It's only September. The big day is still five weeks away but even now, John Lennon's 70th birthday is big news. And if you think the hype is big now, just "imagine" what it will be like in October.
August 29 – September 4BIRTHS ... DEATHS ... EVENTS With Photos and Rock & Roll Factoids You May Not Recognize The Face
But You DEFINITELY Know Her NameThe Details Are InsideThe Answer To The Song Challenge Is Inside Too THE ROCK & ROLL MEMORY MAGAZINE
So Are We Subtitled 'Sometimes Surveys Really Suck'
Greatest lists of anything are always sure to spark controversy since they are so subjective but a new list from VH1 is guaranteed to make sparks fly, or as shown above, make people laugh out loud.
Rolling Stone magazine has for the first time rated the greatest 100 Beatles' songs. Care to know the song they selected as the best? You have to look inside.
Inside you will find a demo from 1965. The guy on lead vocal became very famous, but while very few music fans recall him as a vocalist, they do remember him for his work as a keyboardist.
In our humble opinion, he was a better singer than the guy who fronted the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band that both (and two others) were in.
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The answer is in this week's This Week In Rock & Roll History column.
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August 22 – 28BIRTHS ... DEATHS ... EVENTS With Photos And Rock & Roll Factoids This British Drummer Easily Outdistanced Ringo Starr For #1 Hits
The Details Are Inside THE ROCK & ROLL MEMORY MAGAZINE
August 15 – 21BIRTHS ... DEATHS ... EVENTS With Photos and Rock & Roll Factoids The Week Elvis Waved Farewell
And 20 Others Joined Him THE ROCK & ROLL MEMORY MAGAZINE
Drummer Richard 'Richie' Hayward, one of the founding members of Little Feat, passed away on August 12th from complications of liver cancer. He was 64.
August 8 – 14BIRTHS ... DEATHS ... EVENTS With Photos and Rock & Roll Factoids It Was A Nice Week To Take A WalkThe Details Are Inside THE ROCK & ROLL MEMORY MAGAZINE
Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, a legendary funk guitarist who lent his considerable talent to James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsy's Rubber Band, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66.
With the upcoming anniversary of the 'Abbey Road' album cover photo shoot in mind, we want to know your opinion on the Best Beatles British Album Cover.
Forget the music inside each one of those albums (because it was all good) and focus instead on the cover. Take a peek inside and then vote in the survey on the left side of the home page.
Singer Bobby Hebb, whose tune Sunny put him on the international music map, has died after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 72.
Family members said Hebb died Tuesday morning at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, the city where Hebb was born and spent part of his career.
A British auction house is offering a piano from London’s Abbey Road Studios that was featured on tracks by The Beatles and Pink Floyd.
Auctioneer Bonhams said Monday that the battered Challen upright, scarred by coffee stains and cigarette burns, is expected to fetch between $157,000 and $230,000.
Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records, has died at age 99. His daughter, Margaret Miller Reuther, said Monday that Miller died Saturday in Lenox Hill Hospital after a short illness.
August 1 – 7BIRTHS ... DEATHS ... EVENTS With Photos And Rock & Roll Factoids Can You Name The Song?
The Answer is Inside THE ROCK & ROLL MEMORY MAGAZINE
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