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 Song of the weekEach week we showcase a classic track as Song of the Week. Check the current and past choices. Tom Jones covers Leonard Cohen's Tower Of SongCheck out Sir Tom Jones' brand new video for "Tower of Song," which will be the opening track on his forthcoming album "Spirit In The Room". A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis - The Definitive Retrospective - reviewSalvo's new four-CD Jerry Lee Lewis box set provides an excellent overview of the singer's finest studio work. Janis Joplin - The Pearl SessionsThe two-disc "Janis Joplin - The Pearl Sessions" features Joplin's classic "Pearl" album and premieres newly discovered studio recordings. Springsteen releases Death To My Hometown videoCheck out the new music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Death To My Hometown." CompetitionsEnter prize draws for the chance to win concert tickets, CDs, DVDs, cash, the latest gadgets, holidays and more. Before they were famous - high school yearbook photosSee if you can identify these stars before they were famous. |
Archive for the ‘60s pop’ Category
New releases update – April 2012
Written by admin on April 4, 2012 – 8:54 am -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for April.
Highlights for April include:
- Elvis Presley’s “Such A Night in Pearl Harbor” (Apr 2 – UK)
- Johnny Cash’s “Bootleg Vol. IV – The Soul of Truth” (Apr 3)
- Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson’s “Thick as a Brick 2″ (Apr 3)
- “Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis” 4-CD box set (Apr 10)
- Grateful Dead’s “All the Years Combine” 14-DVD box set (Apr 17)
- Janis Joplin’s “The Pearl Sessions” – (Apr 17).
Tags: new CDs, new music Blu-rays, new music DVDs, new music releases, new releases
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Song of the Week #98 – “Cry To Me”
Written by admin on March 19, 2012 – 10:10 pm - |
Solomon Burke’s “Cry To Me” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. |
Tags: Bert Berns, Betty Harris, cry to me, solomon burke, The Rolling Stones
Posted in 60s pop, Song of the Week, Soul | No Comments »
Song of the Week #97 – “Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)”
Written by admin on March 12, 2012 – 9:33 pm -| The Crystals’ “Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
The Phil Spector-produced pop classic was released in May 1963 on single, backed with “Git’ It,” and later in the year would feature on the album “The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits – Vol 1″. |
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Tags: Da Doo Ron Ron, Darlene Love, phil spector, The Belmonts, The Blossoms, the Crystals, the wall of sound
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New releases update – March 2012
Written by admin on March 6, 2012 – 5:42 am -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for March.
Highlights for March include:
- Bruce Springsteen’s “Wrecking Ball” in standard and deluxe editions (Mar 5)
- Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company “Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (Mar 13)
- a great value reissue of the 4-CD Elvis box set “The Complete ’68 Comeback Special” (Mar 13)
- the Madonna “Complete Studio Albums – 1983-2008″ box set (Mar 20)
- Lionel Richie’s new duets album “Tuskegee” in standard and deluxe editions (Mar 26).
Tags: new CDs, new music Blu-rays, new music DVDs, new music releases, new releases
Posted in 60s pop, American Rock, British Invasion, Elvis, Motown, Rock 'n' roll, Soul | No Comments »
Davy Jones of the Monkees dies aged 66
Written by admin on February 29, 2012 – 6:35 pm -| Davy Jones has sadly died of a heart attack aged 66.
The Monkees singer fell ill while visiting a ranch near his home in Indiantown, Florida, and was pronounced dead at the nearby Martin Memorial Hospital. |
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Tags: Davy Jones, Davy Jones death, Davy Jones obituary, The Monkees
Posted in 60s pop, Obituaries | 1 Comment »
