The Beatles

Here is a video medley of the Beatles #1 songs. This was put together to promote the release of the "One" album in 2000.
This had all the Beatles songs that reached the top spot in the US and UK.
Despite being issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's breakup, it was their first compilation available on one Compact Disc. 1 was a critical success, and became a blockbuster phenomenon, the biggest selling album of the 2000s

Happy Birthday Joe South

According to my sources today is the 70th birthday of singer/songwriter Joe South.
This is "Games People Play" from 1969 and his most famous and biggest charting song (reaching #12 on Billboard's Hot 100) and also winning the Grammy as Song of the Year for 1969.

70s Pop Hit of the Day

The 1979 Grammy Awards

Today in 1980 the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards were handed out for 1979 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and broadcast live on CBS.
This was a big year for The Doobie Brothers and their biggest hit "What A Fool Believes" Winning Record of The Year for the group and producer Ted Templeman.
Song of The Year Grammy for the writers Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald with McDonald also winning a Grammy for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists. The album which the single appeared, Minute by Minute, won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo,Group or Chorus.


The Grammy for Album of The Year went to Billy Joel for "52nd Street"


The 22nd Grammy Awards also gave out the only Grammy for Best Disco Recording. This was a new award and it went to Gloria Gaynor for "I Will Survive". The award was discontinued before the next Grammy's due to the backlash against disco.

The Grammy for Best Country Song went to the writers of the Kenny Rogers hit "You Decorated My Life"

Kenny took home the award for Best Country Vocal Performance Male for "The Gambler"

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80s - February 27 2010

This week AT 40 the 80s Feb 28th 1981.

10- The Winner Takes it All - Abba
9- Same Old Langs Syne - Dan Fogleberg
8- Giving it Up For Your Love - Delbert McClinton
7- The Tide is High - Blondie
6- The Best of Times - Styx
5- Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
4- Celebration - Kool and The Gang
3- Woman - John Lennon
2- 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (Last week's #1)
1- I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit (first of 2 weeks at the top spot)

#1 this week on the Billboard album chart: High Infidelity - REO Speedwagon

Vince Neil solo album

Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil will be releasing a new album this May called Tattoos and Tequila. Recorded with Slaughter’s Dana Strum and Jeff Blando and drummer Zoltan Chaney, the new album will include killer clones of the Sex Pistols’ “No Feelings” and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Who’ll Stop The Rain.”

Today in Rock History

1957 - In Clovis, New Mexico, Buddy Holly & the Crickets recorded “That’ll Be the Day.” The song sold more than a million copies and topped the charts.

1965 - The Beatles’ film Help began shooting in the Bahamas.

1998 - Bob Dylan won three Grammys, including Best Album, for his album, Time out of Mind. During a performance, Dylan was interrupted by a protester with the words “Soy Bomb” painted on his chest.



Happy Birthday Stuart 'Woody' Wood of the Bay City Rollers he is 53 today.