40 Years of MTV: Co-founder Les Garland Remembers
This Sunday, August 1st, marks 40 years since the debut of ground breaking Music Television (MTV). In this Boomer Music Update exclusive, the co-founder of the channel, its former Senior Executive VP of Programming, Les Garland, shares his memories. Like golf, I...
We Remember: Sanford Clark
Sanford Clark isn't as well known as his early rock n' roll and rockabilly peers, even though "The Fool" (1956), his biggest hit, charted on three formats: pop, R&B, and Country, and has had numerous covers, including one by Elvis Presley. Clark died earlier...
This Summer’s “Must See” Music Movie
The 1969 "Woodstock" concert is legendary, but The Harlem Cultural Festival (sometimes known as the “Black Woodstock”), a series of music concerts staged that same summer, is not, despite the star line-up and its lofty intent: to celebrate African American music and...
A “Must Read” for Music Lovers: “Sonic Boom” tells the story of Warner Bros. Records*
Just as tens of millions of Baby Boomers were coming of age, Warner Brothers movie company head Jack Warner decided to add a music label to complement the family film business. Warner Bros. Records (b.1958) got off to a weak start, but that changed, and how that...
Country Music Goes to the Movies
The soundtrack to Netflix's new action flick, "The Ice Road," is packed with Country music, some new, some classic: Starring Liam Neeson and Laurence Fishburne, the background songs include relatively current hits-- "Hurricane" by Luke Combs, a Brantley Gilbert...
“Ram On: The 50th Anniversary Tribute to Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram.”
Lou Simon, the host of Sirius XM’s “the Diner,” a weekly talk show that talks all about music, recently shared that his personal favorite album of all time is "Ram," the 1971 classic that was Paul McCartney’s second solo release after The Beatles break-up---a...
Must See TV! “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything”
Launched several weeks ago on Apple TV+, this eight part docu-series, "1971 The Year That Music Changed Everything," focuses on how pop music both reflected and influenced American culture: art, music, politics, literature, fashion, language, relationships... Rare...
Summer Time = The Beach Boys. It’s “Pet Sounds” 55th Anniversary
Fifty-five years ago (May, 1966), The Beach Boys dazzled the world with their groundbreaking artistic masterpiece, "Pet Sounds" -- Rolling Stone magazine ranks it number two on their "Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time," eclipsed only by Marvin Gaye's classic...
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Delivers Bluesy, Straight Ahead Rock!
Formed more than 50 years ago, Texas Trio ZZ Top started turning heads in 1973, with their now classic "Tres Hombres" album, which included "Tush," their first Top 40 hit. Today, the group's lead singer/songwriter and lead vocalist, Billy Gibbons, is releasing...