By David Smith
May 20, 2021
Thomas Mayfield, a math teacher in Texas, created a rap for his students to all recite it at the same time to help them learn decimals.
John Entwistle and
Keith Moon to show up for a gig so they took the stage with the bassist and drummer from the local band who opened for them. When John and Keith showed, there was a fight that saw Pete hitting Keith on the head with his guitar. John and Keith quit, but rejoined a week later.
In 1997, the
The Colour and the Shape.
In 1995,
Aretha Franklin is something that s very personal and very dear to me.
Respect, which is scheduled to open in August. During a recent media session, Hudson recalled Aretha taking an interest in her. Jennifer said, We met in New York, while Hudson appeared on Broadway in
The Color Purple. Franklin later called and told her, I ve made my decision, and I want you to play me but don t you tell a soul!
Jennifer went on to say she didn’t want to simply imitate the Queen of Soul. Hudson said she actually crafted a hybrid singing style taken from both her recordings and those of Aretha Franklin.
By Dewayne Wells
The Beach Boys and
Bob Dylan both celebrated milestone albums on May 16th.The Beach Boys released ‘Pet Sounds’ and Dylan released ‘Blonde on Blonde’ 55 years ago this week.
Blonde on Blonde was Dylan s seventh album and his first two-LP set. It contained Dylan classics like “I Want You,” Stuck Inside of a Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again, “Just Like A Woman,” and the Dylan standard “Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35.”
Dylan celebrated the anniversary with a pair of Instagram posts, saying the album was last of the electric trilogy following
Bringing it All BackHome and
Highway 61 Revisited.
By Dewayne Wells
May 17, 2021
Joni Mitchell sat down for her first interview since her aneurysm back in 2016.The legendary singer-songwriter opened up to record executive
Clive Davis.
Joni did the interview via Zoom from her home. The interview was part of Davis’ rescheduled virtual ‘Grammy Gala. ”Clive has also had his own health issues, being recently diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy.
The two musical icons discussed how Joni got started songwriting, including the writing of the classic “Both Sides Now. ”They also discussed her earliest “fantasy”-based songs and contrasted those with her more personal and confessional type songs.
Joni talked about how she was told repeatedly that her songs were simply too personal to cover. Joni went on to say that it was “just humanness” that she was “trying to describe” with those songs.