An experienced pop tunesmith and manufacturer, New York-native Ritchie Cordell is most known for his composing/creation credits on the slew of mid-60s pop strikes such as for example Tommy Adam & the Shondells “I BELIEVE We’re Alone Today” and “Mony Mony.” If light by modern standards, those music were positively …

b. 27 Might 1915, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 18 January 1966, NEW YORK, NY, USA. A generally collaborative songwriter Smart published for 40s movies, including I’m Simply Interested (1944), Snap Content (1945) and On An Isle ALONG WITH YOU (1948). The second option featured ‘Nightingale’, made up with co-writers …

Arguably the largest party band from the later-’70s punk/fresh wave era was the B-52’s, which featured a complete of three singers: bouffant wig-wearing frontwoman Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, along with the just-as-quirky Fred Schneider. Blessed on July 1, 1951, in Newark, NJ, Schneider transferred to Athens, GA, to wait …

“Name me personally a melody that everybody has learned/And I’ll bet you it belongs to Acuff-Rose” sings Uncle Tupelo’s Jeff Tweedy in his 1994 tribute “Acuff-Rose,” and it’s really not much of the overstatement. In tandem with posting partner Roy Acuff, composer Fred Rose added a few of the most …

A gifted guitarist with an eclectic selection of influences, Luther Dickinson has earned a reputation simply because an innovator in modern blues while also having an enthusiastic understanding and respect because of its rich history. Dickinson originated from a significant musical family members. His dad, Jim Dickinson, was an important …

For a short moment within the mid-’80s, a method of music dubbed “new sincerity” appeared to be another big thing. While it began with Austin, Tx, the audio of such rings as Glass Eyes, the Reivers, Accurate Believers, the Crazy Seeds, and Tx Instruments reflected a fresh post-punk and brand-new …

Dionne Farris found the attention from the music globe with her vocal efforts to Arrested Development’s discovery hit one “Tennessee,” as well as other tracks over the group’s 1992 debut. Farris began singing in senior high school, executing in her school’s choir in Bordentown, NJ and starring within a creation …

Composers and synth players Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause were being among the most high-profile electronic music functions from the late ’60s, saving some LPs distinguished not merely by their groundbreaking studio room advances but additionally by the current presence of notables including Gerry Mulligan and Mike Bloomfield. Krause — …

The progressive rock boom from the past due ’60s and early ’70s produced its pantheon of superstars — Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman in the keyboards, guitarists Robert Fripp and Expenses Nelson, and Chris Squire within the bass one thinks of. One of the drummers in the field, Carl Palmer …

Beneath the talented wingspan of Jeff Caudill (aka Jeff Gameface), Gameface continues to be participating in and touring from Orange County, CA, because the early ’90s. Caudill’s skill spreads beyond the vocals and guitars that lead the music group as well as the lyrics he creates for Gameface into offering …