ROLLING STONE REJECTED MY COMMENT! Two years ago, the Rolling Stone Daily newsletter ran an article titled “Hear the Beach Boys Reunite on Charity Re-Recording of ‘Add Some Music to Your Day.’ ” I read the piece, watched and listened to the video, and left a comment. …

When “My Boy” was released in the UK in 1974, RCA had to import specially manufactured copies of the record from the US — ELVIS ADDED “MY BOY” to his repertoire during his month-long stay at the Las Vegas Hilton in August-September 1973. The song was originally written as “Parce Que Je T’aime Mon Enfant” (translated as “Because I Love You, My Child”) by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and Claude Francois. …

Sheila O’Malley on Lisa Marie Presley

I don’t normally like to brag but . . . — At 6:45 AM PST this morning, I received my Medium Partner Program payment summary for November 1 — November 30, 2022. Once again, it exceeded the fee that Medium extracts from me each month for the privilege of posting my “stories” here. I won’t say exactly how much it exceeded…

Did Mark James write “Suspicious Minds” as a Gaslighting Song? — IF AN OLD FRIEND I KNOW stops by to say hello, should my wife be suspicious? That depends on my personal history — was I always a good boy? — and whether that old friend is an ex-coworker or an ex-lover. …

No — but one of his rarest and most collectible records was mentioned on the show! — WATCHING SCENES WITH VINYL RECORDS or references to vinyl records in movies and television shows usually causes record collectors to laugh. The person responsible for placing the record in the scene almost always gets something about the record or the chronology wrong. …

In which I tempt my readers here on Medium — and both of you know who you are — to read another writer’s article — IT WAS JUST ANOTHER DAY on Medium when I found the article, “Embarrassing Songs By Major Artists.” Written by Alex Markham for The Riff, its tagline was “Even the biggest music superstars had moments when taste deserted them.” …

A look at the difference betwen Richard Berry’s original recoring from 1956 with that of the “banned” record by the Kingsmen from 1963 — “A FINE LITTLE GIRL, SHE WAITS FOR ME” is the first line of the first verse of one of the most famous records of the past hundred years. But the record doesn’t open with the verse, it opens with the chorus: “Louie Louie, me gotta go.” …

But he certainly owed the old bluesman a debt or two — ELVIS DID NOT “STEAL” ANYTHING and especially not Arthur Crudup’s royalties. For decades, I have read articles that mention Crudup’s being cheated of his royalties, both as a recording artist and as a songwriter, while also mentioning that Presley made millions of dollars as if the two situations are somehow…