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An unlikely duet – Captain Kangaroo and Cher!

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Harris L Music Leave a comment December 20, 2024 1 Minute

Washington Post on the earliest country recording – it was by a Black man

The earliest known ‘country’ recording has been found. The singer? A Black man. http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen…
— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) 2024-12-01T12:56:31.114Z

Harris L Music Leave a comment December 7, 2024 1 Minute

BlueSky post on music mashups

Amazing mixes in the thread here
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T13:47:23.586Z

Harris L Music Leave a comment December 7, 2024 1 Minute

YouTube – almost four hours of 1960s music

Harris L Music Leave a comment November 23, 2024 1 Minute

How the Beatles’ success saved jobs in Scranton, PA

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Harris L Music Leave a comment November 22, 2024 1 Minute

Covers: (Ain’t Nothin’ But a) House Party

“(Ain’t Nothin’ But a) House Party” was released by the Showstoppers in 1968 and covered by the J. Geils Band in 1973.

Harris L Music Leave a comment November 13, 2024 1 Minute

“White Bird” (1969)

“White Bird” by It’s a Beautiful Day was very popular on FM rock stations when I was in high school. Their first album had a great cover – see the YouTube video below.

Linda LaFlamme dies, her 'White Bird' reflected a hippie fantasy She co-founded It's a Beautiful Day in 1967 and co-wrote the band's soaring "White Bird," an enduring anthem of the psychedelic era, died Oct. 23 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She was 85. Linda Sue Rudman was born… pic.twitter.com/lwuPqsB9Zk
— Psychedelic Jukebox (@60sPsychJukebox) November 11, 2024

https://twitter.com/NYTObits/status/1855083912826871902

https://twitter.com/60sPsychJukebox/status/1689705178662936576

Harris L Music Leave a comment November 12, 2024 1 Minute

There’s a new deluxe version of King of America by Elvis Costello

Great album. I just got the expanded version.

“I remember you had a fountain pen and we were at 35,000 feet flying to Japan and talking about the recording session and you wrote the names of the songs.” – EC on recording 'King of America' with Burnett.
By @geoffedgers for @washingtonpost https://t.co/ynj92gUyjc
— Elvis Costello (@ElvisCostello) November 6, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/11/01/elvis-costello-burnett-king-america/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzMwODY5MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzMyMjUxNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MzA4NjkyMDAsImp0aSI6IjhlNjM2ZWJhLWUzYjktNDZhZC1hZmZiLTA2YjBlNDA0NzEzOCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lbnRlcnRhaW5tZW50L211c2ljLzIwMjQvMTEvMDEvZWx2aXMtY29zdGVsbG8tYnVybmV0dC1raW5nLWFtZXJpY2EvIn0.IH1jwyIvqY-MymXSn0_BZgY_NZSJo_GqC6fLETQww-A

Harris L Music Leave a comment November 10, 2024 1 Minute

70th Anniversary of Godzilla

“Godzilla” was also a song by Blue Oyster Cult in 1977.

#HappyGodzillaDay #GodzillaDay pic.twitter.com/NVO1VuCfWw
— Classic Rock In Pics (@crockpics) November 4, 2024

Harris L Film, Music Leave a comment November 7, 2024November 8, 2024 1 Minute

Instagram post about the first electric bass

I saw the Instagram post yesterday about the first bass guitar.

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Harris L Music Leave a comment October 30, 2024 1 Minute

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