November 5, 2012 Spinner.com has put together a list of 20 songs that artists originally wrote for someone else, but ended up keeping for THEMSELVES, for one reason or another. In many cases, the song became a big hit with its initial writer.
November 2, 2012 Here at Kool FM we get letters every day from our listeners. 90% of them are nice notes asking us to announce something for them, thanking us for announcing their birthday or even requesting a song for their anniversary. 9% of listener letters are from people who are mad that we made a joke about their favorite political candidate or that we 'never play' some song or another...or that we play some song or another too often. 1% of the letters are from people with WAAAYYY too much time on their hands. This is one of those letters.
October 31, 2012 We simply don't know of a more popular Halloween song, so let’s get this one out of the way. Boris Pickett is the godfather of all Halloween dance songs and 'Monster Mash' - a spoof of the 'Mashed Potato' – is his crowning achievement.
October 31, 2012 On this day in 1972 Curtis Mayfield's single 'Freddie's Dead', from the flick, 'Superfly' was certified Gold!
October 31, 2012 Landon played his all-time favorite Halloween song this morning. It was 'The Flying Saucer' by Buchanan & Goodman. You'll love the old songs used as punchlines throughout the video! Check it out on the next page!
October 24, 2012 On this day in 1985 the album 'Scarecrow', by John Mellencamp, featuring the smashes 'Lonely Ol' Night,'Small Town' and 'R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.', was certified Gold and Platinum.
October 23, 2012 If you haven't seen it yet, a bunch of Army cadets at West Point made a 'Gangnam Style' lip-synch video, and it's pretty well done. So far, it's racked up over a million views on YouTube.
October 22, 2012 At an event called 'The Carousel of Hope Ball 2012' w/ Neil Diamond got a little help from his friend George Clooney when he sang 'Sweet Caroline'.
October 19, 2012 Remember 'flash mobs'? Yeah...people still do them. A full orchestra dressed in plain clothes did one in Germany recently, and performed the 'Star Wars' theme in the middle of a shopping district.
October 17, 2012 Everybody knows the James Bond theme. But what most people DON'T know is that it was originally written for something else.
October 16, 2012 On this day in 1970 James Taylor's second album, "Sweet Baby James", featuring the amazing singles "Fire and Rain" and "Country Road", was certified Gold.
October 16, 2012 Here's an unlikely mash-up: Someone combined 'Gangnam Style' with the theme from 'Ghostbusters'...and it's actually not half bad.
