Category: Classic Hits

Hot Guitars, Big Money

Earlier in the year, we wrote about an auction in New York that would be offering guitars from some of the most famous musicians of our time. Here’s how that “Music Icons” New York City, Julien’s Auctions Hard Rock Café went down… George Harrison and Robbie Robertson’s (The Band) guitars both sold for more than […]

Come Sail Away With Styx and Friends this Summer

All the way from suburban Chicago and the late 70s, Styx continues to rock the free world. “Lady” “Come Sail Away” and “Blue Collar Man” made the band plenty of money, along with all the trappings of fame. One of the founding members Dennis DeYoung has been missing from the lineup for a few years, […]

The Best Sellers from This Past Record Store Day

Millions of music fans visited their neighborhood record store this past April, getting those hard to find albums, Extended Plays, and vinyl offerings, generating (pun intended) record sales. The numbers and in, and we thought it would be cool to share what others bought this day. 733,000 vinyl albums were sold in the nation; here […]

Sting and Shaggy; New Friends New LP, New Tour

An unlikely pair of stars, Sting and reggae star Shaggy get together this fall for a tour that will prove to be interesting and highly entertaining, supporting their collaboration LP ‘44/876.’ Here are the confirmed dates and locations. 9/15 – Miami Beach, FL 9/17 – Atlanta, GA 9/19 – Oxon Hill, MD 9/20 – Philadelphia, […]

We Remember the The Funk of the 70s

There were plenty of commercially successful soul bands in the 70s, perhaps a decade that seems more diverse then than now. If we created a list of soul rockers from the 70s these stars would be on that list… Earth, Wind and Fire from Chicago set soul, rock and pop records with chart-busting singles, sell-out […]

Elton Chosen to Give ‘Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture’

Fresh off his appearance at the recent Royal wedding with Harry and Meghan, Sir Elton John is back in the news this week with word that delivering one of the most prestigious lecture in the world, the ‘Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture’ to be centered around the battle against HIV this June 8th in London. […]

What Were the Best Ballads of the 80s and 90s?

Love makes the world go around and is always the undercurrent in our favorite songs. In the 80s and 90s, there were hair bands and experimental groups, but love will always find its way. What were the best ballads of the 80s and 90s? Phil Collins released “A Groovy Kind of Love,” “One More Night,” […]

The Boss Generates Record Broadway Success

We know that the economy is getting better, the stock market has reached news highs, and now word that Broadway is setting records. One of the driving forces behind Broadway’s success has been the ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ production, extended well past its original run date due to its continued popularity. The numbers are staggering; Gross […]