Here are Billboard’s Top Ten Rock songs for the week of August 25. I still don’t know why they are a week ahead: 1. Oh Love: Green Day 2. Burn It...
Tag - rock music
Who said so, what the criteria was and other details are missing. But the list, which is from 2008, is a good one. I stumbled on it while looking for the...
The Troggs’ Wild Thing was at the top of the charts on this day in 1966. Some people, however, may prefer Mr. Hendrix’s version. The song actually...
Frank Zappa was a singular personality in the history of rock music. He was as important for his iconoclastic views and role in the ongoing battles over...
This post presented two problems. The first was that as I was putting it together I had a sinking feeling that I have failed in not listening to enough Ry...
Jon Lord, the founder and organist for Deep Purple, died July 16. Here is the beginning of his Wikipedia bio: Jonathan Douglas “Jon” Lord (9 June...
On this day in 1968, Iron Butterfly’s In-a-Gadda-da-Vida entered the U.S. charts, where it sold 4 million copies. It was the band’s second album...
A couple of weeks ago Paul McCartney celebrated his 70th birthday. Proving once again that even being a member of Beatles doesn’t stop the aging...
The passing last week of Andy Griffith led Phil Arnold, who runs ElvisBlog, to post an item on the links between the two icons. He described an appearance of...
The shows Elvis in relaxed mode during his 1968 comeback. The guitarist is Scotty Moore. Here is a nice bio and a version of Long Tall Sally from 1956. Peter...
