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2 days ago · As the founder and president of Imperial Records, Lew Chudd launched the career of New Orleans pianist Fats Domino and teen idol Ricky Nelson. Chudd also discovered the country music star...
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2 days ago · Roy Orbison. Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Orbison's music is mostly in the rock genre and his most successful periods were in the early 1960s and the late 1980s.
1 day ago · The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, established in 1983 and located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential musicians, bands, producers, and others that have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the area of rock and roll.
May 22, 2024 · It was recorded over a period of eight months and five different sessions. With the start of the sixties, Sinatra had grown more restless with a lack of artistic freedom given him by Capitol, which led him to the foundation of Reprise and the beginning of his legacy as the “chairman of the board”.
4 days ago · He was only forty eight when he died of a gastric ulcer. 2. "Birth of the Cool" 1957. Answer: Miles Davis. "Birth of the Cool" was recorded over a year and a half with twelve songs. The second recording was April 1949. The band did not return to the studio until March 1950. Claude Thornhill was one of the biggest influences on "Birth of the Cool".
3 days ago · Dickey and Flores provided the fiddle and steel to keep the sound authentic. Justin, despite being blind, learned his chops as a first-class recording engineer and traditional country music producer. The sound of Texas Country Music lived again! The biggest star of all the shows, of course, was Johnny Bush himself.
2 days ago · South Richmonders had this view of a Dec. 24, 1951, fire on North Side at the F.L. Parsley storage plant on Rady Street. Three fuel oil and kerosene tanks caught fire, sending black smoke across ...
