Rick Andrews

To be honest, I am still in shock about the passing of the great Larry Hagman. I remember watching reruns of him as 'Tony Nelson' trying to get out of the daily predicament that Barbara Eden's 'Jeannie' had put him in.

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I've had this blog rolling around my head for a few months and I'm surprised that it has taken me this long to actually put it together.

It seems that there has always been a connection with actors and singers. Singers want to act and actors want to sing. Some have had success on their 'singing' career by camping it up, think William Shatner and his rendition of 'Rocket Man'.

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I agree with Jim Stafford and his 1973 hit, 'I don't like spiders and snakes,' but this is Texas and we have our share of both. So, why on Heaven's green earth would I even want to write about snakes?

Well, I do find them interesting, but like my other fascination, Sharks, I wouldn't want to be around one.

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That 70s Show debuted on Fox television on August 23, 1998 and ran for eight seasons, with its last show happening on May 18, 2006. The show took place in a fictional town known as Point Place, Wisconsin. For 200 episodes the show centered around a group of teens and their parents. Cast members included Topher Grace, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher.

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They were some of the most popular shows of their time and had some pretty catchy opening songs too. It's hard to say if these tunes had anything to do with the success of the shows, but we liked them enough to request them on the radio and buy the full version of the songs.

Some of these songs started out as a mere one-minute TV Theme and had to have verses added for radio airplay. While others would inspire the show's producers to even alter the name of their show to fit the song.

Here are 5 TV Themes that went on to become Pop Hits.

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It's hard to believe that the week is almost over. Which means that we're gearing up for another 'Best of the 80's Weekend.' I've spent most of the week going through the Mix Music Vault to find you some more great songs from the decade of excess.

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One of the most enduring albums from the 70's is Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours.' Since it's release in 1977, 'Rumours' made Fleetwood Mac a household name, earned the group a Grammy for Album of the Year and has gone on to sell more than 40 million copies worldwide. According to the RIAA, as of last year, the album has sold more than 19 million albums in the U.S. alone, tying The Beatles album, 'The Beatles' for 7th place on the Top-Selling U.S. Albums of All Time.

To celebrate it's 35th anniversary, Rumours has been given the Expanded and Deluxe edition treatment. 

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The 'House the Mouse Built' has been very busy as of late. After purchasing the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas, rumors and speculation continue to run rampant on the internet about what is next from 'A Galaxy Far, Far Away.' The latest morsel isn't who's directing, but rather who isn't directing Episode 7.

Today the big news from Disney is the upcoming release dates of some high-profile movie titles and franchise sequels.

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I'm a big Adele fan and even a bigger James Bond fan.
So today is sort of like my 'Holy Grail' day.

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Wow! I can't believe that coming up next year Van Halen will be celebrating their 40th anniversary.

With that anniversary comes the news from the group that they will be releasing a new album and hitting the road for a major tour with original lead singer, David Lee Roth.

Van Halen took to their website, van-halen.com to make these announcements and provided short video clips.

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In a recent interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, The Beach Boys have announced they are teaming up for a reunion tour that will cover 50 shows starting in April at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.

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All I can say is, "Wow" what a diverse year in the world of music. With that stated, I thought we would take a look back at the 10 biggest songs of 2011. This list is based on the sales numbers of each single and ranked in order.

No matter if you loved or hated some of the songs in this list, from the past year, you could hardly get away from them. They invaded your ears with frequency and somehow tapped into your subconscious, stuck and became 'ear candy'. I don't know how many times I've been heard in the halls of the radio station humming "Moves Like Jagger."

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