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'Lost Classic': Donnie Iris-'Ah! Leah!' [VIDEO]

Rick Andrews — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:38:32 +0000

Donnie Iris was born Dominic Ierace in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Before going solo he was a member of The Jaggerz, who had chart success in 1970 with 'The Rapper' (#2).

Lost Classic: You Know I Love You, Don't You? [VIDEO]

Rick Andrews — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:00:18 +0000

My “Lost Classic” this week comes from Howard Jones. Back in the day he was nicknamed “Ho-Jo.” Jones first success on the charts was in 1984 with “New Song.” He had 12 songs that cracked the Billboard Hot 100, but is remembered mostly for his two top five hits: “Things Can Only Get Better” and [...]

Lost Classic: Beth [VIDEO]

Rick Andrews — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:00:01 +0000

There are two songs that, off the top of my head, will make me stop everything I’m doing and listen. I guess you could also call these my “Guilty Pleasure Songs.” Hmmmmmm, I might have to make that subject a blog unto itself, at some point. One of those songs is Alice Cooper’s “I Never [...]

Lost Classic: "Driver's Seat"

Rick Andrews — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:00:34 +0000

Today’s “Lost Classic” is a British rock group, which featured Paul Roberts on vocals and Loz Netto on guitar. This one-hit wonder came off their album, “Fickle Heart.” The album was recorded in 1978, but took a whole year before a record company picked it up and decided to release it. By 1982, the band [...]

Lost Classic: Magnet & Steel [VIDEO]

Rick Andrews — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:00:45 +0000

First off, let me state for the record, I love “cheesy” pop songs. Always have-always will. Today’s “Lost Classic” has to fall into that category. It’s not a bad thing, at all. It reflects a simpler time in music, in my opinion. Walter Egan is from Jamaica, New York and had 4 songs that would [...]

Lost Classic: We Don't Talk Anymore [VIDEO]

Rick Andrews — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:02:12 +0000

Cliff Richard-”We Don’t Talk Anymore” Cliff Richard was born Harry Rodger Webb on October 14, 1940 in India. Although he is not a popular in America as he is in England, he did have a few memorable chart hits in the U.S. With 125 charted hits in England and 14 #1′s, it’s safe to say [...]

Lost Classic: Weekend [VIDEO]

Rick Andrews — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:00:02 +0000

This week’s “Lost Classic” has to be one of my all-time favorites-hands down. The group was formed in Mobile, Alabama and headed by brothers Jack and Jimmy Hall. They recorded from 1974-1979 and hit the top-40 charts 3 times. Their biggest song was called, “Keep On Smilin’” and was a top 10 hit. It was [...]

Lost Classic: Living Next Door To Alice [VIDEO]

Rick Andrews — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:00:49 +0000

This weeks Lost Classic comes from a group out of Bradford, Yorkshire, England. The band featured Chris Norman on vocals, Alan Silson on guitar, Terry Utley on bass and Pete Spencer on drums. Although this was the groups only major hit; it peaked at #25 in 1976 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, vocalist Chris [...]