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RIP, Gerry Goffin (Article)
Friday, June 20, 2014
Yesterday, the music world lost one of its great songwriters, not just of the Brill Building era (although he certainly qualifies in that particular category) but of all time. Gerry Goffin was 75, but over the course of three-quarters of a century, he collaborated with numerous writers – among them Barry Goldberg, Barry Mann, Michael Masser, Russ Titelman, and, of course, Carole King, to whom he was married from 1959 to 1968 – and composed more hit singles than most people even realize. Born on February 11, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York, Goffin began his songwriting career in earnest after
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Rhino Playlist: Play That Summer Single One More Time (Article)
Friday, June 20, 2014
If you’ve taken a gander at your calendar, then you’ve probably noticed that Saturday marks the first official day of summer. This is one of those dates that rarely rates more than a half-hearted “oh, that’s interesting” from anyone who’s still in school or has school-age kids – when school lets out, that’s when summer begins, no matter what the calendar says – but it still seems like a decent enough excuse for us to put together a playlist featuring some of our favorite “summer” songs. There’s something about the summertime that always seems to bring out the best hooks from pop songwriters
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Happy Anniversary: Roberta Flack, First Take (Article)
Friday, June 20, 2014
Today marks the 45th anniversary of Roberta Flack’s chart-topping debut album, First Take, which first hit stores on June 20, 1969, but if you would’ve sworn it came out a few years later than that, that’s actually somewhat understandable, as it didn’t actually top the charts until April 29, 1972, well after the release of her third album, 1971’s Quiet Fire. What took so long for the album to break big? Well, we can’t really answer that question, but we can tell you why it finally broke when it did: Clint Eastwood used the song “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” in his 1971 film, Play Misty
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Bob Lefsetz: Welcome To My World - "Cream Primer" (Article)
Friday, June 20, 2014
I FEEL FREE The best song off the debut, "Fresh Cream," which only hipsters were aware of, mostly because of Clapton's history with John Mayall. Credit its minor impact to the production, which was attributed to Robert Stigwood, the tracks just didn't jump out enough, there was mud in the grooves, except for this one, which is so infectious it would be a smash if released today. N.S.U. Most Americans had no idea it was a car. Very hooky, with the line about only being happy when he played his guitar...no Facebooking for Jack Bruce! I'M SO GLAD Sure, check out the original studio takes of
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Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: Porno for Pyros, "Pets" (Article)
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Perhaps Perry Farrell’s first musical foray outside of the confines of Jane’s Addiction was always destined to be a little too “out there” for the masses to latch onto the same way as they’d done with songs like “Been Caught Stealing” and “Stop!” If so, though, you’d never know it from the way Porno for Pyros’ first single, “Pets,” was received by the modern rock community: today marks the 21st anniversary of the song’s debut at the top of Billboard’s Modern Rock chart, a spot it held for several more weeks until it was finally dethroned by Tears for Fears’ “Break it Down Again” on July 24
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Now Available: Carly Simon, The Studio Album Collection 1971-1983 (Article)
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
If you’re a regular visitor to our website, then you know that we generally offer an installment of our Digital Roundup column on Wednesdays, but you’re caught us on a slow week: we’ve only got a single item joining our digital catalog. As such, we’re bypassing the column in favor of shining a solo spotlight on this item, but to our way of thinking, it more than deserves the individual attention, given that this one release actually includes 11 – count ‘em – 11 albums. Even if Carly Simon had never recorded a single song beyond her time on Elektra and Warner Brothers in the ‘70s and early ‘80s
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Dr. Rhino's Picks #67 (Article)
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Are you ready for the country music? While visions of banjos, tall grass, and lost love may spring to mind, there’s always more percolating below the surface. So, take your shoes off and set a spell. It’s time for Dr. Rhino’s Picks #67: Country Edition! ABOUT DR. RHINO A young Dr. Rhino first encountered the magic of song whilst being born in the front seat of a Lincoln Continental. As the attending physician recalls, the tune was “Touch Me In The Morning” by Diana Ross. It was a mind-blower. Over the years, Dr. Rhino listened to many, many more songs. And, after several summers of diggin’
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Rhino Factoids: The Monkees Meet Johnny Carson (Article)
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
For a band best known as a quartet in their heyday, the Monkees have nonetheless spent a fair amount of time as a trio over the course of their career, including their current incarnation, but the lineup of Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, and Peter Tork is one borne at least partially out of tragedy, due to the death of Davy Jones in February 2012 permanently ending any chance of the full foursome reuniting again. The first time the band soldiered on as a trio, however, came about as a result of Tork’s departure, leaving Dolenz, Jones, and Nesmith to carry on without him. While the trio’s two Tork
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Rik Mayall May Be Gone, but Bad News Goes On Forever (Article)
Monday, June 16, 2014
When the news broke last week that British comedian Rik Mayall had passed away, we here at Rhino instantly did more or less exactly the same thing that everyone else did: we started running through our favorite quotes from The Young Ones. (It’s probably no surprise that “Dear Mr. Echo” came up, given that we went out of our way to cite it in our “happy birthday” post to Ian McCulloch.) After that, though, we started running through some of our other favorite Mayall moments, and while we can’t quite recall if it came about before Bottom or after Drop Dead Fred, but you can bet that it didn’t
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Happy Anniversary: The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead (Article)
Monday, June 16, 2014
Although it didn’t hit our shores until June 23, today marks the 28th anniversary of the release of the album which many critics – and if we’d taken the time to do the math, we’d probably be safe in saying most critics – still view as the best full-length studio effort ever offered by the Smiths. The Queen is Dead was the third proper album by the Smiths (Hatful of Hollow doesn’t count, as it was a compilation), and while its chart placement was ultimately a notch lower than its predecessor, 1985’s Meat is Murder, which was the band’s only album to top the UK charts, it’s sold more copies than
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