On this date in 1955, RCA acquired Elvis' recording contract from Sun Records for a whopping grand total of $40,000! How's that for a savvy investment?
Elvis Aaron Presley, also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.
This very popular delicate track features a single guitar line with only Paul McCartney crooning out The Beatles lyrics is over the top.
Every so often, a few chirps from a bird can be heard as a nod to the song’s opening refrain blackbird singing in the dead of night. This image above is of two of the Little Rock Nine--pioneers of the civil rights movement and John Lennon's inspiration for Blackbird.
We all grow up making life decisions with more successes and fewer failures resulting in lessons that hopefully will allow us to grow.
Five decades ago The Beatles were changing the world with songs the band recorded is staggering.
Their sheer creative output is part of why they have such a lasting legacy, and it becomes even more overwhelming when you remember they were also movie stars. The quality of those movies varies wildly, but there are several all-time classics among the films The Beatles made together, and none hold up better than Yellow Submarine.
We are sharing a recent performance at NYC's The Advent Lutheran Church by a newfound friend and marvelous musician.
Here are two sample videos on YouTube. We hope you like Jose Luis M Rodriguez and would like to hear from you. cityimages3@gmail.com
For nearly one hundred years musical artists in the USA have endured their songs being banned for one reason or another.
There was "The Fab Four" but only one of The Beatles never shied away from vocal political protest: Libra leader John Lennon.
Some judged him as bad and those who knew him said he was a lovely person. John said he was who he was and that was his final answer. He was the first to die and the only one to be murdered with a firearm, but yet little has changed.
My late pal DJ Murray Kaufman, professionally known as Murray the K, was an influential New York City disc jockey until the '70s.
He was my favorite DJ and during his heyday, Kaufman was dubbed ''The Fifth Beatle'' after helping to introduce the Fab Four to America and serving as master of ceremonies for their concerts at Carnegie Hall and Shea Stadium. He became program director and drive-time disc jockey on WOR-FM, 98.7, one of the first FM rock stations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh4URmTx78w
The Fab Four are the most important rock band of all time. Lennon and McCartney wrote all the best songs with help from their friends.
George Harrison and Ringo Starr were the two most underrated of the group, but that was just a wrong appearance most observers realized after a deep dive.
Here comes the song and meet The Beatles “Now and Then,” This is an updated recording produced and made available with AI.