Fifty years after its release, Wish You Were Here, the iconic Pink Floyd album originally launched in 1975, has achieved a remarkable milestone by becoming the Official UK Christmas Number One album of 2025. The 50th anniversary edition, called Wish You Were Here 50, has topped the UK Albums Chart during the festive week, demonstrating […]
The Recording Academy has unveiled the 2026 class of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, celebrating a remarkable group of artists whose work has shaped the musical landscape. These honors will be presented at the Special Merit Awards ceremony on January 31, 2026, during Grammy Week in Los Angeles, just before the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. […]
1957 – “The Music Man” opened on Broadway. 1960 – Neil Sedaka’s “Calendar Girl” was released. 1960 – Frank Sinatra recorded his first session with his very own record company, Reprise Records. Frank did “Ring-A-Ding-Ding” and “Let’s Fall in Love.” 1974 – Ron Woods joined the Rolling Stones. 1980 – The film “9 to 5,” […]
1961 – Britain’s EMI Records rejected the Beatles. They later signed them. 1964 – Funeral services were held in Chicago for Sam Cooke. 1965 – U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler recorded “Ballad of the Green Berets.” 1971 – Jerry Lee Lewis and his cousin Myra Brown were divorced. They were married when she was […]
1955 – Carl Perkins wrote “Blue Suede Shoes.” Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it in Memphis, TN. 1965 – Judy Garland and The Supremes became first artists to perform at the Astrodome in Houston, TX. 1969 – Television history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on “The Tonight […]
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year-old third cousin Myra Gale Brown. The marriage caused Lewis to be blacklisted from many radio stations and he was dropped from Dick Clark’s shows. 1958 – The Coasters recorded “Charlie Brown.” 1960 – Aretha Franklin made her New York debut at the Village Vanguard. 1964 – […]
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 […]
The 2025 Kennedy Center Honors turned heads this year — not just for who received the accolades, but who was handing them out and how. For the first time in the awards’ history a sitting U.S. president, Donald Trump, personally hosted the ceremony and reportedly had a major say in selecting the winners. This year’s […]
John Lennon’s life was tragically cut short 45 years ago in an act of senseless violence that stunned the world. On December 8, 1980, the former Beatle was gunned down outside the Dakota, his apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. He was just 40 years old. The man who killed Lennon was Mark David […]
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. 1997 – Carl Edward Hunter, manager of Ray Charles, was arrested in Japan on suspicion of marijuana possession. 1997 – Toni Braxton filed suit against […]