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On this day in 1966, "When A Man Loves A Woman" by Percy Sledge started a two-week streak at #1 on the US singles chart. The song was initially an instrumental with no title or lyrics. Percy was known to...

Not the band, THE ALBUM! Then again, it was the band. The cognoscenti tell you it's all about the first, with "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and those songs other people covered, like "Heaven Is In Your Mind" and "Coloured Rain." But...

On this day in 1970, Grateful Dead performed at "The Hollywood Rock Music Festival" in England, their first outside of US gig. Watch the slideshow video of their performance below. Don't forget to catch their latest release May 1977. Learn...

On this day in 1960, "Cathy's Clown" by the Everly Brothers started a five week run at #1 on the US singles chart. The single ran for another 2 weeks, becoming their biggest and final hit single. Here they are...

Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. 7 Arts’ executive in charge of deals – Eliot Hyman -- having met with the...

Have we got the songs? Is a frog’s ass watertight?!? Yes and yes. Gather round the ol’ listenin’ post and hear Judy Collins, Joy Division, Emmylou Harris, Frank Sinatra and a few words from the late, great Ray Manzarek.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. Mo Ostin kept at his job as head of Warner Bros. Records. His job: keep...

This day in 1982, The Hacienda Club in Machester England, open its doors for the first time to the public. Madonna made her first UK TV debut at the venue. It was also home for many artists such as The...

From The Doors official Facebook page: Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, passed away today at 12:31PM PT at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. At...