Ricky Nelson would have turned 68 today, had he not been killed in a plane crash on January 1, 1985. Here he is singing “It’s Late” on Ozzie and Harriet. The song peaked on the charts at #9 in 1959.
With a slew of new Peggy Lee releases due out later this month, I’ve been listening to the upcoming Lee releases and drawn back to one of my other personal favorites, Judy Garland. Miss Garland often said how much she…
As a long time music collector in my thirties, I’ve always had an appreciation for what I like to call “pure vocalists”–singers who seem to be able to belt out any song and make it their own. This talented group…
As a long time music collector, it is always impossible for me to come up with one of those “Twenty-Five Best Albums of All Time,” type lists that magazines, blogs and other media outlets are so fond of creating. While…
I found this clip of Dusty Springfield singing the classic Temptations hit “Get Ready” and had to post it. Someone emailed me recently asking if her version of “Get Ready” was available on CD. I haven’t been able to find…
If you’ve seen those new Mac Air commercials you’ve heard the airy tune accompanying the ultra-thin laptops as they take their marketing now for the world. The song, “New Soul is sung by the 29-year-old Yael Naïm. Born in Paris…
After Helio Sequence had toured through the United States and Europe in 2004 with Modest Mouse, Blonde Redhead, Kings of Leon and Secret Machines the duo of Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel was at a crossroads. According to Helio Sequence’s…
Just A Little Lovin’ finds Lynne taking on songs from Dusty Springfield’s 1969 classic, Dusty in Memphis. Ranked number 89 on Rolling Stone Magazines list of the top 500 albums of all time in 2005, Dusty in Memphis is considered…
Having suffered through the train wreck that was the movie version of Xanadu so many years ago, I expected Xanadu On Broadway: The Original Broadway Cast Recording to bring back bad memories of kitsch and the sad, downward trajectory of…
As the Grammy® awards get ready to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with its annual awards show to air February 10, 2008 on CBS, Shout factory has released the 7 CD Ultimate Grammy® Collection. The set consists of Contemporary R&B, Contemporary…