Monday, December 31, 2018

AOMA: UKT40 December 18, 1999

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December 1999.  Britain was preparing to celebrate the year 2000 with a millennium eye, a millennium dome, and a millennium stadium.  And he...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

The Old Man’s Ultimate U.S. 70s Uneasy Rider Tournament: Round Two, Part 1

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At last, just in time for bowl season, we have the second round of our tournament.  The survivors of our first two brackets take the field o...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

AOMA: UKT40 December 9, 1972 Part Two

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There’s more. 20 - “Leader of the Pack,” The Shirelles A reissue of the 1964 teen tragedy classic by two pairs of New York sisters: Mary ...
Friday, December 14, 2018

AOMA: UKT40 December 9, 1972 Part One

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December 1972.  Britons John Hicks and Rodney Porter win Nobel Prizes in Economics and Medicine, respectively.  Places on the pop chart aren...
Friday, December 7, 2018

...And as Years Go By: Canadian Top 75 November 18, 1978

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1978 in Canada.  It was the year our national passenger train service, Via Rail, was established.  I’ve never been on it.  But I’ll keep chu...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 November 21, 1987 Part Two

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Stage two. 20 - “Sho’ You Right,” Barry White The legendary loverman returned to the British charts after nine years with this one.  The ...
Monday, December 3, 2018

An Old Man Abroad: UKT40 November 21, 1987 Part One

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November 1987.  Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives break the 50% mark in national polls.  They celebrate their popularity by abolishing free ...