Iconic Singer Ronnie Spector Dies at 78 Music History Music News Uncategorized by da jack hayford - January 18, 2022April 25, 20230 Iconic 60s singer, leader of the hit-making girl group The Ronettes, and ex-wife of infamous record producer Phil Spector, passed away on January 12, 2022. She was 78 years old. Family Statement on the Passing of Ronnie Spector: Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle
Coachella is for Every One! Music Business Music Events Music for a Cause Music History by da jack hayford - January 13, 2022March 27, 20230 NEXT COACHELLA MUSIC and ARTS FESTIVAL APRIL 14 – APRIL 23, 2023 Over the past 20 plus years, Coachella has become one of the biggest and most popular music events in the world. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an award-winning annual event held in the desert at the Empire
When is Record Store Day? Music Business Music Events by da jack hayford - January 12, 2022January 13, 20220 Plaque Photo By Rjonescartwright Record Store Day 2022 is April 23rd. The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over
Music Sales 2021 Year End Report Music Business Music News by da jack hayford - January 11, 2022January 13, 20220 Streaming Music Continues to Dominate - Vinyl Sales Soar The tallies are in for music sales and digital streaming stats for 2021 and there are some surprises in the reports. Not surprisingly, according to the music industry data-collecting firm MRC, "Audio on-demand streaming reached a new single-year high of 988.1 billion streams
Woodstock Organizer and Co-Founder Dies Music Business Music Events Music History by da jack hayford - January 9, 2022January 17, 20220 Multiple media sources, including Pitchfork, have reported that Michael Lang, one of the founders of the iconic 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, has died at the age of 77. Representative Maureen O’Connor reported to media outlets that Lang died in New York City of complications due to lymphoma. Lang helped organize the original
What Happened to Sinead O’Connor’s Son? Music Business Music News by da jack hayford - January 8, 2022July 27, 20230 This is such a devastating story and leaves us with so many many questions. Sad questions with sad answers. Prayers for Sinead O'Connor and her family. According to The Guardian early on the morning of January 8th, 2002: Sinéad O’Connor’s 17-year-old son has died, two days after he was reported missing. The musician
What are The GRAMMY Awards?—No Phonys Please Music Awards Music Business Music Events Music History by da jack hayford - January 6, 2022April 6, 20230 2022 GRAMMY Awards Postponed for the Second Year in a Row The following is a Joint Statement from the Recording Academy and CBS: “After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the
Who Wrote the Music to Psycho? Music and Movies Music History by da jack hayford - January 4, 2022April 24, 20230 Initially director/auteur Alfred Hitchcock didn't want any music to accompany what has become one of the most famous scenes in the history of motion pictures: The "Shower Scene" in his 1960 suspense-thriller Psycho. The film was revolutionary in a number of ways, not the least of which was killing off a major
Vicente Fernandez, Mexico’s “King of Mariachi,” Dies at 81 Music History Music Legends Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - December 31, 2021March 22, 20230 For most Americans, Vicente Fernandez is not a household name. But Mexico's adored "King of Mariachi," who passed away on December 12 2021, has been compared by many to Frank Sinatra and even Elvis Presley. He is that great of a musical icon in his home country. Fernández, born in 1940
Who Called Jenny at 867-5309? Number 1 Songs One Hit Wonders by da jack hayford - December 27, 2021June 10, 20230 Well, it probably wasn’t Tommy Heath, the lead singer for the San Francisco-based rock band Tommy Tutone who made the number famous in 1982…
Adele Wins Big at 59th Grammy Awards! Music Awards Music Business Music Events Music News by da jack hayford - February 25, 2017May 28, 20230 Adele Wins Big! Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 59th Grammy Awards (Photo Courtesy of Billboard) For all Grammy Winners and Nominees Visit Grammy.com. About The Grammy Awards—No Phonys Please The Grammy Awards have been an American music institution for
What was Janet Jackson’s Famous Superbowl “Wardrobe Malfunction”? Music History Music News by da jack hayford - February 11, 2017March 20, 20230 SUPERBOOB XXXVIII Revisited Where: Reliant Stadium in Houston, TexasWhen: February 1, 2004Live Attendance: 71,525CBS Television Audience: Estimated 130 million viewers in the United States and as many as one billion worldwideFinal Score: New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29 For the ten to twelve people that didn't see the infamous Superbowl XXXVIII
Who Sang To Sir With Love? Music History by da jack hayford - January 24, 2017March 21, 20230 On the January 22 2017 airing of Saturday Night Live, the cast did a (not tongue-in-cheek) tribute to President Barack Obama by singing the classic sixties hit, "To Sir With Love," made famous by Britain's Lulu. LuLu's "To Sir With Love"? “Lulu was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, on November 3rd, 1948,
When is MLK Day? Music and Politics Music Events Music History by da jack hayford - January 16, 2017February 13, 20240 Rev. Martin Luther King Day (MLK Day): In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a bill making the third Monday of January a national holiday to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil rights leaders Rev. Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young, Presidents Bush and Clinton,
Performing Rights Organization SESAC Sold To Blackstone Private Equity Firm Music Business Music News by da jack hayford - January 5, 2017December 20, 20210 From Hypebot.com: SESAC, the only one of the three top U.S. performing rights organizations to operate as a for profit privately owned business, has been acquired from Rizvi Traverse Management by private equity firm Blackstone. This transaction is Blackstone’s first investment as part of a private equity strategy designed to hold
Dan Fogelberg’s Same Old Lang Syne Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - December 31, 2016March 29, 20230 American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg's angelic and evocative voice, paired with his smart, eclectic songs, captivated a generation of music lovers from the moment his debut album Home Free was released in 1972. Fogelberg's 1981 double album The Innocent Age introduced his fans to the melancholy, timeless, New Year's staple, "Same Old Lang Syne." Even if
Who Wrote the Words to “Auld Lang Syne”? Music History Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - December 30, 2016January 5, 20240 "Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind...da da da da, hmmm hmmm hmm hmmm, in days of auld lang syne..." Or something like that. Who knows? Who cares? Happy New Year!! Did you ever think that maybe the fact that booze is a big part of New Year's Eve celebrations,
Who Wrote Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer? Music History Special Occasion Music TV Music by da jack hayford - December 13, 2016February 18, 20230 by DA Jack Hayford Christmas music is FUN and wonderfully nostalgic. Among my all-time favorites on the FUN side is the hilariously off-beat "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" which makes the rounds every December on radio. "Grandma" was made a hit in 1979 by Dr. Elmo and his then-wife Patsy.
Who Wrote the Music to the Peanuts/Charlie Brown Christmas Specials? Special Occasion Music Theme Songs TV Music by da jack hayford - November 20, 2016April 26, 20230 Who Wrote the Music to the Peanuts/Charlie Brown Christmas Specials? For fifty years, Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) drew the "Peanuts" comic strip. "Peanuts" first appeared in American newspapers in 1950. Schulz's famous "Peanuts" characters were virtually all children and animals: Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy,
Who Wrote The Monster Mash? Dance Craze Music Number 1 Songs Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - October 29, 2016November 7, 20230 “Since it’s release in 1962 when it became #1 in 8 weeks, Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett is the only active performer whose original recording reached ‘the top 100’ on three different occasions.
Who Played Willy Wonka in WIlly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Music and Movies Number 1 Songs by da jack hayford - August 31, 2016March 18, 20230 Brilliant comic actor and writer (and fine singer and dancer too!) Gene Wilder, AKA WIlly Wonka, AKA The Candyman, passed away August 29th 2016 at his home in Connecticut from complications surrounding his long (and largely unknown) diagnosis with Alzhiemer's disease. He was 83 years old. Willy Wonka is the Man—The
The Star Spangled Banner—America’s National Anthem and Musical “Home of the Brave” Music History by da jack hayford - August 23, 2016January 24, 20240 "In an attempt to take Baltimore, the British attacked Fort McHenry, which protected the harbor. Bombs were soon bursting in air, rockets were glaring, and all in all it was a moment of great historical interest. During the bombardment, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner,
Who Wrote I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing? Music History Music in Commercials Number 1 Songs by da jack hayford - August 22, 2016February 18, 20230 I'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I'd like to build the world a home And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing Editors Note: Only in Nashville! Recently I was eating a famously-great burger at
Who Wrote Take Me Out to the Ball Game? Music History Music in Sports Song Lyrics by da jack hayford - August 19, 2016April 25, 20230 Of the several hundred songs written for or about the National Game, 'Take Me Out To The Ball Game' looms above them all -- like a Stan Musial coming to bat in the ninth inning...It was so good that the song is probably familiar to 999 out of every 1,000
What is the Meaning of Trip the Light Fantastic? Music and Politics Music History by da jack hayford - August 19, 2016March 9, 20230 To "Trip the Light Fantastic" is to dance. Scholars point to an early reference made to the phrase, if not the first, in a famous pastoral poem by John Milton, published in 1631, entitled L'Allegro: "Com, and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastick toe..." A lot happened between
What is the Difference Between ASCAP vs BMI vs SESAC? Music Business by da jack hayford - August 13, 2016May 28, 20230 All Performance Rights Organizations ("P.R.O.s") do essentially the same job. They license the work of writers, particularly songwriters, for commercial use. They all use relatively the same methods to calculate and pay royalties to the copyright owners (writers and publishers) on the public performance of their works on radio, television,
Volunteer Chemists Test Drugs For Users at Music Festivals – The Loop Music Events Music News by da jack hayford - August 6, 2016December 20, 20210 At music festivals throughout the UK, in a tiny trailer used as a make-shift laboratory, volunteer chemists conduct tests on pink and purple pills that look like children's vitamins. They aren't vitamins, however. And they certainly aren't for children. In fact, in some cases these pills can be extremely harmful, even
UK’s Kendal Calling – Music Festival in the Fields Music Events by da jack hayford - August 4, 2016December 20, 20210 UK's Kendal Calling was born from a group of music lovers who felt the fabulous fields of the Lake District could be put to better use. Their aim was to take to the fields every summer for a spectacular music festival and shindig that would grow so big the whole world would
Louden Wainwright III “I Had A Dream” Music and Politics by da jack hayford - July 26, 2016March 22, 20230 "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road" or live skunk sitting in its own pew?...Ewwwww! Louden Wainwright III (Dad of Rufus Wainwright) made a lot of smiles and a lot of fans with his 1973 Billboad Top 20 hit "Dead Skunk." 40+ years later, the thoughtful and funny generation-jumping folkie/activist is back
Country Star Craig Morgan’s Son Accidentally Drowns in Tennessee River Music News by da jack hayford - July 15, 2016December 20, 20210 The Tennessean, People and other media outlets have reported the tragic accidental drowning of Jeremy Greer, son of Country Music Star Craig Morgan. His body was recovered from Kentucky Lake on July 12, 2016. According to reports, Humphreys County (TN) Sheriff Chris Davis said two teens, including Jeremy Greer, were tubing on the
