Another excellent piece written by Jason Klose. Five of the top American songwriting teams of the 1970s. – by Jason Klose – Top American Songwriting Duos of the ‘70s Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong After scoring hit after hit in the 1960s with singles like “I Heard It Through the […]
The great Joseph Williams talks about the tunes on “Toto’s “The Seventh One”. 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 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 Rock […]
February 20, 2021 – To have a big pop hit is an amazing feat. Here is part one of our “One Hit Wonders” series. Let’s remember that most musicians never get out of the garage. Thanks to Jason Klose for writing this one. – Biggest one-hit wonders “Venus” – Shocking […]
Sweet’s Andy Scott on the Making of ‘Fox On The Run.” Feb 9, 2021 – It was one of the most iconic tunes from the seventies. Released on March 7, 1975, ‘Fox on the Run’ peaked at #2 in the U.K. and #1 in Australia, Denmark, Germany, and South Africa. […]
Bill Champlin on The Vibe of Chicago 16 & 17 January 27, 2021 – Many die-hard Chicago fans say that the band died after original guitarist Terry Kath accidentally killed himself in 1978. Though by then Chicago was already releasing songs that rockers detested like, “If You Leave Me Now” […]
We’ve been almost too busy with new interviews to get everything out from last year. Here Kim Mitchell talks about his big hit “Patio Lanterns.” Got to Kim’s website http://kimmitchell.ca 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 https://www.instagram.com/rockhistorymusic/ We have […]
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 […]
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 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. […]
‘Get Together’ is one of the most iconic tunes from the 60s and it’s just grown in popularity since then. We chat with Jesse Colin Young who sang it in the Youngbloods. Pre-order Jesse’s new album here https://jessecolinyoung.lnk.to/HighwayTroubadour Check out Jesse Colin Young’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZhtflQ7FFxTVbatcKmAOA #GetTogether #JesseColinYoung #Youngbloods HELP […]
