ClearysNoteBook (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
By Sara Martino Dennis and Tammy Galligan were seeking a new venture when they noticed that the property at 200 S. Broadway was for sale. Not really knowing what a gold mind they were landing,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/02/2008
New York - Fats Domino, who turns 80 on Tuesday, came within a hair of losing his life in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Rescued by helicopter as the flood waters reached the roof of his house in New Orleans, the legendary blues singer and rock ...
Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 23/02/2008
OK, here is how the meme starts: Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle. Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing. Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" and "Hound Dog" inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of Giddy Up A Ding Dong and Hound Dog inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
LAS VEGAS - Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" and "Hound Dog" inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.Bell died late Sunday in a Las Vegas hospital of complications from cancer, said his publicist Norm Johnson.Bell was performing at the Sands casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in the mid-1950s when...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
LAS VEGAS -- Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" and "Hound Dog" inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
From 1982 to 1995 I hosted a radio show at WPKN in Bridgeport, Connecticut. WPKN ("The Purple Knight Network") is non-commercial and listener-supported, not unlike a certain radio station here in Jersey City. It's located on the second floor of...
SongsWithoutWhich (Free subscription) | 01/02/2008
Back in the day, music was simple to understand. Your grandparents simply had "music," which usually referred to Brylreemed crooners singing the sort of song that brought to mind cardigans, hot chocolate and a crackling fire. After Bill Haley there was "music" and there was "rock 'n roll." Bob Dylan popped up and we had to add "folk." Someone paid attention to what was going on in the US and reluctantly,...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
'Lonnie Donegan was as important as Elvis Presley'. Discuss. This was the view of music writer C P Lee on tonight's BBC Four programme on pop music in the 1950s - part of its pop music series. Influential in his way as he undoubtedly was in the UK, this is a fairly ludicrous statement, but the analysis of the 50s scene was mildly interesting. The programme featured clips of Eddie Cochran, Bill Haley,...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/12/2007
Lou ("Lightning Strikes") Christie leads a roll call of classic names lining the bill for these holiday-music performances. Also on tap: Bill Haley's Original Comets, Little Peggy March and the Marcels. A matinee is at 4 p.m.; evening performance is at 8. Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave., Dearborn. 313-943-2354. $27-$67. By Brian McCollum
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 18/11/2007
If you're a regular visitor here on Sleepy Sundays, you know Sleepy LaBeef, national treasure, covers just about everything under the sun. Some are obscure. Some you know well. Today's tune is one of the latter. When you think of “Me and Bobby McGee,” you probably think first of Janis Joplin and then, perhaps, of Kris [...]
Time Has Told Me (Free subscription) | 16/11/2007
Tom Russell " Hotwalker " 2005 brujo said... Hi here is one from Tom Russell you may enjoy (Hot Walker) Songwriter Tom Russell has long been possessed by the ghosts and places of history, big and small, from William Faulkner and outlaw Claude Dallas to Jack Johnson, Little Willie John and Bill Haley , from Manzanar to Begenfield. There are also dozens of nameless, faceless denizens barely hanging...
iLounge (Free subscription) | 15/11/2007
Music uplifts, inspires, commiserates, and comforts. In fact, the ability to create -- and enjoy -- music is one of the supreme marks of our humanity, setting us firmly in a special place above the rest of the animal kingdom. Music has charms to soothe a savage breast. If music be the food of love, play on. Let's face the music and dance. Blah blah blah high-toned introduction blah blah blah.Anyway,...
Shadowscope (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
Thirteen Songs on My Cell Phone Sort of a simple list of thirteen, but they are some of my favorite songs. (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets. A bit before my time but...
