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• Thurl Ravenscroft--Pay As I Go (1955)
  on Mar 30, 2015 in 50s Pop 60's pop 60s television Mr. Grinch Pay As I Go The Grinch that Stole Christmas. Thurl Ravenscroft Tony the Tiger
       Thurl Ravenscroft is a name that doesn't conjure up images of a star, but his voice became an indelible sound in the ears of children for over 50 years....      Thurl spent much of his time as a singer, wi...
• Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends--Snow Queen (1967)
  on Jan 24, 2015 in 1967 60s oldies 60s pop Carole King Gerry Goffin Paul Williams Roger Nichols Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends The Carpenters
       Roger Nichols, Muccay MacLeod and his sister Melinda MacLeod comprised the group, "The Small Circle of Friends". Signed to A&M records, Nichols composed several songs with Tony Asher, fresh off of his working with Brian W...
• ABBA--Waterloo (1974)
  on Nov 16, 2014 in 1974 ABBA Agnetha Faltskog Anni-Frid Lyngstad Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus Waterloo
       It seems as if every 10 years or so a new generation discovers ABBA. They were one of the best selling groups in the world in the 70's, although revisionist historians would suggest they were much bigger in the states than th...
• Playlist for Sept. Week 4, 2014
  on Sep 29, 2014
  Here is the playlist for the Rock and Roll Omnibus show this week: Hour 1: Badfinger—I Can’t Take It (2:54)Paul McCartney and Wings—Hi Hi Hi (3:14)Traffic—Just For You (2:14) Bruce Springsteen—Prove It All Night (4:04)Creedence Clearwa...
• Turning a 60's pop band into a cookin' 70's R&B group in about 50 (or more) steps.
  on Sep 1, 2014 in 60's pop 60s oldies 70's R and B 70s oldies Chaka Kahn Rufus The American Breed
  It is the rarity for music groups to keep the same lineup over the course of it's history. Reasons include (but not exclusive to):Sick of being poorSick of travelingSick of bandmatesSick of abusing substancesSick of corporate runaroundsSick of being...
• Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
  on Jul 29, 2014 in 60s oldies 60s rock 70's hard rock 70's progressive rock 70s oldies 70s rock
       Last time many of you heard from me on this forum, we had stopped the radio show and the blog posts had slowed to a trickle. Life had changed our plans, and although we willing accepted the changes in our career plans and our...
• Where you can find the new "Rock and Roll Omnibus".....
  on Feb 12, 2014
  Hi gang....the new site is up! You can find it at www.rockandrollomnibus.com...
• Where we are at...and where we are going.
  on Dec 6, 2013 in pop music R and B Rock music history Soul The Rock and Roll Omnibus The Rock and Roll Omnibus Radio Show
       A funny thing has happened to the Omnibus over the last two months...     In September of this year, I put the Omnibus aside for some time. We had moved to Southern Mississippi to assist with the care of m...
• Edwin Hawkins Singers--Oh Happy Day (1969)
  on Sep 27, 2013 in 1969 The Rock and Roll Omnibus Edwin Hawkins Singer 60s gospel 60s R and B Oh Happy Day 60s oldies 60s pop 60s music Edwin Hawkins Dorohy Morrison
        The advent of You Tube has brought an entirely different avenue for people to become music stars. In the early days of rock music especially in the US, artists would become popular in their local area, put a record out,...
• Chesney Hawkes--The One and Only (1991)
  on Sep 26, 2013 in The Rock and Roll Omnibus The One and Only Chesney Hawkes 90s oldies 1991 Michael J. Fox Roger Daltrey Len Hawkes 90's pop The Tremeloes 90s music
       I have always liked Michael J. Fox. "Family Ties" was one of the only sitcoms I bothered to watch in the 80's (heck, it's one of the few I've bothered to watch period), mainly because of his talents, and his movies have been...

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