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 Tom Jones Praise & Blame - reviewTom Jones' album "Praise & Blame" takes the Welsh star in a new and interesting direction. The result is his best album in years. One hit wonders - ten of the bestEnjoy our selection of ten of the best one-hit wonders, spanning 1954 to 1979. Ten forgotten originalsSometimes a cover verison of a song is so popular that it becomes better known than the first recording. Enjoy these "ten forgotten originals." Elvis Presley's essential first albumWe look back at Elvis Presley's first album, simply titled "Elvis Presley." T.A.M.I. Show DVD - reviewRead the Classic Pop Icons review of one of this year's "must have" music DVD releases. Pop legends say Things Go Better with CokeHear some of the biggest stars of the 1960s singing their Coke jingles, including Marvin Gaye, Roy Orbison and The Moody Blues. |
Archive for February, 2010
Happy Birthday Fats Domino
Written by admin on February 26, 2010 – 1:43 pm -Rock ‘N’ Roll pioneer Fats Domino is 82 today. Fats was born on February 1928 in New Orleans.
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Fats Domino last hit the headlines in a big way when his home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August, 2005. There were serious concerns for Fat’s health for a time, but thankfully he was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. Fats moved to Harvey, Louisiana, while his house was being gutted and repaired. |
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Ray Davies to duet with Springsteen
Written by admin on February 26, 2010 – 3:30 am -Kinks rocker, Ray Davies, has announced that Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi will be among the guests on a forthcoming album of duets.
Davies told NJ.com that the duets album will revisit Kinks classics and that the Springsteen and Bon Jovi collaborations were recorded last month. Springsteen will feature on “Better Things” and Bon Jovi on “Celluloid Heroes.”
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Grade II listing for Abbey Road
Written by admin on February 23, 2010 – 11:43 pm - |
The UK Government has listed Abbey Road Studios at Grade II, on the advice of English Heritage. |
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Future uncertain for The Who
Written by admin on February 23, 2010 – 11:37 am -Pete Townsend has told Rolling Stone that The Who may have to stop performing live due to his returning tinnitus.
| The Who had planned a sping 2010 tour and some festival appearances, but cancelled these when Townsend’s tinnitus returned while he was working on his musical ‘Floss.’ Townsend told Rolling Stone: |
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Gene Pitney birthday tribute
Written by admin on February 17, 2010 – 10:44 am -Gene Pitney would have been 70 years old today. He died on April 5, 2006 at the age of 66 in a hotel in Cardiff, Wales, midway through a UK tour.
Gene Francis Alan Pitney was born in Hartford, Connecticut on February 17, 1940, but spent most of his youth in Rockville, Connecticut. He had musical ambitions from a young age and formed a band while a student at Rockville High School. His first singles were released as part of a duo called Jamie and Jane, with singer Ginny Arnell, and included the song “Classical Rock and Roll.” The singles were not hits and the duo was soon abandoned. Read more »
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