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"Failure Is Impossible" by Allison Scola

cliveswersky wrote 1 week ago: Hello Friends: Failure Is Impossible by Allison Scola is the sixteenth song to be featured on my B … more →

Tags: Inspiring Song Contest, A Braver Kind, Alive with Clive, Alive with Clive Top 20, Allison Scola, CBS News Early Show, Clive Swersky, Courage, Dröm

The Destruction of the Wall

jnagle4 wrote 3 months ago: My good headphones reside in a black felt drawstring pouch. They are collapsible Sony noise- … more →

Tags: Music, essays, The Ronettes, wall of sound, phil spector, Phillies Records, back to mono, Be My Baby, the crystals

The Shangri-Las - The Leader of the Pack

elena672 wrote 3 months ago: Jeff Barry, American songwriter and record producer … more →

Tags: music birthdays, April 3 birthdays, Brill Building pop, ellie greenwich, jeff barry, Pop, Rock and Roll, songwriter, Songwriters Hall of Fame

Update: Rick Wagoner pushed out of GM....2 comments

ginaswo wrote 3 months ago: Update: Monday 9:00am: Market futures down…Dow 187 TOTUS to announce Auto Plan at 11:00am EST … more →

Tags: Politics, Economy, Music, Obama Administration, Wall St, Big 3, Popular Culture, Entertainment, doo-wop

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

elena672 wrote 4 months ago: Neil Sedaka, American songwriter and pianist … more →

Tags: music birthdays, Pop, neil sedaka, Songwriters Hall of Fame, songwriter, Rock and Roll

The Real McCoy (02/27)1 comment

artofmymind wrote 4 months ago: I learned (thanks to public radio) about another lesser known talent in the music business… Ro … more →

Tags: Life, Music, New York, Elvis, Rose McCoy, Rose, McCoy, songwriter, Cadillac

Classic Track of Day - The Jayhawks

HappyParts wrote 4 months ago: 1995 American 43006 Hard to believe this record is already 14 years old.  It feels like yesterday. H … more →

Tags: Classic, Classic Track of Day, mp3, The Jayhawks, Mark Olson, Gary Louris

A Europe is Haunting Spector, or, Ringer Deep, Motown High, or, Brill Bildung, or, Siegfried and Oy

DSL. wrote 4 months ago: Sorry, Phil, Götter Demerol, I was scooped! looks like a very big baby indeed was Nibelung off yo … more →

Tags: God(s), Arts, Scott Lahti, Language, Humor, phil spector, ronnie spector, Richard Wagner, ring cycle

Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Goffin-King, writers)

elena672 wrote 5 months ago: Gerry Goffin, American lyricist (Goffin-King) … more →

Tags: music birthdays, February 11 birthdays, gerry goffin, rock and roll hall of fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, songwriter, Lyricist, Goffin & King

The Raveonettes - Warm and Fuzzy (Sounding) in Los Angeles1 comment

aliontheair wrote 5 months ago: Steeped in cool fuzz, the Raveonettes have modernized the fifties sound of the Raveonettes, in the s … more →

Tags: absinthe, ali maclean, ali on the air, Aly Walk With Me, attack of the ghost rider, black rebel motorcycle club, Danish, David Lynch, Feedback

November 17th, 2008

devilinthewoods wrote 8 months ago: Hello to the fans of Devil in the Woods! Lots of exciting news to announce! First, The Sleepover Dis … more →

Tags: Devil In The Woods, Mike Cloward, The Lower Class Revolt, Indie Music, Indie, Music, San Francisco, West Coast, Record Label

Jerry Jackson - Shrimp Boats A-Comin', There's Dancin' Tonight2 comments

magicistragic wrote 1 year ago: Jerry Jackson Shrimp Boats A-Comin’, There’s Dancin’ Tonight (Bear Family 1990) h … more →

Tags: Jerry jackson, Bear Family, Bob Dylan, Ben E King, Solomon Burke, Al Green, kapp, Blowin' In The Wind, Perry Como

Jerry Leiber

elena672 wrote 1 year ago: Born on this day, songwriter, Jerry Leiber. previous post on Jerry Leiber … more →

Tags: Birthdays, Rock 'n' roll, rock and roll hall of fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, April 25 birthdays, jerry leiber, leiber and stoller

Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa

elena672 wrote 1 year ago: Gene Pitney (February 17, 1941 – April 05, 2006), (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney) American singer, s … more →

Tags: Singer-songwriters, Pop, teen idol, February 17 birthdays, gene pitney

Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp

elena672 wrote 1 year ago: Barry Mann, American singer and songwriter, turns 69. Steve Kurutz Half of the successful writing te … more →

Tags: songwriter, February 9 birthdays, barry mann

Neil Sedaka - 50 years of Songwriting

Nick Prudent wrote 2 years ago: The legendary Neil Sedaka was recently interviewed on George Stroumboulopoulos’s late night show on … more →

Tags: George Stroumboulopoulos, neil sedaka, songwriter, Songwriting

The True Story Behind "Midnight Mary"!21 comments

Artie Wayne wrote 2 years ago: In the early 60’s, I went out with a few Iranian girls who actually told me that they were br … more →

Tags: amy records, ben raleigh, buddy saltzman, charlie macey, jeannie thomas, jerry cole, joey powers, larry taylor bourne music, larry uttal

Brief Encounters With Leiber And Stoller!2 comments

Artie Wayne wrote 2 years ago:   Mike Stoller, Elvis Presley and Jerry Leiber Sometimes visiting Artie Wayne On The Web … more →

Tags: andrea doria, Ben E King, big mama thorton, clovers, coasters, drifters, Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock, jerry leiber

Brief Encounters With Burt Bacharach! 2 comments

Artie Wayne wrote 2 years ago: Since the early 60’s, Burt Bacharach has been one of the most innovative and i … more →

Tags: adam faith, burt bacharach, Dionne Warwick, famous music, florence greenberg, guess who, hal david, kingsmen, marlena dietrich


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