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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…

At some point in time, these songs were played over and over and OVER and OVER on the radio.  You saw their videos every hour on the hour on MTV.  (Insert obligatory crack about MTV playing music videos at one time in its career HERE). And what happened to these songs?  They disappeared.  Not even…

You do know what tomorrow is, don’t you? That’s right, young Padawans… It’s May the Fourth. International Star Wars Day. So on today’s edition of K-Chuck Radio, dust off your lightsabers and turn on your inner Jedi (or Sith, if you’re one of those), and enjoy some sounds and songs associated with the day on…

If I were to pick a country music superstar whose music and songs and lyrics have influenced me over the years… It would have to be Eddy Arnold. His career’s output spanned from 78 RPM records to MP3’s, and his smooth vocal style – which was later combined with Chet Atkins’ “Nashville Sound” – made…

I’ve heard several different terms and terminologies in describing the music of religion. Gospel. Sacred. Contemporary Christian. Well, in this special K-Chuck Radio, I’ve put together a list of ten different sacred songs that span different faiths and creeds.  And over the years, these songs of worship and songs of sacrament have influenced me in…