Oldies

The Beatles were the good boys with long hair (long by the early 60s standards), the Rolling Stones the bad boys, and finally, Eric Burdon and the Animals were known as the dirty boys. Formed in England in the early 60s, the Animals were a hard band to categorize. They were certainly psychedelic, but also a commercial success in spite of their persona. Here are a few things you might […]

You know how rumors start. The topic is always juicy, scandalous yes interesting but often untrue. Let’s dispel a few of the more interesting classic rumors... Yes, both Duane Allman and bandmate Barry Oakley died from nearly identical motorcycle accidents in Macon ,Georgia a year apart, but neither hit a peach truck as it was rumored. The album ‘Eat a Peach’ had no direct bearing on their deaths. The Lynyrd […]

Sometimes death is a great career move. Well, that’s a line from a movie, but it’s often true. For some reason, a person’s passing makes us think of only the good things about that person; when it comes to music we think it also tends to lead us to believe they were more talent that they probably were. Who made the most money from the grave last year? The list […]

Often times great movies make a song a hit, or a hit song draws attention to a movie that needs a little box office attention. Here are examples of movies that used classic songs to enrich a scene, or add drama to the storyline. “St Elmo’s Fire” from John Parr from the movie of same name was a studio hit. Let’s explain. No one knew who John Parr was up […]

We’ve been sharing classic fun facts, so how about one more day? How’s this for an eerie coincidence. Momma Cass and Keith Moon died in the same apartment years apart. Another rocker also owned the same apartment. His name was Harry Nilsson who also died in that same apartment in 1994. Harry died at the age of 52, while Momma and Keith both died at the age of 32. These […]

We love musical fun facts, so here are some more mind benders today… Everybody knows that Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Richie Valens perished in a plane crash. Most know that Waylon Jennings lost a coin toss that put Richie Valens on the plane. What you may not know is that Buddy’s pregnant wife heard about his death on the radio, she had a miscarriage the following day, is […]