by Jesse Allegro, Pennsville, NJ
We’ve all no doubt heard of Emmylou Harris. Even if you don’t recognize her by name or face, you’re sure to recognize her voice. She has sang with so many musical talents over the past three decades it’s hard not to have heard her. But it was her joining forces […]

by David Brinton, New Cumberland, PA
U2 was just beginning to peak when they did this show at JFK (which would not be there much longer) — what a terrific show and to top it off Bruce Springsteen came out and did an Encore with them. Awesome!!
And as after the show and people were leaving, […]

by Lynn Senick, Montrose, Pennsylvania
A few summers ago I saw Utah Phillips at WXPN. I came down from Montrose way up in northeastern P.A. on the N.Y. border. I left on the spur of the moment when some younger friends of mine told me they were coming to see him.
I first heard Utah back in […]

by Jon Bayley, Ewing, New Jersey
I was around five years old and I talked my mom into buying an album for me. It was “Something New” from the Beatles and it was my biggest “in your face” moment as well as music moment, since I became the first in the family to own a Beatles […]

by Kristian Hahn, Schnecksville, PA
When “Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space)” hit the streets in 1993 I was living in State College experiencing college life, growing and learning. Then I came into possession of this CD and found a my musical tastes accelerating off into a new stratosphere.
Not only have I continued to […]

February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper Richardson”. The three were bound for Clear Lake Iowa on the last leg of the Winter Dance Party tour. Holly only took the gig because he was short on cash. His wife was pregnant. And his former […]

by Tim Davis, North East, MD
July 25, 1973, I met this amazing girl on the night of her 20th birthday at the Deer Park in Newark, DE. Fell in love with her straight away. I didn’t see her again for about a week though, because the very next day, Thursday, I drove four of us […]

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I was nine years old, that day in August 1977, forced indoors by a central Illinois thunderstorm. As I lay on the living room floor, watching a rerun of Family Affair, the crawl came across the bottom of the screen: Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, […]

Hey Bo Diddley!
So, while we’re on the subject of the most historical moments in music, Bo Diddley’s beat – for me – ranks high on the list of significant moments in music. Bo wrote some incredibly famous songs and had a larger than life personality however it all sort of started with the infectious, sultry […]

Prince: Keeping Dan, The List Guy, sane in the 80s. Below is a mini-Prince video collection, culled from YouTube, a large portion from the Purple Rain-era. This means extra lace, more steamy videos set in bathtubs, subtract Vanity 6, but add a little Appolonia, Wendy & Lisa, and Morris Day.
“I Wanna Be Your Lover”
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