This site largely focuses on the 1960s and onward, so there are only a few stragglers on this page.
Most people aced last week’s male vocalist quiz. Rich and Jim tied for fastest time, although Rich had the distinction of guessing the bonus question (Peter Gabriel’s Up). This week, we have what I think is the most quickfire quiz…
‘La Bamba’ is a traditional Mexican folk song, from the state of Veracruz. Ritchie Valens, a 17 year old rising star, converted the tune to rock and roll. It’s one of the best known Spanish language tunes in the rock…
Of all the b-sides that I’ve covered in this series, Elvis Presley’s cover of ‘Mystery Train’ is the most iconic. It was voted on a 2003 Rolling Stone as the 77th greatest song of all time, an astounding feat for…
Although jazz bassist Charles Mingus was best known for his musical accomplishments, he was a renaissance man with interests in surprising areas, namely the Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program. Mingus writes that it took him three or four weeks to…
