In early 1971, United Kingdom musician Dave Edmunds’s high-decibel guitar licks, nasal lead vocals and floor-stomping beat made his version of “I Hear You Knocking” a prime example of “pub rock.” Pub (short for “public house” or bar in England) rock was a musical genre popular in the UK duri… Read more
The Beatles ruled the music world from 1963 until 1970, when they released their “Let It Be” album.
The Kinks enjoyed a promotion day in Stockholm, Sweden on Sept. 2, 1965.
Tony Orlando was born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitas in 1944 in Hells Kitchen, New York to a Puerto Rican mother and a Greek father. By age 15, Tony had formed a doo-wop group called the F…
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Melanie (her full name is Melanie Anne Safka) began her performing career as a folk singer in such hip Big Apple coffeehouses as the Café Wha? Later, at the Brill Building — the New York music…
In 1970, "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" raised many an eyebrow. The drug scene was relatively new to middle-class American youth and nobody could recall such a tune wafting out of radio speaker…
It’s hard to imagine a million-selling 1970 song opening with the voices of a second-grade class singing
"Let It Be" offered a heads-up message for Beatle fans worldwide. The group was breaking up and nothing could stop its eventual demise.
When you’re down and out, When you’re on the street
"Rainy Night in Georgia" was a comeback hit for singer Brook Benton. Born Benjamin Franklin Peay in South Carolina in 1931, Benton cut his gospel chops in the local Methodist church, where his…
Did you know that the No. 1 hit "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" was designed to be so terrible that no self-respecting disc jockey would consider playing it?
Did you ever wonder how Led Zeppelin came up with such a weird name for its band?
It was 1969 and a former Harvard professor turned LSD advocate named Timothy Leary wanted to challenge Ronald Reagan for the governorship of California.
Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, was pretty much washed up as a recording star by the late 1960s. Especially, in comparison to the days when he seemed to own the radio airwaves.
The Archies’ "Sugar, Sugar" was the best-selling single of 1969, yet the singing group was never photographed together, never gave an interview, never appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," never…
"I had been singing at my Pentecostal church in Richmond, California and at local R&B clubs — secretly, because the church would have frowned on that," admits Dorothy Morrison, the booming…
Paul McCartney of the Beatles chose Mary Hopkin to sing “Those Were the Days” for his new artist. The song reached No. 2 on Billboard, and numerous other artists, including Bing Crosby and Do…
Beatles Paul McCartney wrote "Hey Jude" to console John Lennon's son, Julian.
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C’mon, admit it. The cheerful, shuffling Top 5 single of "In the Summertime" brought a smile to your face and got your fingers drumming back in the summer of 1970. Mungo Jerry’s irresistible a…
Melanie (her full name is Melanie Anne Safka) began her performing career as a folk singer in such hip Big Apple coffeehouses as the Café Wha? Later, at the Brill Building — the New York music…
In 1970, "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" raised many an eyebrow. The drug scene was relatively new to middle-class American youth and nobody could recall such a tune wafting out of radio speaker…
It’s hard to imagine a million-selling 1970 song opening with the voices of a second-grade class singing
"Let It Be" offered a heads-up message for Beatle fans worldwide. The group was breaking up and nothing could stop its eventual demise.
When you’re down and out, When you’re on the street
"Rainy Night in Georgia" was a comeback hit for singer Brook Benton. Born Benjamin Franklin Peay in South Carolina in 1931, Benton cut his gospel chops in the local Methodist church, where his…
Did you know that the No. 1 hit "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" was designed to be so terrible that no self-respecting disc jockey would consider playing it?
Did you ever wonder how Led Zeppelin came up with such a weird name for its band?
It was 1969 and a former Harvard professor turned LSD advocate named Timothy Leary wanted to challenge Ronald Reagan for the governorship of California.
Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, was pretty much washed up as a recording star by the late 1960s. Especially, in comparison to the days when he seemed to own the radio airwaves.
The Archies’ "Sugar, Sugar" was the best-selling single of 1969, yet the singing group was never photographed together, never gave an interview, never appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," never…
"I had been singing at my Pentecostal church in Richmond, California and at local R&B clubs — secretly, because the church would have frowned on that," admits Dorothy Morrison, the booming…
Paul McCartney of the Beatles chose Mary Hopkin to sing “Those Were the Days” for his new artist. The song reached No. 2 on Billboard, and numerous other artists, including Bing Crosby and Do…
Beatles Paul McCartney wrote "Hey Jude" to console John Lennon's son, Julian.
Dear Lance,
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