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Last Friday, I turned 54 years old.  Wow.  Who would have thought I would have made 54 spins around the sun… or, as I’ve said of late … Damn, I’m old. That being said, thank you to everybody who posted birthday greetings on Facebook.  Much appreciated.  See you again next year and we’ll repeat our…

Right now, I want you to name as many vocal harmony a cappella groups – those who can create great songs without the need of an orchestral backdrop.  Ready, set, go. Manhattan Transfer. Pentatonix. The Hi-Los. The Nylons. Take 6. The Beach Boys. Wait, Chuck, you said the Beach Boys?  Dude, you are aware that…

So the big day is tomorrow … tomorrow afternoon, to be precise. And as I drive towards the line of totality, I think to myself about what kind of a soundtrack I could craft in terms of music for an eclipse.  Especially one as special as this one. So crank up the speakers, here’s a…

There was once a time – around the late 1960’s and throughout the 1970’s – when popular songs were shaved down to a paltry three minutes or less … in order to get more tunes crammed into Top 40 radio.  Although like “Hey Jude” and “American Pie” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” buck the trend of the…

On this edition of K-Chuck Radio, I’m going to dive into the wild and wonderful world of dance music from the 1970’s.  Back when discos stopped calling themselves discotheques. These tracks were monster hits in the clubs and discos, but sadly they’ve drifted off to rarities status.  Except for here, where I dust them off…

The early years of rock and roll music were full of monaural output.  Most kids had monaural single-speaker phonographs, so there wasn’t much of a need to produce a stereophonic version of a Top 40 hit.  Heck, even producer Phil Spector completely eschewed stereo output, believing that his records sounded much better in mono. Mind…

Long before the days when one could purchase songs through iTunes or add them to a Spotify playlist, one had to find purchaseable tracks through the pages of music collector magazines like Goldmine or Discoveries.  Those mags would be packed with advertisers offering rare records AND promo-only CD’s of current popular tracks. And during the…

On today’s edition of K-Chuck Radio, I’m going to provide you with a soundtrack of the nastiest, grittiest, funk tracks ever.  This is some rare funky stuff, the kind of tracks that cost lots of money on the vintage 45 RPM market.  But they’re worth every funky penny.  And if you have a special paternal…

You’ve heard this song thousands of times, it’s a classic on oldies radio.  Heck, if you’ve watched Happy Days more than once, you’ve heard Richie Cunningham croon the opening stanza as a reference to him possibly getting lucky with a girl. Yep, it’s the Fats Domino classic “Blueberry Hill.”  The minute you saw my blog…

Here’s the thing.  We’ve loved our music for generations and generations, and we can sing all the lyrics to our favorite tracks.  We know every word. Or do we? See, in some instances, our favorite classic tracks have undergone – shall we say – alternate versions, depending on previously unforeseen situations.  Some songs have lyrics…