Blogs about: Forgotten 45
Six More of the Old 97s
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jb wrote 5 days ago: There’s a thin line between history and oblivion. Cross it, leave a mark, and even if it … more →
Top 5: Get It From the Bottom
jb wrote 2 weeks ago: One of my favorite posts in the history of this blog appeared three years ago this week, about the d … more →
We're Number 98
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jb wrote 2 weeks ago: Over the weekend, we started looking at the 20 records that peaked at Number 98 on the Hot 100 betwe … more →
Soul Heaven, Disco Inferno
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jb wrote 1 month ago: Picking up the trail from this earlier post, here are a few more singles that reached no higher than … more →
99 Hits to Number One
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jb wrote 1 month ago: For last month’s One Hit Wonder week, I dug into the archives for some artists whose lone hit … more →
Listen Here
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jb wrote 2 months ago: It’s One Hit Wonder Day today—a day for celebrating performers who hit the charts but on … more →
Can't Help Lovin'
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jb wrote 2 months ago: (Edited to add WNEW.com links.) It’s One Hit Wonder Week, when we celebrate the mysterious alc … more →
No Words for Kaiser Bill
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jb wrote 3 months ago: I was surprised to note today just how many posts I’ve done over the years about instrumental … more →
You've Said . . . Some of It
jb wrote 6 months ago: One of the most famous advertising jingles in history is the one for Budweiser beer that ends with … more →
Dawn to Dusk
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jb wrote 6 months ago: At the turn of the 1970s, few record labels were hotter than Bell. Founded in 1952, Bell had become … more →
Lifted a Bit Too Far
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jb wrote 6 months ago: Last week, we pointed out that Edward Bear should be one of the classic one-hit wonders of all time, … more →
The Cat Who Came First
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jb wrote 7 months ago: Jazz came to Europe from America during World War I, when the regimental band of the Fighting 369th, … more →
Boomer
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jb wrote 8 months ago: Sometimes, a blog post that starts out to be one thing ends up as something else. The other day I wa … more →
Memory's Made a Fool of You
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jb wrote 8 months ago: One of my favorite writers is William Least Heat-Moon, author of Blue Highways and the new Roads to … more →
Small Immortality
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jb wrote 10 months ago: Yesterday’s post about instrumentals of the 1960s touched on some well-known records and a cou … more →
A Young Family on a Rainy Day
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jb wrote 10 months ago: (Before we begin: Because having one website and contributing to two others doesn’t give me qu … more →
Four Tickets to Paradise
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jb wrote 10 months ago: Regular readers of this blog may remember that we’re fascinated by the differences between 45 … more →
Los Wonders
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jb wrote 1 year ago: It’s One Hit Wonder Day today. I don’t know whose idea it was—not mine—but i … more →
Hot Podcast Action
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jb wrote 1 year ago: Why are Forgotten 45s forgotten? How is it that a record becomes a monster hit, positively inescapab … more →
