Keeping Boomers In Touch With Today's Music
We connect a song from back-in-the-day to a current hit that has a similar sound/content/style. You’ll be up to speed in 90-seconds.
Curated by Dave Sholin | Written by Lee Wade
Tom Petty Four-CD Box Set Scheduled For Sept. Release
On September 28th, "An American Treasure,” a four CD box set with 60 tracks by Tom Petty, will be released…almost exactly a year from his last performance--which was Sept. 25th 2017, at the Hollywood Bowl. The songs were selected by Petty’s wife Dana, daughter...
Soulful-Pop Break-up Songs: From Michael McDonald to KYGO ft. Miguel
Back in 1982, When Michael McDonald sang I keep forgettin' we're not in love anymore I keep forgettin' things will never be the same again …it was the whole package that made the song so emotionally impactful and believable: McDonald’s voice, the lyrics, the...
Happy 60th Birthday to Billboard’s “Top 100”
The first issue of Billboard magazine, oft described as "the bible" of the music business, was published in1894 and their famous "Top 100" debuted August 4th, 1958, with "Poor Little Fool" by 18-year old Ricky Nelson in the vaunted #1 slot, and sounding vastly...
Charlie Puth: Seamlessly Smooth
Sometimes you’re just in the mood for a song that has a seamlessly smooth melody, with production to match, in which case you could listen to the King Of Pop Michael Jackson’s 1987 "The Way You Make Me Feel," because THAT is a song with a seamlessly smooth melody,...
A “Must Listen To” for Certain Kinds of People (I’m Talking To You, Inxs Fans)
Certain kinds people prefer certain kinds of music, for example, if 1987’s “Need You Tonight” by Inxs hit you up side the head every time you heard it-- for those kinds of people, "Body Talks” by British band The Struts is a no brainer--that early rock n’ roll...
Paul McCartney Update: New Album, New Single, New Tour
It's a Paul McCartney moment, all over again, and he's everywhere. Over 25 million people have viewed Sir Paul and James Corden's carpool karaoke session (which included their duet of "Baby You Can Drive My Car") and, just this week, he's popped up on video, all...
How to Stump Your Friends & Win at Music Trivia
At your next party or BBQ, ask your friends to list a few--say five-- of the best selling acts in music history. Odds are, Abba won’t be on the list, even though one of their biggest hits, 1976’s “Fernando,” has sold over 10 million copies --a rare achievement,...
He’s No Steve Earle, But Dierks Bentley Will Have To Do
Dierks Bentley has had 17 #1 Country hits. Obviously talented, he's also ruggedly handsome, projects a bit of an outsider image, and sounds very "Country." If you like modern Country music, or Country music in general, or are just curious, then you'll probably want to...
“Workin’ all summer just to try an’ earn a dollar.”
Numerous odes to summer are enshrined in pop music history, from Gershwin to the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, to Eddie Cochran’s 1958 "Summertime Blues" --the grandaddy of summertime rock 'n' roll. Cochran’s version of “Summertime Blues” was so great that the song...