Click on the link here for Audio Player: Leo Marjane- Le Refraine De La Pluie – 1941 Something completely different tonight. 40’s French Torch singers. Leo Marjane was hugely popular in France in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Her career came to an abrupt halt in July of 1944 when she
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ann Peebles – Walk Away – 1969 Switching gears a bit and heading into Memphis Soul territory. Ann Peebles is probably best known for her 1973 smash hit I Can’t Stand The Rain and a string of hits since. Tonight it’s her
Click on the link here for Audio Player:The Dovers – The Third Eye – 1966 If I stopped posting music by bands that made it, that had hit records, that became household names, and just concentrated on the overlooked, underrated or simply ignored, there would be enough material to sustain
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Part One: La Scala Philharmonic – Live In Concert – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio PLayer – Part Two: La Scala Philharmonic – Live In Concert – Part 2 Over to Torino again this week, for a
Click on the link here for Audio Player: KMPC – Dick Whittinghill – June 1968 As strange as this may seem, this was the other radio format that competed with Top-40 in the 1960’s. It was more middle-of-the-road than straight Pop. It was, for all intents and purposes, Mainstream music.
Click on the link here for Audio player: Dionne Warwick – Walk On By I was very sad to learn earlier today that legendary songwriter and partner to the iconic writing team of Bacharach and David had passed away, the result of a massive stroke Mr. David suffered in March
Click on the link here for audio player: NET- Conservatism – 1970 Before the GOP succumbed to the lunatic fringe, becoming a burned out shell of its former self, there was something of a broader definition of who a conservative actually was – and it ran the gamut from staunch
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Denver – Lo que quieras Continuing our occasional excursion to see what else is going on the world musically, I ran across Dënver, an Indie/Alternative/Electro-pop due from San Felipe Chile, consisting of Mariana Montenegro and Milton Mahan. Tonight’s track, Lo Que Quieras
Click on the link here for audio player: The Who BBC Sessions – 1965-1967 Depending on where you’re reading this, it’s either still August 23rd or already August 24th. In any event, it would be criminal to let a birthday observance go unnocticed of one of the most celebrated drummers
Click on the link here for audio player: News for August 22, 1971 Since August 22nd came on a Sunday in 1971, the news for this day was taken up mostly with looking at the week past and contemplating what was ahead for the coming week. Starting off with news
