Way Back 2024

Keep Your Ears Peeled for Jr. Walker, Troggs, Young-Holt, Como and Two Movies with Funky Joints by James Brown

The Killer's Game, an unusual action comedy currently in theaters, has a mixed bag of music on its soundtrack; classic tunes include "Shotgun" by Jr. Walker and the All Stars, "Wild Thing" by The Troggs and '70s funk tracks by Syl Johnson and James Brown. Blink Twice director Zoë Kravitz hand-picked the music for her wild island-set thriller, which includes "Somebody Made For Me," a 1970 solo effort by ... MORE ››

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Louis Prima

Louis Prima gives an instrumental trumpet performance on the Top 100 Dot Hits of the '50s and '60s! Check out the rankings from Randy Wood's record label ... MORE ››

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SARAH VAUGHAN

Sarah Vaughan

Her parents, Asbury Jake Vaughan and wife Ada, had settled in Newark, New Jersey several years before Sarah's birth in 1924. They owned a piano and their daughter gravitated toward it. Though never formally trained, she studied music and learned to sing on her own (self-teaching a talent in itself), a challenge taken seriously for several years leading up to age 18; at that point any reasonable degree of discipline didn't seem necessary. The family attended the Mount Zion Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir and later played organ. The first time Sarah sang somewhere outside the Lord's house, it was at the Apollo in Harlem, competing in the theater's famous amateur contest in October 1942 and taking first place, which included ... MORE ››



Vinyl Attack Johnny Bond

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Johnny Bond

Over the course of a nearly-four-decade career as an entertainer, Johnny Bond often had to change the game plan, especially in the early going when major stardom seemed out of his grasp. Content to stay in the background as needed, he made steady progress into radio, television, films and comedic acting while placing his main focus on being a country and western guitarist ... MORE ››