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On this day in 1989, "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler started its run at #1 on the US singles chart. Enjoy her live video performance at The Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool UK for the Queen:

Steely Dan's EVERYTHING MUST GO album is ten years old today! Here is a video of one of their singles off the album, titled "Things I Miss The Most":

I don't know why the Thompson Twins have been forgotten. They emerged on to the American scene with the exquisite "In The Name Of Love"... We've got to stop right here. This was a KROQ staple. Long before the Pasadena...

On this day in 1969, Joni Mitchell appeared on the first ABC TV Johnny Cash Show along with Bob Dylan. From Ryman Auditorium in Nashville here is a clip of Joni and Johnny as a duet performing "I Still Miss...

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. Atlantic had settled into a label by three chieftains of Ahmet’s liking. Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi...

Metallica's ST. ANGER album is ten years old today. Here's the video for the title song, wherein the band follows in Johnny Cash's footsteps to play at San Quentin:

Are you dignified and old? Do you like holidays in the sun, or do you prefer poisoning pigeons in the park? Either way it’s ecstasy. Lou Reed told me so.

On this day in 1976, the Sex Pistols had their first out-of-the-city performance at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. This was a huge moment for the band and Morrissey along with Peter Hook (pre-Joy Division) were in the crowd to...

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. Finding a Treasure in Memphis R&B was Atlantic’s theme in New York, 1959, but other...