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Music History - February 24
In 1956, with the city looking for a legal way to shut down the increasing number of rock 'n' roll shows, police in Cleveland, Ohio were instructed to enforce a 1931 ordinance barring people under the...
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2014 Record Store Day Releases UpdateWax Poetic, the Record Store Day release source, have updated the master list of releases for 2014. I won't post the list here, as the man says, he spends a lot of...
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Music History - February 25
George Harrison was born on this date in 1943 (died in 2001)In 1952, the first musical choreography score was copyrighted. It was Cole Porter's "Kiss Me Kate."In 1956, Elvis Presley had his first...
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New Music Releases - February 25, 2014
Allman Brothers Band - Icon 2Barzin - To Live Alone In That Long Summer (vinyl)Beck - Morning Phase (2xLP)Black Map - DriverBleeding Rainbow - Interrupt (vinyl)Bob Mould - Workbook (reissue)...
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Music History - February 26
Born on this day in 1932, Johnny Cash. Cash died of respiratory failure on September 12th 2003, aged 71.Born on this day in 1945, Bob The Bear Hite, vocalist and harmonica player with Canned Heat. He...
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from our friends at SoundStageDirectRockin' Legends Pay Tribute To Jack White by Various ArtistsThe musical ancestors of Jack White and his retro rockabilly blues style come together on this incredible...
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Music History - February 27
In 1956, Little Richard released the single "Long Tall Sally" b/w "Slippin' and Slidin.'"In 1957, "The Xavier Cugat Show," a live, 15-minute program of mostly Latin music as performed by Cugat's band...
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FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24, 2014DEAR JERRY: About 20 years ago, my aunt played a song for me that had some old-time words of wisdom sayings, but with a slight twist. I do remember that the singer is a...
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Music History - February 28
In 1949, Frank Sinatra recorded "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Bali Ha'i," two songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific," which opened on Broadway 38 days later. The songs were...
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from our friends at SundazedThe Byrds - Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971 (2-LP Set) From their earliest days as 12-string-wielding folk-rockers, to the thrilling psychedelic excursions of their raga-rock...
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Music History - March 3
In 1931, the first jazz album to sell a million copies was recorded. It was 'Minnie The Moocher' by Cab Calloway.In 1937, Benny Goodman started a three-week engagement at the Paramount Theater in New...
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Flaming Lips, Devo, Linkin Park and Jay Z Detail Record Store Day LPs - Neil Young, Regina Spektor and Foals also announce exclusives for April 19th=============WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week...
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New Music Releases - March 4, 2014
A$AP Mob - L.O.R.D. (2xLP)Abdullah Ibrahim - African Piano (vinyl)Addison Groove - Presents James Grieve (2xLP)Alex Cobb - Marigold and Cable (PRE-ORDER) (vinyl)American Authors - Oh What a LifeAnne -...
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Music History - March 4
In 1877, the Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" debuted.In 1951, at the RCA Victor Studio on N. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys, featuring vocalist Redd Stewart,...
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now available from our friends at SoundStageDirectEnglish Oceans by Drive-By Truckers ATO announces that Drive-By Truckers will be releasing English Oceans in 2014. Rolling Stone released the news...
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Music History - March 5
In 1951, at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service (later known as Sun Records), Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm (then billed as Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats) recorded "Rocket '88,"...
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Record Store Day releases from our friends at SundazedLink Wray - Slinky / Rendezvous 7" SingleTaut and tough Wray from his heyday! One of the original heavy metal heroes, Link Wray basically invented...
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Music History - March 6
Born on this day 1893, Memphis blues artist Walter ‘Furry’ Lewis. He was the first guitarist to play with a bottleneck. He lost a leg in a railroad accident and once supported the Rolling Stones. Joni...
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Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 3, 2014DEAR JERRY: I know it was common in the 1950s and '60s for someone to write words to go with most of the instrumental hits. Quite often, both the instrumental and the vocal...
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Music History - March 7
In 1917, the Dixie Jazz Band One Step by Nick LaRocca's Original Dixieland Jazz Band, credited with being the first jazz record, was released in the US.In 1939, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians...
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