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Pop Rock Music of the Sixties is Center-Stage in Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” Soundtrack

July 29, 2019 by Joe Mirrione

Paul Revere & the Raiders with Mark Lindsay

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” Soundtrack In a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, its tough imagine anything other than the stars of the movie being the stars of the movie.  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s celluloid love letter to 1969, proves that the duo can be upstaged.  There’s little
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A Capitol Fourth features The Beach Boys and The Four Tops

July 4, 2017 by Joe Mirrione

Current Beach Boys

The Beach Boys – Though they never had a patriotic-themed hit (unless you count “Surfin U.S.A.”), they are synonymous with the flag-waving spirit of the 4th of July.  In 1975, they released a double-album compilation called “Spirit of America.”  The boys of summer have been called “America’s Band”, their biographical mini-series was called “An American Family”
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Pop, Rock & Doo Wopp welcomes The Lettermen

July 3, 2016 by Joe Mirrione

The Lettermen

The Lettermen will make their debut appearances as part of the Pop, Rock & Doo Wopp Live! series this fall with two 2017 concerts in Florida.  One is as-yet-unannounced but the other, in Clermont, will be on sale soon.  Read on… Pop, Rock & Doo Wopp Live! returns to the Clermont PAC, starring The Lettermen with special guests
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Jukebox Jams continue on ABC-TV’s The View

July 28, 2015 by Joe Mirrione

The Flamingos on The View

Much to the delight of doo wopp fans everywhere, ABC-TV’s The View has featured some of the best-known groups of the 50’s and 60’s live on national television over the course of the last several weeks.  The series was sparked by a performance by acappella stars The Persuasions on May 26, in which they mentioned
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The original lead voice of the Buckinghams hits the Daytona area February 20, 2015

February 4, 2015 by Joe Mirrione

Dennis Tufano at the Ormond Beach PAC

Whoever coined the phrase “you can’t go home again” had obviously never met Dennis Tufano.  After an enviable string of top-ten hit records in the late 1960’s as the lead singer of the Buckinghams, Tufano went on to write for other artists and work in film and television for many years before deciding to return
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Frankie Valli’s Granddaughter to Make Debut This Thursday at Bergen PAC

December 8, 2014 by Joe Mirrione

All eyes (and ears) will be on Olivia Polci this Thursday as she takes the stage at the Bergen PAC  in Englewood, New Jersey.  “She’s beautiful, she’s talented and she’s the daughter and granddaughter of rock and roll royalty,” says Joseph Mirrione, the show’s promoter.  The lineage he’s referring to is only partially revealed by her
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Malt Shop Memories Cruise 2015 line-up announced

October 30, 2014 by Joe Mirrione

Neil Sedaka, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, The Four Tops, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Ben E. King, Lou Christie and Darlene Love are just a few of the stars that will grace the stages of the Holland America Eurodam November 1 – 8 of 2015. With cabins starting at $1875 for an inside
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Brian Wilson biopic premiere

September 6, 2014 by Joe Mirrione

Paul Dano as Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson has arrived in Toronto for the city’s International Film Festival where his biopic will make its world premiere on Sunday, September 7 at 9:30 PM.  The film, which borrows its title from Wilson’s 1988 debut solo LP track “Love & Mercy”, is billed as spotlighting his “rise to stardom with the Beach Boys in
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Video of Neil Sedaka singing Happy Birthday to Kathie Lee Gifford

August 16, 2014 by Joe Mirrione

Neil Sedaka serenades Kathie Lee Gifford

Kathie Lee‘s 61st birthday is today, but her big surprise gift came on Friday on live TV when her old friend Neil Sedaka serenaded her with a custom-reboot of his big hit “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen.”   Co-host Hoda Kotb blind-folded her partner in crime (and wine) and led her to a studio where Sedaka
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Lenny Cocco issues clarification of Chimes trademark dispute

June 17, 2014 by Joe Mirrione

Lenny Cocco & The Chimes 2014

Lenny Cocco has issued a clarification of the litigation surrounding the trademark and right to use the name The Chimes, the group he has led since 1959.  The Chimes, with Cocco, on lead, had two hits in the early 60’s with the old standards “Once in a While” and “I’m in the Mood for Love”.
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The Million Dollar Quartet and Elvis’ Mystery Girl

The date was December 4, 1965.  Carl Perkins and his band were hunkered down at Sun Records for a recording session that included a not-yet-famous piano player named Jerry Lee Lewis.  (Lewis’ first Sun release was on the way, but it would be another 7 months before he would have his first national hit.)  Johnny
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Paul Dano as Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson biopic premiere

Brian Wilson has arrived in Toronto for the city’s International Film Festival where his biopic will make its world premiere on Sunday, September 7 at 9:30 PM.  The film, which borrows its title from Wilson’s 1988 debut solo LP track “Love & Mercy”, is billed as spotlighting his “rise to stardom with the Beach Boys in
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