Oldies but Goodies: Today is Art Laboe’s 95th birthday (the video is a “must see”)
If you're an early Boomer who grew up a typical teen in 1950s-60s USA, then you probably listened to Top 40 radio, a virtual "teen town" hangout, your go-to to get connected, to find out what was happening, plus... you could send dedications and make requests....
Benny Mardones: Three-Hit Wonder
You probably won't recognize his name--Benny Mardones--however, you probably will recognize the best selling song he penned 40 years ago--"Into The Night"...it has such a captivating melody that it charted on the "Billboard Hot 100" three different times: first in...
“Get Together” A Song for Our Time and a Song for All Time
Remember "Get Together," the Youngbloods 4+ minute peace and love anthem that went nowhere in 1967 when it was first released, but hit top 5 when it was re-released in 1969 --a time period of national political unrest, similar to today (minus Covid-19)? It's been...
Dion’s Still Got It
Tomorrow is the legendary Dion DiMucci's 81st birthday. He was only 19 y/o, in 1958, when the now classic "I Wonder Why" became an instant sensation. ... ...and he's still performing--last month he released "Dion Blues With Friends" --the friends being Bruce...
Happy (70th) Birthday, Huey Lewis
Happy (70th) birthday, Huey Lewis, singer/actor/golfer/performer extraordinaire and all-around Mr. Nice Guy. Lewis was only 21 y/o, in 1971, when he hooked up with the band Clover; fast forward 11 years, the band renamed themselves Huey Lewis & The News and had a...
“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...