‘Love Me Do’: The Beatles’ 1st Single Was the Sound of Identity
We don’t talk about it as one of the great debut singles, but perhaps that’s because it transcends the normal categories.
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Remember the K-Tel ‘As Advertised on TV’ Compilation Albums?
With his invention of the compilation album, entrepreneur Philip Kives revolutionized the marketing and sales of recorded music
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‘We Are the World’ Documentary, ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’
Featuring 46 of the world’s biggest music stars assembled in one studio, the 1985 charity single was a smash hit. The Greatest Night in Pop tells the behind-the-scenes story.
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Def Leppard’s ‘Pyromania’ Gets 40th Anniversary Editions
The new collections include previously unheard demos and live performances from the era
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First-Generation Rockers: Who’s Still With Us?
With the deaths of Don Everly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, we wonder: Which of the earliest rock ‘n’ rollers are alive? Here are 5 who made the music what it was
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Joan Baez ‘Diamonds & Rust’—Reflections on Her Friend Bob
Dylan asked her who her new song was about. She told him it was about her ex-husband. It wasn’t, of course. It was about Bob Dylan.
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The Five Americans’ Catchy Hit, ‘Western Union’: Dit-Da-Dit-Da-Dit
The clean-cut band from Oklahoma chose its name to help stand out from groups that were part of the British Invasion, and scored a catchy single in 1967
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An Anthology from the Byrds’ Gene Clark: Review
Original compositions dominate the career-spanning set, which includes contributions from Roger McGuinn and Gram Parsons.
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‘The Band’s With Me’: A Former Groupie Lays It All Down
The memoir is a vivid, raucous, hilarious snapshot of a side of the rock world once ubiquitous. Sally Mann Romano makes no excuses for any of it, nor should she
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Radio Hits of April 1970: As Easy as ‘ABC’
Days before four students were shot and killed at Kent State Univ., radio listeners were blissfully listening to these songs
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