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Today we celebrate the birthday of Bob Gaudio, who was born in the Bronx back in 1942 and went on earn tremendous fame as a songwriter and member of the Four Seasons. Gaudio had already found success before teaming up...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the original release of The Doors’ sophomore album, STRANGE DAYS, which first arrived in record stores on September 25, 1967. To commemorate the occasion, Rhino has just reissued the album in a 50th...

45 years ago this month, James Taylor released his fourth studio album, an LP which provided him with his third consecutive top-5 album on the Billboard 200. Recorded variously at A&R Recording in New York City, Clover Records in Los...

44 years ago today, the ABC TV program The Midnight Special aired a very special episode, one which – unlike the majority of the series’ installments – centered around a longform performance by a single artist: David Bowie. The episode...

Not enough people anymore buy music in order to be pummeled. Some do, to be sure; Slayer, Mastodon and others like them remain quite popular among people who enjoy a good auditory beating. It's just not the same, though, as...

A new era in the history of Stone Temple Pilots began last night in Los Angeles, when the band took to the stage of the Troubadour for a private show and introduced the audience of the iconic nightclub to their...

Earlier this year, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first of those two albums, LEAVE HOME, and later this month we’re celebrating the 40thanniversary of the other one, ROCKET TO RUSSIA. On November 24th, Rhino is issuing ROCKET TO...

45 years ago this year, the horn-driven dynamos known as Tower of Power released their second full-length album, an effort which put singer Rick Stevens in the spotlight from start to finish. When Tower of Power released their debut album...

Did you ever hear the one about the Everly Brothers’ hit single that was the only songwriting collaboration between two of the most successful pop composers of the latter half of the twentieth century? In 1961. Howard Greenfield and Carole...