Even when you take into account the cultural cross-pollination that continues on in large urban centers, L.A.’s Dengue Fever got possibly the strangest genesis of any music group in recent storage. It’s odd more than enough for several white musicians to hide psychedelic rock and roll oldies from Cambodia, but …

A prolific, beloved person in the German techno community, Jena-based manufacturer/DJ Gabor Schablitzki released a broad range of EPs through the entire later ’90s and 2000s as DJ Robag, Pass away Dub Rolle, Machiste, Themroc, Rolf Oksen, and, mostly, Robag Wruhme. As the 2005 Wruhme record Wuzzelbud KK, released on …

Composer Lee Pockriss worked in configurations from film to Broadway to pop, but he remains to be most widely known for some bubblegum-era smashes written together with longtime collaborator Paul Vance, especially Brian Hyland’s “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” the Cuff Links’ “Tracy,” and Clint Holmes’ “Playground …

If Macintosh McCaughan isn’t the hardest functioning man in indie rock and roll, he’s probably in the very best 10; he’s the co-founder from the seminal indie music group Superchunk, founder and head of Portastatic, a former person in Seam and RETURN BACK Snowball, and co-owner of Merge Information, among …

Vocalist Rusty Draper was one of the primary crossover celebrities of the first ’50s, selling more than a mil information to pop and nation audiences prior to the rise of rock and roll & move derailed his profession. Given birth to Farrell Draper in Kirksville, MO, on January 25, 1920, …

Denny Doherty’s profession like a pop celebrity didn’t last especially lengthy — he 1st hit the graphs in early 1966 and his celebrity was fading fast by mid-1969 — but as an associate from the Mamas & the Papas, he helped help to make a number of the finest pop …

Vocalist Lenny Welch was created Leon Welch on, may 15, 1938 in Asbury Recreation area, NJ. He began singing as a young child, assembling organizations and taking part in skill displays. In his past due teenagers, Welch and his group auditioned for Decca Information in NY. The executives adored “Lenny,” …

Given birth to Charles Hicks, the MC who later be referred to as Charizma grew up in Milpitas, CA, a little suburb north of San Jose. Inspired by golden age group hip-hoppers like MC Shan, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, and Biz Markie, he started rapping at age group 14, soon …

Youthful gospel phenom, gritty Stax/Volt soulster, lady-killing balladeer, chart-topping disco king, Southern soul-blues stalwart — Johnnie Taylor somehow always were able to adapt to the days, and he parlayed that versatility right into a recording career that lasted nearly 4 decades. Nicknamed the “Philosopher of Spirit” during his Stax times, …

When Flowchart debuted with 1995’s Multi-Personality Tabletop Holiday (Carrot Best), the Philadelphia group was similarly derided/lauded because of its striking similarities to space pop veterans Stereolab and Neu!. Many accused the music group of blatant thievery, but there is also a grudging admiration because of its comprehensive and engaging facsimile. …