Right Truth (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
I listened to Barack Hussein Obama's speech this morning on Iraq. The phrase that caught my attention was "this is the moment...". He's used that phrase before, it's getting a little old, but it reminded me of a great old...
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
… of Jerry Leiber. He’s 75. Leiber and partner Mike Stoller are in the Rock and Roll and Songwriters halls of fame. By the time they were 20, in just three years of working together, their early songs had been recorded by a collection of true all-stars in the rhythm and blues genre including [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
in post CoverpeDIE | Cover It: Roy Orbison - Crying from Deaf Indie Elephants .
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
It's often said that a song ain't Number One until it's Number One in Billboard. But here’s the thing about Billboard—it was, and is, always a bit behind what's happening on the street. The date that's on each issue of the magazine has always been a couple of weeks ahead of the actual date on [...]
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
It was one of the weirder incidents in radio history: In 1976, a few days before its famous format flip from Top 40 to elevator music, WCFL in Chicago fired its morning team, Dick Sainte and Doug Dahlgren, for discussing the change on the air. It didn't matter that the station was already accepting ads [...]
mondosapore (Free subscription) | 10/30/2007
Nothing by Jay and the Americans. Or by the Beach Boys. Or the McCoys. Or Bob Dylan. Or Baez. Joanie Mitchell. Patti Page. Buddy Greco. Vic Damone or Frank Sinatra. Bobby Darin. Annette Funicello. Fifth Dimension. Ritchie Havens. Buffy Sainte...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/21/2007
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DigitalFX International, Inc. , a digital communications company, announced today that Jay and the Americans, the band known for the song, "This Magic Moment," will broadcast live on helloWorld.com at 5 p.m. EST Saturday, September 22.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/21/2007
Concert is 5 p.m., Saturday, September 22 NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DigitalFX International, Inc. (Amex: ), a digital communications company, announced today that Jay and the Americans, the band known for the song, "This Magic Moment," will broadcast live on helloWorld.com at 5 p.m. EST Saturday, September 22. The band is performing in a private concert in a Manhattan studio. ...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/17/2007
It's a fest on the half-shell in Norwalk, with food and arts and crafts booths, carnival rides for the kids and "YMCA" to boot. Preservation of the environment is emphasized with educational displays, after which visitors can boogie to Jay & the Americans and the Village People.
