Paint it Black

#1 45 years ago today...

Charlie Watts

He's 70 years old today. That's right, 70! Here's an interview of Charlie from 1973. He talks about Chicago Blues, among other things...

Greg Jarrett

Some pretty cool behind the scenes stuff with WGN morning man Greg Jarrett as he sings "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley yesterday.

(If you'd like to read my Chicago Radio Spotlight interview with Jarrett from last year, click here.)

That'll be the Day

From Bob Dearborn's The Olde Disc Jockey's Almanac...

55 years ago today...May 31, 1956…Buddy Holly was inspired to write "That'll Be the Day" after he saw the John Wayne movie "The Searchers," in which that expression was used twice by Wayne as a sarcastic reply to another character.

People of Walmart song

Real pictures of real Walmart customers, put to music...


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Sink the Bismark

70 years ago today, the British sunk the most fearsome German battleship, The Bismark. It was made into a movie in 1960 (Frazier Thomas used to show it all the time on Family Classics). It was also made into a hit song by Johnny Horton...



I turned it into a parody song for Landecker & the Legends when the movie "Titanic" came out. Our version of the song was called "Sink the Titanic."

I Dream of Chicago

This song aired in the final episode of "The Chicago Code." It's done by a Des Moines band named Parlours. Not bad...

Bo Diddley

45 years ago today Bo Diddley went into a Chicago recording studio and recorded the song "Who Do You Love?" Bo is gone, but the song lives on. (It's a regular part of George Thorogood's act)

AJ nearly falls in W's lap

At the White Sox-Rangers game last night, Sox catcher A.J. Pierzinski was going after a foul ball, and almost ended in the lap of former President George W. Bush. And then, A.J being A.J, he made a joke to the President.

Read about it, and watch the video here.

Brown Sugar

#1 this week 40 years ago. Keith and Mick still looked good...

Katie's Farewell

Her final signoff...

Happy Birthday Pete

He's 66 today...

Silly Love Songs

It was the #1 song in the country exactly 35 years ago today, and the video is a pretty funny look back at 1976...

The View on Arnold

I had to check out what the ladies had to say about him. Can you guess?

GOL!

There are some absolute classics here. I personally liked the delivering of the baby celebration...

Bob Marley

He died exactly 30 years ago today, but his music lives on...

Man with Jetpack Flies over Grand Canyon

This is pretty wild...



Read the full story about the guy here.

How to BBQ an entire steer

RIP John Walker

He died this weekend at the age of 67. He was the leader of the band "The Walker Brothers" and this song was probably their biggest hit here in America...

Vast Wasteland

Exactly 50 years ago today FCC Chairman Newton Minnow made his famous "Vast Wasteland" speech about television. Here he is talking about that speech...