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62 years ago today, one of the most famous nightclubs in the world – and certainly the most famous nightclub in Liverpool – opened its doors for the first time. Opened by Alan Sytner, The Cavern Club came into existence...

54 years ago this month, Trini Lopez released his seventh album for Reprise Records, an LP which found him embracing the folk movement…although you probably guessed that from the title. Born in Dallas, Texas, Lopez’s initial foray into a music...

Hey, everybody, it’s Tuesday, so you know what that means! Huh? You don’t know what that means?! Well, criminey, we just posted about this last Tuesday, so that would seem to imply that either you’re not checking out Rhino.com as...

Today we celebrate the birthday of Don Glen Vliet, who later changed his name to Don Van Vlient, but he’s better known to most music fans as Captain Beefheart. To commemorate the occasion, we thought we’d spotlight the good Captain...

53 years ago today, David Robert Jones released his first single under the pseudonym he would utilize from then on: “David Bowie.” Penned by Bowie and recorded at London’s Pye Studios with Tony Hatch producing, “Can’t Help Thinking About Me”...

45 years ago today, Carly Simon released her fourth studio album, an LP which subsequently became one of the best-selling albums of her career, thanks at least partially to the duet she performed with her then-husband, James Taylor. Produced by...

Back in September 2018, Rhino celebrated the 50 th anniversary of The Doors’ third album, and oh how the band’s fans rejoiced. Well, most of them, anyway. Granted, there were some who didn’t have enough of a cash influx to...

Today we celebrate the birthday of one Roderick David Stewart, a gentleman known to his friends, fans, and damned near everyone else as Rod. To commemorate the occasion, we thought we’d take a look back at one of his most...

30 years ago today, Emmylou Harris released an album which – as the title of this column suggests – you oughta know…and if you already know it, well, that’s okay, this’ll just remind you that you haven’t revisited it in...