It’s hard to characterize the size of the contribution a musicians’ collective known as The Wrecking Crew made to popular music. It was everywhere...
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This Day in Music notes that on July 20, 1940, Billboard magazine premiered the modern version of its charts. Previously, according to the site, best seller...
I will let This Day in Music trace the barest outline of the extraordinary career of drummer Earl Palmer, who died at age 64 on this day in 2008: Worked with...
Harry James was one of the most important performers of the World War II era–and not just because he played a major role in the career of Frank Sinatra...
The site has a news item today that reports the American Pop Music Hall of Fame is seeking input from the public on which group or performer should be in the...
The question of whether or not we need a new hall of fame is a good one. That isn’t, however, the one being asked by The American Pop Music Hall of Fame...
It’s a great trivia question: Name a performer who recorded with Frank Zappa and Frank Sinatra. The answer is Lowell George, the driving force behind...
Mack the Knife is a beloved jazz standard. Besides Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin are heavyweights who recorded it. Here is a...
