Way Back 2024

The Beatles, Rolling Stones
and Quincy Jones:
Grammys Acknowledge Everlasting Excellence

Deja vu at the Grammys? Maybe not! Both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones are winners this year, the former for "Now and Then" as Best Rock Performance and the latter for Hackney Diamonds as Best Rock Album. The last time the two leading British bands pulled off a same-year victory like this was: never! They did, however, each have recordings inducted into Grammy's Hall of Fame in two consecutive years: "I Want to Hold ... MORE ››

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Pat Boone

Pat Boone tops all others with the most entries on the Top 100 Dot Hits of the '50s and '60s! Check out the list of songs from L.A.'s popular record label ... MORE ››

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BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS

The Crickets

The tragedy of February 3, 1959 is remembered, honored and mourned by many, whether they heard about it at the time or in subsequent years when the anniversary came around, or through studying history and its prominent place as part of the lore of the rock and roll era. The deaths of J.P. Richardson, Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly, their bodies found in a snowy field amid the wreckage of a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa en route to a concert performance, is grievously stamped on the hearts of fans of the era's music. In 1971, Don McLean referred to it as 'the day the music died' in the lyrics of his renowned hit "American Pie" and for many the song represents the concept of a perceived death of rock and roll, however premature ... MORE ››



Vinyl Attack The Gentrys

Keep on Dancing
by
the Gentrys

Guitarist Larry Raspberry started a group called The Gents, formed in 1963 at Treadwell High on the east side of Memphis, Tennessee. Singers Jimmy Hart and Bruce Bowles, bassist Pat Neal, trumpeter Jimmy Johnson, drummer Larry Wall and multi-instrumentalist Bobby Fisher rounded out the seven-man outfit, local favorites with the teen crowd and winners of a 1964 ... MORE ››