50s - 60s Pop Music
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A Review of Colin Blunstone's One Year
The Zombies had been one of the most innovative bands of the late 1960s. When they split towards the end of the decade, Blunstone recorded the now classic One Year.
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A Different Kind of Beatles Tribute
Barbershop quartet Storm Front revisions Beatles tunes in a capella arrangements remarkably faithful to the original tunes.
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Beatlemania Hits in Electronic Form
The Beatles Rock Band shows that the fab four are still musically and economically viable forty years after their demise.
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A Review of the Beatles' Revolver Album
Revolver is considered by many not only to be the Beatles' finest album, but also the greatest album of all time by anyone. It remains an album with the power to amaze.
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A Review of the Beatles' Rubber Soul Album
Between the release of the Beatles' previous album, Help! and Rubber Soul the world of music changed. Rubber Soul is the album that marks the move from pop to rock music.
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A Review of the Beatles' Help! CD
Just twelve months after their first film, the Beatles were back on the big screen with a new full colour movie, and a new soundtrack album, Help!
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A Review of the Beatles For Sale Album
1964's Beatles for Sale remains the album that causes most debate among fans and critics, with many thinking it the low point of the group's recording career.
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A Review of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night CD
A Hard Day's Night was the Beatles third album and featured songs from their new film. Released in spring 1964, it was their first album issued after conquering America.
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A Review of the Beatles' With the Beatles Album
The Beatles's Second Album, with its distinctive black and white cover shot, was the LP that proved they were no one hit wonder and marked the beginning of Beatlemania.
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Brian Wilson Presents Smile
Brian Wilson intended to follow Pet Sounds with Smile in 1967, but due to a breakdown the project was shelved for nearly forty years, until its release in 2004.
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Hey Hey, We're The Monkees
Regarded by many as manufactured "bubblegum" pop, The Monkees have stood the test of time and deserve to finally be inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame.
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Beatles First Album and its Different Versions
Released in March 1963 in the UK, Please Please Me was the Beatles' first album. In America the album was known as The Early Beatles and had a different track listing.
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Rosemary Clooney, An Enduring Girl Singer
Rosemary Clooney's smooth, rich, vocal styling and her saucy, comedic phrasing captivated Jazz and Pop music audiences for over fifty-seven years.
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Peter Tork Goes Back To School
On May 29th, Peter Tork's former high school welcomed him back as they celebrated their anniversary. Tork meanwhile, had a special celebration of his own.
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Peter Tork's Hope On Project
Diagnosed with a rare head and neck cancer called Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Peter talks to me about his new Hope On Project to raise money for ACC research.
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An Interview With Peter Tork
Diagnosed with a rare head and neck cancer called Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Peter talks to me about his illness and recovery.
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Album Review – Scott 4 by Scott Walker
After the success of his first three solo albums, Scott Walker released his first album of all original material. Though a financial failure, it was an artistic success.
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Album Review – Scott 3 by Scott Walker
Following the bombastic pomp and orchestration of Scott and Scott 2, Scott Walker returns not only more melancholy, but more reliant on his original compositions.
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Elvis Presley, Girls and Sex
Elvis, reputedly, had sex with many women, including some of his co-stars. However, his heart belonged to his mother Gladys, and other relationships did not compare.
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Six Trivia Facts about Elvis Presley
The legendary Elvis Presley had to make a start somewhere. These trivia facts deal with his birth, first guitar, first band, and the image he created to become the King.
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The Beach Boys Today! Album Review
Brian Wilson firmly took control of the Beach Boys with The Beach Boys Today! and added new depth to the band's sound.
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Former Monkee Peter Tork Battles Cancer
60's TV star and Pop Icon Peter Tork has rare form of head and neck cancer, but remains optimistic and says his prognosis is good.
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Abbey Road's Medley
Side two of The Beatles' Abbey Road crystallizes many of the aspects that made them the greatest rock band of all time
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The Beatles Bid Adieu
The last album recorded by The Beatles, Abbey Road, offers each member an opportunity to comment on their collective experience
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Abbey Road Revisited
Abbey Road, although an enormous critical and commercial success, takes on new significance when re-examined as a final farewell from The Beatles
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