The videos of the great Aretha Franklin that have been posted at various places since her passing last week tell a fascinating story. The videos are great...
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Listening to gospel as music comes with a bit of tension. Performances actually are part of a religious service. it also is a religion of which I am not an...
The Queen of Soul was born on this day in 1942. Here is more on Ms. Franklin. The great clip above is from the show “The Midnight Special.” It...
More Fun Facts: The Andrews Sisters were Greek – their real name was Andreos – but their first hit was based on a Yiddish fiddle tune called “Bei Mir Bist Du...
The numbers in this single sentence in Wikipedia’s entry about Francesco Stephen Castelluccio — Frankie Valli — are a good illustration of...
CNN has an interesting piece about music and the inauguration, which is set for Monday. The show should be pretty good: This year’s festivities include a...
Country singer, songwriter and guitarist Joe South passed away yesterday in Buford, GA, a community near Atlanta. South, whose original named was Joe Souter...
Meet the Gospel HOF’s newest member. That makes two divas who the site featured today.
Aretha Franklin, Ricky Skaggs and others were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, according to The Tennessean. The paper said that other inductees...
This is from This Day in Music.com entry for July 10, 1987: Producer and record company executive John Hammond died. He brought Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Dylan...
