This article isn’t about pianos or guitars. The instruments that I’m writing this article about may be well known to some, yet at the same time, completely unknown to others. These instruments have been utilized by many musicians since their recent inception; you’ve probably heard them in quite a lot of songs, but wouldn’t recognize ...
Cobbled together for a television program, The Monkees were not a real band. That did not stop them from entertaining millions of people and putting out some fantastic music. The Monkees used the top session musicians and took full of advantage of their access to the best songwriters of the day, including Carole King, Gerry ...
The Monkees are a fascinating pop-culture phenomenon. Inspired by The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night, producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider developed a TV series about four young men trying to make it as a rock ‘n’ roll band. In the trades they placed a notice for “Folk & Roll Musicians-Singers for acting roles” and ...
Celebrities capture the public’s imagination. We live their lives vicariously through the publicity they receive. We celebrate their birthdays, marriages, and children. We get upset by their accidents, illnesses, and divorces. And we mourn when they die. Compared to previous years, fewer incredibly famous celebrities died in 2012 but a few were still memorable or ...
The 1960’s was a great time in American music. A lot of great artists released music and many of those songs are still listened to today. Those same musicians shaped the way that that music is today and inspired almost every time of music we listen to. I wasn’t alive during the 60’s, but that ...
Brooklyn born Neil Leslie Diamond began his singing career with the folk group, The Roadrunners, between 1954 and 1956. While a senior at NYU, studying medicine, Diamond was offered a songwriting position, by a publishing company, for fifty dollars a week. In 1962, Neil Diamond signed a recording contract with Columbia Records, but failed to ...
The first three Shrek films have sold more than 4 million copies combined according to TheWrap.com and this one figures to be a big seller on iTunes or at Wal-Mart. In addition to songs with singing and lyrics the soundtrack for the final chapter in Shrek’s saga will feature audio clips from the movie with ...
I was browsing through the discount CDs at a local department store, hoping to find something to satisfy my recent bout with nostalgia. Most of the 60s and 70s CDs available were ones that I had already purchased over the years. I was surprised to see several of them, having been albums that sold millions ...
Neil Armstrong had just taken his “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” Woodstock rocked a New York farm, but for me, nothing compared to seeing my idols on stage. I was 15, dizzy with Davy’s voice in my head, and terribly in love with all things: The Monkees. I can’t help ...
