This instrumental was number one in the United States, and Canada, in 1973.
“Frankenstein” is the signature instrumental by the Edgar Winter Group, written solely by Edgar Winter and first released on the 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night. At a time when rock radio was dominated by vocal hits, this powerful blend of hard rock, blues, jazz influences, and early synthesizer sounds became one of the most unusual chart-toppers in history,
A dark, hypnotic psychedelic-rock piece built around an insistent electric-guitar riff, bass, drums, keyboards and his understated vocal.
“Season of the Witch” was written by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan and recorded in 1966 for his third studio album, Sunshine Superman. It marked a major change from the gentle acoustic
This “Stand Out Single” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in October 1962, just in time for Halloween.
“Monster Mash” / “Monsters’ Mash Party” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers is one of the most famous novelty singles of the 1960s and arguably the most enduring Halloween record ever made. “Monster Mash” was written by Bobby Pickett and Leonard Capizzi, with Gary S. Paxton producing, and was released on Paxton’s Garpax label in 1962.
Four more losses to reflect on here in late October of 2026…
These guys were an actor and screenwriter who famously played Chekov in Star Trek; an actress who played in The Name of the Game, McMillan and Wife, and Kate and Allie; an actor who played Billy Batson in Shazam!; and an actor and director who was in M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone; Top Gun, Picket Fences and many more.
Donald Fagan’s hit from the Nightfly album.
“I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)” is a song written and performed by Donald Fagen and released in 1982 as the opening track and first single from his debut solo album, The Nightfly, following the breakup of his creative partnership with Walter Becker in Steely Dan. The title is an abbreviation for International Geophysical Year, the worldwide scientific project held from July 1957 through December 1958,
He accepts the sheriff’s job largely because of the salary, making it clear that he intends to leave soon because he’s on his way to Australia.
Support Your Local Sheriff! is a 1969 American Western comedy directed by Burt Kennedy and written and produced by William Bowers. James Garner stars as Jason McCullough, a wandering gunslinger who arrives in the rapidly growing Colorado mining town of Calendar and takes the job of sheriff primarily because it pays well. Joan Hackett plays Prudy Perkins, daughter of Mayor Olly Perkins, played by Harry Morgan, while Walter Brennan is Pa Danby, the patriarch of the notoriously troublesome Danby family.
Four more losses to reflect on here fall of 2026…
These folks played football for Kentucky and then center for the Atlanta Falcons for 18 years; was a movie/TV star best known for Animal House; was a co-founder for the R&B vocal group The Dells; and was a Country Hall of Fame singer/songwriter known for “Wild and Blue”, “Straight Tequila Night”, and the 1983 “Swingin'”.
Dog River is certainly small, but it is not presented as an idealized Mayberry-like community. The official description emphasizes that it is a town where everybody knows everybody else’s business, and the characters frequently interfere in one another’s lives.
Corner Gas is a Canadian sitcom created by comedian Brent Butt that became one of the most successful and recognizable television comedies in Canadian history. The series premiered on CTV on January 22, 2004, and ran for six seasons and 107 episodes, ending on April 13, 2009. Its setting was the fictional prairie town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, a place described as being “40 kilometres from nowhere,” where very little seems to happen and the residents are perfectly capable of
This was the Power Pop beginning of what would become Maroon 5.
Kara’s Flowers was the Los Angeles band that became the starting point for what would eventually be Maroon 5, but musically the group was quite different from the polished pop-rock band that later became famous. The story began while the members were teenagers attending Brentwood School in Los Angeles.
This “Stand Out Single” became famous through the Warner Bros. musical film Gold Diggers of Broadway, in which guitarist and singer Nick Lucas performed the song.
Tiny Tim’s “Tip-Toe Thru’ the Tulips With Me” / “Fill Your Heart” was released by Reprise Records as single 0679 on April 3, 1968. It paired a revival of a 1929 popular song with a brand-new composition by Biff Rose and Paul Williams. Both recordings appeared on Tiny Tim’s debut album, God Bless Tiny Tim, which was also released in 1968 and was produced by Richard Perry.
