Music In The 1960s
Who Was In The Rat Pack? Sinatra's Vegas Crew, Explaine...
February 15, 2019
Sammy Davis Jr. (1925 - 1990, left) as Charles Salt and Peter Lawford (1923 - 1984), as Christopher Pepper in 'One More Time', directed by Jerry Lewis, 1969. (P...
100 Top Male Singers Of The '50s, '60s, And '70s Who Ch...
February 13, 2019
Musical tastes change, but influence lasts forever. A list of the top 100 male singers of the '50s, '60s and '70s that shaped music history pulls in artists ...
Johnny Cash: True Stories Of The Wildman In Black
February 1, 2019
Johnny Cash at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1966. (Getty/Photo by Jan Olofsson/Redferns) Even among rough-and-tumble country singers, few lived a life as eventful...
How Laurel Canyon Became Rock Star Central In The 1960s...
January 30, 2019
'The Hollywood Vampires' (L-R -- John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Alice Cooper and Micky Dolenz) and Anne Murray celebrate an early Thanksgiving at the Troubadour...
“Where The Boys Are”: The Novel, The Movie, And The Son...
October 2, 2018
Prior to 1960, few college students used their week off from school in the springtime, typically around Easter, to travel to warm, sunny beaches to party...
Kris Kristofferson: More Than Just a Famed Musician!
October 1, 2018
Kris Kristofferson On Stage American musician and actor Kris Kristofferson plays guitar as he performs onstage, Chicago, Illinois, July 29, 1987. (Photo by Paul Natki...
Simon & Garfunkel's 'Mrs. Robinson:' Where Did You Go, ...
March 20, 2018
Simon & Garfunkel's song "Mrs. Robinson" is almost inseparable from the 1967 film The Graduate, in which it appears. Mrs. Robinson is one of the main charact...
The Song 'The House of the Rising Sun' Predates New Orl...
March 2, 2018
CIRCA 1964: Rock and Roll band 'The Animals' pose for a promotional photo circa 1964. Left to right: John Steel, Alan Price, Eric Burdon, Chas Chandler and Hilt...
Top 100 Female Singers Of The '50s, '60s, And '70s
January 30, 2018
Circa 1955: American singer and actor Rosemary Clooney (1928 - 2002) sings and dances in a ballroom or on a stage, accompanied by a pianist and a band. (Photo by Hulton...
One Hit Wonders of the 1960’s
September 13, 2017
Have you ever wondered about what became of all of those true one-hit wonders? One-hit wonder, meaning artists who had a song go to #1 on the Billboard pop charts and then disappeared into...
