Eric and Eric discuss, give songfacts, and the history of a song a week by the Electric Light Orchestra.
The last few bits from The Jock-A-Thon, plus segments from December 28, 1982.
Groucho Marx brings the main course to the Thanksgiving dinner at Dinah Shore's home.
November 22, 1945
Is there a more holly jollier Christmas story than killing 80 people in a bus accident?
ELO and Olivia Newton-John together and apart.
The three-piece version of Genesis became increasingly popular from 1978 onward, with 1986's Invisible Touch being their biggest yet. Phil Collins managed a successful solo career starting in 1981 an…
The top 40 hits for November 3, 1958.
Jeff Lynne joins The Move!!!
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Another Solve a Crime, and a call to The Man Called Bear: Hero at Large!
Word is Orson timed the Martian invasion to happen when people tuned away from Charlie McCarthy & Edgar Bergen's #1 radio show. This recreates that using the shows from October 30, 1938.
I know tomorrow is Halloween, but next week we start running episodes of Christmas Carol Catastrophes from last year in buildup to the start of NEW episodes of the series on December 4th.
There are other Halloween songs besides "Monster Mash."
After nearly a decade apart, the Mark II version of Deep Purple reformed and made a successful comeback album with Perfect Strangers. It wasn't long before the same tensions that led to lineup change…
The top 40 songs for October 27, 1958.
The last thing on the Shazam album.
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It's the birth of Mike & Eric classics "Solve a Crime," and "Dueling Abbys."
A wacky radio DJ spends a night in a haunted house with his tape recorder.
June 23, 1949
It's a longer, looonnnnnngerrrr winding road in this expanded episode.
(Song Facts music, "Sunday Morning" by Nicolai Heidlas from Hooksounds.)
George Burns battles it out with Journey, Blondie, and Gary Numan for chart dominance in 1980.
After leaving for two albums Joe Perry returned to Aerosmith for 1985's Done with Mirrors, which also saw the band moving to Geffen Records. The band was clean and sober, but the album didn't click w…
The top 40 hits for October 20, 1958.