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Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. Earlier this week we explored the history of liner notes and dipped into some excerpts...

In theaters this summer, a tale of romance, intrigue and slick studio jams…Donald Fagen stars as The Nightfly! Be on the lookout for cameo appearances by Dionne Warwick, Foghat, Television and Christopher Cross. Get in on the action and, remember...

In 1977, Fleetwood Mac's iconic single "Dreams" made it to #1 on the US singles chart. Despite having a multi-platinum selling album, "Dreams" was their first and only US #1 on The Billboard Hot 100. You can now get a...

On this day in 1966, Percy Sledge and Frank Sinatra took over the top 5 UK Singles chart with "When A Man Loves A Woman" and "Strangers In The Night" respectively. Here is Frank Sinatra with his #1 hit "Strangers...

Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. With the invention of multi-song collections (back c. 1910 or so), the term “album” came...

On this day in 1965, The Kinks played for a U.S. audience for the first time at the Academy of Music in New York City. Here they are that same year performing "All Day And All Of The Night" for...

“Reckoning was a chance to turn up the volume, tear up the rule book, and instead capture R.E.M.’s on-stage mojo.” – Don Dixon (producer, Reckoning) My relationship with Reckoning began roughly 23 years ago via a dubbed cassette copy I...

Aretha Franklin's ARETHA NOW is 45 years old today. Among the songs immortalized by the Queen of Soul on that album is “You Send Me.”

I know, I know, we're supposed to like David Lee Roth Van Halen better, and I do, but... That does not mean that Sammy's version of the band was no good... So Dave thinks he's a star, a veritable one...