This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs by the rock band Chicago. See if you agree with any of these!
“Introduction” by Chicago, written by guitarist Terry Kath, opens the band’s debut album Chicago Transit Authority, released on 04-28-1969, and serves as a sweeping mission statement for the group’s ambitious fusion of rock, jazz, blues, and horn-driven orchestration; running over six minutes.
Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026.
These individuals were a singer, songwriter, musician and film composer, who was the lead singer for the group Country Joe and the Fish; a singer, who was the lead vocalist for the rock band Boston from 2007 on; a singer in the Hi-Fives, Starliters, and the Rascals; and was a movie/TV star known for Ghostbusters and Charles in Charge.
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite cartoon theme songs. See if you agree with any of these!
“Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” is the theme song to the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name, which debuted on CBS in 1969 and was created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, with music by David Mook and lyrics by Ben Raleigh; it has become one of the most recognizable cartoon themes of all time,
Created by writer Anne Beatts, who had made her name as a pioneering female comedy writer on Saturday Night Live.
Square Pegs was a short-lived but culturally significant American teen sitcom that aired on CBS for a single season from September 27, 1982, to March 7, 1983. Created by writer Anne Beatts, who had made her name as a pioneering female comedy writer on Saturday Night Live, the show aimed to bring a more authentic and quirky voice to teenage life,
My Three Sons produced a total of 380 half-hour episodes, all filmed in black and white for the first five seasons, and in color thereafter.
My Three Sons is a classic American television sitcom that aired for twelve seasons from 1960 to 1972, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms in U.S. television history. The show originally premiered on ABC on September 29, 1960, and remained there until 1965.
A poem that describes a man named Richard Cory, who is admired and envied by the townspeople.
“Richard Cory” is a poem written by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, first published in The Children of the Night in 1897. Robinson, who was born in 1869 in Head Tide, Maine, often explored themes of personal despair, human isolation, and the dissonance between public perception and private reality in his poetry.
Mannix was an American detective television series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1967, to April 13, 1975. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller (also of Mission: Impossible fame), the series starred Mike Connors as Joe Mannix, a rugged, intuitive private investigator operating first in a high-tech corporate setting and later as an old-school solo detective.
Based on the detective fiction of Erle Stanley Gardner.
Perry Mason is a landmark American legal drama television series that originally aired on CBS from 1957 to 1966. Based on the detective fiction of Erle Stanley Gardner, the show centers around the brilliant criminal defense attorney Perry Mason, portrayed by Raymond Burr. Mason, a calm and methodical legal mind, regularly defends clients accused of murder, often exposing the real perpetrator in a dramatic courtroom confession.
Several notable artists have passed away in early 2025.
This group have recorded 16 albums, had “Poetry in Motion” a #2 single; drummed on 11 albums with Blondie, played on albums with the Ramones, Eurythmics and Pete Townshend; played “Dennis the Menace” in 146 episodes, and appeared on many TV shows; and played “Dr. Kildare” on TV, had several Top 40 singles, and appeared in “The Towering Inferno” movie.
Her performance as a single mother working as a waitress endeared her to audiences and earned her two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy.
Linda Lavin, born on October 15, 1937, in Portland, Maine, was an American actress and singer whose career spanned over six decades. She developed an early interest in performing, influenced by her mother, a singer, and her father, a businessman. Lavin honed her craft at the College of William & Mary, where she earned a theater degree, and furthered her studies at HB Studio in New York City.
