Garth Brooks and Leon Russell Inducted Into Songwriting Hall Of Fame. :: Garth Brooks, Photo: Wikipedia By: Staff Garth Brooks and Leon Russell both got the nod from The Songwriters Hall of Fame last night at the Hall’s induction ceremony. Also joining the legends were New Orleans R&B mainstay Allen Toussaint, Billy Steinberg (famous for “Like a Virgin”), Tom Kelly, John Bettis and the duo of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
This Day in Music Spotlight: Radio Station Bans Sir Cliff Richard. :: Special thanks to ThisDayinMusic.com . Cliff Richard, the Peter Pan of British pop, untouched by scandal since his launch in the black and white 1950s, was embroiled in a career-threatening scandal on this very day in 2004. Tony Blackburn, The DJ who opened Radio One back in 1967 with the immortal “good morning everyone! Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1,” had been taking it easy in radio land for a few years when he triggered a Cliff Richard scandal that went all the way to Parliament
Sting to Appear in New Ricky Gervais Sitcom. :: Former Police man Sting will make a cameo appearance in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s new HBO/BBC2 comedy show, Life’s Too Short. The faux documentary series is centered around dwarf actor Warwick Davis ( Willow, Harry Potter , Star Wars ) as a down-on-his-luck little person trying to hustle his way back into the showbiz spotlight
This Day in Music Spotlight: Monterey Pop and the Summer of Love. :: [WizardRSS: unable to retrieve full-text content] In Carmel, California on June 16, 1967, the Summer of Love kicked off with one of the most astounding pop festivals of all time. Preceding the better-known Woodstock by two years, the Monterey International Pop Festival remains the archetypal freewheeling hippie festival, untainted by the violence or cynicism that would spoil later attempts to capture the magic of Monterey. Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Plugin | Settlement Statement | WordPress Tutorials
