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Song of the Week #162 – “The Christmas Song”
Written by admin on December 23, 2013 – 10:06 am -
Nat King Cole’s festive standard “The Christmas Song” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
Tags: aretha franklin, Bob Wells, Connie Francis, Judy Garland, King Cole Trio, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole Trio, The Christmas Song
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“A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector” is 50 years old
Written by admin on December 19, 2013 – 6:20 pm -The classic Christmas album “A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector” was released 50 years ago last month.
Tags: a Christmas Gift for you from Phil Spector, A Christmas Gift For You from Philles Records, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, Darlene Love, phil spector, the Crystals, the ronettes
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Happy 70th Birthday Keith Richards – 10 Classic riffs
Written by admin on December 18, 2013 – 7:50 pm -We celebrate Keith Richards’ 70th Birthday by looking back at 10 of the veteran rocker’s greatest guitar riffs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces Class of 2014
Written by admin on December 17, 2013 – 9:02 am -The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced that its 2014 inductees will be: Nirvana, Kiss, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt. The E Street Band will receive the Award for Musical Excellence.
The two recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers will be Beatles manager Brian Epstein and original Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
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Download-only rarities from The Beatles and The Beach Boys
Written by admin on December 12, 2013 – 3:39 pm -The download-only collections “The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963” and The Beach Boys’ “The Big Beat 1963” will be released on December 17.
Both releases are designed to satisfy European copyright laws. From 2014, the EU copyright protection on sound recordings is extended from 50 to 70 years, but this protection does not extend to recordings that have never been released.
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