Happy Birthday this week to: June 141909 ● Burl Ives → Grammy-winning, grandfatherly folk singer, "A Little Bitty Tear" (#9, 1962), stage and screen actor, writer, radio personality, died from mouth cancer on 4/14/1995, age 851929 ● Cy Coleman / (Seymour Kaufman) →...
We note with sadness the following contributors to rock and pop music of the 50s through the 80s - the BEST music ever made! - who passed on last month: May 01 ● Jojjie Wadenius / (Georg Wadenius) → Bassist and guitarist for Swedish Grammi Award-winning jazz-rock...
Here's a sampling of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s – the BEST music ever made!Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting...
Here's a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note): June 081961 ● Marvin Gaye ------ The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye ► Soul - Motown1963 ● The Ventures ------...
Happy Birthday this week to: June 071917 ● Dean Martin / (Dino Paul Crocetti) → Film, TV and stage actor, singer, "Memories Are Made Of This" (#1, 1956) and 15 other Top 40 singles, cultural icon and member of the Hollywood Rat Pack, died of lung cancer on 12/25/1995,...
Here's a sampling of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s – the BEST music ever made!Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting...
Here's a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note): June 011959 ● The Kingston Trio ------ At Large ► Folk-Pop1963 ● The Ventures ------ Bobby Vee Meets The Ventures ►...
Happy Birthday this week to: May 311930 ● Clint Eastwood / (Clinton Eastwood, Jr.) → Wannabe jazz pianist turned globally-acclaimed actor, film director, politician and film score composer, wrote the music to Mystic River (2003), Flags Of Our Fathers (2006) and J....
Here's a growing list of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s – the BEST music ever made!Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting...
Here's a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note): May 251965 ● Chad & Jeremy ------ Before And After ► Folk-Pop1968 ● The Ventures ------ Flights Of Fancy ► Rock...
Happy Birthday this week to: May 241928 ● Max Bennett → Jazz and rock bass guitarist, session musician and bandleader, member of the acclaimed Wrecking Crew group of L.A. studio musicians, played on numerous albums by The Monkees, The Partridge Family, Frank Zappa and...
Here's a growing list of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s – the BEST music ever made!Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting...
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