March 2021
Classic Albums Top To Bottom – THE STRANGER (BILLY JOEL)
The Stranger is the fifth studio album by American singer Billy Joel, released in September 1977 by Columbia Records. Spending six weeks at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200, The Stranger is considered Joel's critical and commercial breakthrough. Four singles were released in the US, all of which became top-40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Tonight at 9, hear this classic album top to bottom... the way it was meant to be heard!
Find out more »Classic Albums Top To Bottom – CRIME OF THE CENTURY (SUPERTRAMP)
Tonight at 9:00, we’re playing this classic album in its entirety… TOP TO BOTTOM! In the 1987 edition of The World Critic Lists, CBC's Geoff Edwards ranked Crime of the Century the 10th greatest album of all time. A 1998 public poll, aggregating the votes of more than 200,000 music fans, saw Crime of the Century voted among the all-time top 1000 albums, and it was listed in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In…
Find out more »Classic Albums Top to Bottom – STRANGER IN TOWN (BOB SEGER)
Stranger in Town is the tenth studio album by American rock singer Bob Seger and his second with the Silver Bullet Band, released by Capitol Records in May 1978. The Silver Bullet Band backed Seger on about half of the songs and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section backed Seger on the other half. The album became an instant success in the United States, being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America less than a month after the album's…
Find out more »Classic Albums Top To Bottom – THE CARS
Tonight at 9:00, we’re playing this classic album in its entirety… TOP TO BOTTOM! Hear it the way it was meant to be heard, tonight!
Find out more »July 2021
TIM HORTONS CAMP DAY
It's Camp Day! Today, Tim Hortons restaurant owners donate 100% of the proceeds from hot and iced coffee sales. Those funds send youth from your community to Tims Camps to learn new skills and grow through a multi-year, leadership development program. Here's how you can help: Visit your local Tim Hortons on Camp Day and buy a coffee! Buy a Camp Day bracelet inspired by skills youth build at Tims Camps. Pay it forward with a Take 12 and share…
Find out more »August 2021
Classic Albums Top To Bottom – MOONDANCE (VAN MORRISON)
Tonight at 9:00, we’re playing this classic album in its entirety… Van Morrison - MOONDANCE TOP TO BOTTOM! Hear it the way it was meant to be heard, tonight at 9:00
Find out more »Classic Albums Top To Bottom – GREATEST HITS (ELTON JOHN)
Tonight at 9:00, we’re playing this classic album in its entirety… Elton John - GREATEST HITS TOP TO BOTTOM! Hear it the way it was meant to be heard, tonight at 9:00!
Find out more »Classic Albums Top To Bottom – BOSTON (BOSTON)
45 years ago today Boston released their self-titled debut album. Tonight at 9:00, we’re playing this classic album in its entirety… Boston - BOSTON TOP TO BOTTOM! Hear it the way it was meant to be heard, tonight at 9:00!
Find out more »January 2022
Birthday – STEVE PERRY (73)
Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of the rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. Perry also had a successful solo career between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, made sporadic appearances in the 2000s, and returned to music full-time in 2018. Perry has been dubbed "The Voice", a moniker originally coined by Jon Bon…
Find out more »February 2022
Birthday – DISCO (52)
Rarely does a dance movement fit so precisely within a decade. Seventies Disco was born on Valentine's Day 1970, when David Manusco opened The Loft in New York City, and it rapidly faded in 1980. When the Disco movement peaked in 1978-79, the demographic was predominantly white, heterosexual, urban and suburban middle class. But it didn't begin that way. For the first eight years, Disco was an underground movement. Then the film Saturday Night Fever (December 1977) helped turn the…
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