Connie Francis, who has died aged 87, had a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Stupid Cupid", "Lipstick on Your Collar", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" and "Mama". From 1958 ...
The BBC has acquired Hamburg Days, a forthcoming drama series recounting The Beatles’ early days as a band for BBC iPlayer ...
If he had stopped after that performance at Carnegie Hall, he’d still be considered one of the legendary American artists.
The BBC has acquired the six-part documentary series Hamburg Days, a drama series that tells the story of the Beatles ‘ early days as a scrappy band trying to make a name for themselves in the German ...
Dion DiMucci, famous for all-time classics such as "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer" and "Donna the Prima Donna" has a new book ...
Mark Benson’s band is far more than jangly guitars and mop-top wigs for the sake of rock reminiscing. “’1964’ shows the audience what it was like to attend a Beatles concert in the early Sixties,” ...
Now you see them (or more precisely, hear them), now you don’t. A few decades ago, and particularly in the Sixties, with no ...
If you were young and in love in the 1960s, these nostalgic songs will probably bring back some sweet memories.
Phil Ochs was among the best songwriters ever, particularly among the segment of the songwriting profession we classify as topical, politically-oriented, or “protest music,” as the form was ...
LOS ANGELES — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in ...