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From the Back Room: Early Ray Charles Singers

Most of the substantial Ray Charles Singers content on this blog has come from their stay on the M-G-M label during the 1950s. Shortly before that, they did some recording for Arch...

Ronnie Deauville - The Early Recordings, Vol. 1

Today almost unknown, the gifted vocalist Ronnie Deauville had a short career disrupted by accident and illness. While he was unquestionably a Sinatra disciple, what set him apart...

Born on This Day in 1940, the Youngest Woman Ever To Write a No. 1 Hit (Inspired by Her Breakup With an Everly Brother)

Sharon Sheeley, who wrote songs for Ricky Nelson, Brenda Lee, Glen Campbell, and Eddie Cochran, would have turned 86 today. The post

On This Day in 1970, We Lost the Man Responsible for Making Nashville the Hub of Country Music and Who Worked With Ernes...

Fifty-six years ago today, the producer and record executive who helped shap...

70 Years Ago Today, Gene Vincent Recorded a B-Side That Became a Hit After the A-Side Was Deemed Too Scandalous for Radi...

Born in Virginia 101 Years Ago Today, the “Voice With a Heart” and Bill Monroe’s Sideman Who Co-Founded the Country Musi...

Born on This Day in 1932, the “King of Rockabilly” Whose Songs Were Recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Johnny Ca...

Carl Perkins, king of rockabilly who inspired everyone from Johnny Cash to the Beatles, would have turned 94 today. The post Born on This Day i...

This Legendary Guitarist Might Have Had the World’s First Rock and Roll Stadium Wedding in 1951

Ed Sullivan To Receive The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ahmet Ertegun Award

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has just announced they have given Ed Sullivan the Ahmet Ertegun Award in the non-performing industry professionals who, through their dedicated be...

On This Day in 1959, Buddy Holly Made Music History With This Posthumous No. 1 Hit—Penned by His “Nemesis”

4 Rockers From the 1950s Whose Music We Still Play on Repeat

4 Rockers From the 1950s Whose Music We Still Play on Repeat

Born 111 Years Ago Today in the Big Easy, the Unsung Musical Genius Behind Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and Countless Na...

Bill McElhiney, one of Nashville's most prominent musical arrangers in the 1960s and 1970s, was born May 20, 1915, in New Orleans. The post

Ernie Smith, Jamaican Reggae Legend and Velvet Baritone, Dead at 80

Ernie Smith, the Jamaican singer-songwriter whose deep baritone and easy-listening style made him one of the Caribbean’s most enduring musical voices, died on April 16 at the Unive...

Rediscover Buddy Holly: A Revelatory Edition of His Classic ‘Chirping Crickets’ LP

Buddy Holly and his band released The “Chirping” Crickets, on Nov. 27, 1957, about 14 months before he perished in an Iowa airplane crash. The record, their debut, turned out to be...