December 21, 2020 – Another great piece by Jason Klose, head writer of “Rock History Book”..we put this one on our sister channel “Nail Sheet.” Ther Classic Years of Christmas music. The Best-Selling Christmas Albums of the ‘60s 1961 – Holiday Sing Along with Mitch, by Mitch Miller & the […]
Andy Kim has been on my bucket list for a long time. This week we had a chat about co-writing the Archies “Sugar Sugar”, his big hit “Rock Me Gently” and his big charity TV special this weekend featuring Barenaked Ladies, Buffy Sainte Marie, Ron Sexsmith, Glass Tiger, Sarah McLachlan, […]
Best-Selling Christmas Albums of the ‘50s – by Jason Klose 1950 – Merry Christmas, by Bing Crosby Originally released in 1945 on Decca Records, the compilation album Merry Christmas by Bing Crosby was the best-selling Christmas album for six consecutive years (1945-50). The album includes Crosby’s signature song “White Christmas,” […]
December 12, 2020 – Country music has lost of the most successful singers in the genre’s history – Charley Pride. With a career spanning multiple decades Pride reached beyond radio formats or demographics. HELP SUPPORT ROCK HISTORY MUSIC..CHECK OUT OUR STORE FOR T-SHIRTS, MUGS ETC https://teespring.com/stores/rock-history-music-store?page=1 OUR NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT […]
From our sister Channel – Sad new… Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, ‘Friday’ Actor, Dies at 62 HELP SUPPORT ROCK HISTORY MUSIC..CHECK OUT OUR STORE FOR T-SHIRTS, MUGS ETC OUR NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT https://www.instagram.com/rockhistorymusic/ We have 4 active YouTube Channels featuring John Beaudin Subscribe to this (RockHistoryMusic) Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChUv5CZuAuh08DfHA8klNSA?view_as=subscriber RockHistoryBook -Top 10 […]
In the last five years, we have bombarded with requests for interviews with newer artists. Well, finally we are starting a new channel to feature those acts that we love on first listen. Leah is the daughter of Honeymoon Suite guitarist Derry Grehan. “The Space Between” is her new album […]
December 8, 2020 – We are doing a live broadcast to chat about John Lennon later today but let’s not forget the 44th birthday of this classic album. Jason Klose, who is the head writer of our sister channel “Rock History Book” wrote this excellent look back at the album. […]
December 2, 2020 – Lead singers who died Laura Branigan Laura Branigan, the Grammy-nominated pop singer, songwriter and actress best known for her 1982 platinum hit “Gloria,” died on August 26, 2004 at the age of 52 of a previously undiagnosed brain aneurysm in her sleep at her home in […]
November 29, 2020 – David Prowse, the original Darth Vader in ‘Star Wars,’ dies at 85. As if 2020 couldn’t get any worse. The man behind the mask, literally, has passed. Noi cause of death has been released but the actor did retire a few years ago because iof health […]
“Love changes Everything” was Honeymoon Suite’s highest-charting hit peaking at #9 in Canada and #13 on the U.S. Rock Chart. #1 Honeymoon Suite’s Derry Grehan Looks Back At “New Girl Now” & That debut LP #2 The Story Behind Honeymoon Suite’s “Burning in Love” from Derry Grehan https://youtu.be/t3YEgmYD_70 Check out […]
