The Schlitz Beer jingle comes from the archive of late, longtime Steely Dan engineer Roger Nichols. It arrives roughly one month after the 1979 song "The Second Arrangement" surfaced online, also courtesy of Nichols' archive. The sub-two-minute jingle bears all the hallmarks of a Steely Dan tune, combining an airtight jazz-rock arrangement with a winking aloofness as Fagen sings, "Once around life / Once around livin' / Once around beer […]
2011 - Amy Winehouse dies in London of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. Originally signed as a teenage jazz singer, Winehouse shot to international fame with her 2006 Mark Ronson-produced album Back to Black. Propelled by the hits "Rehab" and "Valerie," the album won five Grammy awards. Her vocal style and mannerisms inspired a generation of British female singers including Adele, who cites her as having paved the […]
1969 Aretha Franklin was arrested for causing a disturbance in a Detroit parking lot. After posting 50-dollars bail, she ran down a road sign while leaving the police station. 1967 Pink Floyd appeared at The Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland. The venue is home to one of Scotland's finest dance floors - famous for its bounce - which floats on fixed steel springs. During the 1960s The Beatles (in 1963), Small […]
Tony Bennett, the affable pre-rock standards crooner who came to be newly appreciated and beloved by everyone from the grunge generation to Lady Gaga, died on Friday. He was 96. Bennett’s publicist, Sylvia Weiner, confirmed the singer’s death to the Associated Press. A cause of death was not specified. But in 2016, Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and began experiencing memory loss, one of the leading symptoms of the […]
Former Journey rhythm guitarist and co-writer George Tickner has died at 76. The rocker's passing was confirmed by his former bandmate Neal Schon. The musician contributed to the legendary American rock group's first three albums - starting with 1975's self-titled - after being hired by manager Herbie Herbert - who died in October 2021 aged 73. Neal wrote on Facebook: "Rest peacefully, Dr. George Tickner. You will be missed immensely. […]
Erasure - Announce First Vinyl Release Of: 'Always (The Very Best Of Erasure)' Out August 18, 2023 ERASURE (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) have announced details of an updated release of 'Always (The Very Best of Erasure)', out on vinyl for the very first time as a double disc heavyweight vinyl edition on 18 August 2023 via Mute / BMG. Originally released in 2015 to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary, […]
2019 Madonna was at No.1 on the US album chart with her fourteenth studio album Madame X. It became Madonna's ninth No.1 album in the US. 2014 The four surviving members of the Grateful Dead gave what they said would be their final performance, playing to over 70,000 fans at Chicago's Soldier Field. The shows came 20 years after the death of lead guitarist Jerry Garcia, who played his last […]
The Biggest Headlines In Music 2021 American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist Sanford Clark died age 85. He is best known for his 1956 hit 'The Fool' written by Lee Hazlewood. 2021 Irish musician, photographer, teacher, and author Rick Laird died of lung cancer age 80. He is best known as the bassist and founding member of the jazz fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, led by English guitarist John McLaughlin with which […]
2018 Alan Longmuir from Scottish pop band Bay City Rollers died aged 70 after contracting an illness while on holiday in Mexico. The Rollers had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Bye Bye Baby', plus 11 other UK Top 20 singles', and the 1976 US No.1 single 'Saturday Night'. https://youtu.be/zVxAj-Mis6o 2015 Buddy Holly's widow, Maria Elena Holly, announced that she had entrusted the publishing rights to her late husband's influential catalog […]
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