Motown’s 60th Anniversary celebration continues with today’s announcement of a special, limited edition ‘Motown In Mono’ vinyl series, featuring The Four Tops’ Reach Out (1967), The Marvelettes’ Sophisticated Soul (1968), The Miracles’ You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me (1963), Diana Ross & The Supremes’ Reflections (1968), and The Temptations’ The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965). […]
Originally released on December 27, 1971, the Jackson 5’s first singles collection, titled Greatest Hits, encapsulated an extraordinary and intense 18-month span of ‘Jacksonmania.’ Stocked with their biggest hits to date, including their four consecutive No. 1s, the album itself was a smash, peaking at No. 2 R&B and No. 12 on the Billboard 200. […]
1962 Beatles record “How Do You Do It” at EMI 1965 Beatles’ single “Help!” goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks 1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum 1977 “Godspell” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances 1983 “Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat” closes at Royale NYC after 747 performances 1984 Nigerian […]
May 1, 1972 was a whirlwind day of celebration in Marvin Gaye’s hometown of Washington, D.C. Designated “Marvin Gaye Day,” it began with Gaye giving a speech to students at Cardozo High, the school he’d attended, before he and his parents were ushered by motorcade to other points around the city. They visited the office […]
Today more than ever, we live to work and work to live. Our national pastime isn’t some sport, its bitching about our stupid jerkface bosses on social media. Luckily, we pause once a year on this first Monday in September to commemorate Labor Day, a celebration of the American worker. Here are 20 of the […]
1968 1st record under Apple label (Beatle’s Hey Jude) 1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “One on One” benefit for children at Madison Square Garden, New York 1969 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival 1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square […]
On October 11, Capitol/UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises will release a 50th anniversary edition of Frank Sinatra’s classic album My Way and Sinatra Sings Alan & Marilyn Bergman, a compilation of songs written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Released on Reprise in March 1969, and produced by Don Costa and Sonny Burke, My Way features […]
1962 – John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant Registry Office in Liverpool, England. They were divorced on November 8, 1968. 1968 – Ringo Starr temporarily quit The Beatles. 1988 – Good Question released their self-titled debut album. 1993 – The Los Angeles Police Department formally announced that Michael Jackson was the subject […]
1965 – Barry McGuire’s “Eve Of Destruction” was released. 1965 – The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Do You Believe In Magic” was released. 1976 – It was announced by RCA Victor records that the sales of Elvis Presley records passed the 400 million mark. 1979 – Gary Numan single “Cars” was released. 1980 – Linda Ronstadt made […]
1960 – Connie Francis begins working on the film “Where the Boys Are.” 1965 – The Rolling Stones single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” was released in the U.S. 1967 – The New York Times reported about a noise reduction system for album and tape recording developed by technicians R. and D.W. Dolby. Elektra Record’s […]