The 5th Dimension was a soulful group from the 60s and 70s that dominated the music world with energy, love, and great music. Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr., Ron Townson, Florence LaRue, and LaMonte McLemore began as the Versatiles in 1965, but changed their name, signing with recording star and record executive Johnny Rivers. Here’s […]
Record Store Day’s details have been released and it’s time to get excited. It’s less than one month away! The date of this one is April 22 and can be found at participating locations around the United States. Metallica and Dave Grohl have been previous ambassadors for this day and this year it’ll be St. […]
This week’s Mediabase chart for Adult Contemporary music has been released and we continue to see Maroon 5 and Kendrick Lamar at the top. Their collaboration, “Don’t Wanna Know,” has been a huge hit for them and a great song for us to listen to in the car. The top three also sees hits from […]
Record Store Day is one of the most exciting days of the year as it’s a chance to purchase music from our favorite artists in the old school form. The list of great music being released this year will make you open up your pockets for sure. Prince’s music is among those that will be […]
Doo-Wop was all the rage in the 50s and early 60s for a few simple reasons; making the song was fairly inexpensive as groups sang on city street corners honing their craft, so there was very little cost for studio time. Secondly, the style of music allowed male singes with high voices to play the […]
The 80s was an interesting decade, perhaps one of the greatest set of years since the 60s. The 80s was the birth of the internet and the IT revolution, and ultimately Reganomics; the ‘Trickle Down Economics’ that greatly impacted our country. Here are the 80s albums that remain part of our music fabric… ‘Synchronicity’ by […]
The Mediabase Alternative rock chart is out for the week and it features the very best in from the past week. There are a lot of familiar names including one that is new to the top 10. Bastille’s “Blame” has made the chart and while it’s only at number 10 this week, we’re in love […]
This past Monday, Normani Kordei from Fifth Harmony put on quite the show on Dancing With the Stars. She joined Val Chmerkovskiy with a dance in tune with the song “Good Time, Good Life” from Erin Bowman. We learned more than just what kind of dance moves Normani has. We learned that Chmerkovskiy will be […]
Gucci Mane is a well-known rapper that we would have never imagined would become an author, but he has proven us wrong! Come September he will have released his autobiography. The auto-biography is titled The Autobiography of Gucci Mane and it’s one we’ll definitely be looking out for this fall. Monday Gucci Mane hit Twitter […]
Everyone knows that Nicki Minaj has been an incredible rapper let alone female rapper and just this weeks she broke a record that we never thought would be broken. Aretha Franklin held the record for most Billboard Hot 100 hits that have come from a female artist. With three new hits to the chart, Nicki […]