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He was the man that fueled millions of chart fanatics around the world. A man who never lost his love for Billboard or its many music charts. A man who took one small book and turned it into a small but beloved musical empire. Joel Whitburn, the founder of Record Research, passed away in his sleep on Tuesday June 14, he was 82 years old. His passion for music and for the Billboard music charts in particular spurred Joel to write his first book, the aptly titled “Record Research – The Billboard Hot 100 Chart 1958-1969” in 1970. Since then,
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The qualifiers on the American Song Contest conclude tonight! WOO HOO! The US’ officially licensed Eurovision spinoff continues with the final eleven performances tonight, and you can bet we’ll be there watching! We’re getting closer and closer to the semi-finals, and the suspense is growing for those songs that didn’t make it through – who will end up being the wild cards? Week five songs have been released – here’s the playlist! Don’t forget, TKR will be presenting a YouTube livestream show, “The Kirkham Report Guide to American Song Contest – After The Songs!” every week directly following each East
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The American Song Contest continues tonight! WOO HOO! The US’ officially licensed Eurovision spinoff continues with eleven more performances tonight, and you can bet we’ll be there watching! We’re getting closer and closer to the semi-finals, and the suspense is growing for those songs that didn’t make it through – who will end up being the wild cards? Week Four songs have been released – here’s the playlist! Don’t forget, TKR will be presenting a YouTube livestream show, “The Kirkham Report Guide to American Song Contest – After The Songs!” every week directly following each East Coast airing of ASC,
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#40 Portugal “Saudade, saudade” Maro Songwriters: Mariana Secca, John Blanda The Kirkham Report welcomes you to my coverage of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest! From April 3 to the end of the contest on May 14, I’ll be here with all the latest ESC news and info, and of course, that means I’m also bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my personal rankings, and some background info on the song, artist, songwriters, and such. Again, these are MY opinions, and I
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GREETINGS PEOPLES! It’s that time of year again! The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest Countdown starts NOW! Because I got a little bit later start than usual, I will be scattering some stuff around, doing one song most days but doing two or possibly three songs on other days, just so we get done in time for the semi-finals beginning May 10th! 40 songs to be ranked, 40 artists to spotlight, plus news and other ESC related specials – all coming between now and the official broadcasts beginning with the first semifinal on May 10, followed by the second semifinal on
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The American Song Contest continues tonight! WOO HOO! The US’ officially licensed Eurovision spinoff continues with eleven more performances tonight, and you can bet we’ll be there watching! Week Two’s songs were released last night at midnight – here’s the playlist: Don’t forget, TKR will be presenting a YouTube livestream show, “The Kirkham Report Guide to American Song Contest – After The Songs!” every week directly following each East Coast airing of ASC, starting at 10:10 PM ET/7:10 PM PT – I will be going over my impressions of the songs, performances, staging, and more, and I’ll be doing my
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Tonight the American Song Contest begins! WOO HOO! The US’ officially licensed Eurovision spinoff kicks off with eleven performances tonight, and you can bet we’ll be there watching! The songs were released last night at midnight – here’s the playlist” Starting tonight, TKR will be presenting a YouTube livestream show, “The Kirkham Report Guide to American Song Contest – After The Songs!” every week directly following each East Coast airing of ASC, starting at 10:10 PM ET/7:10 PM PT – I will be going over my impressions of the songs, performances, staging, and more, and I’ll be doing my best
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Hey all, I’m so sorry things just kinda went dark here in mid-September. I didn’t even do my annual Junior Eurovision coverage because of a bunch of issues in real life, I am so sorry about that. Things are finally settling down, and I’m able to get stock of things. However, it is the end of the year, and I will be starting the new year with a BANG! In addition to a slightly redesigned site logo, which made it’s debut a few weeks ago, I have also added TKR Video Central, the TKR YouTube channel, to the sidebar courtesy
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This month’s Black Box Record Club package is here! Plus…some Hanson to boot!
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Time to take a look at this coming weekend – wants for Record Store Day 2021 Drop 2! Check out my friend Katie over at Vintage and Vinyl – you can take a look right here!
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