This week marked two important memorial milestones in Rock and Roll History. It was 51 years ago on February 9th that the Beatles walked into the homes of America –and the world – via ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’. The other was the 56th anniversary of the Day the Music Died – with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper perishing in a plane crash on February 3, 1959 [in a sad coincidence, Holly’s bassist in The Crickets, Joe B. Mauldin passed away on February 7th this year]. I’m of the generation that neither event was contemporaneous to me. I can only measure their importance by the impact crater they left on pop culture…and music specifically.
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JAIMIE VERNON – MEMORIES FADE
Posted in Opinion with tags 10cc, 1959, 1964, 78 RPM, Andrew Gold, Billboard Top 40, Bob Segarini, BOMP Records, Brian Williams, Buddy Holly, Canadian Music, Capitol Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George Harrison, Greg Shaw, Jaimie Vernon, Joe Jackson, Joel Whitburn, John Lennon, lacquers, Lol & Creme, memories, misremembering, Paul McCartney, Peggy Sue, Pop Culture, Power Pop, Richie Valens, Ringo Starr, singles, That'll Be The Day, The Beatles, The Big Bopper, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Romantics, Twist and Shout on February 14, 2015 by segariniRoxanne Tellier: The Forgotten Man
Posted in Opinion with tags Ahmet Ertegun, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Bang Records, Barbara Lewis, Ben E. King, Bert Berns, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Big Mama Thornton, Bob Segarini, Bow Wow Wow, Brill Building, Carole King, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donal Carvin, Edwin Starr, Ellen Willis, Ellie Greenwich, Erma Franklin, Ilene Berns, Janis Joplin, Jerry Ragovoy, Jerry Wexler, Jian Ghomeshi, Joel Selvin, Leiber and Stoller, Neil Diamond, Otis Redding, Phil Medley, Phil Spector, Roxanne Tellier, Signature Theatre, Solomon Burke, Sonny Franceze, The Animals, The Beatles, The Drifters, the Isley Brothers, the Jarmels, The Rolling Stones, Them, Tommy Vastola, Twist and Shout, Van Morrison, Warner Brothers, Web IV publishing on September 7, 2014 by segarini
Imagine, if you will … writing not one, not two … but literally dozens of top ten hits, for groups as diverse as The Beatles, Solomon Burke, Edwin Starr, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin and Barbara Lewis. Yeah, that’s lightning, baby …
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 