Just so you can book your flights to Los Angeles for the Grammys in Advance, The Recording Academy™ and CBS have generously announced the dates for Music’s Biggest Night® in 2020 and 2021 — The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards® will air on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, and The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will air on […]
Category: Oldies
The Beatles are Celebrating 50 years
The Beatles are previewing their 50th anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of the self titled album with a previously unheard recording of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” The track premiered at Rolling Stone and, like the take that came out on Anthology 3, it features Harrison on acoustic guitar, with Paul McCartney on harmonium […]
On this day in 1964…
On October 25th, 1964, The Rolling Stones made their first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” That evening, Mick, Keith, Brian, Bill and Charlie awaited their time backstage, taking in some of the eclectic performances that made up a Sullivan variety hour. Then, about halfway through the show Ed Sullivan introduced The Rolling Stones to […]
Diana Ross and The Supreme’s Single turns 61
On October 25th, 1967, Diana Ross & The Supremes released the single,”In And Out Of Love”. “In and Out of Love” is a 1967 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the second single issued with the group’s new billing of Diana Ross & the Supremes, the penultimate Supremes single written […]
Paul McCartney Reminisces about John Lennon’s Work Ethic
Paul McCartney recalled how he and John Lennon used to get excited at the prospect of being given a whole week to write a Beatles album. The duo notched more than 180 co-credits in a period of just a little more than seven years, meaning they wrote an average of 26 songs each year. But […]
Paula Abdul Hits the Deck Head-First
Paula Abdul took a tumble during her concert on Saturday.The former “American Idol” judge fell head-first into the crowd at the Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, Mississippi as she sang her 1991 hit “The Promise of a New Day.” A fan recorded the stumble, which shows Abdul nearing the edge of the stage before toppling […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Farewell Tour will not be Goodbye
Lynyrd Skynyrd are in the midst of what they’re calling the Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour. But according to guitarist Gary Rossington, they plan on continuing beyond the last date on their current schedule. On the upcoming episode of AXS TV’s The Big Interview with Dan Rather, Rossington revealed that they have future […]
One of the most Shocking Revelations in Tina Turner’s Memoir
Tina Turner’s new memoir, “My Love Story” reveals the full extent of the harrowing ordeals the 78-year-old singer has overcome in her decades in the spotlight. One of those being her encounter with potential suicide. The first half of “My Love Story” is dominated by a relationship that’s quite the opposite of Turner’s book title – her physically, mentally […]
David Bowie’s Album Pinups turns 48 Today
On October 19th, 1973, David Bowie released his seventh album Pin Ups. The album, which features supermodel Twiggy on the front cover, is a collection of cover versions of some of the singer’s favorite songs, including tracks by Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, The Who, The Yardbirds and The Kinks. The record was released on RCA Records. […]
KISS members’ Rock & Brews restaurant chain offering free meals to military members on Veterans Day
Stanley and Gene Simmons will honor members of the U.S. military, veterans and first responders this Veterans Day, Monday, November 12, by offering them free food nationwide at their Rock & Brews restaurant chain. All day long on the holiday, military personnel and veterans will be able to visit participating Rock & Brews locations and […]