Craig Allen

Yesterday, in this blog space, we learned that Barry Manilow didn't write "I Write The Songs." It was Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys...but Manilow made the song his own.

Barry Manilow's 1987 autobiography tells his life story (up to that point), and tells of his first encounters with (and impressions of) many famous, or soon-to-be famous, people that he met along the way to his own superstardom

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"I Write The Songs" is one of Barry Manilow's biggest hits!  He "made" it his own...but, ironically,  Barry didn't write it!  This smash record was written by "Beach Boy" Bruce Johnston!

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After eulogizing New Jersey's own Whitney Houston on New Jersey 101.5, I stopped at a used record store on my way home.  Look what I found!

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Seeing as Big Joe is off today, and I'm playing "Jersey's Favorite Hits" from 10am-3pm, I thought I would write about something Joe would really enjoy: FOOD!

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I'm driving home from doing my afternoon show, listening to Matt Ryan and "Saturday Night Jersey '80s" when I hear the "Breaking News Sounder."  What just happened, I wonder...as Matt breaks the news of  Whitney Houston's death at age 48.

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I'm driving in to the station to fill-in for Big Joe...listening to D&D play "Blurt" or "Everyone Wins."  Radio is "Theater Of The Mind." Til NOW.

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"Bennie And The Jets" rocketed Elton John to #1 in 1974, and its one of "Jersey's Favorite Hits."  But, the song isn't really what it seems.

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Put the store-bought pumpkin pie back in the freezer where it belongs. Your family will give thanks when you serve this apple pie on Thanksgiving!

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With the November edition of "Ask The Governor" coming up Tuesday Night (November 22) at 7pm, I got to thinking about the governors I have met since the 1980s.

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