sushil (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
1966 - The Monkees 1. "(Theme from) The Monkees" 2. "Saturday's Child" (David Gates) 3. "I Wanna Be Free" 4. "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" (Boyce, Steve Venet) 5. "Papa Gene's Blues" (Michael Nesmith) 6. "Take a Giant Step" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 7. "Last Train to Clarksville" 8. "This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day" 9. "Let's Dance On" 10. "I'll Be True To You" (Goffin, Russ Titelman) 11....
Free lyrics (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Gerry Goffin/Carole King) When there's a dark storm on your horizon And you th
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Listen to Laura Nyro performed at Bottom Line on July 12, 1978
Let's fold scarves (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Girls grow up faster than boys do Girls grow up faster than boys Girls grow up faster than boys do So, baby, I’m old enough for you Once you used to date my big sister Now, baby, she’s too old for you Won’t you take a look at me now You’ll be surprised at what you see now I’m everything a girl should [...]
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Nick Gordon is one of those rare musical talents. Nick is an outstanding songwriter, a great singer and a hot guitar player, a true triple threat. Nick has worked with some big names in the music industry including the recording of a demo track with Gerry Goffin, (co-writer of “One Fine Day”, “Up on the Roof”, “Saving All My Love for You”), and Barry Goldberg, (Electric Flag, Chicago Blues Reunion)...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
“Chains” marks the first time on Please Please Me where the Beatles sound indifferent to the material they’re playing. Their version of the Gerry Goffin and Carole...
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
1st of all...one of the best sounding clips i've heard. (nothing better than a nice sounding room, some ambient mics and some live talent chock full'o soul) Carole King It's too late -Live Much more should be said about her than i can post, but here's a brief try. In the beginning; Gerry Goffin and King formed a songwriting partnership working for Aldon Music in the Brill Building , where chart-topping...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hit songwriter Cathy Dennis goes into the record books this week as one of the writers of the 1,000th No. 1 single of the rock era,
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Rock is a macho phenomenon. So, too, is its chronicling, which makes Sheila Weller's look at Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Carly Simon, who provided much of the soundtrack for the boomer generation, welcome on two counts.
Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
For the last week the doctors and nursemaids here at the asylum have been ridin’ the midnight soul train and listenin’ to a perfect blend of magic medicine from…Martha and the Vandellas “Dance Party”, Otis Redding “Otis Blue”, Aretha Franklin “Lady Soul”, Four Tops “Reach Out” and Ray Charles’ “The Genius of Ray Charles”. A few weeks back we posted about our favorite soul sister #1, Koko Taylor. Well,...
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
Carole Klein of Sheepshead Bay became Carole King of America Excerpt from the book: GIRLS LIKE US Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — and the Journey of a Generation. By Sheila Weller. And from the review:- It's Carole King — the best songwriter of the three — who comes off as the one who really did help change the world: with songs like “Chains,” “Up on the Roof” and “One Fine Day,”
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
A triple biography can prove challenging for a writer and her readers. But Sheila Weller's candid "Girls Like Us" -- about the lives and work of Carly Simon, Carole King and Joni Mitchell -- is stellar. Unlike far too many celebrity bios, "Girls Like Us" never settles for sensationalism.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
Her 'Discipline' album finished at number 1 this week, with about 179,000 copies sold. The hit CD gives Jackson a second chance at restarting her career.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
Today's pop-ettes have nothing on predecessors Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Carly Simon.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
NEW YORK, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Irwin Z. Robinson, Chairman of Paramount Pictures Music Publishing Group and Chairman of the Board of the National Music Publishers Association and the Harry Fox Agency, will receive the first NYU Steinhardt Music Business Program Visionary Award. This award honors a business figure of note for their lasting and positive impact on the music industry through innovative,...
