Saturday, April 20, 2024

Music

Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Rock and Roll’s Largest Law Firm, Hackers Grab 756 GIGABYTES of Stars’ Info

All the contracts, emails, personal info of stars like Madonna, Elton John, and Lady Gaga have been hacked from the famous law firm of...

Little Richard (Richard Penniman) An Inventor of Rock and Roll, Influenced the Beatles, Everyone, Dead at 87

The real King is dead. Little Richard, born Richard Penniman, has died at age 87. Don't be fooled by anyone else: he invented rock...

Shock and Sadness in the Music World: Andre Harrell, Founder of Uptown Records, Father of Modern R&B, Dies Suddenly at 59

There's a lot of shock and much sadness over night as word of the death of Andre Harrell spreads. He was 59 years old. Andre--one...

Charts: Kenny Chesney Beats Drake to Number 1 By a Nose, But Their Sales Show the Difference Between Streaming and Downloads

The divide between streaming and downloading was made clear this week by the the two biggest stars of the hitsdailydouble chart. Kenny Chesney beat Drake...

Bob Dylan Drops Another New Single, “False Prophet,” Announces First Album of New Music in Eight Years Set for June 19th

Bob Dylan -- I wonder if he knew today was the 55th anniversary of his famous video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues." At midnight he...

55 Years Ago Today: Celebrating DA Pennebaker’s Historic Take on Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” the Most Influential Music Video of All Time

Yes, yes, today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' "Let it Be." But something else happened of even greater importance 55 years ago...

Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber Drop a Quarantine Song, It Feels Like Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain”

Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber have dropped a duet for the quarantine. It took four writers plus the two singers to put it together.  Rihanna,...

Chart Update: Half the iTunes Top 100 is Greatest Hits from Legacy Artists like Queen, Journey, Pink Floyd, the Beatles

Everyone is looking for comfort music, especially with so few new releases. The result it that the iTunes chart is now filled with catalog hits...