The Beatles' third album was the one where they finally came into their own as a major musical force, not just a monumental fad, real songwriters and musicians with...
The year 1973 saw Elvis Presley, still stinging from the loss of Priscilla, trying to make up for his heartbreak with ever-larger concert appearances and a steady diet of...
You may know Isaac Hayes as the man behind the "Theme From Shaft," or perhaps his recurring (and ultimately controversial) role as Chef on TV's South Park, or maybe...
Isaac Hayes, the "Black Moses of Soul" who scored an era-defining hit with the "Theme from Shaft" and later went on to star as Chef in the American animated...
Before FM came along, AM radio was the absolute ground zero for rock and roll music... big enough to capture the national mood, still local enough to serve the...
Songs about going to school, getting out of school, cutting up in class and falling in love at the sock hop... here are my picks for the best "school"...
The second album released by the Beatles (in the UK, that is!) becomes the second installment in my look at the Beatles legendary discography -- extensive information about all fourteen...
This leftover from the vinyl age runs about half an hour, misses some of his big later hits, and doesn't chronicle his change into a "serious" artist in the mid-Sixties....
Many musicians from the 50s, 60s, and 70s wanted to be Elvis, but some folks actually tried it -- and some singers, long before his death made impersonators common,...
For the upcoming 31st anniversary of the King's untimely demise, I take a look at the disturbing last days of Elvis Presley's life. Got a question about the mysteries surrounding...