Despite the fact that "Hound Dog" is usually solely associated with Elvis Presley's mega hit in 1956, Big Mama Thornton also had success with this Lieber and Stoller tune three years earlier. Her she does a rousing rendition in 1965, with a young Buddy Guy, recently showcased here , by her side on guitar. Thornton also had a 1961 hit with her original composition "Ball and Chain,"...
When Christians think small: Mass. woman sees image of Jesus on her iron Associated Press Metheun, Mass. -- A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good." Mary Jo Coady first noticed the image Sunday when she walked into her daughter's room. The...
I want a Barbie doll for Christmas. I know this means I'm getting expelled from the Tomboys of America Club and I'll have to turn in my "Some feminists do have a sense of humor" button, but I don't...
Recordings by the Beach Boys, Bob Marley, Janis Joplin, James Brown and the Doors are among the songs that have been named as the 2010 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame, reports rollingstone.com. Twenty-five recordings from various genres will be added to the Hall, which currently includes 851 songs altogether. Songs are eligible 25 years after [...]
By: Ron Hart It's too easy to become jaded with Nirvana, especially if you went to high school or college during the short period they ruled the world in the early 1990s. The rampant manufacturing of Kurt Cobain's image and legacy by mainstream America has been nauseatingly on par with that of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison (all of whom also died at the age of 27yes, yes we all know)....
The Recording Academy in the United States announced its newest additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame on November 25, adding 25 singles and albums to a list that now includes 851 titles. Inductees for 2010 range from 1923's "Dipper Mouth Blues" by King Oliver & His Jazz Band to 1977's "Birdland" by Weather Report.
LOS ANGELES -- The Doors' "Riders On The Storm" and the Beach Boys' "California Girls" are among 25 recordings being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
The newest additions to the roster of Grammy Hall of Fame recordings remind music fans that a kiss is still a kiss, I wish they all could be California girls and to Shake it up, baby!
[Artwork by ALEX FINE] BY JONATHAN VALANIA It all started, for me anyway, at Brooke Sietinsons‘ walk-up loft/hobbit hole on Second Street, somewhere in that OK Corral-esque strip between the Standard Tap and the 700 Club. Even though she no longer lives there, the exact location will have to remain a secret because, technically speaking, L&I [...]
This is an American celebration. That it was short lived, like a July 4th fireworks, is meaningless. It was a cosmic explosion. A transcendental experience.
Your online will is constructed to help your family sort out the disposal of your estate when you’ve gone. Whilst yours may be simple, here are one or two with some quirks to them. Bunny Bonanza, Houdini’s Will ExtravaganzaIt makes sense to make a will. All of us realize that, but actually doing it seems [...]
Sass Jordan who Billboard once named as Female Rock Artist of the Year, and who once portrayed Janis Joplin in the off Broadway production of [I]Love Janis[/I], appeared in concert as she released her new CD [I]from Dusk 'Til Dawn [/I]Read the review of her spectacular performance Review of Rock singer / songwriter Sass Jordan's concert: http://www.rivetingriffs.com/sass_jordan.htm