Number 1 Hits.. “Lonely Boy”Paul Anka “A Big Hunk O Love”Elvis Presley “The Three Bells”The Browns “Sleep Walk”Santo And Johnny “Mack The Knife”Bobby Darin “Mr. Blue”The Fleetwoods “Heartaches By The Number”Guy Mitchell “Why”Frankie Avalon “El Paso”Marty … [Read more...]
Music 1970
1970 was a year of change for the music world with some endings and some notable beginnings: The Endings The Beatles broke upDavy Jones quit The MonkeesThe Dave Clark Five split upSimon and Garfunkel went their separate waysDiana Ross left the SupremesEric Clapton left Blind FaithRandy Bachman left The Guess Who for Bachman-Turner Overdrive Joni Mitchell retired from … [Read more...]
Music 1980
This was the year that Phil Collins went solo and Led Zeppelin officially broke up after the death of drummer Jon Bonham. It was also the year that John Lennon died, shot and killed outside the Dakota apartment building in New York City by Mark David Chapman. The first reports of the shooting were broadcast on ABC, in the middle of Monday Night Football. John Lennon was 40 … [Read more...]
Music 1995
The Grammy Awards Honoring the music of 1994.. Record of the Year: Sheryl Crow & Bill Bottrell “All I Wanna Do” Album of the Year: Tony Bennett & David Kahne, MTV Unplugged Song of the Year: Bruce Springsteen writers of “Streets of Philadelphia” Best New Artist: Sheryl Crow … [Read more...]
Music 1937
A light went out in 1937 in American Popular Music. George Gershwin died of a brain tumor. He was about two months shy of his 39th birthday. Gershwin’s compositions ranged from the classical to jazz to opera, from “Rhapsody in Blue” to “Strike Up the Band!” to “Porgy and Bess”. Brother Ira wrote the lyrics for their many songs, … [Read more...]