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48 years ago today, Bob Dylan’s Desire hits #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and will remain there for five weeks. My original copy, still in the shrink wrap with the sticker: While some of Dylan’s most famous songs can be found here, the album has largely been ignored from his live shows since 1976.…
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He’d begun writing the song in late 1969, while on tour in Denmark with Delaney & Bonnie’s band, along with Eric Clapton and Billy Preston. The initial inspiration came from The Edwin Hawkins Singers recording of “Oh Happy Day,” not The Chiffons’ “He’s So Fine,” despite the well-documented 20+ years of legal wrangling associated with…
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58 years ago today, the first session for what would be the opening track on Pet Sounds, the legendary “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” The backing track, produced by Brian Wilson and completed on the first session at Gold Star Studios, features none of The Beach Boys. The opening harp-like music was played by Jazz legend…
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Some live albums and tracks aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Not that some are bad, but some aren’t all that live. Take for example the hugely successful Alive! by KISS. Four shows were recorded and found to be largely unusable. Other than Peter Criss’ drums, all vocals, guitars and bass were overdubbed with…
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I love 45’s. And I love One-Hit Wonders. Today is a big day for One-Hit Wonders (OHW). Half of the ultimate OHW, Rick Evans, was born 81 years ago today. He of Zager and Evans. This is the only OHW song to hit #1 in both the US and UK. There are various definitions of…
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Her story is so well documented, there really isn’t much to add. But letting the day go without acknowledging Dolly Parton’s 78th Birthday today in unallowable. I am an unabashed fan. She is the composer of more than 3,000 songs. She has 44 Top 10 Country albums. 110 charted singles. She can lay claim to…
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The first version of “The Air That I Breathe” is by the man who wrote it. Albert Hammond released it on his debut album It Never Rains in California. Hammond’s version wasn’t a single, but the second version was. It was recorded by the great Phil Everly, and released on his debut solo album, Star…
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57 years ago today, for a fee of approximately $42.00, classical musician David Mason plays one of the most famous solos in recorded history: the piccolo trumpet on “Penny Lane.” The song was intended for Sgt. Pepper, but in would instead become half of the greatest Double-A side single of all time, paired with “Strawberry…
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Released 67 years ago on Specialty Records, recorded at Cossimo Matasa’s J&M Music in New Orleans at 838 – 840 N. Rampart Street, Little Richard’s seminal “Lucille.” Richard had a fair claim to truly being the creator of Rock and Roll. But he also had the cream of the crop backing him up at the…
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Born 115 years ago today in Chicago, the tremendous Eugene Bertram GENE Krupa. He was seemingly destined for a life in the priesthood, if his parents had any say in it. His 1st gig came at age 18, joining the band of Thelma Terry’s, the first American jazz band to be lead by a woman.…
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