#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 • THE BEATLES: Live In Concert from Two Perspectives /

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...

#Post • THE BEATLES: Rare Footage Included in Mega Trove of New YouTube Uploads /

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...

#Post • THE ZOMBIES: Reuniting For A New Album & U.S. Tour [Audio] /

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...

#OriginalPresentation • THE ROLLING STONES: The Saga of ‘Satisfaction’ [Audio] /

by KingoftheHits | Jul 15, 2015 | #OriginalPresentations, 60's, British Invasion Era, Classic Rock, Oldies, Pop, Rock, Rolling Stones, Top 40, UK Artists

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#Post • THE BEATLES: Their Hometown Remembers HELP! [Audio+Video /

by KingoftheHits | Jul 15, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, Beatles, British Invasion Era, Oldies, Pop, Top 40, UK Artists, Videos

HELP!, The Beatles’ second motion picture (and first in color) reaches the 50th anniversary of its release later this month – an occasion that was marked early by a special screening of the film on Thursday (7-16) at Liverpool’s venerable Woolton...