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Little Richard has died at age 87

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A legend of rock and roll has died.  He was arguably the first to combine gospel, rhythm and blues and boogie-woogie but undeniably one of a small number of artists who can be counted among the very first architects of rock and roll.  Perhaps no artist in history has inspired bigger names – among them
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Things You Didn’t Know About The Drifters

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Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records may very well be the true founder of The Drifters Ertegun was the driving force behind Atlantic’s success with Solomon Burke, Ruth Brown, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett.  He convinced Crosby, Stills and Nash to join up with Neil Young.  He discovered The
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Do You Know How These Classic Groups Got Their Names?

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The Elegants Before creating the number one hit “Little Star” in 1958, Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa, Frank Tardogno, Carmen Romano, and James Moschello were just local kids harmonizing in South Beach, Staten Island. Like many street corner groups of the time, this group would perform informally on local street corners and the boardwalk near their
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Doo Wopp Love from Non-Doo Wopp Artists

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10 (Non-Doo Wopp) Artists Who’ve Publicly Proclaimed Their Love for Doo Wopp 1.  Robert Plant is forever enshrined in hard rock history as Led Zepplin’s wailing frontman.  However, not many know that Plant was a big fan of doo wopp – particularly, the Capris.  When Rhino was churning out the “Doo Wop Box” series, A&R VP
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Teddy Scott, G-Clefts Singer, Dies at 82

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©2018 Todd Baptista        (photo above- Ilanga, Teddy Scott, Ray Gipson, Christian Scott, Timothy Scott) Teddy Scott,  baritone and founding member of the G-Clefs who scored national hits during the early rock’n’roll era with “Ka-Ding Dong” and “I Understand” died at his home in Arlington, Massachusetts on Saturday morning, October 27, 2018 at
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Gary Puckett

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Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Gary Puckett & the Union Gap tore up charts in the late sixties and continue to tour internationally to this day. Catch Gary in concert:  04/15/23 – Dearborn, MI  +  09/16/23 – N Tonawanda, NY Here are… 6 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Gary Puckett Gary has performed on
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Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin dead at 76 The Queen of Soul and the woman who Rolling Stone Magazine called “the greatest singer of all time”, has died.  Aretha Franklin was 76 years old.  Aretha Franklin dead at 76. At first, there were unconfirmed rumors of serious illness.  Shortly after, Franklin’s press rep revealed Franklin to be “seriously
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Recent Articles & Interviews

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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Recent News

A Capitol Fourth features The Beach Boys and The Four Tops

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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