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Some performers who today are household names have gone through their careers without EVER…
I think that most of us, who remember Pete Seeger, think of him as a folk singer -- one of the…
In a recent blog posts, I wrote about Leiber and Stoller. This pair of great early rock and…
Michael Thornton a Tennessee home inspector who participates here at Twin-Pick, the music…
My friend Charles Buell claims that everything he needs to know he learned 40 years ago…
I think that when you look back on the boys who were considered to be the masters of blue-eyed…
In the modern era, the first jazz album to ever reach #1 on the record charts was quite the…
I wonder how many of you remember the Searchers. When I was in grade school the British…
One of the regular Twin-Pick music trivia contestants, Barbara Duncan, had a good suggestion. She…
The Four Seasons were huge hitmakers before the Beatles. I liked them, they really are roots…
In a recent blog post, I wrote about Leiber and Stoller. This pair of songwriters, who got…
During the 1960's an interesting phenomenon occurred. Caucasian bands and performers were…
I have written a number of posts on music and songs. Recently, I have focused on interactive…
Two of the, arguably, most successful songwriters of the early rock era describe themselves as a…
Among the most popular albums ever recorded were Meatloaf's two Bat Out Of Hell albums. The…
Let's hear it for some of the old guys, from days gone by, who could sing and play music…
In the 1950's and 1960's, there was a man working behind the scenes in the music business. This man…
The Rolling Stones were part of the early wave of the British Invasion. They are called…
Big money does not always yield the expected results. This is the story of a band that became…
Recently I wrote about Whitney Houston and her famous second cousin, Dionne Warwick…
Whitney Houston has been one of the biggest names in the history of pop music. In fact,…
It has happened more than once: A song has been recorded by one party and it had little…
I was browsing the news the other day and saw what I considered to be a timely and an…
One of the most famous and respected of the song writers of the rock era is Bob Dylan. He…
Identifying the genre of popular music from Jamaica can be a challenge. There is ska,…
The year was 1964. It was a year like no other for the fab four from Great Britain. Oh yes…
I have been writing Twin-Pick interactive music quizzes for the past two weeks. They are…
It was Liverpool in October 1963. The sharp music promoters in the UK realized that one of…
Billboard magazine compiles many esoteric music charts. One of their lists includes a…
In the past I have provided Twin-Pick contests that have been themed around a number of…
Ian Fleming's super spy novels about secret agent 007 were some of my favorite reading…
All right, I will admit it. It seems that summer has arrived. We have had several hot…
Ah yes -- Capitol Records! Back in the 1960's, they were the best. They brought you the…
In the past, I have written about big differences between the two major record charts --…
Those of us who remember the era know that Barry Gordy and his Motown label from…
A couple weeks back, I described that there is a big difference between the music charts…
A couple weeks back, I mentioned that there is a big difference between the music charts in the…
I find it interesting to look back at the beginnings of modern music. I am old enough to have been…
This time on our nostalgic music trivia quiz known as "Twin-Pick" (dedicated to a 1960's KPUG…
Once again, we will take a look at the differences between the two most important music charts in…
A couple weeks back, I described that there is a big difference between the music charts in the USA…
Be prepared to be stumped. This quiz is tough. I have had any number of these self-grading multiple…
Back when I was a kid, a friend of mine and I stumbled on his folk's collection of Spike…
This is a blog post about the World's biggest Canadian. They come big from up north…
This is a special edition of the Twin-Pick music trivia quiz. Memorial Day is a day when we salute…
The music trivia posts that I call Twin-Pick, are interesting as far as statistics here at Active…
Music Trivia: Twin-Pick Contest - 05/21/2009 09:20 AM
People often make fun of baseball statistics because the statisticians keep such detailed and…
I like many different types of music and oldies of different eras.  Anyone who listens to oldies…
Yesterday was the first edition of a music trivia contest -- you compete only against yourself…
Back when I was a youth, my favorite local AM radio deejay had a nightly contest he called twin…
I am amazed by the contacts that I receive through ActiveRain. And, I do not mean just contacts…
Back when I worked as a country music deejay, I learned early on that there are only two real…
I believe that we mere mortals have a hard time understanding what it must be like to be living the…
Back in my days in broadcasting, I always found the relationship between three famous men to be…
When the British Invasion hit in the early 1960's, to a large degree the solo artists from the U. K…
There were many great vocal groups back in the 1950's, however, not that many of them were able to…
One of the songs that would go on to be a signature song of rock n' roll -- one released by…
"Groovy. " Who would have ever thought that a hard to define slang word from the 1960's would grow…
In the late 1960's, there was a powerful music publishing mogul. His name was Don Kirshner…
Bill Withers had a career in manufacturing and was actually building toilet seats for 747's when…
If you like music, or the movies, then I guarantee that you will enjoy stepping into my time…
If you go back to the early 1970's, you will probably remember Play Misty For Me I am not talking…
This blog post is by request. Barbara Duncan said that she has enjoyed the career of Ray Stevens so…
Over the years, there have been a number of performers who excelled on one side of the ocean…
This "story behind the music" tells of a member of a successful band, bands actually, who went…
I recently read an interesting blog post, members only so you can read it if you are a member…
Eric Clapton has been known as a "guitar god" since the mid-1960's. That nickname "guitar-god"…
Back in the 1960's the music buying public seemed to have a real appreciation for male singers with…
It is an interesting glitch in music history that a couple guys who did not even record in English…
I am going to get more esoteric and dig a little deeper than I usually do with this post. I…
Here is a story, as good as it gets, when it comes to turning negative energy and anger into…
It is interesting to watch someone's career develop over the years. With the advent of movie…
If a person was to try to rank the all-time most popular American male rock or pop group, the Four…
Vinyl: Old Is New Again - 03/27/2009 09:27 AM
You remember those, usually black in color,  discs that we used to call records. The really old…
Every once in awhile a song that can only be described as a novelty hits the top of the charts. I…
 
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