The classic song “All You Need Is Love,” from the Beatles, a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in 1967 will be a children’s book with a release date of January 2019. This beautiful hardbound book will feature artwork, lyrics, and more. The publisher is Little Simon, part of the Simon & Schuster […]
The two hottest spaces for rockers consist of either taking a ‘Vegas Residency’ and or ‘Cruise’ with their fans. It seems now that the ’70s Rock & Romance Cruise’ is about to finalize their star power, as Foreigner has just agreed to be on the March 25th to March 30th, 2019 cruise. Also scheduled to […]
There was very sad news to report regarding one of Tina Turner’s close family members. The rock and roll Hall of Famer and music legend’s oldest son, Craig Turner, committed suicide Juy 3rd, and friends and family are now very concerned about Tina and and her frame of mind. There is news that Tina has […]
If you’re an ELO or Jeff Lynne fan, you’ll want to write down this day and time; Friday July 27th, 9pm on the Showtime network. The network will debut the 2017 concert video ‘Wembley or Bust,’ and the recording of the live 2017 Wembley concert will allow you to sit in the crowd with 60,000 […]
1963, Jan and Dean started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Surf City’, written by The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, with the Beach Boys on backing vocals. The single peaked at No.26 in the UK. 1968, Cream started a four-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with […]
1954, Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single, ‘That’s All Right’, a cover of Arthur Crudup’s 1946 tune ‘That’s All Right, Mama’. Only about 7,000 original copies were pressed, but the disc became a local hit in Memphis. 1967, The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘All You Need Is […]
1953: Elvis Presley made his first ever recording when he paid $3.98 at the Memphis recording service singing two songs, ‘My Happiness’ and ‘That’s When Your Heartaches Begin’. The so-called vanity disc, was a gift for his mother. It would surface 37 years later as part of an RCA compilation called ‘Elvis – the Great […]
Legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon will release his 14th studio album – In The Blue Light – on September 7. Produced by Simon and Roy Halee, who have worked together since the 1960s, the album features a talented cast of musicians who have joined Simon to lend fresh perspectives on 10 of the artist’s favorite (though perhaps less-familiar) […]
The Bee Gees, one of the most popular acts of the 1970s and early 80s, have yet to succeed in the digital age. The glory days of the 1970s, the Bee Gees were an unstoppable musical force. Today, when legacy artists of yesteryear like the Beatles and Pink Floyd flourish, The Bee Gees catalog appears to be […]
Every great musician started out as an unfamiliar name, working towards stardom. Often times a singer’s start was that of a background singer, or lending uncredited vocals to a hit song, or appearing in a band behind a star. Here are some famous singers who started out behind someone else’s voice… The late Glenn Frey […]