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"Tell her I'm sorry Tell her I need my baby" That's the hook. I hated country music in the seventies (the sixties too, unless you consider "King Of The Road" and "Dang Me" country, and exclude a few Johnny Cash...

On this day in 2000, Red Hot Chili Peppers won Best Rock Band at the MTV Europe Awards. At the time, RHCP had just recently released their seventh studio album CALIFORNICATION. The album sold over over 16 million copies worldwide...

Echo & the Bunnymen made their live debut at Eric's Club in Liverpool, England 35 years ago today. Enjoy this early performance from another storied U.K. venue, Manchester's Hacienda.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, former Warner Bros. Records executive and industry insider Stan Cornyn ruminates on the past, present, and future of the music business. 1971-1980 After ten years – from the forming of the Doobie Brothers to the splitting...

On this day in 1960, Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" hit #1 on the US singles chart. The recording was a cover a Hoagy Carmichael's 1930 standard, that became the first of three #1 hits for Ray.

On this day in 1995, 3,000 Blur fans showed up at their signing at Book's Etc. in London and brought chaos to traffic. At the time, Blur were promoting their newly released album THE GREAT ESCAPE which featured their first...

The year is 1976. Music mag The Melody Maker announces UK dates for a major punk tour featuring The Sex Pistols, Ramones, Talking Heads, The Vibrators and Chris Spedding. It never takes place, but it might have sounded a little...