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It’s Columbus Day, so today I decided to set up a K-Chuck Radio blog post that features ten songs about sailing, sailors, and every other sort of aquatic travel.  So get your life jackets on, run to the front end of the boat, and shout “I’m the King of the World!!” – oh yeah, I’m…

The normal set-up for a rock band goes something like this.  Lead vocalist, lead guitarist, bass, keyboards, drums. Now just imagine if someone added a few extra instruments to the mix.  Something that normally isn’t part of a rock and roll song… but somehow that song still becomes a hit, and that distinctive instrument becomes…

Have you ever wanted to tell your boss to walk four feet off of a two-foot ledge?  Have you been in a relationship where all you can think about is finding a way to chew off the chains to escape the ball and chain? Trust me, there are plenty of songs that address workplace frustration,…

As Labor Day weekend continues, I’m reminded of some songs from the late 1990’s, a collection of one-hit wonders that exploded onto the radio, appeared in heavy rotation on music video channels – and then the song, and the band, disappeared as if it never existed. And I thought it might be nice to hear…

If you read today’s headline, you could be scratching your noggin and thinking, “What the hell is Chuck putting together for a playlist today?” Of course, there are some of you will see those words and immediately say, “Oh man, he’s going to do a K-Chuck Radio blog post on the Sweet!” And you would…

Here we go with yet another round of classic 1960’s and 1970’s pop songs, which at one point in time were international hits or regional hits – but today, they wouldn’t even get a sniff on oldies radio stations. THE CREATION Makin’ Time This little bit of “freak-beat” music has developed a second life; it…

It’s a hot, muggy day, and I thought that if I need to balance out the sticky weather with anything… it should be with a K-Chuck Radio blog post.  Besides, there’s so many great songs from the past that have been completely forgotten about – even though they were either decent hits, or regional hits,…

When the Beatles created Apple Records in the late 1960’s, they envisioned it as a boutique label for their own projects and for the musical excursions of their friends and colleagues. And while the Beatles, both collectively and as solo artists, recorded several best-selling albums and singles under the Apple aegis, Apple Records was also…

You know what?  I really enjoy classic R&B/influenced 80’s rap music. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-D.M.C., the Sugarhill Gang – all very enjoyable for me. So let’s set up five songs from that classic rapper Kurtis Blow, and five songs from the awesome rap trio Whodini. Yep, it’s an old-fashioned rap music battle.…

Jim Keays passed away today.  He was the lead singer of The Masters Apprentices, one of the seminal Australian psychedelic rock and pop bands of the 1970’s.  Members of the Masters helped sow the seeds for other Australian bands, including Little River Band. The Masters never made it to the United States, but that doesn’t…