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Song of the Week #88 – “I Can’t Explain”
Written by admin on January 9, 2012 – 10:41 am -| The Who’s debut single “I Can’t Explain” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“I Can’t Explain” was released on single in December 1964 in the US and month later in the UK, backed with “Bald Headed Woman.” The song didn’t appear on an album until “Meaty, Beaty, Big And Bouncy” in 1971. |
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Tags: Oscar and the Majestics, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Shel Talmy, The Scorpions, The Who, The Who - I Can't Explain
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Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, Bob Weston, dies aged 64
Written by admin on January 6, 2012 – 5:31 pm -| Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist, Bob Weston, has died at his home in north London after suffering a gastrointestinal hemorrhage. He was 64.
Weston was found on Tuesday after friends became concerned that they had not heard from him for several days. |
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Tags: Bob Weston, Bob Weston death, Fleetwood Mac
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New releases update – January 2012
Written by admin on January 4, 2012 – 7:44 am -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for January.
Highlights for January include:
- “Elvis Country – Legacy Edition” – Jan 3
- a number of releases in the Original Album Classics series from the likes of Johnny Cash, Elvis, Journey, the Byrds, Bob Dylan and David Bowie – Jan 17
- the Doors’ “L.A. Woman – 40th Anniversary Edition” and “Mr. Mojo Risin'” DVD and Blu-ray releases – Jan 24
- Dion DiMucci’s “Tank Full of Blues” – Jan 24
- Leonard Cohen’s “Old Ideas” on CD and vinyl – Jan 31.
Tags: new CDs, new music Blu-rays, new music DVDs, new music releases, new releases
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Musicians we lost in 2011
Written by admin on December 31, 2011 – 8:50 am -As 2011 comes to an end, we remember the singers, songwriters and others who the music industry lost this year.
Tags: music deaths in 2011, stars who died in 2011
Posted in 60s pop, American Rock, British Invasion, Folk, Motown, Rock 'n' roll, Soul | 3 Comments »
History of the UK Christmas Number One
Written by admin on December 22, 2011 – 4:49 pm - |
As the Military Wives take on the X-Factor winners, Little Mix, for this year’s UK Christmas number one single, we look back at the songs that have reached the top spot at Christmas since the inception of the UK singles chart in 1952.* |
Tags: 2 Become 1, Christmas Number One, Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte, I Feel Fine, Mary’s Boy Child, Merry Xmas Everybody, Mistletoe and Wine, Robbie Williams, Slade, Somethin Stupid, Spice Girls, The Beatles
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