Posts Tagged ‘Joan Baez’
Song of the Week #112 – “The House of the Rising Sun”
Written by admin on June 25, 2012 – 10:55 pm -| The Animals’ biggest hit “The House of the Rising Sun” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“The House of the Rising Sun” was released on single in the UK in June 1964, backed with “Talkin’ ’bout You,” and debuted two months later in the US. It was also on the band’s self-titled American debut album, but not on the UK version. |
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Tags: Eric Burdon, Joan Baez, Nina Simone, The Animals, The House of the Rising Sun
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Happy Easter from Classic Pop Icons
Written by admin on April 8, 2012 – 4:39 pm -We’d like to wish our readers a happy and peaceful Easter Sunday. In keeping with the holiday, here’s some fine gospel selections.
“Milky White Way” – Elvis Presley
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Eva Cassidy, Joan Baez, Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Tom Jones
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Song of the Week #60 – “Diamonds & Rust”
Written by admin on June 27, 2011 – 8:14 am -| Joan Baez’s ode to Bob Dylan, “Diamonds & Rust,” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“Diamonds & Rust” was the opening track of her hit album of the same name, released in April 1975, and was also released on single three months later |
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Tags: Blackmore's Night, Bob Dylan, Diamonds & Rust, Joan Baez, Judas Priest
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Happy 70th Birthday Joan Baez
Written by admin on January 9, 2011 – 5:21 pm -| Happy Birthday to folk legend Joan Baez who is 70 today.
Joan was born in Staten Island, New York on January 9, 1941 and began her music career as a teenager performing in the coffee houses in the Boston-Cambridge area of Massachusetts. |
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Tags: Day After Tomorrow, Grammy Hall of Fame, Joan Baez, Joan Baez 70th birthday
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The 2011 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees
Written by admin on December 10, 2010 – 10:13 am -| The Beatles, Fats Domino, Otis Redding and Joan Baez are among the artists whose recordings will be entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.
The Grammy Hall of Fame Award was established by The Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973. The aim was to “honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old.” To date, 881 recordings have been inducted. |
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Tags: Al Green, Barbra Streisand, Fats Domino, Grammy Hall of Fame, Hank Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Baez, MusiCares person of the year, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The Animal, The Beatles, The Box Tops, The Jackson 5, The Marvelettes, Willie Nelson
Posted in 60s pop, Awards, Folk, Motown, Rock 'n' roll, Soul, The Beatles | 1 Comment »
