R.I.P. Mary Wilson – a Super Supreme from beginning to end
(February 9, 2021). When Mary Wilson finally left the Supremes in 1977, it would have been easy to dismiss her as just another disposable background singer, one of several who…
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One of these 3 men have the biggest Hot 100 hit of all time! Here’s the case for the other two.
(February 6, 2021). In August 2018, when Billboard magazine celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Hot 100 chart – the “gold-standard ranking of America’s top songs each week,” as the…
Black History: The first 13 females inducted to the Rock Hall of Fame were these African-American icons
(January 31, 2021). As the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame prepares to announce its nominees for the Class of 2021, and as we celebrate the beginning of this year’s…
Hank Aaron tribute in song – Recalling No. 715 with the hits from when it happened: “I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone!”
(January 23, 2021). When I heard that baseball great and American icon Henry “Hank” Aaron passed away on Friday (January 22) at the age of 86, it was the latest…
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The (funnily) shady side of the Biden/Harris inauguration playlist
(January 17, 2020). Just days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as the nation’s 46th president and Kamala Harris as his Veep, the two released an “Inauguration Playlist” of 46…