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Born in the U.S.A…29 today!
Can you believe it was 29 years ago today that Bruce Springsteen released his biggest album “Born In The U.S.A.”? In fact it was the best-selling album in 1984 and produced a record tying 7 TOP […]
White Christmas in May?
YES! I am already excited for the holidays…seriously. What you may not know is that on THIS day back in 1942, Bing Crosby recorded the Irving Berlin song “White Christmas”. He recorded the song with the […]
“BEAT IT”…#1 30 Years Ago Today
1983…two of my favorites got together and made a pretty KOOL song. What? Eddie Van Halen is playing guitar on a Michael Jackson record? Are you serious?! Yeah, and it was AWESOME! 30 years ago […]
40 Years of Desperado
Forty years ago today, The Eagles released their second album “Desperado”. This was their lowest charting album. It just missed being in the top 40, but it had one of their best songs on it…”Desperado”! […]
Why ‘Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player’ Was A Game-Changer For Elton John
Writing songs for “The Lion King” makes you very rich but it doesn’t exactly make you cool. In other words, Elton John doesn’t get the kind of cred that Dylan does. But Elton made his […]
The Beach Boys Reunion Coming To An End
While Brian Wilson has stated that he’d like to make another album and continue touring with the Beach Boys’ reunion lineup, it seems that’s not really in the cards for the family band.
‘Graceland’ Documentarian Joe Berlinger Talks Paul Simon, Politics
It came together rather quickly, after Sony realized that “Graceland” – the defining album of Paul Simon’s career – was about to turn 25.
The Rolling Stones Celebrate 50 Years With Photo Show
The Rolling Stones will spend the 50th anniversary of their first gig at a special photo exhibit set to open in their honor on Thursday (July 12) in London.
Brian Wilson Interview: No Sinatra Project Planned
Brian Wilson‘s confirmation that his Frank Sinatra project isn’t going to happen was the one bit of real information that came out of our conversation this afternoon. Going into my interview with him, I knew […]
What’s the Future of the Beach Boys Reunion?
An Endless Summer may not be in store for the reunited Beach Boys. Amidst hopeful talk of adding tour dates and recording another album comes a report that frontman Mike Love has scheduled his own “Beach Boys” tour dates this October.
