CBGB OMFUG!

It’s rumored the iconic New York City music club will reopen.

George's Lost Guitar Solo

Thanks to George Martin, his son Giles, and Dhani Harrison we get to hear George Harrison’s lost guitar solo from ‘Here Comes the Sun.’

Easy as 1-2-3

Each hour we pick a year & spotlight the songs that held the top three spots!

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CBS-FM’s Hawaiian Escape

One-Hit Wonders: Kajagoogoo And “Too Shy”

Michael Verity

Music
Jan 27

Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy" (EMI, 1983)

With a name like Kajagoogoo, it had to be good. At least once, anyway.

Yes, it’s true that Kajagoogoo had a string of Top-25 hits in the UK (and was popular in Germany and the Netherlands for the better part of two years). But in the US, they were a bona fide one hit wonder, their lone charting song being “Too Shy.”

Let’s Mix Some Kaja With Some Googoo

Lenny Bloch’s “Block Heads” of the Week: To the Moon, Newt!

Lenny Bloch

Lenny Bloch, News,Photo Galleries
Jan 27

Lenny Bloch’s “Block…

As the world turns, sometimes I feel like it spins off its axis! Every week I’m going to take a look at what’s going on in my city, New York, the USA, and around the globe, and tell you what I think about it…

… through the words of me, of course. Here’s Lenny Bloch’s “Block Heads” of the Week, featuring Newt Gingrich’s out of this world idea and more!

Oh, and do me a favor… DON’T BE A “BLOCK HEAD!”

Ya see what I did there?

Nominate “BLOCH Heads” every week by leaving a comment below, posting on our Facebook, or on Twitter!

More Block Heads!

Troggs Singer Reg Presley Battling Lung Cancer, Announces Retirement

Staff

Music
Jan 27

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Reg Presley, the 70-year-old lead singer of The Troggs, has announced that he is undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer and he is retiring from the band. Presley suffered a stroke in 2010 and according to Spinner is believed to have had another stroke in 2011. His hospitalization led to the discovery of the cancer.Presley’s Statement

Rock Flashback: Billy Vera and the Beaters’ “At This Moment”

J.A. Bartlett

Music
Jan 27

Billy Vera, Onstage in 2011 (Getty Images/Larry Busacca)

Twenty-five years ago this week, rock journeyman Billy Vera finally hit it big, thanks to a TV show that featured one of his old songs.

Remember?

Sales of Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ Go Through the Roof Thanks to Barack Obama

E.J.

Music,News
Jan 27

JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

When President Barack Obama stopped by New York’s Apollo Theater last week for a fundraiser, he had a little fun and went acapella when he saw soul crooner Al Green in the audience. He serenaded the crowd with a few lines from the Reverend’s classic hit “Let’s Stay Together,” the internet had some fun, and we thought that would be the end of it.

But to our surprise, he ended up putting a little extra change in Al Green’s pocket. Sales of “Let’s Stay Together” increased by 490%!

Drinks on Al!!!

Sing my song, Mr. President

ABBA Releasing First New Song In 18 Years

Britt Bickel // Morning Show Editor

Music,News
Jan 27

Photo: Olle Lindeborg/AFP/Getty Images

Mamma Mia! Big news coming from the most popular Swedish crossover group in history, ABBA has announced plans to release a brand new recording along with the special reissue of the group’s final album The Visitors!

The previously unreleased demo track was recorded around the same time as the release of The Visitors in 1981, but is just now seeing the light of day along with rare footage and unreleased material from the archives!

ABBA releasing new songs on ‘The Visitors’ reissue

Last.fm Trends: The Listeners Pour In For Etta James

Helen Taylor

Music
Jan 27

Vince Bucci/Getty Images

The news that album sales for Etta James have leapt 378% in the last week comes as fans both old and new revisit her most famous works after her death. Since January 20, celebrities and music fans alike have been paying their own tributes to the late star.

Today Last.fm Trends looks at how that leap has been reflected in her scrobbles.The Listeners Pour In

Today in History: The Bee Gees make Their Live Debut in the United States

E.J.

History,Photo Galleries
Jan 27

Today in History: The Bee Gees make…

On January 27, 1968, the Bee Gees made their live debut in the US when they played at the Anaheim Centre, California.

CLICK through the gallery for more photos and facts from this day in history!

Mr. G’s Weekend Forecast: Warm Start With A Moderate Finish

Louis Pulice - DT Morning Show

Dan Taylor Mornings, Mr. G, New York City,News,Weather
Jan 27

Mr. G looking sharp back in High School!

Mr. G says today may be one of the strangest days we have all winter, with temperatures rising and falling like a yo-yo! We may reach 60 this afternoon and go back into the 30′s at night!

Wacky weather day to start the weekend!