From a coupla years after The Beatles left the charts for good to just after the disco years, there was a new “style” that was heavily-promoted — and took early-teen America briefly by storm.
Here’s what happened: by early ‘74, some industry moguls began seeing anything disco, psychedelic or metallic as unappealing to the […]
ATTENTION: ROCKITEERS!! As you know, today’s Ringo Starr’s birthday. And, as you know, he stands for “peace and love”. So, for his birthday, he’s asking this:
AT TWELVE NOON, EVERYBODY TAKE A MOMENT TO FLASH THE “PEACE” SIGN AND SAY,
PEACE AND LOVE
AS LOUD AS YOU’RE ALLOWED!!
Hey … we’ve tried everything else to […]
FROM ME TO YOU
It’s one of everybody’s fave Beatles tunes, and the title sounded original and fresh from the MacLen writing factory. In fact, it was the first Beatles tune to make it big in America … by singer Del Shannon, in mid-1963 –almost a year before the Fab Four hit it over here! […]
WHY THE MUSIC WUZ FAB (& STILL IZ!)
A simple question posed to me over the weekend:
“Why wuz the beatles and british and now fore so poplar?”
Well, besides winnin’ our special prize of a 2008 Merriam-Webster© Dictionary (and please use it!), you’ve asked a ? that’s popped up pretty often in the RelicMail. And the […]
Hey … something big’s gonna be happenin’ here soon! What with The Fore becomin’ more and more in-demand and the oldies rock scene gaining some serious ground on other genres (remember? Both USA Today and Rolling Stone publications are sayin’ that more young people are wantin’ that rather than metal, alt, etc. now), […]
Maybe … just maybe …
Y’see, word’s out that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr (remember them?) are considerin’ re-teaming for recording and/or concerts! Both of these superstars have had enormous successes since the Beatles split, and their tentative reunion will undoubtedly be the most anticipated since the Zep show at O2 last year.
(Incidentally, the latest […]
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