Face the Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song-By-Song Podcast (And Other Shows)

The Erics take the Colbert Questionnaire in the first episode of Eric vs Eric. Donate to the podcast through PayPal  eloftmpodcast@gmail.com P.O. Box 1932 Superior, AZ 85173.

Only one New Year's song hit the Billboard charts.

After the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles released a series of singles with a related sound to the album throughout 1967, without releasing any songs from the album as actual singles. Toward the end of the year they planned a double-disc E.P. release of newly recorded soundtrack music for a one-hour BBC Boxing Day special, Magical Mystery Tour. While the film itself w...

The top 40 hits for December 29, 1958.

Some old shows are going away. Some new shows are coming in. Here are the changes, and nonchanges coming in 2025 for the Radiotrola Entertainment Podcast Channel 

Why can't every day be like Christmas? This is why. December 25, 1946

The Weather Girls ask Santa to engage in human trafficking for Christmas.

Only one song was #1 one week, then drop off the chart the next week.

Yes had achieved chart success in the U.S. beginning with their third LP, The Yes Album. Original keyboard player Tony Kaye would be let go after that album, with former Strawbs keyboard player Rick Wakeman joining in mid-1971. Both the albums Fragile and Close to the Edge would be considered both fan and critical favorites, with a successful tour a triple-album live album and concert film in Yess...

The top 40 hits for December 22, 1958.

The world's evilest dead evil doers (as of 1942) team up to kill Santa Claus! December 14, 1942

What's funnier than Santa Claus coming down with a deadly disease? Happy holidays!

It's the tragic tale of a songwriter and dental replacements.

Most of Herb Alpert's albums are thrift store mainstays, with Whipped Cream and Other Delights being the most recognizable. However, the reason there are so many is because the music, unlike a lot of easy listening at the time, was enjoyable to a wide arrange of listeners and of consistent quality from album to album. Still, 1965 seemed like one of the best years for Alpert, as his band, originall...

The top 40 songs for December 15, 1958.

Alice comes back to a cacophony at the farm. We're taking two weeks off for the holidays. We'll be back on January 4, 2025. Donate to the podcast through Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/ELOPod Or PayPal  eloftmpodcast@gmail.com P.O. Box 1932 Superior, AZ 85173.

We close out the series with the epic 90 minute Mike & Eric show The Mask of the Loon! A radio show done in the style of bad B-movies from the '50s.

The Screen Director's Playhouse shows how you take a 2 hour, 10 minute movie, and whittle it down to 25 minutes. As a bonus, it's got Jimmy Stewart! May 8, 1949

'Twas the night before Christmas, and Santa impaled a naked lady on a pair of antlers by the chimney with care.

The little drummer boy grew up to be the drummer for Iron Butterfly. True story!

Recently Kate Bush's 1985 single "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" has gained renewed attention due to the show Stranger Things. It was, in fact, her only top 40 hit in the United States, and the album it came from, Hounds of Love, was also her highest charting here as well.  In the UK it spawned three other singles that made the UK top 40 as well. After a compilation album, a duet with Pet...

The top 40 songs for December 8, 1958.

What's not on second, What? is on the third track of Looking On. Donate to the podcast through Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/ELOPod Or PayPal  eloftmpodcast@gmail.com P.O. Box 1932 Superior, AZ 85173.

December 3: Eric gets a girlfriend. December 10: Live Christmas show.

Fibber McGee's light display stops traffic. December 21, 1955