes on new meaning.




Elvis Week 2007 image from www.elvis.com

New Book on Chicago's Top40 Radio Era: 1955 to 1975

Neal Samors (author: Chicago in the Sixties) is in the early stages of co-authoring a new book with Chicago's legendary deejay Clark Weber. The book will cover 20 years of Chicago radio memories from 1955 to 1975 and will include memorabilia and key deejay interviews from Clark's years at WIND, WJJD, WLS and WCFL. The new book will be titled "Clark Weber's Rock and Roll Radio in Chicago: 1955 to 1975" and is scheduled to be published in the Fall of 2008.

Neal would like to include a listeners perspective from this era and has asked us:

"If you could put a note on your website and bloglist and ask people to write to me with their memories about rock and roll radio during those years. Those memories can range from a few sentences to a few paragraphs to a couple of pages, and we will include as many of those that are interesting and informative."

You can contact Neal Samors with your Solid Gold Listener Memories at:

NSamors@comcast.net

Summer Vacation

Oldieslist Blog will be on vacation for the next few weeks. Our Oldieslist Directory will still be updated regularly.

WLS Big 89 Rewind Airs Again July 4, 2007

WLS 890 AM will air the Memorial Day Special "The Big 89 Rewind" again on July 4, 2007 in it's entirety. The Rewind show was a huge success thanks to WLS 890 Program Director Kipper McGee and the following participants: Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards, Fred Winston, Chris Shebel, Jeff Davis, John "Records" Landecker, Tom Kent, Les Grobstein, Linda Marshall, Catherine Johns, Bill Shannon, Jay Philpott, Scott Childers, Art Vuolo, Ed Glab, Michael Wolfgang, Gil Gross, Steve Jones, Bill Price, Maura Myles, Brad Wallace, Chuck Brueckmann, Michael Garay, Brian Althimer, Brandy Burkhardt, Sean Bresnahan, Tracy Slutzkin and the WLS 890 Sponsors.

Tune your portable radios, car radios or listen online all day!

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