insert_link Music This Day in Music History – May 20th 1954 - Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" was released. It was not successful until it was released in 1955 on the soundtrack to "Blackboard Jungle." 1960 - Alan Freed, a disc jockey, was indicted for income tax evasion stemming from payola. 1968 - Pete Townshed and Karen Astley were married. 1969 - Peter Cetera (Chicago) was beaten up by four men at a Chicago Cubs-Dodgers baseball […] todayMay 20, 2020
insert_link AAA Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry and More Featured on ‘4 All Ages’ With families spending a lot more time together these days as everyone adjusts to the new normal of working and schooling at home, finding music that parents can enjoy together with their kids can be challenging in a seemingly endless scroll of albums and playlists. A new branded music series 4 All Ages has taken the guesswork of finding music the whole family can listen to with curated collections of […] todayMay 20, 2020
insert_link Music Quincy Jones Launches World’s Largest Virtual Piano Recital The #1 rated online and app-based piano instruction software, Playground Sessions; Multi-Grammy Award-winning composer/record producer/humanitarian and co-creator of Playground Sessions Quincy Jones; and the world's largest source for music publications, Hal Leonard, are inviting participants from all over the world to come together to learn how to play "You Raise Me Up" as part of the largest virtual piano recital launches today. As part of the "You Raise Me Up […] todayMay 19, 2020
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – May 18th 1911 - Gustav Mahler died. His last word was "Mozart." He had conducted his last concert on February 21. 1963 - The Beatles began their third U.K. tour in Slough, England. They started the tour second on the bill after Roy Orbinson. They were soon moved to the number one spot. 1968 - Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe through the Tulips" was released. It was originally a number one hit for Nick […] todayMay 18, 2020
insert_link Music Frank Sinatra’s Nice ‘n’ Easy Turns 60 Capitol/UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises celebrate the 60th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's Nice 'n' Easy, another iconic album in a series of collaborations between Sinatra and arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle with a special anniversary edition. Originally released on Capitol Records in July 1960, the Nice 'n' Easy album topped the charts at #1 for nine weeks. The album was nominated for multiple GRAMMYs, including Album of the Year, Best Male Vocal […] todayMay 15, 2020
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – May 14th 1956 - Buddy Holly got a prescription for contact lenses. He couldn't get used to wearing them so he continued to use his trademark glasses. 1956 - The Platters released their self-titled debut album on Mecury Records. 1959 - Cliff Richard's first movie, "Serious Charge," premiered. 1968 - Paul McCartney and John Lennon were guests on NBC's "Tonight Show" with guest host Joe Gragiola.. 1968 - The Rascals recorded "People […] todayMay 14, 2020
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – May 13th 1954 - "The Pajama Game" made its debut on Broadway in New York City at the St. James Theatre. 1955 - Elvis Presley's performance at Jacksonville, FL, became the first Presley show at which a riot ensued. 1958 - Jerry Lee Lewis was granted a divorce from his second wife six months after marrying his third wife, Myra. 1966 - The Kinks recorded "Sunny Afternoon." 1970 - The Beatles film […] todayMay 13, 2020
insert_link Music This Day in Music History – May 12th 1955 - Gisele MacKenzie played a singer on the NBC-TV program, "Justice." 1960 - Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley appeared on the same TV special and performed the other's hit. Elvis sang "Witchcraft" and Sinatra sang "Love Me Tender." 1963 - Bob Dylan walked out of dress rehearsals for "The Ed Sullivan Show" when CBS censors told him he could not perform "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues." 1965 - "Satisfaction" […] todayMay 12, 2020
insert_link Hollywood Little Richard – Dead at 87 [AUDIO TRIBUTE] Self proclaimed king of Rock n Roll, Little Richard has passed away. The iconic music artist was 87 years old, and died of complications to bone cancer. Richard's first smash hit, Tutti Frutti, was released in October 1955. From there, Fats Domino, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly – Little Richard laid down what rock’n’roll was to be like, which took the world by […] todayMay 11, 2020
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