Pet Sounds was recorded by the Beach Boys in 1966. It has been widely ranked as one of the most influential record albums ever released, including The Mojo Magazine and New Musician Express, who both rank the album at number one in their all-time lists. The album was created after Brian Wilson quit touring with […]

It’s one of the greatest, most classic double albums of all time – The Clash’s London Calling. Released on December 14, 1979, it was the band’s critical and commercial breakthrough. Music critic Robert Christgau called it “the best double album since Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones.”
With songs like the title track, “Spanish […]

Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia was an American musician, songwriter, and artist best remembered for being the lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. Garcia was known for his extended guitar jamming style which allowed band members to exchange leads back and forth building off of each others music, melding into […]

The Doors released “Light My Fire” on their debut album in 1967. Written by guitarist Robbie Krieger, it was the band’s first number one single. The album version of the song was a little over seven minutes, however the record company decided that if it was going to be played […]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show was born on the London stage in 1973 as the glam-rock damaged, hyper-sexualized 50s sci-fi kitsch baby of British theatre veteran and lyricist/composer Richard O’Brien. Considered a strong contender for movie musical success, the film adaptation was developed by 20th Century Fox in 1975, maintaining much of the various stage […]

Released during the holiday season in 1977, Saturday Night Fever was the disco era’s great flick. In the film, disco dancing would be the way to a better life for Tony and Stephanie, played by John Travolta and Karen Lynn-Gorney. The film established Travolta’s star status and marked the transformation of the Bee Gees, from […]

Abbey Road is the eleventh official album recorded by The Beatles. Although its release preceded that of Let It Be, the latter was mostly recorded in January 1969. Work on Abbey Road began in earnest in April of that year, making it the last album started by The Beatles. The album was released on October […]

Before Sarah McLachlan founded Lilith Fair in 1996, the idea of a festival featuring all-female acts was something a male-dominated music industry felt was a recipe for financial disaster. McLachlan disagreed and set forth to prove the naysayers wrong. According to an article on CNN, the festival is named after the legendary Lilith, who refused […]

On July 18th, 1953, Elvis Presley, then earning his keep as a truck driver, dropped by the Memphis Recording Service, home of Sun Records. That day he privately records two songs (”My Happiness”/”That’s When Your Heartaches Begin”) for the sum of $4, and left with a ten-inch acetate, which he reportedly gave to his mother […]

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was a prolific American songwriter and folk musician. He described himself in one of his songs as “The Great Historical Bum”, a first hand observer and survivor of the economic and environmental hardships of the Dust Bowl, which shook the Great Plains states during the Great Depression. In February 1940, Guthrie penned […]