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Here’s how I deal with a snowstorm. I shovel the front walk of my porch, I shovel the portion of the sidewalk, I drop some rock salt on the stairs so visitors don’t slip, and then I crank up all the poppy-bubblegum songs I can find on my iTunes player. And since it’s a bitter,…

I’m not sure you’ve ever heard of the musical genre known as vocalese.  But after you’ve heard some of it on today’s K-Chuck Radio, you will definitely want to hear more of it. “Vocalese” involves singing lyrics and words that were previously performed by an instrument – in other words, if a song originally had…

Let me explain what’s going on here. So many fantastic songs have been forgotten over time – major radio hits that have drifted into the ethereal memories. They barely receive any airplay on the oldies stations, and if anyone does mention these singers or their songs, it’s always with a tinge of “I think I…

There are times when I need a pick-me-up. A pump-me-up. A “get-out-of-bed-and-kick-my-troubles-in-the-tuchus” motivational push. And this weekend, I’m going to achieve that very goal. And it never hurts to have a musical soundtrack help you get to that point. Case in point. This edition o fK-Chuck adio THE TEMPTATIONS feat. DIANA ROSS Rhythm of Life…

It’s Sunday morning and I feel like relaxing a little while longer. And thus I plan on breaking out a wee taste of orchestral pop music. Orchestral pop music – not to be confused with the synth-pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – is music in which classical music is modified for the rock…

Remind me again why Styx isn’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Remind me. Because there really is no convincing argument. This band should have been inducted about six years ago, and the fact that they’re still on the outside looking in is rather shameful. Admit it. You once owned a copy of…

The other day, my daughter Cassaundra posted on her Facebook page the list of her five favorite Christmas songs.  For the record, she prefers Allan Sherman’s version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Dr. Demento’s rendition of the “Twelve Pains of Christmas,” the Elmo ‘n Patsy version of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer,”…

Think about this for a second.  If I asked you to name ten different Bee Gees songs RIGHT NOW… I could probably guess nine of them.  Go ahead.  Write down your choices. Let’s see… I’m betting you wrote down “Stayin’ Alive,” “Night Fever,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” “Tragedy,” “You Should Be Dancing,” “Jive Talkin,”…

It’s 3:00 a.m. Monday morning, and the thoughts of Hurricane Sandy and the Frankenstorms are still going through my half-sleepy mind.  Wow, wouldn’t that be a great name for a hardcore punk band – Hurricane Sandy and the Frankenstorms?  But I digress… So I thought about all the rain-related and storm-related and hurricane-related songs out…

What’s the formula for today’s dance music? An electronic beat, an Auto-Tuned singer, and incessant promotion on radio and on MTV and the like. That was now. This is then. See, I came from a time when the best tracks were stored on big 12-inch records; they usually came with an extended mix from the…