January 11, 2013 After the success of their Bridge over Troubled Water album in 1970, both Simon and Garfunkel decided to part ways and record their own solo material.In June 1972, they were asked to sing at a political benefit concert for United States presidential candidate George McGovern at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
January 10, 2013 Born in Montreal, Quebec, Vannelli is one of three sons (Joe, Gino, and Ross) born to Russ and Delia Vannelli. Russ, his father, was a big band musician. As a child, Gino's greatest passion was music, and he began playing percussion at an early age. By the age of 15, Gino began writing songs. Just out of high school, he signed his first recording contract with RCA under the pseudonym Vann Elli, but went on to study music at McGill.
January 9, 2013 "Way Down" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley. Recorded in October 1976, it was the last single released before his death on August 16, 1977.
Released as a single (with "Pledging My Love" on the B-side) on June 6, 1977, it was his current single when he died. It initially peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated August 6, 1977 and had fallen to number 53 on the chart for the week ending August 27, 1977. Thereafter it reversed direction and reached an even higher peak at #18 on 24 September - 1 October 1977. It reached #1 in the American Country and British Pop charts, just days after his death, and almost seven years after his previous UK #1 single, "The Wonder of You", in 1970.
January 8, 2013 The Song was written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, is the title of a song first released by Hammond, a British born singer-songwriter, in 1972. Hammond's version peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 that year.
In the UK the song is perhaps the quintessential example (alongside The Doobie Brothers "Listen to the Music") of a turntable hit: A song which, although very frequently played and requested on radio, never makes it into the charts. Through the 1970s, the record was re-issued at least 5 times by various labels - but remained outside the UK top 40, despite yet more airplay - it's still to be heard on UK radio on a very regular basis.
January 7, 2013 The band was formed in 1967 by three vocalists, Danny Hutton Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells. During 1967 they made some recordings with Brian Wilson and initially went by the name of Redwood. Shortly after abandoning the Redwood moniker in 1968, the vocalists hired a group of backing musicians – Michael Allsup on guitar, Floyd Sneed on drums, Joe Schermie from the Cory Wells Blues Band on bass, and Jimmy Greenspoon on keyboards – and soon became one of the most successful bands in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
January 4, 2013 Before the hit or miss returns Monday, I thought it might be fun to review the Top 10 highest scoring songs from this past year. Let’s Take a look at #1…
January 4, 2013 Before the hit or miss returns Monday, I thought it might be fun to review the Top 10 highest scoring songs from this past year. Let’s Take a look at #2…
January 4, 2013 Before the hit or miss returns Monday, I thought it might be fun to review the Top 10 highest scoring songs from this past year. Let’s Take a look at #3…
January 3, 2013 Before the hit or miss returns Monday, I thought it might be fun to review the Top 10 highest scoring songs from this past year. Let’s Take a look at #4…
January 3, 2013 Before the hit or miss returns Monday, I thought it might be fun to review the Top 10 highest scoring songs from this past year. Let’s Take a look at #5…
January 3, 2013 Before the hit or miss returns Monday, I thought it might be fun to review the Top 10 highest scoring songs from this past year. Let’s Take a look at #6…
January 3, 2013 Before the hit or miss returns Monday, I thought it might be fun to review the Top 10 highest scoring songs from this past year. Let’s Take a look at #7…
