Pink Floyd Records has released ‘Pink Floyd The Later Years’. The beautifully packaged 18-disc set (5xCDs, 6xBlu-Rays, 5xDVDs/2×7″ singles) covers the material created by David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright from 1987 onwards. The period generated record sales of over 40 million worldwide and included three studio albums: ‘A Momentary Lapse Of Reason’, ‘The […]
Beatlemania is coming to NYC this holiday season with a special limited-run pop-up from December 11-22, 2019. Offering a wide-selection of Fab Four-themed gifts, the unique retail environment immerses fans in the world of the legendary band. Sony Music’s The Thread Shop and Apple Corps, Ltd. have created the pop-up to celebrate and showcase the […]
The Doors and Trafalgar Releasing today announced the upcoming release of The Doors: Break on Thru – A Celebration of Ray Manzarek, coming to cinemas worldwide for a one-night only event on February 12, 2020. The film will bring fans together in theaters to celebrate the extraordinary legacy of the late Ray Manzarek, co-founder and […]
1949 – Fats Domino cut eight tracks during his first recording session at Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studios. 1959 – The four male members of the Platters were acquitted on charges of aiding and abetting prostitution, lewdness and assignation. The charges stemmed from their August 10, 1959 arrest in Cincinnati, OH. 1963 – Donny Osmond made […]
1963 – The Supremes album “Meet the Supremes” was released. It was their first album. 1964 – The John Coltrane Quartet recorded “A Love Supreme.” 1967 – Jim Morrison was arrested onstage in New Haven, CT, and charged with breach of peace and resisting arrest. 1968 – The Supremes’ and the Temptations’ “TCB (Takin’ Care […]
1791 – Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 35. 1870 – Composer Vitezslav Novak was born. 1965 – The Beatles played in their hometown of Liverpool for the last time. 1980 – John Lennon gave his last interview. It was with Jonathan Cott of Rolling Stone.
1956 – Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash recorded together (the Million Dollar Quartet). The session would not be released for 25 years. 1961 – Gene Chandler’s “Duke of Earl” was released. 1971 – The Montreaux Casino was destroyed by fire during a show by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of […]
1960 – The Lerner and Loewe musical “Camelot” opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre. 1961 – The Beatles met Brian Epstein for the first time at his record store in Liverpool. 1965 – In Sacramento, CA, Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) was shocked and knocked unconscious during a concert when his guitar made contact with […]
Capitol/UMe digitally releases the radio edit, extended mix, and instrumental version of Eric Kupper’s hot new remix for entertainment icon Judy Garland’s “The Man That Got Away,” already a chart-topping fixture on Billboard’s Dance Club Song chart. The remix, re-imagined by Kupper from Garland’s legendary 1961 album, Judy at Carnegie Hall, debuted as the chart’s […]
In October 1958, 13-year-old wunderkind Brenda Lee entered the recording studio to record a new song by Johnny Marks, the songwriter behind “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” called “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” that her and her producer, Owen Bradley, felt had a lot of potential. Lee, who had already earned the nickname, “Little Dynamite,” belted […]