I have been trying to find an email to contact you about a rock a billy group that my grandma sang with in the 40's and if you had any idea how to locate recordings of her singing I might be able to help. What were the names of the group an…
Lane started out as a regular country singer and performed worldly cheating and divorce songs such as "Slippin' Up Slippin' Around" and "I Just Can't Stay Married to You" before moving into contemporary Christian music, so the reference to
Lane started out as a regular country singer and performed worldly cheating and divorce songs such as "Slippin' Up Slippin' Around" and "I Just Can't Stay Married to You" before moving into contemporary Christian music, so the reference to
Joe Dowell, who scored a #1 US pop hit with "Wooden Heart" in 1961, released a number of obscure records after being dropped by Smash Records just two years later, but his rarest album isn't Joe Dowell Sings Folk Songs, the private-label al…
The statement made above that Fats Domino's band, supported by King Curtis provided the backing on "The Stroll" is incorrect. I have read that claim in a number of different places over the years, which seems to have originated from an inte…
As a result of the book and the controversies that followed, Hughes became the topic of many songs in addition to occasionally being mentioned in song lyrics. Sometimes he was referenced indirectly. For example, the R&B group The Hues Corpo…
Steven Spielberg's film Jaws, released in the summer of 1975, was a blockbuster box-office hit. It was the highest-grossing film of all time until Star Wars bested it in 1977, and it inspired a wave of shark-themed novelty songs. A few Jaws…
One of the most spectacular pivots from a terrible idea to a great one occurred with this short-lived Wisconsin record label that was not only called Swastika Records but also prominently featured a swastika symbol in the logo. Existing for…
One of the most spectacular pivots from a terrible idea to a great one occurred with this short-lived Wisconsin record label that was not only called Swastika Records but also prominently featured a swastika symbol in the logo. Existing for…
Beasley made three recordings in her brief recording career, all of which were cut in a Chicago studio for Brunswick Records. The recordings were unadorned, consisting only of Beasley's vocals and a piano that was probably played by fellow
Beasley made three recordings in her brief recording career, all of which were cut in a Chicago studio for Brunswick Records. The recordings were unadorned, consisting only of Beasley's vocals and a piano that was probably played by fellow
Earl Butz served as the Secretary of Agriculture for President Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford, but if you hear his name today, it's probably in reference to an unsavory joke he made in 1976 that cost him his job. This joke, oddly e…