Today in 1962, Chubby Checker was back to No.1 with The Twist. It first hit in 1960 and is the first record to top the charts on two separate occasions.

Sex in the City, the popular HBO series charting the adventures of four New York women, is coming back to HBO/MAX in 2021.

Just what was Jack Ely singing when The Kingsmen recorded Louie Louie? The FBI studied the lyrics and some stations banned it.

Today’s highlights, What’s hot  at the Consumer Electronics Show? Stars who are turning 30 this year. Songs we love to sing in the car. Dion & the Belmonts debut on American Bandstand – We have the video. And much more music! Here’s some context as we get ready to take…

Happy Birthday, Elvis, Virtual vacations, the return of the drive-in culture, remembering Op Art, the New Seekers & the Coke ad in the last episode of Mad Men.

Sometimes it takes serendipity to rise above the crowd. Kenny Loggins’ accidental partnership with Jim Messina is just such a story.

What’s your list of The Greatest Top-40 Radio Stations of All Time? What made radio great then? And can we recreate it now?

Growing up in the shadow of the Motor City, everyone eventually listened to CKLW. Its 50,000 signal blanketed 28 states and 5 Canadian provinces with the famous Top 40 format promoted by Bill Drake and guided locally by Paul Drew. One dimension of the CK sound was 20/20 News (Video),…

For most of us who claim a modicum of musicianship, picking up an instrument and letting the music flow through us is as close as we will ever get to a studio where we could tell an engineer to, “just roll tape”.

On this date in 1985, Rick Nelson & six others died when his charted DC-3 aircraft crashed in Texas. A generation grew up with Rick and his brother David as co-stars on their parent’s television show, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”. When Rick showed interest in music, his bandleader…