1924 – “The Prisoner’s Song” by Vernon Dalhart became the first country music record to sell one million copies. 1930 – Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded “Go Home and Tell Your Mother.” 1938 – Robert Johnson played a show at a roadhouse outside Greenwood, MS. It has been speculated that Johnson was poisoned after […]
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and heavy metal, the band themselves call it simply “rock and roll”. AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, 1975’s High Voltage. […]
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has announced they have signed a worldwide publishing administration agreement with Grammy award-winning songwriter and recording artist Jozzy. Jocelyn Donald, better known as Jozzy, is a celebrated songwriter hailing from Memphis, Tennessee who has collaborated with top talent such as Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Usher, Summer Walker, Lil Wayne, Coldplay, […]
Wolverine, the 137 year old boot brand, and Metallica’s nonprofit All Within My Hands are setting out on a different type of U.S. tour to help build the future American workforce. United by the same core mission, Wolverine and AWMH are providing trade school students scholarship funding, while teaming up to launch two special edition […]
“Death Bed”, later re-titled as “Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)”, is a song by Canadian musician Powfu, featuring Filipino-British singer-songwriter Beabadoobee. The song was initially uploaded to SoundCloud and YouTube in 2019; following Powfu signing to Columbia Records, the song was released on streaming services on February 8, 2020. The song samples the 2017 […]
Seasoned singer-songwriter-composer T Bear aka. Richard T. Bear makes a timely return to music with his eloquent and expressive new single & video “One Day At A Time.” Written at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the song suggests that uncertainty, insecurity and isolation result when people are forced to retreat from the world. Yet, […]
“Pour Some Sugar on Me” is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 23 July 1988, behind “Hold On to the Nights” by Richard Marx. “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is considered the band’s signature song, and […]
M O N A A S S E M I earrings were featured in the music video for ‘Brown Skin Girl’ premiering in Beyonce’s visual film, “Black is King.” The founder of the brand, Mona Assemi is a Iranian-American designer residing in New York City. The earrings are black resin and onyx with white matte […]
1952 – Hank Williams was fired from the Grand Ole Opry and told not to return until he was sober. 1965 – The Beatles’ movie “Help!” premiered in the New York. 1966 – The Beatles arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to start their last tour of the U.S. 1969 – Diana Ross invited 350 guests […]
1954 – Elvis Presley made an appearance in Memphis where he debuted “That’s All Right (Mama).” 1959 – The four male members of the Platters are arrested and charged with aiding and abetting prostitution, lewdness and assignation. They were acquitted on December 10, 1959. 1970 – Jim Morrison’s trial for allegedly exposing himself onstage in […]