Thursday, April 25, 2024

Music

Sam Cooke, Dead Since 1964, Has Had 20 Million Streams of Songs Since New Year’s Thanks to Movie

The awards haven't even started coming yet, but "One Night in Miami" is doing a lot of one of its characters. The Regina King directed...

RIP Jimmie Rodgers, Great Pop Singer of the 1950s and Early 60s, Hit #1 with “Honeycomb”

Jimmie Rodgers has died at age 87. He was a great pop and rockabilly star of the late 1950s and early 60s. His biggest...

Boom! 7 of Top 10 iTunes Songs Come from Biden Inauguration TV Show, Albums Take Spots in Top 10, Too

Last night's 90 minute Biden Inauguration show was a hit for all its performers, and the songs they sang. The show, which aired on every...

Watch Gregg Alexander and New Radicals Perform at Virtual Parade, and Here’s How I Introduced Him to Joni Mitchell

Yes, Gregg Alexander and New Radicals did perform on the Virtual Parade today. I didn't know how to find it, but the clip is...

Ronnie Spector on the Passing of Phil: “He was a brilliant producer, but a lousy husband…not able to function outside the recording studio”

Ronnie Bennett became Ronnie Spector when she married her producer in the 1960s. He brought her to tremendous fame and treated her very badly....

Darlene Love on Phil Spector: “I feel a sigh of relief but emptiness too…If it weren’t for Phil Spector there would never be a...

Darlene Love made dozens of hit records with Phil Spector. Some were under her name, some were under the names of groups that didn't...

One Direction Down: “Nobody is Listening” to Zayn Malik’s New Album, Sold 1,800 Copies on Debut

As we might have guessed, truly Nobody Is Listening to Zayn Malik's third solo album. The former One Direction singer released the collection called "Nobody...

Phil Spector Dead: Rock and Roll Genius Was Also a Madman Who Was In Prison for 2003 Murder of Actress

Phil Spector, inventor of the Wall of Sound, rock and roll genius, is dead at age 81 after contracting COVID. Spector was serving a...