Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel sing the Rolling Stones classic “Beast of Burden.”
Frank Sinatra and The Fifth Dimension Is Two Minutes Of Sheer Bliss
Check out this short, but amazing clip of The Fifth Dimension performing with Frank Sinatra on his 1968 TV special ‘Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing’. Even though The Voice is looking a little awkward at times, he soon feels a bit relaxed singing a drinking song written by Laura Nyro.
Elvis & Nixon, An Amazon Studios Film About The 1970 White House Visit Is Here
On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ’n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. Starring Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.
The Music Industry’s Most-Loved Albums Of All Time, Part 46
This is part 46 of an ongoing series where the kind folk of the music business reveal their favourite album of all time.
Ask people in the music industry the seemingly simple and straightforward question, “What is your favourite album of all time?” and you’ll find that it’s not always easy. After all, my industry peers listen to hundreds of albums a month – thousands of songs during that time. Because the question isn’t the best album of all time or the one that’s made them the most money in sales, or the most clicked-on review, but the one release they personally can’t live without, that one title they have two copies of in several formats, in case one breaks. It’s also about that album that for them has the best back stories and the one that has the most meaning in their lives.
Craig Hemingway, Content Director, 800 CHAB/Country 100.7FM/MIX 103.9FM, Moose Jaw, SK
Huey Lewis And The News, Sports
Simply put, it’s comfort food. Whenever I want to feel 11 again, I just play cuts from this album, which was my “go to” in the Walkman when I mowed lawns for money in small town Saskatchewan. From the hits to “Finally Found A Home”, “You Crack Me Up” and even “Bad Is Bad”, when I hear Huey I can practically smell the freshly cut grass. Don’t have the Walkman anymore, but still have the original cassette.
Martin Anderson, Music Director and Morning Host, WNCW-FM
The Grateful Dead, American Beauty
It’s got country, blues, and psychedelic folk all somehow rolled together, it’s got three of their best-loved, feel-good songs of their career in “Box of Rain”, “Sugar Magnolia”, and “Truckin'”, and it’s got my all-time favorite song of theirs, “Ripple”. “Brokedown Palace” and “Attics of My Life” rarely fail to elicit deep emotion in me, too. And I credit it as one of my introductions to what became known as Americana music, which I am deeply involved in these days.
Oretha Winston, Interactive One
Michael Jackson, Thriller
Human Nature is by far one of the greatest underrated tracks of all time. Michael’s delivery of the lyrics, “Looking out/Across the nighttime/The city winks a sleepless eye/Hear her voice/Shake my window/Sweet seducing sighs/Get me out/Into the nighttime/Four walls won’t hold me tonight/If this town/Is just an apple/Then let me take a bite,” make you dream of a city filled with possibilities and made me think and enjoy my own city with new eyes.
Rick Lee, Afternoon Drive Host, 96.9 JACK FM, Vancouver, BC
U2, Achtung Baby
From Zoo Station to Love is Blindness, U2 didn’t just chop down the Joshua Tree by reinventing themselves, but demonstrated how experimentation can take a band from goodness to greatness.
These 1968 Panini Trading Cards Featuring Musicians Are Pop Art Classics
The Panini Group was established more than 50 years ago in Modena, Italy, and with its subsidiaries throughout Europe and Latin America, is the world leader in the published collectibles sector. Panini is also the leading multi-national publisher of comics, children’s magazines and manga in Europe and Latin America.
Panini released their Cantanti collection in 1968 called the Panini Singers, highlighting the very best of Italian and world-famous singers. Here are some of the best.
Billy Joel, Jimmy Fallon and J.K. Simmons Perform Unrehearsed “The Longest Time” During Commercial Break
Billy Joel, J.K. Simmons, and Jimmy Fallon give an unrehearsed and spontaneous doo-wop performance of “The Longest Time” with Billy’s band while filming local promos.
https://youtu.be/5WSb0IxTEkM
“Smack My Bitch Up” performed by The Beatles
Very few people know this, but The Prodigy’s hit Smack My Bitch Up, was an original song by The Beatles. See the footage of their concert for the proof.
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The Best Music Promo Pics Of The 1980s
These promotional photos of artists from the 1980s reflects, perhaps, that the music wasn’t just memorable. Cue the haircuts and eye shadow!
Leonardo DiCaprio Talks About His Funny, But Near Death Experiences
In this clip from a recent episode of The Ellen Show, The Revenant star, Leonardo DiCaprio, tells Ellen he’s had a few near-death close calls, including a scary flight to Russia.
Watch Pixar’s Short Follow Up To Inside/Out, “Riley’s First Date?”
Riley’s First Date? is a follow-up to one of my all-time fave movies (yes, hello, I’m a big kid) Pixar’s Inside Out about Riley’s parents when Riley, now twelve, is about to go on her first date with a boy named Jordan. Continued perfection from Pixar.
https://youtu.be/JUjpggwmbEk
