B.B. King was born 83 years ago today as Riley B. King in Mississippi. King is one of the most critically acclaimed guitarists of all time, a good example of that acclaim is when he was ranked as the 3rd greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. King has been extremely influential on [...]

Rick Wright, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 65 (from an undisclosed form of cancer.) Click Here to read the story at the BBC website. Wright was Pink Floyd’s keyboardist and he was also a songwriter. He wrote parts of such Pink Floyd classic albums as Meddle, [...]

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Filming began for The Beatles 3rd film, Magical Mystery Tour, on September 11th of 1967. The film was first shown on BBC in the UK on December 26, 1967 in black & white. It received very poor reviews at the time but has become something of a cult classic due to it’s weirdness and the [...]

Check This Out: Do you think that John McCain or Sarah Palin has even heard of Wilco? While it’s not a good reason to vote for him (but the issues are) Barack Obama is clearly the most groovy Presidential candidate to come along in quite some time. So uh, rock the vote. REGISTER TO VOTE.

After a 20 year career Stevie Wonder had his first #1 UK (as a solo artist) with “I Just Called to Say I Love You” on September 8, 1984. It stayed at #1 in the UK for 6 weeks. It also reached #1 many other countries including the United States. Great Stevie Wonder songs like [...]

Aerosmith had their first (and only) #1 single in the US 10 years ago today with “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” (featured on the Armageddon soundtrack.) It stayed at #1 for four weeks. It’s pretty sad that after a long career which included some pretty good songs, Aerosmith finally got a #1 single [...]

Last night’s vile performance by Sarah Palin (George W. Bush in a skirt) made me think of this 2006 song by Neil Young, “Let’s Impeach The President.” Check it out:

Oasis’ 7th studio album, Dig Out Your Soul, is due out on October 6, 2008 in the UK and the next day in the US. Track Listing: 1. “Bag It Up” 2. “The Turning” 3. “Waiting for the Rapture” 4. “The Shock of the Lightning” (first single.) 5. “I’m Outta Time” 6. “(Get Off Your) [...]

On September 1, Tina Turner had her first (and only) #1 US single with “What’s Love Got to Do with It.” It stayed at #1 on the charts for three weeks. It was also a #1 single in Australia & Canada. This song won the 1985 Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Song of [...]