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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. |
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T.A.M.I. Show DVD – review
Written by admin on April 23, 2010 – 9:33 pm -| Harley Payette reviews the long awaited T.A.M.I. Show DVD, which is one of the “must have” music DVDs of 2010. |
| When I bought Shout Factory’s first ever issue of the legendary lost concert film The TAMI Show, my night was shot. I spent two hours watching the movie. Then there were another two plus hours soaking up the special features and replaying favorite moments. Then there was the trip to my CD collection to revisit the original recordings of all the great hits I had heard in the show. |
Tags: beach boys, Chuck Berry, Gerry and the Pacemakers, James Brown, Jan and Dean, Lesley Gore, marvin gaye, smokey robinson, T.A.M.I. show, T.A.M.I. show DVD, The Miracles, The Rolling Stones, the supremes
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Motown around the World – The Classic Singles
Written by admin on April 20, 2010 – 7:03 am -Motown collectors can now obtain all the label’s foreign language recordings on a 2-CD set from Hip-o Select.
With the Motown Records fan base spreading across Europe in the 1960s, the company decided that its major stars should perform foreign language versions of their hits to appeal to these markets. This new 2-CD set includes all 38 of these tracks from The Supremes, The Temptations, The Miracles, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Edwin Starr, Jimmy Ruffin, and the Velvelettes.
Tags: Edwin Starr, Four Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, marvin gaye, Motown around the World - The Classic Singles, smokey robinson, stevie wonder, The Miracles, the supremes, The Temptations, Velvelettes
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The T.A.M.I. Show on DVD
Written by admin on March 12, 2010 – 8:06 pm -After years of waiting, music fans can finally enjoy the T.A.M.I Show on DVD from March 23. It looks to be one of the coolest music DVDs of 2010.
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The film comprises footage from concerts held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964. T.A.M.I means either Teenage Awards Music International or Teen Age Music International – both phrases were used in the show’s publicity. |
Tags: beach boys, Chuck Berry, Gerry & The Pacemakers, James Brown, marvin gaye, rolling stones, smokey robinson, T.A.M.I. show DVD, the supremes
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Dylan and Baez sing at the White House
Written by admin on February 12, 2010 – 8:42 pm -President Obama and the First Lady hosted a “Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” at the White House on Tuesday night. The concert was the fifth in a series that is dedicated to what President Obama calls “Music that tells the story of America.”
The first performance was by Yolanda Adams who sang the Sam Cooke classic “A Change is Gonna Come.” This was followed by performances from Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Smokey Robinson, John Mellencamp, Natalie Cole, John Legend, Seal, The Blind Boys of Alabama, the Howard University Choir, The Freedom Singers, and Dr Bernice Johnson Reagon. Everyone, including President Obama, finished off the concert with a sing-along of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Tags: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, John Mellencamp, President Obama, smokey robinson
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American music legends series
Written by admin on January 28, 2010 – 5:07 am -The Observor has produced a great series on some of some of the living legends of American music, as recalled by the stars they influenced.
In addition, photographer Jamie-James Medina spent a year taking portraits of these legends for Observor Music Monthly. The results are impressive and are presented with the articles.
Tags: Chuck Berry, Etta James, jerry lee lewis, Les Paul, Little Richard, ray davies, smokey robinson
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