ALLAN SHERMAN: WEIRD AL’S FOUNDING ‘FADDAH’
Allan Sherman, a pudgy TV game show producer, dominated the pre-Beatles record charts with a string of hit...
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FRED NEIL: THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE
In 1969, as his most famous song, ‘Everybody’s Talkin’”, was dominating pop charts, Fred Neil (1936-2001) was working...
TIGHTEN UP: ARCHIE BELL TAPS INTO A TIMELESS GROOVE
Like a much-needed vaccine of good-time dance music during the darkest days of 1968, Archie Bell’s “Tighten Up”...
I FOUGHT THE LAW: FROM SONNY CURTIS TO THE CLASH
Sonny Curtis threw down a musical gauntlet known as “I Fought The Law” in 1958 and a legion...
BADFINGER: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF ‘THE NEXT BEATLES’
Signed to Apple with direct hands-on help from all of the Beatles, particularly Paul (who gave them “Come...
GOING FOR BAROQUE: THE LEFT BANKE STORY
With the death of Tom Finn last month, all four original members (Finn, Michael Brown, George Cameron, Steve...
JONI MITCHELL: A RECKLESS DAUGHTER’S BRILLIANT JOURNEY
Joni Mitchell was a “folk singer” for two years, but she has been an artistic badass for more...