Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
in post Sonic Fix 071808: Ladies’ Soul Jam (Friday Wayback Edition) from The Sean Show .
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
After last week's hearty haul I anticipate more nominating of romantic songs, but what I'm really after is a spot of bona fide witchery
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival announced today that Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love and Merry Clayton have been added to the line-up for Saturday, June 21 at Nathan Phillips Square...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Sydney - An Australian hanged in Melbourne for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl has received a pardon, 87 years after the crime. This is a tragic case where a miscarriage of justice resulted in a man being hanged, Victorian Attorney-Genera...
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
(Third in a series. Part one here, part two here.) What would the top of the Billboard chart have looked like during the week of April 4, 1964, without the Beatles holding down the top five positions? You’d probably have to take out all of the other British Invasion records, too, and if you did, you’d [...]
Bayrdier (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
Here's your chance to bid on a great Northern Soul concert poster from Atlanta '64. The poster features Solomon Burke, Jerry Butler, Chuck Jackson, The Tams, Jackie Ross, The Drifters, Betty Everett and Patti LaBelle. It's a limited print and...
The Hollywood Gossip (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
Last night on American Idol, the issue of which female put on the best performance was far from grey. In fact, it was black and white. Brooke White! The quiet crooner sat on a stool, strummed her guitar and performaned a perfect version of Carly Simon's “You're So Vain.” Consider what Simon Cowell - the judge [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008
"If you wanna know if he loves you so, "It's in his kiss (that's where it is)." So sang Betty Everett, and later Cher, on the R&B hit "The Shoop Shoop Song."
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 02/13/2008
"If you wanna know if he loves you so,
Mick Hartley (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
A deep soul classic from Betty Lavette: Here's a re-recording done in 1990, with much better sound so the power of that amazing voice comes across, but - annoyingly - just out of synch. The notes by Ian Levine ("about...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 11/29/2007
Continuing the theme of the last blog, here are my top 20 scoring 45s of 1964 and 1965, as recorded at the time: 1964 1. I get around - The Beach Boys 2. Baby I need your loving - Four Tops 3. My guy - Mary Wells 4= Shoop shoop song - Betty Everett (pictured left) 4= When I grow up - The Beach Boys 6. Nadine - Chuck Berry 7. Where did our love go - Supremes 8= Hi heel sneakers - Tommy Tucker 8= No...
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
in post A Message To You from diddy wah .
Diddy Wah (Free subscription) | 11/26/2007
mp3: Banbarra - Shack Up Pt.1 mp3: Betty Everett - You're No Good mp3: Dandy Livingstone - Rudy A Message To You mp3: Gloria Jones - Tainted Love mp3: Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind mp3: Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love mp3: Tommy James & the Shondels - I Think Were Alone Now Though these are not all the original versions, the songs featured today are all the definitive early versions of tunes...
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 11/05/2007
Sometimes I hear a familiar old song being performed by a modern artist, and although I might enjoy listening, I also find myself thinking: something’s not right about that. I’m sure the experience isn't unique to me. New versions of old songs are pretty common, and most listeners probably feel a twinge of nostalgia for [...]
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2007
Who is Susan? As the new musical based on the MGM movie Desperately Seeking Susan receives its West End premiere, with the songs of pop-rock icon Debbie Harry and Blondie, Roger Foss goes in search of some Susan essentials.
