Hoagy Carmichael on The Flintstones: A Needlessly Detailed Analysis
Looking back from a distance of 60 years, Hoagy Carmichael‘s 1961 appearance on The Flintstones was a strange affair. One might think this was a desperation gag near the end of …..
Posts tagged: Rock ‘n Roll
Aretha Franklin, ‘Queen of Soul,’ Dead at 76
Aretha Franklin, “The Queen of Soul,” has died. Her family confirmed that her death was “due to advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type,” says her BBC obituary. Nearly every news …..
Chuck Berry and Johnnie Johnson: Who Really Wrote ‘Roll Over Beethoven’?
By Tim McFarlin, Elon University In the days following Chuck Berry’s death, commentators have trampled over each other in a race to honor him as the “Father of Rock and Roll,” …..
Heart Covers ‘Stairway,” Makes Robert Plant Cry
Well, heck, watch this video of Ann and Nancy Wilson performing “Stairway to Heaven,” and you’ll probably cry, too.
Ian Anderson, the One-Legged Flute Guy, Turns 65 Today
The puckish front man for the alt-rock band Jethro Tull was born in 1947.
Beatlemania in Hamburg is Kaput
The German museum has had only 150,000 visitors in three years. Is it finally curtains for the Fab Four?
Les Paul: Stars Playing His Guitars (Photos)
Les Paul is featured on today’s Google Doodle — he was born on this day in 1915. Which gives us a chance to mention our photo essay, Stars Playing Les Paul Guitars.
Gil Scott-Heron: The Funeral Will Not Be Televised
“The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner,Because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.”Gil Scott-Heron has died at age 62. The news came out today via a tweet from his publisher, Jamie Byng. No cause of death was announced.
Bob Dylan Turns 70: Three Photos
Bob Dylan turns 70 today. Is it wrong to say that he seems older than that?Here’s how he looked in the acoustic 1960s…… electrified on his 1978 “Street Legal” world tour…
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young, solo, last night in Cincinnati.
Whither Pick Withers?
Enid Blyton… Kate Middleton… Jacki Weaver… it’s Commonwealth Weekend here at Who2.
Happy 30th Deathday, Bill Haley!
Wow: It’s been 30 years since the death of Bill Haley, Mr. Rock-Around-the-Clock himself. Haley was only 55 when he died of a brain tumor (or a heart attack, depending on who’s talking) in 1981.
In Tahrir Square, ‘We Walk Today Like Egyptians’
Well, they almost said it in Cairo.Too bad we don’t have a cilp of Thomas Paine singing “Walk Like a Pennsylvanian.” You know he would have been on YouTube.
Rock Stars and Their Parents: The Photos
A fabulous gallery from LIFE photographer John Olsen. Starting with Frank Zappa:Zappa’s mom: