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9/29/18-Marty Balin dies

Jefferson Airplane vocalist-guitarist Marty Balin, who co-founded the San Francisco psychedelic rock band in 1965 and played a crucial role in the creation of all their 1960s albums, including Surrealistic Pillow and Volunteers, died Thursday at the age of 76. Balin’s rep confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, though the cause of death is currently unknown. Born Martyn Jerel Buchwald, Balin was a struggling folk guitarist on the San […]

todaySeptember 29, 2018

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9/10/18-Olivia's cancer returns

(CNN) Australian superstar Olivia Newton-John has revealed she is again battling cancer, her third diagnosis in three decades, during an interview broadcast on Sunday night. Speaking to CNN-affiliate Seven's "Sunday Night," the singer-songwriter said was treating the cancer with "modern" medicines and natural remedies after being told in 2017 she had cancer at the base of her spine. "My husband's always there, and he's always there to support me, and […]

todaySeptember 10, 2018

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9/7/18-Tony Camillo Passes

Hear Tony say hello on "The Lost 45s!" Tony Camillo, the creative force behind numerous soul, R&B, funk, rock and disco hit records in the 1960s and '70s, died in Hillsborough, New Jersey, on Aug. 29. He was 90. Camillo is best known for arranging, producing and recording "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the Pips, which won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best R&B vocal performance by […]

todaySeptember 7, 2018

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9/7/18-Cher stopped film career

Cher had to turn her back on her Hollywood dream after she was struck down with the energy-sapping Epstein-Barr virus. The pop superstar fought hard to be taken seriously in show business, but after a series of big screen hits in films like Silkwood, Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck, she had to step back and focus on her health. "I got really sick," she tells the New York […]

todaySeptember 7, 2018

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9/1/18-Gladys Knight on Whitney

Soul legend Gladys Knight is still struggling with Whitney Houston's drug-related death, because she didn't see it coming. As she prepared to perform at a memorial for another music icon, Aretha Franklin, on Thursday the singer had Whitney on her heart and mind, insisting she'll never quite come to terms with her 2012 death. "I had not heard a talent like that," she told the BBC in a new interview. […]

todaySeptember 1, 2018

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8/30/18-"My Sweet Lord" #1

Music licensing company PPL has produced a Top 20 chart of the most played tracks in the 21st century released by Apple Records to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the record company founded by The Beatles. Apple Records released its first ever single in the UK, The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’ on 30 August 1968. George Harrison’s 1970 Official UK Singles Chart Number One, ‘My Sweet Lord’, takes the top spot, […]

todayAugust 30, 2018

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8/26/18-Steve Perry & George Harrison

Former Journey star Steve Perry made sure he had the blessing of George Harrison's widow before he added his version of the former Beatle's I Need You on his comeback album. The singer first heard the track years ago and always dreamed of reworking it as an R&B tune, but he wanted to make sure Harrison's family was OK with his rendition before going public with it, and recruited Tom […]

todayAugust 26, 2018

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8/23/18-McCartney on drinking

Paul McCartney has cut back on his drinking to one "big glass" of wine a week, insisting grandad can't party like he used to. The former Beatles star, who is now a grandfather to eight kids, tells Mojo magazine he went on a bender after the Fab Four split in the 1970s and spent many days hammered as he worked on the start of what would become a very successful […]

todayAugust 23, 2018

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8/19/18-Marty Balin Disabled

Marty Balin — co-founder of Jefferson Airplane and longtime singer for that group and its later incarnation, Jefferson Starship— was, according to a lawsuit, left “totally disabled” by the care he received at a New York City hospital, following an emergency heart procedure. According to the New York Post, Balin has filed the suit against Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, alleging that staff there botched his recovery from open-heart surgery […]

todayAugust 19, 2018

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