Remembering The Everly Brothers BY SCOTT JOHNSON IN MUSIC When Don Everly died in August 2020, I put together a set of videos with previous reflections on the music of the Everly Brothers. Don was born on February 1, 1937, and Phil on January 19, 1939. In Cosmic American Music, the Everly Brothers have a […]
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“Bad Boy” My dad had this as an 78 RPM record, and I remember him playing it when I was a kid. The Jive Bombers were an American R&B group from New York City and consisted of members of two previous vocal groups, Sonny Austin & the Jive Bombers and The Palmer Brothers. The group
The Great Pretender I wouldn’t be exaggerating by saying I have heard or played this song over a hundred times since my teenage years, as it is one of my all-time favorites. The Great Pretender by The Platters was released in November 1955. – It quickly became a major hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard charts
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The Star Spangled Banner Is More Than Just Words Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs
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Stars And Stripes Forever On The Marimba For those who love America as I do, this ought to make you strut your stuff. Turn up your sound and enjoy. RECENT POSTS TAGS
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