#OriginalPresentation • DARLENE LOVE: Rock’n’Roll Legend Ready for ‘Introduction’ [Videos] /

by KingoftheHits | Aug 26, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 2000's, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, Videos

As you may already know, legendary vocalist Darlene Love has just finished recording a new album called Introducing Darlene Love – due for release on September 18th. And a great video for the infectious first single from the album – Forbidden Nights...

#Post • MICKY DOLENZ & PETER TORK: Monkees Duo to Play UK Concerts /

by KingoftheHits | Aug 24, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

What remains of the mid-60’s pop music phenomenon The Monkees are playing two shows in England in early September – one in London at the Hammersmith Apollo on September 4th, followed by Birmingham at the Moseley Music Fair 2015 on September 6th. (Top L-R) Peter...

#Post • THE BEATLES: Liverpool and The Cavern Club (Videos) /

by KingoftheHits | Aug 22, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos

Last month I posted an article in which both the Associated Press and the UK’s British Movietone had obtained over 500,000 digitally restored newsreel footage videos. The massive amount of clips is from all categories of history, dating from 1895 to the present. Well,...

#Post • CHUBBY CHECKER: The Father of ‘The Twist’ Sounds Off! /

by KingoftheHits | Aug 21, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, American Artists, Oldies, Pop, Rock & Roll, Top 40

Despite not placing any record of his own* on the music industry’s ‘bible’ – the Billboard Hot 100 – since 1969, pop/rock’n’roll sensation Chubby Checker seems to still  have a sense of humor; at least I hope that’s the case. In the...

#Post • THE BEATLES: A Thrill of a Lifetime for Newspaper Intern! /

by KingoftheHits | Aug 20, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists

For Throw Back Thursday, this story is priceless! 50 years ago this month, an ingenious plot paid off for an aggressive young female journalism intern at the Minneapolis Tribune – now known as the Star-Tribune. Though her surreptitious scheme, Susan Stocking...

#Post • $PAYOLA: Alive & Well in the Record Industry? /

by KingoftheHits | Aug 20, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, Pop, Top 40

So you thought the record industry business practice known as Payola has been been long gone since the 1959 U.S. Congressional bribery and corruption investigation nabbed legendary Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed for accepting cash and other ‘considerations’ in...