Tell It Like It Was
“excitations and good vibrations about the music of the sixties”
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“Someday We’ll Be Honky Tonk Women Together”
“Someday We’ll Be Honky Tonk Women Together”
Looking at the Toppermost of the Poppermost #1 records of 1969 with John Ross and Lew Shiner
“Grazing in the Grass with Mrs. Robinson”
“Grazing in the Grass with Mrs. Robinson”
Looking at the Toppermost of the Poppermost #1 records of 1968 with John Ross and Lew Shiner
What Is a “Record Album” and When Did the Term Originate?
What Is a “Record Album” and When Did the Term Originate?
A few words about 78 rpm albums, 33⅓ rpm albums, the White Album, and so-called double-albums
So, Like, What Is the Best Beach Boys Album Ever?
So, Like, What Is the Best Beach Boys Album Ever?
That depends on what you mean by “Beach Boys album”
Hey, there Georgy Girl, Penny Lane, and Ruby Tuesday!
Hey, there Georgy Girl, Penny Lane, and Ruby Tuesday!
Looking at the Toppermost of the Poppermost #1 records of 1967 with John Ross and Lew Shiner
“You Keep Me Hanging On on the Poor Side of Town”
“You Keep Me Hanging On on the Poor Side of Town”
Looking at the Toppermost of the Poppermost #1 records of 1966 with John Ross and Lew Shiner
Gene Clark’s First Record Echoed Bob Dylan
Gene Clark’s First Record Echoed Bob Dylan
For his single “Echoes,” Gene Clark donned a Bob Dylan mask
Just When Was “Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers” Released?
Just When Was “Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers” Released?
Apparently not on the same day as the Byrds’ “Younger than Yesterday”
Why Isn’t Gene Clark in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Why Isn’t Gene Clark in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Byrds founder a pivotal influence on folk-rock, psychedelia, country-rock, singer-songwriter, and Americana
One Ghost Too Many: Buddy Holly Lives On
One Ghost Too Many: Buddy Holly Lives On
The author goes where many have gone before and can’t tell if his story is different or the same.
Is “Pet Sounds” the Best Bloody Album Ever Made?
Is “Pet Sounds” the Best Bloody Album Ever Made?
Answering the objectively unanswerable can be fun!
Let’s Hang On to Our Ticket to Ride
Let’s Hang On to Our Ticket to Ride
Looking at the Toppermost of the Poppermost #1 records of 1965 with John Ross and Lew Shiner
Why Aren’t the Crew-Cuts in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Why Aren’t the Crew-Cuts in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
The Canadian quartet played a pivotal role in getting black records on white radio stations in the US in the ’50s
Why Isn’t Pat Boone in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Why Isn’t Pat Boone in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
If we remove Elvis, Pat Boone would have been the King of Top 40 radio in the ’50s
Why Isn’t Connie Francis in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Why Isn’t Connie Francis in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Connie held her own on the pop charts with such Hall of Famers as Fats Domino and Ricky Nelson
Why Weren’t the Moody Blues in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Why Weren’t the Moody Blues in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
The band was inducted after waiting through nineteen years of eligibility (“Yippee!”)
“Wild in the Streets” as Prescient Sociopolitical Satire
“Wild in the Streets” as Prescient Sociopolitical Satire
Do you really want a man in his sixties running the country?
Walking the Stairway to Heaven with Little Roger & the Goosebumps
Walking the Stairway to Heaven with Little Roger & the Goosebumps
A real-life lesson on poking fun at Led Zeppelin
60 of the Cheesiest Album Covers of the ’60s
60 of the Cheesiest Album Covers of the ’60s
A look at the unauthorized “pirate” albums of Taiwan
Bobby Tench, singer and guitarist
Bobby Tench, singer and guitarist
Rock, jazz, funk, and the short attention span of Jeff Beck
Where Have All the Sex Kittens Gone, Long Time Passing?
Where Have All the Sex Kittens Gone, Long Time Passing?
Looking at Brigitte Bardot, Ann-Margret, and Eartha Kitt (who were sex kittens) and Diana Ross (who should have been)
“I Want to Hold Your Louie Louie”
“I Want to Hold Your Louie Louie”
Looking at the Toppermost of the Poppermost #1 Records of 1964 with John Ross and Lew Shiner
I Wanna Hold Your Hand Comes Back Around
I Wanna Hold Your Hand Comes Back Around
Robert Zemeckis’s first film is the best we’ll ever have about Beatlemania-and so much more!