John Geils News Today

It's always fun to take a look back through the Billboard Top 40 pop charts of the past to see what songs tickled our collective fancy back in the day. The year 1980 was a kind of holding pattern in pop, as the disco trend was still clinging to life, while synth-pop was only beginning to bubble up on the scene. What songs from that particular time hold up well today? Here are five excellent examples.

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Hampton Roads' Classic Rock

We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago...... After the Beatles there were a lot of rock bands ...

He was born in New London, Connecticut on May 13, 1945. In the 1960s he went to college in Worcester and became friends with John Geils and Danny Klein eventually forming the J. Geils Band in 1968. His harmonica gives the band a distinct sound and is a prominent instrument in most of their songs. The ‘Magic Dick and his Lickin’ Stick’ signature song is  Whammer Jammer. It was always a favorite of BLM DJs to play back in the Litchfield trailer days (remember the Noon Tune?) of the ’70s....