rock and roll

I saw Jersey Boys on Broadway and it was about the best 2 hours you can spend with live theater.  Now the movie arrives in theaters for a summer blockbuster opening. The story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is a gripping, tuneful journey through the soundtrack of the baby Boom generation...

Paul McCartney's illness (virus) has forced him to postpone several of his dates from his U.S.A. tour.  He has cancelled and will re-schedule dates in the first two weeks of his much anticipated American tour. Cancelled and yet to be re-scheduled are Lubbock, New Orleans, Dallas, Atlanta, Nashville, Jacksonville and Louisville...

Gen. George Babbitt (ret.) was a four star general in the U.S. Air Force.  His highest command was Commander of Air Force Material.  He was a significant player in Air Force maneuverability all over the world. And he played a mean set of drums...

Petula Clark celebrated her 80th birthday this week.  Following a seven decade career, she is still performing 30-35 concerts a year.  She looks great and she still sounds great! Clark began singing on the BBC radio during World War II and really hit her stride with a long string of pop hits in the 1960s. She is s...

Scopitone was a French company that made "video jukeboxes" for bars and restaurants.  They made them following World War II and many of them utilized discarded airplane parts! The synchronization of the sound and the color 16MM film made them very popular inn Europe and the first 50 machines came to the U...

It was announced today that rapper Lil Wayne has dethroned Elvis Presely as the king of the Billboard charts.  Elvis had held the record for most Billboard appearances at 108 songs.  The rapper beat this on his 30th birthday today. ...

Singer/songwriter Joe South  has died of a heart attack at the age of 72. Although he was best known as a songwriter, he also scored big as a recording artist with his 1969 hit "Games People Play."  South also had a hand in giving the Baby Boom generation songs such as Aretha Franklin's  "Chain of Fools" and Lynn Anderson's "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden...