by KingoftheHits | Aug 18, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists
Monday (August 17) marked the 49th anniversary of my having seen The Beatles (The “Beatles” as shown on the concert ticket) live at the then-home arena of Toronto’s storied hockey team – Maple Leaf Gardens. Although I published this almost...
by KingoftheHits | Aug 17, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, Pop, UK Artists
According to a recent interview with Billboard Magazine, Sir Elton John’s record producer of late, T-Bone Burnett, a new album from EJ is “finished” and “beautiful, very upbeat rock’n’roll.” Burnett, also Vice-President of...
by KingoftheHits | Jul 27, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 60's, American Artists, Beatles, Folk, Folk-Rock, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists
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by KingoftheHits | Jul 22, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists
Happen to have one million minutes (16,667 hours, almost 2 years) to spare? Okay, but set aside some quality time for this! Next week, the Associated Press and the UK’s British Movietone will begin uploading over 500,000 digitally restored newsreel footage...
by KingoftheHits | Jul 22, 2015 | #Posts, Classic Rock, Pop, Rock, Rolling Stones, UK Artists
The revered lead guitarist of the greatest rock & roll band in the world (The Rolling Stones, if you hadn’t heard) hasn’t wasted any time since the group’s 15-city Zip Code Tour wrapped up last week in Quebec City, Canada, eh? In preparation for...
by KingoftheHits | Jul 21, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, British Invasion Era, Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists
Although just one of the many ‘second-wave’ pop groups or solo artists during pop music’s famed British Invasion of 1964, (behind The Beatles and The Rolling Stones) The Zombies were and still are one of my favorites bands from that era. That’s...