#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...

#Post • BOB DYLAN: Dylan Goes Electric! /

by KingoftheHits | Aug 19, 2015 | #Posts, 60's, American Artists, Folk, Folk-Rock, Oldies, Pop, Top 40

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#Post • JIMMY BUFFET: Parrotheads Becoming ‘Party Poopers’ … Literally! /

by KingoftheHits | Aug 19, 2015 | #Posts, 2000's, American Artists, Pop

Evidently, Jimmy Buffet concerts are becoming rather, um, messy these days – and ‘Parrothead p##p’ is the reason. The most recent example of this dirty deed occurred last Saturday night in Mansfield, Mass., where up to 100 parking lot partiers brought...

#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 • ELTON JOHN: New Album “Finished” and “Upbeat Rock’n’Roll” /

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...