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You gotta love horn rock.  In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, you were not a classic rock or funk band unless you had a horn section.  Trumpets, trombones, probably a cornet or two… And that stuff sounded powerful on the radio.  Trust me, it was like listening to jazz fusion with a 4/4 beat.…

Every so often, I hear a rare classic pop song on my Sirius/XM satellite radio station.  Usually it’s during a broadcast of American Top 40, which airs on the “70’s on 7” channel Saturdays at noon (with a rebroadcast Sunday at 9am).  And it’s kinda cool to hear those rare tracks that only got as…

The best way to describe “Northern Soul” music is that it sounds like a 1960’s Motown record, it’s danceable, and it’s rare.  In most cases, Northern Soul tracks were songs that never made it to the pop or R&B charts, but some astute collectors snagged copies, and played those copies all night in the dance…

Freestyle music was a popular dance and club groove that crossed over to pop radio in the mid-1980’s.  The super-fast Latin beat, often accentuated with drum machines and sequencers, blended nicely with beautiful and talented vocalists who sang about love and loneliness. So on today’s K-Chuck Radio, I thought some nice bouncy tracks from the…

As many of you know by now, I’m undergoing foot surgery tomorrow.  The surgeons will remove the broken bone that isn’t healing properly, and then I’m looking at crutches, casts, orthotics and physical therapy. And while I’m on my last day before the surgery, I figured I’d have a little fun and come up with…

There’s an old joke that goes like this.  “If the bands Smash Mouth and Nickelback were trapped on a sinking ship, who would eventually be saved?”  The answer – “My eardrums!” Ha. But let’s face it.  One of the most played out songs of the last 15 years has to be Smash Mouth’s “All Star.” …