#OriginalPresentation • ORIGINALS & COVERS #1: Cover Version Hits Paired With their Non-Hit Originals! [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Nov 17, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 50's, 60's, American Artists, British Invasion Era, Canadian Artists, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists

  [Note] As you likely know, most of my HOTH blogs are now usually posts of an event from a daily music calendar, called On This Day. But frankly, there are dates when the list of music happenings doesn’t contain anything significant enough to do...

#OnThisDay… October 28, 1956 • ELVIS PRESLEY: ‘Love Me Tender’ Tops ‘Hound Dog’ & ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ [Audio+DeepTrak+Video] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 28, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 50's, American Artists, Elvis Presley, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, Videos

October 28, 1956 Elvis Presley added a second consecutive record-setting feat to his early resume when Love Me Tender replaced Hound Dog b/w Don’t Be Cruel at #1 on the Billboard Top 100. For the first time in Billboard’s chart history, an artist replaced...

#OnThisDay… October 26, 1999 • HOYT AXTON: The Late Songwriter’s Hits by Others [Audio+DeepTrak] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 26, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 50's, 60's, 70's, American Artists, Classic Rock, Elvis Presley, Folk, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll

October 26, 1999 The great folk music singer-songwriter and actor Hoyt Axton passed away on this day in Victor, Montana, suffering a fatal heart attack at the age of 61. Born Hoyt Wayne Axton on March 25th, 1938 in Duncan, Oklahoma, he relocated to Southern...

#OnThisDay… October 13, 1941 • PAUL SIMON: Hall of Famer Born on This Date [AUDIO+DEEPTRAX] /

by KingoftheHits | Oct 13, 2015 | #OnThisDay, 50's, 60's, 70's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

October 13, 1941 One of the greatest songwriters of our time, Hall of Fame singer Paul Simon was born on this date in Newark, New Jersey. As a teen growing up in Queens, New York, he first became involved in music at 15, forming a duo with classmate Arthur Garfunkel...

#OriginalPresentation • THE BEATLES: ‘Under The Influence’ – Part 4 [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Sep 18, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 50's, 60's, American Artists, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists

  Welcome to the HouseoftheHits.com Original Presentation • THE BEATLES: Under The Influence – Part 4 The final set of 6 of the 24 original versions of songs by American artists, and the 6 cover versions officially recorded by The Beatles. Each original...

#OriginalPresentation • THE BEATLES: ‘Under The Influence’ – Part 3 [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Sep 11, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 50's, 60's, American Artists, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists

  Welcome to the HouseoftheHits.com Original Presentation • THE BEATLES: Under The Influence – Part 3 The third set of 6 of the 24 original versions of songs by American artists, and the 6 cover versions officially recorded by The Beatles. Each original...