“A Capitol Fourth” Tomorrow Night
Yes, the world and the nation continue to grapple with Covid-19, but the 40th annual "A Capitol Fourth" will broadcast anyway, tomorrow, without a live audience; it's on PBS at 8P-Eastern. Performers include John Fogerty, The Temptations, Patti Labelle, Country stars...
The Strange Case of Fabian’s hit song “Tiger” and Netflix’s “The Tiger King”
Elvis had already been around for four years, in 1959, and the Beatles were still five years away, when 15 y/o Fabian Forte became an overnight sensation, a teen idol, with a run of Top 40 hits, the biggest being "Tiger." Fast forward 61 years and we again have an...
Summertime, 50 Years Ago…
Sunday, Father's Day, is officially the first day of summer, and, for sure, it's not going to be like any summer any of us have ever had before. Fifty years ago, "In the Summertime," by Mungo Jerry, was the #1 song in the U.K.; over here, the top slot was "The Long...
A Grab-bag of Songs: Some Old, Some New, & Some Surprises!
Got a jones for some 60s-70s tunes, maybe the Beach Boys or the Turtles? Enter Jason Brewer and The Explorers Club, a Nashville based band of rotating members that’s releasing two albums today. The first, Boomer-friendly “To Sing and Be Born Again,” covers some...
Take a Break. Listen to “Cathy’s Clown”
60-years ago this week, "Cathy's Clown," by the Everly Brothers, was the #1 song on Top 40 radio. First wave Boomers (Zoomers) would be entering 9th grade in the Fall. "Cathy's Clown" was the Everly Brothers biggest hit: #1 for 5-weeks and selling upwards of 8...
The Hipsters Guide to the Quarantine by Mick Jagger & the Rolling Stones
The hippest, slickest "quarantine"-ish" song so far is the Rolling Stone's "Living in a Ghost Town"--a great, groovy, mesmerizing, eclectic, breezy, bluesy but not blues, brand new release, the band's first in eight years and what timing! Jagger said in interview with...
“The Times They Are a Changin’”– Hand Written Lyric$ = Big $$
We were teens when Bob Dylan happened. Now he’s 78 y/o and we Boomers are somewhere between 56 and 74. And those lyrics Bob Dylan wrote down, back then, in his own handwriting, when both he and we were young, are worth big-bucks today. Last month the words to "Hey...
Bob Seger Just Turned 75-Years Old
Last November, after 56 years of touring, Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet band put a wrap on it. Seger turned 75 y/o May 6th --we Boomers remember his hard driving, high testosterone heartland rock and roll, softened with a poet’s insight; his gentle, often tender...
Today is Ricky Nelson’s 80th Birthday
"Father Knows Best," "Leave It to Beaver," "My Three Sons" -- these TV shows were iconic but the show that holds the record (14 seasons) for the longest running live sitcom of all time is "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" which was also the launching pad for...