HBO will present its newest documentary about the late and great James Brown entitled, “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown.” This film focuses not on who this great musical innovator was but rather on the how he became such a moving force in the music industry. The film starts off with Brown’s early life, […]
KISS’ LOVE GUN ALBUM GETS DELUXE TWO-CD TREATMENT New version of 1977 studio recording contains previously unreleased demos, live tracks, 1977 Gene Simmons interview and liner notes by Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees KISS continue to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the release of a deluxe two-CD version of their […]
Photo by Iain Macmillan ©Yoko Ono JOHN LENNON STUDIO ALBUMS AND COLLECTIONS DEBUT IN HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL AUDIO, BEGINNING WITH TODAY’S RELEASE OF ‘IMAGINE’ AND ‘ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’ ‘JOHN LENNON SIGNATURE COLLECTION’ TO DEBUT IN HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL AUDIO ON NOVEMBER 4 Los Angeles – October 7, 2014 – In celebration of John Lennon’s 74th birthday on […]
‘SINATRA: LONDON’ COLLECTS FRANK SINATRA’S ONLY BRITISH STUDIO RECORDINGS AND A TREASURE TROVE OF OTHER U.K. HIGHLIGHTS IN NEW 3-CD/DVD AND DIGITAL COLLECTION TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 9 ‘Sinatra: LONDON’ Contains More Than 50 Unreleased Tracks Order Here: https://smarturl.it/SinatraLondonBox Los Angeles – September 24, 2014 – For several weeks during the spring of 1962, London’s […]
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To promote the James Brown biopic that opened Aug. 1, Get on Up, executive producer Peter Afterman called jazz bassist and big-time Godfather of Soul fan Christian McBride to ask if he had any ideas. McBride said he would think about it and a few minutes after hanging up, placed a call to the Hollywood Bowl […]
He couldn’t have known it at the time, but James Brown’s debut recording and first chart hit — made in 1956 with The Famous Flames — is a question that contains its own answer. The lyrics to “Please, Please, Please” speak, pretty obviously, of sexual desire. But Brown’s voice is so hungry that a hundred […]
Check out Get On Up James Brown and discover WHO SAMPLED Mr. Dynamite. Take a deep dive into all the artists (Jay Z, Public Enemy and many more) that James Brown influenced along with discovering where his music is featured in many of the classic hip hop, R&B and rap songs of today. Discover Who […]
Even by the standards of early rock ‘n’ roll songs, the 1956 “Please, Please, Please” is primitive, in fact primal. It’s the “Hare Krishna” of sexual desperation: one word is repeated a couple dozen times in a lover’s mantra, prayer or threat, as crooned by the vocal group, The Famous Flames, and howled by their lead singer. […]
Mick Jagger has been a James Brown fan for actual decades. The Rolling Stones lead singer, who turned 71 on Sunday, has admitted he copied many of Brown’s dance moves on stage. As the men rose to prominence as two of the biggest singers of the 1960s, they even became acquaintances. It was a relationship […]
“The Beatles: The Night That Changed America,” the CBS special that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” received six Emmy Awards nominations Thursday morning. The special, produced by CBS and AEG Ehrlich Ventures, is up for Outstanding Variety Special and in the categories of direction (Gregg Gelfand), music […]
NEIL DIAMOND’S ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS SET FOR RELEASE JULY 8 ON CAPITOL/UMe, WITH 23 ORIGINAL STUDIO RECORDINGS Includes Rare and Original Solo Version Of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” New Studio Album Due This Fall Los Angeles, California – July 2, 2014 – Grammy® winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Neil Diamond gets a […]
