Paul Wheatbread, the drummer for the 1960s hit-making pop group Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, has died. A GoFundMe set up ...
With a sheen of nostalgia on them, the three 1960s pop songs feel like pure art. When they were released, these tracks were hit-worthy but too current to be considered classics. Now that they have ...
Between 1959 and 1964, Midtown Manhattan was the nerve center of the American pop music industry. Inside just a few square blocks near Times Square, the so-called “Brill Building Sound” flourished, ...
1960s pop music was such a singular blend of rock, folk, soul, and jazz that few decades can compare, but these contemporary artists make the 2020s come pretty close. From their rich vocal harmonies ...
Before The Supremes and The Ronettes, there was The Shirelles, and their recording of Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” is, in a word, perfect. It was the first ...
1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The first female singer to chart a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, she sold over 40 million records... 1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The singer ...
1960s music was almost as popular in the 1980s as it was in the 1960s. During the Reagan years, 1960s songs like The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There” and Petula Clark’s “Downtown” came back with a ...
Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page worked as a session musician before his career really took off. He played on one of the biggest pop songs to come out of the British Invasion. During that session, a pop star ...
1960s pop star Connie Francis has died. The first female singer to chart a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, she sold over 40 million records before the age of 25. Connie Francis fixes her hair ...